UK Half Snipe

Account to raise awareness & promote the study of Jack Snipe in UK. This project is kindly supported by @tjfocus_ & @waderquest Profile pic PULSAR view of a JS

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

After a rather uninspiring start despite a few late Sept birds, things have picked up this week.
By 22/10, a total of x37 birds from a doz sites, with several locs still blank.
20 birds from x9 sites in core study area in NZ35/34
The regions max is 9 at Rspb Saltholme
Image by MH

[West Midlands Ringing Group @RingersWm]

Guess who’s back? 👀
Cuckoo Bank, Staffordshire treated us to an amazing night with 4 Jack Snipe and 1 Skylark ringed! 🌙
Plenty of other visitors too, including Common Snipe and Woodcock. What a night! 💫 #BirdRinging #returnofthejack

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@Au_Erithacus @ScottStaffs Bluesky is about as fun as a wet weekend in Skegness 🤣

[Joe @gninwoDeoJ]

A dull, cold morning, so naturally have to check for jack snipes! 3 present this morning on a local site and one not too tucked away for a change. They do look like strange little aliens to me @HalfSnipe @LondonBirdClub #londonbirds

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@chris65bill @WWTWashington That’s fantastic to get one showing from a hide
Brilliant Well Done 🎯👍🏻

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

A great comparison

[Christopher Bill @chris65bill]

Good comparison between Jack Snipe and Common Snipe taken nearly in the same place on the Wader Lake a couple of days apart @WWTWashington

[Joe @gninwoDeoJ]

Jack snipe and water pipit still about at Staines moor, showing not everyone thinks winter is quite over yet! @LondonBirdClub @freebirdnewsuk @HalfSnipe #londonbirds

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

Brilliant

[Tom Jordan @tomjbirding]

After taking so many pics of well camouflaged Jack Snipe over the last couple of winters it was a nice change to photo this one amongst some greenery @HalfSnipe

[West Midlands Ringing Group @RingersWm]

Question - Jack Snipe are a green conservation species, however we know little about them.
@StaffsWildlife Cuckoo Bank, we regularly record between 40-100 Jack Snipe each visit on specific fields.
Has anyone else recorded 100+ Jack Snipe on any other day or night site in the UK?

[Arfon Williams @ArfonWilliams4]

Three Jacks thermaled up at Cors Caron this morning @HalfSnipe @SurveysThermal

[Andrew C Sims @andysims4049]

Bright but cold morning on patch. 43 species @birdtrack 5 Common & 3 Jack Snipe, nfy, on the marsh takes #PWC2025 to 83/88. @Lincsbirding @lincsbirders @PatchBirding @BTO_Lincs @LincsWildlife @LincsNaturalist @HalfSnipe

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@RingersWm @StaffsWildlife @_BTO @BTO_Scotland @WorcsWT @EcoRecording @WestMidBirdClub @IoloWilliams2 @RSPBScience @NaturalEngland Seen over a 100 in a day but not at one site - that’s very impressive.
Until recent years our regions max was in the 20’s & stood for many years.
46 is the most seen at as my one site - unfortunately Natural England have seen fit to dig big holes in it for some reason 🙄

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@curlewcalls @ATMstreetart Should have sprayed “unfinished” between the Curlews 🫤

[Simon Rix @si_rix]

More of the Jack Snipe. This video shows how it reacts when I make my visible as I go to collect the camera. Note how it flattens itself against the water.

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

Sneaky

[Simon Rix @si_rix]

Watching Jack Snipes feeding and bobbing is not easy as they freeze as soon as they see you. By setting up my camera and operating it via my ipad from a hidden spot I am able to get an insight into their normally secret lives.

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@si_rix Great result

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@BirdgirlUK Whole life, you’re just a babby 22 😊

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@GethinJones123 @BouwmeesterHb @tonymcguire1966 @RingersWm 😬

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

We pinched this of the West Midlands lads FB Thermal site @RingersWm

A Rose amongst Thorns if ever we saw one 😊

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

Nothing worse than someone “pinching” images & not giving credit 😬😄👍🏻

A stunning image such great fieldwork 🙌🏻

[Henri Bouwmeester @BouwmeesterHb]

@tonymcguire1966 @HalfSnipe @RingersWm 🤣 it's the floor of our fieldstation. So no worries regarding our appetite😉

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@BouwmeesterHb @RingersWm Wow that’s amazing
It got Jacks beak ! 😆👍🏻