We have just had a visit from a neighbour who lives on the north side of Pond
yr Oerfa. He tells me that yesterday he spent ten minutes watching from his
window as a snipe fed along the edge of a stream in his garden. It was no more
than twelve feet away and didn't seem too bothered about him watching. I know
that snipe are far from rare but I think that many a keen bird watcher would
not have had such a close or prolonged view. It goes to show, I suppose, that
when times are really tough secretive birds have to change their ways to
survive.
Elaine Izett