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1. www.bto.org › understanding-birds › birdfactsSnipe | BTO - British Trust for Ornithology

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   Snipes are the most widespread wintering waders in Britain & Ireland, occuring in 88% of 10-km squares, spanning a wide range of lowland and upland habitats, except for the highest parts of Scotland. Densities are highest in southwest Ireland, the Northern Isles and in the coastal margins of Britain & Ireland.

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3. www.wildlifetrusts.org › birds › wading-birdsSnipe - The Wildlife Trusts

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   Snipe are brown, with an intricate pattern of black and gold bars, and a stripy brown and gold head. They have short, greyish-green legs and a very long, straight bill. The snipe is smaller than the similar-looking woodcock and is a bird of grasslands and moorlands, rather than woodlands.

4. www.rspb.org.uk › birds-and-wildlife › snipeSnipe Bird Facts | Gallinago Gallinago - The RSPB Wildlife ...

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   Snipe are medium sized, skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills. Find out more snipe facts including their habitat, food and distribution.

5. www.birdwords.co.uk › home-v › bird-factsheetsCommon Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) - www.birdwords.co.uk

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   Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Id: Small, cryptically coloured wader with very long, straight bill, half as long as its body. Very fast wing-beats in level flight; zig-zags away in panicky escape-flight when flushed, gives kissing call. In fresh or brackish water, not found in the intertidal zone. The Snipe’s long, straight bill is the ...

6. protectthewild.org.uk › wildlife › birdsCommon Snipe - Protect the Wild

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   One of two species of snipe regularly found in the UK (and one of 28 species globally), the Common Snipe is a small wetland bird with a very long, slender bill, eyes placed high on the head for all-round vision, and cryptic/camouflaging plumage.

7. earthlife.net › snipesThe Snipes (family Scolopacidae) Information | Earth Life

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   Jul 12, 2023 · A Snipe is any of nearly 20 very similar wading bird species characterised by a very long slender bill and cryptic plumage. Snipes in the family Scolopacidae belong either to the small genera Coenocorypha (the New Zealand snipes) and Lymnocryptes or to the about 15 typical snipes in the genus Gallinago .

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   What is a Snipe bird?

   • Snipe are medium sized, skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills. Find out more snipe facts including their habitat, food and distribution

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   What does a Snipe bird look like?

   • Snipe are brown, with an intricate pattern of black and gold bars, and a stripy brown and gold head. They have short, greyish-green legs and a very long, straight bill. The snipe is smaller than the similar-looking woodcock and is a bird of grasslands and moorlands, rather than woodlands.

   Snipe - The Wildlife Trusts

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   What is a common snipe?

   • Facts about the Common Snipe Scientific name: Gallinago gallinago Bird Family: Sandpipers, snipes and phalaropes UK conservation status: Amber At a glance Once very familiar in damp meadows, snipes have been in steep decline since 1980s. As part of their courtship display snipes 'drum', a sound created by the vibration…

   Common Snipe - Protect the Wild

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   What does a common snipe look like?

   • Common snipes have short greenish-grey legs and a very long (5.5-7 cm (2.2-2.8 in)) straight dark bill. The body is mottled brown with straw-yellow stripes on top and pale underneath. They have a dark stripe through the eye, with light stripes above and below it. Their wings are pointed. Common snipes are found throughout the Palearctic.

   Common Snipe - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio

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   Why is a snipe a good wader?

   • Very fast wing-beats in level flight; zig-zags away in panicky escape-flight when flushed, gives kissing call. In fresh or brackish water, not found in the intertidal zone. The Snipe’s long, straight bill is the perfect tool for probing deeply into the soft mud, and as a result the Snipe is indeed the champion probe-feeder among waders.

   Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) - www.birdwords.co.uk

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   What is a common sniper?

   • In the days of market hunting, the most skilled hunters of all would often bring many Common Snipe to market earning the moniker “sniper” as a badge of respect for the difficulty in shooting this amazing little bird. The term has evolved into the modern usage of sniper, referring to a skilled antipersonnel sharpshooter.

   The Snipes (family Scolopacidae) Information | Earth Life

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9. animalia.bio › common-snipeCommon Snipe - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio

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   Basic facts about Common Snipe: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.