After much work I have now published the full version of my book "Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and Beyond". It is a hard back book just under A4 size consisting of 450 pages, over 250,000 words and over 200 pictures and illustrations.

What of my identity? It is interwoven between marsh, fen and town but the world changes.  My roots and ancestry is firmly in the Fens....

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...

It is possibly one of the indicators of a river's health is the thriving of an apex predator like the otter. In the 2020's the otter is...

Every so often I will share bits from my notes and research 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...

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...

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...