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| Great Snipe Gallinago media [Latham, 1787] | |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Scolopacidae |
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BTO Codes:
DS , GRESN
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EURING No: 5200 | |
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Number in Britain:
3 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
28 cm
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Wingspan: 48 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 190 g
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Scientific name from:
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L.: gallina=a hen and L.: medius=intermediate |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS: ne Europe, n&c Asia, WINTERS: e&s Africa |
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Habitat:
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Wet grassland, marsh & damp scrub |
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Diet:
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Earthworms, molluscs and insects, also seeds |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
1776
(Pennant, T. 1766. The British zoology, rev. ed.)
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
120
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
August to October
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Argyll
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Angus & Dundee
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Ayrshire
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Borders
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Clyde
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Dumfries & Galloway
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Fife
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Upper Forth
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Highland
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Lothian
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Moray & Nairn
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Northeast
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Outer Hebrides
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Orkney
(2000),
Perth & Kinross
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Shetland
(2004),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
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Durham
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Northumberland
(1976),
East Yorkshire
(1996),
North Yorkshire
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South Yorkshire
(1879),
West Yorkshire
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North-west England:
Cheshire
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Cumbria
(1963),
Lancashire
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English Midlands:
Derbyshire
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Leicestershire
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Northamptonshire
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Nottinghamshire
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Staffordshire
(1954),
West Midlands
(1995),
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Eastern England:
Bedfordshire
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Cambridgeshire
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Essex
(1989),
Hertfordshire
(2001),
Lincolnshire
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Norfolk
(2002),
Suffolk
(2004),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1956),
Buckinghamshire
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Hampshire
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Isle of Wight
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Kent
(1998),
Greater London
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Oxfordshire
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Surrey
(1850),
East Sussex
(1975),
West Sussex
(1964),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
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Devon
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Dorset
(1896),
Gloucestershire
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Somerset
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Wiltshire
(1936),
Isles of Scilly
(1973),
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Wales:
Ceredigion
(1947),
Clwyd
(1911),
Gwynedd
(1907),
Powys
(1877),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: | Welsh: Gïach Fawr |
| Danish: Tredækker | Dutch: Poelsnip |
| Finnish: Heinäkurppa | French: Bécassine double |
| German: Doppelschnepfe | Hungarian: Nagy sárszalonka |
| Icelandic: Heiðasnípa | Irish: Naoscach Mhór |
| Italian: Croccolone | Norwegian: Dobbeltbekkasin |
| Polish: Dubelt (bekas dubelt) | Portuguese: Narceja-real |
| Spanish: Agachadiza real | Swedish: Dubbelbeckasin |
| Local Names: Solitary Snipe | |
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| For More Information... |
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Books and Monographs:
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| Rouxel, R. 2000 Snipes of the western Palearctic Eveil Nature, St Yrieix sur Charente [598.612 ROU] |
| See Also: |
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Wikipedia entry
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Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides.com
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