After a pretty entertaining Hungarian Grand Prix Ellie and I needed to pop in to town to drop off some DVDs we had hired for the weekend and took the long route home, making a fairly quick visit to Sutton Bingham.
From outside the hide I counted eight Common Sandpipers feeding along the water's edge and a summer-plumaged Dunlin. The adult Yellow-legged Gull flew past heading north and a Little Egret was also present. The hay fields had been cut so there were no butterflies about.
We then headed back and parked on the northern causeway. A further two Common Sandpipers were present on West Pool and a Redshank could be heard overhead, but it failed to show itself. I also heard a bird of prey calling and soon spotted a Hobby in flight as it flew away from me and landed in an old oak tree a couple of fields away. Also on West Pool, two Mandarin and a pair of Tufted Ducks.
A pretty productive trip was rounded off with another two Little Egrets on the shore of the main reservoir.
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