Priorslee Lake: 06:13 – 09:39
Telford sunrise: 07:15
11.5°C > 12.5°C. Broken below high overcast, filling in with rain after 09:30. Moderate SSW wing. Good visibility
At last: some visibility. However it was a very dark morning
(136th visit of the year)
Notes
- a 1st winter cygnet appeared briefly and was duly chased off by the resident cob
- all the geese were seen ‘inbound’ (towards The Flash): the Canada Geese at the early time of 07:10
- at least 27 of the Tufted Duck had flown off W towards The Flash by the time I left
- more large gulls than recently: one group of at least 122 birds seemed to be climbing out of the Bayliss Pools area to the SE
- more Wood Pigeons than usual flying W but only 12 of these were flying high enough for me to classify them as migrants
- usual party of c.300 Jackdaws over at 07:05. Small numbers later with >40 after 08:45
- just 2 Starlings over and apparently none from roosts around the lake
- Cetti’s Warbler vocal throughout
- one Song Thrush in song very briefly
- reasonable passage of Fieldfare and Redwings, initially SW but later SE. 11 Redwings seen leaving the trees around the lake
- the only Meadow Pipit of the day had apparently roosted and was flushed from the SW grass
- at least 19 Goldfinches
And
- no moths on the lamps
- no different flower noted
Counts of birds flying over the lake (in addition to those on / around lake)
- 43 (2 groups) Greylag Geese
- 9 (1 group) Canada Geese
- 1 Cormorant
- 271 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 8 Feral Pigeons (3 groups)
- 1 Stock Dove
- 12 Wood Pigeons (3 migrant groups))
- 412 Jackdaws
- 13 Rooks
- 2 Starlings (1 group)
- 294 Fieldfare
- 66 Redwings
- 2 Pied Wagtails again
Birds seen leaving roosts around the lake
- >10 Magpies
- no Starlings
- 11 Redwings
- 1 Meadow Pipit
- 17 Greenfinches
- 1 Reed Bunting
The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans (see notes)
- 10 (6♂) Gadwall
- 8 (4♂) Mallard
- 1 (0♂) Shoveler yet again
- 3 (1♂) Pochard
- 85 (45♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Little Grebe again
- 12 Great Crested Grebes
- 32 Moorhens
- 215 Coots
- c.230 Black-headed Gulls
- 33 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull
A delicate pink flush pre-dawn: was soon obliterated by lowering cloud
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014
2014
Priorslee Lake
Today's Report Here
(Ed Wilson)
2013
Priorslee Lake
4 Wigeon
4 Gadwall
1 Teal
1 Pochard
64 Tufted Duck
21 Moorhens
235 Coots
5 Song Thrush
19 Fieldfare
18 Redwings
439 Jackdaws
89 Rooks
1 Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)
2012
Priorslee Lake
c.110 Greylag Geese
2 Gadwall
7 Pochard
32 Tufted Ducks
4 Moorhens
145 Coots
1 Great Black-backed Gull
c.1650 Wood Pigeons
51 Redwings
302 Fieldfares
c.375 Jackdaws
c.100 Rooks
(Ed Wilson)
2010
Priorslee Lake
5 Pochard
40 Tufted Duck
18 Stock Doves
3800+ Wood Pigeons
6 Sky Larks
1 Meadow Pipit
238 Fieldfare
19 Redwings
91 Starlings
3 Siskins
11 Linnets
1 Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)
2009
Priorslee Lake
2 Yellow Legged Gull
2 Wigeon
(John Isherwood)
The Flash
1 Yellow Legged Gull
2 Goosander
(John Isherwood)
2008
Priorslee Lake
26 Greylag Geese
Gadwall
5 Shoveler
3 Pochard
79 Tufted Duck
1 Lapwing
Snipe
2 Herring Gulls
1 Yellow-legged Gull
16 Redwings
3 Fieldfares
9 Siskins
(Ed Wilson)
Trench Lock Pool
4 Cormorants
3 Shoveler
3 Pochard
27 Tufted Duck
149 Coot
1 Yellow-legged Gull
(Ed Wilson)
2006
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
30 Pochard
111 Tufted Ducks
1 drake Ruddy Duck
47 Coots
c.562 Black-headed Gulls
63 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
89 Wood Pigeons
22 Pied Wagtails
20 Wrens
12 Dunnocks
27 Robins
31 Blackbirds
5 Song Thrushes
22 Redwings
16 Magpies
111 Jackdaws
68 Rooks
86 Greenfinches
7 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)