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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dwatsonbirder" data-source="post: 3629356" data-attributes="member: 92203">Probably not the rarest bird I've found, but my absolute favourite was a Pallas's warbler at Burnham Overy Dunes late in the afternoon on 13/10/2013. It was an abhorrent day, with heavy downpours and a biting north-easterly wind - ideal weather for a fall. There were stacks of birds coming in off the sea, and best of all, very few people about. My non-birding partner pointed out a knackered Yellow-browed warbler sitting on seaweed on the beach. Goldcrests seemed to hang off of every blade of grass. Various thrushes and finches called as they shot inland overhead. We got absolutely soaked and headed back toward the car when something yellowish flashed across the path in front of me. I looked down from the sea wall into the suaeda and there was a hovering Pallas's warbler, fully living upto its name of "seven-striped sprite". I stayed with the bird for 5 minutes or so, but it really deteriorated and we headed back to the car. I think quite a few others saw it after we left. I've found another 2 since then, but that first one really sticks in my memory. Radde's (2014) and OBP (2016) were also great to find, another story for another time perhaps.Another good find was in Poland in 2015, we visited a lesser known site for waders one day and found a cracking Terek sandpiper. A lot of vodka was consumed celebrating that evening. Went back the next day with a serious hangover and the Terek had cleared out. Set up the scope and the first three birds I saw were summer-plumage Broad-billed sandpipers. Watched them for a bit, then went back to celebrate with more Żubrówka.</blockquote>

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