A mid-afternoon visit failed to produce any last minute additions to the year list. Wigeon numbers had crept again though with seventy-five off the Fishing Lodge along with thirty-two Canada Geese and a first-winter Mute Swan.
A female Stonechat was seen down the southern arm and there was a fair amount of gull movement with lots of birds heading south. I also counted what I believe is a county record for Somerset for Mediterranean Gulls. An astonishing two hundred and forty two flew south between 3.20pm and 3.40pm in an almost continual stream. At least fifty Common Gulls and smaller numbers of Herring Gulls and Black-headed Gulls were also passing south. A further six Mediterranean Gulls were on the water off the Sailing Club, meaning a total for the reservoir this afternoon of 248 birds.
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