June 30th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Black-tailed Godwit in the south west corner (Steven Doel); 3 Little Egret (FJC); Green Sandpiper, Mandarin Duck female on the shingle island (Geoff Emmett); 5 Lapwing on north shore, Oystercatcher in south west corner (Michael Hubbard)
2 Black-tailed Godwits at Lea Farm – FJC
Green Sandpiper at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Female Mandarin Duck at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
June 29th
Lea Farm GP – Teal male (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Oystercatcher on the scrape 2 adults and juvenile (Tony Jones); Barn Owl male seen form Bittern hide (Caroline Moore)
Sandford Lake – 2+ Bullfinch, Cetti’s Warbler very loud on west side, 3+ Nuthatch by lay-by (FJC)
Family of Oystercatchers at Lavell’s Lake – Tony Jones
Adult Barn Owl at Lavell’s Lake – Caroline Moore
June 28th
Lea Farm GP – Mandarin Duck female on shingle island, Little Egret, 2 Lapwing, Teal female in south west corner, 50 Sand Martin holes now occupied (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe adult on the Balancing Pool, 2 Bullfinch male and female near John’s bench (Richard Marsh)
June 27th
Lea Farm GP – Mandarin Duck female on shingle island, 12+ Common Tern sitting on right hand raft, 26 Graylag Geese just flown in (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe juvenile (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper on beach by the activity centre (FJC)
Juvenile Little Grebe at Lavell’s Lake – FJC
Female Mandarin Duck at Lea Farm – FJC
June 26th
Lavell’s Lake – Shoveler female still on scrape, 8 Gadwall, Kingfisher flying near the Green Bridge (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Little Grebe (Richard Marsh)
Common Tern on a post at Lea Farm – Richard Marsh
June 25th
Lea Farm GP – Stonechat juvenile seen near the hide by Glen ? (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Lapwing on the bund, Shoveler female on the scrape, 2 Little Egret (Peter Scudamore)
June 24th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Oystercatchers flew in from north and landed on island, Sparrowhawk flushed the 14 Common Terns sitting on the raft then flew past hide (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Barn Owl leaving their box (Linda Miller)
2 Barn Owl leaving their box at Lavell’s Lake – Linda Miller
June 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl quartering near the lake (Stephen Power); Kingfisher by viewing screen, 2 Little Egret, Oystercatcher flew over towards Sandford (Richard Marsh)
Barn Owl quartering near the lake edge at Lavell’s Lake – Stephen Power
June 22nd
Lea Farm GP – Little Egret flew in from the north circled south west corner then off north again, Oystercatcher, Lapwing both on shingle island, 30+ Black-headed Gull including 5 juvenile, 17 Common Tern on raft with 5 more in the air could be 12 or more sitting or starting to (FJC); 2 Little Egret on north spit (Richard Marsh); Mediterranean Gull adult on shingle island (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Garden Warbler both juveniles in bushes along Sandford Lane near yellow barrier, Song Thrush on wires above (Richard Marsh); Green Sandpiper on wet meadow (Geoff Emmett)
Adult Mediterranean Gull at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Green Sandpiper on the wet meadow at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
June 21st
Lea Farm GP – Barn Owl flew past hide in both directions, 12 Common Tern at least sitting on raft (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl male at entrance to it’s Box, Hobby active around the lake (Geoff Emmett); Blackcap female carrying food by path from the car park (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – Oystercatcher asleep on raft, 2 Swifts circling over lake, 2 Common Gull over (Richard Marsh)
Male Barn Owl at the entrance to the box at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
June 20th
Lea Farm GP – Sparrowhawk flew south-east (Suren Akkaraju)
June 19th
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker adult and 2 juveniles (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – Common Tern on post at the bottom of pontoon by Activity Centre, 2 House Sparrow in car park, 4 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool (Richard Marsh); Lesser Whitethroat rattling from Goat Island (Andrew Merrick)
Greater Spotted Woodpecker with juvenile at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
June 18th
Lea Farm GP – 7+ pairs of Common Terns are now sitting on nests on the right hand raft no Gulls present (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – 2 Kingfisher adult with a juvenile near the sluice (Jenny Vaughan)
June 17th
Lea Farm GP – 5 pairs of Common Terns are now sitting on nests on the right hand raft, Blackcap male carrying a moth 10 metres along path from gate (Richard Marsh); Great Spotted Woodpecker juvenile on feeders (Les Blundell)
Lavell’s Lake – Bullfinch male over path to Bittern hide, Common Buzzard pursued over the car park field by at least 150 Corvids mainly Jackdaws (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 4 Common Tern visiting the most westerly island with raft tethered at one end, 4 Black-headed Gull adult and 3 chicks on most northerly island (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Oystercatcher adult with near full grown juvenile on Goat island (Richard Marsh)
White Swan Lake – 4 Great Crested Grebe 2 adults and 2 chicks (Richard Marsh)
Common Tern on pontoon on Black Swan Lake – Richard Marsh
June 16th
Lavell’s Lake – 6 Black-headed Gull chicks safe after floods (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Oystercatcher adult with near full grown juvenile (FJC)
June 12th
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Mandarin Duck adult with 3 chicks on the Loddon (Jack Jones); Kingfisher (Anne Cronin)
Sandford Lake – Kestrel over, Kingfisher (Anne Cronin)
Sand Martin Family at the Lea Farm wall – Geoff Emmett
June 11th
Lea Farm GP – Redshank in the south west corner (Richard Marsh); Song Thrush in full song near Lea Farm (Geoff Emmett); Teal male in south west corner (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – 3 Oystercatcher pair with juvenile on largest island, Little Grebe adult in summer plumage (Richard Marsh)
Song Thrush near Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
June 10th
Lea Farm GP – Redshank, 2 Oystercatcher over heading north, 3 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Teal male, Kingfisher, 2 Green Sandpiper on the scrape at Bittern hide, Redshank same individual as seen at Lea Farm (Richard Marsh)
2 Green Sandpipers, Redshank and Lapwing at Lavell’s Lake – Richard Marsh
2 Green Sandpipers at Lea Farm – FJC
June 9th
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper in the south west corner (FJC); 3 Lapwing (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 22 Gadwall, Teal male on Tern scrape, Kingfisher on a stick to the right of the hide (FJC); Water Rail adult at the back of the scrape (Gill Finch); 25 Gadwall now (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 3 Oystercatcher pair with juvenile on largest island (Jenny Vaughan)
June 8th
Lea Farm GP – Redshank, Teal male, Cuckoo heard calling from near Lavell’s Lake (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on bund (FJC)
Green Sandpiper at Lavell’s Lake – Roger Stansfield
June 7th
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper dropped into the south west corner, Oystercatcher in south west corner (Richard Marsh); 14 House Martin collecting mud in the south west corner, 4 Lapwing 2 on east shore 2 in the south west corner, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Reed Warbler near hide (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe on the Balancing pool, 17 Gadwall (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher juvenile (Richard Marsh)
Green Sandpiper at Lea Farm – David Dolan
Green Sandpiper at Lea Farm – Richard Marsh
Great Crested Grebe with chick at Lavell’s Lake – Richard Marsh
June 5th
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe on the Balancing pool, Oystercatcher on the bund (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher adult feeding a juvenile on the island seen from screen on north side of lake (Richard Marsh)
White Swan Lake – 3 Blackcap female feeding 2 juveniles (Richard Marsh)
Oystercatcher Family feeding on Sandford Lake – Richard Marsh
June 4th
Lea Farm GP – 4 House Martin collecting mud (Geoff Emmett); 47 Sand Martin holes occupied (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Oystercatcher flew in for a brief stay then headed back towards Sandford Lake (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 3 Oystercatcher 2 adults and a juvenile on the island (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – Lesser Whitethroat rattling at base of viewpoint (Andrew Merrick)
4 House Martins collecting mud at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
June 3rd
Lea Farm GP – Buzzard landed on south spit to the left of the Sand Martin wall before being chased off by 40+ Black Headed Gulls, Skylark on post far side of landfill, 7 Gadwall (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Oystercatcher (Alan Travers); 7 Mute Swan 2 adults with 5 cygnets near Green bridge (FJC); Cuckoo male north side of lake seen from the Bittern hide, 11 Gadwall (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher juvenile alone on island (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – Oystercatcher over towards Sandford Lake (Richard Marsh); Little Egret fishing in the Emm Brook near play area (Bob Bennett)
Oystercatcher with reflection at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Travers
June 2nd
Lavell’s Lake – Teal male on bund, Oystercatcher (Alan Rymer)
Black Swan Lake – Coal Tit calling near the Activity Centre (FJC)
June 1st
Lea Farm GP – 2 Little Egret near Green Bridge (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Great Crested Grebes 2 adults and 2 chicks, 4 Moorhen on island 2 adults and 2 chicks (Peter Scudamore)
Great Crested Grebe Family at Lavell’s Lake – Caroline Moore
