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How Can Wildflowers Benefit Shoots?
4th April 2021

How Can Wildflowers Benefit Shoots?

Over the past few years, we have seen wildflowers become a feature of more and more shoots due to their ability to brighten a landscape, attract...
Can Farming and Stewardship work together?
23rd February 2021

Can Farming and Stewardship work together?

Marc Bull – Bright Seeds game crop advisor and stewardship specialist – talks about the relationship between farming and stewardship:...
Game Cover and Brexit – What Could The Impact Be?
12th January 2021

Game Cover and Brexit – What Could The Impact Be?

Brexit could potentially have a substantial effect on game cover – as well as the shooting industry in general. With new import taxes,...
A Q&A with Chris Bright – Managing Director of Bright Seeds
10th December 2020

A Q&A with Chris Bright – Managing Director of Bright Seeds

Following the strangest year in most of our lives, we thought a Q&A with the Bright Seeds MD on how the industry is looking, and how Bright...
The Hungry Gap
27th October 2020

The Hungry Gap

With temperatures set to plummet again this winter and snow forecast in some parts of the UK as early as October, it is as important than ever...
Habitat for a Wild-Bird Shoot
22nd September 2020

Habitat for a Wild-Bird Shoot

Our technical advisor, Arthur Barraclough, explained to the NGO's Keeping the Balance on how to lay the foundations for a successful wild-bird...
Drought Tolerant Crops – Crops To Get You Through A Heatwave
27th August 2020

Drought Tolerant Crops – Crops To Get You Through A Heatwave

If one thought it even possible, the last few years suggest English weather is becoming even more unpredictable. Longer spells of no rain, heavier...
Machinery and Game Cover
30th July 2020

Machinery and Game Cover

Every shoot is different, so there is no right or wrong way when it comes to which machinery is the best to use at any given time. If you have...
Managing Your Weed Burden in Wild-Bird Mixtures
24th June 2020

Managing Your Weed Burden in Wild-Bird Mixtures

In the latest blog our game crop advisor, Arthur Barraclough, looks at managing weed burdens in wild-bird mixtures… Wild-bird mixtures...
Gundog Mixtures – Special Mixtures for Gun Dog Training
2nd June 2020

Gundog Mixtures – Special Mixtures for Gun Dog Training

Following years of working with gun dog trials teams across the UK and Europe, we have put together some information about what we believe is...