Rustic Bunting( Lifer) at Wanstead Flats

A panicking Jimmy came flying down the stairs he had just seen that there was a rare Rustic Bunting only 20 minutes away on the flats that had been found by Nick once again.
A quick call to see if Brian could get off work for a while to join us as it's a lifer for all three of us.
The car park in Centre Road was closed so we head round to Capel Road & park near to the pub.
It's a long walk up to East Copse & as we came into the clearing we could see a large group & they looked very interested with all scopes trained on one spot, when we join them it's bingo as we see the Bunting feeding in front of some burnt out trees on the ploughed up field near Long wood.
We get long superb views for near an hour.
Brian arrived but the bird had flown & he had to wait for over an hour before it came back to give him a lifer as well.
Thanks to Nick once again & really nice to see loads of local birders plus many from further afield.

Some of the group including Jimmy & Brian

The Rustic Bunting