A brightly-coloured exotic bird has been spotted flying around the Norfolk Broads.
Adam Spruce, a nature photographer, captured a picture of the bird while walking in St Benet's Abbey, near Horning, on Wednesday.
Further research revealed it to be an Eastern Rosella parrot which is native to southeastern Australia.
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The parrot has a bright, multi-coloured plumage with a fully red breast and blue tail wings.
Eastern Rosella's are not known to migrate leading experts to believe it has escaped captivity from a nearby home or business.
Carl Chapman, a chairman for the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, said: "It is an escaped cage bird.
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"Bizarrely, I am in Victoria, Australia at the moment where they occur in the wild.
"They are, however, not migratory so the chances of it getting to the UK under its own steam is non-existent."
Several reports of wild Rosellas have been recorded in the UK in the past 10 years, notably in Leicestershire and Rutland where they have been seen eating from bird feeders.
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