Sutton Bingham - Wed 25 Apr

About ninety minutes spent at the reservoir this afternoon with nothing to add to the year list, but frustratingly I could have sworn I heard an Oystercatcher calling but couldn't locate the bird...if it even existed!
I did manage some goods views of the Lesser Whitethroat which was still singing just south of the car park, obligatory photograph below (mobile phone picture through my bins). Not quite as good as the pictures I got of yesterday's Bonaparte's Gull!

The southern end of the reservoir held two pairs of Mute Swans and a couple of Common Sandpipers were noted. Two adult Great Black-backed Gulls were still around, this once scarce Sutton Bingham visitor is certainly nowhere near as unusual as it was even a few years ago. A Reed Warbler was still in song though the second bird has either moved on or has lost it's voice. There were several Linnets on site today with small groups near the car park and the entrance to the Fishing Lodge. Finally, a Willow Warbler was heard singing near the Fishing Lodge.