Sutton Bingham - Sat 27 Jul

A couple of hours at the reservoir this morning, starting at the Fishing Lodge where there was nothing of note! On then round to the northern causeway where a flock of seventeen Common Sandpiper were present as well at three others. A single Green Sandpiper was on West Pool.
A check of the southern end drew a blank, though a Great White Egret was seen and five Mandarin were noted.

Walking back to the car park I was sure I heard a Redshank call so hot-footed it down to the northern causeway where the Redshank was stood, a patch year tick! It must have just dropped in as it was not present an hour earlier. The Redshank relocated to West Pool before flying east when a few anglers turned up. Herewith a digi-binned record shot for posterity!

I then had a text from James to say the Wood Sandpiper was showing, so back to the southern end and after a bit of a wait the Wood Sandpiper popped out and showed well for a short while before vanishing again. Two Green Sandpiper were also present and my first three Teal of the autumn were seen.
A return visit in the evening produced both Wood Sandpiper showing well together at the southern end. A check of the entire reservoir produced a total of twenty-six Common Sandpiper.
Sutton Bingham year list 2019 now at 105 species.