Leeshaw Reservoir p.m.

                                             2 Cormorants over >W

                                        All that shoreline and no waders.

                                      A single distant Wheatear

   A large Rainbow Trout ventured into the shallows and
    was immediately set upon by LBB gulls

                                        No escaping the bill of this gull

           that even went under water for it

        The dead Trout floated out into the centre of the water

   with several gulls attempting to land it without success.

  This was the best attempt but the fish was too heavy.

See why Osprey have talons instead of webbed feet.
The gulls finally admitted defeat and the trout sank below the surface.

Luckily by the time I arrived at Leeshaw at 1600 hrs the afternoon sun had been blanked out with dark clouds and a few showers came over the moor on a SW>4.
No raptors today in the wet conditions but a good count of gulls on the shore with 38 LBB, 2 Herring. 46 BHG and 3 Common. A vast amount of shoreline is present but still no sign of waders.
                                                          Two Cormorant went over high and >W whilst a single Wheatear was on a distant wall. Otherwise it was down to the usual sp. along with Lapwings now returning to the shore after a period of dispersion.
This was the first time I,ve ever seen LBB gulls attack a fish in the water and kill it, even going under the surface to finish it off. Unfortunately for the gulls the Trout was just too heavy for them to lift it out of the water by their bill so the meal was lost.
BS