A lovely Spring morning but a visit to Sutton Bingham produced very little in the way of birds. The clear blue skies did bring out good numbers of Buzzards, with at least a dozen seen soaring over the reservoir, I was hoping that something else may join them, but a Sparrowhawk was not quite what I was after!
I did get one new bird for the year list, a single Sand Martin flew through heading north. This is probably the earliest Sand Martin I've had at the reservoir, with birds usually being recorded in the last week of March.
A walk from the car park as far as the southern causeway and then back again failed to produce much more than a couple of singing Chiffchaffs and Goldcrests, and a calling Bullfinch. Though a male Reed Bunting did put in an appearance and two Snipe were flushed form the water's edge.
But Spring seems to be well and truly on it's way (famous last words!), so hopefully a few more migrants will start passing through soon.
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