Bee-eaters! Beautifully blue and brown, bandit-like black banded eyes, and barely seen in Britain and Ireland 💙 (can we stop with the 'B' alliteration now?) 9 of these fabulous birds have recently been spotted in Great Yarmouth - including these 3 caught on camera by twitter.com/cambsbirder! 📽 So what is there to know about these distinctive visitors? 📏 They're 28cm long ⚖️ and weigh 61g - that's about the same as 5 AAA batteries! ✒️ The first record of them in the UK was in 1793. 💚 We only

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The Bee-eaters are back! Three of these colourful birds, including a nesting pair, have been spotted again in a sand quarry near Cromer. It is the first time the summer visitors have returned to the same breeding site in the UK in consecutive years. But why are sightings increasing? There are a combination of factors, but climate change is thought to be playing a major part. Bee-eaters are a commonly found in the southern Mediterranean and northern Africa, and as our planet warms they – along wi

Like rainbow clad rock stars, European bee-eaters know how to get a crowd buzzing! 🤩 Last week, after a few days peering out at the world and thinking about taking the plunge, the first of our bee-eater chicks (named 'Bold' by fans) fledged the nest! More were soon to follow... The group will be setting off back to Africa in a matter of days as August draws to a close. They were spotted further south in Norfolk yesterday evening and are using their nesting grounds less and less. Head over to ou

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