28 Feb 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

5.0°C > 7.0°C: A mixture: early low cloud moved away to the East to leave a mainly high overcast; more low cloud arrived; and then began to lift and break as I was about to depart. Light / moderate westerly breeze. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 06:59 GMT

* = a species photographed today
$ = a new species for me in this area

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 06:05 – 08:35

(45th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- the erstwhile resident pair of Canada Geese flew off to the East. A lone bird was present much of the time.
- a pair of Mute Swans present throughout: presumed those that arrived yesterday. At least one is unringed.
- two brownhead and an *immature drake Goosander present.
- only four Great Crested Grebe (as two pairs).
- a trio of Stock Doves were display-flying along the North side.
- c.100 Black-headed Gulls with many on the south-west grass again. Birds were coming and going and probably more individuals were involved.
- two (near?) adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls visited at separate times: just three more noted flying over.
- not sure how to report the number of Jackdaws and Rooks. Six concurrent large and distant groups totalling, at the very least, 400 birds flew by at 06:35. Two more groups of c.100 and c.60 followed a few minutes later. At the time I thought these all Jackdaws but later I noted just one solitary Rook. Almost certainly some of these groups were Rooks and / or mixed species.
- usually the Cetti's Warbler is along the North side. I heard the first song at the West end this morning and then later along the South side where I suspected it nested last year (notwithstanding the juveniles I photographed on the North side!)
- the Chiffchaff was heard and then seen singing in the same area for the third day. Probably establishing its territory.
- a Reed Bunting noted singing along the South side.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 2 Canada Geese flew South
- 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 15 Wood Pigeons
- 2 Cormorants
- >550 Jackdaws / Rooks: see notes

Counts from the lake area:
- 3 Canada Geese: the resident(?) pair flew off; a single flew in(?)
- 2 Mute Swans
- 16 (9♂) Mallard
- 12 (8♂) Tufted Duck
- *3 (1♂) Goosander
- 6 Moorhens
- 29 Coots
- 4 Great Crested Grebes
- c.100 Black-headed Gulls
- no Herring Gulls
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: (near) adults, both briefly
- *6 Cormorants
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Great (White) Egret

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

Flies:
- 1 winter cranefly Trichocera regelationis.

Springtails:
- *1 springtail Pogonognathellus longicornis-type
- *many and various other springtails

Beetles:
- *$1 ground beetle, probably Bembidion tetracolum
- *1 medium-sized ground beetle
- *1 very small presumed ground beetle

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- *1 money spider, probably Erigone sp.
- *1 possible Missing Sector Orb-web Spider Zygiella x-notata [Silver-sided Sector Spider]

Later:

Nothing of note

I think the Goosander on the left is a first year drake showing white in the wing.

Here wing-flapping. I would have expected the white to the rear of the wing to extend across the width in a drake of any age. However I cannot find any other explanation for the white patches showing at the base of the upper-wing.

One of six Cormorants I noted here today. I photographed this to show the small crest that is grown by breeding condition birds. Not so exotic as the large quiff that this species' smaller salt-water relative, the Shag, shows. This bird was at the wring angle to see other breeding condition plumage features – the white head/neck-plumes and thigh patch.

The only one of many springtails I could (probably) identify was this Pogonognathellus longicornis-type

One of three different-sized ground beetle on different street lamp poles. The markings on then elytra (wing cases) of this, the largest, suggest it is probably Bembidion tetracolum. It would be a new species for me.

The medium-sized ground beetle that I have failed to identify. If you look around the right and bottom edges of the photo there are five small springtails.

I took this photo to try to identify the "hurry-looking" springtail alongside the fold in the street lamp pole. Failing to achieve that I also have failed to identify the very small presumed ground beetle moving away to the right.

A money spider, probably Erigone sp. in the company of two very different and unidentified springtails.

This is a possible Missing Sector Orb-web Spider Zygiella x-notata. There are two more springtails in this photo, one easy(?) to see and the other less than a third the size.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 08:40 – 10:10

(42nd visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- one of the many Canada Geese was walking, nay waddling, in a strange manner with the neck waving from side to side as it did so. I suspect avian flu though its eyes looked clear.
- the drake Pochard still here.
- two Great Crested Grebes seen, always at opposite ends of the water.
- there were no Black-headed Gulls initially: a few drifted in.
- a Chiffchaff was seen: it was neither singing nor calling.
- *the feeding station was very quiet as a cat was in attendance. A Lesser Redpoll was heard calling among the twittering Siskins in the trees.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 1 Jackdaw

Noted on / around the water:
- 37 Canada Geese
- no Greylag Geese
- 1 Mute Swan
- 25 (18♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Pochard
- 32 (20♂) Tufted Duck
- 10 Moorhens
- 29 Coots only
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 7 Black-headed Gulls: drifted in
- *1 Herring Gull: first year, very briefly

Noted around the area:

Springtails:
- *1 springtail sp., probably Dicyrtomina saundersi
- 1 springtail Orchesella cincta
- *1 tiny springtail
and
- *1 unidentified pupa case.

Not a good photo but good-enough for me to change the identification of the gull that appeared briefly from the first-year Lesser Black-backed Gull that my eyes suggested to a first-year Herring Gull. The features I used were the pale inner primaries and the smudgy tail-band with markings on the upper-tail.

A Blue Tit checking whether the coast is clear after the appearance of the cat at the feeding station.

A choice: a clear view of a Long-tailed Tit at an artificial feeder...

...a view of a bird in its natural environment, partially obscured by branches!

Head and shoulders. No dandruff visible!

Only slightly better.

One of a few Siskins present before they all scarpered when the cat appeared.

For me this is a good photo of a springtail. It is probably Dicyrtomina saundersi

And a bad photo of a tiny springtail – bottom left. What I did not notice until I edited the photos was, at the centre of the photo, what seems to be a pupa with a hole from which an adult something-or-other has emerged.

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
2 Iceland Gulls
(Observer Unknown)

2013
Priorslee Lake
31 Wigeon
7 Gadwall
5 Pochard
18 Tufted Ducks
1 Greater Scaup
2 Lapwings
c.1600 Black-headed Gulls
c.800 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
c.100 Herring Gulls
1 Iceland
1 Glaucous Gull
1 Caspian Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull
38 Redwings
2 Fieldfare
15 Siskins
(Ed Wilson, Martin Grant, Tom Lowe)

The Flash
1 Little Grebe
10 Pochard
123 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Lock Pool
21 Tufted Duck
1 Goosander
(Ed Wilson)

Horsehay Pool
1 Yellow-legged Gull
(Tom Lowe)

Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
2 Yellow-legged Gulls.
(Tom Lowe)

2012
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
3 Pochard
32 Tufted Duck
4 Curlew
2 Siskins
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Lock
26 Tufted Duck
9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
13 Herring Gulls
1 Yellow-legged Gull
(Ed Wilson)

2010
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
6 Great Crested Grebes
4 Gadwall
39 Pochard
57 Tufted Ducks
99 Coots
29 Blackbirds
4 Redwing
8 Song Thrushes
22 Siskins
3 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
Common Gull
6 Ravens
(Ed Wilson)

Woodhouse Lane
Stonechat
(John Isherwood)

2007
Priorslee Lake
4 Cormorant
2 Pochard
15 Tufted Duck
1 Ruddy Duck
1 Peregrine Falcon
26 Robin
11 Redwing
63 Magpie
196 Jackdaw
12 Greenfinch
10 Reed Bunting
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes
6 Great Crested Grebes
2 Cormorants
7 Pochard
35 Tufted Ducks
1 Water Rail
800 Wood Pigeon
142 Starlings
14 Pied Wagtails
18 Robins
20 Blackbirds
11 Fieldfare
10 Song Thrushes
2 Willow Tits
15 Greenfinches
11 Siskins
7 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

27 Feb 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

7.0°C: Low cloud, murk and drizzle. Light northerly breeze. Poor visibility.

Sunrise: 07:01 GMT

Yet another winner for the Priorslee micro-climate. I experienced continuous drizzle. Down in Donnington it was not exactly dry but windscreen wipers were not needed.

* = a species photographed today
$ = a new species for me in this area

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 06:00 – 08:55

(44th visit of the year)

New Bird Species
Another new bird species for the year here this morning #62: A belatedly sighting of my first Treecreeper here. It was still too dark to find the calling bird so I used my Merlin app to double-check. Bizarrely Merlin also reported Woodcock (I don't think they call unless doing their territorial display flights: not here!). And Little Ringed Plover (no longer seen or heard here): this I suspect was a phrase from one of the several Song Thrushes in full voice.

Other bird notes:
- now two apparent resident pairs of Canada Geese, joined by a pair of Greylags.
- a pair of Mute Swans flew in at 07:10 and stayed.
- by the time I departed there were five brownhead Goosander present: I did not see any of them arrive though none was present at 07:00.
- six Great Crested Grebe, mostly behaving as three pairs.
- a few Black-headed Gulls drifted in at 06:47 with a maximum of c.75. Strangely these seemed happy to wander around on the south-west grass which almost all the Coots are shunning.
- a brief visit from a (near?) adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was the only large gull seen.
- only Jackdaws and Rooks passing directly overhead could be seen in the murk.
- a Chiffchaff was heard and then seen singing.
- no Reed Bunting noted.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 7 Wood Pigeons
- 9 Jackdaws only
- 43 Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
- 5 Canada Geese: two resident(?) pairs; a single flew in and out.
- 2 Greylag Geese
- *2 Mute Swans: arrived
- 12 (7♂) Mallard
- 11 (8♂) Tufted Duck
- 5 (0♂) Goosander
- 6 Moorhens
- 25 Coots
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- c.75 Black-headed Gulls
- no Herring Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull: (near) adult, briefly
- 5 Cormorants
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Great (White) Egret

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

Flies:
- 1 female small midge
- *1 female larger midge
- *1 midge-type with spurs on the legs: possibly one of the Cerotelion species
- 2 winter craneflies Trichocera sp.

Springtails:
- *>6 various springtails

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- *1 lace-weaver spider Amaurobius sp.

Later:

Nothing of note

Here are the two Mute Swans that flew in and then stayed at least until I left. They behaved as if a pair. Sadly the photo does not show the bill of the back bird. At the time I could not detect any material difference in the size of the swelling at the bill-base. The photo does not suggest a significant difference in size. I think the closer bird is a cob (male). I would not like to speculate about the other.

There were three different species of midge on the street lamp poles this morning. This is what I usually note as the "larger" species until...

...I noted this midge-type with spurs on its legs. I have noted this type before: it is possibly one of the Cerotelion species.

This is a lace-weaver spider Amaurobius sp. A few drops of water on the legs and a few of the eyes showing eye-shine, Note also two very small springtails toward the bottom of the photo. These were not seen until I edited and cropped the photo.

(Ed Wilson)

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In the Priorslee Avenue tunnel:

I visited here pre-dawn to see what was hiding from the rain. Answer: nothing, just...

Spiders, harvestmen etc.:
- *5 Missing Sector Orb-web Spiders Zygiella x-notata [Silver-sided Sector Spider]

One of five Missing Sector Orb-web Spiders Zygiella x-notata that, like me, were searching unsuccessfully for insects sheltering from the damp. Note the eyeshine from two of its eight eyes.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:00 – 10:10

(41st visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- a morning when some of the Mallard had gone AWOL. Also the first time this year I have noted birds on the surrounding roofs.
- the drake Pochard still here.
- there were no Black-headed Gulls at all. A (near?) adult Lesser Black-backed Gull made a fleering appearance.
- a Blackbird seen carrying nesting material.
- *the feeding station was again dominated by Siskins. A male Blackcap made a brief visit. A lone Goldfinch seemed very reluctant to mix it with the Siskins. I have yet to see a Coal Tit at the feeders.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 1 Jackdaw

Noted on / around the water:
- 24 Canada Geese
- no Greylag Geese
- 1 Mute Swan
- *21 (15♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Pochard
- 30 (17♂) Tufted Duck
- 12 Moorhens
- 34 Coots
- 1 Great Crested Grebe again
- no Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull: (near) adult, briefly

Around the area:

Nothing else of note

The first roof-sitting by the Mallard I have seen this year.

I mentioned a few days ago my Sony RX10 camera had been playing up from time-to-time. I have bought another, second-hand, example - the camera model is no longer made and there is no equivalent. So I was trying the "new" one and making sure I had the settings I needed.. Most of the subjects on and around the feeders I have shown. I hope you like these repeats despite the dull conditions. Let us start with a few Siskins. A trio of males tucking in.

"Are you taking my photo?" asks another male.

Another male in the rain.

 Sizing up an approach.

This male has been out in the rain...

...and about to dive on to the food.

Siskins will forage on the ground.

An aggressive-looking female Siskin. Male Siskins significantly outnumbered females. Perhaps the females are less bold and stayed hidden?

A passive-looking female.

And a quizzical-looking female. Nice black nail polish!

Blue Tits were definitely out-gunned at the feeders and had to wait for their turn.

A male Blackcap was a brief visitor to the feeders. I have only seen a female once.

House Sparrows are usually in the area though they don't seem to visit the feeders. Here is a female.

And a male. I don't often photograph this species so...

...here is another view.

A female Chaffinch. As previously noted this species prefers to hoover up the spillage on the ground.

And a rather soggy-looking male.

A Goldfinch of course.

It kept looking at the feeders, moving toward them and retreating as if daunted by all the Siskins even though it is a (slightly) larger species.

Still looking!

This Song Thrush did visit the feeders, quickly deciding it preferred the ground. I am not sure why it is holding its left foot strangely. It looked OK on the feeder.

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
2 Iceland Gulls
1 Caspian Gull
(Observer Unknown)

2013
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
1 Greater Scaup
26 Wigeon
4 Gadwall
33 Tufted Ducks
84 Coots
c.800 Black-headed Gulls
c.450 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
c.60 Herring Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
(Ed Wilson)

Horsehay Pool
1 Glaucous Gull
(J W Reeves )

2012
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
1 Shelduck
4 Pochard
30 Tufted Duck
35 Robins
24 Wrens
15 Dunnocks
(Ed Wilson)

Priorslee Flash
3 Great Crested Grebes
9 Pochard
53 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)

2010
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
6 Great Crested Grebes
1 Heron
4 Gadwall
35 Pochard
51 Tufted Ducks
1 Water Rail
103 Coots
c.700 Black-headed Gulls
c.225 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
27 Herring Gulls
Common Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
2 Willow Tit
124 Jackdaws
86 Rooks
1 Linnet
14 Siskins
2 Reed Bunting
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
1 Glaucous Gull
1 Iceland Gull
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
4 Pochard
19 Tufted Duck
1 Ruddy Duck
600 Black-headed Gulls
100 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
36 Wren
28 Robin
7 Redwing
20 Magpie
134 Jackdaw
8 Greenfinch
4 Reed Bunting
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam)

2006
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
1 Heron
2 Cormorant
2 Gadwall
7 Pochard
42 Tufted Ducks
110 Coots
150 Starlings
23 Pied Wagtails
21 Wrens
15 Robins
17 Blackbirds
2 Redwings
1 Willow Tit
16 Greenfinches
38 Siskins
1 Redpoll
4 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

26 Feb 26

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

10.0°C > 11.0°C: Clear skies to the East soon replaced by overcast conditions with occasional very light drizzle. Moderate southerly wind gusting fresh at times. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 07:04 GMT

* = a species photographed today
$ = a new species for me in this area

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 06:15 – 09:10

(43rd visit of the year)

New Bird Species:
A new bird species for the year here this morning: after my first Chiffchaff singing at The Flash yesterday there was one singing near the Wesley Brook bridge this morning. Bird species #61 at the lake this year for me. My earliest song here remains 23 February from just last year. This is the fourth year in the last 12 I have recorded song in February.

Other bird notes:
- possibly more Mallard than I have reported. Birds were flying in and out all the time.
- significant decrease in number of Tufted Duck since yesterday.
- a trio of brownhead Goosander flew in from the South c.07:50. None had been seen prior to that time. Later a first year drake and another brownhead were noted.
- only five Great Crested Grebe noted. However one pair was spending time inside the reeds so the "missing" bird may have been doing the same.
- a few Black-headed Gulls drifted in after 06:55 and then at c.07:30 a mass arrival with over 200 birds present (some of the originals had already departed but may well have returned).
- a first-year Herring Gull and three separate (near) adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls visited. Very few noted overhead.
- a Grey Heron seen. Yesterday I was sent a screen-grab from a camera on the heronry at Ellesmere showing one bird tending a trio of eggs in its nest. This probably explains why there have been very few sightings recently at The Flash: birds are congregating at the breeding sites.
- no very large groups of Jackdaws noted. Several groups of c.40 were skimming the fields to the East and may have been part of larger groups with part being unseen below the hedge-line from my position.
- two Redwings seen in trees: this species may have already started to make its way back to its northern breeding areas.
- a Reed Bunting was singing along the South side.
It is beginning to sound like Spring. Both Wren and Dunnock sing year-round but this morning they were singing away, joining Blackbirds, Song Thrushes and Robins in a pre-dawn chorus.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 4 Canada Geese: a pair flew South; another pair flew East
- 3 Greylag Geese: a trio flew South.
- 21 Wood Pigeons
- no Herring Gulls
- 13 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 195 Jackdaws
- 183 Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
- 2 Canada Geese: the resident pair.
- 15 (9♂) Mallard
- 7 (5♂) Tufted Duck only
- 5 (1♂) Goosander
- 6 Moorhens
- 29 Coots
- 5 Great Crested Grebes
- *>200 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull: first year
- 3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: all (near) adults
- 4 Cormorants
- 1 Grey Herons
- 1 Great (White) Egret

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

Flies:
- *1 unidentified fly

Beetles:
- *1 flea-beetle, possibly a Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala

Springtails:
- *1 very small springtail

Arthropods:
- *1 White-legged Snake Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger

Moths:

None

Noted later:

Flowers:
- *Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta
- *the first Blackthorn flowers Prunus spinosa appearing

The view very much pre-dawn. Clear to the East.

Colouring up for a while.

Increasing cloud spoilt the morning.

One of three rafts of Black-headed Gulls. A significant proportion now sporting the dark hoods of breeding plumage.

Very little on the street lamp poles. This was the only fly noted and remains unidentified.

A flea-beetle, possibly a Cabbage-stem Flea Beetle Psylliodes chrysocephala. I am not really sure to ID this group. This ID is based on nearby food plants. Perhaps Ragwort Flea Beetle Longitarsus jacobaeae is just as likely?

My first White-legged Snake Millipede Tachypodoiulus niger of the year in the company of a small and unidentified springtail. Millipedes don't have 1000 legs. What they do have is two pairs of legs to each body segment whereas centipedes have only one pair of legs on each of their, generally fewer, body segments.

I am using the date as the primary characteristic to separate what I believe to be Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta from the very similar Wavy Bittercress C. flexuosa. I guess with climate change historic flowering periods need to be treated with caution.

Alongside Teece Drive some of the larger Blackthorn shrubs Prunus spinosa are coming in to flower.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:15 – 10:20

(40th visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- a drake Pochard again. Does it come and go or merely hide?
- still only one Great Crested Grebe noted.
- a local Common Buzzard flew over pursued by Carrion Crows. Initially I thought it was carrying prey but it looked more like a deflated blue balloon when it was, distantly, contrasted against the trees.
- the feeding station was dominated by Siskins with often as many as 12 at a time. Many more Siskins were evident from calls in the surrounding trees. Just one Blue Tit and two Great Tits managed to get a look in.

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

Noted on / around the water:
- 23 Canada Geese: of these at least 11 departed, mainly as pairs
- 1 Greylag Goose
- 1 Mute Swan
- 31 (21♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Pochard
- 29 (16♂) Tufted Duck
- 13 Moorhens
- 36 Coots
- 1 Great Crested Grebe only
- 29 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull: first-year

Noted around the area:

Flies:
- *1 female plumed midge.

It had clouded over by the time I visited The Flash and there were no new species to photo. I did find this female midge on one of the street lamp poles.

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
3 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
8 Pochard
4 Tufted Duck
164 Black-headed Gulls
78 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
9 Herring Gulls
1 Yellow-legged Gull
16 Fieldfare
18 Redwings
c.800 Jackdaws
>250 Rooks
20 Siskins
(Ed Wilson, Gary Crowder)

The Flash
1 Little Grebe
185 Tufted Ducks
(Ed Wilson)

Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
2 Iceland Gulls
3 Caspian Gull
(Observer Unknown)

2013
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
33 Wigeon
1 Common Teal
4 Gadwall
33 Tufted Ducks
89 Coots
c.650 Black-headed Gulls
c.410 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
41 Herring Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull
(Ed Wilson / John Isherwood)

The Flash
1 Little Grebe
9 Pochard
89 Tufted Duck
1 Greater Scaup
(Ed Wilson, John Isherwood)

2010
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
18 Swans
4 Gadwall
35 Pochard
44 Tufted Duck
96 Coots
c.650 Black-headed Gulls
c.220 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
12 Herring Gulls
1 other 'strange gull'!
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
Iceland Gull
2 Curlew
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
1 Water Rail
2 Skylarks
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
6 Great Crested Grebes
1 Heron
1 Cormorant
2 Gadwall
6 Pochard
45 Tufted Ducks
96 Coots
c.1000 Black-headed Gulls
274 Wood Pigeon
135 Jackdaws
111 Rooks
78 Starlings
45 Pied Wagtails
20 Robins
17 Blackbirds
10 Song Thrushes
4 Redwings
2 Willow Tits
20 Greenfinches
6 Siskins
5 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)