Trench Lock Pool: 14:15 – 14:55 // 16:05 – 16:10
Trench Middle Pool: 15:00 – 16:00
10°C > 9°C: Light showers and some breaks after earlier rain and gales. Moderate SSW wind. Very good visibility
Sunrise: 07:55 GMT; Sunset: 16:00
Trench Lock Pool: 14:15 – 14:55 // 16:05 – 16:10
(25th visit of the year)
Bird notes from here
- some Goosanders seen flying off after 14:45. Still a few present at 16:05
- no gull-roost
Birds noted flying over / near here
[excluding the local Wood Pigeons and Jackdaws coming and going]
- 1 Common Buzzard being chased by Crows
The counts from the water
- 6 Mute Swans again: one 7HXA again
- 64 Canada Geese
- 2 (2♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) ‘feral’ Mallard as usual
- 28 (14♂)Tufted Ducks
- 29 (7♂) Goosanders
- 1 Cormorant once more
- 1 Grey Heron once more
- 4 Little Grebes
- 5 Great Crested Grebes again
- 5 Moorhens again
- 168 Coots
- 11 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 1 Herring Gull
(Ed Wilson)
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Trench Middle Pool: 15:00 – 16:00
(24th visit of the year)
Notes from here
- now one of the adult Mute Swans is missing
- Teal back again (gone from Trench Lock). I had been present for 45 minutes before they appeared
- drake Pochard still
- at least one of the Goosanders was still present at 16:00
- 174 Black-headed Gulls when I arrived. Perhaps some of these were already preparing to roost here as it is rather more than I usually find during the day. Main arrival after 15:15 with estimated totals: 350 @ 15:20; 650 @ 15:25; 750 @ 15:30; 1100 @ 15:35; 1600 at 15:45; 1800 at 16:00 when most seemed to have arrived. But ... as I walked back to Trench Lock c.300 flew in this direction
- 3 different Lesser Black-backed Gulls appeared on the water. Only one seemed to stay
Birds noted flying over / near here
- 1 Grey Wagtail
The counts from the water
- 1 Mute Swans: adults Blue 7JLE only
- 2 Greylag Geese again
- 30 Canada Geese
- 3 (0♂) Teal
- 32 (22♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Pochard again
- 2 (1♂) Tufted Ducks
- 6 (0♂) Goosanders
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Great Crested Grebe again
- 13 Moorhens
- 29 Coots
- 174 > 1800+ (2100?) Black-headed Gulls
- 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day..........
2017Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2013
Priorslee Lake
6 Gadwall
2 Pochard
2 Teal
1 Shoveler
Shelduck
1 Yellow-legged Gull
4 Great Black-backed Gulls
(JW Reeves / John Isherwood)
2012
Priorslee Lake
Goldeneye
3 Gadwall
6 Pochard
33 Tufted Ducks
144 Coots
Woodcock
216 Black-headed Gulls
c.480 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
47 Herring Gulls
2 Great Black-backed Gulls
c.950 Wood Pigeons
16 Redwings
2 Fieldfares
c.560 Jackdaws
81 Rooks
11 Siskins
3 Redpolls
(Ed Wilson)
2011
Priorslee Lake
3 Yellow-legged Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
(John Isherwood)
2010
Madeley
3 Waxwings
(Pete Nickless)
2009
Priorslee Lake
Drake Pintail
(Martin & Ian Grant)
2006
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
28 Pochard
54 Tufted Ducks
1 drake Ruddy Duck
>1450 Black-headed Gulls
331 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
278 Wood Pigeons
35 Robins
27 Blackbirds
69 Fieldfares
7 Song Thrushes
13 Redwings
1 Siskin
8 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)
2005
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes again
2 Wigeon
2 Pochard
47 Tufted Duck
223 Coot
A drake Shoveler
7+ Cormorants
8000 Black-headed Gulls
3500 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
7 Herring Gulls
25 Golden Plover
14 Fieldfares
8 Redwings
13 Sky Larks
7 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)