After dinner Ellie and I drove up to the reservoir in the off chance that the Black Stork seen over Yeovil earlier in the afternoon might have been hanging around. It was always going to be a long shot, but we gave it a go. Needless to say we drew a blank, but it was worth taking a look as from the hide a ring-tail Hen Harrier flew over heading east. A real surprise and a new Sutton Bingham tick for me. The bird showed really well in the evening sun, nice broad wings and a large white rump patch ruled out any rarer harrier species.
Also during our hour long visit we saw seven Common Sandpipers just to the north of the hide and a pair of Teal were seen briefly in flight. A pair of Mandarin were also present and seen in flight from the southern causeway.
On West Pool five Tufted Ducks were on the water and several Swallows were whizzing about.
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