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Birds seen on UK freshwater margins and marshes: Jack Snipe |
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Bird Photography by Michael McKee
- Jack Snipe
http://www.michaelmckee.co.uk/regionview.asp?ID=248&Region=Shetland/ Scrutinize colour image that shows the pale stripes running down the back of a jack snipe and how they merge into the background. Also read location shot and date. |
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Brambling Photography - Jack Snipe http://www.bramblingphotos.com/galleries/Ornithology/Jsnipe.htm Download this close-up taken on small island off the south-west coast of England of jack snipe feeding in reed bed. Offers camera type, lens, f-stop, and speed. |
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Bucks Birds - Jack Snipe,
Lymnocryptes minimus http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/bucksbirds/mysite/Pictures/jacksnip.htm Enjoy colour images of this bird that is difficult to see in its natural environment. Also description of trapping and ringing a jack snipe, plus photo. |
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Hugh Harrop - Jack Snipe http://www.hughharrop.com/birds/jacksnipe.html Browse colour image of jack snipe clearly showing its very long beak used for probing the mud for earthworms and molluscs. Tells of location photo taken. |
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Lincolnshire Bird Club - Jack
Snipe http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/rare_birds/jack_snipe.htm Increase your ability to identify this winter visitor to Britain with this set of two close-up colour photographs. Includes photographers’ names, location, and date. |
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Oriental Bird Images - Jack Snipe,
Lymnocryptes minimus http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?action=searchresult&Bird_ID=1190/ Find very large colour image of the jack snipe taken in Skardu, northern Pakistan. Read date, photographers’ names, bird group. |
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Peterborough Bird Club: Annual
Report - Jack Snipe http://www.pbc.codehog.co.uk/report/snipe_jack.html Pore over detailed study notes recording the volume of jack snipes sighted around UK town. Includes 2003 that saw a large increase in sightings. |
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Royal Society for Protection of
Birds - Coal Tit http://www.rspb.org.uk/birds/guide/j/jacksnipe/ Discover the differences between jack snipe and common snipe, and read about behaviour when approached. Colour illustration of bird in flight and distribution map of UK. |
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Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, The -
Record Jack Snipe Count
http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit/slimbridge/reserve.asp?ReserveID=458/ Find results of very difficult count at large and important reserve in south-west England. Includes date count took place. |
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Worldbirder - Jack Snipe,
Lymnocryptes minimus
http://www.worldbirder.com/photonew/xpages/species.asp?SpeciesID=1494/ See colour photograph that conclusively demonstrates the effectiveness of the jack snipe’s camouflage. Gives photographer’s name and country of origin. |
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Birds on
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