Sutton Bingham - Wed 28 Nov

A little over an hour at the reservoir this afternoon and it was mainly wildfowl, with the exception of two Sparrowhawks (a male over West Pool and a female over the main reservoir).
The pick of the birds today was a very interesting duck which I originally presumed to be a Tufted Duck x Red-crested Pochard hybrid, though after much debate on Twitter it would seem that Red-crested Pochard x Rosy-billed Pochard (a South American species) is perhaps more likely. Whatever its parentage, it is a pretty awesome duck.

Also today at the southern end of the reservoir a pair of Mandarin and two pairs of Pintail, whilst commoner fair included a dozen Teal and at least sixty Mallard. Wigeon totalled an impressive 116 birds and around eight Canada Geese were present.