28 Mar 25

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

8.0°C > 9.0°C: Clearing after overnight rain. Then a light shower. Moderate north-westerly wind gusting fresh at tomes. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 05:53 GMT

* = a species photographed today.

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:25 – 06:20 // 07:20 – 09:35

(75th visit of the year)

The felling on trees alongside the first part of Teece Drive continues. I might suggest that the men would be better employed filling the pot-holes there.

Bird notes
*Definite highlight today was a singing Marsh Tit near the Wesley Brook bridge. Other than a one-day bird heard calling only on 16 June 2022 I have no other dates for this species here though I do recall seeing it many, many years ago. The almost identical-looking species, Willow Tit, bred here prior to 2017. The two species were only recognised as separate species in the early 1900s. Like Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler they may look almost identical but the songs and calls of these species are very different. My 81st bird species here this year.

Other bird notes:
- six Mute Swans initially. Only four, three adults and the first year bird later.
- as they do at this time of year Mallard are turning up in strange places. Four drakes and a duck were marching around the football field at 06:15 with two more drakes and a duck on roofs in Teece Drive.
- *a pair of Common Teal were new arrivals
- the duck Pochard still here. I suspect she has a damaged wing or similar preventing her from flying.
- nine Great Crested Grebes!
- *I noted 20 Redwings flying out of West end trees c.05:50. At c.09:20 birds were seen flying between the West end and the south-west copse from where I counted 42 flying out in two groups. It is possible that there were more as when I was counting the second group I could see at least 15 birds further away. These could easily have been birds from the first group circling around. This number is about the highest day-count I have had of this species all Winter.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 7 Canada Geese: a pair and a quintet outbound; a pair flew North.
- 2 Greylag Geese: pair outbound
- 1 Feral Pigeon
- 13 Wood Pigeons
- 3 Herring Gulls
- 11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 15 Jackdaws
- 5 Rooks

Counts from the lake area:
- 6 Canada Geese: five of these arrived
- 6 Mute Swans: plus one long dead: two of these departed: see notes
- 4 (3♂) Mallard: see also notes
- *2 (1♂) Common Teal
- 1 (0♂) Pochard
- 10 Moorhens
- 48 Coots
- 9 Great Crested Grebes
- *5 Herring Gulls
- 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 4 Cormorants: arrived while I was at The Flash
- 2 Grey Herons: one departed East 05:50 and presumably another flew off West at 06:00

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- 16 (16) Chiffchaffs
- 3 (3) Blackcaps

On the West end street lamp poles

Pre-dawn:

Moths:
none

Flies:
*many, mainly female midges.

Springtails:
*1 springtail Tomocerus vulgaris
*>5 globular springtails.

Noted later:

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

Flies:
female plumed midge Chironomus plumosus

A post-script to yesterday's Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major. By coincidence there was information about this species on the Guardian's web site where it is one of the nominations for "Invertebrate of the Year". The web site noted: "this sleek insect hums like a bee, pollinates flowers like a bee and is cute and fluffy like a bee. But it’s a fly, and it scatters its eggs near a solitary bee’s nest so the larvae can feed off the bee's offspring".

For a change it wasn't clear skies to the East but the overnight rain moving away.

A record shot! A pair of Common Teal.

Small ducks in the middle of the water do not make good photos.

Another one of those gull puzzles. After much searching through various identification guides I have concluded it is 'just' a first year Herring Gull, mainly because of the extent of the mottling on the upper tail. It seems unusually 'scaly' with a more extensive tail band and less contrast on the inner primaries than I would expect. Neither does it show any of the pale grey feathers on the back as yet even though the base of the bill is pale.

Here is the underside. It looks somewhat pot-bellied.

From this angle this bird looks like a cross between and Blackcap and a Nuthatch. It is a Marsh Tit.

A rear view. Many identification guides will tell you that pale in the wings suggests Willow Tit rather than Marsh Tit. Note however that it only the very tips of the feathers that are pale.

This view shows the 'bib'. On Willow Tit this would usually appear neater.

Not so much a branch in the way, more like half a bush obscuring a singing male Blackcap.

A fairly typical view as this species tries not to be seen.

Good luck identifying these. They are just four of the 42+ Redwings that flew out of trees.

I took several photos of female midges and each photo showed (out of focus) globular springtails, none of which I noted at the time.

Obsidentify has this as the springtail Tomocerus vulgaris. Checking with NatureSpot it seems spot on.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:25 – 07:15

(73rd visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- the geese were much less noisy today with almost no sound from inside the island.
- it is possible one adult Mute Swan was always the other side of the island from me. I only noted one bird today despite searching the island from several directions.
- yesterday's Great Crested Grebe presumably had no response from touring the water and calling and had apparently gone again.

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

Noted on / around the water:
- 29 Canada Geese
- 5 Greylag Geese
- 1 Mute Swan: see notes
- *17 (14♂) Mallard
- 11 (6♂) Tufted Duck
- 9 Moorhens
- 31 Coots
- 1 Cormorant

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 10 (10) Chiffchaffs

Otherwise of note:

Flower:
- *probable Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana

A trio of Mallard that decided they owned the footbridge and were not moving for anyone.

The dark bars on the folded wings identify this as a Stock Dove.

My old friends the Long-tailed Tits. Not being very cooperative.

A Jenny Wren – well probably Jeremy Wren as he was singing.

Another Wren...

...has been watching how Treecreepers manage.

I thinks these are probably Early Dog-violets Viola reichenbachiana.

Between the lake and The Flash I came across these White Dead-Nettle flowers Lamium album. In recent years a small number of these plants has been in flower all Winter near the surgery. It occurs to me that I have not seen them there this year.

(Ed Wilson)

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Between the Balancing Lake and The Flash:

Of interest 
- 2 (2♂) Mallard on the lower pool
- 4 Moorhen: one pair on each pool

Flowers:
*White Dead-Nettle Lamium album

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes
4 Great Crested Grebes
9+ Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
2 Swans
2 Shoveler
30 Tufted Duck
10 Chiffchaffs
5 Siskins
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
2 Great Crested Grebes
1 Cackling Goose
51 Tufted Ducks
3 Chiffchaffs
1 Meadow Pipit
2 Fieldfare
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
7 Meadow Pipits
c.150 Fieldfare
c.30 Starlings
1 Chiffchaff
(Ed Wilson)

2013
Priorslee Lake
7 Wigeon
22 Tufted Duck
1 Glaucous Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull
1 hybrid Ring-billed x Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Mediterranean Gull
c.400 Black-headed Gulls
63 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
4 Herring Gulls.
(Tom Lowe, Martin Grant)

Nedge Hill
2 Lapwing
(Martin Grant)

Little Wenlock, Candles Landfill Site
1 Glaucous Gull
Iceland Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull.
(Tom Lowe)

2012
Priorslee Lake
10 Chiffchaffs singing
4 Blackcaps singing
1 Skylark
1 Willow Tit
1 Raven flew over
3 Great Crested Grebes
11 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)

Priorslee Flash
2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
38 Tufted Duck
5 Chiffchaffs singing
(Ed Wilson)

2008
Priorslee Lake
4 Great Crested Grebes
6 Gadwall
c.15 Tufted Duck
1 Fieldfare
11 Linnets
5 Chiffchaffs
c.40 Sand Martins
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
4 Great Crested Grebes
30 Tufted Ducks
Siskins
2 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

Nedge Hill
10 Meadow Pipits
Linnets
Skylarks
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
7 Great Crested Grebes
2 Cormorants
14 Tufted Ducks
3 Ruddy Ducks
1 Kittiwake
242 Wood Pigeons
4 Stock Doves
2 Buzzards
1 Kestrel
3 Meadow Pipits
3 Grey Wagtails
9 Pied Wagtails
26 Wrens
3 Fieldfare
94 Redwings
2 Swallow
13 Sand Martins
1 Blackcap
1 Willow Warbler
7 Chiffchaffs
18 Magpies
4 Jays
127 Jackdaws
13 Greenfinches
7 Siskins
7 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam)

27 Mar 25

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

9.0°C > 13.0°C: Early medium overcast soon dispersed to leave mainly clear skies with just a few puffy clouds. Light south-westerly wind. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 05:56 GMT

* = a species photographed today.

A slight reduction in warbler numbers. In clear weather birds heading further North will tend to fly over rather than stop-off.

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:30 – 06:15 // 07:15 – 09:40

(74th visit of the year)

The felling on trees alongside the first part of Teece Drive continues. One of the residents suggested that some trees in that area had tree protection orders on them. I don't suppose the resident Tawny Owls are too happy – they have nested in the area previously and should be sitting on eggs by now. The Buzzards and Great Spotted Woodpeckers will have to find a new home.

Bird notes:
- six Mute Swans here today. The two new residents, three other adults, all apparently lone birds, and the first year.
- the duck Pochard still here but no Tufted Duck found
- eight Great Crested Grebes was all I could find. Partner swapping still going on.
- the only gulls on the water were two Black-headed Gulls before 05:45.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 6 Canada Geese: three pairs outbound
- 16 Wood Pigeons
- 1 Herring Gull
- 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 14 Jackdaws
- 6 Rooks
- 4 Redwings: together

Counts from the lake area:
- 5 Canada Geese: one of these arrived
- *6 Mute Swans: plus one long dead: see notes
- 4 (3♂) Mallard
- 1 (0♂) Pochard
- no Tufted Duck
- 10 Moorhens
- 45 Coots
- *8 Great Crested Grebes
- 2 Black-headed Gulls
- 2 Cormorants: arrived separately
- 1 Grey Heron: seen arriving 05:40 but not noted thereafter

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- *17 (17) Chiffchaffs
- 2 (2) Blackcaps

On the West end street lamp poles

Pre-dawn:

Moths:
none

Flies:
1 female plumed midge Chironomus plumosus

Noted later:

Butterflies:
*Comma Polygonia c-album

Bees, wasps etc.:
*Andrena mining bee species: unidentified
*Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Hoverflies:
*Tapered Dronefly Eristalis pertinax
Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax

Flies:
*Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombilius major

Flowers (new only):
*Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna [used to Ranunculus ficaria]

Soon after sunrise – though you can't tell. The cloud later dispersed.

The first year Mute Swan in the foreground with one of three 'spare' adults here. The resident cob was busy chasing another adult...

But not this one.

One of the many (eight?) Great Crested Grebes.

And a pair looking coy.

A local Buzzard going for a flight, perhaps inspecting all the tree felling in the area where this species has traditionally nested.

A Chiffchaff keeping an eye on me.

That's better.

That isn't. At least the branch is in focus.

A change from Chiffchaffs up trees. A Blue Tit.

A less than pristine Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album. This has almost certainly over-wintered as an adult and recently emerged from hibernation.

This one of the Andrena mining bees that are difficult to identify. There are many species with the males and females differing in size and appearance. Obsidentify is 100% sure this is an Orange-tailed Mining Bee Andrena haemorrhoa, elsewhere called an Early Mining Bee. I do not agree! The 'pile' on the thorax of this species should be "foxy red" which this isn't. And the legs are not hairy-enough.

This is the same bee that Obsidentify now suggests is a Buffish Mining Bee A. nigroaenea. But that is not correct either as that species has a thick ginger pollen brush on the hind leg (among other discrepancies).

This is a different individual with the face more prominent. Google Lens does not help beyond agreeing it is an Andrena mining bee.

A Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius finds a dandelion to its liking.

A female Tapered Dronefly Eristalis pertinax. A female because the eyes do not meet. And this species because the front legs are mainly pale.

And this is the male. The eyes meet and the abdomen is clearly tapered (it isn't on the female).

Always a sign Spring is underway. Not a bee as you might think but a fly: and specifically a Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombilius major. The proboscis is for gathering nectar from deep inside flowers and cannot penetrate skin even if the insect were to be so-inclined.

A sunlit clump of Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara. I photographed some deep in shade a few weeks ago. These are better. As noted then an unusual plant in that the flowers precede the appearance of the leaves. The leaves you see here are, I think, of buttercups at an early stage (Obsidentify thought they were a Great Spotted Woodpecker!).

My first Lesser Celandine flowers Ficaria verna of the year.

Plane of the day. This is a Boeing 747-800 series, the final version of the "Jumbo". Only 48 passenger versions were built and this is one of Lufthansa's 18. Passenger flights by four-engined aircraft are becoming uncommon. More powerful and fuel-efficient engines allow larger, more economical twin-engined aircraft to be used instead.

Here is the flight data from FlightRadar24.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:20 – 07:10

(72nd visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- yesterday's additional adult Mute Swan gone.
- another low count of Mallard.
- *a Great Crested Grebe again, touring the water and calling.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 3 Jackdaws

Noted on / around the water:
- 38 Canada Geese: at least six of these departed
- 2 Greylag Geese: departed together
- 2 Mute Swans
- 11 (10♂) Mallard
- 14 (10♂) Tufted Duck
- 8 Moorhens
- 32 Coots
- *1 Great Crested Grebe

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 8 (8) Chiffchaffs
- no Blackcaps

Of note:

Nothing else

An "art" shot of the Great Crested Grebe against the reflection of the houses etc. in Derwent Drive.

And another.

(Ed Wilson)

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Between the Balancing Lake and The Flash:

Of interest
- 1 (1♂) Mallard on the grass beside the upper pool
- 4 Moorhen: one pair on each pool
- 1 Song Thrush singing
The number of singing Song Thrushes is much reduced in the area. During January as many as 13 were noted around the lake. At the moment just five is usual. This was my first here since adopting my "summer schedule" about 10 days ago, walking between the lake and The Flash.

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
6 Great Crested Grebes
5+ Cormorants
31 Tufted Duck
1 Kittiwake
7 Fieldfare
6 Chiffchaffs
c.230 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
1 Cackling Goose
2 Teal
49 Tufted Ducks
3 Chiffchaffs
(Ed Wilson)

2013
Priorslee Lake
2 Little Grebes
7 Great Crested Grebes
7 Wigeon
2 Gadwall
1 Pochard
34 Tufted Ducks
c.500 Black-headed Gulls
7 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
31 Herring Gulls
1 Common Gull
1 Yellow-legged Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
5 Redwings
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
3 Great Crested Grebes
1 Pochard
62 Tufted Duck
Steppe Gull?
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Lock Pool
2 Great Crested Grebes
1 Cormorant
26 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)

Trench Middle Pool
3 Cormorants
2 Goosander
(Ed Wilson)

2011
Priorslee Lake
1 Dunlin
1 Raven
(John Isherwood)

Priorslee Flash
2 Shoveler
1 Willow Warbler
(John Isherwood)

Nedge Hill
4 Wheatear
(John Isherwood)

2010
Priorslee Lake
16 Fieldfares
1 Willow Warbler
4 Great Crested Grebe
4 Herons
4 Gadwall
29 Tufted Duck
c.215 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
2 Pochard
27 Tufted Ducks
16 Meadow Pipits
36 Robins
28 Blackbirds
5 Chiffchaffs
1 Redpoll
7 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
5 Great Crested Grebes
1 Pochard
24 Tufted Ducks
2 Ruddy Duck
1 Water Rail
127 Wood Pigeon
21 Wrens
3 Fieldfare
3 Redwing
3 Chiffchaff
2 Willow Warblers
8 Sand Martins
22 Siskin
6 Linnets
4 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson, Martin Adlam, Martin Grant)

26 Mar 25

Priorslee Balancing Lake and The Flash

7.0°C > 9.0°C: Another mostly cloudy morning with a sliver of clear sky to the far East. Threatening to break after 09:00. Light / moderate westerly wind. Very good visibility.

Sunrise: 05:58 GMT

* = a species photographed today.

Priorslee Balancing Lake: 05:25 – 06:15 // 07:15 – 09:30

(73rd visit of the year)

Bird notes
Another new 2025 bird species for me here:
- a Willow Warbler sang just once from the hedge between the lake and the M54. This species is almost always a passage bird here and usually prefers the North side. My 80th bird species here this year. Four days later than my first in 2024 and one day later than in 2023.

Other bird notes:
- I noted seven Mute Swans here today. The two new residents, the old pen and the first year bird were as yesterday. When I arrived there was an additional adult present. Later a pair of adults flew in.
- the duck Pochard still here.
- early on I recorded 11 Tufted Duck with eight of them drakes (so three ducks); later I could find only five drakes but four ducks!
- at least nine Great Crested Grebes. I noted six, as three pairs, having a real battle with bills (beaks?) locked together. It was just around dawn so there was not enough light for a photo and they were probably too distant.
- yesterday it was mostly Herring Gulls logged. Fewer gulls today with Lesser Black-backs dominating.
- a single Sand Martin flew through.
- there seemed to be Chiffchaffs singing everywhere.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 2 Canada Geese: a single outbound; a different single unsure about where it was going
- 4 Stock Doves: two singles and a pair
- 15 Wood Pigeons
- 2 Herring Gulls
- 8 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 3 Jackdaws
- 5 Rooks
- 5 Redwings: together
- 1 Lesser Redpoll

Counts from the lake area:
- 10 Canada Geese: two of these arrived
- *7 Mute Swans: plus one long dead: see notes
- 4 (3♂) Mallard
- 1 (0♂) Pochard
- 12 (8♂) Tufted Duck: see notes
- 10 Moorhens
- 41 Coots
- 9 Great Crested Grebes
- 1 Black-headed Gull
- 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- *2 Cormorants: arrived separately
- 1 Grey Heron: departed

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 1 (1) Cetti's Warbler
- 1 (1) Willow Warbler
- *20 (19) Chiffchaffs
- 3 (3) Blackcaps

On the West end street lamp poles

Pre-dawn:

Moths:
none

Flies:
1 wood gnat Sylvicola sp.
1 male plumed midge Chironomus plumosus

Springtails:
1 globular springtail Dicyrtomina sp.

Noted later:

Flies:
1 male plumed midge Chironomus plumosus
very many 'dancing columns' of gnats.

The thin sliver of clear sky to the far East gave a minimal amount of colour to the sunrise.

The newly arrived pair of Mute Swans peer anxiously toward the residents.

An exceptionally pale Cormorant, I assume a first year bird.

Despite an abundance of Chiffchaffs it was almost impossible to get a photo of one that was not hiding behind branches. This was an exception.

As was this.

And a 'fluke' shot as one launches after an insect.

Well now: I suppose there is a good reason for this...

...this...

...this and...

 ...this. It escapes me. Some of the trees were leaning but they would not have fallen on anyone or anything. Last time the council (contractors?) felled some leaning trees the next strong wind brought down another tree that was no longer sheltered. I thought the climate crises meant that we were supposed to value old trees for the amount of carbon they could sequester. And that felling trees caused their carbon to be released as carbon dioxide – the greenhouse gas – and was a bad idea. But then I am not an arborist so what do I know?

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:20 – 07:10

(71st visit of the year)

Bird notes:
- *an additional adult Mute Swan was causing angst to the resident pair, especially the cob.
- I have no idea where most of the resident Mallard were hiding. Almost all the birds I logged were those sitting on roofs.

Bird(s) noted flying over here:
- 7 Jackdaws

Noted on / around the water:
- 25 Canada Geese
- 2 Greylag Geese
probably more geese than I saw: there was much noise from inside the island
- *3 Mute Swans: see notes
- 12 (10♂) Mallard
- 9 (6♂) Tufted Duck
- 11 Moorhens
- 28 Coots

Warblers recorded (the figure in brackets is birds noted singing):
- 11 (11) Chiffchaffs
- 1 (1) Blackcap

Of note:

Nothing else

The extra adult Mute Swan paddling hard.

The newly resident cob sets off in pursuit.

Hot pursuit.

Definitely Mr. Angry.

(Ed Wilson)

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Between the Balancing Lake and The Flash:

Of interest

- (2♂) Mallard on the lower pool
- 4 Moorhen: one pair on each pool

(Ed Wilson)

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2014
Priorslee Lake
3 Great Crested Grebes
13 Cormorants
4 Greylag Geese
22 Tufted Duck
5 Sand Martins
6 Redwings
8 Chiffchaffs
>500 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
50 Tufted Ducks
4 Chiffchaffs
4 Siskins
(Ed Wilson)

2013
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
6 Great Crested Grebes
1 Cormorant
7 Wigeon
2 Gadwall
1 Pochard
42 Tufted Ducks
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Mediterranean Gull.
Ring-billed x Lesser Black-backed Gull.
>1500 Black-headed Gulls
2 Redwings
65 Magpies
25 Siskins
2 Reed Buntings
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
2 Great Crested Grebes
6 Swans
2 Pochard
85 Tufted Duck
(Ed Wilson)

2010
Priorslee Lake
3 Buzzards
1 Little Grebe
5 Great Crested Grebe
4 Gadwall
36 Tufted Duck
c.160 Jackdaws
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
4 Great Crested Grebe
3 Greylag Geese
32 Tufted Duck

Trench
1 Cormorant
43 Tufted Ducks
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
Little Ringed Plover
1 Cormorant
1 Mallard x Pintail
18 Tufted Duck
1 Ruddy Duck
1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Kittiwake
33 Wren
29 Robin
24 Blackbird
3 Chiffchaff
39 Magpie
3 Greenfinch
6 Reed Bunting
(Ed Wilson)

The Flash
8 Great Crested Grebe
2 Pochard
27 Tufted Duck
1 Snipe
3 Chiffchaff
2 Reed Bunting
(Ed Wilson)

2006
Priorslee Lake
1 Barn Owl
1 Little Grebe
5 Great Crested Grebes
1 Shoveler
30 Tufted Ducks
2 Water Rails
321 Wood Pigeons
2 Skylarks
5 Meadow Pipits
33 Wrens
21 Robins
21 Blackbirds
1 Fieldfare
3 Redwings
1 Chiffchaff
1 Willow Tit
18 Greenfinches
8 Siskins
1 Linnet
6 Reed Buntings
1 Yellowhammer.
(Ed Wilson)