Crowds flock to West Yorkshire village to see scarlet tanager | UK News [Video]

A small cul-de-sac in West Yorkshire has been taken over by hundreds of bird watchers who have flocked in to catch a glimpse of a rare bird.

The 300 bird watchers have their eyes peeled for the scarlet tanager that was first spotted on a washing line on Monday on Bridle Dean in Shelf, near Halifax.

The small yellow and black bird arrived in Yorkshire after being blown off course by strong winds from a hurricane in North America.

Some twitchers have travelled hundreds of miles just to try and catch a glimpse of the bird.

Dave Stone, 75, is one of them, and has travelled 280 miles from his home in Exeter, Devon.

He said: ‘We left Exeter in Devon at 2am. We got up here at first light. It’s near enough the furthest I’ve travelled [to see a rare species].

‘I’ll wait until the light goes to see it …