Priorslee Lake: 14:20 – 14:36
Location
Telford sunrise: not relevant
3.5°C > 4.0°C. Heavy passing showers; moderate / fresh WNW wind; good visibility, moderate in showers
Location
Telford sunrise: not relevant
3.5°C > 4.0°C. Heavy passing showers; moderate / fresh WNW wind; good visibility, moderate in showers
Appointments kept me away from the usual early visit: tried a quick watch between the showers with very little reward. Still insignificant number of gulls.
(1st visit of the year)
Notes
- where have all the Coots gone? Conditions far from ideal, but clearly numbers are much reduced
The counts from the lake area
- 2 Mute Swans
- 6 (3♂) Gadwall
- 7 (4♂) Mallard
- 11 (10♂) Pochard
- 48 (31♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Grey Heron
- 12 Great Crested Grebes
- 6 Moorhens
- 82 Coots (possibly incomplete count)
- 46 Black-headed Gulls
- 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 6 Herring Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
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Priorslee Flash: 13:44 – 14:15
Location
(1st visit of the year)
Other notes
- geese numbers remain in low numbers
Birds noted flying over
- 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Feral Pigeon
- 1 Starling
The counts from the water
- 2 Mute Swans
- 7 Canada Geese
- 1 all-white feral goose
- 33 (24♂) Mallard
- 67 (44♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 (1♂) Goosander
- 1 all-white feral duck
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 4 Moorhens
- 19 Coots
- 7 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day in 2014
2014
Priorslee Lake1 drake Scaup
2 female Scaup
(Mike Stokes)
Priorslee Lake1 drake Scaup
2 female Scaup
(Mike Stokes)