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Squacco heron, first ever in Norway?

Posted on November 24, 2018 by petrel41

MEGA!! Squacco Heron in Tromsø harbour today, northwest Norway. Looks solid. Probable first for Norway!!! Obs+pics by UK birders C.Davis & B.Siddle. Phone pics taken tday at 11.00. @RareBirdAlertUK @Fuglevern pic.twitter.com/3ibeFaWzcN

— Varanger / Finnmark bird news (@Finnmarkbirding) November 23, 2018

I fondly remember squacco herons from, eg, in the Gambia in Africa.

2 thoughts on “Squacco heron, first ever in Norway?”

Rolling Harbour on November 26, 2018 at 5:38 pm said:

That’s a great get for Norway! By complete coincidence, the day you posted this I was at a bird reserve in Mallorca where squacco herons are found. Not that I saw one, though I did keep an eye out!

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- petrel41 on November 26, 2018 at 6:01 pm said:
  
  I saw a squacco heron in Mallorca, long ago 🙂
  
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