23 August
2018
A pair of
birds usually only seen in southern Europe have been spotted in Northern
Ireland.
The
hobbies - birds of prey that belongs to the falcon family - were photographed
close to the County Londonderry town of Dungiven.
Jim
Wells, chairman of the NI Raptor Study Group, said the sighting is the
"most exciting thing I have witnessed in 29 years of birdwatching".
A hobby
sighting in Northern Ireland is considered extremely rare.
"They
are an absolutely wonderful little bird," Mr Wells told BBC
Radio Foyle's Mark Patterson Show.
"The
fact they have been discovered near Dungiven is quite remarkable."
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