Another Siberian vagrant...

I saw my fourth Siberian vagrant of the autumn this morning, with a Richard's Pipit at Redcliff Point near Weymouth.

 This species breeds in Siberia, Mongolia and northern China and normally spends the winter from India to Malaysia, however, like a number of other Siberian birds, it is showing an increasing tendency to appear in Western Europe in autumn and to overwinter in the Middle East, North Africa and Iberia. This was a great new species for me and a very unexpected one to see so late in autumn. It really is not the most exciting bird in terms of looks, but it is truly remarkable that it has travelled so far to end up in a field near Weymouth. What an awesome bird!