24 August
2018
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".
Assistant
warden Anthony Bentley said the bird flown across the Atlantic after getting
lost on its annual migration.
"It
really shouldn't be here," he said.
"It
should be travelling down to South America at the movement."
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