A surprise at the end of the day!

A busy non birding day ended with a surprise.
A quick walk up to the harbour just before the sun was setting and a Wheatear perched on a 'dogs on lead' sign in the sunlight...

Wheatear ...just before the sun disappeared for trhe day.

As the sun went behind a cloud the gloom descended and I almost turned back but decided to walk towards the hide when a bird appeared on top of a bush. My immediate thought was that  it was one of the usual Stonechats that have been hanging around for the past couple of weeks but as I raised my 'bins' suddenly realised it was none other than a Dartford Warbler. The light was awful so I raised the ISO on the camera and managed to get a few record shots.

...nice bird and quite unusual on the spit.