The hunting of the woodcock and its future.
More ... My vision of woodcock hunting management 2
That being said, we attach particular importance to data from scientists and are amazed to note that some feel that the Oncfs would be carrying out fanciful studies, and that too much importance should not be attached to the work of scientists. the Oncfs !
There again many contradictions are current currencies, except some optimistic editorialists do not hesitate to announce hypotheses without any figures to explain the good conditions of the woodcock herd, the better some are ready to announce changes in methods not to assume their work carried out. in the past.
One association manager even announces that last season was very slightly above average, it's worrying, unbelievable but true !
Another columnist explains to us that the woodcock is an opportunistic bird, yes indeed, but only after having been confronted with the conditions of the national territory, and in this case the drought is an element which should have resulted in numerous movements of birds. , which was not the case to my knowledge, and I doubt that the woodcock has the faculty to guess in advance the drought, the opportunism n 'does not explain the lack of birds at the national level, that being said, from my point of view the woodcock being a solitary bird with lower numbers, they concentrated on the best sites located in their regions of destination, which could explain the phenomena of relative concentrations and at the same time regions without or almost no birds , which in my opinion indicates a decline that has already started for years.
Climate change, the Friend of " optimistic ", He is the" Grail "to explain that all is well is used without ever bringing the slightest study, the slightest figure, to support their optimism !
And yes, too often to explain that all is well these seers explain to us that in reality woodcock migrate on areas centered a little more towards the North, North-East.
Being like Saint-Thomas, I attach little credibility to the arguments of these optimists without support for studies on this point .
Apart from all the European studies of ringing and recently that of Bécargos * show that the woodcock is faithful to its wintering site , at almost 97%, difficult to be more faithful ! The fidelity of our bird, like other species, is one of the only parameters , which represents a regularity to the point that it is almost infallible has more than 90% since studies are carried out!
I hear the optimists explain to us that the weather conditions are they seem responsible, yes indeed, from my point of view they are responsible for modifying the timing of the migration only, except in exceptional conditions, which does not 'was not the case last season, and they are very contradictory over the years, but in my opinion they influence little on the quantities of birds and on the heterogeneous observation at this point at the national level.
But that doesn't deter all of those optimists to say otherwise and I admit their communication is sharp.
Bécargos, study by Philippe Vignac on our site, the only study of Bécargos.
