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Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)Where and when to see it in the UK

Status not yet classified · reporting peaks October · Sandpipers and Allies · BOU category AF

Records to 2026-08-16 · build 2026-08-31

Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Dûrzan cîrano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Peak months
Jack Snipe: relative reporting rate by 10 km square, September

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (grid squares, place names from OS Open Names). Northern Ireland place names: OSNI Open Data, OGL v3.0. County and country boundaries: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0. Coastline: Natural Earth. Bird records from the data partners listed here.

Jack Snipe has been recorded in 941 of the 2,971 10 km squares covering UK land (32%) in records to 2026. Its strongest squares are in England, Scotland and Wales. Reporting peaks in October.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List, LC)
View on the IUCN Red List
Relative to this species' best squares (how classes are calculated)
Very high
100% or more of visits
High
3% to 100%
Moderate
<1% to 3%
Low
under <1%
Surveyed, not recorded
at least 20 qualifying visits, no record
Insufficient records
too few visits to say
Lighter fill
Few visits, lower confidence
Small dot
Occasional: a single record, or out of season

Seasonality

Reporting rate by month, relative to the peak month
MonthRelative to peakShare of visitsTypical class
January 60%<1%Very high
February 45%<1%Very high
March 43%<1%Very high
April 20%<1%Very high
May 3%<1%Low
June 0%<1%Very high
July 0%<1%Very high
August 0%<1%Very high
September 13%<1%Very high
October 100%1%Very high
November 58%<1%Very high
December 53%<1%Very high

Squares with the highest reporting rate in October

SquareWhereShare of visitsClass
D14Causeway Coast and Glens, Northern Ireland100%Very high
HU34Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU57Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HU59Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HY22Orkney Islands, Scotland100%Very high
HZ26Shetland Islands, Scotland100%Very high
ND37Highland, Scotland100%Very high
NJ92Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NK02Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high
NK03Aberdeenshire, Scotland100%Very high

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