Very few birders who visit the flash stay to see the great spectacle that is the gull roost. It's just a staggering sight at times. Apart from the thousands of grey and white gulls that cover the water, there is also an impressive jackdaw roost that takes place at dusk, best seen from the boat club. I've never seen so many jackdaws at the roost as there were today, they're difficult to count because they swirl around over the water and dive bomb the gulls, with smaller flocks breaking away and other flocks joining in, but there must be close to 3000 birds. While all of this was happening a lorry drove down to Sorrowcow farm and hundreds (thousands?) of gulls took to the air and swirled around with the jackdaws, an amazing sight.
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