Hudsonian whimbrel W Sussex ( Mega )

An unexpected call from Brian around 1 o'clock to tell us he has got the afternoon off work & do the pair of us want to head to W Sussex for a look for the mega Hudsonian Whimbrel.
It's 116 miles from home & any trip on the M 25 is a bit of a gamble, as it turns out we get no hold ups & also get lucky when we take the gamble & pull into the Church car park at Church Norton & find one space left that we pulled into, a real bonus as it 's only a very short walk to where the bird has been seen already today.
The scopes come out & a quick scan only gets us a couple of Whimbrel but not the one we want,after being joined by a few more birders one of them tells us that he had just seen the target bird further down the beach.
Off we all march & on arrival we find maybe 30 people looking & they have what they think is the bird in view, nobody is 100% sure as the bird refuses to move & with just the head showing we have to wait for over 2 hours before we see a few flaps of the wings & then what we all needed to see when we got a flight to show no white bars & everybody is ticking this mega.
So a real bonus to get a lifer unexpectedly today, a long drive but well worth it in the end.