Swamphen by the Power Station

On Thursday 8th October, in an utterly bizarre occurrance, a Grey- headed Swamphen had been discovered shared on social media apparently it had been seen and filmed in a compound with a suitable puddle by the junction of South Denes Road and Gate 6 of Hartmann Road. So without any optics, I travelled down, immediately after work, at 5.10pm I initially saw Jeremy G. by some rusty iron girders, this wasn't the right place, Jeremy was searching for the Black Redstarts nearby and I took Jeremy round the corner to the road immediately south of Great Yarmouth Power station and saw a gathering of people including Paul & Jane F., John H. Apparently Ferguson views had been seen at 5pm, as the Swamphen had been seen stalking around the grassy verge just by the road and both Jane and John had obtained some excellent pics (one reproduced below by kind permission of Jane) However, the bird was currently out of sight. Within 20 minutes returning to the Road, Paul picked up the bird in a fenced compound and the excellent Grey- headed Swamphen was seen just left of a pile of sticks, it then wandered left and the to the side of the compound, sometimes being partially obscured before it wandered a little closer before again disappearing back along the Road, Jeremy G. picked the bird up in the corner near a bush and this is where I had my closest views of the bird as it stood and carefully preened. Unlikely to be ever accepted, this resident of central Asia, in countries like India. This bird, most definitely, is not a long distance migrant and most previous sightings have been classed as escapees. But there were no rings on this bird and could it have been ship assisted possibly? Anyway a lovely bird to see, especially as it was only 10 minutes from work and a bizarre but amazing sighting, I always like seeing any birds or wildlife. Photo reproduced below by kind permission & copyright of J Ferguson.