In 1986 I was sat in Spalding Gentlemen’s Society when the then President of the Society, Bob Whiston told me that when he was a child...

In January 1824 the Freiston coastguard experienced no small success: “Last week in Lincoln Deeps, as a detached party belonging to the...

What made Freiston Shore so popular? If we look at the various activities there are a few factors that may have influenced this, but they...

It is perhaps hard to imagine as you wind down the narrow roads approaching Freiston village and then a little further, two miles, to...

Sturgeon Sturgeon are almost never seen in UK waters either in the sea or inland. However, occasional non-native sturgeon species get...

Perhaps the most famous fishing family from the Wash are the Linehams of Fosdyke who have made their lives from the sea as fishermen and...

DECOYS AROUND FRISKNEY AND WAINFLEET The decoys of this area provided great interest yet by the time Oldfield published his History of...

It is possibly hard to imagine nowadays, but the Wash and  the inland waterways leading from the Wash provided key channels for trade and...

DOWSBY DECOY -  “……….towards Sleaford, we soon get to another group of six old Decoys, all within three miles NE of Dowsby, the most...

Most of us are familiar with the word Decoy referring to a wooden, or plastic model of a duck or pigeon, but in this case the word Decoy...

Also, reproduced many times in books and magazines are Frank Parkinson’s photographs of plover netting on Cowbit Wash with clap-nets....

If you look at punts in different areas they have different designs. Those used on the tidal Norfolk Broads and large expanses of water...

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...

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

Wildfowlers are usually very clever people. They learn their craft from others and by observation. Many have self-taught skills to make...

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...

Anyone visiting Ken Burton's house would turn into a driveway made up of stone and broken clay pigeons that had been picked up from the...

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