Sutton Bingham - Thu 4 Jun

May was a very quiet month on the patch, hence the lack of postings, but there was one late addition which didn't really warrant a full post and that was a singing Reed Warbler next to the jetty at the end of the northern causeway.

Today I only had a few minutes at the reservoir around 1.30pm and with nothing to see at the northern end I went down to the southern end and when I got out of the car I could hear a couple of gulls going rather mad so I rushed out into the meadow and was surprised to see the gulls mobbing an Osprey! I watched for about five minutes before the gulls finally got their way and the Osprey drifted off to the south and was lost from view. I did grab a couple of record shots through my binoculars.

I don't recall ever having seen a June Osprey before, as it's rather late for a Spring migrant so I wonder whether it was a failed breeder heading back south. The only other bird of note during my fifteen minute stop was a Hobby, mind you the weather was pretty poor with some quite heavy rain.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2026 now at 92 species.