21 Apr 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

5.0°C > 9.0°C: A few early breaks then c.07:00 low cloud with a short spell of drizzle. Cloud lifted and broke c.08:00 with some sunny intervals. Keen easterly breeze. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 05:59 BST

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

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:30 – 06:35 // 07:30 – 09:50

(97th visit of the year)

New bird species:
Yet another addition to my 2026 bird species list for here. At least two *Swifts were high over the West part of the water c.09:00. Bird species #81 this year. This equals my earliest-ever date.

Other bird notes:
- the cob Mute Swan had *a pair of visiting adult Mute Swans that took much chasing to dislodge (initially with the help of the pen). A few minutes later a single adult appeared and was quickly dispatched.
- *two duck Mallard with ducklings today: a group of two and another of three. Only seen around dawn.
- a small group Tufted Duck taking cover from the chasing swans.
- seven adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls visited briefly c.05:35.
- two Willow Warblers at least.
- three Sedge Warblers yet again, including another new location.
- only three Reed Warblers heard.
- what I assume was yesterday's Lesser Whitethroat was already singing from the Ricoh hedge by 05:25 and still singing at 09:10. Another was singing along the South side between the lake and the M54 at 08:50. I cannot recall noting two singing birds on the same day.
- a Mistle Thrush was singing alongside Teece Drive at c.06:20. This might suggest this early breeding species is re-establishing its territory between broods though I have not seen any sign of juveniles.
- no Lesser Redpoll or Siskins heard today.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 3 Canada Geese: a single and a pair flew West
- 3 Greylag Geese: one circled over and left to the West; a pair flew West
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 8 Wood Pigeons
- no Jackdaws (I started earlier and saw fewer!)

Counts from the lake area:
- 5 Canada Geese: two pairs and a single noted at various times,
- *5 Mute Swans: see notes
- *13 (9♂) + 5 (2 broods) Mallard
- 6 (4♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 Moorhens
- 21 Coots again
- 5 Great Crested Grebes
- 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: adults, briefly
- 1 Grey Heron: departed

Hirundines etc. noted:
- *2+ Swifts
- *>30 Sand Martins
- *>15 Barn Swallows
->2 House Martins
many only present during and shortly after the drizzle

Warblers noted (the number in brackets refers to birds singing):
- *1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- 2 (2) Willow Warblers
- 13 (11) Chiffchaffs
- 3 (3) Sedge Warblers still
- 3 (3) Reed Warblers
- 18 (16) Blackcaps
- 2 (2) Lesser Whitethroats
- 1 (1) Common Whitethroat

On the West end street lamp poles post-dawn:
Almost nothing in chilly and breezy conditions

Flies:
- 1 midge only

Noted around the area later:
[numbers only given for moths and butterflies unless exceptional counts noted]
The easterly breeze meant that no insects were motivated to sit in the sun.

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

Hoverflies:
- *Meadow Field Syrph Eupeodes latifasciatus [Broad-banded Aphideater]

Lacewings and allies:
- *Alder Fly Sialis lutaria

Other flies:
- only a few unidentified flies.

Plants:
- *first flowers of Wayfaring-tree Viburnum lantana

Other things:
- unidentified caterpillar or larvae

Not a sunrise to get out of bed for. Sadly I did..

The two visiting Mute Swans arrive.

Very much early morning a duck Mallard with three (look carefully!) very small ducklings.

Another duck Mallard with two slightly larger ducklings. Probably those I saw on Sunday.

Record shot: my first Swift of the year!

One of the local Common Buzzards goes for a fly over Teece Drive...

...and is about to be dive-bombed by one of the many, too many, Magpies.

There were at least thirty Sand Martins over the water, most "at the other end". A plan view of one showing the pale collar.

Going away with most of the ID features still visible. The white collar elides in to the dark breast-band. The "arm pits" are darker than any other part of the brown wings.

There were more Barn Swallows in range of the camera. A pleasing plan view with the tail spread.

Some of the plumage on adults of this species is glossy.

My best effort to show the colour on the throat.

One more.

A Long-tailed Tit going for a snack.

Warblers were a nightmare this morning (daymare?). Lots of song: only the odd Chiffchaff visible and we have seen enough of those. This Cetti's Warbler's song was deafening but he still stayed almost totally hidden from view.

I seem to recall seeing this Song Thrush with a white feather in one wing during the Winter. Still here. Often such aberrant birds are easily spotted by predators.

It knows I am talking about it and is giving me a stare.

I failed to get a photo of the whole of a male Reed Bunting two days ago. Better luck today.

The chestnut in the plumage is a rich tone when the bird is in breeding condition.

This hoverfly, the only one I noted this morning, was my first Meadow Field Syrph Eupeodes latifasciatus this year. The Obsidentify name of Broad-banded Aphideater hints at both an identification feature and its appetite.

My first Alder Fly Sialis lutaria here this year. Strangely I have seen several at The Flash, the first nine days ago. I usually see them here first each year. These are not "true flies" as they have two pairs of wings rather than one pair and halteres.

Today I noticed the first flowers of one of the many Wayfaring-trees Viburnum lantana. The same date as I recorded my first flowers in 2025.

An unidentified hairy, all black caterpillar or larvae of I know not what. A trawl through both the NatureSpot and eakringbirds photo galleries leaves me none the wiser.

(Ed Wilson)

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Noted in the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

Flies:
- 2 midges only

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:40 – 07:25

(93rd visit of the year)

I was here when the cloud was at its lowest and while it was drizzling. Not much was motivated to sing.

Bird notes:
- a pair of visiting adult Mute Swans had to be seen off (I am not sure whether these were the same two seen at the Balancing Lake later: those from here departed to the West; the visitors at the lake arrived from the East). The pen was not seen on the nest at any time.
- just one pair of Tufted Duck.
- one Willow Warbler heard briefly.
- *a very active party of Long-tailed Tits close to where I noted a nest being built led me to wonder it included fledged juveniles. It was too dull to obtain a good-enough view of all of them to be sure. A few photos were good-enough (after editing) to show only adults.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: adults

Noted on / around the water:
- 14 Canada Geese: of these, as yesterday, a pair departed
- 5 Greylag Geese
- *4 Mute Swans: see notes
- 16 (13♂) Mallard
- 2 (1♂) Tufted Duck
- 3 Moorhens only
- 19 Coots
- *2 Great Crested Grebes

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

Noted around the area:

Flies:
- 1 male plumed midge

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.
- *1 harvestman Platybunus triangularis (also known as Rilaena triangularis)

One of the two visiting Mute Swans departs.

A Great Crested Grebe looks upset that I disturbed it fishing underneath one of the footbridges. It looks wet too.

 One of the Long-tailed Tit party. This one, at least, is an adult.

As is this. There were many I did not manage to photograph.

Only my third-ever harvestman Platybunus triangularis and my first at this site.

(Ed Wilson)

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2012
The Wrekin
1 Wood Warbler
(Sandy Hill)

2011
Wrekin
1 Ring Ouzel
(Observer Unknown)

2010
Priorslee Lake
6 Common Sandpiper
6 Swallow
4 Sand Martin
3 Blackcap
6+ Chiffchaff
1 Willow Warbler
2 Stock Dove
2 Greylag Geese
(Mike Cooper)

2008
Priorslee Lake
1 Swallow
(Martin Adlam)

2007
Priorslee Lake
3 Great Crested Grebe
1 Pintail x Mallard
2 Tufted Duck
1 Ruddy Duck
1 Buzzard
2 Common Sandpiper
3 House Martin
2 Swallow
1 Skylark
5 Blackcap
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Reed Warbler
5 Chiffchaff
4 Reed Bunting
(Martin Adlam, Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
1 Redstart
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
6 Greylag Geese
5 Tufted Ducks
2 Ruddy Ducks
2 Sand Martins
3 Swallows
1 Sedge Warbler
6 Blackcaps
6 Chiffchaffs
6 Willow Warblers.
2 Skylarks
28 Robins
29 Blackbirds
5 Greenfinches
2 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

20 Apr 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

3.0°C > 9.0°C: Another clear start. An area of broken medium-high cloud took the edge off the sun later. Just frosted again. Calm start with light mist over the water; a light easterly breeze later. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 06:01 BST

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

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:30 – 06:35 // 07:30 – 09:50

(96th visit of the year)

New bird species
Another addition to my 2026 bird species list for here. A Lesser Whitethroat was singing from the Ricoh hedge c.09:15. A typical location for this species. It moved up and down the dense hedgerow and I glimpsed it move twice – which is about par for this species. Whether it will stay and breed is always difficult to determine. Once it has found a mate and set up a territory it will stop singing and be almost impossible to see. Bird species #80 this year. In common with many other warbler species this is my earliest-ever date.

Other bird notes:
- the cob Mute Swan was busy chasing the Canada Geese and it was difficult to know how many there were: at least seven?
- no sign of yesterday's Mallard with ducklings.
- a lone drake Tufted Duck.
- I could only find four Great Crested Grebes.
- a Common Sandpiper arrived.
- no Lesser Black-backed Gulls visited today.
- no Willow Warblers noted (here or at The Flash)
- three Sedge Warblers again, one in a new location.
- four Reed Warblers noted.
- a Starling was noted apparently on feeding duty, ferrying from the grassy area toward the estate. Another(?) was singing(!?) from trees in a garden in Pitchford Drive.
- no Pied Wagtails on the dam: there was a pair of Grey Wagtails instead.
- at least one Lesser Redpoll was calling from tree tops around the Teece Drive gate at c.06:30. Possibly more as there were also Goldfinches calling and when a group of 16 "finches" flew off there did not seem to be enough twittering flight calls for them all to be Goldfinches.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 7 Greylag Geese: a pair flew East and a quintet flew West
- 6 Wood Pigeons
- 7 Jackdaws (I'll have to start earlier to see more on these lighter mornings)

Counts from the lake area:
- 7 Canada Geese: two pairs and a trio seen arriving. Most chased away,
- 2 Mute Swans: the pen on the nest throughout
- 5 (3♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Tufted Duck
- 6 Moorhens
- 21 Coots
- 4 Great Crested Grebes
- *1 Common Sandpiper: arrived
- 1 Herring Gull: immature
- 1 Grey Heron: departed

Hirundines etc. noted:
- >5 Sand Martins
- 2 Barn Swallows again

Warblers noted (the number in brackets refers to birds singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- no Willow Warblers
- *15 (14) Chiffchaffs
- 3 (3) Sedge Warblers again
- 4 (4) Reed Warblers
- 18 (14) Blackcaps
- 1 (1) Lesser Whitethroat
- *1 (1) Common Whitethroat

On the West end street lamp poles post-dawn:
Nothing in chilly conditions with dew-covered poles

Noted around the area later:
[numbers only given for moths and butterflies unless exceptional counts noted]
The lack of full sun kept it quiet.

Bees, wasps, etc.:
- *Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
- *Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Hoverflies:
- none

Other flies:
- only a few unidentified flies.

Beetles:
- 7 Spot Ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata

Third morning with little change. A hint of mist over the water.

A Common Sandpiper. This species can often be identified at long range from its "bobbing" gait.

Not 100% sharp but a view of the under-wing pattern.

"Well that's not very nice".

"Slightly better".

"Much better but you need a preen". A "ruffled" Chiffchaff.

A male Common Whitethroat.

What a poser. Why do Lesser Whitethroat (almost) never perch out like this?

False alarm. I was trying to see the Lesser Whitethroat. I was alert, the camera was ready when out popped a bird. A Blue Tit! Drat.

Mrs. Blackbird has found a worm and chopped it in half.

Going in for the kill.

Chomp!

"Just wait till I get back to the nest. The kids will love this!"

A Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius tucking in to some Dandelion nectar. The all-black head and body (apart from the tail) means it is either a queen or a worker, the males having an orange band across the mid-riff.

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris also tucks in.

(Ed Wilson)

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Noted in the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

Flies:
- 3 midges of two species

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:40 – 07:25

(92nd visit of the year)

New bird species:
*Also a new bird species for the year here for me. Almost unbelievably my first Pied Wagtail of the year here, a male, was seen on a roof in Derwent Drive. Species #64 [Checking my records for previous year this is perhaps not as exceptional as I thought: my first in 2024 was on 26 April]

Other bird notes:
- the Tufted Ducks were as three pairs.
- two adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls arrived and after circling took up position on roofs in Westcroft Walk / Collett Way.
- no Willow Warblers noted

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 1 Herring Gull

Noted on / around the water:
- 14 Canada Geese: of these a pair departed
- no Greylag Geese
- 2 Mute Swans
- 17 (14♂) Mallard
- 6 (3♂) Tufted Duck
- 8 Moorhens
- 21 Coots
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- *2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: adults, arrived together

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

Noted around the area:

Flies:
- 1 female plumed midge Chironomus plumosus

Flower:
- *either Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana or Common Dog-violet V. riviniana

Standing tall and proud: one of two adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls that were on roofs in Westcroft Walk / Collett Way.

Another black and white bird on the roofs: my first Pied Wagtail of the year here.

A flower of a Dog-violet, either Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana or Common Dog-violet V. riviniana, not separable from this angle.

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
2 Great Crested Grebe
7 Tufted Duck
1 Cormorant
40 Swifts
2 Jays
4 Chiffchaff
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
(Tony Beckett)

2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Ringed Plovers
(John Isherwood)

Nedge Hill
1 White Wagtail
1 Common Redstart
41 Wheatear
1 Fieldfare
1 Raven
(John Isherwood)

The Wrekin
1 Wheatear
11+ Tree Pipit
7 Common Redstart
6 Pied Flycatchers
(JW Reeves)

2012
Priorslee Lake
2 Common Sandpiper
(John Isherwood)

Nedge Hill
2 Wheatear
(John Isherwood)

The Wrekin
2 Ring Ouzel
2 Pied Flycatchers
(J W Reeves)

2010
Wrekin
2 Wood Warblers
3+ Common Redstarts
4+ Pied Flycatchers
2+ Tree Pipits
Tawny Owl
4 Green Woodpecker
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
(J Reeves)

2008
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
5 Great Crested Grebes
4 Common Sandpipers
20 Sand Martins
4 Swallows
2 Grey Wagtails
1 Wheatear
1 Redwing singing
8 Willow Warblers
9 Chiffchaffs
1 Willow Tit
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
1 Common Sandpiper
Grey Wagtail
4 Sand Martin
House Martins
Chiffchaff
1 Lesser Whitethroat
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam)

2006
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
3 Greylag Geese
3 Tufted Ducks
2 Ruddy Ducks
2 Sand Martins
15 Swallows
House Martins
2 Stock Doves
26 Wrens
19 Robins
20 Blackbirds
10 Song Thrushes
1 Redwing
9 Blackcaps
9 Chiffchaffs
7 Willow Warblers
2 Sedge Warbler
10 Greenfinches
5 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam)

Lanes to east of Priorslee Lake
1 Skylark
1 Meadow Pipit
4 Blackcaps
3 Chiffchaffs
1 Willow Warbler
2 Greenfinch
2 Linnets
2 Reed Buntings
8 Yellowhammers
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
2 Skylark
2 Meadow Pipit
1 Fieldfare
2 Wheatear
1 Blackcap
2 Willow Warbler
2 Chiffchaff
2 Linnet
(Martin Adlam)

Priorslee Flash
1 Common Sandpiper
(Ed Wilson)

19 Apr 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

4.0°C > 9.0°C: A clear with fair weather clouds building after 08:45. Just frosted. Light north-westerly breeze. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 06:03 BST

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

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:30 – 06:45 // 07:45 – 09:45

(95th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- the noisy group of four adult Black-headed Gulls flying over was an unusual record at this date.
- the usual(?) two adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls were on the south-west grass at 05:45.
- one Willow Warbler heard makings its way rapidly through the tree tops.
- three Sedge Warblers noted, all in previously recorded locations.
- two Reed Warblers noted, both in previously recorded locations.
- yesterday's Garden Warbler not relocated
- Siskin(s) again in tree tops around the Teece Drive gate: heard only.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 3 Canada Goose: a pair flew East; a single flew North
- 4 Greylag Geese: two separate pairs flew West
- *1 Mute Swan: an adult circled the lake twice at height before carrying on West.
- 4 Black-headed Gulls: adult flew West together
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 10 Wood Pigeons
- 5 Jackdaws

Counts from the lake area:
- 4 Canada Geese: two pairs arrived and departed separately the later with...
- 1 Greylag Goose: arrived and departed with a pair of Canada Geese
- 2 Mute Swans: the pen on the nest throughout
- *5 (4♂) + 2 (1 brood) Mallard: the ducklings seen around dawn only
- no Tufted Duck
- 5 Moorhens again
- 20 Coots
- 7 Great Crested Grebes yet again
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- *1 Grey Heron: departed

Hirundines etc. noted:
- 2 Barn Swallows

Warblers noted (the number in brackets refers to birds singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- 1 (1) Willow Warblers
- *15 (12) Chiffchaffs
- 3 (3) Sedge Warblers
- 2 (2) Reed Warblers
- *17 (15) Blackcaps
- no Garden Warblers
- *1 (1) Common Whitethroat

On the West end street lamp poles post-dawn:
Nothing in chilly conditions with dew-covered poles

Noted around the area later:
[numbers only given for moths and butterflies unless exceptional counts noted]

Butterflies:
- *7 Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines: at least; six of them males

Bees, wasps, etc.:
- *Mining Bee Andrena sp.

Hoverflies:
- Tapered Dronefly Eristalis pertinax
- *Migrant Field Syrph Eupeodes corollae [Migrant Hoverfly; Migrant Aphideater]
- Chequered Hoverfly Melanostoma scalare [Long-winged Duskyface]

Other flies:
- only a few unidentified flies.

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

Fungi:
- *unidentified fungus

No it is not yesterday's sunrise photo reproduced: it just looks much the same, though colder with a touch of frost.

The adult Mute Swan that had a look at the lake and then carried on.

Mrs. Mallard with just two ducklings. I think the third brood I have seen here this year. Only noted around sunrise.

The local Grey Heron keeps giving me changes for flying shots.

Not something I can recall seeing before: a Chiffchaff sitting on a fence post.

A male Blackcap defying gravity and after a morsel.

Ever upward.

 Looking pleased with itself?

And now singing about it.

"who? me?"

A male Common Whitethroat (Greater Whitethroat according to the Merlin app). The grey head, brown wings and, of course, the white throat are characteristic. Females have the same features, less pronounced.

Flying away showing the brown wings clearly (if nothing else).

Mrs. Reed Bunting.

And again. A pair seemed to be gleaning insects from the vegetation. Note her head pattern.

Mr. Reed Bunting would not come out in to the open but his mostly jet-black head pattern came be seen.

Not one of my best: a pair of sparring Orange-tip butterflies Anthocharis cardamines, the female without the orange on the upper-wings.

Obsidentify said "unknown mining Bee Andrena sp.". I'd prefer "unidentified" to "unknown" but other than that I agree.

This hoverfly is a Migrant Field Syrph Eupeodes corollae. The name "migrant" is slightly misleading. Some years huge numbers of this hoverfly arrive from the continent but it is also a very common resident species.

A Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp. You can see why they are also known as stretch spiders.

I cannot get any identity on these edible-looking mushrooms. I was not about to try!

(Ed Wilson)

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Noted in the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

Flies:
- 4 midges of two species
- 1 moth fly Psychodidae sp. [Drain Fly or Owl Fly]

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- *1 possible money spider Erigone sp.

This is possible a money spider Erigone sp. though it looks larger than I would expect.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:50 – 07:40

(91st visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- Great Crested Grebes noted both well away from and sitting at the putative nest site.
- *a Great Spotted Woodpecker was again drumming loudly near the bottom of squirrel alley. Could I see it today? Nope: but I did see it when it moved.
- two Willow Warblers noted, both passing at speed through the tree-tops

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

Noted on / around the water:
- 20 Canada Geese: of these a pair departed
- 7 Greylag Geese
- 2 Mute Swans
- 21 (17♂) Mallard
- 7 (4♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 Moorhens
- 20 Coots
- 2 Great Crested Grebes

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

Noted around the area:

Bees, wasps etc.:
- 1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
- *1 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris

Flies:
- 1 female plumed midge Chironomus plumosus
- 1 smaller female plumed midge

Beetles:
- 1 Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni

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

The male Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming away loudly again. And again I could not find it until it flew a short distance. The red on the nape that identifies it as a male is only just visible here. Note the large feet and claws.

The red on the nape is better seen here.

A photo of the third Song Thrush in the last few days.

A Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris. Note the parallel-sided yellow stripe down the side of the thorax. It is more triangular on the mostly likely confusion species German Wasp V. germanica.

(Ed Wilson)

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2013
Priorslee Lake
1 Kittiwake
1 Sedge Warbler
3 Little Ringed Plover
4 Common Sandpiper
2 Blackcap
Sand Martin
Swallow
(John Isherwood)

East Priorslee
2 Wheatear
(John Isherwood)

Nedge Hill
1 Whinchat
7 Redstart
57 Wheatear
Fieldfare
Meadow Pipit
Siskin
Lesser Whitethroat
(Mick Wall, John Isherwood)

Redhill Lane
10+ Wheatear
4 Yellowhammer
(Mick Wall)

2012
The Wrekin
2 Ring Ouzel
(Observer Unknown)

2011
Priorslee Lake
1 Common Sandpiper
(John Isherwood)

Nedge Hill
1 Grasshopper Warbler
26 Wheatear
(John Isherwood)

2010
Priorslee Lake
1 Swift
2 House Martin
2 Swallow
150 Sand Martin
7 Blackcap singing
1 Common Sandpiper
(Martin and Ian Grant)

2007
Priorslee Lake
1 Pintail x Mallard
1 Kestrel
Tawny Owl
1 Common Sandpiper
20 Swallow
20 Sand Martins
2 Blackcap
1 Garden Warbler
3 Chiffchaff
4 Reed Bunting
(Martin Grant, Martin Adlam, Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
2 Wheatear
(Martin Grant)

The Flash
Common Sandpiper
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
3 Ruddy Duck
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
12 Sand Martins
8 Swallows
4 House Martins.
2 Stock Doves
1 Skylark
30 Wrens
18 Robins
26 Blackbirds
6 Blackcaps
11 Chiffchaffs
12 Willow Warblers
1 Willow Tit
5 Greenfinches
3 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)