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I see we have a Nutcracker in the UK now...fingers crossed for a bit more of an irruption. Back in '68 there were apparently 315 that turned up www.sciencebase.com/science-blog... (Edited public domain photo from Andrew Agafonoff)

24/10/26, 3:55 pm0 reposts11 likes

Steve Turner

@sj84turner.bsky.social

I saw the one in Stoke-on-Trent in…errr, 1991 was it I think? Bit of a local twitch for me. An incredibly confiding individual, as the one in Norfolk also appears to be.

David Bradley

@sciencebase.com

I hadn't even heard of this bird until I saw a birder talking a couple of weeks ago about a possible irruption, hahah

Steve Turner

@sj84turner.bsky.social

Oh 🤣🙈

David Bradley

@sciencebase.com

It's not quite a decade since I started photographing birds seriously and hadn't got as far as looking for Siberian species that would seem way off the radar here, hahaha

David Bradley

@sciencebase.com

Was heading to Norfolk today, so popped in on Mundesley, but having seen a Hooded Crow en route, dipped the target bird :-(