Sutton Bingham - Wed 7 Dec

A bit more action during this afternoon's visit. I started off at the Fishing Lodge and dam where a total of eighty Wigeon were present, but I was unable to find anything else around this area so made a quick stop at the outflow stream where three Chiffchaff were noted.
Round then to the northern causeway where an unseasonal Great Black-backed Gull was present. Was really not expecting one of those this afternoon.

Also on West Pool, another bird I'd not expected to see in December, a Little Egret (incidentally, I saw both the Little Egret and Great Black-backed Gull flying south less than an hour after they were on West Pool). On the main reservoir, nine Common Gulls were present.
Off then to the southern end of the reservoir and my first walk around Cotton Bridge for several months. It didn't really yield much though a did flush three Snipe. A sub-adult Peregrine was on one of the pylons.

Also in the area at least six feeding Goldcrests, most of which were associating with feeding flocks of Long-tailed Tits. Some hundred and twenty Teal were still present and a single Little Grebe was seen. Finally, the only other bird worth mentioning was a single Coot (there are so few at Sutton Bingham nowadays I feel they are worth a mention).