Sutton Bingham - Sun 30 Sep

No sign of yesterday's Great White Egret but the Ringed Plover was still present and was slightly closer today.

The only other bird of note today was the first Common Gull of the winter on West Pool early afternoon.

Sutton Bingham - Sat 29 Sep

A surprising find this afternoon with a Great White Egret present at the southern end, at one point standing next to a very diminutive Little Egret.

Another surprise was my second Ringed Plover of the year, quite unusual as this is a species I see much less than annually.

So two quality Sutton Bingham birds today, but neither a patch year tick!
Supporting cast today came in the form of a single Common Sandpiper and a flock of Linnets and Goldfinches that numbered some fifty birds...and try and I might I could not find anything rarer amongst them.

Sutton Bingham - Wed 26 Sep

Not much time to explore the reservoir this afternoon due to a hip x-ray, long story, but I did find five Lapwings at the southern end of the reservoir and these proved to be the only waders I saw. The first Wigeon of the "winter" were off the dam, with four birds being present. Seven Teal were noted whilst a Raven was seen overhead and a dozen Meadow Pipits were seen. Finally, a splash of colour with my first Clouded Yellow of the year seen as it flew along the field below the dam.

Sutton Bingham - Sun 23 Sep

I felt slightly better today, not much, but enough to manage to get up to the reservoir after the heavy rain and the fresh air actually did some good. The pick of the birds was a Ringed Plover, present at the southern end of the reservoir. Not an annual visitor to the site it was a good bird to find.

The Green Sandpiper was still present today and a couple of Common Sandpipers were on West Pool. The first Meadow Pipits of the autumn were noted, with have a dozen on the dam and a couple more on West Pool. A total of seven Teal and four Mandarin were the only wildfowl of note whilst overhead a Skylark was seen heading north. There were still plenty of Swallows and House Martins knocking around, though I'm sure most of these were simply passing through.
Sutton Bingham year list 2018 now at 114 species.

Sutton Bingham - Sat 22 Sep

After a night of no sleep, a banging headache, sore throat and runny nose I really didn't want to go in to work this morning, but needs must. That being said, a very brief stop at the reservoir on the way in produced a fly-through Sandwich Tern which flew west with a couple of gulls. A real bonus patch year tick.
Sutton Bingham year list 2018 now at 113 species.

Sutton Bingham - Fri 21 Sep

A Green Sandpiper was at the southern end, and despite my best efforts I failed to make it in to anything rarer.

 

A couple of Common Sandpipers were also seen but no storm blown rarities at Sutton Bingham after all the recent winy conditions.

Sutton Bingham - Thu 20 Sep

A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was on the northern causeway early evening and six Common Sandpipers were still present.