Sutton Bingham - Thu 13 Nov

My WeBS count was rained off on Sunday, there were three Mute Swans present but it was almost impossible to count what other wildfowl may have been knocking about.

This afternoon the weather turned out to be much better than forecast, so I made a visit to the reservoir on the way home from work, however, the entire site was inaccessible due to tree works, so I made for Water Treatment Works as it was probably the only area where I had any chance of seeing any birds. However, there was nothing on the buildings of note and other than a Chiffchaff I was thinking it was going to be a pretty poor visit, but that all changed when a bit of movement over the outflow stream alerted me to a Yellow-browed Warbler! Always rather mobile I did manage some excellent views as it moved around a few feet above my head for a short while. My fourth patch Yellow-browed Warbler, of which three are self-found.

I then had a quick look of the reservoir from the Fishing Lodge, but other than a few Wigeon and a Common Sandpiper there was nothing else to report.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2025 now at 120 species.