Yesterday evening, towards dusk, the back garden was full of birds. This included a blue tit, which was having a merry time flitting round the trees, presumably looking for insects.
I may have seen the occasion blue tit previously but this little visitor was certainly an enchanting sight. The bird looked quite thin, so whether it was hungry or a hybrid, who knows. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a very good photo in the poor light.
Through the grapevine, I heard that a Long Toed Stint has been sighted at the local RSPB reserve and that people are flocking to see it. This seems to be causing a degree of mayhem, so just as well I have my own mini nature reserve. I doubt a Long Toed Stint will be visiting any time soon, though.
Growing out of chaos 
Following your direction I can see the blue tit
That’s good!
I love it when birds come into my garden but have no interest in racing around ticking off sightings of rare ones!
I’ve been RSPB Bempton Cliffs today and seen lots of bird watchers. I’m not sure there was anything terribly rare over the North Sea, though 😊
I think you probably need more water to attract stints of any toe-length. To be honest, blue tits are more fun. 🙂
This one certainly was 😊