8 Apr 16

Priorslee Lake: 13:30 – 14:05
Location

c.12°C: Mostly cloudy with a few light showers and also some brighter, even sunny, spells. Light W wind. Very good visibility

(57th visit of the year)

An afternoon visit – and now I know why I go early. During the 35 minutes I was present a single Wood Pigeon was the only bird that flew over! A few more Wood Pigeons, Magpies and Crows flew about but it was horribly quiet

I did not walk round so no meaningful counts of warblers

The yacht club was active with the disables on the lake and this seemed to have moved off all the Tufted Duck (I presume to The Flash – see the totals there). Other than the rather secretive Moorhens most other things were present

Hirundines
None

Singing warblers not counted but Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers heard

The counts from the lake area
- 2 Mute Swans
- 9 (8♂) Mallard
- 11 Great Crested Grebes
- 7 Moorhens
- 47 Coots
no gulls

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 14:15 – 14:30
Location

(36th visit of the year)

Notes
- neither the Mute Swans nor the white feral goose was identified but at least one white shape was seen lurking inside the island – and there could have been more geese lurking
- the increase in Tufted Duck numbers likely due to birds flushed off the lake by the yachting
- the Great Crested Grebes were not seen near their nest-site or anywhere else
- the Willow Warblers seemed to be moving through northwards while I was there

Birds noted flying over
None

Singing warblers around the water
- 3 Chiffchaffs
- 4 Willow Warblers

The counts from the water
- no Mute Swans (see notes)
- 4 Greylag Geese
- 35 Canada Geese
- no all-white feral goose (see notes)
- 13 (9♂) Mallard
- 40 (25♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 all-white feral duck
- 1 Cormorant again
- no Great Crested Grebes seen
- 2 Moorhens
- 16 Coots

(Ed Wilson)

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On this day in .....................

2014

Priorslee Lake

4 Great Crested Grebes
3 Cormorants
2 Grey Herons
2 Greylag Geese
11 Tufted Duck
4 Blackcaps
4 Chiffchaffs
284 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
2 Great Crested Grebes
30 Tufted Ducks
2 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaffs
1 Willow Warbler
(Ed Wilson)

The Wrekin
Buzzard
Stock Dove
Willow Warbler
Siskin
Redpoll
Common Redstart
Pied Flycatcher
Crossbill
(Ed Wilson)

2013
Priorslee Lake
5 Chiffchaffs
2 Little Grebes
5 Great Crested Grebes
1 Heron
7 Tufted Ducks
1 Great Black-backed Gull
28 Redwings
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
2 Great Crested Grebes
1 Canada x ? hybrid goose
1 Pochard
59 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Lock Pool
6 Great Crested Grebes
14 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Middle Pool
Oystercatcher
2 Great Crested Grebe
2 Cormorant
7 Tufted Ducks
(Ed Wilson)

2012
Nedge Hill
7 Lapwings
2 Skylarks
5 Chiffchaffs
2 Blackcap
1 Willow Warbler
1 Wheatear
2 Jays
(Martin and Ian Grant)

2011
Nedge Hill
5 Wheatear
4 Common Redstart
Ring Ouzel
(John Isherwood)

The Wrekin
2 Tree Pipits
1 Pied Flycatcher
(Ed Wilson)

2010

Nedge Hill
Male Common Redstart
Little Owl
(Pete Nickless)

2007
Priorslee Lake
1 Pintail x Mallard
4 Tufted Duck
2 Meadow Pipit
5 Blackcap
7 Chiffchaff
3 Reed Bunting
(Martin Adlam)

Nedge Hill
Ring Ouzel
8 Fieldfare
(Martin Grant)

2006
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
1 Heron
3 Cormorants
6 Tufted Ducks
2 Ruddy Ducks
5 Stock Doves
105 Wood Pigeons
4 Great Spotted Woodpeckers

9 Sand Martin.
14 Swallow
4 Meadow Pipits
20 Wrens
21 Robins
23 Blackbirds
1 Blackcap
8 Chiffchaffs
4 Willow Warblers
16 Magpies
1 Jay
15 Greenfinches
2 Siskins
6 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam)