Sutton Bingham - Wed 26 Dec

An hour on patch late-morning provided a surprising range of birds with a very unexpected Red Kite flying north over the reservoir. A Little Egret then flew over heading east and then a flock of eight Egyptian Geese flew in from the north heading south, followed by a lone Lapwing...all this within about 15 minutes! As I walked back to where I had parked I saw the Egyptian Geese had settled on the water, so I grabbed a quick shot of all eight, the highest number I have ever seen together at Sutton Bingham.

 

I could only muster up fifty-four Wigeon today and four Teal. The Canada Goose flock numbered some thirty-nine birds.
Sutton Bingham year list 2018 now at 117 species.