18/10/2020 Stiffkey, North Norfolk

Rufus Bush Robin:  This awesome Autumn keeps on delivering, this time a bird that hasn't been seen in the UK for over 40 years! 

This bird goes by many names including rufous scrub robin, rufous bush chat, rufous bush robin and even rufous warbler.

Whatever you want to call it this bird was a total magnet for twitchers. Of which there was a lot of talk about the current Covid restrictions. Let me set things straight if you live in Tier 1 or Tier 2 there are no travel restrictions and you allowed to travel long distances for birding/twitching. You are not breaking the guidance or law if you do so.

Also the local police were on site offering advice and keeping an eye on the large crowd of which in the most part was socially distance and where this wasn't possible people wore face coverings, again as advised by the current Covid guidance.  

If you have a problem with anyone traveling to see a rare bird who has kept to the government's Covid guidelines I suggest you keep it to yourself.

Anyway back to the bird. it was showing on and off between foraging in the suaeda and occasionally perching up. Thrilled to have seen it.  

Stay safe everyone.