Sutton Bingham - Wed 14 Sep

I spent best part of an hour at the reservoir this afternoon, starting at the southern end where two Common Sandpipers were still present as well as half a dozen Teal. Back to the northern causeway and three Lapwing were on West Pool...slightly closer than the single bird present last month.

Three Little Egrets were noted at the northern end but again that was about it so I made for the dam to see if anything interesting was present there.
A large flock of Linnet, around thirty or so birds, were feeding in the horse paddock and on the dam wall and another two Common Sandpipers were seen. The first Meadow Pipit of the autumn was also noted and a Raven flew over. I then scanned the horse paddock again and found an interesting looking wagtail. This individual had a bold white supercilium (no yellowish tones at all), a greyish head and white throat, and the wing bars were very prominent. My initial thoughts were Blue-headed Wagtail and the general consensus from other individuals who saw my poor photos tended to agree. A nice addition to the patch list, albeit just a sub-species.

 

 

 

From the photos above you can see how distinct the bird was.