DECOYS AND WILD-FOWLING IN ESSEX. 6i 



Green-shank, Oxbird, Common Sandpiper, Little Grebe, Common 

 Gull and Storm Petrel. 



(4.) The Glebeland Decoy lies one mile and a quarter S.S.E. 

 from Bradwell-juxta-Mare, north of the brook that runs to Sandbeach 

 Outfall, and three-quarters of a mile from the sea-wall. 



(5.) East Hall and (6.) West Wick Decoys are both in 

 Bradvvell parish, the former one mile and a half N.E. from the 

 village, and the latter the same distance W. Both are now dis- 

 used, but have been worked within living memory. Their sites are 

 still discernible. East Hall Decoy is about midway between Sales 

 Point and Bradwell Chapel. 



(7.) Ramsey Island Decoy. On an old map of Essex, pub- 

 lished in 1772, an "Old Decoy," of which traces are still discover- 

 able, is shown close to Stansgate Wick, on the E. side of the 

 Channel, separating it from Ramsey Island (49.79).* 



(8.) Steeple Decoy was in Canney Marsh, on the E. bank of 

 Steeple Creek, and midway between Steeple Church and the Black- 

 water. It is on Steeple Hall Farm. Further information relating to 

 this decoy is given hereafter. 



(9.) Mayland Decoy is situated in the corner of Sheep-pound 

 Marsh, in the extreme N.E. corner of the parish of Mayland, and on 

 the point west of Steeple Creek. It is on Nipsell's Farm (called Old 

 Nipkin's in some maps), the present tenant of which is Mr. John 

 Bunting. This decoy, which is still known as " the Old Decoy," is 

 not alluded to by Sir R. P. Gallwey or Mr. Harting, and its dis- 

 covery is due to Mr. Fitch. 



(10.) Latchingdon Decoy. On Bowen's Map of Essex (1760) 

 a decoy is indicated on the W. side of Latchingdon Creek, two miles 

 W. from Steeple, and one E. from Mundon. 



(11.) Northey Island Decoy. The site of a decoy, unnoticed 

 either by Sir R. P. Gallwey or by Mr. Harting, exists on the eastern 

 side of Northey Island, Maldon, now held by Mr. E. A. Fitch. It 

 is still known as " the Decoy Piece." It has been disused certainly 

 during this century, and although the pond and ditches are probably 

 but little altered, it is now impossible to say how many pipes there 

 were. From an advertisement appearing in Mercurius Publiciis for 6th 



* The only map on which this decoy seems to be marked is Chapman and Andre's, which was 

 published in 1777. Probably, therefore, the date given by Sir R. P. Gallwey (1772) is wrong. 



