Absolutely nothing of note during an early morning visit this morning, but it warrants a post simply because of a rather unusual observation of a juvenile Blackcap actively feeding on the lawn next to the Fishing Lodge.
I've not seen Blackcaps feeding on the deck before, so this was an interesting bit of behaviour.
A Hobby was over the southern end of the reservoir this morning and was the only bird of note other than a single Common Sandpiper.
A surprise find this morning with a Sedge Warbler singing in a small willow on the water's edge half way down the south arm. It's been a few years since I last had a singing Sedge Warbler on the patch, most birds seen recently have been Autumn migrants. Here's a snippet of it in full flow...excuse the background noise!
There were a few other bits and pieces around this morning with a Tufted Duck off the Fishing Lodge where a Kingfisher was also seen. Two Common Sandpipers were present and a single Swift flew over. A lone Linnet was near the dam and a Nuthatch was heard in the same area. A nice total of seven Little Egrets were present and two Skylarks were near the Canoe Club and rounded off a pretty good early morning visit.
Sutton Bingham year list for 2020 now at 95 species.
A visit yesterday morning turned up a couple of Common Sandpipers but nothing else but there was a little more of interest this morning. A Peregrine was at the southern end on one of the pylons and a male Kestrel was also seen in the same area. A single Common Sandpiper was on the northern causeway before being flushed, it was then relocated at the southern causeway. Just the one Little Egret today, present on the West Pool and an adult Great Black-backed Gull was on the main reservoir. A couple of Reed Buntings were heard singing as was a Skylark.
A very quick visit this morning and I parked up on the northern causeway where there was very little to see other than three Little Egrets perched in the trees below the car park. As I scanned across the main reservoir I noticed the Canada Goose flock take to the water as a angler walked the far shoreline, and then a wader went up as well and flew across the reservoir before being lost to sight, my first Redshank of the year for Sutton Bingham, it even gave a half-hearted call. No time for anything else as I had to get back home to start work.
Sutton Bingham year list for 2020 now at 94 species.
An early morning trip to the reservoir before work today and there were a few things of note about. A Common Sandpiper was on the northern causeway and as I was watching that four Tufted Duck flew in and after a few minutes circling the reservoir settled off the car park. A Reed Bunting was singing near the Canoe Club and a single adult Great Black-backed Gull was again present. A couple of Stock Doves were feeding on the northern causeway and round near the water treatment works a Hobby was seen.
