Keeper of the month

Those featured in this column to date have nearly a century of experience between them — some with wild birds, some with reared, one on a part-time basis. So I was keen to quiz 20-year-old Lily Twigger, a recent graduate from gamekeeping college, on her entry to the sector.

It’s a well-trodden pathway that led Lily to her gamekeeping (Level 3 Land and Wildlife Management) diploma at Newton Rigg in Cumbria. From