Sutton Bingham - Thu 13 Jul

You never quite know what to expect when you visit the same site almost daily, and today turned out to be rather surprising as a pre-work visit produced a Redshank and a Common Sandpiper on the northern causeway, both of which flew off south almost as soon as I got out of the car!
Round to the Fishing Lodge where a scan of the far bank produced a patch year tick in the form of three Oystercatchers. A typically dodgy record shot is mandatory of course.

The birds looked fairly settled as they fed but just as I was leaving to head off to work I heard them calling and after a couple of minutes circling the reservoir they flew off and I could not relocate them. You can hear them in flight by clicking here.
Also from the Fishing Lodge a further four Common Sandpipers, a single Great Black-backed Gull, three Little Egrets and a calling Raven.
Sutton Bingham year list 2017 now at 99 species.