JDog Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Whether it is early I cannot say but today I saw skein after skein of Pinkfeet heading in a north westerly direction. In total I must have seen five or six hundred. How odd then that others have been reporting an influx of woodcock in the last week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Don't know how true it is but i was told by an old keeper that woodcock gang up in warm woods ready for the trip home, that might explain the reported influx of woodcock, if true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 Two woodcock were shot on the pheasant shoot I was on today. They were the first I have seen there all season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 At one time the woodcock would be coming in on the 1st moon in september............a study has been going on over the last 30 years about the lenghts of the woodcock beaks................they are getting shorter..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pull2007 Posted January 25, 2016 Report Share Posted January 25, 2016 on a shoot in Yorkshire Saturday gone they flushed loads out 6 shot i was lucky got 3 of them it was a very warm day great sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 26, 2016 Report Share Posted January 26, 2016 It has been very cold on the continent, Scandinavia and the Baltic, hence the influx into the British Isles. The pinks on on their way to their Scottish grounds in preparation for the jump to Iceland and eastern Greenland. Don't know how true it is but i was told by an old keeper that woodcock gang up in warm woods ready for the trip home, that might explain the reported influx of woodcock, if true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNS Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 I shot left and right woodcock the week before last in Wales. They were without doubt the largest woodcock I have ever seen. Sadly the left was on the Monday and the right the following Saturday so I don't get to join the illustrious club. I probably saw 15 or so in two days on our syndicate's annual woodcock trip and every one that was shot was huge - my sense from discussions with the keeper is they have had fewer than normal this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 I shot left and right woodcock the week before last in Wales. They were without doubt the largest woodcock I have ever seen. Sadly the left was on the Monday and the right the following Saturday so I don't get to join the illustrious club. I probably saw 15 or so in two days on our syndicate's annual woodcock trip and every one that was shot was huge - my sense from discussions with the keeper is they have had fewer than normal this season You are mistaking woodcock for melanistic hen pheasants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNS Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Now that would be a huge 'woodcock' ! Ive seen some truly beautiful melanistic birds this season, including one on Monday that we halted the gun bus to admire, as it strolled along the lane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westley Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Still a lot of Pinks in West Lancs area but numbers have dropped over the last couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.5x55SE Posted January 27, 2016 Report Share Posted January 27, 2016 Still a lot of Pinks in West Lancs area but numbers have dropped over the last couple of weeks. Personally i would put that down to the Geese being elusive as there is a Moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 29, 2016 Report Share Posted January 29, 2016 (edited) Oop norf the ducks geese are all over the fields on farms etc as there is that much standing water still, they don't need the marshes and estuaries foreshore etc. Been a very poor washed out season for our local clubs. Not many flighting there staying in the fields as they have no need to travel. Edited January 29, 2016 by figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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