Wintersett + Stupendous Gull Roosts 26.02.16

0 - 3 degrees with 8/8 cloud and a light south easterly.
Dawn Watch per Steve Denny.  The sky was overcast and  90% of the gulls left WRes. before it got light.  The 2ndW Iceland left at dawn and a Barn Owl was seen.
Anglers CP: Little Grebe 4,  Green Woodpecker 2,   Shoveler 2 drakes and Pochard 36.
Wintersett Res: A male Cetti's Warbler was heard on the west bank at dusk.
GULL ROOSTS
The Wintersett Team and a handful of visitors  were treated to a Full House this afternoon.  A stupendous 10 Gull Species plus  3 Kumlien's Gulls  provided plenty of entertainment.  The birds came in early, in good light and fairly calm conditions.
At Wintersett Res the 3rdW Kumlien's Gull was first up at 16.00hrs and the 2ndW Iceland Gull was picked up at the same time.  The 1stW Mediterranean Gull was in at 16.40hrs and the juvenile Kumlien's Gull flew in at 16.48hrs.  The adult Kumlien's Gull  was in at 16.55hrs.  The 2ndW Caspian Gull was in at 17.30hrs and a 1stW Caspian was picked up at 17.45hrs.
Observers at Anglers CP had the juvenile Glaucous Gull and Psycho the adult Yellow-legged Gull at 17.45hrs .
Area Gull totals:  Herring Gull 1420 (500 ACP + 920 WRes),  Great Black-backed Gull 11,  Lesser Black-backed Gull  9,  Black-headed Gull 3700 + the leucistic adult at 17.04hrs and Common Gulls were also present. 
Another outstanding evening, that even topped last nights phenomenal roost with the addition of Caspian Gulls to the list.