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Danger signals

Deadly, alien crayfish are killing our endangered native species. We must act now to nip the problem in the bud, says Mike Daunt.

Wild rabbit rolls

Traditional game may be out of season but rabbits are still in a field near you to hunt and gather for an epicurean feast, says Mike Robinson

Lobster soup

As a chef, I am naturally a bit parsimonious when it comes to expensive ingredients.

Short and to the point

In the contest for the best 21st-century gundog the hunt, point, retrieve breeds are separated only by a hair’s breadth – or length.

Tramping for flounders

Flounder-tramping – fishing with the feet – is a rare skill. Although it's easiest learnt in childhood, Johnny Scott puts his best foot forward.

Joining the flat pack

If you want a gundog with a good nose, an independent and intelligent mind and Kate Moss looks, the sharp, sophisticated flatcoat is for you.

Linguini with Brixham crab

The brown crab seems to be doing well at the moment; certainly there never seems to be a shortage. So why not make a meal out of it?

Clam chowder

Mike Robinson's clam chowder may hail from New England but there's nothing puritan about it, except the lack of expense.

Bonefish on a shoe-string

You don't need gazillions of dollars to hit the glorious Bahamian flats and drown those winter blues in clear blue water.

Save the River Wandle

Embarrass Brown to save the Wandle. Only political will can ensure that the capital's most iconic trout river holds more fish than sewage after a summer downpour.

The oyster is their world

Rock off down to the Whitstable Oyster Festival and be seduced by the produce of Kent's pearl. Katie Dashwood's desire to find out more is aroused.

Fishing a trouty trove

The rivers around Lake Rotoroa in New Zealand possess monster brown that provide some of the best fishing in the world.

Gallic food recipes

Mike Robinson rustles up Burgundian dishes of snails, cockerel and beef and adds sufficient garlic to keep even the most bloodthirsty vampire at breath's length

Game pasty recipe

Here we reveal a game food recipe worth putting your gun down for.

Salmon fishing on the Kola Peninsula

There's only one Kola Peninsula - and you can't beat it for salmon rivers teeming with whoppers. Even a novice can catch a 38-pounder!

A master-class in pigeon-shooting

There are few exceptional pigeon-shots around. Elizabeth Walton spends a day with the best of them.

Salade de bergère

Mike Robinson has an Alpine offering for the summer months.

The plight of the butterfly

Many of the UK’s butterflies are under threat but, thanks to Butterfly Conservation, it is not all doom and gloom. Deirdre Shields is all of a flutter.

The plight of the butterfly

Deirdre Shields lists 10 butterfly species that have declined over the past 40 years.

Butterflies that are doing well

Deirdre Shields lists butterfly species that have done well in the past 40 years.

A shoot with the Exe factor

It's not only the birds that hit the heights at Powderham Castle. The guns are even more ambitious, as Rory Knight Bruce discovers.

Farming mint

Sir Michael Colman is as keen as mustard to keep his farm in mint condition and produce
single-estate peppermint oil and tea.

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Browse the online shop for shooting goods and accessories.

Stalking muntjac

It has undoubted value as a sporting quarry and tastes delicious, but is this enough to raise the muntjac’s status above that of unwelcome intruder in the British countryside?

Mike Robinson's cookery courses

Mike Robinson, The Field's cookery writer, concentrates on the wild harvest at his Game and Wild Food Cookery School near his Pot Kiln pub, just outside Yattendon in Berkshire.

Blue-blooded gundog lineage

The purest of canine lineages have been bred by the bluest bloods in the land, who have continuously fostered the finest lines. This is a Bark's Peerage of aristocratic kennels.

The pulling power of pike

In the almost impenetrable waters of a hidden gravel pit there be monster pike capable of towing a boat. Can fly-fisherman Charles Rangeley-Wilson harness one or will he have to paddle his own canoe?

Christmas cookery without Turkey

If the thought of yet another turkey dinner drives you to distraction, duck out with this old-fashioned but elegant Christmas feast. A big hearty Italian soup, rolled Christmas duck and Lemon posset.