A quick early morning visit before breakfast produced a female Goldeneye among a flock of twenty-one Tufted Duck off the dam. This is only my fourth ever record of Goldeneye at Sutton Bingham, and the second this month. Both birds have been female, so I suppose it is possible that it is the same bird.
Returning in the afternoon, there was nothing at the northern end of the reservoir, the sailing had moved everything to the southern end. Much of the ice that had covered the southern end of the reservoir had cleared over the course of the morning, and the Tufted Duck flock had moved down with an extra couple of birds bringing the total up to twenty-three, but no sign of this morning's Goldeneye. Wigeon numbered117 birds and 73 Teal ere counted along with forty Mallard, though no other duck species had turned up. Ten Meadow Pipits were seen near the Canoe Club and in failing light I found a Little Grebe on West Pool.
Sutton Bingham year list 2017 now at 64 species.
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