WOODLAND MANAGEMENT FOR PHEASANTS and WILDLIFE. By Nigel Gray.

1986 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp176. B/w photographs, illustrations. Brown / green boards, spine titled in gilt.

This is a useful and detailed guide. Invaluable. The author passed away shortly before the publication of this book. It was completed by his family with the aid of Charles Coles, former director of The Game Conservancy. Chapters include: The changing habitat; Designing a pheasant covert; Planning for the shooting day; Coverts, spinneys, shelter belts and hillside coverts; Large woodlands and tree factories; Woodland rehabilitation; Forestry operations and planting small areas; Game, fish and wildlife - a study in compatibility; Selecting tree and shrub species.