In pictures: this spring's exotic visitors
Post categories: Migration news, Springwatch
|12:14 UK time, Monday, 11 April 2011
On Friday I blogged about the rather special migrants that last week overshot their usual summer homes and arrived in the UK instead. You can see a more extensive list there. It's not every week we get so many exotic visitors, so here are some of the best in pictures.
Bee-eater © Sue Gough/BTO
Woodchat shrike © Ron Marshall/BTO
Purple heron © Slim Sreedharan/BTO
Black stork © Neil Calbrade
Hoopoe © Paul Doherty/BTO
Have you seen any of these or any other exotic migrants this spring? Tell us below or if you've been lucky enough to take a picture of one we'd love to see it on the Springwatch photo group.
Comment number 1.
At 20:17 12th Apr 2011, MPG wrote:Lucky enough to be resident on the Isles of Scilly. I have seen this spring - Slavonian Grebe, Purple Heron, Woodchat Shrike, Hoopoe, Wryneck, European Bee-eater and Nightingale.
I missed out on Bluethroat, Night Heron and Black Stork.
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At 21:38 13th Apr 2011, jeztorrance wrote:@MPG that's a pretty impressive list!
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Comment number 3.
At 22:11 15th Apr 2011, MPG wrote:I've uploaded a very short video of Purple Heron here- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHGQp8i7wgg
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At 00:43 26th Apr 2011, TrevorHidden wrote:Have just found I think 7 fox cubs under our shed. Vixen comes at night about 2015 to suckle them. We are giving them small ammounts of cat food. Is this ok for the urban foxes. Is seven quite a big family??
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