Tips on controlling corvids
Liam Bell
On your shoot: catching-up
It is time to start collecting laying stock
Gamekeeper
Poor egg production and reduced hatchability typified a wet rearing season
Flushing birds
Q) Are we better off placing netting, sewelling or stops at the end of our drives to make the birds flush and to prevent them running on? M. ATWOOD-MILLS Derbyshire…
Pole position for the pegs
How to give the Guns the best sport possible
A prospective keeper
Q) I go beating and help out on a shoot, and I would like to have a career as a gamekeeper. However, I am finding it difficult to come across…
Bringing birds back to the drives
Tricks for getting your birds settled early
Planning the perfect pen
Advice on the best layout for a release pen
The laying pen layout
How to ensure the best birds for next season
Raise your game
Advice on how to rear your own gamebirds
Warming up the woods
Tips for improving your coverts
A wader’s wonderland
Liam Bell explains how he brought snipe, lapwing and curlew back on to his shoot by creating a wetland haven out of an ordinary field of wheat
Squirrel control
A tree must reach the age of 40 before it is no longer at risk from squirrels. Liam Bell offers a guide to the most effective methods of protecting new…
Trap-ease artistry
Springtime calls for a clearout — Liam Bell offers advice on how to get the better of the smaller pests that plague your shoot
Gamekeeping – Stock options
As the shooting season winds down and thoughts turn to next year’s stock, Liam Bell suggests how you can make the most of your remaining birds
Gamebird code is now workable
Keeper Liam Bell discusses why the revised gamebird code is a reason to be cheerful
DEFRA’s code must be changed
Shropshire gamekeeper Liam Bell on why DEFRA's gamebird code must be urgently revised