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Snipe

BijdezeeBijdezee Posts: 1,484
in Wildlife gardening
I've just seen one of these in my garden probing with it's long beak. Very unusual, must be the frozen ground and low temperatures forced it here  to look for food. 

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Lucky you.  They're usually very shy and I believe are now a protected species in Belgium.  Our farmer neighbours in Belgium said we had them along a stream which was our boundary between their paddock and ours but I never saw one.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Amazing.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited February 2021
    We have resident snipe on / around the lake.
    The previous owner used to charge folk to come and try to shoot them.
    Devon.
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    As soon as autumn comes and the fields become wet, the snipe arrive by the dozen and it's impossible to walk a field with the dog without putting up at least six.  For the sad individuals who need to kill things for entertainment, the snipe is a 'fun' target because it zigzags in flight every 20-25 metres and requires greater skill to shoot.  I've never discovered why they fly at night but we hear them calling at all hours.  (SW Ireland)
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Haha.. I've been on many a snipe hunt as a child at various summer camps.  Some of the counselors would occasionally catch one, but they escaped before us campers ever got a good look.  Usually out through a hole in the bottom of the paper bag supplied to everyone.  
    Utah, USA.
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