1 Great northern diver feeding in the deep, western half of the reservoir
Decent-sized gull roost: c.15,000 Black-headed, 500+ Common, 1000+ Herring but only 70 Lesser backs. Most gulls came in very late, so they weren't combed thoroughly for goodies (usually worth a look when there are that many commons)
19 Goosander came in to roost
2 RC pochard (male and female), 6 Goldeneye (3 female, 2 ad male, 1 1st-w male), 1 little grebe, 2606 Coot - little change despite the usual heavy festive disturbance, but Aythya & grebe numbers down sharply (200 Pochard, 75 Tufts, 16 GC grebes)
No sign of the long-tailed duck (last seen on 25th, but could easily have overlooked it)
