The Field Magazine

21/03/2025

Ursula Buchan ponders the pros and cons

While switching to ‘plug plants’ may offer advantages for busy gardeners, watching seeds spring into life never loses its magic for Ursula Buchan

20/03/2025

First Aintree, then the rest. Other countries were quick to adopt their own Grand Nationals by adapting England’s great steeplechase, says Marcus Armytage

19/03/2025

What would be your choice?

Jonathan Young gives his opinion on the age-old debate and offers his verdict on whether to use an over and under or side by side shotgun.

18/03/2025

"We need landowners who understand the need to employ people who are sympathetic and empathetic with the natural world. If we didn't fish rivers nobody would cut w**d, rivers would silt up and towns and villages would be flooded. If we didn't shoot grouse, moorland wouldn't be maintained as moorland, and if we didn't rear pheasants coverts wouldn't be planted."

An interview Alan Titchmarsh gave to The Field magazine a while ago.

Alan Titchmarsh was fascinated by nature from an early age. He talks to Caroline Bankes for The Field magazine on land management.

18/03/2025

You should consider entering the Purdey Awards. Never has it been more important to demonstrate the vital link between good shooting practice and its conservation benefits. And putting your shoot forward, or nominating one you know of, is the best way to help.

The clock is ticking. Make sure you enter the Purdey Awards by 30 May 2025.

James Purdey and Sons
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT)

17/03/2025

“Growing up in a yard full of beautiful thoroughbreds and surrounded by the bustling hubbub of stable lads, owners and jockeys, home life was never dull or quiet." 🏇

Sarah Henderson, the daughter of six-times National Hunt champion trainer Nicky Henderson has riding and the countryside in her blood

15/03/2025

An aspiring workman needs a tool he can trust, and the same is true in the field.
For less than £10,000, these top workhorse guns will get the job done in style.

An aspiring workman needs a tool he can trust, and the same is true in the field. These guns for under £10,000 will get the job done in style

13/03/2025

Are you trying to stick to fish on Fridays during Lent?

This fish recipe is a little bit different, but delicious and straightforward to put together. Davis, Private Chef 👩‍🍳

SHASHUKA WITH TROUT AND ASPARAGUS

https://www.thefield.co.uk/food/shakshuka-trout-asparagus-41225

13/03/2025

Conservation is front and centre in our April issue out today. We’ve got Joe Dimbleby on an innovative relocation project on Northern estates that aims to expand the range of the enigmatic black grouse, while David Tomlinson celebrates the elusive but captivating common snipe and Mike Swan champions the Purdey Awards: the gold standard of conservation and now open for entries.

Charlotte Reather visits Gatcombe where The Princess Royal’s Suffolk horses are pulling their weight working on the estate and Graham Downing extols the highs of lowland stalking south of the Border.

A consistent mount is essential to being a first-class shot: Michael Yardley explains why and shows you how. We must let chalkstreams breathe, says Charles Rangeley-Wilson who insists we need to rethink riverkeeping. Will Cursham tells us why hound packs disbanding is nothing new, delving into the past for some colourful and notable examples.

Mary Skipwith speaks to Lord Hertford about his award-winning commitment to conservation on the Ragley estate. Neil Cross spends the day with the last oystermen on the River Fal, and Madeleine Silver takes an indulgent peek at life’s spoiling luxuries that don’t cost a penny.

All this and all your favourites, including art and antiques, travel, gundogs, the very best new sporting kit, cookery and our Field testers.

If you don't already, why not subscribe? Currently £5 for 3 issues and you can cancel anytime (although why would you want to).

Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) Estate

12/03/2025

Cheltenham is the highlight of the jump season and the Cheltenham Gold Cup the race that all jockeys dream of winning.

Here's a piece that Marcus Armytage wrote for us last year, celebrating 100 years of the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Before you read jockey Marcus Armytage’s feature on why the Cheltenham Gold Cup is still the pinnacle of jump racing, be sure to take a look at our guides to what to wear to the Festival for ladies and the gents. The Cheltenham Gold Cup: the highlight of the jump racing season When Red Splash, a f...

12/03/2025

Give your canine friend the recognition they deserve. Enter our Top Dog Awards 2025 here https://www.futureevents.uk/topdogawards25

In association with 's and Pet Insurance

11/03/2025

What to wear when trotting between paddock and party?

Cheer on your favourite at the Festival this year in style, with our what to wear for Cheltenham ladies guide. And stand out from the crowd.

11/03/2025

The former professional rugby star talks to Mary Skipwith about his career highlights, his passion for stalking and how he found much-missed camaraderie on the shooting field 🏉

The former professional rugby star Tom Croft talks about his career, his passion for stalking and how he found much-missed camaraderie on the shooting field

11/03/2025

The next annual GWCT Game Conference, GAME 2025, is taking at GWCT headquarters, Burgate Manor, Fordingbridge SP6 1EF, on Tuesday 18th March 2025.

The conference is jam-packed with informative, topical talks from an excellent range of guest speakers and GWCT experts, and ticket sales support the vital research and essential work of the GWCT.

Designed to inform and promote good game management, Game 2025 is aimed at everyone involved in the sector and will be of interest to landowners, sporting agents, game managers, gamekeepers, game farmers, fieldsports enthusiasts and everyone in between, all are welcome.

Lunch is provided and there will be plenty of opportunity to catch up with friends and peers from the shooting and game management community.

Don’t miss this fantastic informative event and remember, by attending you’ll be supporting the essential work of the GWCT. Tickets are available and cost £55.

11/03/2025

Storage, security, travelling and more

Useful advice on shotgun cartridges

https://www.thefield.co.uk/sponsored/advice-on-shotgun-cartridges-53902

10/03/2025

Tobias Coe shares some top tips 🎣

Where do trout lie? If you want to catch a trout it helps to know where they are. Fish the right water and maximise your chances

10/03/2025

So apparently King Charles has recently bought a lagotto romagnolo puppy.

Here's what The Field's Mary Skipwith had to say about the breed, in a recent article for The Field.

"Despite having a name that sounds as though it belongs on a pizzeria menu, the lagotto Romagnolo is well respected for its scenting abilities. Until the Italian marshes were drained, the dogs were used for duck hunting and their retrieving skills are still valued. In recent years, they have been trained to sniff out truffles – presumably to make the oil to drizzle on those pizzas."