16 Apr 25

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

7.0°C > 6.0°C: Overcast with some cloud at low-level with spells of drizzle. Moderate / fresh south-easterly wind veering southerly. Moderate visibility, poor at times.

Sunrise: 06:09 BST

* = a species photographed today.

Still more Willow Warblers passing.

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:45 – 06:35 // 07:30 – 09:40

(94th visit of the year)

The large sections of cut trees that had been adorning the grass alongside Teece Drive for many days were removed early this morning.

Bird notes:
- the pen Mute Swan spent some of the time on the nest / at her chosen nest site.
- *a trio of Shoveler (two drakes) arrived and departed.
- *the pair of Gadwall were evident throughout, moving around the water often at the behest of aggressive Coots.
- the duck Pochard still present.
- *two families of Coots of very different ages.
- nine confirmed Great Crested Grebes.
- no Common Sandpipers.
- two Sedge Warblers were singing very intermittently along the South side. No Reed Warbler was heard in this area again.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 9 Wood Pigeons
- 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Jackdaw
That's all folks!

Counts from the lake area:
- 1 Canada Goose
- 2 Mute Swans
- *3 (2♂) Shoveler
- *2 (1♂) Gadwall
- 8 (6♂) Mallard
- 1 (0♂) Pochard
- 9 Moorhens
- *28 + 6 (2 broods) Coots
- 9 Great Crested Grebes
- 7 Herring Gulls
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Cormorant: arrived

Hirundines etc. noted:
- >*20 Sand Martins
- >*20 Barn Swallows
- >*1 House Martin

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- 5 (5) Willow Warblers
- 21 (14) Chiffchaffs
- 2 (2) Sedge Warblers
- 4 (4) Reed Warblers
- 14 (12) Blackcaps

On the West end street lamp poles

Pre-dawn:

Beetles:
1 Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni

Noted later:

Flies:
*many plumed midges Chironomus plumosus

This was my "safety shot" of one of the drake Shoveler. It transpired that it gave me the only proof I had that there were any House Martins present – the bird with the white rump entering stage left.

The trio of Shoveler with the two drakes now in full breeding plumage.

A "quacky" duck. The drake Gadwall is complaining about having been chased away by an aggressive Coot defending its nest area.

The second family of Coots I have noted this year included four juveniles. Here is one with an adult.

A large juvenile from the first family with just two off-spring.

I spent some while and very many pixels attempting to photograph the Sand Martins and Barn Swallows. Here it is Catch-22. The only time that these species come low and close is in poor weather when light-levels are low. The camera has trouble focussing on the birds rather than the waves on the choppy water they are flying over. And the effective shutter speed does not 'freeze' the birds in flight. So don't expect too much but here are some of the more acceptable images.

It was busy at times – two Barn Swallows and one Sand Martin here.

A Sand Martin showing the pale collar and dark breast band.

Martins do not have such pointed wings as swallows though it is accentuated here as the bird turns.

An upper side view showing how brown this species is on the back.

Visible here is something that is almost impossible to see "in the field": the feathers to underwing coverts are almost jet black.

Perhaps easier to appreciate here.

Did I mention the brown back?

A Barn Swallow with its tail spread showing the white base to these feathers.

Speeding past with the tail held closed those white feather bases are not evident.

More light would have helped show the red face and throat of this species.

Occasionally you get lucky!

Twice!

Three times.

A plumed midge Chironomus plumosus here on the wall of the Telford Sailing Club's HQ. The feathering on the antennae of this male is much less obvious against this backdrop than when I take a flash photo of one resting on one of the pale street lamp poles pre-dawn.

This was my cell phone's view of the same Lady's Smock / Cuckooplant / Milkmaid Cardamine pratensis that my "big camera" rendered poorly yesterday.

I also found this much better clump of flowers. This species is the food plant for caterpillars of the Orange-tip butterfly.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:40 – 07:25

(91st visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- what seemed to be a pair of Great Crested Grebes were patrolling the whole water. The only two seen.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:

None

Noted on / around the water:
- 26 Canada Geese: of these a pair departed
- 2 Greylag Geese: singles
- 1 Mute Swan: the other presumed to be on the island.
- 18 (16♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) feral Mallard x ?
- 22 (14♂) Tufted Duck
- 9 Moorhens again
- 23 Coots
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 4 Herring Gulls: adult and three immatures arrived
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: adults, very briefly

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 6 (6) Willow Warblers yet again
- 6 (6) Chiffchaffs
- 5 (5) Blackcaps

Otherwise of note.

Mammals:
I heard the characteristic "plop" given by Water Voles as they dive in the water. Nothing was seen other than the waves created by whatever it was. Intriguing.

New flower for the year:
- *Yellow Archangel Lamium galeobdolon

I remembered to use the cell phone again for these flowers of Yellow Archangel Lamium galeobdolon

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
3 Great Crested Grebes
1 Cormorant
2 Grey Herons
10 Tufted Duck
2 Common Sandpipers
6 Sand Martin
2 Swallow
11 Song Thrushes
11 Blackcaps
6 Chiffchaffs
2 Willow Warbler
112 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
2 Great Crested Grebes
2 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
4 Greylag Geese
25 Tufted Ducks
2 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaffs
2 Willow Warbler
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
Curlew
6 Skylark
3 Meadow Pipit
5 Blackcap
3 Chiffchaffs
2 Linnets
1 Yellowhammer
(Ed Wilson)

2013
Priorslee Lake
1 Wheatear
2 Common Sandpiper
(John Isherwood)

East Priorslee
5 Wheatear
(John Isherwood)

Nedge Hill
3 Yellow Wagtails
Common Whitethroat
62 Wheatear
1 Fieldfare
3 Common Redstart
Willow Warbler
2 Swallows
Linnet
Skylark
Chiffchaff
(Martin Grant, Ian Grant, John Isherwood)

Long Lane, Wellington
1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Ringed Plover
12 Lapwing
2 Stock Dove
4+ Skylark
5 Teal
(Martin Grant)

2012
Nedge Hill
1 White Wagtail
1 Redstart
2 Wheatear
(John Isherwood)

2011
Priorslee Lake
1 Yellow Wagtail
(John Isherwood/ Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Whitethroat
15 Wheatear
2 Linnets
(John Isherwood, Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
2 Great Crested Grebes
9 Tufted Duck
1 Buzzard
25 Sand Martins
6 Swallows
3 Skylarks
2 Blackcaps
3 Chiffchaffs
3 Willow Warblers
1 Willow Tit
2 Jays
4 Linnets
1 Siskin
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
Common Sandpiper
Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
4 Chiffchaff
5 Blackcap
1 Willow Warbler
1 Reed Bunting
8 Tufted Duck
(Martin Grant)

2006
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
1 Little Grebe
2 Heron
4 Tufted Ducks
2 Ruddy Duck
7 Common Sandpiper
4 Swallow
3 Sand Martin
1 Kestrel
1 Raven
2 Skylark
2 Grey Wagtail
2 Meadow Pipit
1 Wheatear
9 Chiffchaff
4 Willow Warbler
5 Blackcaps
1 Sedge Warbler.
5 Greenfinch
2 Siskin
1 Linnet
5 Reed Bunting.
(Martin Adlam, John Isherwood)

15 Apr 25

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

8.0°C > 10.0°C: Cloudy, tending to brighten later. Almost calm. Good visibility.

Sunrise: 06:12 BST

* = a species photographed today.

Unusual is the apparent late and extended passage of Willow Warblers. At both sites one or two birds seem to be sticking around in the same place. It is some years since the species nested at either location, I think because the trees are now too tall – the species likes scrubby willows, especially on hill sides.

Fewer Blackcaps heard today. I assume the bumper number yesterday included birds passing through.

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:25 – 06:35 // 07:40 – 09:30

(92nd visit of the year)

No sign of any workers from the council cutting down vegetation alongside Teece Drive. One of the many "brambles" they cut down yesterday goes by the popular name of Buddleia or Butterfly Bush. Need I say more?

Highlight today was a singing Grasshopper Warbler in the reedy vegetation in the north-east area. I noted it as I passed by at both 05:50 and 08:05. The chances of seeing this arch-skulker are approximately equal to zero so I didn't bother to look. I have recorded this species here on passage in four of the last ten years with last year being a bumper year with at least three different birds noted. Further back in time a male sang throughout the breeding season but I was never able to determine whether there was a nest. This year's bird species total moves on to 88.5.

Bird notes:
- the pair of Gadwall seen briefly. Perhaps they are thinking of nesting and spend much of the time hidden at their chosen site.
- the duck Pochard still present.
- nine confirmed Great Crested Grebes.
- a single Common Sandpiper. I did not see it anywhere around the lake c.06:00 but it was present at 09:00 on the south-west grass.
- what I assume were the same group of 26 Herring Gulls appeared overhead at 05:55. They circled high twice and then departed to the West.
- a Common Buzzard was sitting on a street lamp pole in Teece Drive at 06:30.
- a Sedge Warbler was singing from reeds along the South side at 05:55 in the same place as I noted what was probably a different passage bird on 10 April. Later it, or another, was singing in the south-east scrubby area. No Reed Warbler was heard in this same area today.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 9 Canada Geese: a pair and a trio outbound; two separate pairs inbound
- 1 Stock Dove
- 13 Wood Pigeons
- 26 Herring Gulls
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 2 Jackdaws
- 2 Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
- 9 Canada Geese: of these six arrived as three pairs
- 2 Mute Swans
- 8 (6♂) Mallard again
- 1 (0♂) Pochard
- 7 Moorhens
- 34 Coots
- *9 Great Crested Grebes
- 1 Common Sandpipers
- 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Cormorant: arrived

Hirundines etc. noted:
- 4 Sand Martins
- 1 Barn Swallow
- *2 House Martins

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- 5 (4) Willow Warblers
- 17 (13) Chiffchaffs
- 1 (1) Sedge Warbler: perhaps two – see notes
- 3 (3) Reed Warblers
- 1 (1) Grasshopper Warbler
- 11 (10) Blackcaps

On the West end street lamp poles

Pre-dawn:

Flies:
*1 plumed midge Chironomus plumosus
*1 smaller probable gall midge species.

Spiders:
*1 Lace-weaver Spider Amaurobius sp.
*1 Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.

Noted later:

Alder flies:
*Alder Fly Sialis lutaria

New flowers for the year:
*Lady's Smock / Cuckooplant / Milkmaid Cardamine pratensis

I am not sure how Great Crested Grebes manage to apparently stand up in the water – I guess because the feet are so far back that helps. Wing-flapping like this shows the extent of the white on the front, back and inner part of the wings.

A distant House Martin showing the white rump as it turns towards the camera.

A perky Dunnock. "Give us a song then".

Thank you. This species is also known as Hedge Sparrow. The "hedge" is correct as that is their favourite hiding place. "Sparrow" is not – our sparrows are related to the African weaver-bird family. This species is related to Accentors which mostly inhabit open steppe in Central Asia hence it is sometimes called Hedge Accentor.

I think the banded abdomen on this midge make it a plumed midge Chironomus plumosus – a female because the antennae are not 'plumed'.

A much smaller midge, also a female I suggest, with long antennae (hard to see). I suspect a species of gall midge. These are easier to identify from the galls on the food plant than the confusingly similar adults.

I am not entirely sure how they are managing but is seems we could have more Alder Flies Sialis lutaria next year. It does at least show that this species has two pairs of wings.

A species of spider that I can at least partially identify – a Lace-weaver Spider Amaurobius sp.

Another species of spider that I can partially identify – a Long-jawed Orb-web Spider Tetragnatha sp.

Perhaps I need to use my smart phone for photos of flowers in future. A not-very-good photo of just opening Lady's Smock / Cuckooplant / Milkmaid Cardamine pratensis.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:40 – 07:35

(90th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- a Canada Goose was noted dead and floating in the water by the island. Is avian fly still around? Birds do of course die naturally. This bird not included in my count.
- the resident cob Mute Swan was vigorously chasing away two visiting sub-adults. I have assumed the pen is on the nest as she was not party to the dispute.
- probably three Great Crested Grebes seen again. Two were at the top end near the overhanging trees again. One was seen later near the island at which time I could not see the pair.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 3 Herring Gulls: adult and two immatures
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull: adult
- 1 Sparrowhawk
- 4 Jackdaws

Noted on / around the water:
- 28 Canada Geese: of these a pair departed
- 2 Greylag Geese: departed singly
- *3 Mute Swans: only one resident confirmed; two visiting sub-adults chased away.
- 15 (11♂) Mallard
- 19 (15♂) Tufted Duck
- 9 Moorhens
- 27 Coots
- 3 Great Crested Grebes: see notes

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 6 (6) Willow Warblers again
- 9 (6) Chiffchaffs
- 3 (3) Blackcaps

Otherwise of note.
*1 Pike Esox lucius

The two visiting Mute Swans departing.

This I reckon is a cob with the larger swelling on at the base of his bill. The bill does not seem as 'bright' as a bird in breeding condition would be so it is perhaps a second or third year bird.

And this is what I assume is his mate – a pen. Also with a dull-coloured bill.

Not something I see too often: a Pike Esox lucius.

Taken from one of the footbridges the Pike seemed reluctant to swim out in to the main part of the water while I and several other folk were standing on the bridge. No photos on the web show any individuals with pale markings as shown here.

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
3 Great Crested Grebes
3 Grey Herons
2 Greylag Geese over
9 Tufted Duck
1 Little Ringed Plover
2 Common Sandpipers
10 Blackcaps
6 Chiffchaffs
5 Willow Warbler
117 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
2 Great Crested Grebes
1 Cackling-type Goose
29 Tufted Ducks
3 Blackcap
4 Chiffchaffs
4 Willow Warbler
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Lock Pool
4 Great Crested Grebes
5 Tufted Ducks
4 Blackcaps
3 Chiffchaffs
7 Willow Warblers
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Middle Pool
3 Great Crested Grebes
8 Greylag Geese
13 Tufted Duck
3 Blackcaps
2 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
4 Wheatear
Willow Warbler
Blackcap
(Ian Grant)

2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Great Crested Grebe
1 Buzzard
3 Chiffchaff
(Tony Beckett)

Long Lane, Wellington
10 Ringed Plover
5 Dunlin
(J W Reeves)

2012
Nedge Hill
2 Redstart
1 Wheatear
(Martin Grant)

2011
Priorslee Lake
Grey Wagtail
1 Common Sandpiper
5 Tufted Duck
1 Kingfisher
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
2 Wheatear
Common Redstart
11 Wheatear
(John Isherwood, Ed Wilson)

Telford Railway Station
11 Waxwings
(Colin Wright)

2007
Nedge Hill
1 Buzzard
4 Skylark
1 Fieldfare
3 Willow Warbler
2 Chiffchaff
3 Greenfinch
4 Linnet
(Martin Adlam)

Priorslee Village
Black-tailed Godwit
(Martin Adlam)

2006
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
1 Heron
3 Greylag Geese
3 Tufted Ducks
2 Ruddy Duck
1 Water Rail
3 Common Sandpiper
1 Ringed Plover
12 Chiffchaff
7 Willow Warbler
6 Blackcaps
1 Sky Lark
2 Grey Wagtail
1 Willow Tit
4 Greenfinch
3 Linnet
5 Reed Bunting.
(Martin Adlam, John Isherwood)

14 Apr 25

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

3.0°C > 9.0°C: Just frosted. A few clouds tending to increase. Moderate south-easterly breeze. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 06:14 BST

* = a species photographed today.

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:40 – 06:35 // 07:35 – 09:25

(92nd visit of the year)

*Workers from the council were cutting down more vegetation alongside Teece Drive. The council don't care a toss do they?

Bird notes:
- I was surprised to see four Mute Swans asleep together at 06:00 – three adults and a first winter. Later just the two new resident adults. It seems odd that they should have allowed the visitors to stay overnight. Later still the new pen was inside the reeds, probably at her chosen nest site. No rings read to confirm any identities.
- the pair of Gadwall not seen today.
- the duck Pochard still present.
- eight confirmed Great Crested Grebes.
- at least six Common Sandpipers. Four seen together early and late with six together in flight several times in between.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 2 Stock Doves: together
- 13 Wood Pigeons
- 1 Collared Dove
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 5 Jackdaws
- no Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
- 7 Canada Geese: of these four arrived
- 4 Greylag Geese: briefly; together
- 4 Mute Swans: two departed: see notes
- 6 (5♂) Mallard again
- 1 (0♂) Pochard as ever
- no Tufted Duck
- 7 Moorhens
- *29 Coots
- *8 Great Crested Grebes
- *6? Common Sandpipers: see notes
- 3 Herring Gulls
- 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Cormorant: arrived

Hirundines etc. noted:
- 6 Sand Martins
- 2 Barn Swallows

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- 2 (2) Willow Warblers
- 23 (17) Chiffchaffs
- 4 (4) Reed Warblers
- 13 (13) Blackcaps

On the West end street lamp poles

Pre-dawn:

Beetles:
*1 Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni

Noted later:

Bees, wasps etc.:
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Hoverflies:
*Syrphus sp. S. ribesii / S. vitripennis

Alder flies:
Alder Fly Sialis lutaria

Other flies:
many unidentified flies.

Beetles:
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni

There is no way to get better lighting on the sailing club jetty at this time of day so I was forced to shoot these four Common Sandpipers against the light.

A pair of Coots and a pair of Great Crested Grebes often seem to be disputing who owns this platform. It was built by the Coots and it may merely be that it is too close to the Great Crested Grebes' intended nesting site.

A frosty start and the only creature on the street lamp poles around dawn was this Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni.

These council workers were almost as unhappy to see me as I was to see them. The same guys I had the encounter with at The Flash.

"Only cutting brambles and birds don't nest in brambles" I was told. Wrong on two counts. There were other stems being fed in to the shredder. And Wrens and Blackbirds use brambles as cover for their nests. Anyway what is wrong with brambles? The flowers are an important food resource for many insect species, especially Gatekeeper butterflies. And in the Autumn warblers consume the berries to fatten up before their long migration. Sure the vegetation along Teece Drive that can overhang the fence needs to be kept in check. But not in the bird nesting season. Do the council just not care about the regulations?

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:40 – 07:30

(89th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- it seems a strange time of year for Tufted Duck numbers to be increasing. Today all bar one drake were in two tight groups chasing and calling. Could the lone drake have a partner on a nest somewhere? This species has occasionally bred here.
- three Great Crested Grebes seen again. Two were chase-diving off Derwent Drive as I arrived. Later a pair was at the top end near the overhanging trees with another in the middle of the water.
- I am uncertain as to the number of Willow Warblers: they seemed to be moving steadily through the vegetation and I may have counted any one bird in more than one place.
- *a lesson in not to implicitly trust the Merlin bird song app. I can recognise most songs and calls but occasionally use it to check. I could not decide on a distant song – Blackbird or Mistle Thrush? Merlin said Blackbird but the camera showed a Mistle Thrush singing! In fairness Merlin did change its mind.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull: adult
- 1 Jackdaw

Noted on / around the water:
- 25 Canada Geese: of these two departed together
- 4 Greylag Geese: of these two departed also together
- *1 Mute Swan: only one seen; again the other almost certainly on the hidden nest.
- 14 (11♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) feral Mallard x ?
-* 31 (23♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 Moorhens
- 24 Coots
- 3 Great Crested Grebes

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 6 (6) Willow Warblers
- *7 (6) Chiffchaffs
- *7 (7) Blackcaps

Of note.

Nothing else

The new resident cob Mute Swan went for a fly the length of the water. Just for fun apparently.

One of the two groups of Tufted Duck that were calling and chasing around. The other group had almost as many ducks as drakes. This group had just one duck...

 ...which was showing a white flash in the folded wing so I zoomed in to check. It is a duck Tufted Duck and I can only assume that some of the wing feathers are missing / still re-growing and part of the white wing-bar, normally covered when at rest, is showing.

A warbler with a well-defined supercilium and pale-ish legs so a Willow Warbler? Wrong! Luckily it was both calling and singing and is most definitely a Chiffchaff. "Individuals may vary"!

What a pity it is not sharp! A Chiffchaff doing a bunny-hop.

A male Blackcap singing away.

 I wonder why they are called blackcaps?

Well it was a long way away! A singing Mistle Thrush. The spots on the breast and belly appear more disorganised than on the smaller and more compact Song Thrush. The song is very different with a more Blackbird-like quality though lacking the Blackbird's mellow tones.

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
3 Great Crested Grebes
12 Cormorants over
3 Grey Herons
2 Tufted Duck
4 Common Sandpipers
c.6 Sand Martins
1 Swallow
Green Woodpecker
9 Blackcaps
7 Chiffchaffs
2 Willow Warbler
193 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)

The Wrekin
Tree Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Willow Tit
Marsh Tit
5 Pied Flycatchers
2 Common Redstarts
Willow Warblers
Siskins
(Ed Wilson)

2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Ringed Plover
6 Willow Warbler
5 Chiffchaff
1 House Martin
4 Sand Martin
(Martin Grant)

2012
Priorslee Lake
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Willow Tits
2 Jays
(Martin Grant)

Nedge Hill
4 Common Redstart
31 Wheatear
(John Isherwood)

The Wrekin
5 Pied Flycatcher
1 Common Redstart
2 Tree Pipit
6 Willow Warbler
Marsh Tit
Goldcrest
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Siskin
Lesser Redpoll
Crossbill
(Glenn Bishton)

2011
Priorslee Lake
4 Common Sandpiper
1 Reed Warbler
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
4 Wheatear
(Ed Wilson)

2008
Priorslee Lake
1 Osprey
4 Gadwall
12 Sand Martin
2 Swallows
6 Willow Warblers
4 Chiffchaffs
1 Blackcap
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
1 Common Sandpiper
6 Willow Warbler
4 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Lock
5 Sand Martin
Swallows
4 Willow Warbler
2 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
2 Swallows
1 Willow Warbler
2 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
1 Pintail x Mallard
17 Tufted Duck
1 Grey Heron
2 Willow Warblers
8 Chiffchaffs
5 Blackcaps
20 Wrens
2 Linnet
6 Reed Bunting
(Martin Adlam)

Nedge Hill
2 Willow Warblers
1 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaff
1 Fieldfare
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Swallow
1 Buzzard
4 Skylark
2 Meadow Pipit
4 Yellowhammer
3 Greenfinch 3
4 Linnet
(Martin Adlam)

2006
Priorslee Lake
5 Great Crested Grebes
1 Heron
7 Tufted Ducks
2 Ruddy Duck
1 Water Rail
3 Common Sandpiper
8 Chiffchaff
5 Willow Warbler
5 Blackcaps
1 Garden Warbler
3 Swallows
1 Kestrel
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Skylark
1 Willow Tit
2 Siskin
5 Reed Bunting
(Martin Adlam)