Welcome to the East of Scotland Association for Wildfowling and Conservation. Please use the links in the navigation bar above to move around our website about wildfowling in Scotland.

About the Club

The Association was founded in 2008 to provide a wildfowling club to serve all wildfowlers living in south-east and east-central Scotland and also those from further afield who come to our area to hunt ducks and geese. Click on the "The Area" button to find out more about this part of the Scottish coast or on the "Wildfowling" button to learn about the sport.

Traditionally in Scotland wildfowlers have felt secure that their "free shooting" in the foreshore was safe. Against that background, existing wildfowling clubs tend to be fairly small and often cover only a single estuary or, in some cases, just a small part of an estuary. With very few exceptions, those clubs have never sought to lease foreshore areas or purchase coastal marshes - quite simply because, under the existing legal framework, there was little to be gained by doing so. But even under the existing laws in Scotland, unrestricted access to some of the best wild-fowling has already been lost and, of course, the threat of future changes is very real. To put it simply, we need a club with the resolve and commitment to meet the challenges of the future.

We can readily see the dramatic effects of the EU Habitats Directive and its implementation by Natural England and the Countryside Council for Wales. Clubs south of the border have had to meet those challenges, and the best of them have done so very successfully. If similar challenges appear in Scotland, we will need wildfowling clubs of the size and with the resources of the best English and Welsh clubs.

Less than a year after being formed, the club had over 100 members and, as it expands, it is planned that it will encompass even more related activities such as clay shooting, gundog training, practical conservation, educational activities, etc. A very successful "Big Bore" clay shoot and a well-supported gundog working test have already been held, along with trout fishing and sea angling outings. Our first hugely successful Young Shots day was held in October 2009.

Affiliation to the British Association for Shooting and Conservation provide our members with many other very valuable services and a superb insurance package.

How to Join

For details of membership, please click on the "Join Now" button at the top of this page. There are three categories of membership: Full Member, Junior Member and Supporter Member