2016

BBC presenter Chris Packham has started an e-petition, calling for a moratorium on the shooting of three wader species: woodcock, snipe and golden plover. It has clocked up an impressive 10,000 signatures in a week so Defra will, at least, give him a written answer – it will probably make interesting reading. We think, however, that some of the language and figures Packham has used are misleading.

There’s something about woodcock that appeals to me. Also to many other people, if the public support of the Woodcock Watch project is anything to go by.