A brief visit on Saturday afternoon had failed to produce much, though the Wigeon flock had risen to eighty-six birds and a singles of Stonechat and Meadow Pipit were noted, but I was able to spend a bit more time at the reservoir on Sunday. That being said with the rain and wind it was not overly productive!
The area south of Cotton Bridge produced seven Snipe but nothing else, so it was back to the site of the hide where forty-eight Wigeon were present before flying off north, presumably to the dam (which I had already visited and failed to see anything much of note other than a lone Mute Swan and a drake Tufted Duck, both of which were new arrivals).
A walk from the Canoe Club to the car park and back enabled me to check the gathered gulls but there was nothing that unusual present, a single first-winter Common Gull the only variation from the norm, though gull numbers were around the one thousand bird mark.
Three Little Grebes were noted, with one near the site of the hide, another off the car park and the third on West Pool. The male and female Stonechat again put in an appearance on the fence line to the south of West Pool.
Despite poor weather I managed a total of 45 species today...why did I count them all, well it was the Patchwork Challenge "Patch Day" today and everyone is encouraged to do a daily list. A good excuse, not that I need one, to get out and do some birding at Sutton Bingham!
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