19 Nov - 1 Dec
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The Flash: 09:55 – 11:00
Priorslee Balancing Lake: 11:10 – 11:55
4.0°C > 5.0°C: Low cloud with spells of drizzle, clearing after c.11:30. Fresh north-westerly breeze. Very good visibility, less so during drizzle.
[Sunrise: 07:48 GMT]
Another "Winter schedule" visit starting again at The Flash, this time to ensure safe parcel delivery before I left home.
Priorslee Balancing Lake:
(286th visit of the year)
Mainly viewing from the dam-top area trying to shelter from the keen wind.
Bird notes:
- I managed to confirm the presence of a Great Black-backed Gull.
- unlike previous mid-morning visits there was almost no movement of gulls in or out.
Counts from the lake area:
- 6 (4♂) Mallard
- 2 (2♂) Pochard
- 51 (27♂) Tufted Duck
- 2 Moorhens
- 54 Coots
- 5 Great Crested Grebes
- 12 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Great Black-backed Gull
- 16 Herring Gulls
- 58 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 4 Cormorants
- 1 Grey Heron
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash:
(279th visit of the year)
Bird notes:
- yesterday's Mute Swans gone again.
- no (Common) Teal seen.
- now four Pochard. Perhaps these were, like many of yesterday's Tufted Duck, refugees from the sailing club's exploits on the Balancing Lake.
- still a few Goosanders hanging on.
Bird(s) noted flying over here:
None
Noted on / around the water:
- 5 Canada Geese
- no Greylag Geese
- no Mute Swans
- 28 (19♂) Mallard
- no (Common) Teal
- 4 (3♂) Pochard
- 29 (20♂) Tufted Duck
- 4 (0♂) Goosander
- 10 Moorhens
- 66 Coots
- 5 Great Crested Grebes
- 23 Black-headed Gulls
- 3 Herring Gulls: ages not determined
- 5 Cormorants
- 2 Grey Herons
- 1 Little Egret remains
Noted around the area:
I was surprised to see anything.
Moths:
- 1 Winter Moth Operophtera brumata
(Ed Wilson)
2013
Priorslee Lake
6 Gadwall
2 Teal
3 Pochard
114 Tufted Duck
228 Coots
1 Snipe
Tawny Owl
157 Fieldfare
63 Redwings
208 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
31 Tufted Ducks
3 Goosander
(Ed Wilson)
2012
Priorslee Lake
35 Greylag Geese
3 Gadwall
9 Pochard
19 Tufted Ducks
157 Coots
1 Yellow-legged Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull.
18 Redwings
16 Fieldfares
4 Siskins
3 Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)
2011
Priorslee Lake
6 Yellow-legged Gulls
700 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
(John Isherwood / Tom Lowe)
2007
Priorslee Lake
A male Stonechat
1 Gadwall
(John Isherwood)
Priorslee Flash
Great Black-backed Gull
5 Goosander
(John Isherwood)
East of Priorslee
60 Golden Plover
(John Isherwood)
Noted on / around the water:
- 5 Canada Geese
- no Greylag Geese
- no Mute Swans
- 28 (19♂) Mallard
- no (Common) Teal
- 4 (3♂) Pochard
- 29 (20♂) Tufted Duck
- 4 (0♂) Goosander
- 10 Moorhens
- 66 Coots
- 5 Great Crested Grebes
- 23 Black-headed Gulls
- 3 Herring Gulls: ages not determined
- 5 Cormorants
- 2 Grey Herons
- 1 Little Egret remains
Noted around the area:
I was surprised to see anything.
Moths:
- 1 Winter Moth Operophtera brumata
(Ed Wilson)
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2013
Priorslee Lake
6 Gadwall
2 Teal
3 Pochard
114 Tufted Duck
228 Coots
1 Snipe
Tawny Owl
157 Fieldfare
63 Redwings
208 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
31 Tufted Ducks
3 Goosander
(Ed Wilson)
2012
Priorslee Lake
35 Greylag Geese
3 Gadwall
9 Pochard
19 Tufted Ducks
157 Coots
1 Yellow-legged Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull.
18 Redwings
16 Fieldfares
4 Siskins
3 Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)
2011
Priorslee Lake
6 Yellow-legged Gulls
700 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
(John Isherwood / Tom Lowe)
2007
Priorslee Lake
A male Stonechat
1 Gadwall
(John Isherwood)
Priorslee Flash
Great Black-backed Gull
5 Goosander
(John Isherwood)
East of Priorslee
60 Golden Plover
(John Isherwood)