Priorslee Lake: 06:50 – 09:30
The Flash: 09:35 – 10:10
6.0°C > 8.0°C: Initial broken medium/high-level cloud soon replaced by a ‘Telford hat’ of low cloud. Light SSE wind. Very good visibility.
Sunrise: 07:56 GMT
Priorslee Lake: 06:50 – 09:30
(20th visit of the year)
Bird notes:
- The outbound group of seven geese could have been the family group of adult Greylag and Canada Goose with their five mixed offspring: there was certainly Greylag-like calls.
- A Sparrowhawk dashing around the W end while it was still very dark was my first of the year here.
- Jackdaw counting was a challenge today as most flew below tree-height to the E, briefly lifting to cross the M54.
- In addition to groups of 19 and four Redwings overhead another nine were in trees alongside Teece Drive
- 11 Song Thrushes singing. [for the last two mornings a Blackbird has been singing near my home in Newport, but no song heard here as yet]
- My first Goldcrest of the year here. At last!
Bird totals:
Birds noted flying over or flying near the lake:
- 5 Canada Geese (single, duo and trio outbound)
- 7 unidentified geese (outbound family group?)
- 24 Black-headed Gulls
- 34 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 4 Herring Gulls
- 7 Wood Pigeons only
- 1 Collared Dove
- >900 Jackdaws
- c.25 Rooks
- 23 Redwings (2 groups)
Birds logged leaving roosts around the lake:
- 32 Magpies
- 7 Starlings
- 7 Reed Buntings
Counts from the lake area:
- 2 + 4 Mute Swans
- 7 (5♂) Mallard
- 20 (9♂) Tufted Duck only
- 4 Cormorants
- 2 Grey Herons
- 2 Little Grebes
- 5 Great Crested Grebes
- 11 Moorhens
- 51 Coots
Gulls:
Arrival:
-.The first 10 Black-headed Gulls arrived at 07:30. Thereafter a significant arrival of c.100 large gulls from the W which included Yellow-legged and Great Black-backed Gulls (my first of the year here for the latter species). Only after this did more Black-headed Gulls arrive, also from the W. As usual most gulls left around 08:00.
counts
- 160 Black-headed Gulls
- 78 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 16 Herring Gulls
- 3 Yellow-legged Gull: adults
- 2 Great Black-backed Gulls: adults
Thereafter no new gulls arrived – just presumed returning Black-headed Gulls from the SE
Nothing on any lamp pole pre dawn:
Other sightings:
- 1 Grey Squirrel.
Additional bird species for my 2020 bird list at this site:
#58 Sparrowhawk
#59 Great Black-backed Gull
#60 Goldcrest
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 09:35 – 10:10
(19th visit of the year)
Bird notes from here:
- Kingfisher eventually located after calls heard in several different areas. Somehow a small piece of electric blue plastic has become draped over a tree on the island inviting confusion.
- A Bullfinch flew high over the whole length of the water, calling. Unusual to see this species flying so high.
Birds noted flying over / near The Flash:
- 1 Sparrowhawk again
- 2 Jackdaw
- 1 Bullfinch
Counts from the water:
- 3 Mute Swans
- 5 Canada Geese
- 38 (23♂) Mallard
- 10 (10♂) Pochard
- 54 (29♂) Tufted Duck
- 2 (1♂) Goosander
- 1 Cormorant
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 5 Moorhens
- 10 Coots only
- 53 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Herring Gulls: both first-winters
- 1 Kingfisher
No other sightings:
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day..........
2019Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2018
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2015
Local Area
Today's Sightings Here
2014
Priorslee Lake
2 Cormorants
1 Teal
7 Pochard
66 Tufted Duck
3 Greater Scaup
1 Velvet Scoter
91 Coots
1 Woodcock
50 Herring Gulls
33 Redwings
c.495 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
106 Tufted Ducks
(Ed Wilson)
Trench Lock Pool
7 Pochard
25 Tufted Duck
4 Goosander
44 Coots
(Ed Wilson)
Park Pool, Chetwynd near Newport
31 Shoveler
(Ed Wilson)
2013
Priorslee Lake
29 Wigeon
10 Gadwall
8 Pochard
59 Tufted Ducks
1 Scaup
169 Coots
>300 Starlings
13 Redwings
46 Fieldfare
211 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson, John Isherwood)
The Flash
9 Pochard
54 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)
Trench Lock Pool
2 Goosander
Sparrowhawk
(John Isherwood)
Holmer Lake
1 Gadwall
9 Goosander
1 Little Grebe
Goldcrest
Nuthatch
(John Isherwood)
2012
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
21 Pochard
42 Tufted Duck
c.190 Black-headed Gulls
48 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
8 Herring Gulls
Glaucous Gull
75 Redwing
16 Bullfinch
(Ed Wilson, Martin Grant)
Priorslee Flash
1 Pochard
43 Tufted Ducks
282 Black-headed Gulls
3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
2 Herring Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
2010
Priorslee Lake
1 Water Rail
4 Gadwall
2 Willow Tit
(John Isherwood)
2009
Priorslee Lake
A female Ruddy Duck
500+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Herring & Black-headed Gulls.
1 Yellow-legged Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
(Ed Wilson)