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    Small birds, big moments

    Jan 04, 2022 5 minutes

    Snipe and woodcock shooting is a niche sporting activity. It is more commonly encountered as part of a driven or walked-up day when shooting pheasants and partridge, but small driven days and specific walked-up days can be found in some parts of the country.

    The snipe (Gallinago gallinago) season is from 12 August (1 September in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man) to 31 January. The woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) season runs from 1 October (1 September in Scotland) until 31 January. Snipe is the smallest quarry species, apart from the jack snipe, which is protected in the UK other than in Northern Ireland, where the season is the same as for the common snipe.

    Woodcock and snipe are native to the UK, but autumn brings greater numbers of

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