Early in the 1960s, The North Wash Group of wildfowling clubs was formed, its member clubs being The South Lincolnshire WIldfowlers' Club, The Erewash & Trent Valley Wildfowlers' Club and The Leicestershire Wildfowlers' Association.

The North Wash Group gives LWA members access to the coastal marshes between Butterwick and Friskney sea lane. These marshes give our members the chance to try flighting duck and the occasional goose at morning and evening flight and, when conditions permit, tide flighting.

Crossing Wrangle Creek (click to enlarge)

Experienced members are available to take novice members out for their first few trips, as tidal marshes can be dangerous places. They are also on hand to assist with the all-important identification of quarry species.

The main quarry species encountered are mallard, wigeon and teal, with the occasional pinkfoot or greylag goose finding its way into the bag on red-letter days.

Having taken that first stumbling walk over the marsh in the dark to await morning flight and seen the sunrise over the marsh, many members find they are hooked on wildfowling for life.

Wrangle Marsh (click to enlarge)

Downloads
The following wildfowling documents are available for download in Adobe Acrobat (*.PDF) format:

• Leicestershire Wildfowlers' Safety Code (23 Kb)
  Live to wildfowl another day. Compiled by R.P. Mason.
   
• Wildfowler's World (27 Kb)
  A poetic embodiment of the sport of Wildfowling, penned by J.M. Porter.

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Further Information
For further details, please contact Kevin Wilcox (kwilcox@leicswa.org).