First visit this winter to Rosebush, 11 Tufted duck (6 male), 7 coot, 2 Little grebe and 2 GC grebe.
Llys-y-fran: nothing spectacular but always something interesting. It was very late forming and when it did very jittery with lots of gulls lifting off and repositioning, the cause as is often the case, a big male adult GBB marauding through the roost. After the huge numbers of LBBs in recent visits, tonight had a very much pale grey flavour. BH gulls eventually numbered 3500, Herring gull 730 (inc 2 big 1w argentatus types), Common gull min 57, Mediterranean gull 12 adults, 4 adult Yellow-legged gulls. The roost formed way up the reservoir beyond the radio mast, the LBBs arrived very late and settled up beyond the hide. 3 GC grebe, 1 Little grebe and 2 chiffchaff. Walking back in the near dark couldn't help but think of the Tom Courtney black and white classic, Loneliness of the long distance guller (or something similar!).