Prescot reservoirs,

A big arrival of gulls between 11.30 and 13.30 kept me happily occuppied for a couple of hours. Mainly Herring gulls and a count of 900 was made. A constant flow of birds arriving and birds leaving probably makes the count under what it actually was. A large ammount of the gulls were argentatus. I would guess about 10% of the herring gulls were argentatus. Amongst the herring gulls were 4 Yellow legged gulls. 1 1st winter, 1 2nd winter, and 2 adult winter. I was hoping for a white winger amongst this large gathering but no luck today.

A bar tailed godwit on the causeway with the lapwing was a rare visitor to the reservoirs today

Also today,

900 herrring gulls

262 black headed gulls

111 common gull

33 lesser black backed

8 great black backed.

1 adult med gull

4 yellow legged gull

97 pochard

94 tufted duck

1 ruddy duck

9 goldeneye

30 mallard

219 coot

7 little grebe

2 great crested grebe,

21 canada

100 lapwing

9 skylark
1 peregrine

6 snipe