Sutton Bingham - Sat 31 Jan

My final trip to the patch this month and I failed to add anything else to the year list. The three Barnacle Geese were still present (and with the birds still at Catcott Lows these are actually different birds and not potential wanderers as I thought they may have been).

 

A small flock of just eight Wigeon were off the dam, but Great Crested Grebe numbers seem to have increased with over thirty birds present, including at least two pairs displaying. A Kingfisher put in a typically brief fly-past and a first winter Mediterranean Gull was also noted.
Four Meadow Pipits were in the field between the car park and the Canoe Club and a Buzzard flushed four Snipe from West Pool. I didn't have time to linger for the gull roost tonight, but still had an enjoyable hour at the reservoir.