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Waiting list, classroom training sessions, compulsory walks and a two year probation (supervised visits) on the Dee. So best to plan early. However it is a great marsh and is very well run IMO. 

Just checked with the BTO, the Ribble Estuary averages 80,000+ wigeon, Lindasfarne 14.5k and Dee 4.5k. You may be best where you are.  

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Sunday morning I dropped my wife off at the supermarket near the estuary and took the dog for a walk to look at the wildfowl that are now in vast numbers , the tide was making up and bunches of Wigeon were constantly on the move and dropping down only a 100 yards or so from from the estuary wall , the whole area was Black with duck with the majority being Wigeon , on the chart above we were forth down the list ( Breydon Water ) 

We have also got good numbers running into the 1000s nearby in the Yare and Waveney valleys , certainly no shortage of duck and geese .

If any of you are in the area and would like to look at the duck and geese then you are more than welcome to get in touch and I would be happy to show you where they are .

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On 22/11/2020 at 19:23, WalkedUp said:

Waiting list, classroom training sessions, compulsory walks and a two year probation (supervised visits) on the Dee. So best to plan early. However it is a great marsh and is very well run IMO. 

Just checked with the BTO, the Ribble Estuary averages 80,000+ wigeon, Lindasfarne 14.5k and Dee 4.5k. You may be best where you are.  

And check your eyesight 🤣

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2 hours ago, misser said:

thanks for the replies gents...at least some folk are seeing a few which is good....seems a lot in norfolk, hope you get a few marshman  🙂🙂...atb...misser

We have also got a few reserves scattered about so the duck have got plenty of places to go and rest in peace , the main one is Breydon water itself , although a small area is shot by the local wildfowling club , another added bonus is it tidal and salt water so in a hard spell when all the inland rivers and Broads freeze over the estuary is still open , another big reserve is on the Halvergate marshes at Berney Arms , this is owned by the R S P B and is flooded at different depths to attract ducks and geese , the geese go out in the mornings and return at night , the two local clubs have marshes to shoot on that border the reserve so if you live near and handy and can go when the conditions are right you can normally get a amongst the geese ,mind you there are limits and if you get them right they are not the hardest birds you will come across.

As I said , there are reserves in the Yare valley at Buckenham where you watch Bean Geese and also good numbers of fowl in the Waveney valley where a lot of land is now wildfowl friendly .     MM

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