With the mercury in the red it has been far too warm to do anything overly energetic - far better to find a shady spot and relax with a good book (or audiobook). Sam, Jake, Avian and George have been scouring their libraries for summer reading recommendations for fieldsports enthusiasts - think natural history, shooting fiction, fishing anecdotes, gamekeeping handbooks and beyond.
Reading List
Guns Wanted by JK Stanford
Wilderlands by Eloise Kane
The Great Auk by Tim Birkhead
Fish, Fishing and The Meaning of Life by Jeremy Paxman
The Badminton Library by Lord Walsingham
Birds, Sex and Beauty by Matt Ridley
The Scoundrels Trilogy by Major Victor Cornwall and Major Arthur Trevelyan
Gamebird Diseases - a Gamekeepers' Guide by Alan Pearson
Modern Firearm Engraving by Mario Abbiatico
A Practical Guide to Modern Gamekeeping by Jeremy Hobson
The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate
The Chimp Paradox by Prof. Steve Peters
Honourable mentions
Ring of Bright Water by Gavin Maxwell
John Macnab by John Buchan
Born Free by Joy Adamson
Return of the Grey Partridge by Roger Morgan-Grenville and The Duke of Norfolk
Uncommon Ground by Patrick Galbraith
Words from the Hedge by Richard Negus
Living with Greys by Tarquin Millington-Drake
Books for Kids
Redwall by Brian Jaques
A Leopard's Tale by Jonathan Scott
Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Feathers / Venison by Jose L Souto
