Red-footed Booby!

Astonishingly a Red-footed Booby, a British first, was washed up on St Leonards on Sea beach this afternoon! The bird is alive and initially was taken into care by East Sussex WRAS but has now been turned over to the RSPCA for "more specialist care". The story was initially picked up on by Rachel Ramaker and Marc Read on Sussex Birders facebook and I tweeted it with some pics to a pretty large response. Obviously the most important thing is the welfare of the bird but I expect quite a few people will turn out if the release, all being well, is made public. This matter is being dealt with by responsible parties (not me) so we shall see what we shall see.