Countryman magazine

Countryman is one of the oldest, most respected countryside magazines in the world. It appears every month and is read by over 80,000 people throughout Britain and overseas, who share its concerns for the countryside, the people who live and work in it, and its wildlife.

Countryman focuses on the rural issues of today and tomorrow, as well as including features on the people, place, history and wildlife that make the British countryside so special.

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In the January issue:

Big garden birdwatch 
Help the RSPB this month with Paul Jackson.

Biodiversity at work 
Why being eco-friendly is big business, with Mark Sisson.

The bodger’s craft 
Paul Felix finds a man reviving an ancient woodland skill.

Pipe up for Scottish haggis 
Tuck in with Veronica Heath.

Walking the strawberry line 
Graham Jennings visits a former railway.

British boys for British farms 
Derek Bennett remembers his farming training.

Honouring a canine hero 
The story of Tip the Dog by Peter Naldrett.

Engraved in history 
Anthony Joisce profiles Thomas Bewick.

The promiscuous plant 
Sîan Ellis visits a snowdrop collection in Gloucestershire.

Mink: villain or victim?
Mark Hicken on a maligned mammal.

The lookers of Romney Marsh
Sheep-farming on the edge of England, by Paul Trodd.

Thames is source of debate 
Sara Goodwin journeys upstream.

Close of business 
The end of a farming era with Robert Hine.

New year customs in Dorset 
Jean Bellamy celebrates Plough Monday.

The craft of yurt-making 
Tents with a difference, by Sîan Ellis.

At the flaming forge of life 
D Richard Evans’s village blacksmith.

January’s redeeming features 
Geoffrey Humphrys tells us why he enjoys winter weather so much.

Stately home to study centre 
Huw Jenkins visits Plas Tan y Bwlch in Snowdonia.