Sutton Bingham - Sun 29 Jul

After dropping Ellie off at church I took Tristan up to Sutton Bingham for an hour. We spent nearly the entire duration of our trip at the northern causeway as this seemed to be the place where everything was happening for a change.
Amongst the gulls on the water and causeway bank there was a real surprise in the form of a juvenile Mediterranean Gull!

 

 

Also on the northern causeway a single returning Common Sandpiper (another or the same bird was seen later in flight from the southern causeway).
The other interest this morning was generated by a flock of fifteen Common Terns that flew in from the east and passed over the reservoir and West Pool (right over the top of our heads) and continued west until lost from sight. They were all adult birds.
Our hour was soon up and we needed to head off and pick up Ellie, but a pretty profitable morning this morning.