The Common Snipe has a long, straight bill and mottled brown plumage. In the United Kingdom it is most numerous in northern uplands, and birds from northern Europe also arrive in winter.
It has short legs, a long straight bill, and pale stripes across its mottled brown back.
It breeds in wet grassland and waterside ground, feeding on earthworms and insect larvae.
In Britain it breeds on wet ground among grassland and similar vegetation. The usual clutch is four eggs, incubated by the female for 18–20 days. Chicks hatch downy and able to move about.
It feeds in soft damp soil on earthworms, cranefly larvae, beetles and caterpillars. On British breeding grounds, parents generally feed young chicks earthworms gathered around the nest.
It has a striped head and pale cheek stripe, barred flanks and a white belly and vent. A narrow white trailing edge shows on the wing in flight. Plumage is very similar across ages and sexes.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.