Sutton Bingham - Thu 5 Apr

Another extremely brief visit on my way home from work tonight and all the action was towards the southern end of the reservoir. The five Wigeon were still present but there were finally some migrants passing through. Midway between the hide and the Canoe Club about a dozen Sand Martins were feeding over the water and two Swallows were feeding alongside them. The surprise of the day came in the form of a fairly early Common Sandpiper that flew over the water and alighted on the far bank, nine days earlier than last year's first bird (though just a couple of days before the first sighting in 2010).