With there being nothing out of the ordinary to chase I ended up spending an couple of hours with Tristan at Sutton Bingham Reservoir instead. I took a long walk around the southern end of the reservoir and there was a fair bit of activity in the small woodland. At least two Treecreepers were seen and a Nuthatch was heard calling (I'm still awaiting my first view of this species in 2012!), other vocal birds included both Great Spotted and Green Woodpeckers. A single Marsh Tit was seen and a calling Kingfisher was glimpsed through the vegetation as it headed down the feeder stream. Overhead a Meadow Pipit flew north and a pair of Bullfinches were a nice sighting.
Returning to the car I counted twenty-seven Teal on the water alongside a pair of Wigeon and a Little Egret was a new arrival. At least three Chiffchaffs were now singing away.
The northern end of the reservoir was very quiet, with West Pool holding twenty-three Wigeon and four Teal and nothing of note being on the main reservoir, but another two Meadow Pipits flew over as did three Greenfinches.
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