Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), a shorebird found across North America, Eurasia and Northern Africa. It has the longest straight bill of all shore

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Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), a shorebird found across North America, Eurasia and Northern Africa. It has the longest straight bill of all shorebirds, the tip is flexible enough to allow it to probe soft mud to feel for food. It feeds on worms, small molluscs and insects. Photographed at the Ein Afek Nature reserve, Israel in September

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Size: 3674px × 2449px
Location: Ein Afek, Israel
Photo credit: © Alon Meir / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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