26 Nov 21

The Flash

5.0°C: Squally showers. Moderate WNW wind gusting strong in showers. Very good visibility.

[Sunrise: 07:50 GMT]

Photos

None today

Very wet weather suggested I should delay my start. Other commitments meant I only had time to visit The Flash.

The Flash: 09:40 – 10:30

(247th visit of the year)

A quick dash around between the showers, concentrating on the diving ducks.

Bird notes:
- Very low numbers of Canada Geese recently: why?
- Now two drake Pochard.

Birds noted flying over here:
- 1 Jackdaw
- 9 Redwings

On /around the water:
- 5 Canada Geese only
- 3 + 2 (1 brood) Mute Swans
- 29 (16♂) Mallard
- 2 (2♂) Pochard
- 54 (25♂) Tufted Duck
- 14 (5♂) Goosander
- 7 Moorhens
- [Coots not counted]
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 22 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull: adult again
- 2 Grey Herons

On the lamp poles:

Nothing on any of them

On the Ivy:

Not visited

Of note.
Nothing else

(Ed Wilson)

An example of a drake Pochard I photographed (Martin Adlam)

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On this day can be found via the yearly links in the right-hand column.

Sightings from previous years without links are below

2012

Priorslee Lake

22 Tufted Ducks

143 Coots

Nuthatch

34 Redwings

1 Fieldfare

228 Jackdaws

98 Rooks

(Ed Wilson)

2006

Priorslee Lake

1 Little Grebe

11 Greylag Geese

27 Pochard

70 Tufted Ducks

1 drake Ruddy Duck

70 Coots

>400 Black-headed Gulls

315 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

5 Herring Gulls

221 Wood Pigeons

22 Blackbirds

45 Fieldfares

38 Redwings

264 Jackdaws

71 Rooks

5 Siskins

(Ed Wilson)

2005

Priorslee Lake

1 Pochard

40 Tufted Duck

1 Goldeneye

2 Ruddy Duck

C.700 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

16 Herring Gulls

2 Yellow-legged Gull

2 Great Black-backed Gulls

Caspian Gull

Sparrowhawk

c.628 Jackdaws

c.358 Rooks

(Martin Adlam)