Blogs
21/12/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Woodcock , Waders
Take a closer look at our reserach on habitat for breeding woodcock, national survey findings for woodcock habitat and roding counts.
16/12/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Waders
Moving into 2023, our ground-nesting birds need your help more than ever.
13/12/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Waders , Woodcock
During prolonged periods of freezing weather, waterfowl and waders are less able to access food resources and, as such, become more reliant on their fat reserves.
8/12/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Woodcock , Waders
The GWCT has been carrying out woodcock research since the 1970s, with a programme of studies that has only intensified as it has progressed through the decades, each building on those that have gone before so that a more detailed picture has developed.
1/12/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Waders For Real Project , Waders , GWCT Partners
A redshank ringed by the GWCT Wetlands research team in the Avon Valley in 2021 has been re-sighted in Northwest France, near Lannion.
1/12/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Waders , Woodcock
The question of how many woodcock might spend their winters in the UK may seem straightforward but is actually extremely difficult to answer. The fundamental reason is the secrecy of these birds, so that simple counting of those we may see in winter is not an accurate reflection of the number that might be present, camouflaged in the woods and active at night.