30 Oct 15

Priorslee Lake: 14:33 – 15:10
Location

Telford sunrise: not relevant

15.0°C > 16.0°C. Some breaks all around but low cloud and light drizzle over here. Moderate S wind. Good visibility

After being rained off for a morning visit I dropped in later to see how the gulls were building up – basically not!

(131st visit of the year)

Notes
- almost all the diving ducks seemed to have headed off – yachts on the water. See The Flash counts / comments
- 12 Great Crested Grebes at least: again unable to age all the birds
- another ‘largest’ Coot count this year so far
- rather few gulls with none of interest
- no overflights noted

The counts from the lake area
- 2 Mute Swans
- 5 (3) Gadwall
- 13 (6♂) Mallard
- 2 (1♂) Shoveler
- 2 (2♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 Little Grebe
- 12 Great Crested Grebes
- 32 Moorhens again
- 262 Coots
- 64 Black-headed Gulls
- 184 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 6 Herring Gulls

(Ed Wilson)

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Priorslee Flash: 15:13 – 15:49
Location

(91st visit of the year)

Notes
- most of the Greylag Geese left to the SW at 15:30
- no Teal seen but an immature drake Shoveler
- large number of Tufted Duck (and a few Pochard) likely refugees from the lake. Many in flight and some leaving to the SW (back to the lake?) and totals possibly incomplete
- Kingfisher here for my 3rd visit in succession

The counts from the water
- 2 + 3 Mute Swans
- 144 Greylag Geese
- 53 Canada Geese
- 1 all-white feral goose
- 41 (26♂) Mallard
- 1 (1♂) Shoveler
- 5 (4♂) Pochard
- 156 (?♂) Tufted Duck
- 1 all-white feral duck
- 1 + 1 Great Crested Grebes again
- 2 Moorhens
- 13 Coots again
- 19 Black-headed Gulls
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull again

(Ed Wilson)

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On this day in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2014
2014
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2010
Priorslee Lake
10 Swans
c.60 Golden Plover
c.200 Starlings left a roost in the reeds at the W end
763 Wood Pigeons
3 Sky Larks
7 Meadow Pipits
165 Fieldfare
9 Redwings
4 Siskins
3 Linnets
1 Redpoll
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake

8 Wigeon
20 Pochard
(John Isherwood)

The Flash
1 Goosander
1 Teal
(John Isherwood)

2006
Priorslee Lake

100 Jackdaw
130 Rooks
1 Buzzard
Kestrel
c.60 Golden Plover
(Martin Adlam)

2005
Priorslee Lake

450 to 500 Starlings left the roost
11 Pochard
47 Tufted Duck
Pair of Ruddy Duck
200+ Coot
1 Dunlin
104 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
100 Black-headed Gulls
Kingfisher
A Buzzard was seen feeding on earthworms and possibly beetles
2000+ Wood Pigeon
62 Redwing
54 Fieldfare
3 Song Thrushes
(Martin Adlam)