Apologies for the lack of updates recently. Whereas I have made a few visits to the reservoir over the past fortnight, there has been very little to report other than the long-staying Egyptian Goose which has been on patch for a couple of weeks, a couple of Peregrine sightings and three Tufted Duck.
I did spend a bit more time at Sutton Bingham this afternoon and the highlight was a Marsh Tit, just my second sighting of the year and up near the car park, which is not my "usual" place for seeing this increasingly scarce bird. Also around the car park, a couple of Chiffchaff and several Goldcrest.
The southern end of the reservoir held eighty-six Wigeon, a dozen Teal and four Mandarin whilst off the dam the Egyptian Goose was still present and was loosely associating with thirty-two Canada Geese. A Kingfisher was seen as it zoomed over the reservoir towards the Sailing Club and there were good numbers of both Redwing and Fieldfare.
As I left gull numbers were steadily building with a couple of hundred Herring Gull, at least five hundred Black-headed Gulls, twelve or so Common Gulls and just two Lesser black-backed Gulls.
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