best day for years

really needed to try out my new binoculars a pair of meopta meostar 8x42 

there good 

 with a massive fall of birds all down the east coast on thursday/friday id usually go to spurn but recently found it a vast area to cover on foot, so headed to filey as its not a bad drive and quite close to other places 

walked along the south side of the ravine a cracking firecrest by the stone teeth circle i looked around no other birders so put it on birdguides

goldcrests everywhere along with 2 chiffchaffs and a male blackcap 

walked up to the top scrub 

really nice area fieldfares came over 

searched for the bluetail but no luck until a lady called me over......i joined about 6 birders in the top scrub and there it was a red flanked bluetail great birds 

checked the ravine again a chiffchaff but nothing else 

thought about bempton but headed for south landing which was a good choice 

dusky warbler briefly by the steps 

at the top it was more sheltered and quite a few goldcrests calling after a while i heard a yellow browed warbler call it took another 30 minutes for it to show 

i needed a toilet stop so headed to ywt center and after saw some benches at the side and sat down watching tree sparrows 

some guy said is this where the ringers are? i said dunno im just sat here! then it all got a bit surreal when a ringer turns up and starts doing what ringers do 

after what seemed like ages he brought out a treecreeper 

stunning

then the best of all something id been really wanting to see this weekend as ive not seen one for years......

my first was at sammys point back in 1988 and seen a few since 

dim wallace described it as the "the sprite with seven stripes"

yep pallas's warbler 

i was just inches away stunning bird 

bird of the day