Snipe

We were looking at the lists of species recorded on the atlas website, and found Wilson's snipe had been seen in SM92.

If you type in common snipe, it is automatically changed to Wilson's Snipe. If you want our ordinary snipe, you just need to type in snipe.

The Wilson's Snipe was recently recognized as a different species from the Common Snipe of Eurasia. The two snipes look extremely similar, but differ in the shape, patterning, and usually the number of the tail feathers. The Wilson's Snipe typically has 16 tail feathers, whereas the Common Snipe has 14. These numbers vary, however, and a Common Snipe may have from 12 to 18 tail feathers. (info from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website)

So, if someone has entered Wilson's snipe when they really meant Eurasion snipe (both previously called common snipe) can they please edit the record.

Thanks