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I had to drop some family off at Manchester Airport so I thought I would pop in and see if I could spot the now famous Red Footed Falcon on my way back. A quick search of Twitter gave me enough info to get within 100m of it and then a very kind gent pointed the bird out to me. It's the first time I've travelled to see a bird, does this make me a "twitcher"? The weather was dire, overcast and raining... It's a gorgeous little bird though and I am glad I went to have a look. There are now signs up asking for it not to be fed. It was quite happily taking worms from the surface of the grass.
It sat on a fence for about 20 minutes before disappearing high up into a tree. I might try and go back if we have a sunny day over the weekend.
Red Footed Falcon Staffordshire 27.07.2015 (1 of 1)-4 by Tim Preston, on Flickr
Red Footed Falcon Staffordshire 27.07.2015 (1 of 1)-8 by Tim Preston, on Flickr
It sat on a fence for about 20 minutes before disappearing high up into a tree. I might try and go back if we have a sunny day over the weekend.
Red Footed Falcon Staffordshire 27.07.2015 (1 of 1)-4 by Tim Preston, on Flickr
Red Footed Falcon Staffordshire 27.07.2015 (1 of 1)-8 by Tim Preston, on Flickr