14.0°C: Mild again. Clearing after earlier heavy rain. A light shower. Moderate / fresh westerly breeze. Excellent visibility.
[Sunrise: 07:58 BST]
No photos today.
A rain-delayed short visit.
Priorslee Lake: 10:20 – 10:50
(234th visit of the year)
Only viewing from the dam-top again.
Bird notes:
- on about my fifth sweep to try and finally determine whether there were 11 or 12 Great Crested Grebes I located 15!
Birds noted flying over here:
- 10 Jackdaws
Counts from the lake area:
- 78 Canada Geese
- 2 + 4 (1 brood) Mute Swans
- 11 (7♂) Mallard
- 10 (5♂) Tufted Duck
- 10 Moorhens
- 223 Coots
- 15 Great Crested Grebes
- 43 Black-headed Gulls
- 5 Herring Gulls
- 14 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
- on about my fifth sweep to try and finally determine whether there were 11 or 12 Great Crested Grebes I located 15!
Birds noted flying over here:
- 10 Jackdaws
Counts from the lake area:
- 78 Canada Geese
- 2 + 4 (1 brood) Mute Swans
- 11 (7♂) Mallard
- 10 (5♂) Tufted Duck
- 10 Moorhens
- 223 Coots
- 15 Great Crested Grebes
- 43 Black-headed Gulls
- 5 Herring Gulls
- 14 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 09:20 – 10:15
(227th visit of the year)
Bird notes:
- I was informed that the three mainly white feral geese have been around for about a week and are often flying with the Greylag Geese.
Birds noted flying over here:
- 1 Sparrowhawk
- 4 Jackdaws
- 2 Starlings
- 4 Redwings
- 1 Chaffinch
- 2 Siskins
Noted on / around the water
- 22 Canada Geese
- >23 Greylag Geese again: more inside the island
- 3 mainly white feral geese
- 2 + 4 (1 brood) Mute Swans
- 42 (26♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) all-white duck (Peking(?) Duck)
- 14 (5♂) Tufted Duck
- 45 (3♂) Goosander
- 15 Moorhens
- 27 Coots
- 2 Great Crested Grebes again
- 17 Black-headed Gulls
- 7 Cormorants again
- 3 Grey Herons
On / around the street lamp poles:
Nothing noted
(227th visit of the year)
Bird notes:
- I was informed that the three mainly white feral geese have been around for about a week and are often flying with the Greylag Geese.
Birds noted flying over here:
- 1 Sparrowhawk
- 4 Jackdaws
- 2 Starlings
- 4 Redwings
- 1 Chaffinch
- 2 Siskins
Noted on / around the water
- 22 Canada Geese
- >23 Greylag Geese again: more inside the island
- 3 mainly white feral geese
- 2 + 4 (1 brood) Mute Swans
- 42 (26♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) all-white duck (Peking(?) Duck)
- 14 (5♂) Tufted Duck
- 45 (3♂) Goosander
- 15 Moorhens
- 27 Coots
- 2 Great Crested Grebes again
- 17 Black-headed Gulls
- 7 Cormorants again
- 3 Grey Herons
On / around the street lamp poles:
Nothing noted
Noted later around the Ivy bank:
- Common Wasp (Paravespula vulgaris)
(Ed Wilson)
Sightings from previous years without links are below
- Common Wasp (Paravespula vulgaris)
(Ed Wilson)
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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
2010
Priorslee Lake
c.75 Starlings left roost at W end
118 Wood Pigeons
2 Skylarks
7 Meadow Pipits
478 Fieldfare
76 Redwings
9 Siskins
13 Linnets
1 Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)
2006
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
2 Cormorants
26 Pochard
47 Tufted Ducks
1 drake Ruddy Duck
1 Water Rail
64 Coots
35 Fieldfares
3 Song Thrushes
24 Redwings
4 Mistle Thrushes
(Ed Wilson)
2005
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes
Wigeon
Cormorant
300 Black-headed Gulls
40 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
c.75 Lapwings
2 Fieldfares
1 duck Pochard
34 Tufted Duck
200 Coot
(Ed Wilson)