Sutton Bingham - Thu 4 Feb

A little over ninety minutes at the reservoir this afternoon and it was still very quiet on the bird front, however, there was one surprise in the form of a Shelduck viewable in the north-east corner with a dozen or so Canada Geese and ninety Wigeon.

Having not found a Shelduck at Sutton Bingham in 2020 it was good to add one to the year list especially as mid-Winter records are somewhat unusual with Autumn tending to be the most likely time to find one.

A walk around Cotton Bridge produced an amazing count of around seventy Snipe but I was unable to find anything else amongst them. Fourteen Teal were also seen at the southern end but that was it.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2021 now at 65 species.