Delighted ornithologists were spotted piling on to the pitch at Collingham in West Yorkshire to see the bird The hoopoe, named after its soft 'hoop hoop' call, was probably blown off course from south ...

THRILLED birdwatchers are in a flap after African Hoopoes were spotted in Ireland. The bright orange-coloured birds do not usually migrate as far north as Ireland. But there have been multiple ...

A bird rarely seen in Northern Ireland made a surprise appearance after being blown off course. K. Mitch Hodge via Unsplash At the end of March, photos started circulating on social media that shocked ...

A rare sighting of the Eurasian Hoopoe bird in Australia has been captured on an island off Western Australia's northern coastline. The Department of Parks and Wildlife has recorded vision of the ...

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Did you know? The African Hoopoe is a common resident easily identified by its characteristic crest and distinctive call. The hoopoe features cinnamon plumage with splotches of black and white on the ...

An exotic African bird has landed in a north Wales village garden after becoming hopelessly lost on its way to the Mediterranean. The colourful hoopoe should have flown to Spain or Greece in its ...

This a photo of a Hoopoe, which is about the size of a blackbird and has a distinctive call There are fears for the future of an African migratory bird which is thought to have been blown to Conwy in ...

Spring is a fascinating time of the year in the eastern Igdir province of Turkey as Upupa epops visit the region. Each year Upupa epops(Eurasian hoopoe) migrating ...