October: rutting brings menace to the uplands

F rom the top of the highest peak ...

Karen Youngs revels in the changing landscape and encounters a handsome game bird on a morning walk

A Blencathra bitch is champion for the third year running, and there’s emotion round the ring when a Cumbria beagle takes the supreme

While the countdown to autumn trail-hunting is on for Tessa Waugh , she enjoys a day in excellent company at the local agricultural show, where her sheep wow the judges

Some things are just funny, and when it comes to innuendo Wales has one mountain to rule them all: LORD HEREFORD’S KNOB . It seems rude not to spend a wild night on it.

Autumn is a wonderful time of year. Birds are on the move in their masses. It is exciting. And just about anything can turn up. Here are five birds which may look to be dressed in the dulled browns of autumn, but are all special, even thrilling to watch.