All of a flutter over rare Purple Gallinule sighting in Saltney
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| 08:26 UK time, Monday, 2 August 2010
![Purple Gallinule and chick [generic]](/staticarchive/b8cea1920436fa5b60bc3a42b401077dc3a024bb.jpg)
There's a lot of excitement among bird fanciers online following the sighting of a stunning on a building site in Saltney.
One website gives a "rarity status: Mega" in Britain, according to , although it is more common in other parts of the world as well as being seen in Spain.
The issue here in the UK is whether it's a wild bird or a captive bird that has escaped.
There's chatter on and as enthusaists drop by to see it for themselves and, as you'd probably expect, there's at least one mention on .
And you can also see shared by bird spotters via the websites and .
Updated 12.30pm: A well regarded rare bird spotting site, , reports the bird has been captured by a Saltney resident:
...after he claimed that it was one of four individuals he was keeping at his residence (two birds - a pair - originally escaped, the male returning after just a few days on the run). His story was verified and just goes to show what type of bird species are being kept privately.
