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Roger Munro explains why you should not dismiss the lowly pouting – a five-star bait for cod, conger, bass, and rays this winter

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

One might be forgiven for thinking that pterodactyls had been de-extincted upon first sighting the silhouette of a magnificent frigatebird. Boasting a wingspan of more than 2m, the bird cuts an imposi