In a countryside under pressure from a sharp focus on farming, its relationship with the environment and biodiversity, and changing attitudes towards the way we use animals, the ability for…
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The GWCT Partridge Count Scheme
My father remembers wild grey partridges regularly bursting from cover and spooking his horse as he hacked home from days with the Hampshire hunt in the early 1960s. I’m sure…
Late season salmon fishing: where best to go and what fly to use
September can be a glorious month for salmon fishing. After weeks of potentially dry and dusty weather, reliable rains sweep in from the west and, finally, our rivers will again…
How to identify your own eye dominance
Eye dominance is integral to being a top shot but it is also often misunderstood and oversimplified. For those keen to shoot well, you need to know what your eye…
October 2023
The October issue of The Field sees the season underway with a bang and brimming with carefully curated, exclusive content and sporting articles. We’re on the peg with reports from…
Best properties with walled gardens
From 16th century homes to magnificent manors these properties all have something in common: beautiful walled gardens BEST PROPERTIES WITH WALLED GARDENS GLEBE HOUSE PYRFORD, WOKING, SURREY This is a…
Browning B725 review
This month’s test gun is a Browning B725 over-and-under weighing in at 7lb 6oz. It’s a new, limited edition model called the Medallion Silver, available in both field and clay…
Tea and its origins
The English are not the world’s greatest tea drinkers. This came as something of a surprise to me, having grown up in a house where tea was mainlined from morning…
Sashes (and how to correctly wear them)
When it comes to dressing for a special occasion, few things are more princely, impressive – or mystifying — than sashes. Whether worn at a Royal (or Disney) wedding, a…
The folly of follies
What is a folly? At times it seems as though there are as many definitions as there are follies themselves. The Oxford English Dictionary describes it as: ‘A costly ornamental…