The hunting of the woodcock and its future.
Here is the only study des Bécargos Européennes, produced by specialist Philippe Vignac.
Philippe Vignac is above all a hunter, passionate about woodcock of course, but also of pointing dog, of Pointer, the breed which he particularly likes. The situation that we encounter on the ground, has objectively been a trigger for you to benefit from his experience and his studies, which you will discover in the following pages.
His study, unique in Europe, carried out by a man in the field, it will allow you to discover an analysis in total symbiosis with the reality on the ground , that we hunters, we have observed for several years now.
Observations of Bécargos from 2012 to 2017
In six years I have followed and observed 109 Woodcock which were fitted with Argos Beacons.
English: 62 - Spanish: 11 - French: 24 - Italian: 12
Distribution of breeding sites by country.
For 100 Migratory on breeding site
Western Russia: 57
Eastern Russia: 9
Finland : 4
Sweden : 8
Norway : 4
Denmark : 1
Estonia: 1
Latvia : 6
Belarus : 4
Ukraine : 1
Poland : 4
Germany: 1
Total Russia: 66%
of which Eastern Russia: 9%
Total Scandivanie : 17 %
Total Baltic States : 7 %
Total central Europe : 10 %
The English Bécargos being over-represented, we can deduce that Russia is home to around 75% of the European breeding population of Woodcock.
English Bécargos : Woodcock Watch Project 2012 to 2017, of which I personally sponsored several Woodcock.
Spanish Bécargos : Project Scolopax sin Fronteras 2012 to 2017. The Spaniards who equipped before 2012 are the first to have done so.
French Bécargos : Woodcock and Migration 2015 and 2016 . Project resulting from a collaboration between the National Bécassiers Club (CNB), and the National Hunting and Wildlife Office (ONCFS).
Italian Bécargos : Scolopax Overland 2012 and 2013. Since then, the Italians no longer communicate, but continue to equip.
