Eastern Crowned Warbler - South Shields

Great excitement in the UK over the last two days - a first record of an Eastern Crowned Warbler so it was  north we went this morning to be there for first light.  A couple of hundred were already there in position, all nervously wondering if it was still there and then a warbler flitted into view and yes ..... a Yellow Browed Warbler oh dear but all was not lost within seconds out came the star of the show.  As you can see from the shot of the crowd below we were a fair distance from the bird so the shots below of the bird were the best we could do - they are with the Nikon through the scope at 2000 iso! and yes there is a bird there just look in the centre of each pic.  This little bird has had great media coverage appearing in the national press, radio and even the BBC news this evening - I have to say that based on purely looks alone for me it wasn't as smart as the Yellow Browed but for sheer excitement and anticipation  it won hands down.