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Desert Wheatear (Barry's)

Taken at Thurlestone

This bird is a very rare vagrant in Britain – the species normally breeds in the dry steppes and semi-deserts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Strong easterly winds must have blown it off course and somehow it ended up in Devon. It is a 1st winter male.

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Uploaded on January 23, 2017
Taken on January 23, 2017