“There is no  habitat in Lincolnshire which can truly be described as natural unless it be the sandy and muddy foreshores of the coast....

Today's post is a sidebar to my book Marsh Fen and Town, South Lincolnshire and Beyond - in this case a consideration of the ethics of...

In 1876  JM Heathcote describes the use of a stalking sledge on Whittlesea Mere and at the same time related a curious way of pursuing...

Every so often I will post bits from my research and notes that I referred to but did not make it into my book Marsh Fen and Town, South...

The inland punt-gunner was a rare beast that was typically found in the Fenlands of Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire, but was also seen in...

Every so often I will post bits from my research anf notes that did not make it into my book Marsh Fen and Town, South Lincolnshire and...

A Day on the Marsh (Or never trust a stranger if he lets you buy the ale). There I sat quietly drinking my ale When this fellow Wells...

Joining a wildfowling club around the Wash could be a challenging experience. All had limited memberships and certainly up to the 1990’s...

It is not often that wildfowlers get a second chance when making a mistake with water, the elements, dogs and guns all providing their...

I have enjoyed many evenings at various venues around the Wash from Heacham to Boston, listening to wildfowlers telling their tales....

The mallard duck is now a common site in Spalding, yet this may not have been the case if it wasn’t for the likes of Tony Creasey his...

In 1986 I joined Spalding and District Wildfowlers Association, initially to provide a legitimate purpose for me obtaining a shot gun...

In 1986 I experienced my first trip down the marsh with a gun. Whilst young and enthusiastic I was a rubbish wildfowler. I shot nothing...

Wildfowlers have a great love of nature and observe it with interest both within and outside their shooting activities. Ken Burton, one...

There is a type of elegance in the observations of the Victorian sportsman, and whilst “offpatch” in Scotland I find this account by E.T....

1st September saw the start of the wildfowling season. It is possibly one of the purest and most challenging forms of field sport still...

Any one that enquires about wildfowling in The Wash will soon hear of the name Kenzie. MacKenzie Thorpe was a poacher, wildfowler, marsh...