Priorslee Lake: 04:05 – 05:45 // 06:35 – 08:05
The Flash: 05:50 – 06:30 again
7.0°C – 11.0°C: Scattered cloud at dawn: low cloud ‘hat’ for a while: cleared to medium / high overcast with a few spits. Light SE wind, veering moderate S. Good visibility.
Sunrise: 04:44 BST again
Priorslee Lake: 04:05 – 05:45 // 06:35 – 08:05
(154th visit of the year)
Bird notes from today
- The two Mute Swans perhaps landed: at the time (05:15) I was in the ‘football’ field area and heard the wings as they flew over and away. Both looked like adults.
- The nine Cormorants were all in a single-file group flying S to the E.
- Swifts were early arriving today with the first bird at 04:10.
- Another Sand Martin record: at least one bird flew through at 05:20.
Bird totals:
Birds noted flying over or flying near the lake.
- 2 Mute Swans
- 2 Greylag Geese (outbound)
- 6 Canada Geese (outbound)
- 2 (1♂) Tufted Duck
- 9 Cormorants
- 1 Feral Pigeon
- 6 Wood Pigeons
- 29 Jackdaws
- 38 Rooks
Hirundines etc. noted:
- >40 Swifts again
- 1 Sand Martin
- 3 Barn Swallows
- >10 House Martins
Warblers noted (singing birds):
- 8 (8) Chiffchaff
- 16 (14) Blackcaps
- 4 (3) Garden Warblers
- 3 (1) (Common) Whitethroats
- 1 (1) Sedge Warbler again
- 7 (7) Reed Warblers
Counts from the lake area:
- 2 + 6 (1 brood) Mute Swans
- 8 (6♂) + 2 (1 brood) Mallard
- 5 + 2 (1 brood) Great Crested Grebes remain
- 3 + 2 (1 brood) Moorhens
- 24 + 24 (8 broods) Coots
On the lamp poles pre-dawn:
- 1 unidentified shield bug sp. – sitting at wrong angle to see properly
Seen later:
- 4 noctule-type bats
- 1 Silver-ground Carpet moth
Just as the sun peeps over the remnant clouds ....
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 05:50 – 06:30
(147th visit of the year)
Notes from here:
- The only duckling Mallards seen today were the surviving trio from the very latest brood. All the heavy rain has caused a lot of the water-side vegetation to bend over. Uncounted birds were hiding under this making the totals incomplete.
- In addition to the group of five Starlings that flew over another group of seven birds, unusually, landed briefly on a house roof along Derwent Drive.
- The Garden Warbler in intermittent song again.
and
- 1 Silver-ground Carpet moth on a lamp pole
Birds noted flying over / near here:
- 8 Feral Pigeons
- 2 Stock Doves
- 1 Collared Dove
- 5 Starlings
Hirundines etc. noted:
- 4 Swifts (in the distance)
- 2 House Martins
Warblers noted (singing birds):
- 1 (1) Chiffchaff
- 3 (3) Blackcaps
- 1 (1) Garden Warbler
Counts from the water:
- 3 + 4 Mute Swans
- 3 Greylag Geese
- 117 Canada Geese
- 17 (9♂) + 3 (1 brood) Mallard
- 4 (2♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 4 Moorhens
- 25 + 12 (5 broods) Coots
(Ed Wilson)
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Between the lake and The Flash:
At or around the lower pool (singing birds):
- 1 (1) Chiffchaff
Nothing of note at or around the upper pool (singing birds).
(Ed Wilson)
Note: Click Here for a few images from Conwy RSPB Reserve on Sat 15 Jun 19
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