Nadia Shaikh seeks good company for a search-and-gorge to get her through the ruthless darkness of the winter months

UK & IRELAND SPECIALIST SPECIES HUNTING

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Jolly frock-coated robins, majestic geese and arboreal partridges make for both literal and symbolic centrepieces at Christmas, says Matthew Dennison, as he revels in the cultural history of the season’s feathered fowl and game

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