Booted Eagle in Cornwall.

When a very rare Booted Eagle was reported near Marazion in West Cornwall I had to go and try and see it, having seen only one in the U.K before which was at nearby drift reservior twenty five years ago, but that record was'nt excepted by the powers that be, ( although I believe it is going to be under review now),but this one seems to be genuine though. I first went down on 13th January and after standing in a layby on the busy A30 for a couple of hours, eventually saw it distantly for a couple of minutes!.

Luckily it has stayed around the area, so on 31st January I went back in the hope for a better view, this time from a pavement on another very busy main road where the Eagle put on a good display , one time flying directly over the heads of an admiring crowd of birders.

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