{"id":702197,"date":"2026-07-20T20:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702197\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T20:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:58:15","slug":"rescue-mission-launched-for-escaped-hornbill-in-cornish-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/702197\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue mission launched for escaped hornbill in Cornish village"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was first spotted sitting on a post in the backyard of a pub<\/p>\n

Tristan Cork Chief Reporter<\/p>\n

15:45, 19 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

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A still image from a video posted onto a community Facebook group in Ashton, Cornwall, of a hornbill sitting on a post in the back yard of the Lion & Lamb pub(Image: Mya Chapman\/Facebook)<\/p>\n

A rescue mission got underway on Sunday afternoon (July 19) in a Cornish village after a hornbill was spotted sitting on a post in the back yard of a pub.<\/p>\n

The distinctive bird, with its massive down-curved bill, is usually found in tropical climes like subtropical Africa and Asia, but certainly turned heads as it paused on a post at the back of the Lion & Lamb pub in Ashton, near Helston<\/a> this afternoon.<\/p>\n

A video and some pictures of the bird were posted on the local community Facebook<\/a> group, and its owner was tagged, and made her way over to the spot.<\/p>\n

A search and rescue mission has now been launched by the community, led by the bird\u2019s owner – a woman from the village – as it had flown off.<\/p>\n

Rooftops and gardens around Ashton are being searched in the hope of spotting the unusual creature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was first spotted sitting on a post in the backyard of a pub Tristan Cork Chief Reporter…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,1325,138892,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-702197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-facebook","tag-helston","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}