18 Dec 14

Trench Lock Pool: 1:05pm - 1:47pm
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11.0°C > 11.5°C  Low overcast and drizzle / rain. Moderate / fresh W wind. Moderate poor visibility

A later set of visits abandoned due to the weather but also illustrating the advantage of birdwatching early in the day – hard work to find anything!

(58th visit of the year)

Notes
Very quiet with just a Kingfisher to brighten things up.

The counts from the water
3 Little Grebes
3 Great Crested Grebes
3 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
2 Swans
21 Canada Geese
23 (15) Mallard
3 feral Mallard-type ducks
1 (1) Pochard
37 (15) Tufted Ducks
7 Moorhens
154 Coots
116 Black-headed Gulls
6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
37 Herring Gulls
3 Great Black-backed Gulls

(Ed Wilson)

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Priorslee Flash: 1:56pm - 2:51pm
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(123rd visit of the year)

Notes
Another Kingfisher to brighten a dull day

The counts from the water
1 Little Grebe
4 Great Crested Grebes
2 Swans
6 Canada Geese
1 all-white feral goose
36 (25) Mallard
1 all-white feral duck
5 (4) Pochard again
34 (21) Tufted Ducks
4 (0) Goosanders
3 Moorhens
15 Coots
87 Black-headed Gulls
10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
3 Herring Gulls

(Ed Wilson)

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On this day in 2006 and 2009
Priorslee Lake
2009
Black-necked Grebe
(Ed Wilson)
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2006
Black-headed Gulls c.400 logged.
Lesser Black-backed Gulls with c.2800
31 Herring Gulls
Yellow-legged Gull.
(Martin Adlam)