Snipe ‘Rising’

Sculptor – Alan Glasby

Edition of 48


Height 27cm, Width 25cm, Depth 25cm


Snipe are medium sized, skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills. Both sexes are mottled brown above, with paler buff stripes on the back, dark streaks on the chest and pale under parts.

They are widespread as a breeding species in the UK, with particularly high densities on northern uplands. In winter, birds from Northern Europe join resident birds.

The UK population of snipe has undergone moderate declines overall in the past twenty-five years, with particularly steep declines in lowland wet grassland, making it an amber list species.