5 Apr 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

6.0°C > 9.0°C: A clear start with a brief shower. Some sunny intervals. Light winds at dawn after storm Dave blew through, but picking up moderate / fresh westerly. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 06:35 BST

* = a species photographed today
$ = a new species for me in this area

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:50 – 07:15 // 08:15 – 09:40

(80th visit of the year)

No major casualties from the overnight storm. Many small twigs and parts of more substantial dead twigs were lying about. Main feature was the many Poplar catkins ripped off the trees alongside Teece Drive, in many instances with their supporting twiglets.

Bird notes:
- the Great (White) Egret arrived at 06:03 just as the two (near?) adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls dropped in.
- one adult Robin was seen to feed another adult. Say ah! Too quick for a photo.
- *a trio of Pied Wagtails were playing(?) chase around the dam-top area.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 4 Greylag Geese: tow pairs flew West
- 8 Racing Pigeons: together
- *1 Stock Dove
- 19 Wood Pigeons
- 199 Jackdaws(!) - yes I counted them all out
- 16 Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
- 6 Canada Geese at various times: two pairs noted leaving
- *2 Greylag Geese: throughout
- 2 Mute Swans
- 11 (9♂) Mallard
- 6 (4♂) Tufted Duck
- 6 Moorhens
- Coots not counted: too breezy to stand on the dam to count – the only place the whole water is visible
- 5 Great Crested Grebes
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: (near) adults, briefly around dawn
- *2 Cormorants
- *1 Grey Heron
- 1 Great (White) Egret

Hirundines etc. noted:
- *>30 Sand Martins
- 3 Barn Swallows

Warblers noted (the number in brackets refers to birds singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- 1 (1) Willow Warbler
- 16 (14) Chiffchaffs
- 7 (6) Blackcaps

On the West end street lamp poles pre-dawn:
Most things blown away!

Flies etc.:
- 2 male plumed midges Chironomus plumosus

Beetles:
- 1 Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni

Of note around the area later:

Flies:
- *several species of fly, all unidentified.

The (relative) calm after the storm.

After the early clear sky I was caught in a less-than-ideal position when clouds and colour appeared.

These rain-bearing clouds!

A short-lived shower and then the low sun reappeared to...

...give a glow to the morning [the fallen trees visible here came down in earlier gales].

Unusual behaviour. One of the two Cormorants standing on the concrete ramp to dry its wings. Normally they use one or other of the piers. A pair of Greylag Geese look on.

A close encounter of the Grey Heron kind. It was standing in the Wesley Brook right by the footbridge. I approached from one side and a regular walker from the other. We all stopped and looked at each other.

"Don't mess with me!"

The heron just looked at us...

Shuffled off a bit and carried on fishing. So did we.

Not a brilliant photo of a Stock Dove but it does show all the important identifications features. The pale grey-centred wings have dark edging and a small black band across the inner secondaries. There is no white on the neck or on the bend of the wing. More subtle is that it is slightly smaller than a Wood Pigeon and has a proportionately smaller head and shorter tail.

Two "identification" shots of Sand Martin. From above brown-toned with a darker short forked tail. It has a thin pale collar (not too easy to see here).

From underneath it can "flash" very white inviting confusion with House Martin that has the white on the rump only. Note the dark breast band (not always easy to see with the naked eye) and dark around the eye (just like American baseball players!)

Always a favourite of mine: Long-tailed Tits.

How could I resist?

It seems to be checking out the camera!

Not sure what was going on here. These three Pied Wagtails were noisily chasing around and here they briefly paused. A male on the right with apparently two females chasing him. Perhaps I will try and get reincarnated as a male Pied Wagtail when the time comes.

I don't have time to try and identify all the fly species I noted. Here is #1.

And #2 (no: it did not chew the hole in the leaf).

#3

This would have been identifiable had the wings been open and the exact pattern of black on its orange abdomen been visible. Certainly a Phaonia species, probably P. subventa.

A splash of colour from the Dandelions. If the latest taxonomic thinking is correct just about every one of these plants is a different species. Only about three people can identify them. We are but mere mortals.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

Flies
- 2 unidentified midges: same as yesterday?!
nothing else noted

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 07:20 – 08:10

(78th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- at least four Siskins heard in top-end trees.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 2 Greylag Geese: flew East

Noted on / around the water:
- 21 Canada Geese: of these a sextet departed
- 4 Greylag Geese: of these a pair departed
- 2 Mute Swans: the pen was on the nest throughout
- 18 (16♂) Mallard
- 10 (7♂) Tufted Duck
- 4 Moorhens only
- 23 Coots
- 2 Great Crested Grebes

Warblers noted (the number in brackets refers to birds singing):
- 1 (1) Willow Warbler
- 6 (6) Chiffchaffs again
- 3 (3) Blackcaps

Of note around the area:

Caterpillar:
- *caterpillar of a Scarlet Tiger moth Callimorpha dominula

Flies:
- several male plumed midges Chironomus plumosus
- *1 cranefly Limonia nubeculosa

This rather squat-looking cranefly with well-patterned wings and a striped thorax is almost certainly Limonia nubeculosa.

A most unexpected sighting, especially 15' up a street lamp pole. It is a caterpillar of a Scarlet Tiger moth Callimorpha dominula. The caterpillar of this species is unusual in overwintering as such, becoming active in Spring before pupating. My only other record of this species in Shropshire is of an imago (adult) noted here on 28 June 2023.

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
3 Cormorants
2 Grey Herons
9 Tufted Duck
4 Blackcaps
7 Chiffchaffs
1 Willow Warblers
131 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
1 Cackling Goose-type
37 Tufted Ducks
3 Blackcaps
4 Chiffchaffs
1 Willow Warbler
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Lock Pool
4 Great Crested Grebes
23 Tufted Ducks
3 Sand Martins
1 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes
5 Great Crested Grebes
2 Gadwall
23 Tufted Ducks
2 Redwings
1 Fieldfare
3 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
3 Great Crested Grebes
48 Tufted Duck
2 Brambling
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
4 Lapwings
1 Stock Dove
3 Skylarks
8 Redwing
(Ed Wilson)

Horsehay Pool
Male Wheatear
(Glenn Bishton)

2011
Priorslee Lake
1 Goosander
(John Isherwood)

Nedge Hill
1 Ring Ouzel
60 Golden Plover
20 Yellowhammer
4 Wheatear
(John Isherwood, Andy Latham, John Isherwood, Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee lake
2 Great Crested Grebe
17 Tufted Duck
68 Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Kingfisher
5 Meadow Pipit
1 Blackcap
6 Chiffchaff
3 Reed Bunting
(Martin Adlam)

2006
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebe
5 Herons
7 Tufted Ducks
3 Lapwings
2 Ruddy Ducks
418 Jackdaws
27 Wrens
26 Blackbirds
47 Sand Martins
1 Swallow.
2 Fieldfares
1 Barn Owl
4 Meadow Pipits
2 Fieldfares
2 Blackcaps
6 Chiffchaffs
5 Willow Warblers
1 Willow Tit
9 Greenfinches
2 Siskins
7 Reed Bunting
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam)

4 Apr 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

6.0°C > 9.0°C: Mostly cloudy with some very light drizzle later. A very few sunny intervals. Calm start with moderate southerly wind developing ahead of storm Dave. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 06:38 BST

* = a species photographed today
$ = a new species for me in this area

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:35 – 07:05 // 08:05 – 09:45

(79th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- as I was walking toward The Flash a trio of Mute Swans (two adults and a first year) flew low West overhead. Talking to the fishermen both here and at The Flash it seems these birds merely flew over and did not annoy either resident pair.
- the Great (White) Egret arrived at 06:06 ahead of everything.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- no geese
- 3 Mute Swans: two adults and a first year flew West
- no gulls
- 1 Stock Dove
- 10 Wood Pigeons
- 117 Jackdaws
- 8 Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
- 9 Canada Geese at various times with coming and going
- 2 Greylag Geese: throughout
- 2 Mute Swans
- 15 (13♂) Mallard
- 14 (11♂) Tufted Duck
- 8 Moorhens still
- 24 Coots
- *5 Great Crested Grebes
- no gulls
- no Cormorants
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Great (White) Egret

Hirundines etc. noted:

None

Warblers noted (the number in brackets refers to birds singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- no Willow Warbler
- 18 (16) Chiffchaffs
- 8 (7) Blackcaps

On the West end street lamp poles pre-dawn:

Moths:
- *1 Agonopterix sp., probably Brindled Brown A. arenella [was Brindled Flat-body]
- *1 Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla
- *1 Clouded Drab Orthosia inserta

Flies etc.:
- 1 male plumed midge Chironomus plumosus
- *1 mosquito Culex pipiens
- *1 winter cranefly Trichocera sp.
- several small midges

Springtails:
- 1 springtail Orchesella cincta

Beetles:
- 1 Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
- *1 unidentified ground-beetle

Arthropod:
- *1 Blunt-tailed Snake Millipede Cylindroiulus punctatus

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- *1 Bridge Orb-web Spider Larinioides sclopetarius [Bridge Orbweaver]

Of note around the area later:

Bees, wasps etc.:
- 1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Flies:
- *1 $ dagger fly Rhamphomyia subcinerascens

Fungus:
- *1 probable Common Inkcap Coprinopsis atramentaria

Plants:
- *Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens

Very little colour to the dawn sky. The shapes on the water in the foreground are Tufted Duck.

One of the pair of Great Crested Grebes seems to be amazed at the angle the other has twisted it head.

I know about glasshouses and stones but it really does look in need of a good comb!

Three moths on the street lamp poles this morning: the curled antennae on this micromoth indicate it is an Agonopterix species, probably Brindled Brown A. arenella, formerly called Brindled Flat-body. I'll check with the Shropshire recorder.

This is a Common Plume Emmelina monodactyla: not new for the year here.

A Clouded Drab moth Orthosia inserta. A very common species though as with most moths in the Noctuid group (moths that broadly look like this at rest with wings held tent-wise) they usually are attracted to light in the first part of the night and later hide away.

The long antennae on this fly suggest it is a female mosquito Culex pipiens. A male would have extensive plumes on the antennae. The female should have a proboscis: it is hard to be sure. Perhaps I am wrong!

I believe this to be the dagger fly Rhamphomyia subcinerascens. This is a Spring species and one that I have not identified previously. The main identification feature, other than the date, is the extensive hairs on the front and back legs. The "dagger" mouth-part is being held pointing down.

This is a winter cranefly from the genus Trichocera sp. It is not the most common (and the only easily identifiable) species T. regelationis as it lack a dark spot in the wings.

An unidentified ground-beetle: there are hundreds of species in the UK. Very few can be identified from photos and most only by detailed examination with a hand lens (and then you have to know what you are looking for).

A Blunt-tailed Snake Millipede Cylindroiulus punctatus with a banded brown body.

A Bridge Orb-web Spider Larinioides sclopetarius. A species that has not been seen as often as usual this winter-period.

This fungus looks very reminiscent of a decaying Shaggy Inkcap or Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus: which is very unlikely as this date. I think it is Common Inkcap Coprinopsis atramentaria, a species recorded between Spring to Autumn. Although edible it, like many other species of fungus, causes a very bad reaction when alcohol is also consumed, even several days later.

I photographed my first Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens of the year in Woodhouse Lane yesterday. This one was in flower at the lake today.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

Flies
- 2 unidentified midges

Nothing else noted

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 07:10 – 08:00

(77th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- fewer Tufted Duck noted. Perhaps with more fishermen around some of them had moved to the Balancing Lake where there were more. With the sailing club active there today perhaps some will move back.
- both Willow Warblers were singing very intermittently. If others were doing the same I could easily have walked past them without knowing they were there.
- no Siskins seen or heard today.

One I will have to let pass. While using the Merlin app to confirm I was hearing a Blackcap singing in the distance it reported a Marsh Tit. There were several Coal Tits in the area, as there had been when I heard and saw a Marsh Tit on 30 March. I could not hear or see one today.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 2 Canada Geese: a pair flew North
- 7 Wood Pigeons flew high North together

Noted on / around the water:
- 19 Canada Geese: of these a pair departed
- 10 Greylag Geese: of these a sextet and a pair departed
- 2 Mute Swans
- 26 (23♂) Mallard
- no (Common) Teal
- 14 (11♂) Tufted Duck
- 6 Moorhens
- 22 Coots
- 2 Great Crested Grebes

Warblers noted (the number in brackets refers to birds singing):
- 2 (2) Willow Warblers
- 6 (6) Chiffchaffs
- 2 (2) Blackcaps

Of note around the area:

Flies:
- male and female plumed midges Chironomus plumosus

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
3 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
3 Greylag Geese
5 Common Teal
4 Wigeon
31 Tufted Duck
1 Kittiwake
c.12 Sand Martins
2 Swallow
3 Blackcaps
6 Chiffchaffs
2 Willow Warblers
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
2 Great Crested Grebes
1 Shoveler
43 Tufted Ducks
2 Blackcap
4 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Lock Pool
4 Great Crested Grebes
23 Tufted Ducks
1 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
Red-legged Partridge
4 Skylarks
6 Meadow Pipits
1 Blackcap
3 Chiffchaffs
1 Willow Warbler
1 Linnet
2 Yellowhammer
(Ed Wilson)

2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes
5 Great Crested Grebe
2 Gadwall
13 Tufted Ducks
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
Cackling Goose
(JW Reeves)

Leegomery
Woodcock
(JW Reeves)

Long Lane, Wellington
1 Redshank
(JW Reeves)

2012
Priorslee Lake
2 Swallows
20 Sand Martins
2 Meadow Pipits
(Martin Grant)

2009
Priorslee Lake
4 Shoveler
2 Sand Martin
(John Isherwood)

The Flash
2 Shoveler
1 Snipe
1 Willow Warbler

Nedge Hill
1 Wheatear
1 Blackcap
(John Isherwood)

2008
Nedge Hill
Whinchat
(Paul King)

2007
Priorslee Lake
1 Teal
(John Isherwood)

2006
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
2 Herons
6 Tufted Ducks
2 Ruddy Ducks
318 Jackdaws
105 Wood Pigeons
1 Skylark
5 Meadow Pipits
22 Wrens
24 Robins
25 Blackbirds
58 Fieldfares
3 Willow Warblers
6 Chiffchaffs
2 Willow Tits
15 Greenfinches
1 Siskin
2 Redpolls
4 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

3 Apr 26

The Flash, Priorslee Balancing Lake and Woodhouse Lane area

8.0°C > 14.0°C: Mostly cloudy at low level. A few blue patches did not produce any sunshine. Some very light drizzle later. Moderate south-westerly breeze. Very good visibility.

[Sunrise: 06:40 BST]

* = a species photographed today
$ = a new species for me in this area

A late start on a dull morning. As usual with late starts it was a visit to The Flash first.

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 08:35 – 09:40 // 10:25 – 10:40

(78th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- fewer geese for some unknown reason.
- a single Tufted Duck – a drake

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 4 Canada Geese: a pair flew North and a pair flew West
- 3 Stock Doves: a pair and a single
- 9 Wood Pigeons
- 1 Jackdaw

Counts from the lake area:
- 2 Canada Geese: a pair arrived from the East
- 2 Mute Swans
- 14 (12♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Tufted Duck
- 8 Moorhens yet again
- 24 Coots
- 6 Great Crested Grebes again
- no gulls
- 1 Cormorant: arrived, staying no more than 10 minutes
- *1 Grey Heron
- 1 Great (White) Egret

Hirundines etc. noted:

None

Warblers noted (the number in brackets refers to birds singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- 1 (1) Willow Warbler
- 13 (11) Chiffchaffs
- 3 (3) Blackcaps

Of note around the area:

Bees, wasps etc.:
- at least two bumblebees seen in flight only

Flies etc.:
- 1 male plumed midge Chironomus plumosus at rest
- very many annoying midges

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- *1 money spider-type?

Also of note:

The fishermen camped overnight reported many pipistrelle-type bats last evening

The puzzling Mallard that I usually see at The Flash. The curled rail-feather and the white neck ring suggest a drake. There is some green on the head and some yellow on the bill. The flanks look like those of a duck Mallard. It is not an immature as it was exactly the same last year. Would be interesting to do a DNA analysis.

A complaining Grey Heron.

The female Pied Wagtail from the friendly pair that are on the dam most days.

Her partner steps out.

Today's unidentified spider. At the time I thought a money spider but that group mostly has dark legs.

If tree pollen gives you hay-fever look away. From an Acer species, possibly a Sycamore A. pseudoplatanus.

(Ed Wilson)

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Woodhouse Lane: 09:40 – 10:25

(4th full visit of the year)

As with the Balancing Lake a later visiting time will have affected some numbers. In particular the composting site was active.

At the upper pool
- 1 (1♂) Mallard
- 1 Coot: part of the time it seemed to be sitting on a nest: I could not find another

At the lower pool:
- 2 (2♂) Mallard
I could not seen any of the previously recorded Moorhen or Coot

In the lane

[with common species omitted] (the number in brackets refers to birds singing)::
- 1 (1) Pheasant
- 2 (2) Skylarks: neither of these close-enough to Castle Farm Way as to be audible from the dam area.
- 3 (3) Chiffchaffs
- 2 (2) Song Thrushes
- 2 Grey Wagtails
- 2 Pied/White Wagtails: in flight only so not separable
- 2 (1) Chaffinch
- 2 Linnets
- 6 Goldfinches
- *2 Yellowhammers

Also noted:

Plants not yet recorded around the Balancing Lake:
- *Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
- *Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens
- *Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea

Not good light to photograph Yellowhammers. This male on a "bad feather" day.

Yes you!

This flower is Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa. I see it some years at the lake but a few weeks later growing in the shade. There is no "wood" along Woodhouse Lane these days so I guess this is a remnant population.

There are a few flowers of Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna around the lake and The Flash. In Woodhouse Lane there are several large clusters of these early Spring flowers.

This plant is Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens. The "green" in Green Alkanet refers to its evergreen foliage.

This flower is Greater Stitchwort Stellaria holostea. There are only five petals: each petal is deeply divided in to two lobes, a feature sometimes called bifid.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 07:25 – 08:30

(76th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- the pen Mute Swan does not seem to be settling down to nesting duty, spending most of her time out on the water.
- neither yesterday's (Common) Teal nor brownhead Goosander seen.
- an influx of Tufted Duck – almost all drakes.
- at least two Siskins heard from tree-tops at the top end.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- *1 Grey Heron
- 1 Herring Gull: adult

Noted on / around the water:
- 15 Canada Geese
- 5 Greylag Geese
- 2 Mute Swans
- 23 (20♂) Mallard
- 26 (21♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 Moorhens
- 23 Coots
- 1 Great Crested Grebe
- *2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: near adults, together briefly

Warblers noted (the number in brackets refers to birds singing):
- *4 (4) Willow Warblers
- 7 (7) Chiffchaffs
- 1 (1) Blackcap

Of note around the area:

Flies:
- 1 male plumed midge Chironomus plumosus
- *other midges

Mrs. Mallard contemplates the water.

"Well if he goes..."

"...perhaps I had better take the plunge".

One of the two Lesser Black-backed Gulls that dropped in for a few minutes. The extent of black on the bill suggests this one is not yet in full adult breeding condition.

Grey Herons have been scarce here recently. This one was flying over.

"Barn door" pose. Looks smart here but...

...somewhat ragged in this view.

I think it is called "billing and cooing". A pair – you can't be sure these days – of Wood Pigeons full of the joys of Spring.

Is that how it is done? No wonder they look rather cross-eyed!

Another Willow Warbler. Note the long supercilium and the pale legs. The wings look long here and indeed they are marginally longer than those of the Chiffchaff as they have to propel the birds back from sub-Saharan Africa. Chiffchaffs' preferred wintering quarters are in the Mediterranean basin.

Unusual view of female midge from underneath. It was sitting on my windscreen (I was parked at the time!) Unusual for a small fly it is possible to make out one of the halteres. These are usually only visible on larger craneflies etc.

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
3 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
2 Greylag Geese
9 Tufted Duck
c.30 Sand Martins
1 Swallow
4 Blackcaps
5 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
2 Great Crested Grebes
3 Greylag Geese
2 Common Teal
53 Tufted Ducks
2 Blackcap
4 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Lock Pool
4 Great Crested Grebes
23 Tufted Ducks
c.25 Sand Martins
2 Swallows
1 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaffs
1 Willow Warbler
(Ed Wilson)

2013
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
4 Great Crested Grebe
2 Gadwall
32 Tufted Ducks
75 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
41 Herring Gulls on the water.
(Ed Wilson)

Horsehay Pool
Hybrid Ring-billed x Lesser Black-backed Gull
(Martin Ryder)

2012
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
2 Tufted Duck: both drakes this morning
7 Blackcaps
14 Chiffchaffs
1 Willow Warbler
(Ed Wilson)

Priorslee Flash
4 Great Crested Grebes
40 Tufted Duck
7 Blackcaps
4 Chiffchaffs
2 Willow Warblers
1 Reed Bunting
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Pool
5 Tufted Duck
2 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
3 Wheatear
(John Isherwood)

Redhill
6 Tree Sparrow
(John Isherwood)

2011
Nedge Hill
Male Common Redstart
4 Wheatear
(Martin and Ian Grant)

2006
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
5 Great Crested Grebes
12 Tufted Ducks
2 Ruddy Ducks
2 Stock Doves
178 Wood Pigeons
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Skylarks
3 Meadow Pipits
168 Sand Martins
1 House Martin
28 Wrens
29 Blackbirds
3 Blackcap
4 Willow Warblers
6 Chiffchaffs
2 Willow Tits
8 Greenfinches
4 Siskins
5 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson, Martin Grant)