Rare North American scarlet tanager attracts birdwatchers in Yorkshire, UK, drawing visitors up to 220 miles.

A rare scarlet tanager, typically found in North America, has attracted hundreds of birdwatchers to a cul-de-sac in Shelf, near Halifax, UK. This bright red bird, rarely seen outside its native range, may be the first recorded sighting in Yorkshire and the UK since 2014. Bird enthusiasts traveled up to 220 miles to see the unusual visitor, believed to have been carried across the Atlantic by storm conditions.

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