Friday 19 April 2013

Sutton Bingham - Wed 17 Apr & Thu 18 Apr

A couple of flying visits over the past few days. I had to go to Bournemouth on Wednesday afternoon so that put pay to any birding, though I did decide to fly in to the reservoir (not literally) on the way home. A surprise greeted me in the form of an Egyptian Goose on the northern causeway!
A Little Egret was near the Sailing Club, but that was about it apart from a load of hirundines feeding over the water.
A last minute decision to drop in on Thursday after work proved to be a good call with six Arctic Terns present hawking over the water between the car park and the Canoe Club. I thought that there would be a good chance of some being present as there had been a constant stream of sightings on the pager all day. The Egyptian Goose was still on the northern causeway and was the only other bird of interest.

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  1. Friday 19 April update: a five minute stop before work produced just a single loitering Arctic Tern, a pair of Wigeon and a fly-over Stock Dove.

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  2. Saturday 20 April update: an early morning visit produced two Tufted Duck pairs on West Pool and a Wigeon was near the hide. Highlight, cracking views of a Barn Owl again, this time it landed on a gate just 20 feet away...I was too slow to get a photo though!

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