Magpies are nest-building in a neighbour's tree. Robin, Wren, Dunnock. House Sparrow and Blackbird only visitors - no tits, though they do occasionally use the hedge between me and the school.
Finches seem to be a thing of the past here. Overhead local Feral Pigeons, Wood Pigeons, Crows, Starlings, Rooks and Jackdaws.
Did find 13 Buzzards in a spiral in the distance. All the Black-headed Gulls have gone leaving just a few Lesser Black-backed Gulls going to and from the roost at nearby Aqualate
Have ID-ed Small Tortoiseshell, Tapered Drone Fly and both Buff-tailed Bumblebee and White-tailed Bumblebees.
The Pipistrelle bat has been out this week but not today: too cold!
Note
Don't forget if you are on your daily exercise and keeping a safe distance from others, we would love to see any photos or sightings from Priorslee Lake and The Flash.
It won't be long before Swallows and House Martin's start to appear along with warblers such as Common Whitethroat, Garden Warblers, Sedge Warblers and Reed Warblers.
So keep an eye out and let us know if you see any by contacting us at priorsleelake@hotmail.com
We look forward to hearing from you.😊
(Martin Adlam and Ed Wilson)
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On this day..........
2019Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2018
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2017
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2015
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2014
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes
4 Great Crested Grebes
9+ Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
2 Swans
2 Shoveler
30 Tufted Duck
10 Chiffchaffs
5 Siskins
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
2 Great Crested Grebes
1 Cackling Goose
51 Tufted Ducks
3 Chiffchaffs
1 Meadow Pipit
2 Fieldfare
(Ed Wilson)
Nedge Hill
7 Meadow Pipits
c.150 Fieldfare
c.30 Starlings
1 Chiffchaff
(Ed Wilson)
2013
Priorslee Lake
7 Wigeon
22 Tufted Duck
1 Glaucous Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull
1 hybrid Ring-billed x Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Mediterranean Gull
c.400 Black-headed Gulls
63 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
4 Herring Gulls.
(Tom Lowe, Martin Grant)
Nedge Hill
2 Lapwing
(Martin Grant)
Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
1 Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull.
(Tom Lowe)
2012
Priorslee Lake
10 Chiffchaffs singing
4 Blackcaps singing
1 Sky Lark
1 Willow Tit
1 Raven flew over
3 Great Crested Grebes
11 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)
Priorslee Flash
2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
38 Tufted Duck
5 Chiffchaffs singing
(Ed Wilson)
2008
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
6 Gadwall
c.15 Tufted Duck
1 Fieldfare
11 Linnets
5 Chiffchaffs
c.40 Sand Martins
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
4 Great Crested Grebes
30 Tufted Ducks
Siskins
2 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)
Nedge Hill
10 Meadow Pipits
Linnets
Sky Larks
(Ed Wilson)
2006
Priorslee Lake
7 Great Crested Grebes
2 Cormorants
14 Tufted Ducks
3 Ruddy Ducks
1 Kittiwake
242 Wood Pigeons
4 Stock Doves
2 Buzzards
1 Kestrel
3 Meadow Pipits
3 Grey Wagtails
9 Pied Wagtails
26 Wrens
3 Fieldfare
94 Redwings
2 Swallow
13 Sand Martins
1 Blackcap
1 Willow Warbler
7 Chiffchaffs
18 Magpies
4 Jays
127 Jackdaws
13 Greenfinches
7 Siskins
7 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam)
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam, Martin Grant)
6 Reed Buntings
1 Yellowhammer.
(Ed Wilson)