31 Oct 25

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

10.0°C > 11.0°C: Early high overcast after overnight rain. Patches of low cloud later. Moderate south-easterly breeze. Good visibility.

Sunrise: 07:05 GMT

* = a species photographed today
$ = my first sighting of the species for this year
$$ = my first ever recorded sighting of the species in the area

Other things to do today so it was an abbreviated look at both locations

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:50 – 08:35

(266th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- the usual westbound Greylag Geese were accompanied by a small group of Canada Geese as well as three mainly white feral birds.
- a drake Gadwall was a new arrival. It later flew off.
- Mallard were difficult to count accurately with birds flying to and fro across Castle Farm Way to the fields and pools to the East.
- only one migrant group of just 32 Wood Pigeons noted and these seemed unsure about where to go and landed back in trees to the far south-west.
- at most c.300 Black-headed Gulls noted. Once these have dispersed there are very few new birds and/or returnees.
- c.200 Lesser Black-backed Gulls before 07:00 when they departed. Another c.150 arrived after 07:30. Herring Gull only noted after 07:30.
- three small groups of Redwings seen overhead. At least eight were seen later in West end trees and bushes.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 14 Canada Geese: two eastbound together; 12 westbound with...
- 122 Greylag Geese: 106 counted flying westbound together with 16 laggards in three groups
- 3 mostly white geese with Greylags
- 1 Stock Dove again
- 70 Wood Pigeons: of these 32 were in a migrant group that didn't: see notes
- 2 Herring Gulls
- 82 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 3 Cormorants
- 376 Jackdaws
- 181 Rooks
- 15 Redwings: three groups
- 3 Pied Wagtails: singles
- 3 Siskins: singles

Counts from the lake area:
- *2 Mute Swans
- *1 (1♂) Gadwall: departed?
- 18 (11♂) Mallard
- 39 (>23♂) Tufted Duck
- 9 Moorhens
- 62 Coots
- *6 Great Crested Grebes
- c.300 Black-headed Gulls
- 31 Herring Gulls
- c.350 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: see notes
- 1 Grey Heron

Noted on the West end street lamp poles pre-dawn:
Not much: wet poles

Moths:
- 2 November Moth types Epirrita sp.

Flies:
- 2 winter craneflies Trichocera sp.
- *1 possible Long-horned Black Legionnaire Beris geniculata.

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- *1 Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.

Noted later on the Teece Drive fence:

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 harvestman Dicranopalpus ramosus/caudatus

It did look for a while as if there might be another decent sunrise. This was as good as it got.

I have commented previously how the current pair of Mute Swans are prone to making flights around their territory, something previous occupants have only done when seeing off unwelcome visitors.

A drake Gadwall paddles past showing an orange leg as well as its black stern. Not much else visible in the poor light.

These two different-looking Great Crested Grebes seem to be an item. I guess the left-most bird is a first winter though, as I have remarked previously, I would have expected more in the way of the juvenile facial stripes to have been retained as yet.

None too sure about this fly. Prominent red eyes and dark wings suggest the soldier fly Long-horned Black Legionnaire Beris geniculata . That should have an iridescent bottle-green thorax whereas the thorax here looks dark, albeit slightly iridescent. Perhaps because this is a flash photo?

A Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp. using the lichen growing on a street lamp pole as camouflage.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel pre-dawn:

Moths:
- none: the long-term Mottled Umber Erranis defoliaria has gone

Flies:
- *1 cranefly Tipula lateralis
- 1 winter cranefly Trichocera sp.
- 17 midges of various species again

Arthropods:
- 1 Common Rough Woodlouse Porcellio scaber

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 10 spiders: usual species

A cranefly Tipula lateralis. The pale areas in the wings combined with the pale line running the length of the abdomen are identification features.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 08:40 – 09:40

(261st visit of the year)

*Yesterday's Little Egret still present.

Bird notes:
- only a drake (Common) Teal noted. However the side of the island was jammed with geese so anything else was hard to see.
- it was a quick canter around which probably explains the lower totals of e.g. Moorhens and Coots.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 1 Starling
- 8 Redwing: together

Noted on / around the water:
- >52 Canada Geese: more inside the island?
- *>68 Greylag Geese: more inside the island?
- 2 mainly white feral geese
- 7 Mute Swans again
- 29 (21♂) Mallard
- *1 (1♂) (Common) Teal
- 8 (1?♂) Tufted Duck
- 48 (5♂) Goosander
- 7 Moorhens
- 78 Coots
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- 24 Black-headed Gulls
- 16 Herring Gulls: all ages
- 6 Cormorants again
- no Grey Herons
- *1 Little Egret

Noted around the area:

Moths:
- 1 November Moth types Epirrita sp. only
a different individual to that seen yesterday: in squirrel alley

Bees, wasps etc.:
- >10 wasps: only Common Wasps Paravespula vulgaris specifically identified

Springtails:
- *1 springtail Tomocerus vulgaris: same location for three days

Fungus:
- *Shaggy Inkcap or Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus: looking very sad

At the right the drake (Common) Teal can be seen mostly stern-on. Otherwise five Greylag Geese, four in the water and one preening on the edge of the island.

It is a paper bag?

No. Careful repositioning allows the black bill of the Little Egret to be seen. The yellow feet are hidden.

A springtail Tomocerus vulgaris has now been on the same street lamp pole for three days. The same individual?

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday this was a smart Lawyer's Wig fungus Coprinus comatus. By today it has almost deliquesced away.

(Ed Wilson)

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2013
Candles Landfill Site
2nd winter Caspian Gull
8 Yellow-legged Gulls
Great Black-backed Gull
c.700 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(Tom Lowe)

2010
Priorslee Lake
Chiffchaff
Mistle Thrush
29 Fieldfares
32 Redwings
13 Siskins
3 Linnets
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
1 Shoveler
5 Wigeon
(John Isherwood)

2005
Trench Pool
2 Goosander
10 Shoveler
(John Isherwood)

30 Oct 25

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

5.0°C > 9.0°C: Patchy high cloud giving colourful sunrise. High cloud continued to increase and lower. A calm start with a light, and then moderate south-easterly breeze developing. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 07:03 GMT

* = a species photographed today
$ = my first sighting of the species for this year
$$ = my first ever recorded sighting of the species in the area

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:55 – 09:20

(265th visit of the year)

Busy overhead for a while with several large (and some small) parties of Wood Pigeons flying South. Soon faded away.

Bird notes:
- the usual westbound Greylag Geese were in smaller numbers and passed over after 09:00. Yesterday it was c.08:00 and on Tuesday before 07:00.
- Four Canada Geese visited briefly c.06:20. Eight arrived c.08:20 with three more a few minutes later. Only nine remained by 09:00
- a visiting Mute Swan was dispatched after just one chasing session. The resident pair continue to go for flights around their territory, something I do recall any previous residents doing. Also at least six and possibly eight Mute Swans were seen in flight to the far West. Birds from The Flash?
- the Little Grebe not noted.
- c.750 Black-headed Gulls noted c.06:50. All gone by 07:15.
- Lesser Black-backed Gulls behaved differently. c.50 before 06:20 all departed by 06:30. Then c.75 arrived by 07:15 before these also quickly departed. Thereafter a stream of gulls visited for short periods, with a small but obvious movement overhead. Small numbers of Herring Gulls were noted at all stages.
- the Tawny Owl was calling alongside Teece Drive at 06:00
- Redwing(s) were heard calling either from trees alongside Teece Drive or passing over c.06:10. Later a party of 17 was seen flying West.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 63 Greylag Geese: 62 counted flying westbound together: a lone bird some two hours earlier
- 2 mostly white geese with Greylags
- 5 unidentified geese flew West to the North.
- 6 (8?) Mute Swans seen in flight to the West
- 1 Stock Dove
- c.1035 Wood Pigeons: of these c.1000 seen in 11 groups overhead
- 4 Black-headed Gulls
- 4 Herring Gulls
- 84 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 7 Skylarks: three sightings
- 483 Jackdaws
- 187 Rooks
- 17 Redwings: together
- 1 Siskin

Counts from the lake area:
- 15 Canada Geese visited at various times: see notes
- 3 Mute Swans: of these a visiting bird briefly
- 19 (13♂) Mallard
- 29 (>14♂) Tufted Duck
- 14 Moorhens
- 58 Coots
- 4 Great Crested Grebes
- c.750 Black-headed Gulls
- *35 Herring Gulls
- c.200 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: see notes
- 1 Grey Heron

Noted on the West end street lamp poles pre-dawn:

Not much: dew covered poles and chilly

Moths:
- 6 November Moth types Epirrita sp.

Springtails:
- 1 springtail Pogonognathellus longicornis-type

Flies:
- *1 unidentified fly

Noted later all on the Teece Drive fence:

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 harvestman Dicranopalpus ramosus/caudatus
- *1 female harvestman Leiobunum blackwalli

An excellent sunrise this morning. Here it is beginning to colour up.

Here the colour spreading.

Just about the maximum extent.

And detail of the most colourful part.

A 'classic' first-winter Herring Gull: pale inner primaries and the combination of a smudgy tail-band and mottled upper-tail.

The chilly start and dew on the street lamp poles meant very few insects were out and about. Apart from the ever-resilient November Moths there was just this fly. Which of course I can't identify!

An unusually pale female harvestman Leiobunum blackwalli. The white around the oculum confirms the identity

Plane of the day. This is a 2022-build Cirrus Design Cirrus SR22T. Its owner lives near Carlisle and it was flying from his local airport to Gloucester Airport, possibly for some spannering. There is a licenced service centre for all models of Cirrus aircraft at Gloucester. Cirrus aircraft are built at Duluth in Minnesota.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel pre-dawn:

Moths:
- 1 Mottled Umber Erranis defoliaria: day fifteen

Flies:
- 17 midges of various species

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 3 spiders

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:25 – 10:50

(260th visit of the year)

After yesterday's Great (White) Egret there was a *Little Egret present today. New for the year here for me, becoming my bird species #77 for 2025. I did not record this species here last year.

Bird notes:
- now only seven Mute Swans recorded.
- *the pair of (Common) Teal was at the top-end when I arrived, later flying back to the edge of the island.
- another high count of Goosander. As in other recent days they were scattered around fishing along the edges and difficult to get an accurate total.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 13 Jackdaws

Noted on / around the water:
- >35 Canada Geese: more inside the island?
- >34 Greylag Geese: more inside the island?
- 2 mainly white feral geese
- 7 Mute Swans
- 31 (18♂) Mallard
- *2 (1♂) (Common) Teal
- *14 (6♂) Tufted Duck
- *57 (5♂) Goosander
- 10 Moorhens
- 87 Coots
- *1 Little Grebe
- 5 Great Crested Grebes
- *42 Black-headed Gulls
- *21 Herring Gulls: all ages
- *2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: (near?) adult; first winter
- 6 Cormorants
- *2 Grey Herons
- *1 Little Egret

Noted around the area:

Moths:
- 1 November Moth types Epirrita sp. only
as yesterday: in squirrel alley

Bees, wasps etc.:
- *1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
- >25 wasps: only Common Wasps Paravespula vulgaris specifically identified

Springtails:
- *1 springtail Tomocerus vulgaris

Four-winged flies:
- 1 Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperia carnea: same as yesterday

Beetles:
- *1 Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis pupae

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 harvestman Dicranopalpus ramosus/caudatus
- 1 female harvestman Leiobunum blackwalli
- 1 harvestman Paroligolophus agrestis

Fungus:
- *Shaggy Inkcap or Lawyer's Wig Coprinus comatus

Gentle Autumn colours in what I call squirrel alley.

A clearer photo of the pair of (Common) Teal, here at the top end. They flew back to the side of the island later.

What I believe to be a duck Tufted Duck seems to be frowning.

This is certainly an immature Tufted Duck with white under the tail. The head is much darker than the previous bird which leads me to suspect this an immature drake with the adult drake's white flanks still to emerge.

A brownhead Goosander. I have never noted the paler "cheeks" in real life. I must look harder.

Just visible through the branches is the Little Grebe battling with a fish. Once caught the fish has to be manoeuvred so it can be swallowed head first so none of the spines on the gills stick in the bird's throat.

Sideways on here.

And now tail-first. Must be difficult without hands!

Made it.

Apart from the bill this looks to be an adult-winter Lesser Black-backed Gull. Probably a third-winter though even at that age there is usually at least a red smudge on the bill.

Here it is in the company of a first-winter Herring Gull. This latter species averages larger than a Lesser Black-back. However males are larger than females of both species and birds from Scandinavia that winter here are larger. Size is not a reliable guide to species.

As a the Balancing Lake: a 'classic' first-winter Herring Gull.

A stately Grey Heron.

My first sighting of this morning's Little Egret. Black bill and yellow feet. One drake and four brownhead Goosanders with an adult-winter Black-headed Gull share the pixels.

Size comparison: at the top a Grey Heron; just above the water line the Little Egret, still with its Goosander friends. A Great (White) Egret would appear heron-sized.

Later the Little Egret flew to a better location for a portrait photo. It would not be impossible for the New World equivalent species, the Snowy Egret, to turn up in Autumn and it is always worth checking. The easiest separation is that on Snowy Egret the yellow on the feet extends up the back of the legs almost to the "knee". So not here.

I always thought those long loose feathers hanging at the breast and down the back indicated a bird in breeding condition. Seems early in the season, albeit Grey Herons nest in from mid-February.

I expected it to be too cold (still below 9C) for anything other that the wasps to be flying so I was surprised to see this very smart Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris. It has a bright collar and a white-looking tail.

This view shows the diagnostic very thin area of buff between that white tail and the black of the abdomen.

Possibly the same springtail Tomocerus vulgaris that I photographed yesterday. It was on a much less lichen-infested part of the same street lamp pole today and is thus easier to see.

This is a Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis pupae. Whether there is anybody living inside it at this date I doubt.

A Shaggy Inkcap or Lawyer's Wig fungus Coprinus comatus. This species, like many fungus, has a collar on the stem. It looks to have come off here and be lying in front of the stem.

(Ed Wilson)

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2010
Priorslee Lake
10 Swans
c.60 Golden Plover
c.200 Starlings left a roost in the reeds at the W end
763 Wood Pigeons
3 Skylarks
7 Meadow Pipits
165 Fieldfare
9 Redwings
4 Siskins
3 Linnets
1 Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
8 Wigeon
20 Pochard
(John Isherwood)

The Flash
1 Goosander
1 Teal
(John Isherwood)

2006
Priorslee Lake
100 Jackdaw
130 Rooks
1 Buzzard
Kestrel
c.60 Golden Plover
(Martin Adlam)

2005
Priorslee Lake
450 to 500 Starlings left the roost
11 Pochard
47 Tufted Duck
Pair of Ruddy Duck
200+ Coot
1 Dunlin
104 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
100 Black-headed Gulls
Kingfisher
A Buzzard was seen feeding on earthworms and possibly beetles
2000+ Wood Pigeon
62 Redwing
54 Fieldfare
3 Song Thrushes
(Martin Adlam)

29 Oct 25

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

8.0°C > 11.0°C: Early rain from medium overcast ceased c.07:15. A clearance visible to the north-west made imperceptible progress. Brighter only after 10:00. Light south-westerly wind. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 07:02 GMT

* = a species photographed today
$ = my first sighting of the species for this year
$$ = my first ever recorded sighting of the species in the area

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 06:00 – 09:05

(264th visit of the year)

Very quiet. The overcast skies were ideal for looking at birds flying over. Sadly there was nothing unusual and no Wood Pigeon migration.

Bird notes:
- a Pheasant was calling from the Ricoh grounds c.08:45. Most unusual to hear one at this date.
- the Little Grebe seen again.
- c.400 Black-headed Gulls were already starting to stream away from the area by 06:40.
- many fewer Lesser Black-backed Gulls early – c.40. Later c.100 transited through for a wash and a drink after 07:30.
- after several quiet mornings the Cetti's Warbler was back in full voice. It will likely over-winter. I will not tabulate it daily, only remark on any unusual occurrence.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 206 Greylag Geese: counted flying westbound more or less together in small groups and skeins.
- 3 (or 4?) mostly white geese with Greylags
- 3 Stock Doves: together
- 14 Wood Pigeons: only
- 2 Collared Doves: together again
- 3 Black-headed Gulls
- 29 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 388 Jackdaws
- 142 Rooks
- 2 Pied Wagtails: singles
- 5 Siskins

Counts from the lake area:
- 2 Mute Swans
- 15 (10♂) Mallard
- 32 (>14♂) Tufted Duck
- 11 Moorhens
- 55 Coots
- 1 Little Grebe
- 5 Great Crested Grebes
- c.400 Black-headed Gulls
- 22 Herring Gulls
- c.140 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: c.40 before 07:00: c.100 after 07:45
- 2 Grey Herons

Noted on the West end street lamp poles pre-dawn:

Moths:
- *1 Narrow-winged Grey Eudonia angustea
- *3 November Moth types Epirrita sp.

Bees, wasps etc.:
- *1 unidentified ichneumon

Flies:
- 1 fly Dryomyza anilis or similar
- *1 probable male Protoclythia rufa
- *1 winter cranefly Trichocera sp.

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 1 Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.

Noted later all on the Teece Drive fence:

Flies:
- 1 cranefly Tipula pagana

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 4 harvestmen Dicranopalpus ramosus/caudatus

Sunrise?

A Common Buzzard taking advantage of one of Severn Trent's signs. I doubt it can read any better than most adults. The bottom entry on the sign says "Please keep dogs on leads". A (very) few folk do – and thanks to them. Not sure what the "Heathen" stencil is all about.

The best I could achieve in the overcast conditions. I would judge this bird to be an immature with a mix of different age feathers. As this species takes several years to reach maturity I would not like to guess as to its age.

A Narrow-winged Grey moth Eudonia angustea. There was one on this street lamp pole on Monday. I did not see it there yesterday and it had gone when I checked later this morning.

An unidentified ichneumon is creeping up on one of the three November Moth types Epirrita sp. that were on the street lamp poles.

This seems to be the same species of fly I identified on Sunday as probably being a male Protoclythia rufa, a fly in a group of flies known as flat-footed flies.

 Look hard! In the middle of the frame among all the lichen is a winter cranefly Trichocera sp.

Another photo where the subject is not easy to see. An unusually dark harvestman Dicranopalpus ramosus/caudatus on the wet, and hence dark, wood of the Teece Drive fence. Five legs on this specimen.

Another dark-bodied specimen, easier to see on a dry part of the wooden fence. Seven legs here.

The abdomen tone on this is more what I expect. Six legs on this one.

Another seven-legged dark-bodied specimen. The tightly-bunched legs are typical. This species was first recorded in England on the South Coast in 1957 and managed to reach Scotland by 2000. Whether that was entirely by walking or whether individuals hitched a ride is hard to say. The species origin was Morocco.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel pre-dawn:

Moths:
- 1 Mottled Umber Erranis defoliaria: day fourteen

Flies:
- *1 moth fly Psychodidae sp. [Drain Fly or Owl Fly]
- 16 midges of various species

Arthropods:
- 1 White-legged Snake Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- 8 spiders

One of the 100 or so species of moth fly Psychodidae sp. that cannot be identified without dissection. It is several days since I found one of them in the tunnel.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:10 – 10:35

(259th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- just nine Mute Swans noted: the first winter bird not seen.
- *the pair of (Common) Teal found again.
- bumper count of Goosander
- *Great White Egret present
- at least 8 Blackbirds flew out of a tree at the North end. As far as I could see there were no bushes or trees in the area with berries that might have attracted them. A similar number of Blackbirds were in Hawthorns near the Hickory's Smokehouse later. The same birds?

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 5 Jackdaws

Noted on / around the water:
- *>34 Canada Geese: more inside the island?
- *>28 Greylag Geese: more inside the island?
- no mainly white feral geese
- 9 Mute Swans
- 36 (24♂) Mallard
- *2 (1♂) (Common) Teal
- 7 (2♂) Tufted Duck
- 55 (4♂) Goosander
- 9 Moorhens
- 96 Coots
- no Little Grebe
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- 31 Black-headed Gulls
- 16 Herring Gulls: all ages
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: both (near?) adults
- 7 Cormorants again
- *1 Grey Heron
- *1 Great White Egret

Noted around the area:

Moths:
- *1 November Moth types Epirrita sp. only
in squirrel alley

Bees, wasps etc.:
- >10 wasps: only Common Wasps Paravespula vulgaris specifically identified

Springtails:
- *1 springtail Tomocerus vulgaris

Four-winged flies:
- *1 Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperia carnea
- *1 caddis fly Limnephilus lunatus

Other flies:
- *1 Muscid fly Phaonia subventa/rufiventris
- *1 dead cranefly

Slugs, snails etc.:
- *1 Girdled Snail Hygromia cinctella

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- *1 Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.
- 1 female harvestman Leiobunum blackwalli

On the left a Grey Heron and on the right the pair of (Common) Teal. The duck seems to be asleep and the drake busy preening.

"I'm shy". The Great (White) Egret tries to hide. The length and sinuous nature of the neck rules out any thought of Little Egret when the bill and leg colour cannot be seen.

Only slightly better but it does show the yellow bill. Just to the egret's left are three resting brownhead Goosanders. There is another to its right between a Canada Goose and the orange legs of a Greylag Goose. A Greylag Goose is back left and another Canada Goose is directly behind the egret.

Only one November Moth type remains in squirrel alley, the patterning on the wing suggesting I have not seen this one before.

A springtail Tomocerus vulgaris.

Yet another "hard to see". I am sure this is a Common Green Lacewing Chrysoperia carnea that had changed in to winter colouration. There are species of lacewing that are brown: they are different in shape to this species.

This is the caddis fly Limnephilus lunatus. There are over 150 species of caddis fly in the UK and most are plain brown, all with long down-curving antennae. Identification of most species is hard, with the arrangement of the spurs on each pair of legs important. This species is one of the few easily identifiable due to the patterning on the wings.

This is a Muscid fly of the species pair Phaonia subventa/rufiventris. Separation is by counting the rows of bristles in areas I have not heard of! More likely the former on date though with climate change such distinction may longer hold.

I found this Girdled Snail Hygromia cinctella crawling up one of the fence posts of the academy. One of the easier snails to ID.

Is is the Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp. on the left responsible for the demolition of the cranefly leaving just the inedible wings and legs?

(Ed Wilson)

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2013
Priorslee Lake
7 Gadwall
1 Teal
1 Raven
(John Isherwood)

The Flash
Location
1 Pochard
1 Teal
(John Isherwood)

2012
Priorslee Lake
1 Yellow legged Gull
2 Gadwall
1 Shoveler
1 Wigeon
Chiffchaff
10+ Fieldfare
Siskin
Willow Tit
(John Isherwood)

The Flash
Location
3 Pochard
Sparrowhawk
(John Isherwood)

2010
Priorslee Lake
34 Pochard a high count
500+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls
432 Jackdaws
228 Rooks
171 Fieldfare
5 Redwings
2 Siskins
4 Linnets
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
115 Canada Geese
9 Pochard
52 Tufted Ducks
1 Kestrel
c.200 Golden Plover
23 Pied Wagtails
17 Robins
18 Blackbirds
12 Song Thrushes
70 Redwing
1 Mistle Thrush
9 Fieldfare
1 Chiffchaff
1 Blackcap
1 Willow Tit
195 Jackdaws
206 Rooks
31 Greenfinches
4 Redpoll
10 Reed Buntings
(Martin Adlam)

2005
Priorslee Lake
Buzzard feeding on earthworms, mobbed by Black-headed Gulls
1 Raven
7 Pied Wagtails
3 Grey Wagtail
11 Meadow Pipits
Kingfisher
1700+ Wood Pigeon
192 Redwing
111 Fieldfare
(Martin Adlam)