A late afternoon visit to the Oxenhope watchpoint, TMR, permit holders only, proved awesome with the sight and sound of so many gulls and Lapwings present.
YW are keeping the reservoir full so there is very little shoreline but gulls littered the cobbled bankings like snow.
There were several small aircraft about from the Oxenhope air strip which flushed the gulls every 15 minutes or so making counting and checking impossible.
An obvious Yellow Legged Herring gull was on the wall briefly before being flushed and was later re located on the water.
Didnt have time, or patience to scope all the gulls carefully for Med gull , will have to leave that for another trip.
Several of the pink legged sp. of LBB were present whilst a flock of around 200 Lapwings were very flighty along with a single Curlew.
LBB gull...............c 200
BH gull................c 500
Common gull.........c100
Herring gull...........6
Yellow Legged Herring gull...1
Lapwing..............c 200
Curlew.................1
Canada geese........26
f Mallard...............1 + 6 young
No waders.
BS