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Kenzie's report on Pinkfooted Geese
Nowadays a little over 500,000 pinkfeet geese are thought to overwinter in the UK. Certainly where I live in Northumberland I see my fair share from flocks of a few dozen to many hundreds flying over at times. However, this was not always the case and Kenzie Thorpe shared the following figures in May 1964
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From Marsh to Fen and Field - Stuart Hay
“There is no habitat in Lincolnshire which can truly be described as natural unless it be the sandy and muddy foreshores of the coast....
Aug 9, 20247 min read
Kenzie Thorpe - Boxer
Kenzie Thorpe is best known for his wildfowling, poaching, conservation and paintings. Much of his surviving notoriety is possibly the...
May 28, 20243 min read
Men of Marsh and Mud The Foreshore Wildfowler -Part 1 Kenzie Thorpe
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...
May 24, 20248 min read
A Tale of Kenzie Thorpe the Wild Goose Man of Sutton Bridge
Any one that enquires about wildfowling in The Wash will soon hear of the name Kenzie. MacKenzie Thorpe was a poacher, wildfowler, marsh...
Jul 10, 20217 min read
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