Any Twitchers on here. Was walking around Foulridge reservoir today and a rare bird was there.. plenty of twitchers taking pictures. A hoophoe .lovely bird

What a lovely bird to see. Rare apparently especially in this area. I’ve just copied this from a well known site.

“The colourful feathered bird is noted for its crest or "crown" which it raises when it's excited. They don't breed in the UK and a sighting in south Wales is very unusual. But every year a few hoopoes are blown off course and they may be seen from time to time on the south coast of England”.

Let me jump on.

I took this in my garden, I think I've seen it or something similar a few times since. It's kinda yellow/green coloured - sorry for the crap photos, it flew off when I tried to go outside to take a pic.

Green woodpecker

I thought it was but I couldn't be 100% sure.

That was quick. Ta!

The hoopoe must have been there a while.
Lots of birders about the main road, and lots of parked cars between the reservoirs, on Saturday when I came down for the match.
I'd meant to try and find out what was about but forgot until I saw this post.

Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 10, 2024 7:25 pm

The hoopoe must have been there a while.
Lots of birders about the main road, and lots of parked cars between the reservoirs, on Saturday when I came down for the match.
I'd meant to try and find out what was about but forgot until I saw this post.

Apparently it's been there since Monday Colburn Claret

Lip wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 10, 2024 5:15 pm

Any Twitchers on here. Was walking around Foulridge reservoir today and a rare bird was there.. plenty of twitchers taking pictures. A hoophoe .lovely bird

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I think there’s a photo of one in the Daily Mail,we’ve seen them in Portugal but never in the UK.