I had about half an hour before going to work when my mom came home from a walk around Whitemoor.  She said a load of swans were on the fields by Sittles farm.  I decided to go and have a look as there have been a few Bewick's Swans as well as Whooper Swans reported in the area.  On site and I counted 71 Mute Swans only.

 

 

Back for the gull roost but first I popped to see if the swans were still around.  I counted 90 Mute Swans.  Over to the lake and I noted Starlings, jackdaw, Magpie, Wren, Carrion Crow, 63 Tufted Duck, 1 Canada Goose it was swimming and showed signs of a damaged wing and was generally in an odd shape, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Goldeneye, 96 Pochard, 2 Mute Swan, 5 Mallard, 11 Wigeon, Wood Pigeon, c250 Black-headed Gull, c200 Lesser Black-backed Gull, and several Herring Gulls heard.  For those of you who dont know this pool, only half can be seen.  The pool is in the shape of an L with the short bit seen from the road and the long bit going around the quarry which is out of bounds.  Tonight, the gulls were slowly drifting out of site.  I managed to get into a position where I could see the flock before they started to dissapear, to count them.  Once they were out of sight, I came home but I could still see plenty of birds voming in so my figures could be well lowere than the actual number.  I also noticed a lot more ducks were round the corner.  A proper count can only be done with access and there is no chance in that department.