Illustrated guide to managing lowland wet grassland for snipe (TIN089)

In lowland wet grassland snipe numbers have declined steeply in the past twenty-five years. Getting the condition of lowland wet grassland right at key times of the year should help to increase numbers. The condition in autumn as stock come off the land for the winter is critical because it influences the conditions in the spring when the breeding season begins and in early summer when chicks are being reared.