17 DECEMBER 2005, Page 32

Lay off the woodcock

From Peter O. Behan

Sir: Charles Moore may be a keen fowler, but he is no romantic to boast of shooting woodcock (The Spectator’s Notes, 10 December). These birds are said to mate for life. The best shot I know, who has a huge Scottish estate, will not allow them to be killed.

Peter O. Behan

Bearsden, Glasgow