Lovely views of this Jack Snipe getting a groove on in the wet and windy south Mainland of Shetland. They're just brilliant birds. Video by Hugh. See more of our wildlife pics and videos over on our Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/shetlandwildlife | Shetland Wildlife

Just love the amazing and captivating 'bobbing' action of Jack Snipes! Hugh filmed this one today at Fleck. More on our series of award-winning wildlife and photography holidays / day tours at http://www.shetlandwildlife.co.uk/ | Shetland Wildlife

It wouldn’t be Winterwatch without a bobbing jack snipe 😎 No one’s sure exactly why jack snipes perform this behaviour, but it’s thought it must be something to do with flushing out their invertebrate prey from the mud below! This fantastic video was taken by one of our viewers Paul Richards, who said, “I recently managed to video this beautiful little jack snipe which had been hiding away for many hours. I would love to see it bobbing to some appropriate music. Perhaps you have some ideas of w