Nottingham Post published More than 2,000 twitchers visit Nottinghamshire to catch glimpse...

Thousands of twitchers have flocked to a remote quarry on the edge of a village to try and get a glimpse of a bird rarely spotted in the UK.Bird watchers came out in their numbers when they descended on the site in order to get a sighting of the European bee-eater.The yellow, blue and brown beauty is more often found in southern Europe and North Africa, and the last time one was spotted in Nottinghamshire was back in 1970.But a total of seven birds have been spotted at the Cemex quarry on Lings.