Gulls, they don't watch themselves.

A Barn Owl hunting on the roadside verge at Newbiggin was a fine start to the day.
North Walney was quiet, offshore
 6 Red Throated Diver
50 Eider Duck
4 Common Scoter
6 Red Breasted Merganser
On the shore
20 Sanderling
7 Grey Plover
20  Cormorant
3 G.B.B.Gull
10 B.H.Gull
10 Common Gull
I spent the afternoon watching the Gulls at Rampside again large numbers were feeding in the fields around Page Bank Lane
Loads of Herring, Common and Black Headed Gulls.
3 Med Gulls the 1st w with the green colour ring, the 2nd w with the red colour ring and a 2nd w with no rings at all.
Amongst the gulls were at least 190 Jackdaws, 28 Rooks ,160 Woodpigeon,8 Collared Dove and 4 Stock Dove.
Roosebeck Outfall.
160 Common Gull
110 B.H.Gull.
8 G.B.B.Gull.
2 L.B.B.Gull
2 Med Gull, an adult and a metal ringed 2nd winter
Also 30 Redwing, 30 Chaffinch, 2 Buzzard and single Kestrel and Sparrowhawk.
Cavendish Dock.
117 Cormorant
1 Shag
12 Tufted duck
6 Goldeneye
6 Little Grebe
4 R.B.Merganser
2 Mute Swan
70 Knot
90 Dunlin
30 Lapwing
36 Redshank
40 Curlew
12 Ringed Plover
160 Shelduck
 The gull roost didn't materialise, the tide times were too late all the birds were far out in the channel out of range.