This volume contains 16 papers covering topics such as breeding biology, ecology, behaviour, population dynamics, monitoring and hunting bags.The papers focus on Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago), Great Snipe (Gallinago media), Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) and African Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis). A general paper describes the conservation status of the world's Woodcocks and Snipes.