Please collect duck, goose and woodcock wings this season.
If you have collected any wings over the season, please wrap them securely in a plastic bag, then put them in a cardboard box or padded envelope and post to DWS, BASC, Marford Mill, Rossett, Wrexham LL12 0HL. Please post on Mondays or Tuesdays to avoid the wings being held in a sorting office over the weekend.
We are asking shooters to collect duck and goose wings from each bird they shoot to help us demonstrate the sustainability of our sport.
Duck, goose and woodcock wings can provide us with invaluable information on the age and gender ratios of our wild duck populations and, over time, can help us to demonstrate that we take a sustainable portion of the population. The information can also help us to identify where potential issues may be causing problems. For example, declining proportions of young birds in the bag might indicate problems on the breeding grounds.
Every wing submitted will be aged and sexed using characteristics of the feathers. Once we have that data the wing will be destroyed by incineration and will not be used for any further testing. A small proportion may be preserved for demonstration and education purposes at shows and events. We are not conducting any tests including, but not limited to, DNA analysis or chemical analysis on any wings you have sent us. If in the future, we wish to conduct further tests (for example, stable isotope analysis to assess where ducks are migrating from) then we will seek your explicit consent for these tests.
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| Species | Number of wings |
| Canada Goose | 9 |
| Common Snipe | 9 |
| Egyptian Goose | 1 |
| Gadwall | 24 |
| Golden Plover | 1 |
| Goldeneye | 6 |
| Greylag Goose | 41 |
| Mallard | 247 |
| Pink-footed Goose | 68 |
| Pintail | 16 |
| Pochard | 2 |
| Shoveler | 13 |
| Teal | 588 |
| Tufted duck | 19 |
| Wigeon | 662 |
| Woodcock | 342 |
| Total | 2048 |
You can find out about the ageing and sexing ducks in a newly-released guide by the ONCFS available online here.
This book is also available in hard back. Please complete the Duck wing guide order form and return it to ONCFS.
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