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Sightings archive

March 2019

March 31st
Lea Farm GP – Swallow (FJC); Green Sandpiper (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Chiffchaff (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – Swallow over heading north (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Mandarin Duck male and female (David Williams-Jones)

March 30th
Lea Farm GP – Little-ringed Plover heard in foggy conditions (FJC); Garden Warbler in hedge approaching the hide, Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, 20+ Sand Martins, Swallow (Bruce Irvine)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret in summer plumage (FJC); Barn Owl in tussle with a Jackdaw (Stephen Power)
Sandford Lake – 2 Swallow over heading west (Joseph Taylor)


Little Egret in summer plumage at Lavell’s Lake – FJC

March 28th
Lea Farm GP – 7 Sand Martin (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 94 Shoveler, Little Egret (FJC); 2 Wigeon male and female (Anne Cronin)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Mandarin Duck swimming down west side of Goat island (Tim James)

March 27th
Lea Farm GP – 6 Sand Martin (Joseph Taylor); 3 Chiffchaff on path to Ron’s hide, 3 Herring Gull on the island (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 30+ Redwing over heading south east (FJC); Kingfisher (Alan Travers)

March 26th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Sand Martin (Eddie Napper); Snipe (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap male singing from the hedge around the Car Park field (Eddie Napper); 66 Shoveler, 25 Tufted Duck, 12 Teal, 6 Gadwall, 2 Cetti’s Warbler in reeds both front and behind hide (Michael Hubbard); Chiffchaff by Jerry’s Bench (Tony Jones)


Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett


Chiffchaff in Willow at Lavell’s Lake – Tony Jones

March 25th
Lea Farm GP – Sand Martin many entering the wall, 2 Redshank on east shore, Green Sandpiper, House Martin over (Geoff Emmett); 4 Blackcap, Chiffchaff on the Loddon path (Suren Akkaraju); 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker pair mating in big Willow by Green bridge (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, Oystercatcher (Keith Seymour); 2 Green Woodpecker in the Car Park field (Suren Akkaraju)

March 24th
Lea Farm GP – Mandarin male over, 2 Sand Martin (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap singing by the Green bridge, Tawny Owl calling by the Green bridge (FJC); 3 Snipe, Kingfisher, Little Egret (Stephen Power); Great Spotted Woodpecker (Geoff Emmett)
Middle Marsh Lake – 2 Gadwall male and female (Gary Bushell)


Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – Stephen Power


Dishevelled Little Egret at Lavell’s Lake – Stephen Power

March 23rd
Lea Farm GP – Shelduck (Suren Akkaraju); Common Scotor
female (Brian Bennett); 8 Sand Martin (Joseph Taylor); Wheatear female by vent 32 (Finley Hutchinson)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap female on path to Bittern hide, Redwing near Emm Brook, Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool, Grey Wagtail near bridge (Suren Akkaraju); Chiffchaff singing by John’s bench, Coal Tit on feeders (Brian Bennett)
Sandford Lake – Blackcap singing and showing in the north east corner (Brian Bennett); Oystercatcher (Suren Akkaraju)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Mandarin Duck on jetty in the south east corner of the island (Brian Bennett)


Common Scotor at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett


Common Scotor at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett


Sand Martin at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

March 22nd
Lea Farm GP – Blackcap singing half way between the Green Bridge and Ron’s hide, 6 Little Egret flew over low heading south, 2 Redwing (FJC); Peregrine on landfill eating prey (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 83 Shoveler (FJC); 2 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool, Kingfisher flew across lake, Cetti’s Warbler in reeds behind feeder area (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 12+ Shoveler, Pochard (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 20+ Sand Martin over heading south west (Peter Scudamore)
Middle Marsh Lake – 16+ Sand Martin feeding over the lake (Peter Scudamore)

March 21st
Lea Farm GP – Water Rail ran across in front of the hide, Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeders, Nuthatch (Bob Bennett): Sparrowhawk near the Loddon (Suren Akkaraju)
Lavell’s Lake – Oystercatcher flew in and landed on the bund (Richard Marsh); Red-legged Partridge sitting on the handrail of the new bridge (Geoff Emmett); Sparrowhawk in tree, Bar-headed Goose, Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch male and female, Cetti’s Warbler, Great Spotted Woodpecker (Mick Vogel)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Kingfisher (Richard Marsh)


Cetti’s Warbler at Lavell’s Lake -Mick Vogel

March 20th
Lea Farm GP – Little Gull 2nd winter near left hand raft (Joseph Taylor); 32 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Oystercatcher (FJC); Grey Wagtail flew past hide towards the south west corner (Bob Bennett); Skylark on the landfill (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, Chiffchaff both seen from the Teal Hide (Neill Allan)


Little Gull at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett


Little Gull at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

March 19th
Lea Farm GP – 30+ Wigeon, 12+ Teal, 3+ Chiffchaff on path along the Loddon (FJC); Little Egret on the Loddon near Ron’s hide (Geoff Emmett)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Treecreeper on path between Black Swan and the Loddon (Laurence Forster)

March 18th
Lea Farm GP – 36 Herring Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Little Egret, 3 Reed Bunting, Nuthatch (Richard Marsh); Oystercatcher on east shore, Chiffchaff near Green Bridge (Bob Bennett)
Sandford Lake – 2 Red-crested Pochard male and female, 2 Oystercatcher (Richard Marsh)


Pair of Red-crested Pochard at Sandford Lake – Suren Akkaraju


Drake Red-crested Pochard at Sandford Lake – Richard Marsh

March 17th
Lea Farm GP – Little Grebe (Geoff Emmett); 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret (Keith Seymour)


Little Grebe at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

March 16th
Lea Farm GP – Goosander female in front of hide, Redshank on the island, 3 Fieldfare in north east corner, Pochard, Sand Martin heading south (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Mandarin Duck in damaged willow tree (FJC); 2 Oystercatcher (Marek Walford)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail in ditch by recently felled Poplars (FJC)

March 15th
Lea Farm GP – Goosander female, Oystercatcher (Richard Marsh); 2 Water Rail (Geoff Emmett); Great Spotted Woodpecker, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Sparrowhawk female, Greenfinch, 10+ Herring Gull (David Dolan)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool (Richard Marsh); Kingfisher (Alan Travers)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher looking settled on an island (Richard Marsh)


Oystercatcher at Lea Farm – Richard Marsh


Female Goosander at Lea Farm – Richard Marsh


Hovering Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Travers


Water Rail at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

March 14th
Lea Farm GP – 83 Herring Gull, 3 Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, Bullfinch female (Richard Marsh)


Male Chaffinch at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

March 13th
Lea Farm GP – Water Rail, Kingfisher, Skylark singing over the landfill (Joseph Taylor); Meadow Pipit, Snipe on the east shore (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool, Kingfisher flew past Bittern hide (Richard Marsh); Peregrine dispersing everything over car park field flew off towards Black Swan Lake (Jenny Vaughan); Bar-headed Goose (Caroline Jones)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Kingfisher (Richard Marsh)

March 10th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Sand Martin over towards Lavell’s, 30 Wigeon, (FJC); Little Grebe, 8 Teal 4 males and 4 females (Finley Hutchinson)
Lavell’s Lake – Chiffchaff near Betty’s bench, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet flying east over the car park field, Cetti’s Warbler singing in reeds before Bittern Hide (Finley Hutchinson); 62 Shoveler, Pochard (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, Goldcrest near hide, Lesser Black-backed Gull (Finley Hutchinson); 9 Snipe (FJC)

March 9th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Mandarin flew down stream by Green Bridge calling (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl flying over Teal Hide reeds, Grey Wagtail, Coal Tit calling across Loddon (FJC); 3 Bullfinch, Chiffchaff on the path from Teal Hide to Bittern Hide, Goldcrest (Suren Akkaraju); 2 Chiffchaff, Sparrowhawk over (Richard Marsh); Kingfisher female (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – 3 Oystercatcher, 10 Snipe (Richard Marsh)


Female Sparrowhawk at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett

March 8th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Little Grebe in the south west corner (Peter Scudamore); Shelduck (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret, Shelduck, Kingfisher female (Gladys Perrier)


Shelduck at Lavell’s Lake – Gladys Perrier

March 7th
Lea Farm GP – Goosander female took off and headed for Hurst, Coal Tit singing along the Loddon (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool, Bullfinch in car park field, Greenfinch in car park field, Nuthatch near John’s Bench, Goldcrest near John’s Bench (Nick Kightley); 4 Siskin in trees across the Loddon from the new bridge near Teal scrape, Chiffchaff singing near John’s bench (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, Kingfisher (Nick Kightley); Lesser Black-backed Gull, 7 Snipe (Richard Marsh)
White Swan Lake – 2 Treecreeper (Richard Marsh)

March 6th
Lea Farm GP – Goosander female (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Grey Wagtail singing by Mill (FJC); Goldcrest by bridge near Lavell’s car park (Bruce Irvine); Coal Tit calling across Loddon (FJC); Chiffchaff singing near car park field. (Brian Bennett)

March 5th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Little Egret over heading south (FJC); Water Rail (David Dolan)
Lavell’s Lake – Grey Wagtail singing by Mill (FJC)


Male Greenfinch at Lea Farm – David Dolan

March 4th
Lea Farm GP – Goosander female (FJC); Peregrine scattering everything with several passes over the lake, 13 Herring Gull, Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Richard Marsh); Bullfinch male in blackthorn tree (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Chiffchaff singing in the hedgerow from the car park (FJC); Nuthatch in trees near the feeders (David Tainton); Sparrowhawk flying pass the feeders, Kingfisher, 2 Chiffchaff singing (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher (Richard Marsh)


Drake Wigeon at Lea Farm – Keith Seymour

March 3rd
Lea Farm GP – 3 Goldeneye 2 male displaying and a female, Goosander female no sign of the Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Skylark rising high over the landfill, Peregrine scattered everything about this time with one of the Oystercatchers having to dive underwater to evade capture (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Chiffchaff by Betty’s Bench (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 40+ Snipe (FJC)

March 2nd
Lea Farm GP – Red-breasted Merganser male, Goosander female both gone by 6:40am (Nick Kightley); Shelduck, Green Sandpiper (Marek Walford); Sand Martin low over lake heading south west, Peregrine male on landfill (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Little Egret, Shelduck, Cetti’s Warbler (Marek Walford) ; 56 Shoveler, 20 Teal, Snipe, Grey Wagtail on new scrape, 4 Wigeon (Patrick Crowley); Oystercatcher over heading to Sandford, Kingfisher (Richard Marsh); Chiffchaff calling by Bittern hide (Les Blundell); 2 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool (Tim James); Sparrowhawk on reed pile (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, Little Egret (Marek Walford); 5+ Snipe on islands (Gail Ditchfield)


Green Sandpiper at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett


Peregrine on the landfill at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett


Peregrine over the landfill at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

March 1st
Lea Farm GP – 2 Kingfisher one flew past the hide twice in 30 minutes with 1 also seen along the Loddon later, Goldeneye male and female, Goosander female (Richard Marsh); Great Black-backed Gull over (FJC); Goosander female returned to the island (Paul Doctor)
Lavell’s Lake – Mistle Thrush singing in the car park field, 2 Snipe, 3 Bullfinch all males, Grey Wagtail on the new scrape area at Bittern hide, 2 Oystercatcher, Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 13 Snipe (Richard Marsh)


Drake Wigeon at Lea Farm – Steve Rogers