I did my gulls WeBS this evening. Arriving late around 4pm there were a few gulls already on the water but in scattered groups with the biggest concentrations towards the top end as is often the way. I'd passed lots of LBB lifting off the fields just east of Llys-y-fran heading towards the dam on my way. With the recent wet weather it was no surprise to see around 1500 gulls in the field to the north who were reluctant to come to roost. A count at 4:30pm gave 5,200 LBBs, 445 BH gulls, c40 Herring gull, 10 Common gull, 3 adult Yellow-legged gulls and a single adult Mediterranean. The failing light and drizzle had me packing up around 4:45pm with a big wave of large gulls arriving from the east. Looking across from near the boat house gulls were 10 deep and the length of the reservoir and into the western arm. 50 Greylag geese flew in noisily from the south as I left at 4:55pm did a u-turn and headed back the way they'd come presumably back to the Cleddau.
