A very dark, wet and windy morning which put paid to any birding but mid afternoon was gulling time with still heavy rain on a strong SW>6 gusting 7 at 5 degrees and fog on the tops.
First port of call was Cullingworth fields with a disappointing show of around 30 gulls which soon moved on. Flappit fields held around 100 gulls but very distant at the top of the field and facing away from me into the wind.
There was a good count at Five Flags but in an un-viewable field behind , what was the restaurant.
Thornton fields saved the trip with around 300 gulls in one field, all fairly distant but facing me and quite scope-able. A one hour scoping session, part sheltered behind the car but difficult even there to keep the scope steady in the strong sou'westerly and horizontal rain.
Nothing stood out, other than the Herring type mentioned above, and strangely no Lesser or Great Black Backed but an interesting hour checking them out seeing the whole range of plumages through the different ages. Around 40 Herrings were present, all being argenteus.
A flock of 22 Lapwing were present with several running around with their head down and tail spanned out displaying.
A second field held around 80 mixed Fieldfare and Redwing along with a large flock of Starling.
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