Rainbow-hued bee-eaters breeding on the Norfolk coast this summer and three rare black-winged stilts fledglings in Yorkshire are an “unmissable sign” that the nature and climate emergency has reached Britain, according to conservationists. Birdwatchers are flocking to north-east Norfolk to see the European bee-eaters, a colourful rare visitor from Africa and southern Europe, after seven birds were spotted close to Cromer by a local birder. “These seven bee-eaters are certainly the most colourful and exciting birds you can see in the UK right now,” said Mark Thomas of the RSPB. Andy Dalton, operations manager at Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, said: “It’s been a tense wait but we’re overjoyed. “It’s positive, exciting and a brilliant endorsement of the work we’ve been doing at Potteric Carr but it’s also an alarm call.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 18, 2022 15:12 UTC