Sutton Bingham - Mon 29 Dec

An early afternoon visit to the reservoir today and I spent the best part of three hours covering just about every area I could and with very little reward. A Great White Egret was on West Pool and a lone Stonechat was observed. On the water there were three Gadwall and at least forty Wigeon, plus a small number of Teal present at the southern end. I also heard a squealing Water Rail but that was that for 2025 on the patch.

All in all a pretty good year, with my final total being 121 species recorded, with a self found Glossy Ibis being the pick, what with it being a patch tick, and a self-found Yellow-browed Warbler being a good find. As is always the case, I missed a number of birds over the course of the year, all of which were very brief visitors or fly-through migrants. And it all starts again on 1 January 2026! Happy New Year!