A thirty minute visit before work this morning produced a couple of semi-decent birds. The pick of which was a female Shelduck that was seen in flight over the northern end of the reservoir before it circled West Pool and was lost to sight as it headed off towards the misty Fishing Lodge. Shelduck is by no means an annual bird at Sutton Bingham, so to have another record this year (after three birds in January) is pretty good going. Another new bird in today was a drake Shoveler on West Pool.
West Pool also held a single Little Grebe, looking splendid in it's breeding plumage. I could pick out three Wigeon off the dam, there were none present at the southern end of the reservoir, so it certainly looks as if the wintering flock has indeed dwindled considerably since the start of the month. The only other bits and pieces around this morning were a pair of Mute Swans near the Canoe Club and my first Kingfisher for several weeks.
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