White-rumped Mega!!!!,Sunday 14th October 2018.

There i was arriving at home after being out for sunday lunch,with Mrs R,my sister and her husband Kev and just settling down,when in typical fashion all hell breaks loose on Twitter.....Pacific Swift,Hornsea Mere.
 The headless chicken routine ensued,in between ringing birding buddy Tim,getting changed and grabbing my gear all at the same time,in a flash i was quickly on my way and across the Humber.
 As i neared Willerby,the unbelievable news from Tim,that this was now not a Pacific Swift and instead a White-rumped.....holy *@$£.I knew this was a first record for Britain after i had read about a bird in Finland and one in Ireland,which made the journey even more frantic.
 I arrived at Hornsea at roughly 5pm,got the kit together and did a combination of running and power walking across 3 fields to where the assembled group were hopefully watching the bird.
 A quick discussion as to where it was,saw me getting onto it relatively quickly.
 I watched the bird distantly at first,loosely associating with a small group of House Martins and I commented how small it looked,compared to our Common Swift and it also had a curious flight action gliding on bowed wings almost shearwater like.
 At first i could not see any plumage features on the bird,but thankfully it came nearer and i could now see the white throat and horseshoe shaped white rump patch ,which seemed to wrap around the body,what a cracker!!!!.
 A couple of phone calls to Tim to keep him notified,saw him eventually arriving,he had driven from Doncaster in super quick time and thankfully got onto the bird,albeit at long range.
 As the light went we all chatted about what a cracking record this bird was and another top quality species to add to the already mouth watering array of rarities seen in Yorkshire.
 I felt sorry for the birders arriving as we walked back to our cars,as they had no chance of seeing the bird,as it was now dark and the bird looked like it had left south.
 A crazy few hours,but what a fantastic experience in seeing this first for Britain.