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The two images above show the bird below the lighthouse at Flamborough on 13/9/08 in comparison below with the wing detail of a 1st winter Common Snipe that I caught in Mongolia in 2004.
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http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/birds/Gallinago_media/GES029886.html
http://www.kolkatabirds.com/greatsnipe8al.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-voYLUr2fyU/SEL8hG-iFgI/AAAAAAAAAE4/ei9FCxnw-oc/DSC00956.jpg
links for other Great Snipe images
2 comments:
Wow - great shots, I heard conditions there weren't great either.
Hi Mark. It's a bit unclear, but are you suggesting that the Great Snipe was not quite as great as some birders would hope.
P.S
What went wrong last night :)
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