Birdwatchers who breached lockdown restrictions by travelling to Exmouth in Devon to catch a glimpse of a rare northern mockingbird have been fined by Devon and Cornwall Police.
| UPDATED: 19:19, Tue, Feb 9, 2021
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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’re predominantly a ‘home bird’, some may move south in the harsh winters - so been spotted as far away as Europe is a pretty huge feat. But now Chris Biddle, from Devon, claims to have made an incredible sighting at the weekend in Exmouth, Devon.