Priorslee Lake: 07:00 – 09:30
The Flash: 09:35 – 10:15
3°C > 4°C: Low cloud and occasional light drizzle in the air. Light ESE wind. Moderate visibility
Sunrise: 08:11 GMT
A very quiet morning
Priorslee Lake: 07:00 – 09:30
(19th visit of the year)
Bird notes
- the gang of 10 geese flew over at 07:45. 92 more geese seen outbound in the distance – too far away to hear or visually ID
- the first 50 Black-headed Gulls flew straight in to sit on the water at 07:15: at least 700 by 07:30
- 34 Magpies flew out of the roost together, all flying NE/E/SE. Birds leaving to the W were not seen (and neither were they on the football field later)
- another low count of Jackdaws
Bird totals
Birds noted flying over or flying near the lake
- 3 Greylag Geese [outbound]
- 7 Canada Geese [outbound]
- 92 unidentified geese [7 groups outbound]
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 5 Wood Pigeons only
- 20 Jackdaws only
Birds recorded leaving roosts around the lake
- >34 Magpies (incomplete count)
- 1 Reed Bunting again
The counts from the lake area:
- 2 Mute Swans
- 8 (4♂) Gadwall again
- 8 (5♂) Mallard
- 7 (4♂) Pochard
- 24 (14♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Little Grebe
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 1 Water Rail
- 10 Moorhens again
- 62 Coots
- >700 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Nothing on the lamp poles or seen elsewhere apart from
- 1 Grey Squirrel
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 09:35 – 10:15
(18th visit of the year)
Notes from here
- a Grey Heron flew off: later one flew in. Same?
- the Ring-necked Parakeet noisy but sedentary today
Birds noted flying over / near The Flash
- 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Feral Pigeon
- 2 Wood Pigeons
- 1 Collared Dove
- 2 Jackdaws
The counts from the water
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans
- 2 Canada Geese
- 2 (1♂) Gadwall again
- 50 (31♂) Mallard
- 23 (12♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 or 2 Grey Herons
- 2 Moorhens
- 25 Coots
- 14 Black-headed Gulls only
(Ed Wilson)
Note:
1. Click Here for a Summary of the 2018 Priorslee Lake Report.
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On this day..........
2018Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2017
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2014
Priorslee Lake
1 female Velvet Scoter
3 Scaup - 1st winter male, 2 1st winter females
(David Barnes / Tony Beckett / Ed Wilson)
2013
Priorslee Lake
1 Greater Scaup
1 Goldeneye
5 Great Black-backed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
2010
Priorslee Lake
Adult Caspian Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull
(Andy Latham)
2007
Priorslee Lake
8 Cormorants
3 Pochard
31 Tufted Ducks
9 Goosanders
c.50 Golden Plover
>1100 Black-headed Gulls
133 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
10 Herring Gulls
250 Wood Pigeons
21 Robins
17 Blackbirds
8 Fieldfares
4 Redwings
43 Magpies
279 Jackdaws
136 Rooks
5 Greenfinches
2 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)
2006
Priorslee Lake
1100 Black-headed Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Gadwall
8 Pochard
14 Tufted Duck
198 Coot
376 Jackdaws
265 Rooks
200 Wood Pigeons
28 Robins
21 Blackbirds
22 Siskins
1 Redpoll
3 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)