23 Sep 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

16.0°C: Much medium-level cloud. Two very light showers. Also a few sunny bursts. Very light winds early with a light north-westerly breeze developing. Very good visibility except in showers.

Sunrise: 06:56 BST

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

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:45 – 09:10

(219th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- *a pair(?) of Mute Swans arrived from the West at 08:20 and departed back there 08:40 (and were probably at The Flash later).
- just three Tufted Duck noted.
- for the first time in many a long week as I approached the lake my ears were not assailed by the insistent begging calls of juvenile Great Crested Grebes! All old-enough to feed themselves now? Several were noted in flight though these looked to be adults rather than juveniles trying their wings.
- gull numbers around first light difficult to ascertain as two disputing Grey Herons kept them on the move.
- at least 300 Black-headed Gulls were present early. I counted 154 on the football field at 07:05.
- about 100 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were present early with at least another 50 passing South far to the East.
- later the now-usual arrival from the East comprised 132 Lesser Black-backs and eight Herring Gulls.
- no hirundines were seen again.
- as yesterday nine Chiffchaffs noted with just one of them heard singing.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 74 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Stock Dove
- 14 Wood Pigeons
- 199(!) Jackdaws
- 36 Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
- 2 *Mute Swans: arrived and departed
- 19 (>9♂) Mallard
- 3 (1?♂) Tufted Duck
- 4 Moorhens
- 45 Coot
- 13 Great Crested Grebes
- c.300 Black-headed Gulls
- 8 Herring Gulls
- c.230 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 2 Cormorant
- 2 Grey Heron: one departed

Hirundines etc. noted:

None

Warblers noted:
- 9 Chiffchaffs: of these one in song again

Also noted:
Very little.

Bees, wasps etc.:
- Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris

True flies:
- cranefly Tipula confusa

On the West end street lamp poles before dawn:

Moths:
- 1 *Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea

True flies:
- 3 midges
- 1 *presumed gall-midge
- 1 *Root-maggot fly from the Anthomyiidae family
- 1 *Muscid fly Phaonia pallida
- 1 winter cranefly Trichocera sp.

Springtails:
none

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

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 *crab spider Xysticus cristatus
- 1 other spider, unidentified

Fungus
- unidentified fungus!

The best I could do with a sunrise worth staying in bed for.

With undercarriage down the to Mute Swans arrive....

...and then leave.

This moth is a Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea. The easiest species to identify in a confusing group not least because it is the only one still likely to be flying at this date. It is my 73rd moth species at the lake this year.

The best I can do with this is to identify it as one of the many Root-maggot flies from the Anthomyiidae family.

Another red-bodied fly, more robust than the recent Dryomyza anilis and seems to be the Muscid fly Phaonia pallida.

This looks interesting: a small fly with long antennae from a well-separated and rounded head and relatively broad wings. Only Google Lens helped with one of the photos it showed rather than the suggestion. It looks to be a gall midge. NatureSpot has several pages of these but only shows the galls that have been made and not the midge responsible. So I am none the wiser.

This is the crab spider Xysticus cristatus. As with most species of spider the markings on the abdomen are very variable but this species can be separated from similar crab spiders by the two lines on the cephalothorax.

I cannot begin to get an identity for this group of fungus. They were behind a large bramble clump so I could not access to do any "gardening" and get a better close-up view.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

Moths:
none

True flies:
- 10 midges of at least three species
- 3 *moth fly Psychodidae sp. [Drain Fly or Owl Fly]
- 2 *winter cranefly Trichocera sp.

Arthropods:
- 2 White-legged Snake Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger
- 6 Common Rough Woodlouse Porcellio scaber

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.
- 13 Missing Sector Orb-web Spider Zygiella x-notata [Silver-sided Sector Spider]

A more-or-less normal moth fly Psychodidae sp., at least in shape. Somewhat unusual in that it was on the ceiling and not the easily accessible wall.

I now believe these small, plain-looking craneflies are winter cranefly from the genus Trichocera. There are several species not separable from photos.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:15 – 10:40

(214th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- a most unusual sight (sound?) was a party of 18 Canada Geese flying in without making any noise! A few minutes later another trio arrived similarly silently.
- an additional two (pair?) of Mute Swans were present (perhaps the birds seen earlier at the lake). The "resident-in-charge" was giving chase to little avail.
- no Tufted Duck seen.
- 42 brownhead Goosander were on the open water; another three were inside the island; and then a group of nine flew in, heading directly to haul out on the island.
- the daily change for the Great Crested Grebes: one full adult was with the four dependent juveniles with another adult noted catching (and eating!) fish.
- *another unusual site was a flock(?) of seven Grey Herons arriving from the South and circling around. The island prevented me seeing what happened next but at least two spent some while perched on trees. The resident(?) bird sounded none too happy about the visitors.
- the two Little Egrets remain.

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

Noted on / around the water:
- 27 Canada Geese; of these 21 arrived in two groups
- 8 *Mute Swans
- 43 (24♂) Mallard
- no Tufted Duck
- 54 (0♂) Goosander: see notes
- 7 Moorhens
- 18 Coot again
- 2 + 4 (1 brood) Great Crested Grebe
- 26 *Black-headed Gulls
- 3 *Cormorants yet again
- 8 *Grey Herons: see notes
- 2 Little Egrets still

Warblers noted:
- 4 Chiffchaffs: one of these in song

Noted around the area:
No sun.

Bees, wasps etc.:
- >10 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris

Hoverflies:
- 1 *possible $ Rural Roundface Eumerus strigatus
- 1 Tapered Dronefly Eristalis pertinax
- 1 *Humming Syrphus Syrphus ribesii [Common Flower Fly]
- 1 *Wasp Plumehorn Volucella inanis [Lesser Hornet Hoverfly]

Four-winged flies:
- 1 *unidentified caddis fly

Other true flies:
- 1 *Muscid fly, perhaps Helina evecta
- 1 *Muscid fly from the Phaonia genus
- several other flies not identified

Beetles:
- 1 7 Spot Ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata

What might, or might not, be the two Mute Swans that briefly visited the Balancing Lake.

Sitting well for the camera a first-winter Black-headed Gull.

Another taking a drink. Pigeons are the only birds that can suck liquids, all other birds have to dip their bills and then use their tongue to transfer the water and swallow it.

Not something you see every day: a flight of seven Grey Herons.

Two come close.

And one even closer!

The resident Grey Heron looks on in disdain.

Visitors top left and bottom right with three Cormorants sharing the trees on the island.

I recently mentioned that most caddis fly species are all-brown. Here is an example that was at least twenty feet up a street lamp pole in squirrel alley. Such unmarked species are best identified by the arrangement of spurs on each pair of legs. I think I will have to pass!

Definite "find of the day" even if I cannot provide a positive identity. It is a hoverfly from the genus Eumerus which Steven Falk calls Roundfaces. It is a new genus for me. There are seven very similar species known from the UK. Reading his text for all seven this date suggests it is most likely Rural Roundface E. strigatus which is also one of the species with a swollen hind femur.

Another female Humming Syrphus Syrphus ribesii showing her yellow hind femur to allow specific identity.

I am 99% certain this is a female Wasp Plumehorn Volucella inanis (or Lesser Hornet Hoverfly) despite Obsidentify assuring me it is a Hornet Hoverfly V. zonaria. I think Obsidentify was confused as the folded wings provide an orange cast on the abdomen. Hornet Plumehorn has the upper band orange and the others yellow. Here they are all yellow. Also the mark at the back of the thorax is prominent, as here, on Wasp Plumehorn.

She was sitting in full sun on a street lamp pole. Here is a "down" view illustrating how hairy the upper-body is.

This Muscid fly is perhaps Helina evecta known for sunning itself on leaves (and apparently street lamp poles) in Autumn. There are of course similar species.

This fly is also from the Muscid family and appears to be a member of the Phaonia genus. Many of these too are very similar and difficult to specifically identify.

(Ed Wilson)

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2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Whinchat
3 Snipe
1 Wigeon
(John Isherwood)

2011
Priorslee Lake
Common Sandpiper
(Ed Wilson)

2008
Priorslee Lake
Water Rail
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
Ruddy Duck
Kingfisher
696 Swallows, House Martins and Sand Martin
55 Meadow Pipit
(Ed Wilson)

22 Sep 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

12.0°C > 15.0°C: Fog / mist coming and going – mainly coming. Very light winds. Poor / very poor visibility.

Sunrise: 06:55 BST

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

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:45 – 09:00

(218th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- six Tufted Duck noted.
- neither sight nor sound of any Little Grebes.
- at least 350 and probably as many as 450 Black-headed Gulls were present before the mist really closed in after 06:40. Just six were on the football field at 07:05.
- about 50 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were present before that mist closed.
- a big arrival (re-arrival?) of gulls from the East around 08:00 with c.250 Black-headed, 88 Lesser Black-backs and four Herring Gulls were counted.
- no hirundines were seen.
- today nine Chiffchaffs: just one of these heard singing.
- no Blackcaps

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
**all numbers affected by the mist etc.
- 4 Wood Pigeons
- 137 Jackdaws
- 20 Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
**all numbers affected by the mist etc.
- 20 (12♂) Mallard
- 6 (0?♂) Tufted Duck: arrived
- 7 Moorhens
- Coot not counted
- Great Crested Grebes not counted
- c.450 Black-headed Gulls: see notes
- 4 Herring Gulls
- >120 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Cormorant
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Kingfisher

Hirundines etc. noted:

None

Warblers noted:
- 9 Chiffchaffs: of these one in song
- no Blackcap

Also noted:
Very little.

Bees, wasps etc.:
- Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris

Beetles:
- 7 Spot Ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata

On the West end street lamp poles before dawn:

Moths:
none

True flies:
- 1 Hooded Dryomyza Dryomyza anilis

Springtails:
- 7 *springtail Pogonognathellus longicornis-type

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

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 Stout Sac Spider Clubiona sp.
- 1 other spider, unidentified

My best photo to date of a springtail Pogonognathellus longicornis. There were seven to choose from today. The body is 6mm and the antennae about the same.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

Moths:
none

True flies:
- 19 midges of at least three species
- 1 caddis fly Limnephilus lunatus
- 2 *moth fly Psychodidae sp. [Drain Fly or Owl Fly]
- 1 *fly Suillia sp., just perhaps S. flava

Arthropods:
- 1 White-legged Snake Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger
- 3 Common Rough Woodlouse Porcellio scaber

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 *Noble or False Widow Spider Steatoda nobilis
- 7 Missing Sector Orb-web Spider Zygiella x-notata [Silver-sided Sector Spider]

This is one of the moth flies Psychodidae sp. NatureSpot illustrates a species Psychoda sigma with "wings which are held parallel to each other rather than diverging" - as here. The problem is that it also notes that the wings of that species have "a pronounced black transverse shade" which this photo does not show

Also a problem with this fly - but then again aren't many of them? This looks to be a fly from the genus Suillia. NatureSpot has a link to a photographic key to this group. It is quite beyond me to look for the arrangement of the bristles on various parts of the body, not only because I am not a trained dipterist but also because the photo is not of sufficient quality to see them. The shading at the wing-tip is only matched by S. flava though the text notes it is a "scarce, largely northern and western species" so probably unlikely.

This is a Noble or False Widow Spider Steatoda nobilis

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:05 – 10:20

(213th visit of the year)

Still misty and the island difficult to see at times.

Bird notes:
- a duck Tufted Duck seen.
- 13 brownhead Goosander on the open water with at least another 12 inside the island.
- the daily change for the Great Crested Grebes: only one full adult and four dependent juveniles were noted. Two of the juveniles were together on the open water with no adult in sight. The other two were with an adult in the water near the nest site.
- the two Little Egrets remain.

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

Noted on / around the water:
- 6 Canada Geese
- 6 Mute Swans
- 32 (19♂) Mallard
- 1 (0♂) Tufted Duck
- 25 (0♂) Goosander
- 8 Moorhens
- 18 Coot
- 1 + 4 (1 brood) Great Crested Grebe
- 28 Black-headed Gulls
- 3 Cormorants again
- 1 Grey Heron yet again
- 2 Little Egrets yet again

Warblers noted:

None

Noted around the area:

The sun was hot but had only just emerged so not much was active as yet.

Bees, wasps etc.:
- >6 Honey Bees Apis mellifera
- >6 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris

Hoverflies:
- 1 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax

Other true flies:
- 1 small greenbottle sp.

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

Even more information about Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis, as I photographed here last Thursday. I was reading Steve Nuttall's excellent daily blog from Belvide Reservoir [https://belvidebirding.blogspot.com/]. Whilst concentrating on the birds seen at this members-only reserve just 12 miles to the East of Priorslee he notes other sightings of particular interest. Last Saturday (19th) at least four Willow Emerald Damselflies were seen there.

It is Autumn. This is probably not, as suggested by Obsidentify, a Roe Deer! I strongly suspect it is the web of a Missing Sector Orb-web Spider Zygiella x-notata, the "missing sector" being in the 11 o'clock position (if anyone still remembers what a clock-face looks like now we have digital time read-outs everywhere)

(Ed Wilson)

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2008
Priorslee Lake
Water Rail
Common Redstart
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
The drake Mallard x Pintail has returned for the 5th year at least
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
Gadwall
Redwing
(Ed Wilson)

21 Sep 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

11.0°C > 16.0°C: Areas of medium / high cloud floating about. Some sun, especially later. Very light winds. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 06:53 BST

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

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:40 – 09:15

(217th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- a trio of duck / immature Tufted Duck flew in.
- also a trio of *Little Grebes shot out of the reeds c.06:40, dived and were not seen again!
- only c.125 Black-headed Gulls were noted on the water. Many birds seen flying off East suggested that more birds were passing through. Just 21 on the football field c.07:00.
- the first sighting of Lesser Black-backed Gulls was a few flying over. Only a small number visited early and very few later. A single Herring Gull with the latter birds.
- a *Great (White) Egret flew East, then North at c.08:20/
- a Sky Lark was heard overhead c.09:05.
- 8 Barn Swallows were high overhead heading South at 07:30.
- two House Martin were overhead at 08:00 and then a trio at 09:00, both passing South.
- three hirundines VERY high up c.08:30 eluded identification, Any calls would have been drowned out by road noise.
- just 10 Chiffchaffs with three again heard singing.
- a single calling Blackcap noted.
- a Song Thrush was making a good attempt at singing alongside Teece Drive c.07:10. My first record of song in September.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 26 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 *Great (White) Egret
- 4 Feral Pigeons: a trio flew East and singleton West
- 4 Stock Doves: two singles and trio
- 18 Wood Pigeons
- 1 Skylark
- 256 Jackdaws
- 49 Rooks
- 1 Pied Wagtail

Counts from the lake area:
- 12 (7♂) Mallard
- 3 (0?♂) Tufted Duck: arrived
- 6 Moorhens again
- 48 *Coot
- 3 *Little Grebes
- 16 *Great Crested Grebes again
- c.150 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull
- 22 *Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 3 Cormorants: arrived singly again
- 1 Grey Heron

Hirundines etc. noted:
- 8 Barn Swallows
- 5 House Martins
- 3 unidentified hirundines

Warblers noted:
- 10 Chiffchaffs: of these three in song
- 1 Blackcap: no song

Also noted:
Not much again as the sun was just starting to emerge as I was leaving.

Bees, wasps etc.:
- Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris

Flies:
- many "greenbottles" of two different genera
- cranefly Tipula confusa

On the West end street lamp poles before dawn:

Moths:
- 1 $ *Brown-spot Pinion Anchoscelis litura

Bees, wasps etc.:
- 1 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris: just two

Four-winged flies etc.:
- 1 Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperla carnea

True flies:
- 1 male Spotted-winged Drosophila Drosophila suzukii
- 1 *Dryomyza anilis (apparently sometimes as Hooded Dryomyza)
- 1 *winged form of an unidentified aphid sp.

Springtails:
- 2 *springtail Pogonognathellus longicornis-type

Bugs:
- 1 *Common Froghopper Philaenus spumarius

Beetles:
- 4 presumed Cabbage-stem Flea Beetles Psylliodes chrysocephala

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
none!

Also at this time

Bats:
- 3 Noctule-type bats high over the water and North wood.

Another sunrise worth getting out of bed for.

I seem to record frequently "a clear start to the East with cloud overhead". If that produces sunrises like this then "bring it on".

And the longer view.

Record shot! On the left one of the three Little Grebes dives. In the middle a Coot. On the right a Little Grebe yet to disappear. Well it was 06:40 and hardly any light!

Feeding time for the juvenile Great Crested Grebes again...

...with an alert and ever-hopeful Black-headed Gull looking for spoils.

An immature / first-winter Lesser Black-backed Gull climbs away.

Another record shot. The Great (White) Egret flying North. The long bill and long legs identify it. I can probably convince myself the bill is yellow but it is hard to be sure at this range.

A new moth for me in Shropshire though Brown-spot Pinion Anchoscelis litura is a common species. Species #72 for my 2026 Balancing Lake moth list.

Another Dryomyza anilis fly. I noted yesterday that it does not have a vernacular name. Some sleuthing by Martin Adlam has produced the name Hooded Dryomyza. He also managed to dig up a name for yesterday's small red fly Tricholauxania praeusta: apparently Pale-marked Hairy-veined Lauxanid Fly. These names seem like grasping at straws. They strike me as no more or less memorable than the scientific names and I doubt either of them was used by county folk back in the day.

The winged form of an unidentified aphid sp.

One of two springtails of the Pogonognathellus longicornis-type that were on one of the street lamp poles pre-dawn.

Also on a street lamp poles pre-dawn was this Common Froghopper Philaenus spumarius. I looked at the photo and thought "I don't remember this species having hairy flanks".

It doesn't. They were the hairs on the mostly hidden legs.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

Moths:
none

True flies:
- 10 midges
- 1 moth fly Psychodidae sp. [Drain Fly or Owl Fly]
- 1 *caddis fly Limnephilus lunatus
- 2 different unidentified craneflies

Arthropods:
- 2 *White-legged Snake Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger
- 1 Common Rough Woodlouse Porcellio scaber

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 7 Missing Sector Orb-web Spider Zygiella x-notata [Silver-sided Sector Spider]
- 1 Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.
- 1 *harvestman Opilio canestrinii

I found this caddis fly resting on the ceiling of the tunnel. Very many of this group are all-brown so it is good to see one well-marked and to be able to identify it as the caddis fly Limnephilus lunatus.

A two-fer. A White-legged Snake Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger and a harvestman Opilio canestrinii. I assume I don't have to say which is which.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:20 – 10:35

(212th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- a duck (Common) Teal flushed off. Then a few minutes later it, or another(?) seen on the water.
- just 13 brownhead Goosander with 11 of these inside the island.
- the daily change for the Great Crested Grebes: two full adults, one immature and four dependent juveniles.
- the two Little Egrets remain.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:

None

Noted on / around the water:
- 32 Canada Geese
- no Greylag Geese
- 6 Mute Swans as usual
- 24 (15♂) Mallard
- 1 (2?) (0♂) *(Common) Teal
- no Tufted Duck
- 13 (0♂) Goosander
- 4 Moorhens
- 19 Coot
- 3 + 4 (1 brood) Great Crested Grebe
- 22 Black-headed Gulls
- 3 Cormorants
- 1 Grey Heron again
- 2 Little Egrets again

Warblers noted:
- 1 Chiffchaff in song

Noted around the area:

Hazy sun.

Butterflies:
- 1 *Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria

Moths:
none

Bees, wasps etc.:
- >10 *Honey Bees Apis mellifera
- 1 *Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum
- >10 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris

Hoverflies:
- 2 *Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
- 2 *Lunuled Broadtail Eupeodes luniger [Common Spotted Field Syrph; Lunuled Aphideater]
- 1 *Humming Syrphus Syrphus ribesii [Common Flower Fly]

Damsel/dragonflies
- 1 *male Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum

Other true flies:
- 1 *$possible Tachinid fly Exorista rustica
- >5 small greenbottle sp.
numerous unidentified flies on the Ivy bank

Some additional information about Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis that I photographed last Thursday. This species is indeed a recent colonist in our area. According to the web site "shropshiredragonflies" the first Shropshire record was on 31 July last year. There have been several sightings this year. My sighting of one on a street lamp pole at the bottom of squirrel alley was perhaps not so strange as I thought: this species lays eggs "directly into branches of willows and alders and similar that hang over slow flowing rivers". So near the Wesley Brook is perhaps not too surprising

Interesting story. A very distant duck (Common) Teal...

 ...that took off...

...and apparently departed.

A few minutes later, also very distant but clearly a Teal with the bright green speculum, was on the water. Did she return? Was there another hitherto unseen?

How could I resist this poseur?

A Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria. Just the one today so there was no fighting.

Feeding time for a Honey Bee Apis mellifera.

Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum is usually noted as having a pure white tail as it seems here.

Clearly it depends on your angle of view!

A Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax. This species shows variable brown markings on its abdomen. This specimen shows very typical markings.

This one is unusually dark.

I read that Steve Falk – he who must be obeyed – now calls this species Lunuled Broadtail Eupeodes luniger. I previously used the name Common Spotted Field Syrph while Obsidentify calls it Lunuled Aphideater.

I was surprised to identify this as another of the same species. At the time it looked significantly more slender. Searching the web indicates there are no other species with this shaped yellow markings.

An almost identical view of a Syrphus hoverfly as I photographed yesterday. A female showing her mostly yellow hind-leg through the folded wing to enable me to identify it as a Humming Syrphus Syrphus ribesii.

An immature male Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum. Adult males are a brighter red and females light brown.

With the usual proviso that there are almost certainly "similar species" this looks to be the Tachinid fly Exorista rustica. A new / newly identified species for me.

(Ed Wilson)

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2011
Priorslee Lake
Kingfisher
Common Sandpiper
(Ed Wilson)

2008
Priorslee Lake
Wigeon
Water Rail
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
Kingfisher
(Ed Wilson)