[Misc] Woodcock ( bird variety)

portslade seagull · Feb 10, 2019

Sons and grandchildren over for dinner. Sitting in the front room when there was a load bang/thud on the glass door. When we checked it was a long beaked bird the likes of which I've never seen before. It had knocked itself out and there was claret on the patio.
We picked it up and put it into a box rather lifeless. An hour later it was more lively so we phoned Wadurs. They picked it up told us what it was and that luckily nothing was broken and they expect to release it in a couple of days. The guy had never seen this bird either.
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timbha · Feb 10, 2019

portslade seagull said:
Sons and grandchildren over for dinner. Sitting in the front room when there was a load bang/thud on the glass door. When we checked it was a long beaked bird the likes of which I've never seen before. It had knocked itself out and there was claret on the patio.
We picked it up and put it into a box rather lifeless. An hour later it was more lively so we phoned Wadurs. They picked it up told us what it was and that luckily nothing was broken and they expect to release it in a couple of days. The guy had never seen this bird either.
Our good deed for the day

Wadurs ? - can’t it swim

Harry Wilson's tackle · Feb 10, 2019

This isn't a thread about Murray's new goalscoring technique is it?

timbha · Feb 10, 2019

portslade seagull said:
Sons and grandchildren over for dinner. Sitting in the front room when there was a load bang/thud on the glass door. When we checked it was a long beaked bird the likes of which I've never seen before. It had knocked itself out and there was claret on the patio.
We picked it up and put it into a box rather lifeless. An hour later it was more lively so we phoned Wadurs. They picked it up told us what it was and that luckily nothing was broken and they expect to release it in a couple of days. The guy had never seen this bird either.
Our good deed for the day

Oh I see, that type of bird after a night out on the red wine in Portslade. I’d keep your gate locked (bit rude about her beak mind)

Mr Putdown · Feb 10, 2019

Love them.

Harry Wilson's tackle · Feb 10, 2019

Mr Putdown said:
Love them.

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Not sure why you had to tie its legs together before you burned it. Is this a Croydon thing?

Alba Badger · Feb 10, 2019

Amazing birds, quite rare these days. They are normally nocturnal and rest up during the day in bushes in woodland. That's where my dog flushed one out, an absolute treat to see, the beaks are stunning.

Eeyore · Feb 10, 2019

portslade seagull said:
Sons and grandchildren over for dinner. Sitting in the front room when there was a load bang/thud on the glass door. When we checked it was a long beaked bird the likes of which I've never seen before. It had knocked itself out and there was claret on the patio.
We picked it up and put it into a box rather lifeless. An hour later it was more lively so we phoned Wadurs. They picked it up told us what it was and that luckily nothing was broken and they expect to release it in a couple of days. The guy had never seen this bird either.
Our good deed for the day

You don't normally see them during the day so that's the reason the guy may not have come across one. There aren't so many around these days either. They tend to hang around conifer.

Kneon Light · Feb 10, 2019

Brighton Lines said:
You don't normally see them during the day so that's the reason the guy may not have come across one. There aren't so many around these days either. They tend to hang around conifer.

Ashdown forest at dusk a good place to see them

Alba Badger · Feb 10, 2019

Kneon Light said:
Ashdown forest at dusk a good place to see them

We saw ours in Slindon Woods

Eeyore · Feb 10, 2019

Alba Badger said:
We saw ours in Slindon Woods

You've got a conifer plantation there so it's likely a breeding ground.

Eeyore · Feb 10, 2019

Kneon Light said:
Ashdown forest at dusk a good place to see them

No doubt. We have them nearby at Broadwater Warren too. Ashdown Forest is awesome for any nature enthusiast.

Haven't seen many heffalumps or woozles recently though.

Bry Nylon · Feb 10, 2019

portslade seagull said:
It had knocked itself out and there was claret on the patio.

[MENTION=27447]Goldstone1976[/MENTION] will be round like a shot. (Assuming it is an '82, naturally).

Mr Putdown · Feb 10, 2019

Brighton Lines said:
You've got a conifer plantation there so it's likely a breeding ground.

They are adapted to both deciduous and coniferous forest. In fact the RSPB suggest that the increase in mature conifer woodlands could be one of the reasons why their numbers are in decline. In the winter there is every chance that any woodcock you see are actually Russian as about 1.5 million of them overwinter here.

Goldstone1976 · Feb 10, 2019

Bry Nylon said:
[MENTION=27447]Goldstone1976[/MENTION] will be round like a shot. (Assuming it is an '82, naturally).

Bloody ‘82s and Robert Parker. A full, blousey vintage which is far too “hot”. Now, an ‘83, ‘85, ‘86, ‘89 or ‘90 (what a brilliant decade that was)? Now we’re talking. :wink:

Raleigh Chopper · Feb 10, 2019

I do a job every year in a house with shooting grounds on Dartmoor.
It's very expensive and they have some very rich people staying there to shoot.
Every year as I am driving down the long lane to the house there are hundreds of Woodcock and Pheasant in the road and hedgerows all ready to be beaten out and blasted.
Woodcock is delicious by the way, you should have killed and roasted it.

Kneon Light · Feb 11, 2019

Raleigh Chopper said:
I do a job every year in a house with shooting grounds on Dartmoor.
It's very expensive and they have some very rich people staying there to shoot.
Every year as I am driving down the long lane to the house there are hundreds of Woodcock and Pheasant in the road and hedgerows all ready to be beaten out and blasted.
Woodcock is delicious by the way, you should have killed and roasted it.

People who shoot woodcock are scum - it is a red-listed bird (endangered)

Raleigh Chopper · Feb 11, 2019

Kneon Light said:
People who shoot woodcock are scum - it is a red-listed bird (endangered)

Ah, maybe they are not Woodcock then, I thought they were.
This is a professional shoot with beaters and gamekeepers etc, what if they are bred at the shoot for shooting purposes?

Kalimantan Gull · Feb 11, 2019

Raleigh Chopper said:
Ah, maybe they are not Woodcock then, I thought they were.
This is a professional shoot with beaters and gamekeepers etc, what if they are bred at the shoot for shooting purposes?

Woodcock are shot in Dartmoor and they are endangered as suffering major decline in numbers nationwide

Kneon Light · Feb 11, 2019

Raleigh Chopper said:
Ah, maybe they are not Woodcock then, I thought they were.
This is a professional shoot with beaters and gamekeepers etc, what if they are bred at the shoot for shooting purposes?

They would be woodcock and the hunters that do this don't give a toss that they are endangered - like I said they are scum.

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