The Irish birding world is abuzz with talk of the hoopoe. This striking springtime visitor is having a moment in the spotlight along the south coast, where sightings this year are the highest they ...

The hoopoe is one of those colourful and eye-catching birds that it is truly accurate to describe as exotic. Certainly with a pink body, head crest and black and white stripes on the wings there ...

Derrynane local and nature lover Vinny Hyland spotted an African Hoopoe in Kerry last week. "I got a call from a good friend of mine, he spotted this really unusual bird in a field beside the ...

A RARE bird with a distinctive orange crown has been photographed in Dorset. This hoopoe bird was seen in a horse field in Weston, Portland, and was captured on camera thanks to persistent - and ...

Bird watchers have been asked to be on the look out for sightings of the hoopoe, a small brown and black striped bird with a distinctive pointed head, which has made a rare appearance in Ireland ...