THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND

FOREWORD FROM THE GUEST EDITOR

HARDY MARKS 150-YEAR MILESTONE

Fly fishing brand Hardy celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary in June by opening a brand new flagship store and museum in Alnwick, Northumberland.

Restoring riparian woodland

Humans sweat and dogs pant, but salmon are not able to regulate their body temperature. The Atlantic Salmon Trust’s chairman, Robbie Douglas Miller OBE, explains how the Riverwoods initiative is seeking to plant native trees along riverbanks to create shade and mitigate climate change

MEDITERRANEAN CARIBBEAN

The Algarvian sand flats offer Brits an affordable short haul solution to those needing a saltwater fly fishing fix

SEARCHING FOR SCOTTISH COASTAL sea trout

There is something extremely relaxing and satisfying about

SHOOTING FOR SALMON

In support of raising vital funds for wild salmon conservation, the Atlantic Salmon Trust (AST) hosted its inaugural charity clay shoot and auction on 10 June at the Royal Berkshire Shooting School.

INDELIBLE memories

A well-known and tireless conservationist, The Duke of Northumberland is patron of numerous wildlife charities. Formerly president of Salmon & Trout Conservation and current vice president of the GWCT, he has won several notable awards including the Purdey Award in recognition of his groundbreaking work to halt the decline in grey partridge numbers. His younger brother James Percy met him at home at Alnwick Castle to find out more

RAG-AND-BONE WOMAN

Our multi-faceted front cover artist Silvy Weatherall describes herself as a painter, sculptor, pattern maker, wordsmith and singer. Based in Scotland, she tells us how her passion for fieldsports and hatred of waste are interlinked.

COME ONE , COME ALL

The Duke of Northumberland’s lifelong friend Sir Nicholas Soames is a staunch supporter of fieldsports. Here, the grandson of Winston Churchill and former Conservative Party MP, tells us about shooting grouse with David Cameron, waking up at 3am on the morning of a shoot and a fox named Hym

The game cook

For 26 years Gillian Millar has worked as full-time cook for the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, looking after shooting and fishing parties as well as daily meals. Based at Burncastle with her cocker spaniel Alfie, she is self-taught having watched her mother in the kitchen.

TASTING NOTES

My father wasn’t mad keen on good wine,

NATURE WILL ALWAYS FIND A WAY

Knight Frank’s Thomas van Straubenzee says there’s a growing trend for downscaling bag expectations

AHEAD OF THE CURVE

A former Purdey Awards winner, the Duke of Norfolk is a vociferous conservationist and wants us all to pull together to help reverse nature’s decline. Here, he tell us about the incredible work he has undertaken on his grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales and grey partridge manor in Sussex

PLANTATION QUAIL

The Duke of Northumberland’s son-in-law, Floridabased Remy W. Trafelet, is an avid wild quail shooter. Here, he explains how an American plantation is not dissimilar to a grouse moor or grey partridge estate

Byrecleugh

Our roving reporter Sandy Swinton accompanies the Birkbeck family on their grouse day at Floors Castle

A BIT EXTRA

When it comes to high end game shooting and fly fishing, we have never had so much choice. The length and breadth of Britain is heaving with clued-up estates offering us the world. Competition seems rife. That’s why Gleneagles has pushed the envelope to create a next-level hospitality experience that’s coining a brand new blueprint for days in the field

Bucking the trend

Last year Lady Katie Percy spent a month in the Niassa Special Reserve in Mozambique where she met an extraordinary man named Derek Littleton who has dedicated his life to helping the area’s wildlife thrive once again. The secret of his success? Hunting.