James Lowther
Well-known member
Out on the heath? or along the track by the car park entrance?
I've only been a couple of times, both specifically (and successfully) to look for woodcock so i'm not all that familiar with the local topography. You walk along the main track away from the car park through the woods through a couple of gates until you come out onto open heathland (grazed by horses). If you walk out onto the heath for a bit and look back towards the car park the woodcock patrol along the edge of the woods at dusk (listen out for the grunting and sneezing call). Both times i've been were in summer (june or july) but i'm not sure how early in the year it all starts, probably quite a bit earlier than that,
cheers,
James