Time to turn up the heat

I woke up on the morning of the Glorious Twelfth feeling a little morose that I wasn’t up north. However, life isn’t all bad. The woodpigeon has fared well and bred successfully this year, with a good chance of three broods — and even four — coming off one bird.

This has been a seriously early harvest. Some farmers around the Home Counties and further south have finished and many farmers in the outlying English counties are not far behind.

It’s the same issue with a harvest that happens all at once. With so many ‘restaurant doors’ open, it becomes a struggle to get a grip on managing numbers on