How to create an ideal drive
I am certain that if Vogue boasted a conservation column, the gist would be “trees are so hot right now”. Tree planting is one of the Government’s key measures to achieve carbon net zero in the UK by 2030. This sounds as if it is great news for the pheasant. Our most popular gamebird is, after all, a creature of the woods.
However, the huge swathes of new plantings that are appearing in all their plastic-guarded glory across the country may be all well and good for carbon, but in many cases they are not actually that great for wildlife. This is because the pheasant, like most other woodland dwellers, is a solar-powered beast. They need the warmth of the sun to get them up and about in the morning.
New woodland
When planting a new wood with a
