max4wildfowler

https://basc.org.uk/wildfowling/wildfowling-permit-scheme/

19th & 20th August 2017 http://www.gallowaycountryfair.co.uk/

It takes time and it might be at least a couple of seasons, or more, before you begin to suss out a new piece of foreshore. As Gadwall says, along with his other excellent advice, be careful. Especially on incoming spring tides with a strong onshore wind (and the dangers can be increased if this scenario is combined with heavy flows of river/stream water coming into a bay). You say it is a permit area. It's well worth a chat with the warden/ local wildfowlers on the particular dangers of the bay. Local fowlers are not going to give you tips on their favourite hot spots (these can be sussed out by yourself over a long period of observation of from a very safe position), but they will readily give a novice safety advice of situations to avoid. Be patient and good luck!

I've many of the books listed above, but would put: A Pattern Of Wings edited by Jonathon Young, A Fowlers world by Ian Niall, Bill Powell's and BBs at the top of my list. Arthur Cadman was a good wildfowler, but he was at odds with Bill Powell (and most local wildfowlers) over his sand-crawling on the goose roosts on the Solway. Douglas McDougall's "Goose Fever" had too much inland decoying for me to enjoy it and I always skip over BB's inland chapters when I'm picking up his books for the umpteenth time.

Best to ask BASC Scotland. There's a difference in the laws related to Scottish islands compared to the mainland. I believe landowners have rights on the shooting to the low water mark.

A bargain at £2 a cartridge!

The information is found on page 24 of the BASC wildfowling permit scheme: https://basc.org.uk/wildfowling/wildfowling-permit-scheme/