Yesterday I 'twitched' an Eastern Crowned Warbler. My folks drove me to South Shields in County Durham and when we arrived it was pouring with rain. But this didn't stop me sitting in front of the crowd of men (mostly) alongside their telescopes staring at some bushes inside a quarry beside the sea.

Although I got soaked I kept very quiet (except on arrival when I saw 3 other dog 'twitchers') and then all the people started talking excitedly at once when they saw it appear in the sycamore tree. There was even a tv crew standing nearby but later, on the BBC news last night, I saw the Border Terrier twitcher, but not me! I was rather disappointed but then again I wasn't looking my best!

Dad tells me that the Eastern Crowned Warbler, which breeds in Siberia, is the first one for Britain.