Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– large wader, pigeon-sized
– nocturnal migrant
– migrates singly

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>


Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
BIF1970, 01/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Martin Grimm

BIF409_MPU_I1Q2321_150324_ewcock_d_north-sea
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
BIF0409, 24/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF410_MPU_I1Q2297_150324_ewcock_d_north-sea
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
BIF0410, 24/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF411_MPU_I1Q2295_150324_ewcock_d_north-sea
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
BIF0411, 24/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF412_MPU_I1Q2314_150324_ewcock_d_north-sea
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
BIF0412, 24/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF413_MPU_I1Q2284_150324_ewcock_d_north-sea
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
BIF0413, 24/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

BIF414_MPU_I1Q2293_150324_ewcock_d_north-sea
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
BIF0414, 24/03/2015, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

bif941_mpu_ci1q4661_160612_ewcock_mongolia_khovsgol
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
BIF0941, 12/06/2016, Khovsgol, Mongolia, Mathias Putze

bifx942_mpu_ci1q4679_160612_ewcock_mongolia_khovsgol
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
BIF0942, 12/06/2016, Khovsgol, Mongolia, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– supposed to be non-vocal on migration – no reliable evidence about flight calls

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Common Snipe
Great Snipe
Jack Snipe

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