July 31st
Lea Farm GP – 7 Shoveler, 9 Gadwall, Teal, Common Sandpiper, Pintail female (FJC); Wood Sandpiper in the south west corner, 7 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 17 Common Tern chicks on raft (Richard Marsh); Hobby over hide (Mark Lauri)
Lavell’s Lake – 20+ Swallows over car park, 10+ Swift drifting south (Richard Marsh); Common Sandpiper (Renton Righelato)
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper flew across to south east shore (Richard Marsh)
Great Crested Grebe with it’s chick at Lea Farm – Mark Lauri
Hobby, possible Juvenile at Lea Farm – Mark Lauri
Wood Sandpiper at Lea Farm – Richard Marsh
Wood Sandpiper at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
July 30th
Lea Farm GP – Teal, 4 Green Sandpiper, Pintail female (Peter Scudamore); Peregrine sitting on the landfill for a good 30 minutes (Keith Boseley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Shoveler (Peter Scudamore)
July 29th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Green Sandpiper in south west corner, Common Sandpiper (Richard Marsh); Tufted Duck with 10 new chicks (Jenny Vaughan); Peregrine swooping down to island seen from right hand side of hide then chased by two Crows (Stephen Malloy); Pintail female (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on scrape, Common Sandpiper on small island (Richard Marsh); 2 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool (Suren Akkaraju); Great Crested Grebe adult with chicks on it’s back, Tufted Duck with 6 new chicks (Alan Rymer)
July 28th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Kestrel on landfill too distant to age and sex them but behaviour suggests a family group, 3 Green Sandpiper in south west corner (Richard Marsh); Linnet landed on wild mint in north east corner during work party (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Richard Marsh); Kingfisher (Andrew Cook)
Common Tern at Lavell’s Lake – Andrew Cook
July 27th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Green Sandpiper, 7 Egyptian Geese adult with 6 new goslings, 2 Great Crested Grebe adult with a chick on it’s back, 15+ Common Tern chicks on the raft, 7 Raven east of landfill 4 dropped beyond trees and 3 headed back north over far landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Pochard juvenile (FJC)
July 26th
Lea Farm GP – Pintail female, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 3 Pochard, Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher (Richard Marsh)
White Swan Lake – 2 Treecreeper (Richard Marsh)
July 25th
Lea Farm GP – Pintail in south west corner, 4 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, Shoveler, 15 Common Tern Chicks on the raft (Peter Scudamore)
July 24th
Lea Farm GP – Pintail in south west corner (FJC); 7 Green Sandpiper 5 in south west corner and 2 flew along east shore towards south east corner (Richard Marsh); Grey Wagtail juvenile in the south west corner (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Kingfisher perched on willow in Wet Meadow area (Richard Marsh); Spotted Flycatcher opposite Jack’s garden although not visible from footpath but likely still in the area (FJC)
July 23rd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Green Sandpiper, Pintail in south west corner (Peter Scudamore); Little Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Snipe (Paul Bright-Thomas)
July 22nd
Lea Farm GP – 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Shoveler (FJC); Pintail in south west corner, Hobby around south west corner, Little Egret in south west corner (Richard Marsh); 6 Green Sandpiper (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool, Green Sandpiper in the Wet Meadow behind viewing screen, Grey Wagtail in the Wet Meadow behind viewing screen (Richard Marsh); Green Woodpecker juvenile on a Telegraph pole in the car park field (Geoff Emmett); Common Sandpiper on the scrape (Mark Lauri)
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail in the activity centre car park (Richard Marsh)
2 Green Sandpiper’s part of a group of 6 at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
July 21st
Lea Farm GP – Pintail female, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Hobby juvenile being chased by a Magpie in the south west corner, Kingfisher (FJC); 2 Shoveler (Keith Boseley); Teal, 34 Stock Dove, Little Egret (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Hobby juvenile in tree on the northern shore (Geoff Emmett)
Juvenile Hobby at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
July 20th
Lea Farm GP – Redshank, Pintail female (Geoff Emmett); 4 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, 2 Common Sandpiper in the south west corner (Roger Stansfield)
Redshank at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Female Pintail at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Common Sandpiper at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
July 19th
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, Common Sandpiper in the south west corner (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher (Richard Marsh)
July 18th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, 4 Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher flew north, Teal flew in (FJC)
July 16th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Green Sandpiper in south west corner, At least 6 Common Tern chicks on raft (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret juvenile, Little Grebe juvenile (Alan Rymer)
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail juvenile on a fisherman’s pontoon in the south east of the lake (Tim James)
July 15th
Lea Farm GP – Oystercatcher flew towards Lavell’s Lake, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern chicks on raft (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pond, Little Egret juvenile, Kingfisher juvenile, Green Sandpiper all seen from the Bittern hide (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 4 Tree Creepers including juveniles seen from the concrete viewing point (Anne Cronin)
July 14th
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Shoveler (FJC); Little Egret, Oystercatcher, 24 Lapwing, Stock Dove, 13 Red Kite following tractor over landfill, 2 Buzzard over landfill (Finley Hutchinson)
Lavell’s Lake – Mistle Thrush on path from Bittern hide to car park (Richard Marsh); 2 Little Egret adult and juvenile, Great Spotted Woodpecker on feeders, 3 Swallow feeding over lake (Finley Hutchinson)
Sandford Lake – 50+ Mallard, 56 Coot, 4 Tufted Duck including 3 ducklings (FJC); Pochard female, 78 Coot (Finley Hutchinson); Shoveler, 3 Gadwall (Peter Scudamore)
July 13th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, 3 Little Ringed Plover 2 juveniles in the south west corner with an adult in the north east corner, 2 Little Egret adult and juvenile, 5 Shoveler in eclipse (FJC); 2 Stock Dove, Kingfisher (Suren Akkaraju); Reed Warbler feeding young (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Gadwall (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 3 Gadwall, Oystercatcher (FJC)
Reed Warbler with food at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
2 Juvenile Little Ringed Plover at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
July 12th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, Redshank in the south west corner, Ringed Plover in the south west corner, Common Sandpiper in the south west corner (Tim James); Oystercatcher, 2 Shoveler both female all in the south west corner, Little Ringed Plover juvenile woken up by noisy Gulls (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret adult with juvenile being fed (Stephen Power)
Little Egret family at Lavell’s Lake – Stephen Power
Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Stephen Power
July 11th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover (FJC); 2 pairs of Common Tern have chicks on the raft (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper (Suren Akkaraju)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Hobby over (Richard Marsh)
July 10th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Oystercatcher 3 in the south west corner one in the north east and one over (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Kingfisher both on various fishing posts (Sarah Jago); Green Woodpecker juvenile on tree in the wet meadow (Geoff Emmett)
Common Tern in flight at Lavell’s Lake – Keith Milner
Juvenile Green Woodpecker in the wet meadow at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
July 9th
Lea Farm GP – Kestrel male on landfill vent (Geoff Emmett); 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher (FJC); Hobby breakfasting on dragonflies (Jenny Vaughan); 4 Green Sandpiper in south west corner (Peter Scudamore)
Male Kestrel on a landfill vent at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
July 8th
Lavell’s Lake – Green Woodpecker juvenile seen from the Bittern hide, 2 Kingfisher both juveniles (Caroline Moore)
Juvenile Green Woodpecker at Lavell’s Lake – Caroline Moore
July 7th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Black-tailed Godwit on shingle island, 3 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, Gadwall pale brown juvenile might get a few people guessing preening in south west corner (FJC); Redshank, Oystercatcher juvenile in south west corner (Richard Marsh); 7 Lapwing (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Black-tailed Godwit on the scrape, Oystercatcher, Sparrowhawk flew to tree behind scrape (Richard Marsh); 3 Oystercatcher 2 adults with juvenile, 2 Kingfisher both male seen on the wet meadow (Jenny Vaughan); 2 Ring-necked Parakeet near hide (Andy Tomczynski)
A Pair of Black-tailed Godwits at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Juvenile Kingfisher about to go! at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
July 6th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, Little Egret in the south west corner (Andy Dearing)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper on right side far bank (Lynn Mann)
July 5th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, Little Egret in the south west corner, Kestrel sat on a landfill vent (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, 3 Green Sandpiper landed on north shore (Richard Marsh); 4 Green Woodpeckers on ground at far end of the car park field (Tim James)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Whitethroat not far from River Loddon (Gary Bushell)
Oystercatcher with it’s juvenile at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Whitethroat near Mortimer’s Meadow – Gary Bushell
July 4th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Oystercatcher adult and juvenile on bund, Mandarin Duck female on bund (Richard Marsh); Cuckoo juvenile seen in the wet meadow (Alan Rymer)
3 Green Sandpipers at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Swift in flight at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Travers
July 3rd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, Little Egret near western shore, Oystercatcher flew into south west corner, Teal male, 10+ Lapwing around lake, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull on the mud banks (Bob Bennett all seen with new member Keith Boseley)
Lavell’s Lake – Hobby over wet meadows seen from the screen (David Hampton)
July 2nd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner (FJC); Sparrowhawk, Kestrel both seen west of the lake (Suren Akkaraju); 3 Oystercatchers in south west corner (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo juvenile around Bittern scrape being hassled by Whitethroat pair, 34+ Tufted Duck on bund, Barn Owl in it’s box, Hobby over heading east (Alan Rymer); Mandarin Duck female on the scrape (Peter Scudamore); Hobby chasing dragonflies over the lake (Steve Hughes)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Lesser Whitethroat one rattling from southern island and one from base of viewpoint, Oystercatcher calling from northern island, Kingfisher south side of lake (Andrew Merrick)
Juvenile Cuckoo at Lavell’s wet meadow – Geoff Emmett
July 1st
Lea Farm GP – Teal drake (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Oystercatcher 2 adults and juvenile, 2 Teal drake and female
(Alan Rymer)
