Sutton Bingham - Thu 15 Aug

Despite a few decent birds this week has been frustrating as I've missed four year ticks, Pete had Greenshank and Ringed Plover fly through yesterday and Ash had a fly-through Sandwich Tern and a pair of Shoveler this morning. I've missed something like fifteen species so far in 2024, not good.

Hasten to say, the Shoveler had vanished by the time I got to the reservoir this evening despite a decent search. That's twice I've missed this species this year. However, I did have a Wheatear fly from the dam wall and vanish to the south and a single Common Sandpiper was on the dam itself. Other than that, there were two Coot off the Fishing Lodge.