A pleasant late afternoon with a light W>3 at 6 degrees but dark skies as I arrived at Windy Corner.
Gulls were already coming in to the water mainly from the NE, E and SE which is the usual direction as they leave the feeding fields to roost on the reservoir. Very difficult looking for something special with the poor light making photos as they flew in very sub standard whilst once down they blended into the shimmering water.
Not the biggest of counts but as I left there was still a good hour of daylight left and gulls were still pouring in. A flock of 42 Lapwings were mobile over the Shay fields along with 18 Stock Dove whilst a Sparrowhawk flew over the 'Bumps' before disappearing beyond the Nab.
The water held 9 Mallard and a single female Goldeneye.
Oxenhope Reservoir
42 Lapwing
1 f Goldeneye
9 Mallard
18 Stock Dove
c 500 Herring gull
c 4000 Common gull
c 3000 Black Headed gull
9 Lesser Black Backed gull
4 Mistle Thrush
+ usual sp
BS