Sutton Bingham - Wed 6 Aug

Yesterday's Little Ringed Plover was still present this morning.

Always a bit distant it was favouring the area just south of the Canoe Club.

Sutton Bingham - Sun 10 Aug

A Ringed Plover was at the southern end today and was the only notable bird present outside the long-staying individuals.

Sutton Bingham - Tue 5 Aug

A Shelduck was present yesterday afternoon.

Today I spent a bit of time patrolling the arm of the reservoir where the vegetation along the water's edge produced a nice little mix of birds with two Sedge Warblers and a Reed Warbler.

On the mud a single Little Ringed Plover was present and a total of four Common Sandpipers were spread across the site.

On the water there were two female-type Tufted Ducks, and the long-staying adult Yellow-legged Gull and Great White Egret were still hanging around.

So a decent visit today, but no new birds for the year list.

Sutton Bingham - Wed 30 Jul

Yesterday's Turnstone obviously cleared out overnight, so it was pretty much more of the same today with the Wood Sandpiper now present for a week. The only new bird today was a rather flighty Greenshank that was on the northern causeway for a while before flying off calling. The adult Yellow-legged Gull was showing very well.

And the Great White Egret was still present also.

Sutton Bingham - Tue 29 Jul

I'd made my usual two brief visits to the reservoir today. Before work, I didn't really find anything of note. The Wood Sandpiper was still at the southern end, as was the Great White Egret and Yellow-legged Gull. Pete, however, had found three Sedge Warblers just south of the car park!
So my second visit on the way home from work focused just on the area where Pete had success earlier in teh day. And this time I got lucky with some cracking views of a Sedge Warbler, at last. I've missed a few this year, both in the Spring and some early Autumn birds over teh last few weeks, so it was a relief to finally tick one. So a good day.

However, it got even better later in the evening when Bob Buckler posted on the SBR WhatsApp group a picture of a Turnstone. Needless to day, I raced over and before too long found it on the shoreline of West Pool. I managed some great scope views and a couple of ropey record shots, but I was just thrilled to see it, just my second Sutton Bingham sighting.

So I managed two year ticks today, not bad as a productive month draws to it's end.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2025 now at 109 species.

Sutton Bingham - Sun 27 Jul

I missed a Ringed Plover on Friday night, which was annoying as I had made a trip to the reservoir earlier in the day. This afternoon I got a message to say a Black-tailed Godwit was present off the northern causeway, this time I was able to get over to the reservoir and was treated to some great views of the bird.

The Wood Sandpiper was still present at the southern end and at least ten Common Sandpipers were across the site. The Great White Egret and Yellow-legged Gull were both still present.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2025 now at 107 species. 

Sutton Bingham - Thu 24 Jul

A quick stop before work failed to find anything different, but no sooner had I walked in to the office I got a call from Pete to say he'd found a Wood Sandpiper at the southern end, not sure how I missed that! Fortunately, it was still present when I stopped off on the way home from work and showed very well at times.

Always a good bird to get at the reservoir, and it's been a few years since the last one.

Sutton Bingham year list for 2025 now at 106 species.