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

[Mike O'Hanlon @YellowShriker]

A bobbing Jack snipe at Porth Hellick Pool on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly 19/10/26 #birdwatching #birding #BirdsofX

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@tonymcguire1966 🤩
STUNNING

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

Lots of Effort
Even
Constant Effort 🎯
#HalfSnipe2627

[Tony McGuire @tonymcguire1966]

CETTS

Constant Effort Thermal Survey Sites.
A very confiding Jacksnipe at one of our sites in County Durham, confident of its cryptic camouflage it let us approach through the buffalo grass to obtain these images. We monitor the influx of these birds @HalfSnipe

[Ian Howard @Yorkyman]

A showy Jack Snipe this afternoon at Thornwick Pools, Flamborough. 20-10-2026.
@FlamboroughBird
@nybirdnews
@BirdGuides

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@miles_cluff @StevenFalk1 Great results
Excellent field skills

[Miles Cluff @miles_cluff]

For many many years, I’ve wanted an opportunity to set up a little pop-up hide to see into the secretive lives of Jack Snipes. Set up at a promising looking pool in Nottinghamshire the other day, and wowzas!!!!! 3 bobbing away in front of me tonight!

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

Superb portrait of a roosting bird on the N.Tees marshes
#HalfSnipe2627

[Brian Martin @BrianSmrtyr1]

The Jack Snipe came even closer yesterday, the feather detail is so beautiful, even when hidden in the grass.
@teesbirds1 @DurhamBirdclub
@teeswildlife @Natures_Voice
@NatureUK @WildlifeMag
#birdwatching #wildlifephotography #bird
@nybirdnews

[birdsonline @birdsonline001]

Jack Snipe at Lower Moors this evening...

[Andrew C Sims @andysims4049]

Pleased to find a Jack Snipe feeding in the edge of the reeds at the mere this afternoon. @Lincsbirding @PatchBirding @BTO_Lincs @HalfSnipe @LincsWildlife

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@andysims4049 @Lincsbirding @PatchBirding @BTO_Lincs @LincsWildlife Ooh well spotted

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

Super comparison of Common & Jack

[cliff smith @01000011S]

Little and Large!

[Brian Martin @BrianSmrtyr1]

We were fortunate to be sitting in the hide at NWT Holme Dunes when this guy said he could see a Jack Snipe in the reeds in front of us, it eventually showed well after 45 minutes😃
@teesbirds1 @DurhamBirdclub
@teeswildlife
@NatureUK
#wildlifephotography #bird
@nybirdnews

[Mike O'Hanlon @YellowShriker]

Distant Jack snipe at Holland Haven today found by @mickrod1 bringing up my 150 for the patch for 2026 @BirdingHaven @EssexBirdNews #birdwatching #birding

[Tony McGuire @tonymcguire1966]

2nd October & 1st Jack Snipe this morning back on the patch County Durham. @HalfSnipe

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

Jack’s Back 🤩

Well done Professor Migwire 🤓

NZ35 Co.Durham 🎯

[Tony McGuire @tonymcguire1966]

2nd October & 1st Jack Snipe this morning back on the patch County Durham. @HalfSnipe

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@tonymcguire1966 Shouldn’t be too long now
A few things starting to arrive off the North Sea 🎯👍🏻

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

It’s almost time…

But seriously- How can Jacks plodge around in the clarts & not get hacky blacky up to the naffs ?? 🧐😄

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

@AndyJShepPhoto I think some of these characters might benefit from a wet suit 😁🤣👍🏻
Most people we know fetch spare socks Oct through to March 😄

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

This ⬇️ is what we mess on with when the Jacks gan back owa hyem.😄

Quite often we find Woodcock Snipe & Jacks all together on the same bits of rough wet ground 🎯👍🏻

[Scolopax24 @DBC_Woodcock23]

Rudimentary Provisional map at 10km scale for Confirmation of Breeding Scolopax in Old Durham 2020-2026

30 Hectads confirmed to hold breeding birds compared to the 2000 Atlas Map (1988-1993) which illustrated birds in 22 squares.

The Red X =no breeding in current surveys

[UK Half Snipe @HalfSnipe]

To all the Birders who keep insisting it’s AUTUMN in July…

Look 👀! ⬇️
It’s Winter ! 😄
#HalfSnipe26

[Steve Gantlett @CleyBirds]

A very unseasonable Jack Snipe is at Cley NWT at the moment. It's on the Serpentine pool, but typically hiding most of the time. I finally caught up with it yesterday evening. (More pics at https://t.co/Z1h7nSP3li.)