First and foremost, Happy New Year to all my blog readers! I wish you all the best for 2017.
Now down to business and what a difference a day makes. A mid-morning visit to the reservoir and there seemed to have been a mass clear out overnight. No sigh of yesterday's Black-necked Grebe or much else from the Fishing Lodge, though Wigeon numbered 106 birds. A Raven was heard calling and a Mistle Thrush was noted, but that was about it.
Round then to the northern causeway but other than a fly-over Meadow Pipit and calling Great Spotted Woodpecker it was pretty devoid of birds, and then it started raining!
A quick stop at the southern end produced around fourteen Teal and one of the fields held a flock of some two hundred or so Redwing which rounded off a fairly unproductive forty-five minutes on patch.
A return visit at the end of the day turned up the single Coot on West Pool (which I had missed earlier in the day). I then checked out the gull roost in the hope of adding a few more species and found an adult Yellow-legged Gull among commoner fair, this was by far the highlight of the day. At least thirty Common Gull were also new for the day list and with the light failing, rain falling and temperature getting colder it was time to head back home after a slightly disappointing first day of the year.
Sutton Bingham year list 2017 now at 38 species.
The cold temperature apparently generated a minor crack, which for some reason waited until now to finish cracking. Because the cracking occurs on the interior of the glass, it feels smooth on both sides. Tom likes it and suggests that it stay that way.
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