There are
only three recent sightings - including the one in Cornwall - of such a bird
according to the Rare Bird Alert website
20:19, 20
APR 2019
UPDATED21:02,
20 APR 2019
An
African bird – which is exceptionally rare in the UK – has been spotted hanging
around bins with a pair of seagulls in west Cornwall.
Jude Kirk
saw the raven-sized black and white bird in the town of St Just this week.
She said
she knew at once it was not a magpie, although it shares the same kind of
coloured plumage.
After
research on the internet, it is believed the bird is an African pied crow –
which is not resident to Europe at all.
She said:
“It was hanging out with a jackdaw and a pair of seagulls by the recycling bins
in the car park in St Just.
“I immediately thought it looked unusual. I am
not a ‘twitcher’ but I do take an interest in birds but I couldn’t identify it
at all.
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