WOODCOCK: FIELDCRAFT AND QUARRY. By Professor Colin Trotman.

2010 1st edition. 4to (196 x 252mm). Pp176. Colour photographs, map, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

Professor Colin Trotman presents a wide ranging and detailed discussion of the European woodcock as sporting quarry, with a large amount of up to the minute information on the encouraging development of the British and French woodcock population as well as lots on current studies in which he and his colleagues are engaged. Plenty on shooting too, chiefly in Wales and Brittany, something on the springer spaniel, guns and ammunition, and a useful chapter on cookery. Chapters include: Woodcock today; Natural history; Migration; Fieldcraft and woodcock shooting; Tools for the job; From the field to the table; Future woodcock. An excellent book which will retain a significant place in the literature of the sport for years to come.