Blogs

Chris Heward reports on this Autumn's woodcock ringing efforts.

Wensum appears to be the first of our satellite-tagged woodcock to complete the annual autumn migration and is currently in Germany, just south of Hamburg, nearly one and a half thousand kilometres from her breeding site in Finland.

We respond to recent coverage in The Times concerning the decline in resident woodcock numbers.

This week, the results of the 2013 Breeding Woodcock Survey have been published in the journal Bird Study. This project is a collaboration between the GWCT and the British Trust for Ornithology. 

Joe Dimbleby, editor of the Shooting Times, visits GWCT HQ to present Mike Swan with a prestigious award.

Chris Heward discusses the new tracking work he's conducting with resident woodcock.

Renowned sporting and wildlife artist Owen Williams has produced a stunning print to help support our ground-breaking Woodcock Watch project.

Sunny summer weather has meant that many of our birds have sent new location data in August.

Owing to the presence of several large blocks of diverse woodland at Rotherfield Park and, probably also, the fact that minimum tillage is employed with most of the crops, the estate supports large numbers of woodcock in winter.