Late this afternoon with Steve Rodwell at Wilstone roost 2 HERRING GULLS were present, the first I've seen in the roost for several weeks (picture of one of the birds above - an adult Argentatus - Scandinavian). Otherwise most gulls were standing on the ice close together making it difficult, if not impossible, to pick any Med gulls out.
Just after I'd left Stuart Wilson found a EURASIAN BITTERN roosting in the reed bed from the hide, which Steve could see distantly from the car park bank (David Bilcock).