Some More Midlands Sightings

Malcolm Robinson saw this Palm-nut Vulture on the PMB-Wartburg road on 2/02/2013.
We assume that this is the same bird first seen in this area by Iain Guthrie in Oct-2009. There have been sporadic sightings in this general area ever since.

Malcolm then sent in this photo of a White-naped Crane Grus vipio seen at Darvill on Sunday 3-Feb.
Word from John Carlyon is that this is in fact an escapee.
According to the International Crane Foundation's White-naped Crane data page there are 4,900-5,300 of these birds left. They breed in NE China and winter in S China, the Korean DMZ and S Japan. The closest site is Dongting Lake, which according to Google Earth 10,915 km away.

Temminck's Courser at Cedara

Alan Manson saw this young Temminck's Courser at Cedara on 29-Jan.
Never an easy species to see in the Midlands.