🌿 This week on Scribehound: 🦅 Raptors & wind turbines 🌳 Educating a wild child 🐎 Horse racing under attack 🏞️ Abolishing Natural England? 🔴 The scourge of QUANGOs Five stories. Plenty to debate. Read more at Scribehound.com #Scribehound #Countryside #Fieldsports

🎃 Around 15 million pumpkins are grown in the UK every year. But what can this bright orange autumn crop teach us about the future of British farming? @AdamHenson explores how farmers adapt - and why seasonal opportunities matter. 👉 Read more: Scribehound.com

🐟 Could rainbow trout offer a different way to think about farmed fish? At Scotland’s Lake of Menteith, Andy discovers what happens when trout are raised just yards from the water where they’re caught - & asks some bigger questions about fish farming. Scribehound.com

🚜 Farmers: Britain’s unrecognised fourth emergency service? At Holme Fen, farmers brought bowsers, pumps & tractors to help fight a major fire. @Farmer_Tom_UK asks: but what happens to rural resilience when the farms disappear? 👉 Read more on Scribehound.com

🌿 Are we making childhood too sanitised? @Gallowaygrouse reflects on raising a wild, curious child - & asks whether muddy adventures, risky explorations and a fascination with nature are things to encourage rather than correct. 👉 Read more on Scribehound.com

This week on Scribehound: 🏞️ Should we abolish Natural England? 📰 The scourge of the QUANGOs 🔫 Shooting is often its own worst enemy 🇫🇮 What can the UK learn from Finland’s approach to farming? 🚜 Jeremy Clarkson takes *Tories by storm* Read all: Scribehound.com

🏇 Why is horse racing under attack? Camilla Swift examines the pressures facing British racing, from gambling taxes and funding to animal-rights campaigns - and what the consequences could be for rural communities. 👉 Read the full article on Scribehound.com

📰 What makes a great countryside story? @PaddyGalbraith of @telegraph discusses the power of good rural journalism, the stories that capture people’s attention and why they matter. Read more on Scribehound.com #Scribehound #Countryside #RuralBritain #Journalism

🦅 Why don’t British raptors crash into wind turbines? Ian Coghill questions the UK’s wildlife figures & explores the impact of wind farms on birds, bats & our countryside. 👉 Read the article Scribehound.com #Scribehound #Wildlife #WindEnergy

🌿 Should we abolish Natural England? @TrooperSnooks examines the case for replacing it with regional authorities shaped by local knowledge & land-management experience. Would a more localised approach work better for farming and nature? 👉 Read more on Scribehound.com

The scourge of the QUANGOs Merlin Hanbury-Tenison has experienced the paperwork maze of tree-planting grants & carbon credits first-hand. His argument? Nature agencies matter but farmers need them to deliver practical help, not more red tape. 👉 Scribehound.com

This week on Scribehound: 🔫 Shooting’s own worst enemy 🐿 Protecting forestry from grey squirrels 🏠 Farm holidays vs Big Tech ⏳ The SFI scramble 👉 Read more at Scribehound.com #Scribehound #Countryside #Farming #RuralBritain

Is shooting its own worst enemy? @PaddyGalbraith asks whether the way shooting is presented on social media could be damaging the sport - particularly when the government is watching. Could 35 seconds of IG glory have consequences? 👉 Read more on Scribehound.com

What can Britain learn from Finland’s farmers? Oli visits Finnish farms & conservation projects to explore how food production, nature & rural policy work alongside each other. His biggest takeaway? Finland may have something Britain lacks. 👉 Read more Scribehound.com

🌳 Can choosing the right trees help beat grey squirrels? Francis explores why squirrels strip the bark from some species but leave others alone - & the surprising research that could help shape future woodland planting. 👉 Read more on Scribehound.com #Scribehound

🔥 Can rewilding & rewetting really help control wildfires? Owen examines the increasingly heated debate around wildfire risk, fuel loads and rewetting & argues that complex landscapes need more nuance and context than the current debate often allows. 👉 Scribehound.com

🚜 Six hours. £233m. Gone. Tom Martin looks at the latest SFI scramble and asks what it says about farming policy, rural communities and the need for a rural reset. 👉 Read more on Scribehound.com #Scribehound #Farming #SFI

🏡 Can farm holidays escape the grip of Big Tech? Jamie Blackett explores the frustrations of holiday letting - & whether Only Farmers could offer farmers a different way to reach guests and develop new income streams. 👉 Read now Scribehound.com #Scribehound #Farming

The glory of a golden summer When low rivers & warm water make fishing difficult, sometimes you have to try something different. Andy heads to the River Cam in search of golden rudd on fly & lure - with one very large pike adding an unexpected twist. 👉 scribehound.com

Why does farming always become a competition? Claire Whittle asks whether farming's obsession with hard graft and comparison is actually healthy — and whether we sometimes forget what a privilege it can be to have control over our own working lives. 👉 scribehound.com