A rare white-throated needletail has made an extraordinary appearance at a Yorkshire nature reserve, marking the first time the bird has been seen in England in 34 years.
The unusual visitor, a relative of the UK’s native swift species and typically found in Asia and Australia, was sighted at Yorkshire Water’s Tophill Low Nature Reserve.
This marks the first English sighting since 1991, and only the second recorded instance in Yorkshire, following an earlier appearance near Ferrybridge in 1985, according to the water company.
Richard Hampshire, lead nature reserve adviser, said the bird was first spotted by visitors to the reserve, Mandy Gregory and Ray Maddison, on Wednesday afternoon, adding they were “at first unsure of what it was, with its long sabre-shaped wings and…more
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