POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
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Hoopoe spotted on the Isle of Skye. The times are a changing. The last one I saw was on Menorca.
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Opened our lounge window one morning, to see one sitting 6 yards away in the front garden.
(we were living in Dubai at the time, mind)
(we were living in Dubai at the time, mind)
Cheeky Monkey
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One landed in our garden in Seaford in the late 80s. Very lost.
AmexRuislip
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Now I know where Haha got that infamous hairstyle from!
Several in Sussex months ago. Mentioned on here :
[Misc] - The Official NSC Bird Spotting Thread.
Feel free to merge, but not seen anything similar on a thread search. I was over Rye Harbour Nature Reserve yesterday evening and got my first ever sighting of a Marsh Harrier. Was very big, so possibly a female? She was hunting over the reed beds. Unfortunately, a bit far away for me to get...
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Similar in Saltdean probably early 80s
Boroseagull
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Bird Watchers or birders, but not Twitchers please!
Worried Man Blues
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Saw one a couple of months ago in Swansea, I posted on the bird thread
Dick Swiveller
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Cheeky Monkey
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Trufflehound
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Never seen a hoopoe in the flesh, but I can tell you that in Dutch it is called a hop.
As a result it is oft seen on craft beer labels over here...
As a result it is oft seen on craft beer labels over here...
Justice
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Ground nesting birds
Change at Barnham
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Seagull's Return
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Skye in November is a long way out of any hoopoe's comfort zone, you'd think! A random like this obviously doesn't prove anything, but it does make you think about the impacts of climate change on species range. In the face of environmental threat a species has only three options: relocate, evolve, or become extinct. Our current period of climate change is too fast for option two, so... perhaps that shivering hoopoe is a tiny part of a species location-shift northwards? Or, of course, was just blown there after straying into strong winds. Or is unusually fond of Talisker and haggis. Foolish to extrapolate from a single datum, but thought-provoking anyway, thanks for the post.
Boroseagull
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Ground feeding but nests in old woodpecker holes, walls of old buildings and even nest boxes, but certainly not on the ground.