White Stork: These iconic birds have been extinct in Britain as breeding birds since 1416. But very recently they have finally been reintroduced as breeding in the in Knepp Estate in Sussex.
These successful breeding birds are now spread further a field and are often found away from Knepp across the country. So when an unsigned bird turns up folk tend to get twitchy.
The origins of this bird may be unknown but one can assume or at least hope it's a wild bird. There has been one which was accepted last year in the same area of Cambridge so this bird has every chance.
Also not too far from the Cambridge border was this very smart hoopoe at Hixworth, foraging in the horse paddocks south of the impressive Church of St Nicholas.
