My first flight shot of a Snipe. I was shooting at at it while it was perched on a fence post and got this one frame as it took flight.

Beaver County, Alberta.

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At Minsmere in September.

SNIPE are invariably associated with waterlogged or boggy ground, so with its incredible long straight bill, it probes the mud almost vertically downwards in the manner of a sewing machine. Normally a very shy and retiring bird, seen at the Restharrow scape, Sandwich Bay, Kent.

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Taken at Greylake Nature Reserve.

Jack Snipe - Lymnocryptes Minimus

Norfolk

The first time I drove down this road, there was a snipe sat up on a post. My next visit (7 years later), this Snipe was sat on the exact same post.

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

Common Snipe, Scilly Isles UK

Common Snipe using preen gland, WWT Slimbridge

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Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Bekassine

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

NWT Cley

Early morning vocal Snipe

Jack Snipe - Lymnocryptes Minimus

Norfolk

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Common Snipe

Sniper

Three paddling snipe at Thornwick, Flamborough. (791)

Common Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago)

Common Snipe

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

Snipe at WWT Slimbridge

Common Snipe

Common Snipe

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

Had some great views of this Snipe

One out of a group that came really close. It was spooked a few times of Jackdaws, thats why the tail up

As always, Many thanks for taking time to view, comment and fave. Thats very much appreciated

Common Snipe, I had to take a second look at this from my car as i passed it, and it was calling too! A first for me!

Snipe flashing a warning as a Jackdaw passed close by.

Dedicated to my loving husband Sniper!

I always love to see Snipe on their moorland breeding grounds. This one allowed me to photograph it from over a wall.

A Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) perched atop a fencepost along a wetland on the prairie landscape east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.

22 May, 2018.

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Snipe

A Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) assumes a relaxed but balanced pose on an old fence near to a shallow wetland east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.

4 June, 2017.

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Gallinago gallinago

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Image taken at Attenborough Nature Reserve in Nottinghamshire. These birds blend in well with the background and at first glance I didn't see them, but pleased to get four of them together in good light.

in defensive mode

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

Image taken at Barton Lane, Attenborough, Nottinghamshire.

Gallinago gallinago

Beccaccino