I saw one a few years ago, sat on a fence post next to the railway line just south of Cambridge. They are migratory, spending the winter in Africa then returning to the UK in spring. There are quite a few breeding pairs who reside on Rutland Water, so it's no surprise to see one in Bedfordshire.
Cool. I’ve seen them through binoculars in Wales, just not with the naked eye. Starkly dark and white with the eye stripe and huge, long primary feathers and a big wingspan vs body - couldn’t be anything else.
I saw one a few years ago, sat on a fence post next to the railway line just south of Cambridge. They are migratory, spending the winter in Africa then returning to the UK in spring. There are quite a few breeding pairs who reside on Rutland Water, so it's no surprise to see one in Bedfordshire.