The jack snipe spent February to April in Staffordshire, then flew overnight to Essex. The the next day it reached Germany and the next day Poland. That's 1,000 kilometres in three days.

The jack snipe is a bird that is much easier to see these days. In the past people were lucky to get more than a glimpse of one after it was flushed, flew a few yards, then dropped into cover ...

snipe (also called "jack snipe" or "Wilson's snipe") knows they have the most erratic flight pattern of any bird. When they flush out underfoot in a wet field or marsh, they're about the hardest ...

What: Narcissus ‘Jack Snipe,’ or miniature daffodil, positively glows in the late-winter garden and heralds the imminent arrival of spring. Its charming, 1½-inch ivory-white flowers have a ...

Ireland's jack snipe are all winter migrants - perhaps 30,000 of them, dispersed across marshes and bogland. In Leinster, a good place not to tread on them is Carriggower Bog in Co Wicklow ...

Jack snipe are a winter visitor to the UK, spending their summers on waterlogged bogs in northern Europe. Bird charity frozen out after woodcock tweets. Published. 31 January 2023.

Jack snipe don't tend to fly away when you get close to them, instead they hunker down and stay still. You can be right on top of one and never know. Image caption, ...

Jack snipe usually stay hidden in dense vegetation, but the cold weather has driven them into the open Three "rarely seen" northern European wading birds have been attracting large numbers of ...

Jack snipe don't tend to fly away when you get close to them, instead they hunker down and stay still. You can be right on top of one and never know.