“The Tipps” have long been one of Ireland’s most famous packs of hounds, and a day in a part of their country known for its “formidable jumping” lives up to every inch of their reputation

SVEN-ERIK ARNDT/ARTERRA/UNIVERSAL/GETTY ● There was a mallard duck ...

Dog trainer and behaviourist Ben Randall on training the yard dog and finding parallels with chestnut mares

Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them

Almost a year on from his final day hunting the Duke of Beaufort’s hounds, Matt Ramsden reflects on how his attitude to the winter, weather and hunting itself has changed

A short late-winter window, rough ground tactics and simple bait choices combine to produce codling from the rocks on Scotland’s East Coast, just before the season slips away