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Mark Billiau.


Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

Common Snipe

The snipe is a rare grassland bird with a very long bill and distinctive stripes on head & back.
Its breeding habitats are marshes, bogs, tundra and wet meadows.

Hunting (especially in France) is a major cause of snipe mortality !!!

Dutch name : Watersnip
German name : Bekassine
Latin name : Gallinago gallinago

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