March is such a great month to be out on the banks but, as Rob Hughes explains, there are still plenty of tripwires to be avoided if you want a result...

Handsome, chunky and often brightly marked, shieldbugs emerge in spring, quietly shaping the life of hedgerow and garden

DOM GARNETT – ONE MAN DETERMINED TO KEEP THE PLEASURE IN ANGLING

Discover why baits fished at midwater can be so devastating

Many ancient civilisations celebrated the new year not on 1 January, but in March. They certainly had a point: spring feels like a new beginning, as nature awakens after the cold, dark days of winter.

Professor Buczacki is a borticultural expert, weiter and former chair of Gardeners Question Time