Gamekeeper’s Diary: 15 years on

Geoff Garrod is a gamekeeping legend. The estate where he works in the East of England is famous thanks to his Keepers Diary DVD series, which he made in the early 2000s. Now he looks back on those DVDs and explains how gamekeeping has moved on, and how gamekeepers are the best people to manage wildlife.
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[@darrenlaithwaite7810]

It's great to see someone in this day and age that is still passionate about their job

[@stephenhankey688]

Enjoyed thanks.

[@joebothehobo9906]

What a top bloke 👍🏼 well said that man!

[@jimgallagher5785]

As an Air Force brat I use to play with the gamekeepers son at Raynham Hall in Norfolk. And sometimes we got to tag along and help "Jack" with his duties. I absolutely loved it!

[@richardgray4369]

Absolutely superb report by Geoff Garrod on modern keepering. If only we could get it on mainstream TV.

[@keithhaynes8079]

Geoff thank you for the video would love to meet you some time, from a part time keeper, take care mate.

[@ddoherty5956]

The trouble with crows and Magpies is they are doing unnaturally well due to road kill, and when that is scarce they mob the song birds who are already hammered by pesticides and monoculture. We are loused out with Jackdaws and Carrion Crows in my area. Hardly any song birds though... Cheers Wild Justice 😘

[@alanyoung354]

Had that same theory for years...before the glut of road kill carcases a lot of crows and magpies wouldn't survive the winter but now there's an unnaturally high population that survives till Springtime when they start predating on eggs and chicks. Packham would say it's the balance of nature 🙄

[@ramjamfull5]

With you %100 good man

[@noelkiernan482]

Great Video it tells it as it really is. Every success .

[@jamo78s3]

My ideal job.I love shooting and pest control and it benefits the balance of the countryside and keeps the farmers happy. Well done keep up the good work.

[@happycarper6924]

Good vid enjoyed it

[@jasongarratt3959]

Great to see an insite onto the keepers world and what they stand for, what a job and life must be brilliant for mental health being out and enjoying nature 👍👍

[@Hat101]

Enjoying nature?

[@jasongarratt3959]

@@Hat101 poor sarcasm

[@JazzFunkNobby1964]

Yeah great for mental health killing everything that moves. Nature takes care of itself. What do you think will happen when the human race has wiped itself out. Do you think nature will end too?

[@mycolliesandme268]

Enjoying killing nature

[@Bang-bang594]

Great video

[@daniellewis5413]

good work the mate

[@paulcullum8481]

What a great video well explained by a passionate custodian of the countryside

[@davidbetts480]

Hello Charlie, brilliant but I do believe that more people should see this.

[@outoftownr3906]

That’s the thing - keep it legal -there’s so much pressure on shooting we don’t need bad practice.Corvids & foxes are the worst that need zero tolerance.Netting over release pens & puttin poults out when there 8 weeks plus keeps most of the raptors at bay.

[@davidmcgrath9581]

Brilliant, that is one tough job, you have to be born for it, cheers from Ireland ☘️

[@jamo78s3]

Good name pal 👍I'm James McGrath from Manchester

[@richardcole9558]

Cracking video …👍

[@doomfathertm8771]

Unfortunately it's not really about modernizing, it's about making it all impossible until it all goes under. The goal is to have everyone in smart cities and the countryside will be out of bounds for the public.

[@craigjohnson7077]

Would love to know where to get that dvd.

[@fieldsportstv]

You can order it from Geoff's website www.geoffgarrod.co.uk/store-2/p/modern-day-predator-control

[@eoinwestman6222]

Great video. Definitely think the lack of education for people who do not partake in the countryside is a huge factor.

[@stephenphilpott6772]

Actual gamekeeping. Gamekeepers take out all the Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and owls from these estates so the animals and birds they call vermin have no natural predators, so obviously foxes, squirrels, crows and magpies do well (these would be taken by Eagles and Goshawks, peregrines and buzzards, the smaller vermin would be taken by Hawks, Falcons and Owls, its all an excuse to kill everything on site to protect the Pheasants, Grouse, Partridge and Quails so the nobs can have a goods day's (expensive) shoot. Thease people make it look like they are doing a good job for conservation, but in reality, it's all bullshit. Let's kill everything on the estate, including protected birds of prey, so we have more grouse and pheasants to shoot. There is plenty of footage on KZbin showing the actual truth about gamekeepers, especially with White tailed sea eagles, Golden eagles, Hen Harriers and short eared owls(being stamped on). This man buzzing he's got blue tits on his feeders and he feels he is responsible for that.😂

[@XtraOrdinar-y]

Some but not all gamekeepers

[@Hat101]

Before human interference nature controlled itself, so what's changed. Genuine question.

[@stephenphilpott6772]

Gamekeepers take out all the Eagles, Hawks, Falcons, and owls from these estates so the animals and birds they call vermin have no natural predators, so obviously foxes, squirrels, crows and magpies do well (these would be taken by Eagles and Goshawks, peregrines and buzzards, the smaller vermin would be taken by Hawks, Falcons and Owls, its all an excuse to kill everything on site to protect the Pheasants, Grouse, Partridge and Quails so the nobs can have a goods day's (expensive) shoot. Thease people make it look like they are doing a good job for conservation, but in reality, it's all bullshit. Let's kill everything on the estate, including protected birds of prey, so we have more grouse and pheasants to shoot. There is plenty of footage on KZbin showing the actual truth about gamekeepers, especially with White tailed sea eagles, Golden eagles, Hen Harriers and short eared owls(being stamped on). This nob buzzing he's got blue tits on his feeders and he feels he is responsible for that.😂

[@XtraOrdinar-y]

Humans removed apex predators so now we must act as the predators