News broke early afternoon that a Alpine accentor had been found in Slaughden,Suffolk.The adult bird showed well all afternoon and went to roost on a pipe on south-east side of Martello Tower.
Plans were made for a morning raid with Malc curtin and Mark payne and we arrived around 6am in the morning with the news the bird was still roosting on the pipe.
Thermal image of the bird
Birders waiting for sunrise
The bird showed well having roosted on the pipe all night
The adult bird eventually flew from the roost pipe on the south-east side of Martello Tower just after 7.20am and flew towards the beach where it showed really well for the next few hours.
Alpine Accentor
This was the first twitchable bird in Britain for 20 years,the species is a far rarer prospect in autumn than spring,making this bird all the more notable.Just six of 38 accepted records hail from the months of October and November,most recently a one-day bird at Strumble Head,Pembrokeshire,in October 1997.
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