Sutton Bingham - Sat 23 Oct

After getting back from our holiday in Cornwall I didn't waste too much time before heading to Sutton Bingham for a quick look around. I had missed two patch lifers over the last week, a fly-over Crossbill and a Glossy Ibis that turned up late afternoon and appeared to roost at the reservoir. I had also missed a fly-over Brambling, another decent year tick!

My visit to the reservoir was much less productive with forty Wigeon in the north-east corner and a Raven overhead. A Little Grebe was on West Pool whilst a nice flock of some two hundred Linnet were in one of the neighbouring fields, but I couldn't find anything more interesting amongst them unfortunately. Fourteen Collared Doves were also noted.