Priorslee Lake: 06:15 – 09:15
The Flash: 09:20 – 09:55
12°C > 13°C: Mainly cloudy: a few bright patches early: some light drizzle at times later. Moderate S wind. Very good visibility
Sunrise: 07:17 BST
Tufted Duck numbers reduced at the lake and all gone from The Flash
Priorslee Lake: 06:15 – 09:15
(124th visit of the year)
Bird notes:
- the cygnets were given a flying lesson this morning. Two of them almost achieved lift-off. The third managed but a few flaps
- for the last three days a single adult Lesser Black-backed Gull has appeared briefly on the water. It grieves me to say that on none of these occasions have I seen it fly in or out. Must be going blind
- corvid dispersal was again poor: I noted just c.30 Jackdaws skimming below the tree line and 3 Rooks at the normal time – c.07:00 at present. Strangely there were 15 more Jackdaws in 3 concurrent small groups at c.08:30 as well as the usual additional singles
- one of two parties of Long-tailed Tits contained 16 birds
- small influx of Song Thrushes this morning: only 5 but 3 more than usual
- two parties of 7 Pied Wagtails seen flying S
Bird totals
Birds noted flying over or flying near the lake
- 1 Common Buzzard
- 1 Black-headed Gull
- 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 2 Feral Pigeons
- 42 Wood Pigeons
- c.53 Jackdaws
- 3 Rooks
- 14 Pied Wagtails
Warblers noted
- 2 Chiffchaffs again
The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 (1 brood) Mute Swans as usual
- 6 (4♂) Mallards
- 40 (7♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Grey Heron
- 4 + 1 (1 brood) Great Crested Grebes
- 15 Moorhens
- 129 Coots again
- 58 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull yet again
And other notes
- my log today consisted of
- 2 Autumnal-type moths (Epirrita sp.) on different lamps
- 3 Garden Spiders on the lamp
- 2 wasps
- the same 4 fruits of Shaggy Inkcap / Lawyer's Wig (Coprinus comatus) fungus
- new fungus near the yacht club hut [Field Blewit (Lepista saeva)?]
I need to note that this whole year has been dire for bat sightings with just one sighting of Pipistrelle-type bats and no sightings of Noctule-type bats.
The new fungus this morning. Perhaps Field Blewit (Lepista saeva)?
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 09:20 – 09:55
(101st visit of the year)
Notes from here
- cygnets nowhere near the only adult present
- where were all the geese?
- where have all the Tufted Ducks gone?
- age of Great Crested Grebe not determined: getting difficult anyway but it was asleep with head tucked in
and
- 3 Grey Squirrels
Bird noted flying over The Flash
- 1 Siskin
Warblers noted
- 1 Chiffchaff again
The counts from the water
- 1 + 3 Mute Swans
- no Geese
- 36 (19♂) + 2 (1 brood) Mallard
- no Tufted Ducks
- 1 Cormorant
- 2 Grey Herons again
- 1 (age?) Great Crested Grebes
- 3 Moorhens yet again
- 8 Coots
- 21 Black-headed Gulls
Bath time for this Wood Pigeon.
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day..........
2017Priorslee Lake
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2013
Priorslee Lake
1 Chiffchaff
(Ed Wilson)