Location
Telford sunrise: not applicable
6.5°C > 7.0°C. Clearing after rain. High cloud and occasional light rain; the clearance to the far N making imperceptible progress. Light wind. Very good visibility
Decided against braving the day’s wet start and went later in an attempt to find some gulls – these remain in very low numbers
(151st visit of the year)
Notes
Just the counts from the water: nothing else was worth noting and I did not walk around
- the Cormorant left
The counts from the lake area
- 2 Mute Swans
- 10 (6♂) Gadwall
- 2 (1♂) Mallard
- 6 (4♂) Pochard again
- 77 (39♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Cormorant
- 1 Little Grebe still
- 11 Great Crested Grebes again
- 25 Moorhens
- 255 Coots
- 88 Black-headed Gulls
- 64 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 2 Herring Gulls
- 1 Great Black-backed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
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Trench Lock Pool: 12:59 – 13:21
Location
(50th visit of the year)
Notes
Very quiet with very few gulls – the 2 Lesser Black-backs looked but, as so often, they seemed reluctant to be the first large gulls to settle and so moved through
Birds noted flying over
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
The counts from the water
- 2 Mute Swans
- 25 Canada Geese
- 28 (19♂) Mallard
- 3 feral Mallard-type ducks
- 51 (28♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Cormorant
- 1 Grey Heron
- 3 Great Crested Grebes
- 7 Moorhens
- 169 Coots
- 21 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 13:30 – 13:51
Location
(103rd visit of the year)
Workmen were busy in the water fettling one of the footbridges which may have affected the numbers
Other notes
- one cygnet is still missing – the remaining birds two are the one without a Darvic ring and blue ‘7IIV’
- 2 drake Pochard new in
- very low number of gulls
Birds noted flying over
- 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
The counts from the water
- 2 + 2 Mute Swans
- 4 Canada Geese
- 1 all-white feral goose
- 38 (26♂) Mallard
- 2 (2♂) Pochard
- 57 (32♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 (0♂) Goosander
- 1 all-white feral duck
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 2 Moorhens
- 19 Coots
- 5 Black-headed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
2014
Priorslee Lake
Today's Report Here
(Ed Wilson)
2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Yellow-legged Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gulls
6 Gadwall
4 Pochard
2 Teal
4 Raven
(John Isherwood)
The Flash
3 Goosander
(John Isherwood)
Horsehay Pool
Caspian Gull
(Jim Almond)
Priorslee Lake
Today's Report Here
(Ed Wilson)
2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Yellow-legged Gull
2 Great Black-backed Gulls
6 Gadwall
4 Pochard
2 Teal
4 Raven
(John Isherwood)
The Flash
3 Goosander
(John Isherwood)
Horsehay Pool
Caspian Gull
(Jim Almond)
2012
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe.
3 Gadwall.
6 Pochard.
46 Tufted Ducks
1 Goosander
1 Water Rail
155 Coots
23 Redwings
6 Fieldfares.
151 Jackdaws
63 Rooks
(Ed Wilson)
2011
Priorslee Lake
1st winter Yellow-legged Gull
2 adult Great Black-backed Gulls
(John Isherwood)
2010
Priorslee Lake
Caspian Gull
3 Yellow-legged Gulls
c20 Herring Gulls.
(J W Reeves)
2009
Priorslee Lake
Black-necked Grebe
Yellow-legged Gull
An adult Little Gull
(Jason/Ed Wilson)
2006
Priorslee Lake
9 Pochard
53 Tufted Ducks
1 Water Rail
1 Merlin
3 Buzzards
>500 Black-headed Gulls
234 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
24 Robins
22 Blackbirds
122 Fieldfares
178 Redwings
1 Willow Tit
139 Jackdaws
66 Rooks
12 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson / Martin Adlam)
2005
Priorslee Lake
160 Golden Plover
1500 Black-headed Gulls
400 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
2 Little Grebes
13 Pochard
34 Tufted Duck
239 Coot
1 Water Rail
142 Jackdaws
251 Rooks
2 Redpolls
47 Siskins
6 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)