The next IFM Scotland water bailiff exam will be held on Saturday 9th May 2026. Should you wish to enrol on the course and sit it on that date please get in touch via the email address in the profile above. Thanks
Congratulations to Morag Maguire from the River Nith who won the Roger Barnes memorial Quaich and the Simon Mckelvey bottle of Talisker whisky for scoring the highest mark in the 2025 water bailiff exam.
Five pass certificates and the Roger Barnes Memorial Quaich posted off today. Congratulations to those who passed the water bailiff exam in December. Interested in becoming a warranted water bailiff in Scotland? Then please get in touch via the email address in our profile.
The Roger Barnes Memorial Quaich is awarded annually to the person who scores the highest mark in the water bailiff exam.They also receives a bottle of @talisker whisky.If you are interested in salmon and freshwater fish enforcement then please get in touch via the email above.
The next IFM Scotland water bailiff exam will take place on Saturday 28th February 2026. Should you wish to participate there is still time to enrol on the course. We can be contacted via the email address in our profile.
A busy day today marking exam papers. Congratulations to the 5 candidates who passed. All are now eligible to be warranted as water bailiffs in Scotland, and can help protect wild Atlantic Salmon from illegal exploitation.
The next Scottish water bailiff exam will be held on the 13th December 2025. If you wish to enrol on the course then please get in touch via the email address above.
Good luck to all the candidates sitting their water bailiff exam tomorrow. To accommodate people we have squeezed this extra exam in this year. A fourth one will be held around November or December.
Good luck to all the candidates sitting the IFM Scotland water bailiff exam tomorrow. There is a good number sitting it, and the marking of the papers will take place the following week.
Another 3 exam certificates posted out this week. Congratulations to all those who passed. The next exam is on the 31st May, so if you aspire to be a warranted water bailiff you still have just enough time to enrol on the course and sit the exam then. Contact in the bio
With fish poaching still the largest form of wildlife crime in Scotland the need for trained warranted water bailiffs is essential. Read the latest annual Scotland wildlife crime survey here https://t.co/fYBy5uOj0x
Congratulations to Alan Macpherson, who today was awarded the Roger Barnes Memorial Quaich and Simon Mckelvey bottle of Talisker whisky at the FMS/IFM water bailiff seminar. Alan achieved the highest pass mark in the water bailiff exam in 2024.
Our next Scottish water bailiff exam will be held on Saturday, May 31st. Should you wish to enrol on the course and sit the paper on that date, please get in touch via the email address in our profile.
Thanks to the candidates who attended our online training event last night via Teams. We hope you found it useful and good luck to you all with your exam in February.
2024 has been another busy year for IFM Scotland. Today, the last 4 remaining water bailiff pass certificates were posted out to those who passed the exam in December. A total of 29 people sat the 3 exams held this year, so granulations to all those that passed.
Congratulations to the 4 candidates who passed the recent water bailiff exam. All are now eligible to be warranted by a DSFB or Scottish Minister. Our next exam is being held on 11/2/25. If you are interested in doing the course, get in touch via the email address in the profile
The next IFM Scotland water bailiff exam will be held on the 7th December 2024. Should you wish to apply for the course and sit the exam on that date please get in touch via the email address in our profile.