Jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) 12513-2
Sandwich, Kent, England.
The jack snipe is a small wading bird, similar to the more familiar common snipe. Unlike their common cousins, jack snipe are just winter visitors to the UK, spending the summer breeding on waterlogged bogs in northern Europe.
Jack snipe are secretive birds, often hidden in thick vegetation on marshes, wet grassland and in reedbeds. They use their long bill to probe the mud for insects, worms and even plant material, moving in a slight crouch and constantly bouncing up and down as if their legs were made of springs.
Length: 18cm
Wingspan: 40cm
Weight: 55g
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/wading-bir...
Jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) 12513-2
Sandwich, Kent, England.
The jack snipe is a small wading bird, similar to the more familiar common snipe. Unlike their common cousins, jack snipe are just winter visitors to the UK, spending the summer breeding on waterlogged bogs in northern Europe.
Jack snipe are secretive birds, often hidden in thick vegetation on marshes, wet grassland and in reedbeds. They use their long bill to probe the mud for insects, worms and even plant material, moving in a slight crouch and constantly bouncing up and down as if their legs were made of springs.
Length: 18cm
Wingspan: 40cm
Weight: 55g
www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/birds/wading-bir...