We were on our way to Boyton Marshes today, when travelling past Tunstall Common, saw a group of birdwatchers, some with really hefty equipment gathered in what looked like a twitch. Thanking our good luck we pulled over to the side of the road (the carpark was full) and raced to where the birders were gathered.
It then came as quite a surprise to us that the birders were taking photos of a GOLDEN EAGLE, puffed up and posing on a branch. What are the chances of coming across an EAGLE in the midst of the gentle, heathy, Suffolk countryside!
However, it quickly dawned on us that the bird wasn't wild, in fact it was tied by a rope to its handler.
We talked to one of the birders, and they said they had paid for the eagle to photograph, so there were around twenty people all twitching a captive bird.
I was able to collect this record shot, of one of the strangest bird sightings I have ever experienced.
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