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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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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The first vagrant of the year and my first half decent shot of this species.

Jack Snipe - Lymnocryptes Minimus

Norfolk

Probing around in the shallows at RSPB Blacktoft Sands on the Humber Estuary (UK) (1540)

Taken at Greylake Nature Reserve.

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

Common Snipe, Scilly Isles UK

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Bekassine

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

This one gave me my complimentary "Snipe on a fence post" for the season. They seem so skittish when encountered on a trail walk, but will allow a very close approach when perched on a roadside fence post.

Sturgeon County, Alberta.

Jack Snipe - Lymnocryptes Minimus

Norfolk

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Early morning vocal Snipe

Common Snipe

NWT Cley

Common Snipe ( Gallinago gallinago)

Snipe on a wall

A Wilson's Snipe on the move.

I will be away for while after today, out taking pictures (hopefully).

"Feeding Snipe"

Common Snipe

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

Common Snipe

Slimbridge.

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

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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.

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

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Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

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

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.

Westmoreland County, PA

Common Snipe, WWT Slimbridge

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A Snipe and a half.

Beaver County, Alberta.

in defensive mode

Gallinago gallinago

North Norfolk.

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A Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata) perched upon fence post along a pasture on the south end of Beaverhill Lake east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.

4 June, 2017.

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