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‘Common Eel’ by Bernard Venables 
perhaps be ‘look’. Whether it was Scott capturing 
the time of day through the flight of birds or 
Venables portraying a season through a river scene, 
these great artists brought us to the spot; to see what 
happened beneath and above the surface of rather 
more than just the water. Peter Scott, of course, aptly 
called his BBC television series Look, but he and 
Venables encouraged the many to also see and do. 
Source material 
The author’s interviews, conversations and corres- 
pondence with Bernard Venables 1999-2000. 
COURTNEY, Julia, 1989, Peter Scott. Watford: Exley 
SCOTT, Peter, 1966, The Eye of the Wind: an Auto- 
biography. London: Hodder and Stoughton 
SCOTT, Peter, 1967, Happy the Man: Episodes in an 
exciting life. (Nigel Sitwell ed.) London: Sphere 
VENABLES, Bernard, 1993, The Illustrated Memoirs of a 
Fisherman. Ludlow: Merlin Unwin 
VENABLES, Bernard, 1949, Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing . 
London: Daily Mirror 
VENABLES, Bernard, 1968, Baleia! the Whalers of the 
Azores. London: Bodley Head and Knopf 
Picture credits 
Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing by kind permission of the 
Mirror. 
Paintings by Peter Scott by kind permission of Lady 
Philippa Scott. 
Paintings and a self portrait by Bernard Venables by kind 
permission of Eileen Venables, who wishes it to be 
known that she is the sole copyright holder of all 
works by Bernard Venables other than Mr Crabtree 
which is owned by the Mirror. Original artwork and 
prints by Bernard Venables are available through the 
shop at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum. 
Map by Scott, Wiltshire Heritage Museum and Library. 
