August 31st
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper (Brian Bennett); Kingfisher in front of the hide (Caroline Moore); Green Woodpecker on the landfill (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Spotted Flycatcher in copse in the Car Park field (Geoff Emmett)
Spotted Flycatcher at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
August 30th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine over noisily first continuing south east, second back north (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Redstart first in copse in the Car Park field near style the second near style but staying out of sight (FJC); 4 Ravens over (Peter Scudamore); Kingfisher (Andrew Cook); Barn Owl in the Wet Meadow (Keith Seymour)
Black Swan Lake – 350+ House Martin mixed with Sand Martin (FJC)
Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Andrew Cook
August 29th
Lea Farm GP – 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk over the south west corner flushed the Greens, Kingfisher (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Redstart female in car park field in middle copse bottom corner on fence (Eddie Napper)
Female Redstart at Lavell’s Lake – Roger Stansfield
Female Redstart with a female Blackcap at Lavell’s Lake – Caroline Moore
August 28th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper (FJC); Whinchat, Wheatear both on posts on the landfill (Renton Righelato)
Lavell’s Lake – Lesser Whitethroat (FJC); Yellow Wagtail over car park field heading south, Whitethroat, 1+ Blackcap, Raven came from east over landfill circled headed north, 2 Reed Warbler in bushes on east side of car park field (Paul Bright-Thomas); Redstart on wires closest corner of car park field middle copse (Brian Bennett)
Female Wheatear and Red Kite at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Female Whinchat at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
August 27th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Grey Wagtail over, 2 Little Egret over, 2+ Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover heard (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, 2+ Blackcaps in large hawthorn bottom left corner, Redstart on fence near stile (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Cetti’s Warbler, Little Grebe, Blackcap male, Spotted Flycatcher on dead tree by the Loddon (Richard Marsh)
Spotted Flycatcher at Sandford Lake – Richard Marsh
August 26th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, Dunlin in the south west corner, 9 Teal, 5 Common Tern 2 adults and 3 juveniles, 3 Whinchat on the east shore (FJC); Night Heron over heading towards Dinton (Geoff Emmett); Redstart on land with no public access (Renton Righelato)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper on the scrape, 2 Kingfisher chasing one another (Phil Kinch)
2 Ringed Plover at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Juvenile Night Heron over Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
August 25th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret over towards Dinton, 4 Common Tern one adults and 3 juveniles, 19 Teal in the south west corner (FJC)
August 24th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 4 Common Tern 2 adults and 2 juveniles, Raven north to south along far edge of landfill, 6 Yellow Wagtail 2 over north east corner heading south east, Redstart in hedgerow area with no public access (FJC)
August 23rd
Lea Farm GP – 4 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, Hobby over south west corner (FJC); Oystercatcher flew over, 2 Grey Wagtail near hide, Ringed Plover on east shore, Great Crested Grebe adult seen with 3 small juvenile’s on it’s back (Richard Marsh); 2 Skylark, 3 Yellow Wagtail possible over south (Peter Scudamore); Dunlin on the east shore, 2 Ringed Plover on the east shore (Renton Righelato)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on the scrape, Bar-headed Goose (Gavin Turner)
White Swan Lake – Night Heron seen flying from fisherman’s car park end heading north up the lake (FJC)
August 22nd
Lavell’s Lake – 6 Green Sandpiper on the scrape, Bar-headed Goose, 6 Teal (Alan Rymer)
August 21st
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper (FJC); Dunlin, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 8 Teal (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 8 Green Sandpiper on the scrape (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – Night Heron flew in from Sandford towards Black Swan (Robin Dryden)
August 20th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper, 6 Green Sandpiper, Hobby over after a Sand Martin, 12 Teal, 3 Common Tern all juveniles, Ringed Plover north east shore, 3 Grey Wagtail on ‘T’ bar in front of the hide (FJC); 6 Common Tern 2 adults with 4 juveniles, Dunlin possible juvenile on east shore of just north of the island (Trevor Guyatt)
Sandford Lake – Night Heron flew in at 8pm (Linda Miller)
Night Heron at Sandford Lake – Linda Miller
Juvenile Dunlin at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
August 19th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Ringed Plover north east shore near to left hand traffic cone (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Green Sandpiper on the scrape (Keith Seymour)
Sandford Lake – Night Heron sat on island (Roger Stansfield)
7 Green Sandpiper at Lavell’s Lake – Keith Seymour
Night Heron at Sandford Lake – Caroline Moore
Night Heron at Sandford Lake – Roger Stansfield
August 18th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, Hobby over the landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Bar-head Goose just landed (Mark Lauri); 5 Green Sandpipers currently within the Bund (Michael Hubbard); Nuthatch behind the hide (David Tipping)
Nuthatch at Lavell’s Lake – David Tipping
August 17th
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe on the Wet Meadows (Caroline Moore)
Sandford Lake – 2 Little Egret, 8 Shoveler, Teal, Pochard drake, Swift over, Gadwall, Common Sandpiper (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – Caroline Moore
Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – Caroline Moore
August 16th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper (FJC); Spotted flycatcher just past Lea Farm hide in trees along river (Jonny Cox)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe at Bittern hide (Ida Groot-Attias)
Sandford Lake – Cattle Egret on island, Night Heron sat on post near northern reed-bed (Roger Stansfield)
Cattle Egret at Sandford Lake – Geoff Emmett
Night Heron at Sandford Lake – Roger Stansfield
August 15th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Wheatear off the east shore (FJC); Dunlin (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – Mediterranean Gull juvenile (FJC)
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Sandford Lake – Geoff Emmett
Common Sandpiper at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
August 14th
Lea Farm GP – 7 Common Sandpiper 4 in south west corner, 3 north east corner, 2 Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Snipe heard, 3 Teal (FJC); 2 Little Egret (Brian Bennett); 5 Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe juvenile (Stephen Power)
Sandford Lake – 102 Gadwall (FJC)
Juvenile Little Grebe at Lavell’s Lake – Stephen Power
Common Sandpiper in Flight at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Grey Wagtail at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
August 13th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 15 Teal, 3 Little Egret (FJC); Dunlin on the north shore (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Tawny Owl calling near Teal hide and behind Teal scrape for about 15 minutes (FJC); 3 Green Sandpiper from Bittern hide, Kingfisher, Snipe on the Wet Meadow (Richard Marsh); Shoveler, 2 Teal on the Bund (Peter Scudamore); 5 Green Sandpiper on the scrape (Anne Cronin)
Dunlin at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
August 12th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper (FJC)
August 11th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Hobby over far end of Car Park field briefly, 15+ Blackcap approximately in the big Hawthorn, Willow Warbler, 3+ Chiffchaff, 2 Little Egret, 3 Teal at Tern scrape, 2 Shoveler, Cetti’s Warbler by John’s bench, Garden Warbler (FJC)
August 10th
Lea Farm GP – 6 Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Snipe on the single island, 2 Hobby hunting over lake moving away east (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Short-eared Owl seen near Dunt Lane flying south (Dave Rimes)
Short-eared Owl near Black Swan Lake – Paul Bright-Thomas
August 9th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank in the south west corner, Golden Plover over high from south turned west (FJC); Snipe on the shore in the north east corner, Sand Martin visiting the wall (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Greenshank flew in to the Balqncing Pool from Lea Farm (FJC); 2 Gadwall adult with a single juvenile (Peter Scudamore); Little Egret, Lapwing, Water Rail (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Peter Scudamore)
Greenshank at Lea Farm – FJC
August 8th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper in the north east corner, 5 Green Sandpiper just flew north rising like they had just come off Tern scrape, 3 Little Grebe 2 adults 1 juvenile, 3 Kingfisher stunning views of one of them for 6 minutes on one of the ‘T’ bars, Night Heron juvenile flew south at tree height (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper on the scrape (Anne Cronin); 8 Little Egret, Grey Wagtail over (Nick Kightley)
August 7th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, Peregrine over (FJC); Kestrel female on landfill (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Teal at Tern scrape, 8 Common Tern over looking like they were leaving, Whitethroat to right of hide (FJC)
Whitethroat at Lavell’s Lake – Tony Ward
Female Kestrel at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Common Sandpiper at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
August 6th
Mortimer Meadow – Sparrowhawk (Suren Akkaraju)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Green Sandpiper, Water Rail heard at the rear of Tern scrape (FJC); Hobby, Common Sandpiper, 2 Shoveler (Brian Bennett); 2 Little Egret on the scrape (Stephen Power)
Sandford Lake – 93 Gadwall (FJC)
2 Little Egrets at Lavell’s Lake – Stephen Power
August 4th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, Kestrel on landfill (Geoff Emmett); 4 Green Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret (Tim James); Water Rail seen at the rear of the scrape (Andrew Cook)
Juvenile Water Rail at Lavell’s Lake – Andrew Cook
August 3rd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper (Brian Bennett); 2 Green Sandpiper (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret (Alan Rymer)
August 1st
Lea Farm GP – Greenshank heard nearby in flight but not seen, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine flew in heading north to south, Little Egret briefly, Kestrel on landfill, Sparrowhawk (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Green Sandpiper at Bittern Hide (Anne Cronin); Whitethroat juvenile or female , 2 Blackcap male and juvenile female, Green Woodpecker on a bare trunk all seen on landfill in the south west corner (Trevor Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail male and juvenile on dead branches at water level below trees seen from the Activity Centre (Trevor Guyatt)
