Snipe at Goldcliff

Charadriiformes

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Date: 8 November 2017.

Place: Monk’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.

Place: Prior’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 5 February 2020.

Place: Bec’s Lagoon, Goldcliff Lagoons, East of Newport, Gwent
Date: 16 September 2020.

[Gallinago gallinago, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common snipe]

The sound of the snipe (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the snipe across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).