Priorslee Lake: 13:10 – 13:25
The Flash: 11:00 – 11:35
Trench Lock Pool: 11:45 – 11:55 // 12:30 – 12:50
Trench Middle Pool: 12:00 – 12:25
10.0°C > 13.0°C: Cloudy after another very wet start to the day. Fresh and gusty W wind. Very good visibility.
[Sunrise: 07:08 GMT]
Priorslee Lake: 13:10 – 13:25
(41st visit of the year)
Very muddy water after yet more rain.
Notes:
- As yesterday two of the cygnets keeping well away from the adults.
- The lone drake Pochard was the first here for over a month (21 January was my previous log).
Counts from the lake area:
- 2 + 4 Mute Swans
- 1 (1♂) Pochard
- 6 (4♂) Tufted Duck
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- [no Moorhens]
- 50 Coots exactly
- 78 Black-headed Gulls
Nothing else of note.
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 11:00 – 11:35
(40th visit of the year)
Bird notes:
- Difficult to know how many Black-headed Gulls qualify as ‘here’ and how many as ‘fly-overs’. At least 52 birds counted flying off. At least 10 of these had stopped on the water, perhaps more. None stayed any length of time and all had left by 11:30.
Birds noted flying over / near The Flash:
- 1 Sparrowhawk again
- >40 Black-headed Gulls (see notes)
- 1 Jackdaw
Counts from the water:
- 3 Mute Swans
- 10 Canada Geese
- 33 (18♂) Mallard
- 8 (8♂) Pochard
- 46 (23♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 (1♂) Goosander
- 2 Cormorants
- 2 Great Crested Grebes as usual
- 5 Moorhen again
- 15 Coots
- >10 Black-headed Gulls (see notes)
This drake Goosander has located some breakfast – well: more like elevenses today after all the rain.
(Ed Wilson)
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Trench Lock Pool: 11:45 – 11:55 // 12:30 – 12:50
(15th visit of the year)
Bird notes from here:
- By recent standards an invasion of Coots: 11!
- No gulls on my first look. Later two Black-headed dropped in for less than two minutes. Then another bird arrived.
- At least 60 Jackdaws making a lot of noise swirling around over the estate to the N. Seemed to be more than usual.
Birds noted flying over / near here [other than local Wood Pigeons and Jackdaws]:
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull
Counts from the water:
- 2 Mute Swans
- 10 Canada Geese
- 4 (3♂) Mallard again
- 12 (9♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 (2♂) Goosander
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- 1 Moorhen
- 11 Coots
- 3 Black-headed Gulls
The drake Goosander formation swimming team having a practice.
(Ed Wilson)
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Trench Middle Pool: 12:00 – 12:25
(15th visit of the year)
Notes from here:
- One Canada Goose possibly on nest beside the side pool.
- Four drake Mallard also beside the side pool
- Unable to decide whether there were one or two Great Crested Grebes. Seen in various locations; never able to see two at any one time.
- The over flying Jackdaw – no doubt one of the local birds – was my first of the year at this location.
Birds noted flying over / near here:
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 1 Herring Gull
- 1 Jackdaw
Counts from the water:
- 2 Mute Swans
- 36 Canada Geese
- 1 all-white feral duck?-type
- 19 (12♂) Mallard
- 5 (3♂) Tufted Duck
- 1? Great Crested Grebe
- 10 Moorhens
- 18 Coots
- 22 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Additional bird species for my 2020 bird list at this site:
#39 Jackdaw
(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
5 Cormorants
3 Grey Herons
8 Pochard
8 Tufted Duck
1 Water Rail
1 Kingfisher
6 Redwings
391 Jackdaws
217 Rooks
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
201 Tufted Ducks
2 Goosanders
(Ed Wilson)
Trench Lock Pool
4 Great Crested Grebes
(Ed Wilson)
Hortonwood
21 Redwings
(Dave Tromans)
2013
Priorslee Lake
Glaucous Gull
(Observer Unknown)
The Flash
Drake Scaup
(Richard Vernon)
2012
Priorslee Lake
1 Glaucous Gull
1 Caspian Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull
(Observer Unknown)
2010
Priorslee Lake
2 Wigeon
55 Pochard
104 Tufted Duck
1 Common Gull
2 Ravens
22 Linnets
(Ed Wilson)
2009
Priorslee Lake
Iceland Gull
200 Black-headed Gulls
400 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
20 Herring Gulls
1 Yellow-legged Gull
Glaucous Gull
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam)
2008
Priorslee Lake
Iceland Gull
(Pete Nickless)
2007
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
3 Cormorant
5 Pochard
9 Tufted Duck
2 Kestrel
556 Wood Pigeon
27 Robin
23 Blackbird
1 Fieldfare
14 Redwing
47 Magpie
100 Jackdaw
96 Rook
16 Greenfinch
3 Reed Bunting
(Ed Wilson)
2006
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes
6 Great Crested Grebes
1 Heron
2 Cormorants
9 Pochard
36 Tufted Ducks
3 Water Rails
c.420 Wood Pigeon
c.60 Starling
29 Pied Wagtails
23 Blackbirds
6 Greenfinches
17 Siskins
1 Redpoll
6 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)