Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Herons, Storks and Ibises (Ciconiiformes) > Spoonbills and Ibises (Threskiornithidae) > Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
A rare visitor, probably from the Netherlands. These birds normally over-winter in Africa.
26 March 2011. Spoonbill on Farlington Marshes. Copyright Peter Drury 2011
A single bird visited the site. It has been here for just over a week at 'the deeps' on Farlington Marshes.
