Location
Afternoon Update: 2:30pm
(Allan Gaunt)
Morning Report: 6:13 – 08:59
Telford sunrise: 07:11
10.5°C > 11.0°C. Low overcast and misty. Light S breeze. Mostly poor visibility
Not much visible in the mist and low cloud this morning
(134th visit of the year)
Notes
- low count of Mallard, but other(?) birds seen flying out and in before dawn
- another pair of Gadwall seemed to have showed up
- more Black-headed Gulls in from the Ricoh area / W with at least 250 arriving before birds started to move back and subsequent arrivals were as likely returning birds as new arrivals. No large gulls seem
- all but 1 of the Jackdaws in scattered group of 52 birds – all that could be seen in the mist
- c.200 Starlings seen low over likely came from the reeds in the NE area as none was seen leaving the NW area today. Much later another small party over
- Cetti’s Warbler again very vocal early but then shut up completely
- two Song Thrushes in song – one vigorously for a while
- very few passing Redwings: at least 3 more Redwings in the trees around the lake. There were no birds in their traditional roost area at 06:30
- 25 Greenfinches at least seen leaving a roost today
- at least 18 Goldfinches
and
- a / the same November Moth-type on the same lamp, though a different place
- another moth on the same lamp – my first Mottled Umber of the season
- found a few more flowers still around this mild Autumn: a single head of Meadowsweet; a few brambles in flower; and some convolvulus
Counts of birds flying over the lake (in addition to those on / around lake)
- 53 Jackdaws
- 27 Starlings (1 group)
- 5 Redwings
- 1 Meadow Pipit
- 2 Pied Wagtails
- 2 Siskins
- 1 Redpoll
Birds seen leaving roosts around the lake
- >10 Magpies
- c.200 Starlings (1 group)
- >25 Greenfinches
The counts from the lake area
All counts had to be done ‘in parts’ and are therefore possible under- / over-lapping is possible
- 2 Mute Swans
- 2 Canada Geese
- 10 (6♂) Gadwall again
- 8 (4♂) Mallard (see notes)
- 1 (0♂) Shoveler still
- 5 (3♂) Pochard
- 73 (36♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 Grey Herons
- 1 Little Grebe
- 11 Great Crested Grebes
- 25 Moorhens
- 214 Coots
- >250 Black-headed Gulls
A Mottled Umber moth: a quick edit because a bright white area of bird-dropping on the lamp was most distracting on the original.
Priorslee Lake
Today's Report Here
(Ed Wilson)
2013
Nedge Hill
Location
50 Golden Plover
(Arthur Harper)
2011
Priorslee Lake
Yellow legged Gull
(John Isherwood)
2010
Priorslee Lake
16 Pochard
43 Tufted Duck
Yellow-legged Gull
Kingfisher
400+ Jackdaws
17 Fieldfare
7 Redwings
Siskins
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
24 Pochard
81 Tufted Ducks
c.180 large gulls
5 Redwings here
(Ed Wilson)
Trench Lock Pool
Location
Yellow-legged Gull
(Martin Grant)
2009
Priorslee Lake
17 Pochard
4 Wigeon
8 Tufted
42 Mute Swan
400+ Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow Legged Gull
(Mike Cooper)
Wrekin
Location
Firecrest
2 Brambling
(Dave Barrow / Andy Latham)
2006
Priorslee Lake
23 Pochard
48 Tufted Ducks
1 Ruddy Duck
650+ Black-headed Gulls
1 Common Gull
134 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
450 Wood Pigeons
15 Pied Wagtails
18 Wrens
13 Dunnocks
25 Robins
18 Blackbirds
155 Fieldfares
5 Song Thrushes
85 Redwings
1 Mistle Thrush
14 Greenfinches
2 Siskins
4 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)
Morning Report: 6:13 – 08:59
Telford sunrise: 07:11
10.5°C > 11.0°C. Low overcast and misty. Light S breeze. Mostly poor visibility
Not much visible in the mist and low cloud this morning
(134th visit of the year)
Notes
- low count of Mallard, but other(?) birds seen flying out and in before dawn
- another pair of Gadwall seemed to have showed up
- more Black-headed Gulls in from the Ricoh area / W with at least 250 arriving before birds started to move back and subsequent arrivals were as likely returning birds as new arrivals. No large gulls seem
- all but 1 of the Jackdaws in scattered group of 52 birds – all that could be seen in the mist
- c.200 Starlings seen low over likely came from the reeds in the NE area as none was seen leaving the NW area today. Much later another small party over
- Cetti’s Warbler again very vocal early but then shut up completely
- two Song Thrushes in song – one vigorously for a while
- very few passing Redwings: at least 3 more Redwings in the trees around the lake. There were no birds in their traditional roost area at 06:30
- 25 Greenfinches at least seen leaving a roost today
- at least 18 Goldfinches
and
- a / the same November Moth-type on the same lamp, though a different place
- another moth on the same lamp – my first Mottled Umber of the season
- found a few more flowers still around this mild Autumn: a single head of Meadowsweet; a few brambles in flower; and some convolvulus
Counts of birds flying over the lake (in addition to those on / around lake)
- 53 Jackdaws
- 27 Starlings (1 group)
- 5 Redwings
- 1 Meadow Pipit
- 2 Pied Wagtails
- 2 Siskins
- 1 Redpoll
Birds seen leaving roosts around the lake
- >10 Magpies
- c.200 Starlings (1 group)
- >25 Greenfinches
The counts from the lake area
All counts had to be done ‘in parts’ and are therefore possible under- / over-lapping is possible
- 2 Mute Swans
- 2 Canada Geese
- 10 (6♂) Gadwall again
- 8 (4♂) Mallard (see notes)
- 1 (0♂) Shoveler still
- 5 (3♂) Pochard
- 73 (36♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 Grey Herons
- 1 Little Grebe
- 11 Great Crested Grebes
- 25 Moorhens
- 214 Coots
- >250 Black-headed Gulls
A murky November day at the W end
Some colour and leaves left.
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013 and 2014
2014Priorslee Lake
Today's Report Here
(Ed Wilson)
2013
Nedge Hill
Location
50 Golden Plover
(Arthur Harper)
2011
Priorslee Lake
Yellow legged Gull
(John Isherwood)
2010
Priorslee Lake
16 Pochard
43 Tufted Duck
Yellow-legged Gull
Kingfisher
400+ Jackdaws
17 Fieldfare
7 Redwings
Siskins
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
24 Pochard
81 Tufted Ducks
c.180 large gulls
5 Redwings here
(Ed Wilson)
Trench Lock Pool
Location
Yellow-legged Gull
(Martin Grant)
2009
Priorslee Lake
17 Pochard
4 Wigeon
8 Tufted
42 Mute Swan
400+ Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow Legged Gull
(Mike Cooper)
Wrekin
Location
Firecrest
2 Brambling
(Dave Barrow / Andy Latham)
2006
Priorslee Lake
23 Pochard
48 Tufted Ducks
1 Ruddy Duck
650+ Black-headed Gulls
1 Common Gull
134 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
450 Wood Pigeons
15 Pied Wagtails
18 Wrens
13 Dunnocks
25 Robins
18 Blackbirds
155 Fieldfares
5 Song Thrushes
85 Redwings
1 Mistle Thrush
14 Greenfinches
2 Siskins
4 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)