With an early start I left home just after 5 am and met up with the Norththemes Gull group at Pauls we were at the tip by 6am and set up the cannon net with a load of refuge put in the firing area it was only a matter of time before we took our first fire we managed another two sets with the cannon net our total catch of the day was 290 Herring gulls 73 Lesser black backs   and 3 Greater black backs all in all it was a good first day of a week long cannon netting