Yet another British mega eludes the crowds!

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by TomMckinney on January 25, 2011 · 1 comment

in Birding Western Palearctic

American Purple Gallinule - but will British twitchers ever see one like this?

So this is how 2011 wants to play? Ha! First it was a super elusive Slaty-backed Gull which vanished after just a brief visit to London, then late news of a Dusky Thrush in Manchester, and now a dead American Purple Gallinule has been found in a garden in Devon.

Lee Evans has just posted photos on his blog of the Gallinule HERE, and the story behind them can be found HERE.

Nobody said this hobby was easy!

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Tagged as: american purple gallinule, devon, Dusky Thrush, MEGAS, slaty-backed gull, twitchers, Twitching

Article by Tom Mckinney

Tom McKinney has been birding for over 20 years and has birded on every continent, other than the continents he's not yet been to. He is famed for having found Britain's first Gray's Grasshopper Warbler and then waking up and realising it had all been a beautiful, beautiful dream. When not birding he enjoys going to Ladbrokes and writing short biographical entries about himself in a 3rd person voice.

Tom has written 49 awesome articles for us.

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