It’s the third time in eight years that a red-footed booby has been sighted in the UK. <\/p>
A odd-looking tropical bird has been spotted at Worbarrow Bay near\u00a0Lulworth Cove<\/a> in Dorset.<\/strong><\/p> The creature in question is a red-footed booby, a colourful<\/a> diving bird that lives year-round in tropical or sub-tropical areas such as the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands<\/a> in the Pacific Ocean. Usually they don’t migrate, but this is the third time in eight years that the species has been recorded in the UK.<\/p> Divers Jane and Vince Jenkins reported the seabird<\/a> after filming it perched on their boat on 24 June.<\/p> The red-footed booby is the smallest of the six booby species. That’s not to say it’s small; it still boasts an impressive one-metre wingspan and stands well over half a metre in height. <\/p> “We sat and watched it preening for around 15 minutes,“<\/strong> Vince told Dorest Bird Guides<\/a>. <\/p> “The booby continued with us for a while and it was only when we were halfway back on our return, and doing around 20 knots, that it decided to leave and flew back west towards Worbarrow.”<\/p>