Skip to content

Visitors flock to see stilt sandpiper in Frampton Marsh

RSPB Stilt sandpiperRSPB
The bird is only the second stilt sandpiper ever recorded in Lincolnshire

Hundreds of visitors have flocked to a nature reserve to get a glimpse of a rare bird thought to have ended up in Lincolnshire after getting lost.

A stilt sandpiper landed at the RSPB's Frampton Marsh site near Boston earlier this week.

The wading bird is usually found along the shore of the USA's East Coast and it is only the second one ever seen in the county.

The RSPB said it was likely the bird had got lost on its annual migration.

About 200 to 300 visitors a day have been arriving at the reserve.

RSPB officials tweeted a warning to motorists to drive carefully through a nearby village after "hearing reports of cars speeding down to reserve".

Allow Twitter content?

This article contains content provided by Twitter. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read  and  before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

Assistant warden Anthony Bentley said the bird flown across the Atlantic after getting lost on its annual migration.

More on this and other Lincolnshire stories

"It really shouldn't be here," he said.

"It should be travelling down to South America at the movement."

Bird watchers
The RSPB said 200 to 300 visitors a day were visiting the reserve

Bird watcher Michael Tarrant described the visitor as "exciting".

"It's the first time I've ever seen one in my life," he said.

"I'm now in my 70s, so it's been a long wait."