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BS




Sunday, October 22, 2017

Leeshaw Reservoir

   Cormorant under bombardment from BH gulls.


                                                     Enough is enough

Late afternoon and with Fly Flatts still under bombardment from mist and horizontal drizzle it was down to Leeshaw where the west wind was very strong and  the drizzle was very wet but with a few slightly brighter periods the dogs got a walk and I got my birding fix.
                                                                             Gulls were rolling in with a mix of around 150 Commons, LBBs and BHGs but difficult to check as they were using the banking at the very top of the reservoir out of the wind. It was a matter of trying to suss them on their way in.
A single Cormorant on the water was harassed by gulls eventually forcing it to leave which left just a drake Mallard sailing the waves.
                                                    A calm southerly wind is forecast for tomorrow but still plenty rain to come on the last week of evening birding with the dreaded clocks back at the weekend.
BS