14.0°C > 19.0°C: Clear skies. Light NW breeze. Very good visibility though rather hazy to start.
Sunrise: 05:05 BST
**no photos today - too much else to do. Probably Sunday
Priorslee Lake: 04:15 – 05:30 // 06:30 – 09:25
(148th visit of the year)
Bird notes:
To be supplied
Overhead:
- 2 Greylag Geese: single outbound 04:40; same (?) inbound 09:10
- 33 Wood Pigeons- 9 Cormorants: together
- 3 Jackdaws
- 5 Rooks
Hirundines etc., noted:
- >5 Swifts
- House Martin(s) heard only
Warblers noted (the number in brackets is singing birds):
Beginning to get obvious non-singing birds - some no doubt fledged juveniles.
- 12 (6) Chiffchaffs
- 7 (4) Reed Warblers
- 15 (7) Blackcaps
- 1 (1) Garden Warbler again
- 4 (3) Common Whitethroats
Count from the lake area
- 2 + 5 (1 brood) Mute Swans
- 11 (10♂) + 2 (1 brood) Mallard
- no Moorhens seen or heard
- 36 + 14 (9 broods) Coots
- 1 Common Sandpiper
- >44 Black-headed Gulls: one juvenile
- 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: ages not determined, briefly
- 6 Great Crested Grebes again
- 1 Cormorant: arrived again
- 1 Grey Heron: departed again
On / around the street lamps pre-dawn:
Moths:
- 1 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
- 1 Dwarf Cream Wave (Idaea fuscovenosa): moth species #58 this year
- 1 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
- 1 Dwarf Cream Wave (Idaea fuscovenosa): moth species #58 this year
And
- 1 unidentified caddis fly
- 1 Bridge Orb-web Spider (Larinioides cornutus)
In the sailing club shelter pre-dawn:
- 1 Bridge Orb-web Spider (Larinioides cornutus)
- 1 male Missing Segment Spider (Zygiella x-notata)
Other things seen later: in better weather surprisingly few flies and bugs but plenty of butterflies
Butterflies:
- Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
- Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
- Large White (Pieris brassicae)
- Small White (Pieris rapae)
- Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
- Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
- Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
- Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
- Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
- 1 unidentified caddis fly
- 1 Bridge Orb-web Spider (Larinioides cornutus)
In the sailing club shelter pre-dawn:
- 1 Bridge Orb-web Spider (Larinioides cornutus)
- 1 male Missing Segment Spider (Zygiella x-notata)
Other things seen later: in better weather surprisingly few flies and bugs but plenty of butterflies
Butterflies:
- Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
- Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
- Large White (Pieris brassicae)
- Small White (Pieris rapae)
- Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
- Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
- Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
- Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
- Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
Moths:
- Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
- Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
- Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria): moth species #60 this year
- possible Marbled Piercer (Cydia splendana): to be confirmed; if so moth species #59 this year
- Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
- Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
- Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria): moth species #60 this year
- possible Marbled Piercer (Cydia splendana): to be confirmed; if so moth species #59 this year
Bees / Wasps:
- Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
- Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
- Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)
- Common Wasp (Paravespula vulgaris)
- Ruby-tailed wasp sp. (Chrysis sp.): not separable from photos
- Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
- Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
- Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)
- Common Wasp (Paravespula vulgaris)
- Ruby-tailed wasp sp. (Chrysis sp.): not separable from photos
Hoverflies:
- Bumblebee Cheilosia (Cheilosia illustrata)
- Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
- Stripe-faced Dronefly (Eristalis nemorum)
- Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
- Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
- Tiger Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)
- Dead-head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
- Pied Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
- Common Twist-tail (Sphaerophoria scripta) [was Long Hoverfly]
- Syrphus sp. (S. ribesii / S. vitripennis)
- Pellucid Fly (Volucella pellucens) [Pied Plumehorn]
- Bumblebee Cheilosia (Cheilosia illustrata)
- Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
- Stripe-faced Dronefly (Eristalis nemorum)
- Tapered Dronefly (Eristalis pertinax)
- Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax)
- Tiger Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)
- Dead-head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
- Pied Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
- Common Twist-tail (Sphaerophoria scripta) [was Long Hoverfly]
- Syrphus sp. (S. ribesii / S. vitripennis)
- Pellucid Fly (Volucella pellucens) [Pied Plumehorn]
Dragon/Damsel-flies
- Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
- Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
- Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
- Hawker dragonfly sp. in flight only
- Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
- Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
- Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
- Hawker dragonfly sp. in flight only
Other flies:
- Black Snipefly (Chrysopilus cristatus)
- Grouse Wing (Mystacides longicornis) [caddis fly]
- Nephrotoma flavipalpis cranefly
- Black Snipefly (Chrysopilus cristatus)
- Grouse Wing (Mystacides longicornis) [caddis fly]
- Nephrotoma flavipalpis cranefly
Beetles:
- 7 Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata): adult
- Common Red Soldier Beetle aka Hogweed Bonking-beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
- Spotted Longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata [formerly Strangalia maculata])
- 7 Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata): adult
- Common Red Soldier Beetle aka Hogweed Bonking-beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
- Spotted Longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata [formerly Strangalia maculata])
Molluscs:
- White-lipped Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
- White-lipped Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
(Ed Wilson)
Between the lake and The Flash:
- 1 Chiffchaff in intermittent song and apparently a different bird calling by the upper pool.
- 1 Blackcap joined in briefly
(Ed Wilson)
On the roof of the Priorslee Avenue tunnel
Moths:
- a pair of micro moths mating: to be identified.
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- 1 Chiffchaff in intermittent song and apparently a different bird calling by the upper pool.
- 1 Blackcap joined in briefly
(Ed Wilson)
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Moths:
- a pair of micro moths mating: to be identified.
Others:
- 1 cranefly sp
- 1 caddis fly sp.
- 1 spider sp.
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash: 05:35 – 06:25
- 1 cranefly sp
- 1 caddis fly sp.
- 1 spider sp.
(Ed Wilson)
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(133rd visit of the year)
Bird notes:
- There did seem to be a few geese missing this morning.
- Great Crested Grebe gone AWOL once again
Birds noted flying over here:
Bird notes:
- There did seem to be a few geese missing this morning.
- Great Crested Grebe gone AWOL once again
Birds noted flying over here:
None
Hirundines etc., noted:
- 10 Swifts
Warblers noted (the number in brackets is singing birds):
- 3 (1) Chiffchaffs
- 3 (3) Blackcaps again
On /around the water:
- 109 Canada Geese
- 36 Greylag Geese
- 1 Greylag x Canada Goose again
- 3 + 2 (1 brood) Mute Swan
- 15 (?♂) Mallard
- 19 (?♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 + 3 (3 broods) Moorhens
- 6 juvenile Coots (2 broods)
- 2 Black-headed Gulls again
- no Great Crested Grebe found
Also
- 1 Common Grey moth (Scoparia ambigualis) on a lamp pole
- 1 Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) pupa
- 1 Stretch spider (Tetragnatha sp.)
(Ed Wilson)
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
- 10 Swifts
Warblers noted (the number in brackets is singing birds):
- 3 (1) Chiffchaffs
- 3 (3) Blackcaps again
On /around the water:
- 109 Canada Geese
- 36 Greylag Geese
- 1 Greylag x Canada Goose again
- 3 + 2 (1 brood) Mute Swan
- 15 (?♂) Mallard
- 19 (?♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 + 3 (3 broods) Moorhens
- 6 juvenile Coots (2 broods)
- 2 Black-headed Gulls again
- no Great Crested Grebe found
Also
- 1 Common Grey moth (Scoparia ambigualis) on a lamp pole
- 1 Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) pupa
- 1 Stretch spider (Tetragnatha sp.)
(Ed Wilson)
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