Mike Wade
Published at 12:01AM, March 2 2015
Bird-watchers on Britain’s most remote inhabited island have sighted 219 different species over the course of last year — a new record.
The number of different types of birds seen on Fair Isle was two more than the previous record, set in 1992. The sightings on the island — which is halfway between the Shetland and the Orkney archipelagos — included several firsts as well as birds that have not been seen for decades.
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