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27-12-2010, 07:06 AM
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| | | Any ideas on this bird
Well this one has me stumped.
Driving my wife to work this morning at 06:30 , between South Harting and Lavant ( West Sussex) , centre of THIS Map , you need to zoom out a bit
A bird in the road , looks like either a woodcock of a Jack snipe , thing is we are miles from any water , it stayed until the last minute , took off and flew about 10-20 feet off the ground , occasional zig zags , and then flew up and out of sight ( its still very dark) , on the way back , the bird is in the same place 
.and flew off doing the same pattern , any ideas ?.
On the bright side , 2 barn and one tawny owl , all alive  .
Cheers
Daryll |
27-12-2010, 07:13 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: devon
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| | | Re: Any ideas on this bird
hi and welcome to WAB with out a p[icture or a better description its hard to say but go with your instinct there are lots of snipe and woodcock about at the moment 
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27-12-2010, 07:33 AM
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| | | Re: Any ideas on this bird
Morning Darryl, and welcome to WAB!
The zig-zagging sounds very Jacksnipe-like. Try and get a photo next time, if you can!
Take care, Jason |
27-12-2010, 10:03 AM
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| | | Re: Any ideas on this bird
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  Morning Darryl, and welcome to WAB! The zig-zagging sounds very Jacksnipe-like. Try and get a photo next time, if you can!
Take care, Jason | More like Common Snipe - Jack Snipe aren't noted for towering zig-zagging flight, but Common Snipe are. Plus, Jack Snipe are tiny, about the size of a Chaffinch. Woodcock are about the size of a Collared Dove. Common Snipe are inbetween. |
27-12-2010, 10:37 AM
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| | | Re: Any ideas on this bird
Thanks for the reply`s.
The size was that of a dove , maybe slightly bigger , I haven't quite got the hang of taken a photo while driving at night yet , I`ll work on that.
Daryll |
27-12-2010, 12:13 PM
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| | | Re: Any ideas on this bird
RKB - oops, typo!  I meant Snipe ( hedge-betting), not really knowing the difference between them. | | |
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