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    Patrick Galbraith

    Patrick Galbraith

    Patrick Galbraith is an author, journalist, former editor of Shooting Times, and a regular contributor to Country Life, The Critic, and The Spectator. He is the author of two books, In Search of One Last Song: Britain's Disappearing Birds and the People Trying to Save Them and Uncommon Ground: Rethinking our Relationship with the Countryside.

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    The true meaning of Dumbledore, Chiggypig, Hornywink and Lang lugs, and the other old English animal names all but lost to us

    The colourful and beautiful archaic names given to the animals and birds of Britain are in danger of being lost — but they won't be if Patrick Galbraith has anything to do with it. He tells the tale of peewits, pianets and King Harry's red caps, and picks out his favourite bizarre sobriquets, while Paula Lester provides an extraordinary list of the creatures who sometimes have dozens of different names.

    • The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE CLYDESDALE OR PAISLEY TERRIER. 415 grey, sooty or dark hairs. The tail should be of several fine examples of the breed, very dark blue or black. including the beautiful San Toy and the From the above description it will be equaUy beautiful Mozart, seen that the Clydesdale differs very materi- As with the Skye Terrier, it seems a ally from the Skye Terrier, although to the ?a"er of difhculty to produce

      The dogs we lost: 10 extinct British dog breeds

      When a breed no longer has a job, be it turning a meat spit, hunting or herding, it often goes the way of the dodo.

      By Patrick Galbraith Published 26 November 19

    • The Isle of Scarba, Patrick's home for the week, as viewed from Luing.

      What it's like to live for five days on an uninhabited Scottish island

      Marooned on the uninhabited Scottish island of Scarba with only his terrier for company, Patrick Galbraith discovers the realities of a solitary way of life.

      By Patrick Galbraith Published 6 July 19

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