Today's most updated bird nationally is...

Four times! That's how many updates the Long-tailed Duck got today. Perhaps the most updated rarity in the country today, I shit you not. Aside from a couple of Marsh Warblers and a Bluethroat at a popular North Norfolk birdspotting venue, it actually was. A steady procession of London's birders presumably made it away from their desks to have a look at this Arctic waif. I made it back from my cesspit of toil for a mid evening papping session with London's most celebrated birding blogger.

No apologies for even more LTDs. They'll keep coming, perhaps punctuated by the odd Caspian Gull soon enough just to spoil you. Finally sorted out the 1000s that I took at the Polish colony the week before last...