WITH RICHARD NEGUS
RICHARD NEGUS IS A PROFESSIONAL HEDGE-LAYER AND WRITER. HE IS A KEEN WILDFOWLER AND HAS A PASSION FOR GREY PARTRIDGES
“One of the things to remember about being in a wildfowling club,” I told Charlie, “is that it isn’t all about rising early, getting cold and shooting.” With these sage words of wisdom ringing in his ears — or endless diatribe if you are 12 years old — my son gave in and agreed to join me on a Great Yarmouth Wildfowlers work party.
Such activities are part and parcel of wildfowling. Reed beds are little different to coppice woodland. If they are left to their own devices they begin to succumb to disease and fail. If given a winter’s
