Sutton Bingham - Sat 18 Jun

A quick stop on the way to work produced a nice surprise in the form of a Common Tern. It's always nice to see a tern at the reservoir and they have been rather thin on the ground over the last few years, and missing the three Arctic Terns that were present for just a few minutes recently just added to the pleasure of finding that one.

There was nothing else of note this morning, and to be honest my recent trips to the patch have been very unrewarding, but then again I suppose that's only to be expected given the time of year.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2021 now at 93 species.

Ham Wall RSPB - Sat 5 Jun

An early start and off to the Somerset Levels this morning after a River Warbler had been found yesterday afternoon. I arrived on site at around 7.00am and after a short walk joined around fifty other birders and was treated to great views of this rare warbler. Most of the time it was perched up singing but did occasionally vanish from view for a few minutes. There are loads of great photos online but always one for a record shot a did get a heap of pictures, none that good due to the light and the lack of skill on behalf of the photographer (I've only got a mobile phone!).

I also managed to get a recording of the River Warbler singing.

TimFarr · 20210605 River Warbler

The supporting cast this morning consisted of a couple of Great White Egrets, a fairly distant Barn Owl and a booming Bittern. I didn't stay that long, I was only on site for around half an hour, but with the target bird ticked off it was back home. It made up for missing a Blyth's Reed Warbler at Langport a couple of days earlier!

Sutton Bingham - Tue 1 Jun

It's been quiet on the patch recently, or at least it has for me. A lone Red Kite over the northern end a few days ago was the only notable sighting for over a week. An early morning visit today before work produced a Little Owl, nice to know it is still around.

However, nothing else of note today.