15th November - A cloudy day with a moderate, sometimes gusty SW, but very mild 16C

I decided to do a 'twitch' today and headed off to Chesterfield to see the Crag Martin that has been there almost a week now.  I arrived at Chesterfield and headed directly to St. Mary and All Saints church, better known as the church with the crooked spire, because this is where the Crag Martin has been seen nearly everyday and was reported there before I left home.
As I walked up the street I soon spotted some 20 others peering up through binoculars and cameras and very quickly spotted the Martin myself.  It was dashing around quite high, on  the leeward side of the church tower and spire feeding on insects, occasionally doing wider circuits over the shops and houses.  It moved extremely fast and turned circles on a sixpence, quite difficult to follow at times.  Although dull and cloudy reasonable views were eventually had to enable to see the key identification features.  It them headed off north, probably to the football stadium where it has been seen and reported to be roosting there at night.  It returned again after 15 minutes and repeated its performance, then off again, this seemed to be the pattern for the day.
This is about the 12th Crag Martin to be reported in the UK, so a very unusual visitor form southern Spain and the northern Mediterranean area.  Unfortunately is was not possible to get a photo, although others have been successful and can be found on the web, flicker etc.  So, you will have to admire the 'crooked' spire which the Martin was flying around.