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| Black Tern, Sutton Bingham, 27/4/14 |
We made a very quick dash to the nearby Sutton Bingham Reservoir after seeing a report of a Black Tern feeding from the north causeway there this morning. We found it from that same causeway as soon as we arrived, as it hawked for insects in a magnificent hirundine-like manner, dancing beautifully on its light wings. The pouring rain had clearly forced this rather scarce passage migrant to Britain to stop-off at the reservoir, and it was fantastic to see a species I had never seen before so close to home, particularly such a stunning one that looked rather out of place fluttering above a relatively small lake on such a miserable English morning. There was also an Arctic Tern present, a species which seems to increasingly be taking an inland route on the journey to its northern breeding grounds from it Southern Hemisphere wintering quarters- a great bonus bird. It was certainly a very welcome distraction from my revision!
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