4 Feb 19

Priorslee Lake and The Flash

Priorslee Lake:  06:35 – 09:25
The Flash:  09:30 – 10:15

6.0°C > 7.0°C:  Started cloudy after rain: began to lift and break after 09:00. Moderate, occasionally fresh, S wind. Good visibility, becoming very good

Sunrise: 07:48 GMT

Priorslee Lake: 06:35 – 09:25

(34th visit of the year)

c.40% ice remaining, mainly in E / SE areas, but some in NW as well

Bird notes
- the usual group of 3 Greylag and 7 Canada Geese were among the small number passing
- now back to 3 pairs of Gadwall: were they always hiding here? or has a 3rd pair arrived from The Flash?
- 2 of the drake Mallards were swimming together with one displaying to the other: oh er missus!
- significant number of Pochard and Tufted Duck gone – perhaps to The Flash due to disturbance yesterday?
- Little Grebes gone? More likely hiding somewhere
- the Black-headed Gulls tended to arrive from the W and take a look at all the ice and then fly off back W. No more than c.40 landed at any one time. At least 120 in a single wave from the W, but probably many more involved
- a Great Spotted Woodpecker seen and another heard drumming. My first drum of the year. Drumming can sometimes even be heard before the turn of the year: my earliest was on one Christmas Eve
- no Jackdaws seen on their usual dispersal routes. Perhaps the frozen ground forced them elsewhere. Just 3 went over to the W of the lake

Bird totals

Birds noted flying over or flying near the lake
- 4 Greylag Geese [2 groups outbound]
- 18 Canada Geese [3 groups outbound]
- 1 Sparrowhawk
- 19 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull
- 11 Wood Pigeons
- 3 Jackdaws only
- 1 Greenfinch
- 2 Siskins

Birds recorded leaving roosts around the lake
- 3 Reed Buntings only

The counts from the lake area:
- 2 Mute Swans
- 6 (3♂) Gadwall
- 11 (7♂) Mallard
- 7 (4♂) Pochard
- 34 (16♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 Grey Herons
- 11 Moorhens
- 58 Coots
- >125 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Despite the milder weather nothing on the lamp poles pre-dawn: later
- 1 Muscid fly ‘sunning’ itself – probably Phaonia tuguriorum
also
- >10 Winter Midges flying about

At the front a duck Pochard. The ‘spectacles’ are a clue. The grey mark across the bill indicates this is an adult.

You can see why the appearance of a Grey Heron looming overhead causes panic amongst small birds. This is the second bird at the lake this morning.

This Great Spotted Woodpecker knew exactly which twig to perch on – no matter where I moved I could get no closer to her. Probably her mate was drumming alongside Teece Drive later. I must say the twig hardly looks strong-enough to support a woodpecker.

This hairy fly with distinctive marks in the wings seems to be Phaonia tuguriorum (no vernacular name). The NatureSpot web site notes "the early appearance of this fly helps to point to this species" with a flight period from February until late October.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash:  09:30 – 10:15

(29th visit of the year)

>60% ice still

Bird species added to my 2019 log from here
47      Kestrel
48      Yellow-legged Gull

Notes from here:
- pair of Gadwall not seen!
- drake Shoveler again
- 2 drake Pochard new: together with increase in Tufted Ducks perhaps some from the lake?
- female Kestrel flew E: this is my first record here for at least 5 years (as far back as my computer logs go). As far as I recall it may indeed be my first-ever here
- a first-winter Yellow-legged Gull flew W: required the camera to confirm the ID. Another species I have not recorded here for at least 5 years – if ever

Birds noted flying over / near The Flash
- 1 Kestrel
- 16 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Yellow-legged Gull
- 3 Feral Pigeons
- 1 Stock Dove

The counts from the water
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans
- 10 Canada Geese
- 38 (24♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Shoveler
- 2 (2♂) Pochard
- 35 (13♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Great Crested Grebe again
- 4 Moorhens
- 27 Coots
- 29 Black-headed Gulls

This was a tricky one: a heavy-looking gull with a large black bill. Could it be a Great Black-backed Gull?

Here we see the upperwing pattern which left me little further forward with this first-winter gull. A Great Black-backed Gull should show a whiter head and pale inner primaries. A Lesser Black-backed Gull should show dark greater coverts, no paler tips to the inner primaries and a pale-based bill. My reference books solved the problem: this is a classic first winter Yellow-legged Gull. I don’t see too many of these gulls, especially of this age. Another bird ID confirmed by using the camera.

A Collared Dove on the wires. It was singing, a song that is often misreported as an early Cuckoo. Easy to separate if you remember a Cuckoo is always two-notes: a Collared Dove always three-notes.

A pair of Blue Tits was examining this hole with one bird disappearing inside at times.

Note the spread wings and tail – part of the effect of rising testosterone levels as Spring approaches.

(Ed Wilson)

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On this day..........

2018
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2015
Local Area
Today's Sightings Here

2014
Priorslee Lake
1 Velvet Scoter
3 Scaup
8 Pochard
(Gary Crowder)

2013
Priorslee Lake
8 Gadwall
26 Wigeon
2 Great Black-backed Gulls 
1 Common Gull 
1 Yellow-legged Gull
(Mike Cooper)

2012
Priorslee Lake
1 Glaucous Gull 
1 Caspian Gull
2 Yellow-legged Gulls
1 Mediterranean Gull
(Roger Clay / Tom Lowe)

2011
Priorslee Lake
10 Pochard
16 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
<10 Pochard
c.50 Tufted Ducks
1 Water Rail
1 Lapwing
1 Common Gull
2 Yellow-legged Gulls
c.35 Herring Gulls
c.400 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Glaucous Gull
c.25 Siskins
(Ed Wilson, Jim and Jason)

2008
Priorslee Lake
2 Great Black-backed Gulls
211 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
23 Herring Gulls
65 Black-headed Gulls
(Martin Adlam)

2007
Priorslee Lake
12 Pochard
26 Tufted Ducks
21 Robins
21 Blackbirds
1 Willow Tit
3 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
10 Cormorants
2 Gadwall
19 Pochard
89 Tufted Ducks
183 Coots
 c.580 Black-headed Gulls
116 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
31 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull.
540 Wood Pigeon
169 Jackdaws
16 Wrens
10 Dunnocks
27 Robins
34 Blackbirds
2 Willow Tits
13 Greenfinches
40 Goldfinches
127 Siskins
5 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

3 Feb 19

Priorslee Lake and The Flash

Priorslee Lake:  09:45 – 10:10
The Flash:  10:15 – 11:00

0.0°C:  Mainly clear. Light S wind. Very good visibility

Sunrise: 07:50 GMT

Priorslee Lake:  09:45 – 10:10

(33rd visit of the year)

The lead of open water still present: it seemed somewhat narrower. The patch of open water along N side larger. New narrow lead along S side

Bird notes
- Shelduck not located
- fairly certain there were just 2 pairs of Gadwall
- Shoveler perhaps gone back to The Flash?
- 4 Grey Herons all standing along the S edge – where there was a small open lead: unusual
- 5 Cormorants when I arrived: 2 more flew in: then 2 left a few minutes later

Birds noted flying over / near the lake
None

Bird counts from the lake area
- 2 Mute Swans
- 4 (2♂) Gadwall
- 10 (7♂) Mallard
- 10 (6♂) Pochard again
- 57 (28♂) Tufted Ducks
- 3 Little Grebes
- 7 Cormorants
- 4 Grey Herons
- 1 Moorhen
- 46 Coots
- 55 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash:  10:15 – 11:00

(28th visit of the year)

Almost iced over still: same hole beside SW part of island

Bird species added to my 2019 log from here
45      Stock Dove
46      Siskin

Notes from here: still difficult to census things as the area of open water was in part under and behind overhanging trees where birds could hide. With patience things would emerge: but then vanish
- pair of Gadwall re-found
- drake Shoveler still here: whether this is the bird that was at the lake yesterday we will never know
- a Great Crested Grebe eventually emerged from under the vegetation
- even fewer Coots
- the two passing Collared Doves seemed to be too high to be local birds flying about
- first Herring Gulls on the water – well ice really – this year: previous record from here was a fly-over
- at least 4 Siskins in trees in NW area – my first of year here

Birds noted flying over / near The Flash
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 2 Stock Doves
- 2 Collared Doves

The counts from the water
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans
- 37 Canada Geese
- 2 (1) Gadwall
- 39 (24♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Shoveler remains
- 15 (5♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Great Crested Grebe
- 1 Moorhen
- 15 Coots only
- 54 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Herring Gulls

Ungainly landings on ice by some of the Canada Geese.

I guess they have to throw their necks well-forward to try and counter-balance their body weight.

The bird on the left looks like it was complaining. It was much more likely it was excited by the food in prospect.

Probably the best landing.

This drake Mallard seems to be using its bottom as an additional brake. A Black-headed Gull looks bemused.

A duck Mallard also at touch-down.

Not sure the Black-headed Gulls were any more sure-footed.

Probably an adult Herring Gull though the small black smudge on the upper mandible may indicate a 4th year bird. The contrasting light makes it difficult to see the extent of any remaining winter plumage head-streaking. I will call this bird 1.

A different bird – bird 2 – in flight. Note the outer primary on the right wing (P10) is still growing. My book says that 5% do not finish their wing moult until late January so this is unusual but not perhaps exceptional.

Here we see the moult is symmetrical and this eliminates the possibility that the primary had been lost or damaged and was simply regrowing.

I (over!) enlarged the head of bird 2 here to see the bill pattern more clearly. The red ‘spot’ on the lower mandible is more extensive than it is on bird 1. There is only the smallest black mark on the upper mandible.

(Ed Wilson)

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On this day..........

2017
Local Area
Today's Sightings Here

2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2015
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2014
Priorslee Lake
1 Yellow-legged Gull
1 Viking, or possibly a dark Iceland
(J Reeves)

Telford Crematorium
1 Caspian Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull
(Tom Lowe)

2013
Priorslee Lake
12 Wigeon
6 Gadwall
3 Pochard
32 Tufted Duck
2 Reed Bunting
(Tony Beckett)

The Flash
15 Pochard 
53 Tufted Duck
3 Goosander
(Tony Beckett)

Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
1 Glaucous Gull
1 Glaucous x Great Black-backed Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull
(Tom Lowe / Andy Latham)

2012
Priorslee Lake
26 Pochard
29 Tufted Duck
>5000 gulls
Ring-billed Gull hybrid
2 Yellow-legged Gulls
4 Great Black-backed Gulls
(Roger Clay / Ed Wilson / John Isherwood / Martin Grant)

Trench Pool
Snipe
(Dave Tromans)

2011
Priorslee Lake
8 Pochard
14 Tufted Duck 
77 Herring Gull
5 Pale Brindled Beauty moths
(Ed Wilson)

2010
Priorslee Lake
Merlin
(Observer Unknown)

2009
Priorslee Lake
3 Sky Larks
4 Fieldfare
c.55 Redwings
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
17 Pochard
37 Tufted Ducks
1 Goldeneye
3 Lapwings
30 Robins
14 Blackbirds
1 Fieldfare
11 Song Thrushes
3 Redwing
3 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
2 Gadwall
2 Wigeon
19 Pochard
77 Tufted Ducks
151 Coots
1 Water Rail
15 Robins
13 Blackbirds
90 Siskin
5 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2 Feb 19

Priorslee Lake only

0.0°C:  Mainly clear. Light / moderate NW wind. Very good visibility

Sunrise: 07:51 GMT

Priorslee Lake:  08:40 – 10:10

(32nd visit of the year)

The chill breeze was keeping the water open despite sub-zero temperatures last night

Bird notes
- still cannot be 100% sure but there does not seem to be a 3rd duck Gadwall
- drake Shoveler new in – the bird from The Flash taking refuge perhaps
- confirmed 4 Little Grebes
and
- I don’t normally report mole-hills as they are an almost daily occurrence somewhere around the edges. However it was noteworthy that despite the ground seeming to be frozen hard there were new hills poking up along the S side. Moles must be strong

Birds noted flying over / near the lake
- 25 Canada Geese
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Bird counts from the lake area
- 2 Mute Swans
- 1 Shelduck
- 5 (3♂) Gadwall
- 13 (8♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Shoveler
- 10 (6♂) Pochard
- 59 (29♂) Tufted Ducks
- 4 Little Grebes
- 2 Moorhens
- 61 Coots
- 27 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull

A record shot of the Shoveler: note with the wing held up we can see the green speculum. This is normally only visible in flight when it is the blue forewing that tends to catch the eye.

Always happy to get photos of Bullfinches. Not sure what is causing the white streak in front of / under the eye of this male.

Here is its mate eating buds as usual.

Seems to be having some difficulty with the wind!

(Ed Wilson)

Note

1. Click Here for a few photos from Belvide - 2 Feb 19.

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On this day..........

2018
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2015
Local Area
Today's Sightings Here

2014
Priorslee Lake
1 female Velvet Scoter
3 Scaup

2012
Priorslee Lake
 Dunlin 
6 Great Crested Grebes
14 Pochard
58 Tufted Duck
1 Dunlin
>5000 gulls, mostly Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Common Gull
20 Great Black-backed Gulls
(Ed Wilson, Mike Cooper)

Trench Pool
11 Pochard
46 Tufted Ducks
94 Coots
(Ed Wilson)

2011
Priorslee Lake
14 Pochard
19 Tufted Ducks 
2 Sparrowhawk
16 Linnets
Siskin in song 
4 Pale Brindled Beauty moths
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
3 Golden Plover
Willow Tit
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
19 Pochard
32 Tufted Ducks
1 Goosander
1 Goldeneye
>700 Black-headed Gulls
>432 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
c.30 Herring Gulls
34 Robins
17 Blackbirds
3 Redwings
1 Willow Tit
34 Magpies
11 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
10 Great Crested Grebes
2 Little Grebe
2 Gadwall
16 Pochard
101 Tufted Ducks
159 Coots
1 Water Rail
c.1100 Black-headed Gulls
16 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
14 Herring Gulls
2 Great Black-backed Gulls.
1 Willow Tit
2 Siskins
13 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

1 Feb 19

Priorslee Lake only

0.0°C > 1.0°C:  Variable cloud. Moderate NNE wind. Good visibility

Sunrise: 07:53 GMT

Priorslee Lake:  09:25 – 10:45

(31st visit of the year)

Even though temperature stayed below freezing all yesterday more open water now

Bird notes
- Shelduck still here: definitely a first year bird
- a photo in to the dark recesses of overhanging branches along the N side revealed a 3rd drake Gadwall, but failed to locate a 3rd duck
- no Great Crested Grebes seen – but 4 (just perhaps 5) Little Grebes
and
- fungus which might be Trametes ochracea

Birds noted flying over / near the lake
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 5 Feral Pigeons
- 2 Wood Pigeons
- 2 Ravens
- 5 Greenfinches

Bird counts from the lake area
- 2 Mute Swans
- 1 Shelduck remains
- 5 (3♂) Gadwall (see notes)
- 15 (12♂) Mallard
- 10 (6♂) Pochard again
- 50 (26♂) Tufted Ducks
- 4 Little Grebes
- 1 Water Rail
- 2 Moorhens
- 55 Coots
- 21 Black-headed Gulls

Yesterday there were just two small patches of open water along the N side: today, even after the temperature remained at or below freezing, a long ‘lead’ of open water was available.

Necessarily ‘over blown’ we see the Shelduck has white on the face behind the bill and is therefore an immature. It shows no sign of the swelling at the bill-base which both sexes show when adult. The swelling at the base of the drake’s bill becomes much larger than that of the duck during the breeding season.

Also over-blown is this shot showing just 5 Gadwall – three drakes.

This fungus might be Trametes ochracea, a paler species than the more common Trametes versicolor (Turkeytail). I was unable get access to these fruiting bodies to check the undersides which would have helped distinguish between these two species – and indeed eliminate several other similar fungi, particularly Daedaleopsis confragosa (Blushing Bracket).

(Ed Wilson)

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On this day..........

2018
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2015
Local Area
Today's Sightings Here

2014
Priorslee Lake
1 female Velvet Scoter 
3 Scaup
(John Isherwood)

Holmer Lake
1 Goosander
1 Little Grebe
(John Isherwood)

2013
Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
3 Caspian Gulls
Iceland Gull
3 Yellow-legged Gulls
(Tom Lowe)

2012
Priorslee Lake
7 Great Crested Grebes
21 Pochard
59 Tufted Duck
1 Water Rail
3 Dunlin
c.200 Black-headed Gulls
c.120 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Yellow-legged Gull
19 Herring Gulls
Glaucous Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gulls
(Ed Wilson, John Isherwood, Martin Grant, Andy Latham, Jim Almond)

Priorslee Flash
1 Teal
64 Greylags
32 Tufted Ducks
c.400 Black-headed Gulls
65 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
17 Herring Gulls (Ed Wilson)

Holmer Lake
40 Goosander
(John Isherwood)

2011
Priorslee Lake
3 Yellow-legged Gull
Glaucous Gull
6 Pochard
25 Tufted Ducks
(Ed Wilson, Richard Vernon)

2007
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
7 Pochard
29 Tufted Ducks
>200 Black-headed Gulls
113 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
7 Herring Gulls
107 Wood Pigeons
21 Wrens
40 Robins
26 Blackbirds
6 Fieldfares
10 Song Thrushes
10 Redwings
1 Willow Tit
54 Magpies
2 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
c.450 Black-headed Gulls
c.650 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
26 Herring Gulls
1 Great Black-backed Gull.
10 Great Crested Grebes
16 Pochard
27 Tufted Ducks
168 Coots
200 Wood Pigeons
3 Redwings
2 Willow Tit
17 Siskin
5 Reed Buntings.
(Ed Wilson)

31 Jan 19

Priorslee Lake and The Flash

Priorslee Lake:  11:10 – 12:30
The Flash:  10:25 – 11:05

-1.0°C > +1.0°C:  Fine after fog and hoar frost: clouding from SW. Light E wind. Moderate visibility

Sunrise: 07:54 GMT

With mist and fog around there was little point in an early start

Priorslee Lake:  11:10 – 12:30

(30th visit of the year)

Almost iced over: just two holes along the N side

Bird notes
- a pair of Mute Swans now. I am confused
- Shelduck again. Stayed asleep so could not see the face marking to age it
- no sign of the 3rd pair of Gadwall again: however with many birds crammed together it was easy to overlook birds
- one of my largest-ever counts of Mallard from here
- just a single Great Crested Grebe and that, unlike any of yesterday’s five birds, looked like the long-term juvenile raised here last year
- did the extra Coots come from The Flash (q.v.)?
- good number of large gulls for these days: other than a 1st winter Herring Gull all these were (near) adults

Birds noted flying over / near the lake
- 4 Canada Geese
- 2 Ravens

Bird counts from the lake area
- 2 Mute Swans
- 1 Shelduck again
- 4 (2♂) Gadwall again
- 21 (15♂) Mallard
- 10 (6♂) Pochard still
- 48 (26♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Great Crested Grebe only
- 1 Moorhen only
- 58 Coots
- 46 Black-headed Gulls
- 12 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 2 Herring Gulls

The sleeping Shelduck (with a Coot).

And from the other side. Unable to say whether this is the same bird as was here yesterday – for a while at least. Note also the nails on the Coot’s feet. Normally you only see the rather stupid-looking webbed toes and do not realise the weapon they have in their claws.

Not too often that Pochard allow close approach. Three splendid silver-backed adult drakes and a typically browner duck with them, all asleep. This species is noted as being a nocturnal feeder (on underwater vegetation) so they are often sleeping during the day. They do however also feed in daytime – they clearly have not read the books about how to behave.

A bunch of gulls: at the front all Black-headed Gulls; two adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls back left; two Herring Gulls back right. On the right-most bird the extent of the black on the bill, especially the upper mandible, suggests this is a 4th winter bird – the plumage looks full adult otherwise. The immature Herring Gull has extensive pale at the base of the bill which might suggest a 2nd winter bird: however the dark eye and rather few grey-toned feathers limited to the upper back indicate this is likely a 1st winter bird well-advanced toward 1st summer.

So often when trying to photograph Long-tailed Tits as they whizz about results in an empty frame. This sort of view is also typical.

Then just occasionally, only occasionally, one stays still long-enough ...

And a perky Wren (with new-growth nettles alongside it).

Some views of the area: this is bridge over the Wesley Brook.

The NE corner.

And the SE corner.

Along the S side looking W.

From the SW area looking to the NW reed bed.

The reeds with hoar frost.

I photographed an umbel laden with snow last week. Here is a frosted umbel from last year’s Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium).

And a small twig covered in frost.

On the Wesley Brook bridge the frost was just beginning to melt off of the moss.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash:  10:25 – 11:05

(27th visit of the year)

Almost iced over: hole beside SW part of island

Notes from here
- difficult to census things as they were all crammed together with others hauled out of sight inside the island
- Gadwall not located
- Moorhens not located
- there were more Coots at the lake and fewer here. Tempting to conclude they could moved. Perhaps just as likely they were hiding in the island (or with the Moorhens, wherever they were)

Birds noted flying over / near The Flash
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull again

The counts from the water
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans
- 22 Canada Geese
- 33 (20♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Shoveler
- 41 (17♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Grey Heron
- 22 Coots only
- 71 Black-headed Gulls

Some kind souls had been feeding the birds – not bread I am pleased to say. The cygnet joining 12 Canada Geese and 15 Mallard here.

This drake Mallard sliding about in his haste to get to the food ahead of the duck.

Rather them than me! The Black-headed Gulls seemed happy to stand or sit on the ice. Some were in the remaining water as well which seems an even colder option.

And now for some views of the hoar frost here. The island from Derwent Drive.

The wooded area in the NW part.

The N end.

Looking N along the E side ....

.... again.

The island from the S end: the drake Shoveler is just about identifiable in the open water.

Probably the heads of Greater Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum) covered in hoar frost.

Last Autumn was very poor for frosted spider webs. Here is one, belatedly. Several midges caught in the web, probably not from last night (though they were dancing in my garden yesterday afternoon).

Another web. I am sure experts could ID the spider species responsible by the web design. I am not an expert.

(Ed Wilson)

Note:

1. Click Here for a Summary of the 2018 Priorslee Lake Report.

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On this day..........

2018
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2012
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
22 Greylag Geese
19 Pochard
42 Tufted Duck
c.390 Black-headed Gulls
c.350 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
32 Herring Gulls
1 Common Gull
3 Yellow-legged Gulls
3 Great Black-backed Gulls
69 Redwings
25 Greenfinches
4 Linnets
(Ed Wilson / John Isherwood)

Priorslee Flash
Tundra Bean Goose
8 Greylag Geese
37 Tufted Ducks
c.1000 Black-headed Gulls
246 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
35 Herring Gulls.
(Ed Wilson, John Isherwood)

Trench Pool
8 Pochard
50 Tufted Ducks
79 Coots
(Ed Wilson)

Holmer Lake
50 Goosander
(John Isherwood)