Sutton Bingham - Tue 18 Jul

Other than a sprinkling of Common Sandpipers and a couple of juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls there has not been much to see at the reservoir over the past few days. This morning I stopped off on the way to work and was surprised to see an adult Cattle Egret on the northern causeway, but unfortunately it flew off as soon as I got out of the car. It did briefly settle in trees at the end of the car park before vanishing.

I was then equally surprised to see an Oystercatcher on the causeway too, always a really good bird to add to the patch year list with usually only one or two annual records.

This particular Oystercatcher was a ringed bird and the report came back to say it was ringed in 2021 at Dawlish Warren.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2023 now at 111 species.