Aaron Jones presents a look behind the scenes at Fieldsports Channel - a gentle chat - shooting the breeze with the likes of Andy Crow, Roy Lupton, Paul Childerley, David Wright and Charlie Jacoby.
The BBC's scriptwriters gave Sir David Attenborough duff information on pheasants. The BBC's 2026 wildlife series Secret Garden claimed pheasants eat vast numbers of insects, reptiles and amphibians every day, with no evidence to back it up. The reverse is true. Best-practice gamebird releasing achieves a biodiversity gain, which is the subject of Game for Nature, a new report by GWCT. CEO Nick von Westenholz and director of advisory Roger Draycott discuss its findings with Charlie in the Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre.
For more ways to listen, go to https://FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast153
For more about the report, visit https://www.gwct.org.uk/news/news/2026/september/new-report-reveals-benefits-to-biodiversity-of-gamebird-releasing/
16 Sept 2026
How one council voted for hunting
Warwickshire county councillor Scott Cameron (Restore Britain) successfully introduced, saw off opposition from the antis and had passed a motion supporting gamekeepers and farmers in the county. He came to the 2026 Carter Jonas Game Fair Theatre to explain to Charlie how he did it.
For more ways to listen, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast152
For Scott, visit X.com/CllrScottC
9 Sept 2026
How to fend off DEFRA
Three more years. The Labour Government, with its massive majority, has until August 2029 to rebuild its relationship with the British countryside. Trailhunting bans, family farm tax, and Islington animal rights agends: we look at what it is likely to do and what we can do to fight back. Panel is Dr Marnie Lovejoy from BASC, who specialises in holding the government to account, and former DEFRA minister Sir Mark Spencer from Aim to Sustain.
For more ways to listen, go to FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportschannelpodcast151
For BASC, visit BASC.org.uk
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