Ringing sites of Common snipe
(n=)Recovery sites of Common snipe
(n=)Facts
Birds ringed| Birds ringed | | 199 |
| Ringed as chicks | | 174 (87,4%) |
Recoveries| No. of recoveries | | 6 |
| No. of individuals | | 6 |
| Proportion recovered | | 3,0% |
Common snipe is a common breeding bird in the Faroes with 1,500-3,000 pairs. The subspecies
G. g. faeroensis is endemic to the Faroes, Iceland, Shetland and St. Kilda. A few common snipes also winter in the Faroes. 199 birds have been ringed, mostly on Mikladalur, Kalsoy (48), Gásadalur, Vágar (45) and Nólsoy (10). Of 193 aged common snipes, 90% were ringed as chicks, 6% were full-grown birds in their 1st calendar year, and 4% were older. Six common snipes ringed in the Faroes have been recovered, all within 1 km of their ringing site, so it is not known where the Faroese population winters. Presumably it winters in the same areas as the Icelandic birds, i.e. Ireland and Britain.
Read more about the species in the chapter from
The Faroese Bird Migration Atlas here 
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