31 May 16

The Flash: 07:00 – 07:20
Location

Sunrise: 04:51 BST

8°C > 12°C Only thin high cloud patches. Fresh N wind. Excellent visibility

Perhaps it was the rather strong wind; perhaps just the progress of the breeding season: whatever was very quiet this morning.

A few sheltered spots allowed some insects to be logged

(53rd visit of the year)

Notes
- both Great Crested Grebes asleep this morning
- Mallard mainly elsewhere – or hiding

Birds noted flying over.
None

Hirundines etc. seen here today
- 4 Swifts
- 2 House Martins

Warblers seen / heard around the water: numbers in brackets are singing birds
Only warbler was a singing Chiffchaff and that was not near the bird logged on the previous few visits
- 1 (1) Chiffchaff

The counts from the water
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 2 + 6 Mute Swans
- 6 Greylag Geese- 42 Canada Geese
- 1 all white feral-goose
- 9 (7♂) Mallard
- 17 Coots

(Ed Wilson)

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Priorslee Lake: 07:25 – 09:25
Location

(88th visit of the year)

Notes
- the Swans have lost another cygnet
- first log of Black-headed Gull since 11 May
- low number of corvids passing (by recent standards): likely they were hedge-hopping below my site-line to stay out of the wind
- the Cetti’s Warbler possibly absent: I heard what might have been one distant burst of song but as it was well to the E of Castle Farm Way I dismissed it at the time. When I was in its usual location I heard nothing
- what seems likely to have been a Lesser Whitethroat calling from the Ricoh hedge – right location, but I am not overly-familiar with the calls of this species to be 100% sure it was not a Blackcap giving an unusual alarm call
and
- Speckled Wood butterfly
- a Silver-ground Carpet moth flushed from the grass (the same date as my first last year)
- Common Blue, Azure and Blue-tailed Damselflies
- several hoverflies, one of which was new for me (see pix)

Counts of birds flying over the lake (in addition to those on / around lake)
- 1 Black-headed Gull
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 2 Herring Gulls
- 1 Feral Pigeon
- 1 Stock Dove
- 3 Wood Pigeons
- 5 Jackdaws
- 9 Rooks

Hirundine etc. approximate maxima
- >10 Common Swifts
- 2 Barn Swallow
- 2 House Martins

Warblers seen / heard around the lake: numbers in brackets are singing birds
- 5 (4) Chiffchaffs
- 8 (7) Blackcaps
- 1 (0) Lesser Whitethroat? (see notes)
- 7 (6) Reed Warblers

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 2 Mute Swans
- 13 (10♂) + 2 (1 brood) Mallard
- 4 Great Crested Grebes again
- 1 Moorhen
- 22 + 0 juvenile Coots

This is the hoverfly Myathropa florea which breeds in wet rot-holes in tree-trunks. Feeds mainly on umbellifers and one of a number of species that hover, benignly, at head-height in sunny glades.

This hoverfly is of the genus Pipiza, likely P. noctiluca. It remains unclear how many species there in are in this genus and whether there are reliable identification characteristics. The confusion arises from historical records (mis)using an array of different names. Notwithstanding this record represents a new species for me at the lake.

This is a Common Blue Damselfly showing the markings on segment 2. In the very similar Azure Damselfly the mark is U-shaped; here it is ‘ace of spades’ shaped.

Here is an Azure Damselfly showing the U-shaped mark.

The ‘U’ in close-up.

A different specimen.

And to complete the trio of damselflies for the day, this is a Blue-tailed Damselfly. Noticeably smaller and a weaker flyer than the other two species and, in the male, with blue more or less confined to segment 8 when viewed from above.

My annual photo of an evil-looking red-eyed fly, probably Phaonia viarum (a Muscid fly).

(Ed Wilson)

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2015
Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here


2014
Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here


2007
Wrekin

2 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Green Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Swallow
2 House Martin
3 Tree Pipit
2 Garden Warbler
Blackcap
1 Common Whitethroat
Willow Warbler
4 Chiffchaff
2 Wood Warbler
1 Pied Flycatcher
2 Spotted Flycatcher
1 Bullfinch
2 Linnet
(Martin Adlam)

30 May 16

No sightings in today.

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Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here


2014
Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here

2013

Long Lane, Wellington
13 Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
(JW Reeves)

29 May 16

No sightings in today.

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Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here


2014
Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here

2013
Priorslee Lake

1 Sedge Warbler
5 Reed Warbler
(John Isherwood)

Long Lane, Wellington
2 Dunlin
1 Sanderling
(Andy Latham)

2009
Priorslee Lake

4 Tufted Ducks
Ed Wilson

2007
Priorslee Lake

Swifts
Kestrel
Great Black-backed Gull
(Martin Adlam)

28 May 16

Priorslee Lake: 07:20 – 09:25
Location

Sunrise: 04:54 BST

10°C > 12°C Cloud at many levels with a few spits of rain early. Some breaks developed later. Light E wind. Moderate visibility and rather hazy

So much for the fine and dry holiday weekend we were promised. It was raining as I left home. The rain soon eased but the rather chilly conditions seemed to stop much in the way of song

(87th visit of the year)

Best this morning was the probable Curlew which flew through my binoculars as I was following the Tufted Ducks that were flying around. It seemed to be leaving the dam area which was at the other end of the lake from me and I only had a split second view before I was blocked by trees. It did not call. A strange date: birds should be on territory by now and failed breeders probably have time to try again – I reckon June 15 as about the first date for returning birds

There is just the possibility that it could have been a Whimbrel but I think not. In the brief view the bill seemed curved rather than kinked down. And Whimbrel are usually very noisy calling as they fly

Other notes
- some of the Jackdaws and Rooks were in small groups of 3 / 4 suggesting family parties on feeding forays
- one of the Swallows was seen heading off E over the fields – normally the birds at the lake come from the area of Priorslee Village to the W. That said, while I was in Woodhouse Lane yesterday perhaps the same birds flew E over head
- the Cetti’s Warbler sang from the NW area again, but then worked all the way along the N side to the far NE corner. Perhaps it has given up trying to attract a mate and goes off looking for one?

And

Counts of birds flying over the lake (in addition to those on / around lake)
- 6 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 6 Herring Gulls as well
- 10 Feral Pigeons (4 groups)
- 5 Wood Pigeons
- 41 Jackdaws
- 73 Rooks

Hirundine etc. approximate maxima
- >25 Common Swifts again
- 3 Barn Swallow
- 6 House Martins

Warblers seen / heard around the lake: numbers in brackets are singing birds
- 1 (1) Cetti’s Warbler
- 7 (4) Chiffchaffs
- 7 (5) Blackcaps
- 9 (9) Reed Warblers

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 Mute Swans
- 11 (9♂) + 2 (1 brood) Mallard
- 5 (3♂) Tufted Ducks
- 4 Great Crested Grebes only
- 3 Moorhens
- 15 + 1 juvenile Coots
- 1 Curlew (see above)

This is a Herring Gull – not that you can ID it from this shot. But it illustrates that at least non-breeding birds are well in to wing moult. Normally there are 10 primary feathers: this bird shows just 6 on the left wing; and perhaps 7 or 8 – hard to see – on the right wing.

This is worrying: checking the literature it appears to be an Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula). Checking my records from previous years I suspect I mis-identified it as Early March Orchid (Dactylorhiza incarnata). I do find them confusing! May be easier when the spike is more open and there are more spikes to check.

First chance I have had to get close to a Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacorus) without getting my feet wet!

Deep throat (if you are under 50 you may not understand ...)

A bank of Ramsons (Allium ursinium) growing alongside the Wesley Brook.

Closer-up showing the flower-heads now open.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 06:55 – 07:15
Location

(52nd visit of the year)

Notes
- just Canada Geese present today
- no sign of either Great Crested Grebe this morning
- a lone House Martin was the only hirundines etc. seen

Birds noted flying over
None

Hirundines etc. seen here today
- 1 House Martin

Warblers seen / heard around the water: numbers in brackets are singing birds
The now usual trio
- 1 (1) Chiffchaff
- 1 (1) Willow Warbler
- 1 (1) Blackcap

The counts from the water
- 2 + 6 Mute Swans
- 27 Canada Geese
- 1 all white feral-goose
- 23 (17♂) Mallard
- 2 Moorhens
- 14 Coots

A Blackbird of course but still not entirely sure why it looks like this. White patches (albinism) are quite common in Blackbird plumage but here the feathering appears to be absent and it is the skin that is white. Note the exposed ear – birds’ ears are not where you expect!

(Ed Wilson)

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Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here


2007
Priorslee Lake

2 Ruddy Ducks
(Martin Adlam)

2006
Priorslee Lake

Cuckoo
(Martin Adlam)

27 May 16

Priorslee Lake: 07:20 – 09:55
Location

Sunrise: 04:55 BST
7°C > 13°C Area of medium-high cloud slow to disperse; then some lower puffy clouds. Calm start with light mainly E breeze later. Moderate visibility and rather hazy

A change in routine: a different approach through St Georges allowed me to check The Flash in passing to the lake

(86th visit of the year)

There is a potential problem for some of the ground-nesting birds here. One of the helpers of Telford Sailablity – this provides opportunities for disabled people to sail on the lake – has two uncontrolled spaniel dogs which are running around in all the vegetation and reeds at the W end. The owner of the dogs seems unwilling or unable to do anything about it. I am the last person to want all dogs here on leads, though in fact the Severn Trent notices say that dogs ‘must be kept on leads’. Most dogs are relatively well-behaved and are not really a problem in what should be a ‘shared use’ environment

Much of the bird activity is slowing now: and it is insect-hunting time for the next 6 weeks or so until birds start post-breeding dispersal. But anything can still turn up at any time yet

Notes
- the 2 Grey Herons flew over SW together
- the Kestrel was around again: its 4th day. It seems to just ‘appear’ and ‘leave’ and I have been unable to ascertain where it might have been for the rest of the year
- in addition to the Stock Doves overhead there was another bird calling at or near the traditional site where I have suspected nesting for a number of years. The tree concerned has lost several major limbs in the last two winters and seems less suitable as a nest site
- the Cetti’s Warbler was near the main N-side reed-bed this morning. The first time it has moved away from the NW area for about 3 months
- Garden Warbler(s) continue to confuse: one was singing along the S side this morning – yet another location: the 6th so far this year
and
- many more newly hatched and hatching damselflies, most apparently Blue-tailed Damselflies
- Speckled Wood and Green-veined White butterflies
- numerous 7-spot Ladybirds
- many Red-and-Black Froghoppers (Cercopis vulnerata)
- many Meadow Buttercup flowers with single Oedemera nobilis beetles – small green beetles, the males of which have swollen femurs
- two species of moth: one a White-pinion Spotted rescued from a spider
- a different and fierce-looking spider
- a Mason Wasp
- a Hornet seen in flight

Counts of birds flying over the lake (in addition to those on / around lake)
- 1 Greylag Goose
- 2 Grey Herons
- 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 1 Herring Gull
- 2 Stock Doves
- 7 Wood Pigeons
- 26 Jackdaws
- 59 Rooks

Hirundine etc. approximate maxima
- >25 Common Swifts
- 1 Barn Swallow

Warblers seen / heard around the lake: numbers in brackets are singing birds
- 1 (1) Cetti’s Warbler
- 5 (5) Chiffchaffs
- 16 (14) Blackcaps
- 1 (1) Garden Warbler
- 5 (5) Reed Warblers

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 Mute Swans
- 11 (9) Mallard
- 3 (3♂) Tufted Ducks
- 6 Great Crested Grebes again
- 1 Moorhen only
- 21 + 0 juvenile Coots

A newly-emerged damselfly, yet to acquire any colour. I think it is a Blue-tailed Damselfly: it is difficult at this stage of development.

This was close-by and well be the exuvia.

No prizes for this one: a rather fine view of a 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata).

A very distinctively-marked wasp that I had to scour the web to provisionally identify it as a Mason wasp (Ancistrocerus antilope). A new species for me.

And the ‘side elevation’.

Another mystery insect: the short antennae points towards it being a saw-fly sp. rather than a female Scorpion Fly as I first thought. Anyway it lacks the ‘beak’ of the Scorpion Fly. But what is it exactly.

It was only after I had rescued the moth that I realised that I had spoilt the spider’s breakfast – I did not see the spider when I took the photo of the struggling moth, only when I scooped the moth out of the web.

Here is the rescued moth: whether it will survive ... It is a White-pinion Spotted moth – a species I logged on exactly the same date last year (no idea about the spider).

This is the hoverfly Volucella pellucens.

A micro moth is probably Epiblema scutulana (aka Thistle Bell), but there are several similar species.

The Hawthorn is looking particularly attractive at the moment. Perhaps it smells – does not to my nose, but that is not unusual: I can walk past rotting copses without smelling anything.

Anyone scared of spiders? Looks like one of the Araneus spiders, which include the familiar Garden Spider, but here the body is too rounded for that species. This is the underside.

And the side elevation.

And the plan view!

Meadow Buttercup flower with male Oedemera nobilis beetle – with the swollen femur.

In this shot the beetle has just begun to open its wings – I got too close and he flew off.

Heavy dew last night shows the extent of the spider activity. I heard somewhere that the weight of spiders in the world exceeds the weight of humans. Whether that is an urban myth or not I cannot say.

This behind the dam area – seem to have been a few dandelions this year!

Looking at the rather oval shape to the leaves this is Bush Vetch (Vicia sepium) which I have probably assumed to be Common Vetch (Vicia sativa) in previous years.

And a close-up of a single flower which illustrates how hairy it is (note what seems to be an ant scuttling away).

This Valerian (Valeriana officinalis) is on the dam and just coming in to flower. Much reduced in quantity after the strimming done on the dam last autumn. It was on these flowers last year that I saw a Hummingbird Hawkmoth.

Here we see the flower of Goat's-beard or Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon (Tragopogon pratensis). It will form a spectacular globular ‘clock’ in a few weeks. This plant is very closely related to Salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) which has purple flowers and often escapes from gardens.

(Ed Wilson)
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Woodhouse Lane: [08:00 – 08:50]
Location

Back around the fields and lane again
Notes
- 2 Red-legged Partridges flushed from the edge of one of the fields
- 2 Stock Doves flushed from the fields again; and then another single
- a ‘mystery warbler’ this morning. It was singing from a part of the hedge where I have recorded Common Whitethroat for several weeks. Although the song was short, like a whitethroat’s, the timbre was much richer and more like a Garden Warbler. It refused to show itself. I have no idea

Some numbers (numbers in brackets are singing birds)
- 3 (3) Sky Larks
- 2 (2) Chiffchaffs
- 5 (5) Blackcaps
- 1 (1) Garden Warbler (but see notes)
- 2 (1) Common Whitethroats
- 4 (4) Song Thrushes
- 1 Linnet
- 4 (1) Yellowhammers

One of the specialities of the lane: a Yellowhammer. Here a male that was making its single note call.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 07:00 – 07:15
Location

(51st visit of the year)
Notes
- 31 of the Greylag and 37 of the Canada Geese flew in from the NE while I was walking past
- one of the Great Crested Grebes asleep alongside last year’s nest site: no sign of nest-building as yet

Birds noted flying over
None

Hirundines etc. seen here today
- 8 Common Swifts
- 3 House Martins

Warblers seen / heard around the water: numbers in brackets are singing birds
- 1 (1) Chiffchaff
- 1 (1) Willow Warbler as usual
- 1 (1) Blackcap: different location

The counts from the water
- 2 + 6 Mute Swans
- 34 Greylag Geese
- 57 Canada Geese
- 1 all white feral-goose
- 18 (14♂) Mallard
- 2 Great Crested Grebes
- 1 Moorhen
- 15 Coots

2 of the many arriving Greylag Geese show off the identification points – bill & leg colour and wing pattern.

(Ed Wilson)

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2015
Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here


2014
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2009
Priorslee Lake
3 Little Egrets
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
Little Ringed Plover
(John Isherwood)

26 May 16

Priorslee Lake: 07:15 – 09:10
Location

Sunrise: 04:56 BST

9°C > 11°C Low overcast lifting somewhat and occasionally threatening to break. Almost calm. Moderate visibility becoming good

A milder feel to the morning than yesterday, in part because of the lack of wind

(85th visit of the year)

Notes
- the duck Mallard and her ducklings not located this morning
- the Kestrel was around again for the 3rd day
- where do all the Moorhen go? It seems only a few weeks since I was logging 20+ and now I struggle to reach 2!
- a / the Sedge Warbler was singing from a different location this morning
- one of the juvenile Pied Wagtails on the dam has been puzzling me for several days. It looks and sounds like a Pied Wagtail but seems to have a longer tail which it pumps enthusiastically in the manner of a Grey Wagtail. Sadly none of my bird-books illustrate a juvenile Grey Wagtail. In the absence of any hint of yellow, with no adults having been seen for weeks and with the calls sounding like a Pied I will have to assume that is what it is. Perhaps it has an unusually long tail and that is causing the exaggerated movement.

And
- some newly ‘hatched’ and about-to-hatch damselflies
- a small toad or frog – vanished in to long grass before I could ID it
- several other insects: see pix

Counts of birds flying over the lake (in addition to those on / around lake)
- 2 Canada Geese
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 1 Herring Gull
- 25 Jackdaws
- 21 Rooks
- 1 Starling

Hirundine etc. approximate maxima
- >20 Common Swifts
- 6 Barn Swallows
- 8 House Martins

Warblers seen / heard around the lake: numbers in brackets are singing birds
- 1 (1) Cetti’s Warbler
- 8 (4) Chiffchaffs
- 15 (14) Blackcaps
- 1 (1) Sedge Warbler
- 9 (7) Reed Warblers

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 Mute Swans
- 14 (12) Mallard
- 3 (2♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Cormorant yet again
- 1 Grey Heron
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- 2 Moorhens yet again
- 22 + 1 juvenile Coots

Not easy to get all the small flowers of this plant in focus: it is Common Forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis), also known as Field Scorpion-grass because the flower stems (not shown here) emerge coiled like a scorpion’s tail.

A plumed midge sp. Only males have the plumes and they don’t bite – indeed in most species of our midges females don’t either.

This insect was abundant this morning. All were on vegetation overhanging the water and in shade. We cannot see the red eye but the patterned back and the long antennae identify this species of caddis fly as Mystacides longicornis. It appears to have no vernacular name.

This appears to be a damselfly larva in its final stage and hauled out of the water about to exuviate in to a winged creature. I cannot find any web sites that would help further to species level.

Here is a freshly emerged female Common Blue Damselfly. We can see other damselflies and exuvia in the background.

The ‘business end’ of the same female Common Blue Damselfly.

I thought this was going to be an ichneumon-type insect but the ‘wasp-waist’ is not waspish enough and the antennae rather too short. So I am leaving it as ‘fly sp.’ at the moment. A handsome creature.

(Ed Wilson)

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The Flash: 09:15 – 09:35
Location

(50th visit of the year)

Notes
- a build up of (failed breeding?) geese
- the 3 Tufted Ducks were flying around very low and may have been leaving; or perhaps the birds from the lake deciding not to stop off here at all
- only 1 Great Crested Grebe seen, but did not walk all the way around

Birds noted flying over
None

Hirundines etc. seen here today
- 4 Common Swifts
- 6 House Martins

Warblers seen / heard around the water: numbers in brackets are singing birds
- 1 (1) Willow Warbler as usual
- 1 (1) Blackcap again

The counts from the water
- 2 + 6 Mute Swans
- 12 Greylag Geese
- 75 Canada Geese
- 1 all white feral-goose
- 21 (16♂) Mallard
- 3 (2♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Great Crested Grebe
- 14 Coots

(Ed Wilson)

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On this day in ...........
2015
Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here


2014
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2009
Priorslee Lake
Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
2 Common Terns
(Ed Wilson)

2007
Priorslee Lake
Common Tern
(Ed Wilson)

25 May 16

Priorslee Lake: 07:15 – 09:25
Location

Sunrise: 04:57 BST
7°C > 9°C Medium overcast with a few very light spots of rain. Light N / NNW wind. Good visibility

A rather chilly and cheerless morning

(84th visit of the year)

Notes
- just a single cob Swan for much of the time; the cob collected the pen and surviving cygnets just as I was about to leave
- sudden re-appearance of Great Crested Grebes: suspect some were new in as 4 birds, as two pairs, were in the middle of the lake. After an hour or so one of these pairs flew off
- the Lapwing was seen far to the NE: perhaps attempting to breed in the fields there?
- a Kestrel hunting over the SW grass and then perching in the SW copse again
- many of the Coots hiding in the reeds?
- at one point a Swallow alarm-called and all the swifts (>50) and other hirundines climbed high in the sky. I could see no reason for the alarm
- later while I was on the N shore the swifts, mainly, were flying low across the reeds and within inches of me. Their eye-sight must be better than mine as I could not see any flies!
- the party of Barn Swallows took to resting on the concrete boat launching platform, something I have only seen them do before when very windy or raining
- a pair of Swallows flew in from the E: there was a fine male with very long tail-streamers and he was doing a display flight with shallow wing-beats and tail held tight. It looked, momentarily, for all the world like a parakeet sp.
- Goldcrest seen diving in to ivy carrying food, confirming breeding here this year
- the Garden Warbler singing back where it started by the Teece Drive gate this morning

Counts of birds flying over the lake (in addition to those on / around lake)
- 1 Lapwing
- 3 Wood Pigeons only
- 17 Jackdaws again
- 38 Rooks again – same # of both species two days running!
- 6 Starlings
- 1 Greenfinch

Hirundine etc. approximate maxima
- >50 Common Swifts
- 3 Sand Martin
- 8 Barn Swallows
- 6 House Martins

Warblers seen / heard around the lake: numbers in brackets are singing birds
- 1 (1) Cetti’s Warbler
- 7 (5) Chiffchaffs
- 12 (11) Blackcaps
- 1 (1) Garden Warbler
- 5 (5) Reed Warblers

The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 3 Mute Swans
- 16 (13) + 2 (1 brood) Mallard
- 8 (6♂) Tufted Ducks
- 1 Cormorant again
- 7 Great Crested Grebes
- 2 Moorhens again
- 18 + 0 juvenile Coots

One of the apparent ‘extra’ pairs of Great Crested Grebes flying off. This species has a very elongated profile in flight and shows an unexpected amount of white in the wing.

And making another pass before they depart.

This time they were off.

Well it was a long way away and the light not good. 6 Barn Swallows resting on the concrete boat launching platform. It looks like a Sand Martin flying by in the top left.

I did manage to sneak a bit closer without disturbing them but just as I took this shot a dog-walked arrived and that was that for any more shots.

Shooting in to the sky in such dull conditions was never going to reveal too much detail (even with a touch of editing). However the spread of the wings and the use of the small alula feather is well shown in this view of a hovering Kestrel.

And here with wings raised.

It went and perched on this distant tree. If you look behind the Kestrel you can see a Crow approaching. Crows do not like birds of prey ...

 ... as it chases the Kestrel off


A plan view of a passing House Martin. Note the outer tail-feathers are slightly more elongated when spread like this. In normal flight with the tail held more closed-up this gives the slight ‘V-tail’ effect. Top left is a plainer-looking Sand Martin passing.

And for comparison: the side elevation of a passing House Martin.

For comparison a Sand Martin: no white rump and rather brown with just a hint of a pale collar, in practice very hard to discern.

(Ed Wilson)

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On this day in ...........
2015
Priorslee Lake

Today's Sightings Here


2014
Priorslee Lake
Today's Sightings Here

2012
Nedge Hill
2 Ravens mobbing Kestrel.
(John Isherwood)

2010
Priorslee Lake
Ringed Plover
(Ed Wilson)

2009
Priorslee Lake
Red Kite

(Ed Wilson)