Sutton Bingham - Thu 5 Sep

A decent visit to the reservoir this afternoon as I was able to spend nearly a good two and a half hours on site. Starting at the Fishing Lodge a Wheatear was in the paddock before alighting to the dam wall. So a good start to the visit but not much else going on in this area.

On then to the West Pool and northern causeway where a Yellow Wagtail was feeding on the water's edge with several Pied Wagtails. A bit distant, but a lovely bright adult bird.

I then set off to the southern end of the reservoir and checked the area out thoroughly. Despite a lot of hard work it was not actually that rewarding with the pick of the birds being three Mandarin, four Common Sandpiper, a Green Sandpiper and a couple of Great Black-backed Gulls. A single Great White Egret was also seen.
Back then to West Pool where a I found a second Wheatear, this one on the fence just south of West Pool itself, an area that often seems popular with passage birds. Nine Linnet dropped down to the water's edge to drink whilst a Coot was present on the main reservoir, the latter being just my third for the year on patch.