Arriving later than usual at 4pm there was already a decent roost forming between the first inlet on the east side and midway to the hide which saved me a walk. 1500 LBB had soon risen to 2500, BH gulls were coming in in waves of 100 or so, mostly from the south, final count was 1900 with more continuing after sunset. Big numbers of Herring gull with many 1winters, final count 910 (which likely topped 1,000 with the late arriving stragglers which seemed to also come in from the south and SW). The late LBBs came in from the east and appeared to have come down from the adjacent fields just above the reservoir. 8 adult Mediterranean gulls, only 20 Common gull seemed a bit on the low side. 4 adult Yellow-legged gulls. A sad sight of a 1w Herring gull trailing 5m of black twine from its legs, I could only imagine the mayhem if other gulls got entwined in it. The adult GBB was again making itself unpopular, it looked like it might have grabbed a victim as it was pecking at a corpse out from the hide but too far for a clear view. I attempted a final total gull count just before I left at 5pm, totalling 6670 with more gulls still coming in. 300 Canada geese, and the 120 Greylag again flew down the reservoir from beyond the hide and dropped into a field on the west side at dusk. 8 GC grebe, definitely 2 courting and one calling in the first inlet. Single Little grebe, single male Goldeneye.
