A hoopoe, an unusual and unique bird that is belonging to Africa, Asia, and Europe, has actually been identified in Alton – triggering rather a flap!
The sighting has actually been reported by numerous citizens, consisting of a post lady and Herald reader Carol Palmer.
The hoopoe is belonging to Europe, Asia and the northern half of Africa and invests the majority of the time on the ground penetrating for grubs and pests (Carol Palmer )
Carol, from Alton, composes: “We returned from a day out at about 4.15pm and I headed out to feed the birds and saw a bird on the yard that in the beginning glimpse and not looking effectively I simply believed, ‘it’s a jay’ and after that I understood it was the hoopoe!
“This was the exact same one that had actually been seen by our post lady at about 11am at the entryway to our estate, and it ends up (from Facebook) that others have actually seen it too. Amazing.
The hoopoe’s calls are soft, fast, poo-poo-poo notes, which provide their typical name (Carol Palmer )
“Apparently Hampshire sees about 5 of these a year however mainly on the coast. One has actually been seen at Frensham Ponds just recently too I think. What a coup for Alton!”
