Small game - birds
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
• from the second Saturday in August through the last day of February
Common Snipe - Gallinago gallinago is a small bird of the snipe family. In our country, it is found during migrations and in winter everywhere throughout the country, but its numbers are highest along the Black Sea coast, Sofia, Upper Thrace lowlands and along the Danube. It climbs up to 2000 m above sea level. c., but prefers the plains. Single pairs breed irregularly in Bulgaria, but no reliable nesting has been established in the last decade. The common snipe is a hunting object in our country, as well as in many European countries. The annual shooting in Europe is 1.5 million birds. The hunt for the cracker is difficult but interesting. Quick reaction is required as it takes off from a long distance and makes sharp turns as it moves away quickly. It is included in the Red Book of the Republic of Bulgaria as a critically endangered breeding species. In our country, snipe hunting is from the second Saturday of August to February 28.
