Author: Shorten, Monica:
Title: The Game Conservancy: The European Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola L.). A Report On A Search Of the Literature Since 1940.
Description: Fordingbridge Hampshire, The Game Conservancy, 1974 Soft wraps, VG, Report No. 21, b/w drawing on front by Alex Jardine, contents fine and tight with maps, tables, graphs, b/w illustrations, pp94. "It has been apparent to the Game Conservancy for some time that surprisingly little is know about the woodcock... Not only is much of the once famous woodcock habitat deteriorating but the small band of experienced keepers who managed these areas is rapidly disappearing... it was decided to initiate a broad review of the research which has been carried out since W B Alexander's survey in 1939."

Keywords: woodcock Scolopax rusticola research game bird ornithology study population management conservation shooting records ringing breeding growth development feeding mortality description