Snipe drumming in November (1 Viewer)

[Mike in Cumbria]

A few nights ago (around the time of the super-moon), I distinctly heard a snipe drumming in the middle of the night. It was a very bright moonlit night.

I always assumed this was a spring thing but you're probably going to tell me that this is a pretty common thing to hear in autumn/winter!

 

[halftwo]

No. I'm not.

My local Snipe clear off in autumn for wintering grounds.

 

[Andy Adcock]

I wouldn't expect a display flight in Nov?

However..............

https://www.britishbirds.co.uk/wp-c...e_files/V06/V06_N12/V06_N12_P354_359_A064.pdf

A

 

[Mike in Cumbria]

I wouldn't expect a display flight in Nov?

However..............

https://www.britishbirds.co.uk/wp-c...e_files/V06/V06_N12/V06_N12_P354_359_A064.pdf

A

Great link, thanks Andy. Unusual but not unknown, then.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Great link, thanks Andy. Unusual but not unknown, then.

Seems like it but I bet most birders haven't heard it. Tbh, until I found the article, I was on the verge of asking if you were sure that's what you heard.

We have displaying Snipe over our home in Russia in the summer but they disappear for winter so no chance here!

Seems so long ago at the moment (-18c overnight this week) that we sit outside listening to drumming Snipe and the all night song of Thrush Nightingale.


A

 

[Mike in Cumbria]

Tbh, until I found the article, I was on the verge of asking if you were sure that's what you heard.

Yes, I understand that. It's such a distinctive sound though - I can't think of anything else that sounds like it.

Plenty of snipe around here in winter too.

 

[dantheman]

Winter/autumn territory singing by passerine songbirds a common but (overlooked?) phenomenon too.

Hormonal, but linked to territoriality. Perhaps can occur in anything in the right circumstances?

https://medium.com/@GrrlScientist/w...-autumn-grrlscientist-2017eeec7e03#.z9mvv9ilv

 

[Chris G6 UXU]

At WWT Martin Mere and RSPB Leighton Moss and along the Fylde coast here there have been lots of Snipe and Jack Snipe this Autumn and they are still here. Snipe diving and drumming brings back lots of memories for me.

 

[trw]

A few nights ago (around the time of the super-moon), I distinctly heard a snipe drumming in the middle of the night. It was a very bright moonlit night.

I always assumed this was a spring thing but you're probably going to tell me that this is a pretty common thing to hear in autumn/winter!

Whereabouts was that?
That must be unusual for November.