You should have been here yesterday......

Everybody will be well aware of the cracking birds that have been along the east coast this last week or so. Brown Shrike was the obvious highlight but an early Olive Backed Pipit at Spurn was also of interest. Large numbers of more common birds such as Yellow Browed Warblers, Red Breasted Flycatcher and Red Backed Shrike were plentiful (to put it mildly). However, if you are planning a trip up there then do it in the next couple of days. Why? Well, Friday night all self respecting migrants will leave the vicinity never to be seen again. I can be pretty sure about this as the Thornton Three (yours truly, Dave and Andy) are planning a day at Spurn on Saturday......We've pencilled in a fall back plan of Norfolk so watch this space for a run down of mouth watering vagrants (that we missed)