J Darcy 5,871 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 A new challenge maybe?..... Proper hard to get pics of......but I fancy trying..... No woodock were hurt in the making of these photos.... 18 Quote Link to post
green dragon 694 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Fair play mate that is some amazing reaction time Quote Link to post
bullmastiff 610 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 When I first started lamping, those bloody birds used to scare the sh*t out of me! Used to get a thumping noise close by like a rabbit running away, Dog would jump in that direction, lamp on and nothing there? like some sort of ghost Rabbit! Sure I've got a vid somewhere of me lamping one that was hunkered down accidentally. Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 www 3 Quote Link to post
Treehands 1,417 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Is the dog going in as though it's a squatter? Or just for the flush. Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Squatter. But with little or no wind, they were getting up and gone asap.... Took pics of five tonight on just one field......I know quite a few woodcock feeding fields around me....they have two things in common; they're grass and they're the highest fields in the area...... 2 Quote Link to post
Fat-Ferret 857 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Squatter. But with little or no wind, they were getting up and gone asap.... Took pics of five tonight on just one field......I know quite a few woodcock feeding fields around me....they have two things in common; they're grass and they're the highest fields in the area...... Until you said that I didnt realise...But were I see them most when lamping is the high up grass fields 1 Quote Link to post
MR RABBIT 715 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 If u can capture a woodcock carrying it's young in flight ull be a millionaire.. Appertantly it's never been done 2 Quote Link to post
Treehands 1,417 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Good numbers around me, Bin running on them regular, just before the strike he throws himself into the air. Had a few, more successful on partridge though! 1 Quote Link to post
low plains drifter 9,463 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 My young bitch was hunting them up in the rough grass on the hill where we go walking the other week, they make their beds on higher ground when the fields get too wet Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 My young bitch was hunting them up in the rough grass on the hill where we go walking the other week, they make their beds on higher ground when the fields get too wet They roost in daylight , mostly in woodland. It is uncommon to see woodcock in the daytime in fields. I think I've only seen it a couople of times. Once in the snow I took a few snaps of a feeding woodcock. Beautiful bird they are when you 'really' look at them. Once photographed a woodcock on the nest......amazing camoflage.... Quote Link to post
mushroom 12,387 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Trev had one out of the air up back of Preston one night. For me one of the biggest shitups was one night squeaking and a fookin owl come swooping in silent as a corpse 1 Quote Link to post
Omanyra 2,518 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 My young bitch was hunting them up in the rough grass on the hill where we go walking the other week, they make their beds on higher ground when the fields get too wet They roost in daylight , mostly in woodland. It is uncommon to see woodcock in the daytime in fields. I think I've only seen it a couople of times. Once in the snow I took a few snaps of a feeding woodcock. Beautiful bird they are when you 'really' look at them. Once photographed a woodcock on the nest......amazing camoflage.... Seen them in the snow, squatting at the bottm of small fir trees..also seen one on its nest, 4 lovely eggs when she lifted. Amazing bird and so much being done now by various conservation bodies to protect them, and ensure that they will be there for future people to see. Well done JD for getting the images 2 Quote Link to post
lurcherman 887 12,679 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Dont the young woodcock be fully grown in a month? How would you determine the age of a bird? Quote Link to post
low plains drifter 9,463 Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 My young bitch was hunting them up in the rough grass on the hill where we go walking the other week, they make their beds on higher ground when the fields get too wet They roost in daylight , mostly in woodland. It is uncommon to see woodcock in the daytime in fields. I think I've only seen it a couople of times. Once in the snow I took a few snaps of a feeding woodcock. Beautiful bird they are when you 'really' look at them. Once photographed a woodcock on the nest......amazing camoflage.... That's true, you are more likely to put them up out of woodland, when i say fields i was talking of the set aside margins and hedge sides rather than out in the open, the ones my bitch was hunting up were tucked up against the base of the young trees that are dotted about on the hillside, when the lower ground was waterlogged, always nice to see them wherever they are Quote Link to post
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