Sutton Bingham - Sun 21 Jun

It's been really quiet on patch recently, with very little of note other than a lone Common Sandpiper on 15 June plus a Red Kite through with four Swifts yesterday.

Today was a real scorcher, but I decided an early evening visit may be worthwhile, and so it turned out with a Redshank on the dam.

Pretty much bang on time for the reservoir, Redshank are often seen in late June.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2026 now at 94 species.

Sutton Bingham - Sun 7 Jun

Another day and another quick visit between rain showers. No sign of the Osprey but I did find two Common Terns along the arm. Always a little distant, I still managed a couple of record shots.

Terns seem to be rather thin on the ground this year, so it was good to see these.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2026 now at 93 species.

Sutton Bingham - Sat 6 Jun

Another brief early afternoon visit on my way home from work and, despite no reports since I saw it on Thursday, what was presumably the same Osprey was present again today. After first seeing it at the southern end in flight, including an aborted stoop for a fish, I finally nailed it down perched up in a tree where it gave some wonderful views.

Nothing else of note today though.

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.