Some time to spare at the reservoir this afternoon and during the couple of hours I was present I covered a fair amount of ground but failed to find anything out of the ordinary...what made things worse was the fact a Red Kite had been seen over the southern end of the reservoir mid-morning!
A check of the southern end produced a good number of wildfowl, with seventy-four Teal, thirty Wigeon and the female Pintail still.
A check around the church and car park only managed to provide four Redwing, with hardly any small birds on offer. So West Pool and the northern causeway then? A Stonechat was on the fence line south of West Pool and a Common Sandpiper was still feeding on the water's edge. That was it so round to the dam.
Bearing in mind the area around the Fishing Lodge was packed with birds at the weekend I arrived feeling positive. After a fair amount of searching the paddocks, hedges, etc. it seems my faith was ill-placed as there was hardly anything about. A Little Egret was on the dam and a Little Grebe was seen. A couple of Meadow Pipits were noted and a small flock of fourteen Linnets was flying around. The only other bird of note during the duration of my visit was a single Kingfisher. Seems that Sutton Bingham is missing out on all the quality scarcities dotted across the UK at present...suppose I'd better just keep looking.
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