Monday, 26th

- Little Ringed Plover - single bird on south shore near sailing hut.

Also:
Buzzard, GardenWarbler, G.S.Woodpecker, Reed Warbler & Willow Tit .

(John Isherwood)

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Friday, 9th

After logging no terns at Priorslee Lake or Flash last year my 3rd species already this year

After a rained-out visit to Nedge I route past the lake and thought I out to stop and look. And there it was - a tern flying close by the dam. A quick check and there was no dark wedge in the very plain and pale upperwing

At this point the bird flew off down the other end. After I had parked the car properly I managed another brief look as it again passed the dam and was able to see the narrow dark trailing edge of the underwing as well

At this point it disappeared but as I was still in the car I had restricted view. I jumped out but could see it no more

Ideally I would have liked some better / longer views to get double confirmation, but I am happy I saw enough to log this an Arctic rather than Comic Tern

Went to The Flash afterwards to check it wasn't there: it wasn't

(Ed Wilson)

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Thursday, 8th

Great morning at the Lake this morning

- Spotted Flycatcher along N side at 07:30 though I may have glimpsed it earlier
- 5 Black Terns flew off NE at 07:50: not sure how long they had been there as I was engaged in trying to read the rings of the 17 Swans by the dam. I only noticed them when I looked up, but it was probably no more than 10 minutes

The Black Terns are only my second-ever record from the lake

Supporting cast
- Willow Tit nest hole located: while trying to take a picture of something other than an empty hole 2 Goldcrests visited me
- certainly 8 and probably 9 singing Reed Warblers , with another bird seen when it popped in to view while I was looking at a singing Garden Warbler that was puzzling a Dunnock
- the Garden Warbler was singing in one ear as a Blackcap sang in the other - great for comparison

(Ed Wilson)

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Wednesday, 7th

More Swans

The number of Swans has grown at the Lake with 18 birds now present including the 2 Resident birds which were showing off their 6 cygnets , this lunchtime . Also present were 2 drake Shoveler .

I managed to get a few numbers today:

"Darvik" Orange Ring
V30

"Darvik" Blue Ring
7ETX
7DSC
7ETL
7EUP

(Martin Adlam)

- The pairs of Great Crested Grebes have 2 young each.
- There have been at least 6 broods of Coot so far, but only 5 juveniles are extant: there seem to be too many pairs and the parents fight and kill the chicks!

CLICK HERE for ----- Warblers and non-Warblers ( Quick summary of what I have logged on my daily early visits to the lake and Woodhouse Lane as well as The Flash)

(Ed Wilson)

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Tuesday, 6th

- a Common-type tern flying away E before 05:00. It was too dark and too far away to identify it. Not sure where it came from - pretty sure that it was not from the lake
- Also on the lake a Common Sandpiper . These have been almost daily for the last 2 weeks - up to 3 birds.

(Ed Wilson)

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Thursday, 1st

Swan Lake

Today there were just 13 Mute Swans being herded into the NE Bay by the resident Cob, with the Pen presumably in Wesley Brook.

8 of the 15 Mute Swans on the Lake today (Click on image to enlarge)

(Martin Adlam)