15
October 2018
Hundreds
of birdwatchers have arrived on the East Yorkshire coast in the hope of
catching a glimpse of an extremely rare bird.
The
white-rumped swift was spotted on Sunday evening at Hornsea Mere.
Native to
Africa, it is the first ever recorded sighting of the bird in the UK, according
to the Rare Bird Alert website.
Enthusiasts
arriving in the resort have been left disappointed as the bird has not been
seen since Sunday.
The woman
who first saw the bird said it was a "really exciting" discovery.
Lesley
Ball spotted the swift from her home overlooking the lake.
"I
contacted my birdwatching colleagues," she said.
"They
came and confirmed that it was a pacific swift at first, for a few minutes,
then it was confirmed as a white-rumped swift and that was a first for
Britain."
No comments:
Post a Comment