February 28th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Snipe first flushed from Loddon as I walked towards hide then later 4 seen feeding in front of hide (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher flushed from ditch on west side of lake (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – Mediterranean Gull near sailing club (FJC); 8 Egyptian geese chicks by sailing club (Steven Day); Smew male (Tim James)
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher flying along Loddon, 2 Little Grebe (Richard Marsh)
Snipe at Lea Farm – Richard Marsh
Mediterranean Gull at Black Swan Lake – FJC
February 26th
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Jack Snipe in 2 groups of 2 and 3, 5 Snipe (Chris Gent); 3 Hawfinch flying around in bushes on both sides of field (FJC): Shelduck female, Little Egret (Trevor Guyatt)
February 25th
Lea Farm GP – Goldcrest near hide, Brent Goose on landfill, Bar-headed Goose on landfill, Shelduck female in south west corner, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Treecreeper along Loddon opposite hide (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 17 Snipe, Little Egret, 3 Goldcrest along the paths, Mediterranean Gull on bund (Richard Marsh); 4 Jack Snipe (Brian Bennett and Mark Walford); Goosander drake over flying towards Black Swan (Joseph Taylor); Woodcock west side (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Black Swan Lake – Mediterranean Gull half way between sailing club and playground (Steven Day)
White Swan Lake – Little Grebe, Fieldfare (Joseph Taylor)
Mediterranean Gull at Black Swan Lake – Steven Day
February 24th
Lea Farm GP – Brent Goose on landfill (FJC); Mediterranean Gull adult with partial hood, Shelduck (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – 8+ Hawfinch flew in heading for Oaks to east of field, 2 Jack Snipe at right end of main reed area but about 2 metres into open cut reed see picture, Barn Owl in box (FJC); Mediterranean Gull flew of to Lea Farm (Steven Day); 18 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher on bund but flew towards Sandford, Little Egret on scrape, Shelduck on bund (Dominic Mackenzie)
Jack Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – FJC
February 23rd
Lea Farm GP – Brent Goose on landfill, Shelduck, Water Rail (Richard Marsh); Bar-headed Goose (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Hawfinch 1 under the copse and 2 over heading south (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – 4 Snipe, Little Egret (Richard Marsh)
White Swan Lake – 2 Common Gull, Little Grebe (Richard Marsh)
Brent Goose with Bar-headed Goose at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
February 22nd
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl car park field, 25+ Snipe along edge of reed at back of the scrape, 13+ Reed Bunting flew out of reeds near path to Bittern hide, Skylark rising over landfill, Hawfinch female dropped in to middle copse (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye female, 2 Oystercatcher male and female on island (FJC)
February 21st
Lea Farm GP – Brent Goose on landfill, 2 Snipe on north spit, Shelduck, Little Egret, Water Rail (Richard Marsh); Cetti’s Warbler (Geoff Emmett)
Long-tailed Tit at Lea Farm – Richard Marsh
February 20th
Lea Farm GP – Shelduck female, Cetti’s Warbler flew across Loddon opposite hide, 4 Oystercatcher 3 over and 1 on the island, Sparrowhawk male flying away from feeders, 2 Nuthatch on feeder, 3 Redwing, Song Thrush, 2 Reed Bunting male and female, 3 Herring Gull juveniles, Kestrel over, Brent Goose on landfill (Bob Bennett); 2 Common Gull (Geoff Emmett)
Blue Tit at Lea Farm – Alan Travers
February 19th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Shelduck, Water Rail under feeders, 3 Snipe on spit by outlet stream (Peter Scudamore)
February 18th
Lea Farm GP – Brent Goose on landfill, 2 Stonechat on landfill, 2 Oystercatcher, Treecreeper, 2 Shelduck, Water Rail under feeders (Richard Marsh); 172 Wigeon, 41 Teal, 11 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 19 Coot, 550 Black-headed Gull, 17 Cormorant (Renton Righelato)
Lavell’s Lake – 12+ Siskin seen in a tree on the Loddon near Teal scrape (Richard Marsh); Kingfisher, 1350 Black-headed Gull, 3 Common Gull (Renton Righelato)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, 11 Snipe, Bar-headed Goose, Mistle Thrush seen on the north side, Treecreeper (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – 50 Wigeon, 39 Gadwall, 17 Teal, 65 Mallard, 9 Pochard, 89 Tufted Duck, Little Grebe, 17 Great Crested Grebe, 21 Cormorant, Little Egret, 4 Heron, 88 Coot, 44 Lapwing (Renton Righelato)
February 17th
Lea Farm GP – Brent Goose on landfill with Canada Geese, 2 Stonechat on landfill (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl on post in car park (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Tawny Owl heard from south side, Oystercatcher heard on the island (FJC); 3 Oystercatcher (Neill Allan); Ferruginous Duck drake (Marek Walford)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck drake (Marek Walford)
Male Stonechat at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Cormorant race Sinensis (continental) at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
February 16th
Lea Farm GP – Red Kite on tree opposite hide see picture (Jack Jones); Water Rail, 2 Shelduck male and female, Brent Goose on landfill (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Hawfinch in Poplar at west end flew east (FJC); Snipe (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – Goldeneye drake (Marek Walford)
Red Kite resting in tree along the Loddon – Jack Jones
Snipe at Lavell’s – Geoff Emmett
February 15th
Lea Farm GP – Water Rail under feeders, 2 Shelduck male and female, Sparrowhawk (Richard Marsh); Chiffchaff near feeders (David Hampton)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail, Treecreeper near feeders, Sparrowhawk male in car park field, Little Egret (Bob Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – Oystercatcher on raft (Richard Marsh); Treecreeper north bank (Bob Bennett)
Water Rail at Lea Farm – Richard Marsh
February 14th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Stonechat male and female on landfill, Water Rail under feeders, 2 Shelduck male and female, Goldeneye female (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 10+ Reed Bunting left reeds alongside path to Bittern hide (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on raft, 3 Great Black-backed Gull over (FJC)
February 12th
Lea Farm GP – Water Rail under feeders see picture (Geoff Emmett); 3 Shelduck, Cetti’s Warbler (David William-Jones)
Lavell’s Lake – Treecreeper, Nuthatch on feeders, 6 Snipe (David William-Jones)
Sandford Lake – Water Rail heard (David William-Jones)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on pier near Activity Centre see picture (John Sears)
White Swan Lake – Bittern showing well in top of reeds (Bob Loades)
Water Rail at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Oystercatcher near pier at Black Swan Lake – John Sears
February 11th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Peregrine swopping a recently caught Starling in flight, Brent Goose on landfill, Skylark soaring over large Oak, 3 Shelduck (FJC); Goldeneye female in north east corner, Water Rail under feeders, Snipe, Little Egret (Rick Dawson)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Oystercatcher over towards Lea Farm (FJC); 4 Bullfinch 3 males and a female all in tree behind John’s bench (Richard Marsh); Siskin along Loddon near Teal hide (Rick Dawson); Hawfinch in copse, Fieldfare in copse, Great-spotted Woodpecker left of car park field (Bob Bennett); Bittern on main island just behind post on small island (Gavin Turner)
Sandford Lake – 2 Water Rail near right side of hide, Bullfinch in front of hide (Jack Jones); Kingfisher (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail near pier at the activity Centre, 4 Siskin on north side of lake, 2 Oystercatcher on raft (Bob Bennett)
Middle Marsh – 2 Song Thrush, 2 Siskin (Bob Bennett)
Siskin feeding along the Loddon – Jack Jones
February 10th
Lea Farm GP – Brent Goose on landfill, 2 Shelduck, Water Rail under feeder, 2 Nuthatch on feeder (Steven Doel)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Hawfinch over 3 landed in copse (FJC)
February 9th
Lea Farm GP – Brent Goose on landfill, Bar-headed Goose (John Morgan)
Lavell’s Lake – Brambling male on feeder (Alan Rymer); Bittern over (Marek Walford)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher (Alan Rymer)
February 8th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Shelduck, Lesser Redpoll near Teal hide foraging both sides of the Loddon half way between hide and Green bridge see picture, 2 Stonechat male and female on landfill, Oystercatcher, Brent Goose on landfill, Bar-headed Goose (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Siskin over Loddon near Teal hide, Chiffchaff foraging in trees across the Loddon from Teal scrape (Richard Marsh); 26 Snipe on frozen scrape (FJC)
Middle Marsh – 2 Ferruginous Duck (Peter Scudamore)
Lesser Redpoll feeding along the Loddon – Richard Marsh
February 7th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Shelduck in south west corner, 4 Siskin over Loddon above Jack’s feeders (John McGowan); Brent Goose on landfill among Canadas, Bar-headed Goose, 3 Shelducks in south west corner 2 males and a female, 2 Little Egret, Water Rail near hide briefly (Trevor Guyatt); Water Rail (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Raven sat in tree in Meadow field, Brent Goose on landfill car park field end (John McGowan)
Middle Marsh – 2 Ferruginous Duck (John Sears)
2 Drake Ferruginous Duck on Middle Marsh – John Sears
Raven in a tree at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Brent Goose at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
February 6th
Lea Farm GP – Oystercatcher on east shore, Brent Goose on the landfill, 8 Common Gull 5 on raft 3 in south west corner, 2 Herring Gull on raft (Andy Tomczynski); Bar-headed Goose with Canada’s, 2 Stonechat male and female (Bob Bennett); Snipe on northern spit (Richard Marsh); Sparrowhawk near feeders (Alan Rymer); 3 Shelducks 2 males and a female, Little Egret (Rick Dawson)
Lavell’s Lake – Brent Goose on bund (FJC); Little Egret on northern shore, Great spotted Woodpecker on feeders at Bittern hide, 4 Redwing on path to car park (Bob Bennett); Barn Owl in box (Richard Sajdak); Snipe (Rick Dawson)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Bullfinch 2 male and a female in bushes on northern shore (Bob Bennett); 3 Goldeneye 1 male and 2 females in bay by view point (Steven Day)
Middle Marsh – 2 Ferruginous Duck (Richard Sajdak)
February 5th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Shelducks, Green Woodpecker, Oystercatcher (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret, Barn Owl in box, Shelduck on scrape, Jack Snipe at back of scrape just to right of the wide gap with the channel cut through (Richard Marsh); 2 Buzzard over drifting towards Lea Farm (Suren Akkaraju)
Black Swan Lake – Oystercatcher on beach at Activity Centre (Richard Marsh)
Little Egret at dawn at Lavell’s Lake – Richard Marsh
February 4th
Lea Farm GP – Little Grebe on the Loddon near Sandford Mill (Paul Foulds); 2 Stonechat usual pair on rough grass area towards north east corner (FJC); Oystercatcher (Joseph Taylor)
Lavell’s Lake – Peregrine in Poplar, Bittern just flew in landed middle right of main island reed bed. Barn Owl looking out of nesting box, Woodcock over path low and out over meadow (FJC); 2 Ring-necked Parakeet on feeder, Hawfinch in copse on car park field (Joseph Taylor)
Sandford Lake – Peregrine over heading east (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Little Egret (Joseph Taylor)
Middle Marsh – 2 Ferruginous Duck (Joseph Taylor)
February 3rd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Shelduck (Jack Jones); 2 Stonechat male and female on landfill close to eastern shore (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Bullfinch male in the copse in the car park field (Patrick Crowley); Shelduck, Little Egret (Paul Foulds); Jack Snipe see picture (Jack Jones)
Middle Marsh – 2 Ferruginous Duck (Patrick Crowley)
Jack Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – Jack Jones
February 2nd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Shelduck, 9 Stock Dove, 2 Buzzard, Cetti’s Warbler (Richard Marsh); 2 Stonechat male and female on landfill, Peregrine (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Hawfinch male in the copse in the car park field (John McGowan)
February 1st
Lea Farm GP – 2 Shelduck in south east corner, Stonechat male on landfill, Green Sandpiper sat near hide (John McGowan); Great spotted Woodpecker see picture (Geoff Emmett)
Great spotted Woodpecker at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
