…normal winter sport. Not that they were frozen all the time; the sheets of water were attractive to large numbers of wildfowl. The days of decoying birds with specially built…
Here we have a photo of two men setting some nets to catch Plovers on Cowbit Wash. Dated 1900 Traditionally, farmers and wildfowlers went out on Cowbit Wash when it…
…from horses to steam, fenland pastimes of skating and wildfowling, celebrations of jubilees and coronations, and the dramatic events of the 1947 floods, captured in photographs many of which have…
…with me in the Pinchbeck Rifle Club team. The boss of everyone except the editorial team was the general manager, Walter Cook, who was one of the area’s keenest wildfowlers….
This beautiful painting of Crowland Abbey and surroundings is by Peter De Wint. It shows some Wildfowler’s in their punts in the foreground. Dated 1905 Click on image to enlarge…
…constant delays over centuries due to political and legal difficulties. Serious opposition came from small freeholders, tenant farmers and commoners who, for generations, had made a living by fishing, wildfowling,…
…and punt are on display. These were used by wildfowlers on flooded land and marshes to shoot ducks and geese. Coal Store The coal store room was the store for…
click on images to view. Wild Fowling on Cowbit Wash written Reg Dobbs and appeared in Lincolnshire Poacher in Summer 2008. The article features Thomas Tyrell but was know as…
The Preston Guardian: Saturday, January 3, 1846; Issue 1740. A MAN SHOT IN MISTAKE FOR A WILD DUCK – On the night of Tuesday last, a person named GOODERSON, while…
