September 30th
Lea Farm GP – Wheatear on distant landfill vent (FJC); Green Sandpiper (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Snipe on the bund (Peter Scudamore)
September 29th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Mandarin Duck male and female, Little Egret (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, Bullfinch female, 2 Swallow, Barn Owl (Richard Marsh)
September 26th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Nuthatch, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Blackcap left of hide, 3 Reed Bunting, 2 Green Sandpiper (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail distant on north shore, Nuthatch, Kingfisher all seen from Bittern hide, Bullfinch male near yellow gate (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail on beach in front of the Activity Centre (Richard Marsh)
September 25th
Lea Farm GP – Snipe, Swallow (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher (Alan Travers); Green Sandpiper, 10 Swallows over (Peter Scudamore)
Diving Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Travers
September 24th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, Nuthatch, Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting male and female around feeder, Sparrowhawk (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe, Green Sandpiper, Shoveler female, Kingfisher (Alan Travers); Osprey; juvenile calling circled field briefly behind hide before flying off east (David Williams-Jones); Barn Owl sitting at the door of the box (John Morgan)
Sandford Lake – Snipe, Kingfisher (Richard Marsh)
Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Travers
September 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – Nuthatch, Snipe, Tree Creeper, Grey Wagtail, Water Rail (Steve Rogers)
Nuthatch at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rogers
Tree Creeper at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rogers
Grey Wagtail at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rodgers
Water Rail at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rogers
September 22nd
Lea Farm GP – 20+ Meadow Pipit dropped beyond old Oak on landfill (FJC); Common Sandpiper (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – 20+ Meadow Pipit & a Yellow Wagtail over going south (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – c350 House Martin, Sand Martin, 3+ Swallow, c45 Meadow Pipit – all over going south (FJC); Cetti’s Warbler (Marek Walford)
September 21st
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe (Richard Marsh); Green Sandpiper & 2 Little Grebe on balancing pool (Rick Dawson)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, 2 Little Grebe, 12+ Swallow over car park field, 6 Blackcap in car park field (Richard Marsh); 50+ Meadow Pipit over car park field in groups up to 14, 5+ Chiffchaff in car park field (FJC)
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher on branch over Loddon (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – Swallow over golf course (Ian Paine)
Kingfisher in early morning light at Bittern hide – Stephen Power
September 20th
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail, 2 Teal (Alan Rymer)
September 19th
Lea Farm GP – 100+ Swallow flew south over landfill within 75 minutes, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, Meadow Pipit (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe on balancing pool (Brian Bennett); Sparrowhawk chased Kingfisher, which dived underwater to evade capture, Little Grebe, Kingfisher flew south along Loddon (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Hobby (Rick Dawson)
White Swan Lake – Cetti’s Warbler in sub-song (Richard Marsh)
Redwood Lake – 35 Gadwall (Richard Marsh)
September 18th
Lea Farm GP – Nuthatch (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Swallow over car park field (Anne Cronin); Green Sandpiper, Hobby, Nuthatch, Bar-headed Goose (David Hampton)
Nuthatch at Lea Farm GP – Geoff Emmett
September 17th
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine over north from Lavells (Brian Bennett); Little Grebe on balancing pond (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe near Teal hide (Richard Marsh); Green Sandpiper from Bittern hide, Nuthatch & Goldcrest in car park field (Nick Kightley)
September 16th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher by Bittern hide (Simon Marlow)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 2 Meadow Pipit high over west, then 10 over south (FJC)
September 15th
Lea Farm GP – 12 Teal, 3 Green Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – c20 Song Thrush on west edge of car park field (FJC)
September 14th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Meadow Pipit over towards landfill (FJC); 2 Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler heard (Richard Marsh); Kingfisher (R Keel); Little Grebe (David Dolan)
Sandford Lake – Snipe (Richard Marsh)
Little Grebe at Lavell’s Lake – David Dolan
September 13th
Lea Farm GP – Little Grebe, Green Sandpiper, Cetti’s Warbler (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Swallow on overhead wire behind scrape (Richard Marsh); Common Sandpiper, Hobby (Alan Rymer)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Juvenile Pied Flycatcher (R. Gilham at 13.00 then R. Collins at 17.28); Spotted Flycatcher, Nuthatch, 4 Blackcap (R. Gilham & R. Marsh); Chiffchaff (Steve Day); Goldcrest (R. Marsh)
September 12th
Sandford Lake – Pintail (Steve Day)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Juvenile Pied Flycatcher (Andy Merrick et al); 2 Spotted Flycatcher (Trevor Guyatt). This site is between Bader Way & River Loddon; birds were seen around copse at northern end of meadow.
September 11th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Peter Scudamore); Little Egret, 67 Gadwall, 3 Teal, 2 Shoveler (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 6 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall (FJC); Snipe (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – 20 Shoveler, 66 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 13 Teal (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 28 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall (FJC)
Reed Bunting at Lea Farm GP – Geoff Emmett
September 10th
Lea Farm GP – Little Grebe, Green Sandpiper (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl flying around meadow, 10 Teal (FJC); 2 Hobby, 2 Kingfisher, m. Kestrel, Bar-headed Goose (Gavin Turner)
Black Swan Lake – Male Pintail, 27+ Shoveler (FJC); 5 Chiffchaff (Paul O’Neill)
September 9th
Lea Farm GP – Little Egret, Little Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Rick Dawson)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Hobby, 2 Kingfisher (Jenny Vaughan); Sparrowhawk (Rick Dawson)
September 8th
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Little Grebe. Also 2 Meadow Pipit over landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk from Bittern hide (Suren Akkaraju); Hobby from Bittern hide (S K Proddow)
Sandford Lake – 35+ Shoveler, 12 Teal, 24+ Gadwall, Common Sandpiper, Cetti’s Warbler (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Two groups of Swallows over with 50+ in each (FJC)
September 7th
Lea Farm GP – Little Grebe (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl in the box, 6 Teal, 2 Wigeon, 3 Meadow Pipit over landfill, Yellow Wagtail over landfill heading towards Lea Farm, Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 10+ Blackcap in big Hawthorn (FJC); 2 Hobby in tree (Geoff Emmett); Raven seen from landfill high heading toward Lodge Wood, Peregrine over landfill from the north west (Trevor Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – 6 Pochard, 2 Teal (FJC)
2 Hobby’s at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Little Grebe with dinner at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
September 6th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Spotted Flycatcher seen briefly near the big Hawthorne tree (FJC); Kingfisher seen from Bittern hide, 6+ Blackcap near the big Hawthorne tree (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Blackcap in middle of Sandford Lane, 2 Kingfisher active around lake, Common Sandpiper (Richard Marsh)
September 5th
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Grebe, Barnacle Goose feral (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Tawny Owl calling east of car park, Yellow Wagtail heard over landfill (FJC); 2 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool (Anne Cronin)
Sandford Lake – Tawny Owl second one calling near Black Swan (FJC)
September 4th
Lea Farm GP – Little Ringed Plover in the south west corner, Sedge Warbler (Richard Marsh); Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret, Kingfisher seen from the bittern hide, Sparrowhawk low across the car park field (Richard Marsh); Little Grebe on the Balancing Pool (Anne Cronin); Ring-necked Parakeet on the feeders (Martin Jones)
September 3rd
Lea Farm GP – 17 Shoveler, 5 Teal, 7 Wigeon over towards Dinton, Green Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Wigeon (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – Spotted Flycatcher along west side, Common Sandpiper.
(Brian Bennett); 27 Shoveler flew towards Black Swan Lake then returned (FJC)
September 2nd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Snipe on the north east spit, 60+ Sand Martin over the water feeding, Common Sandpiper on raft in front of the hide (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Bar-headed Goose, Hobby (Marek Walford); Hobby seen from Bittern hide (Richard Marsh); 60+ Greylag Geese heading towards fields east of Dinton, 23 Cormorant flew in from the east (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Spotted Flycatcher west side by stream (Richard Marsh); Hobby over lake (Bob Bennett)
Middle Marsh Lake – Hobby (Renton Righelato)
Spotted Flycatcher at Sandford Lake – Geoff Emmett
Hobby taking off at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Hobby resting at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
September 1st
Lea Farm GP – Whinchat on the far shore left of the island, Mandarin Duck female, Little Ringed Plover juvenile, 2 Common Sandpiper, 98 Lapwing, Bar-headed Goose, Little Egret (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret, 2 Shoveler females (Les Blundell); Lesser Whitethroat (Ewan Jones)
Sandford Lake – 3 Spotted Flycatcher west side by stream (Alan Rymer); Pochard, 8 Shoveler, 6 Teal (Brian Bennett); 2 Common Sandpiper on big island (John McGowan); 17+ Shoveler (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Black-necked Grebe juvenile around raft at north west corner of Goat Island viewed across north bay of lake from north bank seen with Brian Bennett (Trevor Guyatt)
Middle Marsh Lake – Hobby (Jenny Vaughan)
Lesser Whitethroat at Lavell’s Lake – Ewan Jones
Black-necked Grebe in transition plumage on Black Swan Lake – Geoff Emmett
