Out & About
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Bonfire Night poses 'most treacherous' time for hedgehogs — here's how you can help
Our spikey friends are dwindling in numbers, and with Guy Fawkes Night looming, the public are urged to take great care to protect them from further decline.
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Cavalier King Charles spaniels: Handsome, good-natured and the aristocrats of the dog world
With a silken coat, affectionate nature and boundless enthusiasm for life, the Cavalier King Charles spaniel lives up to its royal heritage, says Catriona Gray
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Curious Questions: Should animals wear clothes?
Martin Fone, decidedly not an animal person, ponders whether animals should wear clothes and, indeed, what a stylish pet would wear in the case that they do.
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Country Life Top 10: Wellies - The best boots you can buy
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Britain's Naughtiest Dog 2019: All the winners, from the Jack Russell who summoned the armed police to the pointer who vomits glitter
Sociable, sun-loving and incredibly patient with children, this innocent-looking Jack Russell actually enjoys a secret life of crime. Victoria Marston finds out more and introduces the runners-up of the Britain’s Naughtiest Dog Award. Photographs of Pici by Daniel Gould.
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Curious Questions: Why are the least consequential choices the hardest to make?
Research has shown that humans and ants are similarly irrational in their decision-making tendencies.
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The best winning pictures from the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition — and the stories behind them
A soaring eagle, a shocked marmot and an underwater garden like you've never seen before are among the finest pictures from the Natural History Museum's 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
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Walking St Cuthbert's Way in late summer: Heather in late-summer emperor’s purple, lit up by the last burst of warmth
The Cheviots and St Cuthbert’s Way are the right setting for reflection and remembrance, as Fiona Reynolds finds on her latest walk.
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'Hectic workloads and family pressures' leave women unable to enjoy countryside, poll reveals
Half of British women surveyed said they did not have time to enjoy nature despite being aware of its positive impact on wellbeing.
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Pici the Jack Russell named Britain's Naughtiest Dog for 2019
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New Forest cattle to be dehorned — and walkers who have 'lost any respect' for nature are blamed
The New Forest Commoners Defence Association has asked cattle owners remove the horns of their stock after a rise in attacks on dog walkers.
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Animal Magic: ‘For a while because the canal was full of buffalo – they had to close it for 24 hours to get them out!’
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An absolute beginner's guide to clay pigeon shooting, part 3: New techniques, old friends and how to buy your own gun
If you're looking to get into shooting, a series of lessons is the place to start —as Octavia Pollock has been finding out at the Cowdray Estate's Hownhall shooting school.
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Why snail farming is sweeping across the countryside
More and more people are looking at heliculture as a way to switch careers into agriculture, but snail farming is not for everyone.
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An absolute beginner's guide to clay pigeon shooting, part two: Relax, breathe, trust... and avoid the temptation to squeak in triumph
Absolute beginner Octavia Pollock is learning clay pigeon shooting at Hownhall, part of the Cowdray Estate — in part one she was distracted by dogs and coffee before getting the hang of things; this is what happened when she went back for lesson two.
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No-deal tariffs for farmers are 'cripplingly high' and would make British dairy products 'uncompetitive'
Updated no-deal tariffs on farmers would result in 150,000 tonnes of cheese and 33,000 tonnes of butter unable to enter the market as it does currently.
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Love in the Countryside's rocky road to rural romance: Sheep-herding tests, awkward cider farm dates and being dumped by a Shetland pony
Forget Tinder, BBC Two's Love in the Countryside is the farmer's answer to cupid. Rachael Turner reports.
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Curious Questions: Dirty cash, filthy lucre... but how mucky is our money?
Martin Fone ponders another Curious Question, and comes away thinking that perhaps it's time for us to start money laundering in a very literal sense.
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The 'massive overhaul' needed in National Parks and AONBs to rejuvenate our living, breathing, farming landscape
Seventy years on from the National Parks Act 1949, the Landscapes Review has called for sweeping changes in how our treasured green spaces are managed.
