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