Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Snipe are medium sized, skulking wading birds with short legs and long straight bills. Both sexes are mottled brown above, with paler buff stripes on the back, dark streaks on the chest and pale under parts. They are widespread as a breeding species in the UK, with particularly high densities on northern uplands but lower numbers in southern lowlands (especially south west England). In winter, birds from northern Europe join resident birds. 

I took this photograph on a day when I was walking to a hide I had set up for a curlew nest. This snipe chick had obviously freshly hatched and was with its 3 siblings hiding in the moorland grass. Despite my best efforts the brave thing wouldn't keep still and bravely kept walking away from me. I used off camera flash to give it a slight blurring to enhance the movement.