Priorslee Lake
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Archive News - January 2008 |
Tuesday, 29th - At 12:05 today the Gull roost consisted of c.2000 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 109 Herring Gulls, 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Great Black-backed Gull and c.250 Black-headed Gulls. The roost was interrupted twice by birds of prey, the first (12:13pm) by a Buzzard that put them all up and then by a Merlin at 12:25pm, which was a pleasant surprise. (Martin Adlam) Monday, 28th - At 12:35 today the Gull roost consisted of 216 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 16 Herring Gulls and 56 Black-headed Gulls with 2 of the latter sporting "black heads" (Martin Adlam) Saturday, 26th - Iceland Gull reported to have been seen at 11:56 today. Information was on Birdguides.com. (Reporter Unknown) There was also a 2nd Winter bird seen at Granville Landfill Site. (Not sure when it was observed but it flew north-west.) (Andy Latham) Thursday, 24th - Not many Gulls on the Lake this Lunchtime, with just 120 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 16 Herring Gulls, 50 Black-headed Gull and a lone Great Black-backed Gull. (Martin Adlam) Wednesday, 23rd - An adult Yellow-legged Gull in amongst the midday roost (12:35pm). Also 200 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 1 Greater Black-backed Gull, 27 Herring Gull and 150 Black-headed Gulls. Other Species present: Tufted Duck, Pochard, Great Crested Grebe, Coot and Mute Swan (Martin Adlam) Tuesday, 22nd - A good number of Gulls at the Lake this lunchtime with approx. 300 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 65 Herring Gulls. No sign of Glaucous or Yellow-legged Gulls. (Martin Adlam) Earlier - 3 Cormorants flew together over the lake at 8:15 am. (Sue) Friday, 18th (Report also includes sightings back to 8th January) Today: Rounding up how things have been over the last 10 days or so (This report also includes sightings from The Flash) - a few immature Great Crested Grebes have started to appear at both the
lake and The Flash My species count for the lake this year stands at 62 (Ed Wilson) Wednesday, 16th At 10:15am a Glaucous Gull was reported to have been seen in Telford. Not sure if this is at the lake, but information was on BirdGuides.com The follow up to this sighting is that it was the1st Winter bird and seen at the Granville Landfill Site by Jason. Permit only Tuesday, 15th At 5.20pm a Glaucous Gull was reported to have been seen at the lake. Information was on BirdGuides.com (Reporter Unknown) Earlier At 3:00pm – 1st Winter Glaucous Gull flew into the pre-roost gathering and was still present at 3.20pm (Geoff Holmes). Saturday, 12th Herring Gull at the Lake with apparently red dyed tail and rump See SOS Bird Site (Paul King) Friday, 11th 1st Winter Glaucous Gull photographed at Priorslee Lake by Paul King See SOS Bird Site (Paul King) Wednesday, 9th Tuesday, 8th - 1 Yellow-legged Gull in amongst the 500+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls and 23 Herring Gulls (Midday) (Martin Adlam) Monday, 7th - 1st Winter Glaucous Gull seen between 10:34am and 10:37am this morning. (Paul Paclett) Saturday, 5th Quick report from Priorslee Lake for today, Saturday . . . . . Also seen and photographed was this Yellow-legged/Caspian Gull. I was rather distracted by the Glaucous Gull. I would normally have logged it as a Yellow-legged Gull of unidentified race, but it did at the time and does in the photos look rather large and I am wondering about Caspian Gull. .
Any thoughts welcome. Been through all the stuff from last year without reaching any conclusion! Supporting cast: 2 Wigeon; 5 Gadwall; >20 Pochard; >70 Tufted Duck (some flew off); 1 Water Rail; 6 Great Black-backed Gulls; >150 Herring Gulls; 6 Siskin's Earlier a drake Goosander and a 2nd winter Common Gull but they both left (Ed Wilson) Friday, 4th Another morning struggling to see things on the lake let-alone try and see interesting fly-overs. Tried the NE area of the lake for the 'dawn chorus' as the S side was rather noisy with the M54 traffic. Then completed the anti-clockwise lap before doing another in what passed for daylight Then a walk all the way around The Flash - the only real way to get a proper count of the Goosanders Star sightings this morning were 3 (and perhaps a 4th) Water Rails at Priorslee Lake No addition to the 2007 Year List Added to the Priorslee Lake Year List Other highlights were
at the very misty Lake (Ed Wilson) Thursday, 3rd Evening - 6:15pm Just as I was coming down the hill towards the Lake (from Priorslee) a Barn Owl flew across the road. It had come along the Northbank, crossed the road and up across the fields to the east. My first in 12 years at the lake. (Martin Adlam) Morning Update from a cold Priorslee Lake At the lake added a year-tick of Yellow-legged Gull; and a lake year-tick of Feral Pigeon I don't keep a life-list for The Flash but single immature Great Black-backed Gull and 3 Ravens overhead may have both been new! Back to the lake (Ed Wilson) Wednesday, 2nd In better conditions all the ducks were visible Rather few gulls with only c.40 Black-headed Gulls at roost and a maximum of c.400 When the large gulls started to arrive at c.08:45 there were rather few and more Herring Gulls (23) than Lesser Black-backed Gulls (13). A high number / proportion of Herring Gulls has been evident here and at The Flash all week c.4000 Starlings flew N from a roost (in the Stafford Park area?) at 08:05 2 species added to my year-list - Stock Dove and Redpoll 5 species added to the Priorslee Lake year-list (all seen around Caer Caradoc yesterday) - Buzzard, Kestrel, Sky Lark, Jay, Rook (Ed Wilson) Tuesday, 1st The start of the Year List at a very foggy Priorslee Lake and Flash Highlights from the lake: Hard to count things in the poor visibility - Ended up with 37 species on the year list from here (Ed Wilson) |
