Great Knot in Norfolk!

A Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris has been seen at Breydon Water in Norfolk and has bird-watchers racing to get there and see it. This is only the fourth recorded occurrence of this mega rarity in Britain. The first Great Knot was found in 1989 in Shetland, the second in 1996 in Cleveland, the third in both County Dublin and Lancashire in 2004.

The Great Knot

This species breeds in the subarctic and montane tundra habitats of north-eastern Siberia. It is migratory and winters along the coast of Southeast Asia and Australia. It has been very rarely observed on the west coast of Alaska during its spring migration and has also been recorded locally in Western Europe.

Quite a turn-up for Norfolk!