Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Bécassine des marais | Bekassine | Beccaccino | Agachadiza común | Watersnip
Nene Washes, Cambridgeshire. 25.03.2005. Original blog post.

At last! I've wanted to get photos of Snipe, one of my favourite waders, for a long time, but the opportunity never offered itself until today. I was scoping some distant pools on the Washes when I turned round to see this displaying male perched on a fencepost. Well, he's preening in this shot...

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Digiscoped with Leica Apo Televid 62 with 16x eyepiece + Nikon Coolpix 995