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7/5/2021 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock , GWCT Partners
If you’ve taken part in the GWCT/BTO ‘annual’ woodcock surveys before, please consider getting involved again this spring.
15/4/2021 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock
Three of the satellite-tagged woodcock, tracked as part of the GWCT’s Woodcock Watch project, have sent updates over the past few weeks.
16/11/2020 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock
9/11/2020 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock
27/5/2020 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock
21/5/2020 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock
Although we are no longer tagging new woodcock as part of the Woodcock Watch project, some of the existing tagged birds continue to transmit. One such woodcock is Fonthill Abbie II who was caught in Wiltshire in 2016.
13/5/2020 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock , Waders
The woodcock breeding season will now be well underway. Male woodcock will be roding all across the country and most females will be incubating. Some females will already have chicks, especially given the relatively mild start to the spring. Normally, by mid-April, we are busy with spring fieldwork but under current coronavirus restrictions, none of our usual work can continue.
6/5/2020 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock , Waders
Nellie III has made a welcome return to the Woodcock Watch map with a series of new transmissions.
1/5/2020 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock
Members of the GWCT Woodcock Watch team have published an article in the May edition of British Birds.
28/4/2020 in: Woodcock Watch Blog under: Woodcock
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