Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus (Brünnich, 1764)

St. Mary’s, Isles of Scilly © Nigel Milbourne 2003

  1.  One, not aged, 8th Dec. 1935 (H.H. Davis).
  2. Three, not aged, 30th Oct. 1938 (B. King).
  3. Five, not aged, 25th Oct. 1944 (per H.H. Davis).
  4. Three, not aged, 6th Dec. 1944 (per H.H. Davis).
  5. Two, not agded, 1st Sep. 1945 (R.E. Alley).
  6. Two, not aged, 30th Sept. 1945 (W.R. Taylor).
  7.  One, not aged, 9th Dec. 1945 (R.H.Poulding).
  8. One, not aged, 28th Nov. 1948 (H.J. King, B. King).
  9. One, not aged, 14th-27th Feb. 1950 (B. King, M. Tucker).
  10. One, not aged, 3rd Dec. 1950 (P.J. Chadwick).
  11. One not aged, 20th Jan. 1952 (P.J. Chadwick).
  12. Three, not aged, 8th Nov. 1953 (P.J. Chadwick, B. King), same, one, not aged, 15th Nov. 1953 (P.J. Chadwick, B. King).
  13. One, not aged, 4th Oct. 1959 (R.S. Harkness).
  14. One, not aged, 15th Dec. 1961 (R.S. Harkness).
  15. Two, not aged, 5th April 1964 (M. Kendall).
  16. Present, 1973 (ref. H.H. Davis).
  17.  Up to four, not aged, Jan. 1978  (ref. H.H. Davis).
  18. One, not aged, 18th Oct. 1982 (ref. P.J. Chadwick).
  19. Two, not aged, 19th Nov. 1983 (ref. A.H. Davis).
  20. Present, 1985 (ref. S.M. Taylor).
  21. One or two, not aged, 1st Jan.-23rd March 1986 (ref. S.M. Taylor).
  22. Present, 10th Feb. 1981 (R.U. Lambert).
  23. One, not aged, 16th Feb. 1992 (ref. A.H. Davis).
  24. One, not aged, 1st Jan.-28th Feb. 1994 (ref. A.H. Davis).
  25. One, not aged, March 1997 (ref. A.H. Davis).
  26. One, not aged, 28th Dec. 2002 (R. Mielcarek).
  27. One, not aged, 3rd March 2013 (L. Roberts).

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Bibliography (sources of information):

  1. Blaythwayt, Rev F.L. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1935. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  2. Blaythwayt, Rev F.L. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1938. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  3. Blaythwayt, Rev F.L. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1945. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  4. Blaythwayt, Rev F.L. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1948. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  5. Buffery, D. Bird News, Jan. 1978. Bristol Ornithological Club.
  6. Chadwick, P.J. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1982. Avon Ornithological Group.
  7. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1992. Avon Ornithological Group.
  8. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1994. Avon Ornithological Group.
  9. Davis, A.H. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1997. Avon Ornithological Group.
  10. Davis, A.H. Birds at Blagdon Lake 1963-1983. Bristol Ornith. 18: 102-116. Bristol Ornithological Club.
  11. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Bristol Bird Report, 1959. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  12. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Bristol Bird Report, 1964. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  13. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Ornithological Notes Bristol District, 1944. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  14. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Ornithological Notes Bristol District, 1945. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  15. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Ornithological Notes Bristol District, 1948. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  16. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Ornithological Notes Bristol District, 1952. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  17. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Ornithological Notes Bristol District, 1953. Bristol Naturalists’ Society.
  18. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1953. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  19. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Somerset Birds, 1964. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  20. Davis, H.H. (ed.). Somerset Birds, 1973. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  21. Lambert, R.U. 1991. Top End Diary.
  22. Mielcarek, R. 2002. pers comm.
  23. Savory, J.H. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1959. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  24. Savory, J.H. (ed.). Somerset Birds, 1961. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  25. Taylor, S.M. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1983. Avon Ornithological Group.
  26. Taylor, S.M. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1985. Avon Ornithological Group.
  27. Taylor, S.M. (ed.). Avon Bird Report, 1986. The Avon Ornithological Group.
  28. Taylor, W.R. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1952. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.
  29. Tucker, Dr B.W. (ed.). Report on Somerset Birds, 1950. Somersetshire Archaeol. & Nat. Hist. Soc.