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		Photographs of Sora Rail Location: Attenborough Nature Reserve, Nottinghamshire[info] (52.8997, -1.235704 [Google Maps] [maps.live.com] [multimap]) Tags: Attenborough, Birds, Britain, England, Europe, Nature Reserve, Nottingham, Rails (Birds), Sora Rail, Twitchers, Wildlife and Nature Dates: started Tuesday, 28th December 2004 At the end of December a rare Sora Rail arrived in Nottinghamshire, a long way from its usual stomping grounds in America (perhaps migrating when it got pushed off course by one of the many hurricanes this year?). There have only been around a dozen ever seen in the UK, so it attracted quite a bit of attention. Some week or so after it first appeared I got a chance to see it in person, and after only a few minutes of waiting it not only appeared, but almost walked right up to the waiting crowd. The photographs below show quite clearly what distinguishes this bird from other rails - the beak colour, the white on the tail, even the white dot near the eye. PC284713 2:19pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 766KB Large 1600x1197, 457KB Medium 800x599, 153KB Small 400x300, 57KB PC284717 2:19pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 727KB Large 1600x1197, 435KB Medium 800x599, 145KB Small 400x300, 55KB PC284718 2:19pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 739KB Large 1600x1197, 445KB Medium 800x599, 149KB Small 400x300, 55KB PC284729 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 815KB Large 1600x1197, 393KB Medium 800x599, 118KB Small 400x300, 46KB PC284731 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 828KB Large 1600x1197, 483KB Medium 800x599, 154KB Small 400x300, 55KB PC284731, cropped 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Medium 737x529, 156KB Small 400x287, 32KB PC284732 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 820KB Large 1600x1197, 478KB Medium 800x599, 151KB Small 400x300, 54KB PC284732, cropped 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Medium 621x545, 107KB Small 400x351, 36KB PC284733 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 776KB Large 1600x1197, 443KB Medium 800x599, 137KB Small 400x300, 51KB PC284733, cropped 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Large 957x681, 282KB Medium 800x569, 112KB Small 399x284, 29KB PC284734 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 844KB Large 1600x1197, 492KB Medium 800x599, 155KB Small 400x300, 55KB PC284734, cropped 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Medium 669x529, 152KB Small 400x316, 35KB PC284735 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 761KB Large 1600x1197, 435KB Medium 800x599, 134KB Small 400x300, 50KB PC284736 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 808KB Large 1600x1197, 468KB Medium 800x599, 148KB Small 400x300, 54KB PC284737 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 817KB Large 1600x1197, 607KB Medium 800x599, 201KB Small 400x300, 68KB PC284737, altered 2:24pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Small 406x498, 126KB Twitchers 2:00pm, 28th December 2004 Camera: Olympus C750UZ Big 2288x1712, 820KB Large 1600x1197, 580KB Medium 800x599, 184KB Small 400x300, 60KB

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