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Flamboyant hoopoes: Rare bird which doesn't live in UK is spotted by excited southern birdwatchers (www.nationalworld.com)

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Flamboyant hoopoes: Rare bird which doesn't live in UK is spotted by excited southern birdwatchers

Some eagle-eyed residents have been spotting the ‘flamboyant’ Hoopoe in several spots in Sussex over the past week – including Brighton and Hankham. Polly Mair shared these stunning photos, taken at Hankham, on X. The sighting is particularly exciting for birdwatchers, as Hoopoes aren’t native to the UK.

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[–] probablynaked@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Any of our UK friends get a glimpse of these bad boys??

[–] Foreigner@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I saw one of these some 30 odd years ago (not in the UK) as a kid and it ignited a lifelong love of birds. Haven't seen one in almost as long, but they'll always have a special place in my heart. Lucky people getting to see them in the UK!

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Damn, the birds are Flamboyant indeed.

[–] Ross_audio@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Reminds me of striped biologist-taunters.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Cool, but that website is awful, and won't even load the images for me. They're probably hosting them on some tracking network that's being blocked by my setup.