□  Hoopoe

Upupa epops epops

 

 
Hoopoe, North Walsham, Norfolk, 6th October 2024 (Steve Gantlett). Hoopoe has never been photographed in the Cley Square.
 

 A rare vagrant from Europe and latterly also a wanderer from the Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme. All have been immatures apart from one adult seen flying past offshore on 25th April 2015. Records from 2021 onwards have included birds from the Isle of Wight reintroduction scheme, but also further birds of Continental origin (in 2021 & 2024). There have been 35 records:

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