Birds;Waders;Jack Snipe;'Lymnocryptes minimus';Adult in the hand prior to being ringed.

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This bird was caught by a quaified ringer as part of on-going studies into bird movements across the smallest of the european snipe this bird prefers running rather than flying when disturbed.

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Photo credit: © Brian Gadsby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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