‘In total shock’: birdwatchers amazed as ‘uber-rare’ American birds land in UK
by Phoebe Weston from Environment | The Guardian on (#6F21K)
Birders have flocked in their hundreds to see the songbirds, blown across the Atlantic by Hurricane Lee
A record-breaking number of uber-rare" North American songbirds have arrived in the UK this week, blown over the Atlantic in the aftermath of Hurricane Lee.
More than a dozen species of small songbirds - one of which has never been seen in the UK before - were sent veering off their usual migration routes by the high winds.
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