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Ladies seize the day at Belvoir A team of lady Guns – with their menfolk on hand to load – enjoy a partridge day at the castle. Report by Adrian Dangar.

To the hill once again The great sporting test that is our 2021 Macnab Challenge is now open, in association with BASC.

The dawning of a new season There is something special about autumn hunting, enthuses Camilla Swift.

You could see the beaters far distant on top of the next hill They were sending the grouse flying slightly uphill towards the Guns. Glenogil Estate By Forfar, Angus

The first challenge for this party of lucky Guns from Essex – who had won the day in a GWCT raffle – was to stomp up to their butts, where glorious views and testing birds awaited

8 mins

Ladies seize the day at Belvoir

With a stunning backdrop, birds galore and their menfolk to load, last season got off to an epic start for one team of lady Guns, despite the pandemic

7 mins

Taking a shine to stock finishing

Stock-finisher Shane Scase has built a reputation for his oil finishes that belies his years – though his ‘recipe’ is a closely guarded secret

8 mins

The perfect dog for partridges

For wild greys and redlegs, you need a worker that’s keen, thorough and won’t mind the brambles. So which to go for?

9 mins

To the hill once again

The clarion call has sounded and it is time to set your sights on the ultimate modern sporting challenge

4 mins

The dawning of a new season

Autumn hunting’s smaller fields provide the perfect chance to get close to hounds – if you can stand the early starts

7 mins

A different coarse of action

Victorian gentlemen turned their noses up at coarse fish. But there is much excitement to be had fishing for pike, chub and dace on the fly

7 mins

Turning heritage fruit into eau-de-vie

HRH The Prince of Wales’s private orchard offers sanctuary to many heirloom fruit trees – which can now be enjoyed as a heritage brandy

6 mins

The changing years of J K Stanford

Ornithologist, sportsman and Field correspondent, he was also a conservationist, whose pragmatic approach is still relevant today

7 mins

The last of the English

It is 950 years since Hereward the Wake’s last stand against the Norman invasion, turning this Anglo-Saxon leader into a lowland hero

9 mins

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The Field is published monthly and dedicated to those brave souls who shoot, fish and hunt way beyond the call of duty. Since 1853, its staff has selflessly brought its readers the cream of rural life, be it pheasant shooting, dry-fly fishing or the distinct merits of Cheval Blanc. If you love field sports, errant terriers and very foxy friends at hunt balls, The Field is for you.