A morning of torrential rain and low cloud put the mockers on this mornings session and then a change of plan for the mid afternoon watch where I was going back to Oxenhope reservoir to see if the female Pintail was still present. A text from MP reporting an adult Mediterranean gull, (not many can spell that) in a ploughed field near Thornton made me change plans and head for the gull fields.
A good hours scoping failed to re locate the Med gull among a field full of Black Headeds ,along with a low count of Commons, Herrings and LBB but interesting to get back amongst the gulls, although you tend to forget how hard it is checking out every gull through the scope.
Thanks for the call Mark , good to bump into you and Pam.
I expected some Pinks over this afternoon but nothing doing.
Thornton gull fields
c 200 BH gull
1 ad LBB
1 ad Herring
3 1st summer Herring
7 Common gull
11 Stock Dove
+ usual sp.
BS