The Flash and Priorslee Balancing Lake
9.0°C: Cloudy. Wet. Light southerly wind. Moderate visibility.[Sunrise: 08:16 GMT]
No photos today.
Very dull and wet early so I waited and then the usual "Th Flash first" visit. Not quite so dull. Still wet.
Priorslee Balancing Lake: 11:25 – 12:05
(303rd visit of the year)
From the dam-top area only. Very quiet.
Bird notes:
- a Great (White) Egret was again being chased by the Grey Heron. Is it the same bird that I saw earlier being chased by a Grey Heron there?
Counts from the lake area:
- 2 (1♂) Mallard
- 23 (15♂) Tufted Duck
- 3 Moorhens
- 37 Coots
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 17 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Herring Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull only
- 2 Cormorants
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 (or 2?) Great (White) Egrets
(Ed Wilson)
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(297th visit of the year)
Bird notes:
- a (the?) drake Shoveler again.
- some of yesterday's Pochard gone (or hiding).
- a Great (White) Egret again sparring with one of the Grey Herons: see notes for the Balancing Lake.
Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 1 Herring Gull
Noted on / around the water:
- 6 Canada Geese
- 1 (1♂) Shoveler again
- 25 (18♂) Mallard
- 3 (1♂) Pochard only
- 40 (22♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 (0♂) Goosander only
- 8 Moorhens only
- ? Coots: not counted
- 4 Great Crested Grebes still
- 9 Black-headed Gulls only
- 1 Herring Gull
- 2 Cormorants
- 2 Grey Herons
- 1 Great (White) Egret: arrived
Around the area:
Nothing noted
(Ed Wilson)
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2013
Priorslee Lake
48 Magpies
2 Ravens
134 Starlings
1 Siskin
6 Gadwall
2 Teal
6 Pochard
115 Tufted Ducks
1 Water Rail
235 Coots
258 Black-headed Gulls
27 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
24 Herring Gulls
3 Great Black-backed Gulls
32 Fieldfare
96 Redwings
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
4 Pochard
198 Tufted Ducks
1 Greater Scaup
6 Goosanders
(Ed Wilson)
2012
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe.
4 Gadwall
8 Pochard
50 Tufted Ducks
1 Goosander
1 Water Rail
168 Coots
296 Wood Pigeons
3 Redwings
1 Fieldfare
203 Jackdaws
41 Rooks
4 Siskins
1 Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)
Trench Lock Pool
1 Heron
34 Swans
2 Shoveler
1 Pochard
41 Tufted Duck
1 Goldeneye
170 Coots
(Ed Wilson)
2010
Priorslee Lake
10 Pochard
19 Tufted Ducks
Curlew
2 Fieldfare
23 Redwings
c.25 Siskins
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
33 Tufted Ducks
1 drake Goosander
1 Common Gull
(Ed Wilson)
2009
Priorslee Lake
Black necked Grebe
30 Mute Swans
2 Gadwall
27 Pochard
93 Tufted Ducks
1 Teal
263 Coot
2 Yellow-legged Gulls
600 Black-headed Gulls
Goldcrest
11 Siskins
(Ed Wilson/John Isherwood)
2006
Priorslee Lake
3 Herons
25 Pochard
41 Tufted Ducks
64 Coots
>500 Black-headed Gulls
>1700 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
7 Herring Gulls
35 Robins
30 Blackbirds
c.30 Fieldfare
c.24 Redwings
259 Jackdaws
232 Rooks
3 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)