Woodcock Watch Blog

Chris Heward shares some good news - after a long period of silence we have received new data from Doc.

Read our letter, published in The Times today and written by Andrew Hoodless, our Head of Wetlands Research

We’ve received new data from Sir John that confirms he has returned to Norfolk where he was caught and tagged in March.

Chris Heward reports on two of our tagged woodcock who have finished their autumn migrations.

Chris Heward provides an update on Nellie II's latest location.

Chris Heward provides an update on some of our tagged birds as they begin their autumn migration.

What do you usually buy your friends and loved ones for Christmas? A CD? A DVD? A voucher? Or do you just go to the gifts section on the John Lewis website and hope they’ve got something vaguely suitable? If that’s your plan again for this year, then we may be able to help…

We have received data indicating that one of our woodcock has begun its return trip to Britain. This is the first sign of autumn migration we’ve seen from the tagged birds this year

On Thursday 13th October, GWCT Wetlands Research Assistant Chris Heward took over the Biotweeps Twitter account, which features a different biologist every week.

Chris Heward provides a short update on seven of our tagged woodcock who are providing regular transmissions.