Good week for

Blenheim bees

Some 50 acres of pollinator-rich meadows will be created at the Oxfordshire estate, with 70 wildflower species introduced and 124 miles of new hedgerow planted— in a project with Rowse Honey

Countryside traditions

The first ever Welsh Game Fair will be held at the Faenol estate, Gwynedd, this September, in partnership with the GWCT

Learning the ropes

A revamped Ropery Gallery opens this Saturday at 400-year-old Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent, the last of the original four Royal Navy Ropeyards to remain in operation

Honing our focus

The Government has accepted an amendment to its Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, requiring the committee to respect religious, cultural and regional customs

The Moore the merrier

The authenticity of a lead sculpture by Henry Moore that gathered dust on a chimneypiece for decades has been verified and sold via Dreweatts for £400,000, 13 times its low estimate of £30,000

Flatcoated retrievers

Baxer, a liver flatcoat from Norway (right), was named Best in Show at Crufts, after winning the Gundog Group title; four-year-old Ruger from Nottinghamshire won the Gamekeepers’ Classes