This week, a strange visitor to Greyhope Bay! Running past our trap cameras at road-runner speeds was a water rail! These secretive but fairly common birds are more often heard than seen, so it was exciting to find one on our cameras! Bizarrely, these birds are found in wetlands, meaning that this one quite possibly strayed from St. Fitticks (possibly running from a Wile E. fox!) You can see the camera trap footage here on our Instagram page.

These birds are distinct and easy to identify due to their grey face, red bill and generally lanky appearance. Perhaps even more distinct, however, is their sound; which is said to sound like a squealing pig (known as ‘sharming’)!

As far as we know, this is a pretty uncommon visitor to Torry Battery. It will be interesting to see if this peculiar visitor sticks around or not, and if so, how long for?

Seen something cool on your walk? Send us a message with your wildlife finds! We keep an ever-growing record of species found around the battery and every sighting helps!

Photo credit: Adam Robertson

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