Northern Mockingbird: It's been over 30 years since thge last northern mockingbird was spotted in Britain and while it was found during the height of the Covis lockdown, with tight restrictions on on people's ability to travel anyone who caught a glimpse of the north American bird was very lucky indeed.
The last time a mockingbird was spotted in the UK was in the 1980s - the first in 1982 at Saltash, Cornwall, and the second in 1988 at Horsey Island, in Essex.
Northern mockingbirds are the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. While they typically have a short home range, some birds do move south in the harsh winters - so been spotted as far away as Britain is a pretty huge feat.
This bird turned up during the height of the national lockdown and although I'm sure some birders and twitchers went to see it I think the overwhelming majority have waited, like myself until travel restrictions were eased in order to travel such a long way to see it.