Wildlife on the cheap

Joe Stanley reflects on the farm’s autumnal jobs, including laying new field drainage

Game refers to wild animals that haven’t been farmed. That includes feathered game – like partridge, pheasant, wild duck and wood pigeon – and furred game, such as rabbit, hare and venison. Venison is

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The fields at sleight farm, near Bath, are not much to look at. One is bare earth and deeply rutted, reminiscent of land that has been subjected to the rootling behaviour of wild boar. “This,” says en

To understand why there is continued acrimony over our uplands, with the illegal killing of raptors, such as hen harriers, still a major point of contention, you have to realise this is not just – or