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Iconic National Nature Reserves such as Lindisfarne are popuar spots for wildfowlers and will remain in public ownership
By Will Finch
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Fowlers welcome Government’s U-turn on nature reserves, saving the foreshore from falling into the wrong hands
BASC has welcomed a Government statement that National Nature Reserves (NNRs) will remain in public ownership, despite DEFRA officials “scoping a range of options”.
Wildfowling takes place on a number of NNRs, including iconic sites such as Lindisfarne. Part of the Wash is also an NNR, with local clubs providing voluntary wardens.
Mark Greenhough, wildfowling officer at BASC, said: “The current arrangement of wildfowling on NNRs seems to work well, so a continuation of current permit schemes would be a good thing for wildfowlers.
“The alternative would be for NNRs to be released from public ownership. If that happened, we don’t know whose hands they would end up in — it could pose problems if the wrong people took them over.”
The rest of this article appears in 16th February issue of Shooting Times.
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