Click on the links below to read people's stories about skills and training in the game and wildlife management industry.
The apprenticeship and NVQ training in game and wildlife management is explained by experienced gamekeeper Colin Roper, Head Keeper for the Great Tew shoot in Oxfordshire.
Ray Lowden has a keen interest in birds of prey and runs his own business, the Kielder Water Bird of Prey Centre, Northumbria, with the help of volunteers and work placement students and has one of the largest collections of Birds of Prey in the North of England with over 60 birds and 28 species.
Veteran gamekeeper Liam Bell, who has been head keeper at Millichope Park near Ludlow, Shropshire, since 1994, says managing, rearing and protecting game all year round requires sound understanding of game and wild birds, animals, woodland and river management, as well as farming methods.
