This afternoon I got a call to say that an unusual bird had been seen at the East end of Stanley, I got to where the bird was being watched, it turned out to be a Southern Lapwing.

Southern Lapwings are a vagrant species with 1 or 2 birds recorded every few years. My last sighting was January 2006.

Many thanks to Carol & Terence Phillips for finding the bird and to Michelle King for getting the message to me.