Europe's first live pale-legged leaf warbler recorded in East Yorkshire

Off-course bird that breeds in China and North Korea and winters in the Malay peninsula was seen at Bempton CliffsIn September in the UK, rare birds often come from the west, swept over the Atlantic from North America on the tail end of tropical storms and the fast-flowing jet stream. But from the end of that month and well into October, birders look eastwards, hoping for visitors from Siberia. These have usually taken a wrong turn on their own migratory journey and have been brought across the North Sea on easterly winds.Hotspots include Fair Isle and Shetland, off the northern coast of mainland Scotland, and the more accessible (for most of us) coastal headlands of Yorkshire. This autumn, as the Birdguides website reveals, both have produced the goods. Continue reading...