I have been having a rook cull. They are nesting in the sycamores across the road, and the last time this happened to any great degree we ended up with what was beginning to look and sound dangerously ...

A rook rifle, as the name suggests, was used for shooting rooks – regarded in the 19th century as pests and vermin – along with small game such as rabbits or hares. It was never intended to shoot ...