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Home » Wildfowling » Wildfowling permit and handbook » Lindisfarne wildfowling permit scheme
 Please check permit costs following changes for the 2025/26 season.
Change of access points and shooting zone areas.
A section of land previously in the permit scheme was removed in 2018. See area identified in red on the map.
The application form will be available to download from 1 August 2025
Lindisfarne wildfowling bag returns must be completed by 7 March 2026 latest.
Send to Lindisfarne Wildfowling Warden, Lindisfarne NNR Office, Beal Station, Beal, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, TD15 2PB or to Shaun McWilliams (Lindisfarne wildfowling warden) at shaun.mcwilliams@basc.org.uk
Failure to do so may result in a ban.
Lindisfarne wildfowling bag return instructions 2025-2026
For further information, please email:Â wildfowling@basc.org.uk
It is your responsibility to know what you can and can’t shoot, and when, so make sure you bookmark this quarry season page.
Fossil fuels are a finite resource, it is therefore essential to find renewable alternatives, with wind farms just one possible option.
In periods of prolonged severe weather the relevant government ministers have the power to make protection orders suspending the shooting of wildfowl and waders.
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