First great snipes are back in podlasie

​First great snipes are mating nicely in Podlasie region. On 13 April, at one of the project’s leks located in the Upper Narew Valley, Michał Korniluk found the first seven mating males this year. Hereby, we consider the 2020 great snipe season as open! Keep your fingers crossed for the rain (it is dry in the great snipe habitats like never before) and for the implementation of the project’s actions aiming at preventing water shortage at the main great snipe lekking sites, which we will keep you updated on due course.

Lek area and signs of wild boar activity, which is an excellent great snipe feeding place

Great snipe lek. I wet years it is impossible to get here without waders. This year, there is no moinsture even the lowest areas

Wild boar is an important species for shaping great snipe habitats, however it has been almost exterminated as part of a fight with African swine fewer