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Identification

The Hoopoe is a bizarre creation with crazy black and white banding across its wings and tail, an eccentric black-tipped crest, long, down-curved bill and an orange coloured body. Its dramatic plumage is best seen when the bird flies with floppy, rounded, fingered wings, flicking like a big moth.

Habitat

Breeds in parks, orchards, copses and gardens.

Migration

Birds in northern latitudes migrate to elsewhere in Europe. Some also winter in north Africa.

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  20:37 13/01/10 Hoopoe IOW Brighstone   
  22:15 18/12/09 Hoopoe IOW Brighstone   
  22:58 04/11/09 Hoopoe Norfolk Holkham Pines 02/11/09 
Negative news 16:43 26/10/09 Hoopoe Devon Yelland   
  19:30 25/10/09 Hoopoe Devon private site   
  16:26 24/10/09 Hoopoe Highland Portree, Skye 18/10/09 
Negative news 12:44 22/10/09 Hoopoe Orkney Burwick, S.Ronaldsay   
  11:29 22/10/09 Hoopoe Orkney Burwick, S.Ronaldsay 11:05 
  21:25 19/10/09 Hoopoe Waterford Lismore 18/10/09 
  23:02 16/10/09 Hoopoe IOW Brighstone   

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Hoopoes Hoopoes  Webzine subscribers only
Exotic and guaranteed to attract a crowd, favourable conditions could see a number of these scarce migrants making landfall over the next few weeks.

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