Whilst out about in Norfolk with friends, we all called in at Snettisham RSPB this evening to look for a White-rumped Sandpiper.
There were up to five White-rumped Sandpipers on the North Norfolk coast reported today, and three had been reported from this site.
As the tide eventually came in and wader numbers increased in the Wash, a birder called out that he had found one; the bird was with Dunlin and showed well.
I had only seen one previously at St Mary's Island, Tyne and Wear back in 2002; this is a bird that is well overdue in Cheshire and Wirral.
I hadn't visited this site for a good ten years and just enjoyed the rest of the evening watching hundreds of waders in murmuration and watching the sun go down.
