Snipe

All the snow and ice that covered the landscape has now gone, and as I walk around I see the remains of wildlife that failed to make it through the cold snap.

I found this bedraggled dead bird in a corner of the old farmyard (a couple of weeks back it would have been under three inches of snow). From the long bill I would guess it was a snipe. Snipe are notoriously difficult to shoot when they are flying (not that I would do such a thing) and shooters who are good at hunting snipe are known as "snipers".