Sutton Bingham - Sat 25 Jan

I have managed a few short visits since my last blog posting, but there wasn't really anything to write home about, hence the absence of posts. I did have a second Great White Egret fly-over the southern end on Thursday 19 January (the long-staying bird was still on West Pool) and Marsh Tit was added to the year list on the same day.

This afternoon I had a stroll around before the bad weather set in and had four Mediterranean Gulls fly over, and five Tufted Ducks were off the Fishing Lodge. Not a lot else today though.

Sutton Bingham year list now at 62 species.

Sutton Bingham - Mon 13 Jan

I was early this morning, so that gave me a little bit of time to stop off at the reservoir on the way to work and it turned out to be pretty productive as a flock of around fifty Golden Plover flew over the southern end heading north-west and a Stonechat was just south of the sleeper bridge. The Cattle Egret was on the northern causeway and the Great White Egret on West Pool.

Sutton Bingham year lit for 2025 now at 55 species.

Sutton Bingham - Sun 12 Jan

It was the monthly WeBS count today so I made a late afternoon visit to the reservoir to see what was about. A Little Grebe at the southern end was a good find, it seems to be an increasingly difficult bird to get on the patch these days, but there was very little around, with the flock of eleven Tufted Duck that were present yesterday having moved on. The Cattle Egret and Great White Egret were still present.

Sutton Bingham - Thu 9 Jan

I managed a decent chunk of time at the reservoir this afternoon and added a few species to the year list, as one would expect given we're only just over a week in to 2025. A Peregrine was atop a pylon at the southern end and was probably the pick of the birds seen.

Just four Snipe were noted, with none at Cotton Bridge, which is very unusual for the time of year, and those that were seen were on West Pool where they are usually well in to double figures in the Winter.

I did see a couple of Treecreepers, a species that took me four months to see last year on patch!

Sutton Bingham year list for 2025 now at 52 species.

Sutton Bingham - Sat 4 Jan

Another day, another quick visit, but today was worthy of a blog posting simply because I found a Barn Owl! A very scarce bird on the patch, I'm presuming it's the same bird that was seen on a few occasions last year roosting in a private area. A couple of Teal were noted at the southern end.
Sutton Bingham year list for 2025 now at 42 species.

Sutton Bingham - Fri 3 Jan

A couple of quick visits today, either side of work, with three Gadwall and six Tufted Duck being present in the morning. The evening visit was profitable with the Cattle Egret returning to roost having gone missing for a few days and as the light faded I had Little Egret, Cattle Egret and Great White Egret in the same scope view as the roosted below the car park.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2025 now at 37 species.

Sutton Bingham - Thu 2 Jan

I did make a visit to the patch on New Year's Day, but the weather was dire and the birds almost non-existent, just 27 species recorded and nothing out of the ordinary.
Today though I did connect with a drake Pintail that Pete found earlier in the day and I managed to see after work, a rare bird on the patch nowadays with the last being on 1 January last year. I also added Great White Egret to the year list, making is a worth while visit.
Sutton Bingham year list for 2025 now at 33 species.