Common Snipe

The common snipe is a widespread wader in Iceland, well known for the drumming sound it produces during flight in the breeding season. It prefers wetlands, marshes, and grassland. The common snipe is well camouflaged in vegetation.

Its diet consists of worms and insects. It nests on the ground in dense cover. The common snipe is a characteristic bird of Icelandic wetlands.

Wetlands, marshes, and grasslands

Earthworms, insect larvae, insects and other invertebrates.

Wetlands, marshes and damp grassland; nests on the ground.

A medium-sized cryptically patterned wader with a very long straight bill and pale longitudinal stripes on the back.

A common breeder in wetlands and damp grasslands throughout Iceland.

The common snipe produces a distinctive sound with its tail feathers in flight.