On 8th May a mass protest organised by protest body Right to Roam trespassed on the Duke of Somerset’s South Hams estate. Participants picnicked and marched through the estate. It is reported that the action represented the start of a month-long, nationwide campaign by the pressure group, which wants to see more private land accessible to walkers. Guy Shrubsole, a Totnes-based campaigner, posted a picture of piled rubbish in the woods, reporting that he had found ‘a mass grave of scores of discarded pheasants, wire mesh fencing, and fly-tipped rubbish’ on the Duke’s private estate. Shooting UK spoke to hedgelayer, conservationist and Shooting Times contributor Richard Negus who commented: “They do have an argument here that shooting and some farming has some dirty linen that it needs to start washing. In shooting and land ownership we have to be squeaky clean and get rid of the bad elements. “However the only argument Right to Roam is making here is