Sandhill Game Bird Services

31/05/2026

Trusted Game, the gamebird sector’s assurance scheme, has announced a new three-tier benchmarking system to support members in delivering best practice.

With input from leading shooting and conservation organisations, the new Gold, Silver and Bronze awards are designed to recognise, benchmark and reward best practice in gamebird rearing and releasing.

Read more:

https://nationalgamekeepers.org.uk/articles/gamebird-sector-assurance-scheme-announces-a-new-three-tier-benchmarking-system

The NGO is not just for gamekeepers. It’s for all country sports enthusiasts and everyone who cares about the countryside.

👉 Visit our website to join the NGO for just £55 per year:

27/05/2026

We are looking for a lab / office assistant to join our team for the summer. The role can be flexible in terms of split of lab and admin work to suit experience/preference.
Part time roles also considered.
Please get in touch to find out more!

18/05/2026

Our early coccidial oocyst counts in young birds are very high and early treatment has been required on many sites, weeks earlier than in previous years.
PMs back up these findings with early coccidiosis being caught before high levels of disease occurred.
On many sites this has been credited to the cold windy weather causing chilling and significant stress.

We carry out thousands of faecal coccidial counts each year and for many sites it's the mainstay of coccidiosis control, with all treatment based on counts alone. This can eliminate all clinical coccidiosis and mortality when performed well!
We run trials alongside PMs to ensure our counts correspond to levels of coccidiosis in the gut.

Faecal cocci counts have many advantages such as:
- they can be taken from many birds to get a true reflection of cocci levels across the group, not just a snapshot.
- significantly cheaper than PMs!
- they don't involve culling fit healthy birds.
- they are done in live birds so can be done before mortality occurs.

02/05/2026

- LAST CHANCE TO ENTER -

There are now only limited team slots available for the Snilesworth Charity Clay Day on Saturday 6th June 2026

Roxtons are pleased to be supporting this event, in aid of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT)

In addition to an action-packed day across six varied stands on the Snilesworth Estate, with all hospitality and cartridges included, there is also a Charity Auction which features a full-team day at Farndale, kindly donated by the estate. It is the only available date for next season – so be sure to enter a team to be within a chance of securing the last day at Farndale

➡️Enter your team by contacting Sophie Dingwall: [email protected] | 07925 597676

30/04/2026

It's great to see pheasant laying pens with such low stocking and feeders and drinkers evenly spread over the pen.
✅️ Space well above the target 5m2 per bird.
✅️ Small group sizes to reduce interactions and disease spread.
✅️ Feeders distributed over the pen, not just by the gate.
✅️ Multiple drinkers spread over the pen so submissive birds aren't put off drinking.
✅️ Excellent grass cover with no exposed soil or poaching. This will reduce worm burdens and provide essential enrichment.
✅️ Numerous nest areas/boxes above the target 1 per 10 birds. Larger boxes also doubling as physical barriers.
✅️ High solid sheeting to provide protection in poor weather.

27/04/2026

The new shiny Trusted Game certificates have arrived!
Beyond a standard PASS (covering all the legal elements) game farms and shoots can now pass as BRONZE, SILVER or GOLD depending on how they align with best practice.
From recent audits its great to see a handful of gold certificates going out shortly!!
The National Gamekeepers' Organisation

26/04/2026

Summer lab/admin assistant wanted! Please get in touch for more information.

24/04/2026

Rearing fields are filing up!

22/04/2026