Great Bustard
Habitat and behaviour
Habitat: Plains (reintroduced Wiltshire).
Diet: Seeds, insects.
Best time to spot: Heaviest European flying bird.
When to look
Resident in the UK, so it can be found year-round. More on the season in Bird migration in Britain.
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Similar birds
- Saker Falcon · Plains (very rare)
- American Robin · Gardens
- Yellow-rumped Warbler · Coastal scrub (vagrant)
- Blackpoll Warbler · Coastal scrub (autumn vagrant)
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