# @rspb on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CGVbzuxIfFu
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34271176-rspb-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/8e5c1e8d18.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-10-14T19:00:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** RSPB (@rspb) — https://gondola.cc/rspb

## Caption

It's #WildlifeWednesday, and time to talk about one of the UK's fancier looking visitors - the hoopoe! shutterv1sion recently snapped these photos of one popping in to visit in Yorkshire.

Hoopoes do not breed in the UK, and usually end up here when they overshoot during migration between Europe and Africa. Generally they're spotted on the south coast, so seeing one so far north is even more interesting!

These exotic birds are about the size of a mistle thrush, and can be seen to raise their extravagant crest when excited!

#hoopoe #hoopoebird #naturephotography #wildlifeinspo

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## Tags

naturephotography, hoopoebird, wildlifeinspo, wildlifewednesday, hoopoe

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