'They’re unlike anything else you can see here'
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A rare bird has been spotted in Sussex to the delight of excited birdwatchers who love its ‘flamboyant’ look

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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.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetEnglish
    1•8 days 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.