Tales of a Tormented Twitcher

On Monday the 14th of June 2021, I heard the mega alert from Bird Guides going off. On checking it I was shocked to see that an Egyptian Vulture had just been found on Tresco, Isles of Scilly. With only two previous accepted records in Britain, both of which were in the 19th century, this was going to draw massive attention from twitchers across Britain. Images that followed from several Scilly birders were very gripping and showed the bird to be in perfect condition and unringed. Given the location, time of year, weather conditions, recent increased vagrancy in north-west Europe, and the fact that it was unringed and its primaries were in excellent condition, one has to think that this is a shoo-in for Category A on the British List. Unfortunately for all British twitchers it was not successfully twitched from the mainland by anybody. The bird had departed the Isles. When this negative news filtered through, many began to speculate if and where this bird might be relocated. As the da