After a relaxing afternoon I kept my promise to Ellie and took Tristan out for a couple of hours so she could catch up on some much needed sleep. It was 5.00pm when we set out, but forty-five minutes later we arrived at East Cranmore and after parking the car we were viewing the reservoir by 6.00pm.
The Richardson's Canada Goose was still present and I had good views of it in a field alongside the reservoir, a Bar-headed Goose was also present with with Canada Goose flock.
But the main reason I had come to Torr Reservoir this evening was for the gull roost. Before long Julian Thomas, a fellow Somerset birder and friend of mine, pointed me in the direction of a 2nd-winter Iceland Gull. During the next hour two more Iceland Gulls (another 2nd-winter and a 1st-winter) flew in to the roost and a 2nd-winter Yellow-legged Gull was also seen.
We also saw a single Green Sandpiper on the water's edge.
At 7.00pm it was dark and time to go, Julian kindly gave Tristan and I a lift back to our car to save us a walk and then it was off home for dinner after a brilliant evening's birding.UK list for 2012 now at 143 species.
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