After the trip to Abbotsbury I spent an hour before dark viewing Sutton Bingham Reservoir from the dam in the hope that something special may drop in to the gull roost. I'd not had the opportunity to check the gulls as the gathered in the evening for a long time, so I was quite looking forward to it.
Birds constantly streamed in to the reservoir during my visit, but I was able to estimate the counts as follows: 2500 Herring Gulls, 200 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 800 Black Headed Gulls, a single Common Gull and a first calendar year Yellow-legged Gull. It was a pretty impressive site!
Also tonight three Kingfishers and a Little Egret on the dam.
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