Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). Probing, using long bill into a snow free patch in a ditch side bank. Searching for invertebrate food. Profile, side vi

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Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). Probing, using long bill into a snow free patch in a ditch side bank. Searching for invertebrate food. Profile, side view, showing cryptic marked plumage. Hard winter weather. February. Norfolk. East Anglia. UK.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
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