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Common Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) adult male walking in grass field, Suffolk, England, October. (Photo by: Avalon/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Podcast: Should we eat more game?

In this week's podcast, editor Fergus Collins discusses the pros and cons of more meat-eaters trying game and explores the ethics of shooting in modern Britain.
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Common buzzard, Buteo buteo

Why has a licence been granted to allow up to 10 buzzards to be killed?

Conservationists have reacted angrily to Natural England's granting of a licence to allow a landowner in Northumberland to kill buzzards in order to protect his young pheasants. We spoke to Natural England to find out more about why it took this controversial decision

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Buzzard with prey

Moving to the countryside Part 35: predators at large

It's the killing time as a host of predators take advantage of young animals leaving nest and burrow

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SHAFTESBURY, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 17:  Dew drops remain on a snowdrop growing in the grounds of Springhead Trust Open Garden in Fontmell Magna, on February 17, 2015 in Shaftesbury, England. The town of Shaftesbury is currently holding a snowdrop festival, which in a series of events marks the arrival of one the UK's most popular flowers which is seen by many as an indicator of the arrival of spring.  (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Moving to the countryside Part 34: a good spring, a bad pheasant

It's been a glorious spring but not for my chickens

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