Sutton Bingham - Fri 9 Mar

I made an hour long evening visit to the reservoir with Tristan just before dark, and it was more a matter of quantity rather than quality today.
Some five hundred plus Herring Gulls flew in and bathed before flying south, they had all departed by 6.00pm. About fifty Black-headed Gulls were also present along with a couple of Common Gulls and a few Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Despite the influx of "white-wingers" this winter SBR never seems to attract any vagrant gulls.
West Pool held four Teal and six Wigeon, and a further twenty-six Wigeon were off the dam.
A Goldcrest was singing near the hide and was the only bird of note at the southern end of the reservoir.