10 DECEMBER 1943, Page 14

NATURE RESERVES

Stx,—May I be allowed to correct the assertion by Sir William Beach Thoras that "the British Field Sports Society prefers the amusement of local wild-fowlers before the preservation of birds " ? Nothing is farther from the truth. In the particular case in N. Devon under consideration the Society believed that a certain area resorted to by wild-fowlers was to be set aside as a nature reserve although unsuitable for such. It now appears that this view was also shared by the Devon Committee which Sir William rightly applauds, who say that it was never intended to recommend this particular area as a reserve.—Yours faithfully, jamEs W. Frrzwitwart,t, Secretary. British Field Sports Society, High Street, Petworth, Sussex.