hoopoe

Indian salesman Anish T K told the GDN he saw the bird, popularly known as Hud Hud in Arabic from the Hoopoe family, drop in front of his shop.

// Injured hoopoe moved to Al-Areen wildlife sanctuary

On Anglesey, a Hoopoe was a one-day visitor to Mynydd Eilian last week, and two Spoonbills are at RSPB Cors Ddyga, where a Savi's Warbler continue to hold territory.

The hoopoe - which has a pinkish-brown body, downcurved bill and weighs in at about the same size as a mistle thrush - showed up in Cwmbach this week, a long way off its usual flight path.

The award, recognized as a major contribution in support of contemporary Arabic literature in translation, consists of a silver medal and a cash prize of $3,000, as well as translation and publication by AUC Press's fiction imprint Hoopoe. Every year, the award ceremony draws writers and distinguished personalities of Egyptian cultural life.

It was then translated from Arabic into English by Michele Henjum and published by Hoopoe Press in December 2018.

Image Credit: Supplied Hoopoe A long slender curved beak, bold black and white wing markings and an impressive crest make this unique and exotic looking bird instantly recognisable.

It was a hoopoe, an immensely attractive bird that is familiar to those of us who have taken Continental holidays.

The sighting of the hoopoe, usually found in southern Europe and parts of Africa, has brought twitchers, who keep lists of rare sightings, flocking to Montrose Basin Wildlife Reserve near Angus.

These bind up different bird species.Thanks to biodiversity restoration, the original, but nowadays rare, species such as solitary clematis or hoopoe, are returning to the island.

Nightingale, peacock, pigeon, parrot, hoopoe, sparrow, pheasant, quail, partridge as well as gazelles, turtles, snakes-dragons, and horses were also common.