17 Jan 17

Priorslee Lake: 07:25 – 09:05

6°C: Low overcast and very misty to start: then some drizzle. Calm / light SE wind. Poor visibility, bad initially

Sunrise: 08:11 GMT

(13th visit of the year)

No new species for my 2017 Priorslee Lake list

Notes from today:
another very quiet morning
- perhaps the same 2 Greylag Geese managed to find their way through the mist and fly over
- 2 pairs of Mallard flushed from out of the Wesley Brook: looking for a nesting site already?
- managed a decent count of Jackdaws despite the poor visibility. Most of the large groups passed very low just behind Castle Farm Way while I happened to be on the dam: thereafter the smaller groups were higher and overhead
- Willow Tit heard in song again
- 6 singing Song Thrushes this morning
- strangely, and for the first time I can remember, I logged no Dunnocks!
and
- male Mottled Umber on the lamps

Birds noted flying over the lake
- 2 Greylag Geese
- 9 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Herring Gulls
- c.300 Jackdaws
- 1 Rook
- 3 Pied Wagtails
- 2 Greenfinches
- 1 Goldfinch
- 1 Siskin
- 2 Linnets

Roost counts
- (Magpies roost mainly hidden in the mist)
- 3 Redwing came out of the roost area, but perhaps rather too late to be counted as roosting?

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans
- 2 (1♂) Gadwall again
- 12 (7♂) Mallard
- 12 (10♂) Pochard
- 21 (10♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Grey Heron again
- 2 Little Grebes again
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- 14 Moorhens
- 44 Coots
- 24 Black-headed Gulls

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:15 – 09:35

(10th visit of the year)

No new species for my 2017 Flash list

Notes from today:
another very quiet morning here as well
- 2 Pochard new in
- no Goosanders again
- a 2nd Great Crested Grebe this morning
- a Song Thrush singing here as well as the six at the lake

Birds flying over here
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull again

The counts from the water
- 2 Mute Swans
- 8 Canada Geese
- 1 all white feral goose
- 28 (19♂) Mallard
- 2 (1♂) Pochard
- 34 (23♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 Grey Heron
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 1 Moorhen again
- 14 Coots
- 10 Black-headed Gulls

(Ed Wilson)

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

2016

Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2014
Priorslee Lake
57 Magpies
10 Pochard
64 Tufted Duck
119 Coots counted
>500 Black-headed Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
18 Redwings
>1500 Jackdaws
>325 Rooks
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
1st-winter female Velvet Scoter
102 Tufted Ducks
(Ed Wilson and Unknown Observer)

2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Wigeon
4 Gadwall 
21 Pochard 
80 Tufted Ducks
1 Greater Scaup
1 Goldeneye
155 Coots
Snipe
Woodcock
Kingfisher
113 Redwing
30 Siskins
(Ed Wilson, Mike Cooper)

The Flash
31 Tufted Duck
50 Goldfinches
1 Redpoll.
(Ed Wilson)

Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
Caspian Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
(Tom Lowe)

2012
Priorslee Lake
2 Shoveler
21 Pochard
95 Tufted Duck
3 Yellow-legged Gulls
15 Great Black-backed Gulls
117 Redwings
12 Greenfinches
(Ed Wilson / John Isherwood)

The Wrekin
6 Marsh Tit
2 Brambling
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
4 Cormorants
4 Pink-footed Geese
3 Greylag Geese
16 Pochard 
35 Tufted Ducks
1 Goldeneye
>600 Black-headed Gulls
>487 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
94 Herring Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
24 Robins
11 Blackbirds
8 Redwings
1 Willow Tit
39 Magpies
205 Jackdaws
76 Rooks
12 Greenfinches
3 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
12 Great Crested Grebes
2 Gadwall
11 Pochard 
11 Tufted Duck
213 Coot
1 Water Rail
c.360 Black-headed Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
169 Jackdaws
117 Rooks
220 Wood Pigeons
21 Robins
20 Blackbirds
2 Willow Tits
41 Siskins
4 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)