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Week in wildlife: a fishing anhinga, a northern nutcracker and cuddling seals

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Birdwatchers have flocked to the Norfolk coast after this rare bird was spotted for the first time in more than 35 years. The slender-billed northern nutcracker – a speckled member of the crow family, described as having ‘a very bold nature’ – was spotted in Mundesley by a local resident. It has reportedly now moved west to the Hempstead area, to the relief of Mundesley dwellers, whose streets are once again free of parked cars Photograph: Tim Allwood/SWNS Share

This three-month-old male macaque monkey, named Garip, was rehomed at the Gaziantep wildlife park, southern Turkey, after being illegally smuggled into the country Photograph: Omer Faruk Salman/Anadolu/Getty Images Share

A pigeon bites down on a chip, discarded on the pavement in Farnworth, UK Photograph: Joel Goodman/The Guardian Share

A bearded vulture, or lammergeier, soars through the sky with its wings spread wide in Ankara’s Beypazarı district, Turkey Photograph: Alper Tüydeş/Anadolu/Getty Images Share

A fish and two starfish rest on a…

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