I had not heard that the Minsmere Q o Spain were from a breeder's excess stocks. Do you have any refernce to that, please, as it is still widely believed to be a genuine immigration event in many circles that I belong to. As to mis-identified Wall, there are as few Wall in Surrey as Q o Spain (or fe...

Thanks for your various thoughts. All rather negative I note; as I am a sceptic by nature that doesn't dissuade me from my belief that he did see QoS but that the whole thing doesn't really stack up. Yes location quite wrong - very likely that it was released/artificially introduced. Also seems an u...

please forgive me if you see this same plea for help -word for word -elsewhere. I want to ask many people. I have a request for info if you can please. I write for a mag called British Wildlife and learnt today of a Queen of Spain at Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey on 11th Aug that was apparently egg layi...