Magnificent Frigate bird Fregata magnificens

In the afternoon of 26th August 1968 an adult male Magnificent Frigate bird Fregata magnificens was seen slowly flying in northerly direction over the dunes south of The Hague, in The Netherlands.

As the Atlantic hurrycane season was in full swing Hurrycane Dolly, see details, was the most likely carrier of this Frigate bird to Europe as Hurrycane Dolly arrived in European waters north of the Azores during middle of August 1968.