At Dunstall Park this morning, the best birds were 4 Coot (rare here in winter) and 2 Common Gulls.

For the rest of the day we joined forces.

At Wightwick, the drake Mandarin (image below) was still on the Staffs. & Worcs. Canal. A male Peregrine flew over some distance towards Pool Hall, outside our area and which Gareth has, very honourably, not counted for his local patch year list.

At Netherton Reservoir, the 2 summer-plumaged Great Crested Grebes were still present, but the gulls were disturbed by boat activity.

We joined Julian Allen, Paul Jeynes, Steve Haynes and several other birders at Bartley Reservoir for the gull roost to look for the Iceland Gull – third time lucky for us, hopefully. As soon as we arrived, the juvenile Glaucous Gull was picked out, but all the other birders left well before dark to leave just the five of us to search for the Iceland Gull. Steve soon picked out the juvenile bird and quickly put us onto it. Although both birds remained too distant for photography, the five of us enjoyed watching the juvenile Iceland and Glaucous Gulls in the same 'scope view! Third time lucky indeed!

Kevin: 57 species. Gareth: 65 species.