I spent a couple of hours at the reservoir this morning, parking up by the site of the hide and walking along the water's edge as far as the car park and then back again. There was a little bit of visible migration with at least six Skylarks (a new patch year tick!) and five Meadow Pipits passing overhead. Jays have been very noticeable over the past week or so and four birds were seen today and three Ravens also drifted over.
On the ground there were still several Chiffchaffs milling about with at least half a dozen birds recorded as well as four Goldcrests. West Pool hosted a female Tufted Duck and a Reed Bunting and the final sighting of note was of four Wigeon that flew south. Not a bad morning on the patch really.
I popped back to the reservoir for a shorter visit in the afternoon, this time concentrating on the area around the dam. After a stay of about seven weeks the juvenile Osprey had finally moved on, I guess the recent dismal weather was enough to convince it that Africa may be worth the trip after all!
A small flock of five Linnet flew over and there were four Meadow Pipits around the dam. The Little Egret was also present still.
Sutton Bingham year list for 2014 now at 105 species.
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