30 Nov 17

Priorslee Lake: then Trench Lock Pool and Trench Middle Pool

-0.5°C > 2.0°C: Persistent cloud to W and S mostly failed to penetrate the overhead: clear otherwise. Frost. A hint of ice in sheltered waters. Moderate NW wind. Very good visibility

Sunrise: 07:57 GMT

Best today was a Little Egret at Trench Lock Pool: gone by the time I returned from Middle Pool. My first-ever at this site

Priorslee Lake: 06:25 – 09:40

(147th visit of the year)

Notes from today:
- 15 Canada Geese flew N to the E at 07:20: then 6 flew W at 07:50 – rather early to be returning from the fields?
- duck Teal new since yesterday
- no juvenile Great Crested Grebe but all four adults present
- c.25 Golden Plover seen to the far E at 07:20: later c.35 flew S – same group?
- a Long-tailed Tit party contained at least 19 birds – some smaller groups amalgamated?
- 48 Starlings counted leaving the roost – 1 more than yesterday
- lower count of Redwings from roost as I was not close to either of the roost sites as they left – a partial count of birds seen from a distance only
- normally Robins are singing away when I arrive: not today – too cold? It was 07:05 before I heard the first one
- 8 Greenfinches together in bushes at the W end was an usual and welcome sight these days
- 4 Reed Buntings left a W end roost (yesterday six left a different roost on the N side)
but
- nothing on the lamps this morning
- a Grey Squirrel: I thought they were supposed to hibernate?

On with today’s bird totals

Birds noted flying over the lake:
- 20 Canada Geese (2 groups)
- 2 Buzzards
- >35 Golden Plover again
- 32 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 15 Wood Pigeons
- c.380 Jackdaws
- 2 Rooks
- 17 Fieldfare (2 groups)
- 9 Redwings (4 singles / groups)
- 3 Pied Wagtails
- 5 Siskins

Birds noted leaving roosts around the lake:
- 29 Magpies
- 48 Starlings
- 15 Redwings
- 4 Reed Buntings

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 Mute Swans
- 11 (6♂) Gadwall again
- 1 (1♂) Teal
- 26 (15♂) Mallard
- 4 (3♂) Pochard
- 48 (30♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Little Grebe again
- 4 Great Crested Grebes
- 2 Water Rails heard
- 5 Moorhens
- 185 Coots
- 27 Black-headed Gulls only
- 1 Kingfisher again

The cloud from behind (the W) threatened several times, but always retreated and ...

Not unpleasant out of the wind and in the sun.

Here we area again – the cloud to the W: sunny at the lake.

Not a common sight these days – a touch of ice.

Very much a record shot – the drake Teal this morning.

(Ed Wilson)

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Trench Lock Pool: 09:50 – 10:10 // 10:55 – 11:25

(33rd visit of the year)

Other notes from here
- 2 (1♂) Pochard today (I saw a drake earlier this month but it seems to have escaped my log!)

Birds noted flying over here [apart from the local Wood Pigeons and Jackdaws coming and going]
- 1 Buzzard

The counts from the water
- 1 + 6 Mute Swans
- 15 Canada Geese
- 11 (7♂) Mallards
- 1 (1♂) ‘feral’ Mallard again
- 2 (1♂) Shoveler again
- 2 (1♂) Pochard
- 61 (32♂) Tufted Ducks
- 6 (4♂) Goosanders
- 1 Cormorant arrived
- 1 Little Egret
- 2 Little Grebes again
- 1 Great Crested Grebe only
- 6 Moorhens
- 133 Coots
- 67 Black-headed Gulls
- 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Another ‘record shot’: at least we can see the yellow feet which is diagnostic of Little Egret.

(Ed Wilson)

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Trench Middle Pool: 10:15 – 10:50

(30th visit of the year)

Notes from here
- yet another high count of Coots
and
- 2 Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Birds noted flying over here
- 1 Buzzard here as well – the same individual as at Trench Lock Pool?

The counts from the water
- 2 + 5 Mute Swans
- 17 Canada Geese
- 20 (15♂) Mallard
- 14 (7♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 (0♂) Goosander
- 2 Great Crested Grebes remain
- 10 Moorhens
- 48 Coots
- 49 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

(Ed Wilson)

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

2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2012
Priorslee Lake
9 Pochard
3 Gadwall
1 duck Goldeneye
1750 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
370 Black-headed Gulls
76 Herring Gulls
1 adult Great Black-backed Gull
1 adult Yellow-legged Gull
Redpoll
Siskin
Willow Tit
(John Isherwood / Martin Grant)

Holmer Lake
3 Goosander
1 Pochard
(John Isherwood)

Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
11 Yellow-legged Gulls
An adult Caspian Gull
3,000 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
30-40 Waxwings
2 Common Gulls
(Tom Lowe)

2010
Madeley
3 Waxwings
(Pete Nickless)

2006
Priorslee Lake
3 Cormorants
20 Pochard
56 Tufted Ducks
6 Buzzards
1 Kestrel
>1050 Black-headed Gulls
451 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
188 Wood Pigeons
18 Blackbirds
166 Fieldfares
62 Redwings
187 Jackdaws
80 Rooks
4 Siskin
6 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2005
Priorslee Lake
1 Wigeon again
3 Pochard
47 Tufted Duck
215 Coot
4000 Black-headed Gulls
2500 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
3 Herring Gulls
1 Fieldfare
1 Sky Lark
168 Jackdaws
72 Rooks.
19 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

29 Nov 17

Priorslee Lake and The Flash

1.5°C > 3.5°C: A few clouds though mainly clear and frosty in the shelter of the moderate / fresh NNW wind. Very good visibility

Sunrise: 07:55 GMT

Priorslee Lake: 06:20 – 09:45

(146th visit of the year)

Notes from today:
- 16 Canada Geese on the water by 06:40: they left at 07:25
- 2 Cormorants came from the E and looked as if they might land but apparently did not do so. Several minutes later 1 flew high E and then 1 flew low N – were these the same two? Another (?) flew from the E some 10 minutes later and also did not appear to land. Finally 5 quite different birds flew from the far S and away to the NE. So how many different birds?
- just 3 adult Great Crested Grebes seen this morning (it was rather a cold wind to spend much time on the dam-top scanning all the water)
- c.100 Golden Plover circling over fields to very far E again: later c.50 (different birds?) seen flying away to the S
- no Black-headed Gulls on the water early: c.40 flew in from the E in small groups with most leaving very quickly and no more than 12 on the water at any time later
- the single Lesser Black-backed Gull touched down for about 30 seconds and then continued on W
- I flushed at least 25 Magpies out of the main roost c.06:30 – the few leaves still on the trees made the count easier, even in the pre-dawn gloom. This is many fewer than in recent years. Numbers generally increase as winter progresses
- 47 Starlings came out of reeds in the NW area at 07:43
- Robins seem to be taking advantage of the very bright LED street lights along the footpath at the W end: I am flushing birds feeding here in the dark at c.06:30. Of course it is always possible they have always done this and the LED lights have enabled me to see them
- 6 Reed Buntings flew out of the N side reeds together: at least 1 other bird was still calling there
and
- 2 Winter Moths on lamps pre-dawn only

Today’s bird totals

Birds noted flying over / near the lake:
- 7 (10?) Cormorants
- 3 Buzzards again
- >150 Golden Plovers
- 25 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 10 Feral Pigeons (1 single; 1 group)
- 3 Stock Doves
- 16 Wood Pigeons only
- >500 Jackdaws
- 2 Starlings (1 group)
- 13 Fieldfares (3 groups)
- 46 Redwings (5 groups)
- 5 Pied Wagtails
- 1 Greenfinch
- 7 Siskins

Birds noted leaving roosts around the lake:
- >25 Magpies
- 47 Starlings
- 26 Redwings
- 6 Reed Buntings

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 Mute Swans
- 16 Canada Geese
- 11 (6♂) Gadwall again
- 25 (14♂) Mallard again
- 6 (4♂) Pochard
- 44 (29♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 Grey Herons
- 1 Little Grebe again
- 3 Great Crested Grebes
- 1 Water Rail heard
- 9 Moorhens
- 161 Coots
- c.40 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Kingfisher again

My daily sunrise photo over the lake.

.. and the long view.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:50 – 10:45

(102nd visit of the year)

Notes from here
- 21 of the Lesser Black-backed Gulls circling very high over N end: then I saw why – a female (on size) Sparrowhawk with them. When she dived away N the gulls moved off W in a ‘V-formation’
- Green Woodpecker heard calling
- both Nuthatch and Treecreeper seen working the trees in the gloom of ‘squirrel alley’
and another visit to the Ivy in the sun
- >3 wasp sp
- >5 flies of at least 2 species
no hoverflies again

Birds noted flying over
- 1 Sparrowhawk (female)
- 22 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

The counts from the water
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans
- 2 Canada Geese
- 1 white feral goose as usual
- 20 (14♂) Mallard
- 26 (10♂) Tufted Ducks
- 3 Great Crested Grebes
- 7 Moorhens
- 10 Coots again
- 63 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 1 Herring Gull
- 1 Kingfisher again

The Black-headed Gulls were hassling the Tufted Ducks, trying to steal the food the ducks were bringing to the surface. Here one prepares to pounce.

And again.

Crash!

Try again!

“oh well, I’ll fly off”

A Treecreeper was working the trees in the shade of ‘squirrel alley’. Difficult to freeze the action – here we see the tail, often used as a ‘prop’, wrapped around the trunk.

And here using the prop as its thin bill works the crevices in the bark for morsels.

Onward and upward – always upward in a Treecreeper.

In silhouette we see the very thin and curved bill – ideal for poking in to the bark (Apologies for the poor quality – the poor light meant I was shooting moving birds at 1 / 20th of a second!).

... calling as it goes.

And a Nuthatch showing its ability to move down as well as up.

Yes: a wasp on 29 November.

And for the record: a fly sp. as well.

(Ed Wilson)

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

2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2013
Priorslee Lake
6 Gadwall
2 Pochard
2 Teal
1 Shoveler
Shelduck
1 Yellow-legged Gull
4 Great Black-backed Gulls
(JW Reeves / John Isherwood)

2012
Priorslee Lake
Goldeneye
3 Gadwall
6 Pochard
33 Tufted Ducks
144 Coots
Woodcock
216 Black-headed Gulls
c.480 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
47 Herring Gulls
2 Great Black-backed Gulls
c.950 Wood Pigeons
16 Redwings
2 Fieldfares
c.560 Jackdaws
81 Rooks
11 Siskins
3 Redpolls
(Ed Wilson)

2011
Priorslee Lake
3 Yellow-legged Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
(John Isherwood)

2010
Madeley
3 Waxwings
(Pete Nickless)

2009
Priorslee Lake
Drake Pintail
(Martin & Ian Grant)

2006
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
28 Pochard
54 Tufted Ducks
1 drake Ruddy Duck
>1450 Black-headed Gulls
331 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
278 Wood Pigeons
35 Robins
27 Blackbirds
69 Fieldfares
7 Song Thrushes
13 Redwings
1 Siskin
8 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2005
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes again
2 Wigeon
2 Pochard
47 Tufted Duck
223 Coot
A drake Shoveler
7+ Cormorants
8000 Black-headed Gulls
3500 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
7 Herring Gulls
25 Golden Plover
14 Fieldfares
8 Redwings
13 Sky Larks
7 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

28 Nov 17

Priorslee Lake and The Flash

2.5°C > 3.0°C: Several light sleet showers but mainly clear, especially later. Moderate WNW wind.
Very good visibility

Sunrise: 07:54 GMT

Priorslee Lake: 06:25 – 09:50

(145th visit of the year)

Two highlights here today
- a Tawny Owl was calling from the NW area at 06:30 giving ‘kvick’ calls. There is much confusion in the literature about which sex gives which call – birds are not separable on plumage. It now seems to accepted that either sex can make both the hoot and the ‘kvick’ calls
- a BITTERN was chased in to the NE reed bed by two Black-headed Gulls at 07:05 when still very dark. It did not reappear – I did not expect it would. My 101st species around the lake this year

Notes from today:
- Gadwall number increased again
- 6 (3♂) Mallard until 08:40 when, like yesterday a group flew in from the E – 29 (16♂)
- a 2nd juvenile Great Crested Grebe today
- 64 Black-headed Gulls noted on the water at 07:05 – perhaps these had roosted as I did not see any fly in. Later c.40 more arrived from the W as usual. Then as in recent days they had mostly gone by 08:00 and very few returned
- very few Wood Pigeons again – indeed more Feral Pigeons overhead
- a lone Starling came out of reeds along the S side: there were none in the NW area today. Two small parties overhead had come from elsewhere
- a Song Thrush in full song
- small movement of Redwings W and a higher number out of the NE roost today: also a few Fieldfare W
and
- 2 Winter Moths on one lamp
- 1 Northern Winter Moth on another lamp
- a small fungus sp. found growing on the rotten wood of an old fishing platform

Today’s bird totals

Birds noted flying over / near the lake:
- 1 Cormorant
- 3 Buzzards
- 12 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 22 Feral Pigeons (4 singles / groups)
- 1 Stock Dove
- 10 Wood Pigeons only
- >450 Jackdaws
- 1 Rook
- 7 Starlings (2 groups)
- 4 Fieldfares
- 62 Redwings (5 groups)
- 3 Pied Wagtails
- 1 Meadow Pipit
- 13 Siskins

Birds noted leaving roosts around the lake:
- [Magpies not counted]
- 1 Starling (see notes)
- 36 Redwings
- 2 Reed Buntings

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 Mute Swans
- 11 (6♂) Gadwall
- 29 (16♂) Mallard again
- 7 (6♂) Pochard
- 42 (23♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Bittern
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Little Grebe
- 4 + 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 2 Water Rails heard
- 7 Moorhens
- 163 Coots
- c.100 Black-headed Gulls
- 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Kingfisher

A rather brooding morning as the showers came over.

You should know by now that I have an affection for drake Gadwall: they are quite splendid.

Why not two pictures of this attractive bird.

A Song Thrush in full song here this morning.

 .. declaiming even!

Is this the same first-winter male Blackbird with the white tips to many of its feathers that I photographed a few days ago? Looks like it. No matter it is an attractive pose.

A real close up. It was slightly concerned about me, but more concerned about how it could ...

... turn around ...

 ... and dive in to the bush to grab a snack of a rose hip.

A rather better than usual shot of a Winter Moth – still around in the sunshine and low-down on the lamp-post.

I said I hadn’t seen any bryony and needed to look. And I found! But which species? Harder to tell as all the leaves have withered away but I think Black Bryony (Tamus communis). A member of the Yam family. The berries are poisonous to humans – indeed most of the plant is.

Here is the small fungus growing on one of the old and rotting fishing platform.

(Ed Wilson)

Also
Thank you to Mark Williams for the following photos taken today by the Sailing Club.

Water Rail

Water Rail

Water Rail

Wren

Wren

Wren

Robin

Goldfinch

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The Flash: 09:55 – 10:55

(101st visit of the year)

Notes from here
- at first just the ‘regular’ two Canada Geese with the all-white feral goose sp. Then a group of 18 Greylag and 28 Canada Geese flew in from the E. Later 11 of Greylags flew out again
- Pochard and some of the Tufted Ducks gone since Sunday
- the Grey Heron was seen off by the Black-headed Gulls
and despite the low ambient temperature (3°C) on the Ivy in the sun
- 1 wasp sp
- >10 flies of at least 3 species
but no hoverflies noted
plus
- a probable honey fungus found on the base of a recently cut tree along the E side

Birds noted flying over
- 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (singles)
- 3 Redwings

The counts from the water
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans
- 18 Greylag Geese
- 30 Canada Geese
- 1 white feral goose as usual
- 26 (17♂) Mallard
- 20 (10♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 (2♂) Goosanders
- 1 Grey Heron again
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 8 Moorhens
- 12 Coots again
- 51 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Herring Gulls
- 1 Kingfisher

Two drake Goosanders: the left-hand bird is a full adult; the right-hand bird still moulting in to adult drake plumage. Would not like to say whether this delayed moult of an adult or a 1st winter bird getting its first adult plumage – I rather suspect the latter.

In the harsh low winter sun you can sometimes achieve interesting effects as with this Moorhen.

The effect was not so rewarding on this reflected adult winter Black-headed Gull.

Perched a long way up: a male (the red nape separates) Great Spotted Woodpecker.

This is the best I could to record a wasp sp. still flying on 28 November when the ambient temperature was just 3°C. Sheltered from the wind and in full sun the micro-climate in the Ivy would have been much greater.

Part of the fungus on a tree recently cut down along the E side. Likely the tree was rather rotten.

Another bigger clump in the sun. This somewhat, but not entirely, is responsible for the colour difference. It is likely these are one of the honey fungus (Armillaria) group, possibly Dark Honey Fungus (Armillaria ostoyae).

(Ed Wilson)

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

2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2012
Priorslee Lake
3 Gadwall
7 Pochard
24 Tufted Ducks
1 Goldeneye
c.373 Wood Pigeons
2 Woodcock
17 Redwings
29 Fieldfares
c.490 Jackdaws
56 Rooks
9 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
2 Pochard
48 Tufted Duck
10+ Goosander
(Ed Wilson)

2009
The Wrekin
Firecrest
(Martin & Ian Grant)

2006
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
26 Pochard
47 Tufted Ducks
1 drake Ruddy Duck
1 Water Rail
64 Coots
895 Black-headed Gulls
48 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
35 Fieldfares
24 Redwings
191 Jackdaws
123 Rooks
53 Starlings
16 Greenfinch
13 Goldfinches
7 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2005
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes
A duck Wigeon
Cormorant
c.75 Lapwing
2 Fieldfares
1 duck Pochard
34 Tufted Duck logged.
200 Coot
(Ed Wilson)

27 Nov 17

Priorslee Lake: then Trench Lock Pool and Trench Middle Pool

7.5°C > 8.0°C: Mainly cloudy with several clearer spells before light shower c.11:00. Moderate / fresh W wind. Very good visibility

Sunrise: 07:52 GMT

A very quiet morning everywhere with nothing to highlight

Priorslee Lake: 06:25 – 09:30

(144th visit of the year)

Notes from today:
- 17 Canada Geese dropped in on their way outbound for c.10 minutes
- just 4 (2♂) Mallard until 08:45 when 25 (14♂) came in from the E together
- the last juvenile Great Crested Grebe spent the entire time on its own for a change
- the Golden Plover seen to the far E again
- even fewer Black-headed Gulls today – no more than 25. Rather like mid-summer
- 2 Stock Doves over: I see these most days and they are usually the first pigeons that fly-over
- amazingly few Wood Pigeons seen over – just 6! Only 8 more seen in the trees
- 3 Ravens appeared over, with one of these peeling off. This perhaps the bird seen later?
- no Starlings in the roost today: single distant party of 11 birds
and – all on the lamps
- 3 Winter Moths, 1 Northern Winter Moth and a Scarce Umber pre-dawn only
- 2 different Winter Moths found later
- 1 Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
- 1 harvestman, probably Paroligolophus agrestis
with
- another winter moth sp. in flight pre-dawn

On with today’s bird totals

Birds noted flying over the lake:
- 1 male Sparrowhawk
- 2 Buzzards
- c.150 Golden Plover again
- 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 3 Feral Pigeons (one group)
- 2 Stock Doves (one group)
- 6 Wood Pigeons only!!
- c.620 Jackdaws
- 4 Ravens (see notes)
- 11 Starlings
- 1 Fieldfare
- 7 Redwings (4 singles / groups)
- 1 Pied Wagtail
- 2 Meadow Pipits
- 4 Siskins

Birds noted leaving roosts around the lake:
- >12 Magpies
- no Starlings
- 18 Redwings

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 Mute Swans
- 17 Canada Geese
- 9 (5♂) Gadwall again
- 29 (16♂) Mallard
- 4 (3♂) Pochard
- 34 (20♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Grey Heron
- 2 Little Grebes
- 4 + 1 Great Crested Grebes again
- 6 Moorhens
- 175 Coots
- c.25 Black-headed Gulls only

(Ed Wilson)

Also
Thank you to Mark Williams for the following photos taken today by the Sailing Club.

Jay

Jay

Male Bullfinch

Song Thrush

Grey Squirrel

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Trench Lock Pool: 09:40 – 10:15 // 11:00 – 11:05

(32nd visit of the year)

Notes from here
- the 7 Wood Pigeons over were in a high-flying tight group and seemed to be headed somewhere
- the over-flying Rook was my first record of this species here this year
- two different parties of Long-tailed Tits along the W side

Birds noted flying over here [apart from the local Wood Pigeons and Jackdaws coming and going]
- 7 Wood Pigeons
- 1 Rook
- 6 Starlings

The counts from the water
- 1 + 6 Mute Swans again
- 19 Canada Geese
- 10 (7♂) Mallards
- 1 (1♂) ‘feral’ Mallard again
- 2 (1♂) Shoveler
- 56 (25♂) Tufted Ducks
- 3 (3♂) Goosanders
- 1 Cormorant
- 2 Little Grebes
- 2 Great Crested Grebes again
- 4 Moorhens
- 127 Coots
- 59 Black-headed Gulls
- 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull

(Ed Wilson)

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Trench Middle Pool: 10:20 – 10:55

(29th visit of the year)

Notes from here
- another high count of Coots

Birds noted flying over here
- 2 Jackdaws

The counts from the water
- 2 + 5 Mute Swans
- 29 Canada Geese
- 31 (19♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) ‘feral’ Mallard again
- 11 (5♂) Tufted Duck
- 7 (2♂) Goosanders
- 2 Great Crested Grebes again
- 12 Moorhens
- 46 Coots
- 84 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull again

It was a very quiet morning and quite late-on before anything appeared. Then this Song Thrush decided I was harmless and decided to pose. Who was I to refuse? Note the orange tips to both the lesser and greater coverts. These will wear off during the winter.

Not to be outdone this Robin also wanted its photo taken. It too is showing orange tips to the greater coverts.

Even decided to have a quiet sing to itself!

(Ed Wilson)

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

2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2014
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2013
Priorslee Lake
2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls
930+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls
95 Herring Gulls
(Tom Lowe)

2012
Priorslee Lake
Goldeneye
3 Gadwall
6 Pochard
22 Tufted Ducks
146 Coots
2 Great Black-backed Gulls
8 Redwings
151 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson / John Isherwood)

2005
Priorslee Lake
50+ Golden Plover
4 Pochard
39 Tufted Duck
1 duck Wigeon
2 Ruddy Duck
2 Little Grebes
200+ Coot
1 Water Rail
1 Kingfisher
12 Redwing
5 Fieldfare
8 Siskin
5 Reed Bunting
(Martin R Adlam)