Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Birder's Bonus 205

Five 'Twitchers' (bird watching enthusiasts) have been fined by the Cornish police for travelling to Exmouth in Devon to photograph a Northern mockingbird (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/to-see-a-mockingbird-birdwatchers-fined-for-breaking-covid-rules). The Northern mockingbird is normally a resident of North America and Canada. The species hasn't been seen in the UK, since the 1980s. The bird was seen eating palm flowers in an Exmouth garden and the resident of the house activated the Rare Bird Alert website. This attracted the Twitchers, who were fined for breaking Covid-19 travel restrictions.
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