Priorslee Lake:
Map
Late Morning onwards: 11:30am - 1:30pm
The 3 Oystercatchers, a pair piping and chasing the single one, on and off, for the 2 hours I was there. Great Crested Grebe 15, Cormorant 3, Grey Heron 1, Mute Swan pair building nest, Gadwall 2 pairs, Tufted Duck 23, Mallard 3 (2M 1F), Coot 48, Moorhen 6, Black-headed Gull 1, Magpie 9, Jay 1, Carrion Crow 4, Wood Pigeon 17, Chiffchaff 7 (singing), Robin 6, Dunnock 3, Blackbird 5, Mistle Thrush 1, Song Thrush 1 (singing), Pied Wagtail 1, Wren 5, Great Tit 1, Blue Tit 3, Long-tailed Tit 5 + 2 completed nests, Reed Bunting 1M, Bullfinch male. (Martin Grant)
Mid Morning: 10:45am
3 Oystercatcher - 2 on SW shore, 1 on dam
4 Gadwall
Still no hirundines yet.
(John Isherwood)
Map
Late Morning onwards: 11:30am - 1:30pm
The 3 Oystercatchers, a pair piping and chasing the single one, on and off, for the 2 hours I was there. Great Crested Grebe 15, Cormorant 3, Grey Heron 1, Mute Swan pair building nest, Gadwall 2 pairs, Tufted Duck 23, Mallard 3 (2M 1F), Coot 48, Moorhen 6, Black-headed Gull 1, Magpie 9, Jay 1, Carrion Crow 4, Wood Pigeon 17, Chiffchaff 7 (singing), Robin 6, Dunnock 3, Blackbird 5, Mistle Thrush 1, Song Thrush 1 (singing), Pied Wagtail 1, Wren 5, Great Tit 1, Blue Tit 3, Long-tailed Tit 5 + 2 completed nests, Reed Bunting 1M, Bullfinch male. (Martin Grant)
Mid Morning: 10:45am
3 Oystercatcher - 2 on SW shore, 1 on dam
4 Gadwall
Still no hirundines yet.
(John Isherwood)
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On this day in 2006 and 2013
Priorslee Lake
Juvenile Glaucous Gull
Adult Yellow-legged Gull
Adult hybrid Ring-billed x Lesser Black-backed Gull!
1st winter Mediterranean Gull
(Martin Grant)
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20061 Swallow
13 Sand Martins
Adult Kittiwake
3 Ruddy Ducks
1 Blackcap
1 Willow Warbler
(Ed Wilson / Martin Adlam)