Common Snipe flight call, UK (audio). (1 Viewer)

[Joe.S]

From today in Worcestershire.

I don't get many Snipe, especially Snipe on the edge of woodland. I flushed it, by accident, from a grassy woodland track that has puddles: the track is only 10 meters from the edge of a field so it's logical hop into the wood.

It didn't look like a Woodcock it looked like a Common Snipe. By chance I had the audio recorder running and caught what I think is the flight call as it was flushed.

Please can Someone confirm this is a Common Snipe.

 

[Corvus cornix]

It's a bit difficult with the background noise but it sounds like one to me.

Cheers

 

[Joe.S]

Thanks, Corvus. I couldn't find it on the recording at first but I went back over it again after listening on xeno-canto because the flight call of the Common Snipe doesn't appear to be very piercing or diagnostic- so it's a bit flat/unfeatured on the sonogram.

 

[phil baber]

Common Snipe in amongst the background noise, and you had visuals, also, for back-up!

 

[Joe.S]

Nice one. Thanks, Phil.