BBC: Rare rufous bush chat in UK for first time in 40 years (Via Louis)

 

IMAGE COPYRIGHTMARK GOLLEY

image captionBirdwatchers in the British Isles last caught a glimpse of the bird when it was seen in Jersey in 1998

Birdwatchers have descended on a salt marsh to see a bird not seen in Britain for 40 years.

The rufous bush chat was spotted at Stiffkey, north Norfolk, prompting up to 100 birdwatchers to go to see it.

Native to southern Spain, Africa and the Balkans the bird, also known as the rufous warbler and rufous bush robin, is rarely seen in northern Europe.

Dick Filby, of Rare Bird Alert, said it "would have been heading for a tropical climate and went the wrong way."

He said the last time the bird was spotted in Britain was at Prawle Point in Devon in 1980.

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