"Friends of Scolopax", the association that groups naturalist hunters with a passion for woodcock, has announced the start of the "AliRegAli" campaign 2018-2019. Starting from the season 2001-2002 the initiatives of these enthusiasts have been enriched by the project in question, which is aimed at studying and analyzing the wings of the species, in order to have interesting information on the health state. The contribution and participation in the harvest must be pursued with great awareness and responsibility by those who seek and collect woodcocks.
The first edition of “AliRegAli” was a kind of pilot project with a lot of support from the Club National des Becassiers. The memorandum of understanding, initially agreed as part of the project FANBPO (association from which Amici di Scolopax left in 2014), consists in the joint analysis of woodcock wings on a European basis, using the method widely used in France.
As recalled by “Amici di Scolopax”, the destination of the wings represents the simplest and most noble gesture a hunter can do. A few minutes are enough at the end of a hunting day to offer a valid contribution to the study. After preparing the wings, envelopes can be requested from the e-mail address [email protected]t, taking care to indicate the exact quantity and the address where to send them.