07/06/2026
This photo shows the importance of keeping your dogs on leads where asked to in Lyme Park NT
🐥How many snipe chicks can you spot? We can count six but are happy to be proven wrong. Can you see mum too? When we say birds next close to the footpath we mean it.
Wader Warden surveyor Graeme was carrying out a survey on our moorlands when he stumbled upon these beauties. And when we say stumbled, we mean it. Mum and chicks were right next to a footpath when spotted, with the chicks moving off to find mum when the saw Graeme.
He took a quick photo to highlight just how camouflaged these beautiful birds are!
This long- billed wader whose plumage is described as ‘basically brown’ is an injustice to the exquisite patterning that provides it camouflage. The first time you often become aware of a snipe’s presence it when it explodes from the damp ground, surprisingly close to your feet. A lover of damp, boggy ground we are thrilled to see the return of this species to our newly restored, wetter moorland, and this is only the beginning....
Thank you for sticking to paths and keeping dogs on leads during the nesting season, with your help these birds, and many others will have the best chance of surviving.🌱
