Monday 16 January, rain am, mostly clear pm, NE wind, cold, 6C at 1600hrs in Gaucin. This was the first rain here since 21 November other than a couple of showers on 02 December. had to go to Estepona so checked out the gull flock on the beach. There were two small groups at either end of the beach that I didn't check out but the main group held 300+ Yellow-legged and a handful of Lesser-black backed, 15 Mediterranean, 25 Black-headed plus a single Common. Also present were 20 Sanderling, 6 Great Cormorant, several White Wagtail, Spotless Starling, 1 male and 2 female Serin and 2 female Black Redstart.