Priorslee Lake: 06:10 – 09:20
The Flash: 09:25 – 10:05
8°C > 10°C: Some breaks; often cloudy. Mainly moderate S breeze, fresher early. Very good visibility
Sunrise: 07:09 GMT
Priorslee Lake: 06:10 – 09:20
(141st visit of the year)
Passage was split this morning: thrushes / finches mainly before 08:00; today the Wood Pigeons were after 08:00, still going N / NE
Bird notes:
- the juvenile Mute Swans went for a very early fly-around the lake on their own. Later the whole family flew off towards the E / NE and had not returned when I left
- the juvenile Great Crested Grebe no longer being fed: just one adult seen
Bird totals
Birds noted flying over or flying near the lake
- 1 Cormorant
- 1 Sparrowhawk
- 1 Common Buzzard
- 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 3 Feral Pigeons
- 1 Stock Dove
- 245 Wood Pigeons (206 of these in 9 groups)
- 94 Jackdaws
- 4 Rooks
- >275 Fieldfares (7 groups)
- 32 Redwings (10 groups)
- 3 Pied Wagtails
- 2 Meadow Pipits again
- 2 Greenfinches
- 1 Siskin
- 1 Lesser Redpoll again
- c.30 small finches, possibly Linnets
Birds leaving roosts around the lake
- 6 Redwings
- c.65 Starlings
- 6 Reed Buntings
The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 (1 brood) Mute Swans
- 6 (3♂) Gadwall remain
- 9 (7♂) Mallard again
- 76 (>32♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Grey Heron
- 4 Little Grebes
- 1 + 1 Great Crested Grebes
- 1 Water Rail heard
- 9 Moorhens
- 115 Coots
- 20 Black-headed Gulls only
And other notes
- nothing on the lamps this breezy morning
Rather a brooding look to the sunrise this morning.
A close-up of the most colourful part. The red sky indicative of wind rather than rain on this occasion.
And another one.
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 09:25 – 10:05
(112th visit of the year)
Notes from here
- the 7 Goosanders arrived while I was present: the single fly-over was quite separate
- the over-flying Fieldfares were a new species for me here in 2018: #72
- a flock of c.30 small birds bounced in to trees at the back of the island from where I was standing. I could not relocate them. Goldfinches? Siskins?
Birds noted flying over / near The Flash
- 1 (0♂) Goosander
- 1 Common Buzzard
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 10 Jackdaws
- 3 Rooks
- 19 Fieldfares (2 groups)
- 1 Redwing
The counts from the water
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans again
- 19 Canada Geese
- 36 (22♂) Mallard
- 6 (3♂) Tufted Ducks
- 7 (1♂) Goosanders
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Great Crested Grebe again
- 1 Moorhen
- 9 Coots again
- 15 Black-headed Gulls only
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull briefly
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day..........
2016Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2015
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2014
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2013
Shifnal, Lizard Wood
Location
2 Hawfinch
(Arthur Harper)
2010
Priorslee Lake
Several Herons
>3800 Wood Pigeons
11 Sky Larks
2 Meadow Pipits
199 Fieldfare
32 Redwings
9 Siskins
1 Linnet
Brambling
(Ed Wilson)
Wrekin
Location
1 Crossbill
Several Redpolls
(Ed Wilson)
2006
Priorslee Lake
21 Pochard
58 Tufted Ducks
2 Buzzards
>900 Black-headed Gulls
176 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
807 Wood Pigeons
16 Pied Wagtails
26 Wrens
14 Dunnocks
34 Robins
24 Blackbirds
213 Fieldfares
6 Song Thrushes
150 Redwings
5 Mistle Thrushes
1 Blackcap
447 Starlings
2 Siskins
7 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)