As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Monday, 11 June 2018

WATCH: Secretive And Very Rare Bird Spotted In Malta Over Last Month's Spring Hunting Season

The Baillon’s Crake is your new favourite furball


Bird-lovers and general fans of cute furballs alike, get ready to meet your new favourite critter. A very rare species of crake was found, photographed and videoed in Malta following last April's spring hunting season, and the little guy is as cute as they get.

The small bird, a Baillon's Crake (known in Maltese as a Gallozz tal-Faxxi), was found by Kaċċaturi San Ubertu, and is a particularly unusual sight in Malta. The very rare species is an irregular visitor from mid-March to mid-May in spring, (or October to November later in autumn). Adding to the species' enigma is how secretive it tends to be. In fact, very few birds have ever been properly recorded, and there have been several years without one single record of the species.
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