Priorslee Lake: 11:30 – 12:20
Sunrise: 08:20 GMT again
10°C > 11°C: Cloudy. Increasing S wind, becoming fresh. Very good visibility
‘Stuff’ to do so decided on a later visit to check out the gulls. What gulls? Still very low numbers
(177th visit of the year)
Notes from today
almost nothing seen flying over – just a few Magpies rather high up, probably just having trouble with the wind under their tails. Nevertheless 3 of the Lesser Black-backed Gulls managed to sneak in without me seeing them arrive
- the / a duck Shoveler is back keeping the Gadwalls company
- yet another drake Pochard logged today
- found the 6th Great Crested Grebe today even though I could only find 2 for most of the time
and
- 1 male Mottled Umber moth on one of the lamps
The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans
- 2 (1♂) Gadwall
- 15 (8♂) Mallard
- 1 (0♂) Shoveler
- 10 (9♂) Pochard
- 26 (10♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 Grey Herons again
- 2 Little Grebes
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- 5 Moorhens
- 46 Coots
- 122 Black-headed Gulls
- 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash: 12:25 – 12:35
(134th visit of the year)
Notes from here
- 1 Grey Wagtail flew over
The counts from the water
- 2 Mute Swans
- 9 Canada Geese again
- 1 all white feral goose
- 32 (22♂) Mallard again
- 57 (36♂) Tufted Ducks
- 6 (0♂) Goosanders again
- 1 Grey Heron
- 2 Great Crested Grebes remain
- 4 Moorhens
- 10 Coots
- 24 Black-headed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
Sunrise: 08:20 GMT again
10°C > 11°C: Cloudy. Increasing S wind, becoming fresh. Very good visibility
‘Stuff’ to do so decided on a later visit to check out the gulls. What gulls? Still very low numbers
(177th visit of the year)
Notes from today
almost nothing seen flying over – just a few Magpies rather high up, probably just having trouble with the wind under their tails. Nevertheless 3 of the Lesser Black-backed Gulls managed to sneak in without me seeing them arrive
- the / a duck Shoveler is back keeping the Gadwalls company
- yet another drake Pochard logged today
- found the 6th Great Crested Grebe today even though I could only find 2 for most of the time
and
- 1 male Mottled Umber moth on one of the lamps
The counts from the lake area
- 2 + 1 Mute Swans
- 2 (1♂) Gadwall
- 15 (8♂) Mallard
- 1 (0♂) Shoveler
- 10 (9♂) Pochard
- 26 (10♂) Tufted Ducks
- 2 Grey Herons again
- 2 Little Grebes
- 6 Great Crested Grebes
- 5 Moorhens
- 46 Coots
- 122 Black-headed Gulls
- 9 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
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The Flash: 12:25 – 12:35
(134th visit of the year)
Notes from here
- 1 Grey Wagtail flew over
The counts from the water
- 2 Mute Swans
- 9 Canada Geese again
- 1 all white feral goose
- 32 (22♂) Mallard again
- 57 (36♂) Tufted Ducks
- 6 (0♂) Goosanders again
- 1 Grey Heron
- 2 Great Crested Grebes remain
- 4 Moorhens
- 10 Coots
- 24 Black-headed Gulls
(Ed Wilson)
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On this day in ...........
2015Priorslee Lake
Today's sightings Here
2014
Priorslee Lake
Today's sightings Here
2013
Priorslee Lake
1st-winter female Great Scaup
Horsehay Pool
Kittiwake
2012
Priorslee Lake
4 Gadwall
14 Pochard
29 Tufted Ducks
3 Goosanders
178 Coots
2 Redwings
4 Siskin
(Ed Wilson)
The Flash
3 Pochard
44 Tufted Duck
28 Goosanders
(Ed Wilson)
Trench Lock Pool
30 Mute Swans
40 Tufted Duck
1 Goosander
161 Coots
1 Great Black-backed Gull
(Ed Wilson)
2009
Priorslee Lake
1 Little Grebe
1 Black-necked Grebe
18 Swans
4 Gadwall
41 Pochard
75 Tufted Ducks
2 Water Rails
311 Coots
600 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
2 Yellow-legged Gulls
12 Goldfinches
10 Siskins
(Ed Wilson/Dawn Balmer/Peter Wilson)
2006
Priorslee lake
2 Great Crested Grebe
3 Cormorants
32 Pochard
24 Tufted Ducks
1 Water Rail
64 Coots
c.100 Black-headed Gulls
23 Redwing
(Martin Adlam)
2005
Priorslee lake
10 Pochard
15 Tufted Duck
c.400 Black-headed Gulls
c.100 Lesser Black-backs
1 Water Rail
20 Pied Wagtails
365 Rooks
325 Jackdaw
1 Kingfisher
51 Siskin
7 Redpoll
13 Greenfinch 13
12 Reed Bunting
(Martin Adlam)