Priorslee Lake: 10:25 –11:30
The Flash: 09:40 – 10:20
3.0°C: Very low cloud. Moderate E wind. Moderate visibility.
[Sunrise: 07:42 GMT]
First tentative visit after my hospital stay. Will be a while before I am present at dawn
Priorslee Lake: 10:25 –11:30
(269th visit of the year)
Bird notes:
- Although I could not read the Darvic rings on the swans it appeared the adults and the four flying cygnets had returned. A fifth – probably the non-flying local-bred bird, was at the opposite end of the water.
- Two ‘challenging’ white-headed Herring Gull types, neither of which stayed long-enough for me to get a positive identification beyond ‘Herring Gull’.
- The group of c.45 Fieldfare overhead was perhaps the most exciting sighting on a very grey day.
Bird totals:
Birds noted flying over or flying near the lake:
- 1 Common Buzzard
- c.45 Fieldfares: two groups
Counts from the lake area:
- 2 + 5 Mute Swans (see notes)
- 2 (1♂) Gadwall
- 11 (8♂) Mallard only
- 4 (3♂) Pochard again
- 36 (20♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 Cormorants: arrived
- 1 Grey Heron
- 2 Little Grebes
- 8 Great Crested Grebes
- 3 Moorhens
- 139 Coots
- c.110 Black-headed Gulls
- >113 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: mostly adults; most arrived
- 9 Herring Gulls: mostly adults; most arrived
- 1 Caspian Gull: first winter, arrived
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 09:40 – 10:20
(255th visit of the year)
Notes from here:
- >50 Goldfinches swirling over the island.
Birds noted flying over / near The Flash:
- 1 Common Buzzard
- 7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
Counts from the water: quiet again.
- 3 Mute Swans as ever
- 2 Canada Goose: arrived
- 29 (19♂) Mallard
- 5 (5♂) Pochard
- 41 (?♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 (1♂) Goosander: flew off
- 1 Great Crested Grebe
- 4 Moorhens
- 9 Coots only
- 54 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls: briefly: 1 adult; 1 2nd winter
- 2 Herring Gulls: briefly: 1 1st winter; 1 2nd winter
- 1 Kingfisher
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day..........
2018Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2017
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2016
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here
2014
Local area
Today's Sightings Here
2013
Priorslee Lake
5 Gadwall
1 Pochard
125 Tufted Duck
3 Water Rails
15 Moorhens
221 Coots counted again
1 Snipe
23 Fieldfare
8 Redwings
196 Jackdaws
4 Rooks
2 Ravens
Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)
2012
Priorslee Lake
3 Gadwall
8 Pochard
27 Tufted Ducks
9 Moorhens
142 Coots
(Ed Wilson)
2011
Priorslee Lake
2 Yellow-legged Gulls
1st winter Great Black-backed Gull
3 female Goosander
3 Wigeon
(John Isherwood)
2008
Priorslee Lake
7 Great Crested Grebes
2 Cormorants
30 Greylag Gees
16 Pochard
166 Tufted Duck
3 Goosander
Water Rail
148 Coot
c.700 Black-headed
c.1300 Lesser Black-backed
<20 Herring Gulls
93 Redwings
c.500 Starlings left a roost
(Ed Wilson)
2006
Priorslee Lake
3 Great Crested Grebes
33 Pochard
69 Tufted Ducks
6 Buzzards
>1750 Black-headed Gulls
2251 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
26 Robins
32 Blackbirds
96 Fieldfares
4 Song Thrushes
13 Redwings
384 Jackdaws
216 Rooks
22 Greenfinch
2 Siskins
2 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)