Priorslee Lake: 14:00 – 14:25
The Flash: 14:30 – 15:10
10.0°C: Cloudy with light showers. Strong SW wind. Good visibility.
[Sunrise: 07:37 GMT]
A short visit to see what had been blown in by Storm Ciara. Answer: nothing – seemed to have been blown out.
Priorslee Lake: 14:00 – 14:25
(28th visit of the year)
The floods of rain have turned the lake brown again.
Bird notes:
- Little Grebes were venturing out of the reeds.
- A few gulls over – very low numbers of gulls.
Bird totals:
Birds noted flying over or flying near the lake:
- 5 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull: first-winter
- 5 Herring Gulls: all first-winters
Counts from the lake area:
- 2 + 4 Mute Swans
- 3 (2♂) Mallard
- 7 (3♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 Cormorant
- 2 Little Grebes
- 3 Great Crested Grebes
- 6 Moorhens
- 55 Coots
- 44 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Herring Gulls: both very briefly; one adult; one first-winter
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 14:30 – 15:10
(27th visit of the year)
Birds noted flying over / near The Flash:
- 2 Jackdaws
Counts from the water:
- 3 Mute Swans
- 5 Canada Geese
- 38 (20♂) Mallard
- 4 (4♂) Pochard
- 76 (41♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 Cormorant
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 1 Moorhen
- 11 Coots
- 5 Black-headed Gulls only
(Ed Wilson)
Note:
Click Here for a few images from Venus Pool taken yesterday 8 Feb 20
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On this day..........
2018Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2015
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2012
Priorslee Lake
A juvenile Iceland Gull
2nd winter Iceland Gull
A juvenile Glaucous Gull
1st winter Greater Black-backed Gull
An adult Common Gull
(Ian Grant / Roger Clay / Martin Grant / Jim Almond / Paul King)
Ringed Birds
Today Roger Clay found 75 ringed birds. Only 12 of these had he seen on previous days before. There were:
- 3 from Iceland
- 3 from Netherlands
- 3 Still to be checked and the remaining ringed birds were all from the UK
(Roger Clay)
2006
Priorslee Lake
9 Great Crested Grebes
2 Gadwall
11 Pochard
40 Tufted Ducks
144 Coots
2 Water Rails
88 Lapwing
c.500 Black-headed Gulls
63 Lesser Black-backed Gull
27 Herring Gulls.
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
c.45 Fieldfares and Redwing
450 Jackdaws
259 Rooks
250 Starling
19 Robins
16 Blackbirds
10 Song Thrushes
12 Greenfinches
33 Siskin
8 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)