Woodcock Watch Blog

We take a look at the current whereabouts of our satellite-tagged woodcock as breeding season comes to an end.

We’re giving away three stunning signed and numbered limited edition prints by renowned sporting and wildlife artist Owen Williams.

Chris Heward discusses his PhD thesis which concerns the declining British woodcock population.

Chris Heward discusses possible reasons for the short movement made by Monkey IV midway through the breeding season.

Chris Heward takes a closer look at a spot on the Russia-Belarus border that is proving popular with our tagged woodcock.

As we reach the end of May it seems like a good time to take stock of where our migrant woodcock currently are and focus on some of those who have made the journey across Europe.

Chris Heward takes a closer look at some of our tagged migrant birds who have decided not to migrate this year.

Chris Heward discusses Soval, one of our tagged woodcock who 'went missing' but has now reappeared.

Three of our woodcock started from the same wintering location this spring and have all made similar spring migrations.

Chris Heward looks back on a successful ringing winter.