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5:00 AM May 9, 2021
A rare white-tailed eagle has been seen over Norfolk Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto/Neil Burton
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When it comes to spotting a Rufous Bush Chat or a White Blackbird, you could do a lot worse than visiting Norfolk and Waveney.
The county has seen an array of rare birds flocking to its shores over the past year, with some even prompting a warning from the police.
Here are five birds that have been spotted in the county, and where they were seen:
Rufous Bush Chat
A Rufous Bush Chat bird spotted in Stiffkey, Norfolk Picture: Simon King/Twitter @UKTwitcher
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âMany of our readers have seen the remarkable bird, which was slightly wounded and captured by James B. Groome, Esq., in September, 1867, and which has since been on exhibition at the Drug Store of Arthur W. Mitchell, Esq., of this town. This bird, although unmistakably of the black bird, or Starling species, by a remarkable lusus naturae, had, when first captured, a white feather for every black one usually seen on birds of its class, but had the unmistakable red spot at the joint of each wing, while the bony substance of the beak and legs was white instead of black as in other birds of the Starling species. At each moulting season since this bird was captured, it has gradually changed its color, until the feathers that were white, were at last replaced by others of a light fawn color, while the red spots on the wings became each year larger and more b
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