24 Oct 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

6.0°C > 8.0°C: Clear to the East giving great sunrise as cloud rolled in from the West. Intermittent light rain after c.08:45. Calm start with moderate southerly wind developing. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 07:52 BST

* = a species photographed today
! = a first sighting of the species this year
$ = a new species for me in this area

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 06:30 – 09:10

(236th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- now at least 51 Tufted Duck scattered around almost the whole water and mobile.
- three Goosander flew West c.08:05: sexes not determined.
- all the gulls were later arriving today: the first 50 Black-headed Gulls did not arrive until c.07:30 and I noted no more than c.250. Surprisingly I found the same number as yesterday – 56 – on the football field at 09:00.
- the first of only c.25 Lesser Black-backed Gulls dropped in at 07:25.
- later I noted 2 Herring Gulls and 32 Lesser Black-backs visiting.
- a Great (White) Egret was heard calling c.07:25 and then seen climbing away from the Wesley Brook area, probably chased away by the Grey Heron which was itself being chased by Magpies as it retuned.
- at least 200, most likely Wood Pigeons, were seen in a large group VERY far to the East heading South at 07:40. A few minutes later two concurrent flock of c.150 birds flew South much closer and the camera was able to confirm my suspicion that this second group was in fact Jackdaws. No other parties of Wood Pigeons were seen.
- big number of Jackdaws and Rooks flying South on roost dispersal today.
- a tight group of c.80 Starlings left the West end reeds and sedges at 07:45 closely followed by nine more singles rushing to catch up; then eight more at 07:55. Another five flew over from a roost elsewhere.
- a single Redwing was seen leaving a North side roost. Numbers of this species have been very disappointing so far this season.
- three Lesser Redpoll were heard flying over – or was it the same bird flying around. My first record of this species in this second-winter period.

Of Interest:
Some information from Martin Grant, keeper of the Mute Swan records. On 08 October I noted a pair here one of which was wearing the blue Darvic ring '7JXV' and BTO ring 'XY4641'. Martin's records show it was one of a brood abandoned at Kenley near Much Wenlock in July 2022 and taken in to care by Cuan Wildlife Rescue. The brood was released near Cosford in September 2022. This bird was then found grounded on the M54 in October 2023 and again taken in to care with Cuan. It was released two days later again near Cosford. Sightings have been made in 2025 and 2026 when it has been seen both at The Flash and the Balancing Lake on several occasions, often apparently paired with blue '7JSS'. No breeding attempts have been noted. On this particular occasion I did not note whether its companion was ringed. It is not currently one of those at The Flash. I wonder where it is?

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 1 Canada Goose: flew West
- 3 Goosanders: flew West
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- >200 Wood Pigeons: see notes
- >500 *Jackdaws: 359 counted; c.150 in the distance
- 229 Rooks
- 8 Starlings
- 3 Lesser Redpoll: see notes

Counts from the lake area:
- 4 (2♂) Mallard only
- 51 (26+♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 Moorhens again
- 26 Coots
- 6 Great Crested Grebes again
- c.250 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Herring Gulls
- 57 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 2 *Cormorants: arrived separately
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Great (White) Egret

Birds seen leaving roosts around the lake:
- c.100 Starlings
- 1 Redwing

Of note:

Nothing else

On the West end street lamp poles before dawn:
Almost all the records came from a single pole.

Moths:
- 2 unidentified moths seen in flight only

True flies:
- 1 *male plumed midge Chironomus plumosus
- 1 male Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii

Earwigs:
- 1 *female Common European Earwig Forficula dentata

Beetles:
- 1 *unidentified beetle

Arthropods:
- 1 White-legged Snake Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 *Nursery Web Spider Pisaura mirabilis
- 1 *Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.
- 2 *male harvestmen Leiobunum rotundum

Definitely a sunrise worth getting out of bed for [you will have to be up earlier tomorrow: don't forget the clocks go BACK one hour tonight].

"Wow" is about the only word.

Ask Mr. Samsung why his camera has rendered this photo from a slightly different angle such a different tone. It did change in colour but...?

Just two Cormorants arrived this morning while I was present. Here is one – an immature with some pale on its belly.

Part of the two concurrent parties of birds flying South to the East of the lake. If you expand the photo it is possible to ID them as mainly Jackdaws with the odd Rook.

Not much to show today so here is one of the "regulars": a male plumed midge Chironomus plumosus.

Frustrating: I am sure I have identified this distinctive fly before. When? Where? What?

A female Common European Earwig Forficula dentata trying to hide. Males have more-curved claspers.

More or less just as Obsidentify says "unknown beetle". I prefer "unidentified beetle" as I am sure it is known to someone. Just not me. A quick(?) search of the 850 species in the eakringbirds photo-gallery failed to provide me with a clue.

One of the easiest spiders to identify: a Nursery Web Spider Pisaura mirabilis

A Long-jawed Orb-web Spiders from the Tetragnatha group. This particular individual shows more intricate markings on its abdomen than usual.

In a difficult location to photograph with the camera focussing on the legs rather than the abdomen. It is a male harvestman Leiobunum rotundum. A male because it is more rotund than the female and this species rather than the closely-related L. blackwalli because the oculum (around each of the two eyes on abdomen top) is black.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

Moths:
none

Four-winged flies:
- 1 *Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperia carnea

True flies:
- 5 midges of several species
- no moth fly Psychodidae sp. [Drain Fly or Owl Fly]

Arthropods:

None

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 5 *Missing Sector Orb-web Spiders Zygiella x-notata [Silver-sided Sector Spider]

A Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperia carnea showing little sign of changing in to its over-wintering brown form. Now: what has the photo also revealed? A very small midge: but what is that off the tip of the lacewing's left antenna? I have no idea.

One of the five Missing Sector Orb-web Spiders Zygiella x-notata I found here today. Its legs are splayed because they are resting on strands of its web, ready to detect any prey that might blunder in to it.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:15 – 10:35

(233rd visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- very few geese again.
- the six adult Mute Swans that are typically scattered about were all gathered together at the top end from which they flew as a group to the bottom end. Later they were arranged as three duos/pairs there.
- sign of yesterday's drake Pochard.
- fewer Tufted Duck: perhaps some the additional birds at the Balancing Lake today.
- five brownhead Goosander again: two of these flew off North separately and one flew in from the South.
- *a Little Grebe noted pattering from the bottom end toward the island. Have this/these been hiding away?
- *as yesterday the two full adult Great Crested Grebe each with two begging juveniles in tow.
- only Grey Herons today.
- *the Great (White) Egret was at the bottom end when I arrived before relocating to trees at the top end.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 4 Jackdaws

Noted on / around the water:
- 4 Canada Geese
- no Greylag Geese
- 6 Mute Swans
- 38 (24♂) Mallard
- 23 (15?♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 (0♂) Goosander: see notes
- 5 Moorhens again
- 22 Coot
- 1 *Little Grebe
- 2 + 4 (1 brood) *Great Crested Grebe
- 26 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull: adult, arrived
- 5 Cormorants
- 2 Grey Herons
- 1 *Great (White) Egret

Noted around the area:
Cool and dull with increasing breeze. I was surprised to find anything around the Ivy bank.

Bees, wasps etc.:
- 3 wasp Vespula sp.

Beetles:
- 1 *7 Spot Ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 *harvestman Paroligolophus agrestis

The Little Grebe that emerged from the bottom end and...

...pattered its way across to the island. With experience the sound of this species pattering like this can be separated from other species such as Coot or Cormorants lifting off.

One of the two adult Great Crested Grebes with its two attendant stripe-headed juveniles.

The Great (White) Egret standing on one of the Grey Herons' favourite perch.

A 7 Spot Ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata showing its waterproof qualities (and that it is impervious to Common or Stinging Nettle Urtica dioica).

A harvestman Paroligolophus agrestis I found on one of the street lamp poles. A small species with legs that have a pronounced change in thickness part way along.

(Ed Wilson)

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2010
Priorslee Lake
733 Wood Pigeons
11 Skylarks
151 Fieldfare
20 Redwings
2 Brambling
2 Linnets
2 Redpolls
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
5 Wigeon
1 Little Grebe
(John Isherwood)

The Flash
1 Shoveler
1 Teal (female)
1 Common Gull
(John Isherwood)

23 Oct 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

9.0°C > 10.0°C: Overnight rain stopping as I arrived. A few breaks in medium level cloud for a while before mist and murk descended, albeit with a few clear moments. Despite the threat of Storm Austen winds remain very light north-westerly. Good visibility, but moderate at times.

Sunrise: 07:49 BST

* = a species photographed today
! = a first sighting of the species this year
$ = a new species for me in this area

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 06:15 – 09:20

(235th visit of the year)

Severn Trent have completed their final scheduled cut of the grass areas to be managed to increase species diversity. Probably not cut as short as they might have wished: in places the very wet grass has been flattened as much as cut.

Bird notes:
Best today was a Common Snipe heard only flying West at 07:35. My second record here this year. I didn't see the other one either.

Other bird notes:
- still no Mute Swans.
- now 21 Tufted Duck with a surprising 15 of these seeming to be drakes.
- four Goosander flew, unusually, East c.08:05: sexes not determined.
- at least 150 Black-headed Gulls were flying up and down over the water by 07:15. At least 350 more arrived in a rush c.07:25 and thereafter birds were leaving in the direction of the football field while what appeared to be more small groups continued to arrive. Surprisingly 56 were on the football field at 09:20 despite people walking the surrounding paths.
- at least 100 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flew in from the West while it was still very dark at 07:00. Then at 07:10 at least 70 flew back out West.
- there were no large gulls on the water by 07:20 and no gulls at all by 08:00. A very small arrival afterwards with almost as many flying over as stopping off.
- a smaller number of, particularly Jackdaws, and Rooks flying South on roost dispersal. Also I could not locate what sounded like a large party of Jackdaws.
- one or more Reed Bunting(s) were calling from a traditional West end roost site c.07:25. I did not see any leave and the calls soon stopped.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 8 Canada Geese: flew East together
- 1 Greylag Goose: flew East
- 4 Goosanders
- 1 Common Snipe: heard only
- 2 Herring Gulls
- 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 20 Wood Pigeons only: no passage
- 63 Jackdaws
- 123 Rooks
- 1 Pied Wagtail

Counts from the lake area:
- 19 (12♂) Mallard
- 21 (15♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 Moorhens
- 27 Coots
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- c.600 Black-headed Gulls
- 9 Herring Gulls
- >100 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 5 Cormorants: all arrived and departed separately
- 1 Grey Heron: departed

Also noted:

Bees, wasps etc.:
- 1 bumblebee in flight only

Fungus:
- *Weeping Widow Lacrymaria lacrymabunda

On the West end street lamp poles before dawn:
The poles were very wet as the rain had very recently ceased.

Moths:
- 1 *November Moth type Epirrita sp.

Four-winged flies:
- 1 Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperia carnea

True flies:
- 1 *Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
- 1 *wood gnat Sylvicola sp.
- 1 winter cranefly Trichocera sp.
- *several unidentified flies
- several midges flying around

Beetles:
- 1 *Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 *Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.

A two-fer. One I can almost identify as a November Moth type Epirrita sp. The other I cannot ID despite the apparent distinctive combination of red eyes, grey thorax and shaded wings.

This small red-eyed fly is a female Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii. Females lack the dark tip to the wings that gives this species of fruit fly its vernacular name.

On the face of it a distinctive fly. All the flies I can with dark at the end of the wings that I can find illustrated on the internet have the dark extending to the very tips whereas this fly shows pale extremities. So unknown.

A three-fer! Sadly the camera is unable to get all three of these in focus at the same time, high up on a street lamp pole. At the top a Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.; in the middle a Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala; and at the bottom a species of wood gnat, Sylvicola.

Now with the spider in focus.

I think this fungus is Weeping Widow Lacrymaria lacrymabunda.

From a different angle

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

For the first time since the summer heat waves the Wesley Brook was running noisily under the tunnel.

Moths:
none

Four-winged flies:
- 1 Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperia carnea

True flies:
- 4 midges of several species
- no moth fly Psychodidae sp. [Drain Fly or Owl Fly]
- 2 winter cranefly Trichocera sp.

Arthropods:
- 1 Common Rough Woodlouse Porcellio scaber

Slugs, snails:
- 1 unidentified slug
- 1 *Garden Snail Cornu aspersum

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 8 Missing Sector Orb-web Spiders Zygiella x-notata [Silver-sided Sector Spider]

I could not get a better angle on this, what I believe to be a Garden Snail Cornu aspersum.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:25 – 10:50

(232nd visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- very few geese again.
- still six adult Mute Swans.
- a drake Pochard was a new arrival amongst now at least 35 Tufted Duck, many very mobile.
- just five Goosander when I arrived, all brownheads. I did not see them again.
- two full adult Great Crested Grebe were noted each with two begging juveniles in tow. I assume these are the two parents and all the juveniles are from the same brood.
- three Grey Herons today.
- no Little Egret again.
- the Great (White) Egret was in trees at the bottom end when I arrived seemingly unconcerned about passers-by. When someone stopped it took umbrage even though they were not looking at the egret and it flew away South complaining loudly.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 3 Greylag Geese
- 1 Sparrowhawk
- 1 Jackdaw

Noted on / around the water:
- 6 Canada Geese
- no Greylag Geese
- 6 Mute Swans
- *30 (24♂) Mallard
- *1 (1♂) Pochard
- 35 (17?♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 (0♂) Goosander: departed?
- 5 Moorhens
- 21 Coot
- *2 + 4 (1 brood) Great Crested Grebe: see notes
- 12 Black-headed Gulls only
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull: adult, briefly
- 7 Cormorants
- 3 Grey Herons
- 1 Great (White) Egret: departed

Noted around the area:
Mostly dull with the odd brighter moment. The vegetation very wet.

Bees, wasps etc.:
- 3 *Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
- >15 wasp Vespula sp.

Hoverflies:
none

Other true flies:
- 1 *Root-maggot fly, just perhaps Hylemya vagans
- 1 *Muscid fly Phaonia rufiventris
- 1 *female Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria
- 1 *aphid?
several other species of fly not identified

I suspect this was one of the Mallard ducklings put in to the water by someone unknown late in the season. It is still moulting in to drake plumage showing a full adult bill and some green on the crown. Four flank feathers are still to be replaced. I am somewhat surprised that the diagnostic curled tail-feather is yet to appear.

Very smart: a drake Pochard, my first of the second-winter period.

One of the adult Great Crested Grebes caught a sizeable fish. The two juveniles were not too close at the time and it swallowed the fish itself. It might have been too difficult for a juvenile to manage anyway.

At ease one of the three wasps that I could confirm was a Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris by the parallel-sided yellow mark on the side of the thorax.

One of the Root-maggot flies. The pale and lightly-banded abdomen fits the species Hylemya vagans as does the flight period. There are of course similar species.

This is the Muscid fly Phaonia rufiventris

A female Yellow Dung Fly Scathophaga stercoraria. Only the males of this species are yellow. This specimen seems to have a parasite on its thorax.

Not sure about this. I noted it in flight and disappearing on the underside of a Common or Stinging Nettle leaf Urtica dioica . I turned the leaf over, getting stung so you don't have to! My best suggestion is that this tine creature is the winged form of an unidentified aphid.

(Ed Wilson)

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2010
Priorslee Lake
Water Rail
9 Meadow Pipits
143 Fieldfare
8 Redwings
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
1 Yellow-legged Gull
2 Common Gull
6 Wigeon
(John Isherwood)

2006
Priorslee Lake
Female Blackcap
(John Isherwood)

22 Oct 26

The Flash and Priorslee Balancing Lake

8.0°C > 10.0°C: A few sunny intervals after earlier rain. Moderate / fresh south-westerly wind. Very good visibility.

[Sunrise: 07:47 BST]

* = a species photographed today
! = a first sighting of the species this year
$ = a new species for me in this area

A rain-delayed start on my first day back from a visit "down South"

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 10:35 – 11:25

(232nd visit of the year)

Very quiet on a short visit viewing from the dam-top area only.

Bird notes:
- no Mute Swans.
- at least 26 Tufted Duck
- I could again only find six Great Crested Grebes, at least three being juveniles
- a single Skylark and two Rooks were the only fly-overs noted.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 1 Skylark
- 2 Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
- 12 (7♂) Mallard
- 26 (>6♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 Moorhen
- 32 Coots
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- 5 Black-headed Gulls
- 3 Herring Gulls
- 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 3 Cormorants: one of these departed
- no Grey Heron

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:20 – 10:25

(231st visit of the year)

Bird notes:
Much has changed since my last visit on Saturday 17th:
- very few Canada Geese.
- no Greylag Geese.
- only six Mute Swans, all adults.
- Tufted Duck numbers holding up: 21 noted with 11 apparent drakes.
- only two Goosander when I arrived: a trio flew in.
- a low count of Black-headed Gulls for this date.
- only one Grey Heron and that flew off.
- no Little Egret seen.
- the Great (White) Egret was in trees on the island when I arrived. I did not see it again.
All this suggests that the small fish fry have been depleted. Cormorant numbers are holding up as they can hunt and deal with larger fish. Tufted Duck are vegetarian and will be unaffected.
Otherwise:
- the one full adult Great Crested Grebe had three juveniles in close attendance.
- a party of at least 50 Starlings flew West to the North of the area. Much too late for roost dispersal it suggests these were migrants? I cannot recall seeing anything other than small numbers of presumed breeding birds here previously.
- a Grey Wagtail was noted.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- >50 Starlings

Noted on / around the water:
- 7 Canada Geese
- no Greylag Geese
- 6 Mute Swans
- 42 (27♂) Mallard
- 21 (11?♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 (0♂) Goosander: of these a trio arrived
- 6 Moorhens
- 22 Coot
- 1 + 3 (1 brood) Great Crested Grebe
- 14 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull: (near?) adult, briefly
- 7 Cormorants: see notes
- 1 Grey Heron: departed
- 1 Great (White) Egret: departed
- no Little Egret

Noted around the area:
Sunny periods: cool and breezy.

Moths:
- 1 *November Moth type Epirrita sp.

Bees, wasps etc.:
- 1 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
- >30 wasp Vespula sp.: most not specifically ID-ed

Hoverflies:
- 1 *Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax [Common Drone Fly]

Other true flies:
- 1 *Root-maggot Fly from the Anthomyiidae family
- 1 *Muscid fly Phaonia sp.
- 1 *Cluster fly, Pollenia sp., likely P. rudis
many other species of fly not identified

Fungus:
- 1 *Shaggy Ink-cap / Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus

Goldcrests are hyper-active sprites and never easy to photograph. A couple of attempts.

Well the rear in is focus!

And here it is the left foot! And very strong feet they are.

Even though it is a particularly well-marked specimen of the November Moth type Epirrita sp. it was difficult to spot a long way up a lichen-covered street lamp pole. The strength of the markings is of no consequence when it comes to specific identification. Only genitalia examination is 100% proof of identity.

Among very many wasps at the Ivy this Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax taking time out was the only hoverfly I could find.

The golden / yellow hairs on the thorax of this fly indicates it is a Cluster fly in the Pollenia genus and likely P. rudis which is my far the most common. Microscopic examination is the only way to identify at species level. The vernacular name arises from the species preference to congregate in warm places, e.g. lofts, to over-winter. The larvae predate earth worms and the flies, even though they are in the blow-fly family, do not lay eggs on dead meat.

Another fly tucked up in a fold on a street lamp pole. It is one of the Root-maggot flies. A few of the species are distinctive-enough to identify. This is not one of them!

And another fly looking to hide away. It seems to be a Muscid fly from the Phaonia genus. I cannot go further with its identity.

A single fruit of Shaggy Ink-cap fungus, also known as Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus. I was unable to go any "gardening" to provide a clearer photo as the fungus was growing through the vegetation.

(Ed Wilson)

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2013
Priorslee Lake
1 adult Yellow-legged Gull
1 adult Great Black-backed Gull
4 Gadwall
1 Teal
(John Isherwood)

Nedge Hill
A Raven tussling with Sparrowhawk
(John Isherwood)

2010
Priorslee Lake
389 Fieldfare
6 Redwings
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
15 Pochard
34 Tufted Duck
13 Moorhens
232 Coots
1 Redwing heard
(Ed Wilson)

2005
Priorslee Lake
A male Stonechat the west end
2 Gadwall
A drake Shoveler
14 Pochard
44 Tufted Duck
Siskin
Redpoll
C.350 Starlings in the roost
20 Redwings
209 Coot
Kingfisher
(Ed Wilson)

21 Oct 26

No sightings in today.

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2011
Priorslee Lake
14 Redwing
(Ed Wilson)

2010
Priorslee Lake
Common Gull, though it could have been Mew/Ring-billed Gull!
Yellow Legged Gull
(Mike Cooper/Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
2 Ruddy Ducks
42 Redwing
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
4 Wigeon
1 Shoveler
8 Pochard
64 Tufted Ducks
30 Robins
(Ed Wilson)

20 Oct 26

No sightings in today

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2010
Priorslee Lake
Water Rail heard
>500 Black-headed Gulls
>530 migrating Wood Pigeons
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
65 Mute Swans
7 Wigeon
7 Herring Gulls
1 Yellow-legged Gull
47 Greylag Geese
56 Canada Geese
9 Pochard
19 Tufted Ducks
1 Water Rail
236 Coots
4 Buzzards
Chiffchaff
27 Starlings
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
Water Rail
Goldeneye
100 Fieldfare
(John Isherwood)

19 Oct 26

No sightings in today

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2009
Priorslee Lake
63 Mute Swan
7 Wigeon
14 Pochard
26 Tufted Duck
c.600 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
6 Herring Gull
1 Yellow Legged Gull
27 Redwings
3 Fieldfare
2 Willow Tits
(Mike Cooper / Ed Wilson)

2008
Priorslee Lake
>100 Tufted Duck
2 Water Rail
107 Redwings
176 Fieldfare
19 Siskins
4 Skylarks
3 Meadow Pipits
2 Redpolls
(Ed Wilson)

2005
Priorslee Lake
2 Shoveler
37 Redwing
1 Fieldfare
250+ Starlings in the roost
11 Pochard
48 Tufted Duck
202 Coot
5 Moorhen
(Ed Wilson)

18 Oct 26

No sightings in today

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2008
Priorslee Lake
992 Redwings
203 Fieldfare
Siskins
Redpolls
6 Pochard
c.150 Tufted Duck
Water Rail
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
18 Pochard
98 Tufted Ducks
1 duck Goldeneye
1 drake Ruddy Duck
1 Kingfisher
20 Pied Wagtails
18 Wrens
46 Robin
20 Blackbirds
6 Song Thrushes
42 Redwings
1 Chiffchaff
12 Starlings
52 Greenfinches
9 Goldfinches
2 Siskins
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
4 Wigeon
1 Shoveler
8 Pochard
64 Tufted Ducks
30 Robins
(Ed Wilson)