Sutton Bingham - Sun 10 Apr

After a very busy weekend I finally got a chance to visit Sutton Bingham early evening and it turned out to be a rather profitable visit. I started in the north-east corner where a flock of around fifty or so hirundines were feeding over the dam and whilst the majority were Sand Martins I also connected with my first Swallows and House Martins of the year. A lone Common Sandpiper was feeding along the water's edge (two more were present on the southern causeway). A Raven flew over and a pair of Linnets showed well and three Tufted Duck were on the main reservoir.

From the northern causeway a Little Grebe and a Coot were present whilst at the southern end a pair of Wigeon were still lingering and a pair of Mandarin flew north. A scan of the area from the Cane Club produced a Kestrel which was an unexpected surprise, this is a hard species to see at Sutton Bingham nowadays, especially as they bred on site only a few years ago.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2022 now at 84 species.