As I type hoards of twitchers have either visited Lodmoor or are one their way. Reason being a very rare Stilt Sandpiper that arrived over the weekend. The birds from North America and is a very rare bird in the UK. I think I am right in saying that there's less than 30 records in Britain and its just the second to be seen in Dorset. The first was seen on Brownsea Island in August 2006. The bird is in fine breeding plumage but at present nobodies managed a decent photo hence this very wordy blog post. Wonder whether I should offer a free cuppa tea in the visitor centre for the first person who posts a decent photo on our gallery? If you’re intending to go and see the bird you will need to be standing the bank adjacent to the main road which looks out over Overcoombe. Chances are there'll be plenty of bird watchers there to point you in the right direction. Fingers crossed that it moves to somewhere a bit easier to photograph and if it does a photo will be appearing on the blog!