As there was a 13m tide at 07:18 this morning I suspect the barrage did its job very well, potential for serious flooding this morning without it. They'd dropped the water level by over a metre prior to high tide and it filled up to this in the 2 hrs the sluices were shut

I'll keep an eye open for them

Yes, they do get up and fly from the reeds occasionally, saw one 2 days ago

They've actually managed to raise 2 broods in the past. I did wonder whether the gulls were a bit more aggressive earlier on in lockdown with so little human waste to feed on