July 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Hobby juvenile sheltering from the rain but being mobbed by a Jackdaw (Tim James); 3 Kingfisher with a juvenile on a low branch over the Loddon near the Green Bridge and two more flying by at same spot (Peter Burden)
July 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Tern both adult’s on the raft and flying around the lake, Green Sandpiper, Lapwing juvenile on the muddy edge of the south west bay, Nuthatch female on the peanut feeder, Stonechat juvenile in the reedy ditch beyond the north east corner, Green Sandpiper between Ron’s hide and Renton’s screen, Green Woodpecker adult female on a tree above Renton’s screen, 8 Mute Swan family two adult’s and six cygnet’s very active all chasing around the old island, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker male and female on same tree as per the Green Woodpecker earlier (Trevor Guyatt); Redshank on the east shore, 2 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover both in the south west corner (Roger Stansfield)
Lavell’s Lake – 6 Green Sandpiper (Brian Bennett)
July 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, 30 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, 3 Oystercatcher, Kingfisher very active (Dave Rimes); Lapwing juvenile on the right (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfishers, Sedge Warbler, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk juveniles very noisy in trees on main island (Dave Rimes)
Sandford Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper on the mud in front of the hide (Dave Rimes)
July 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper (Alan Jackman); 2 Common Tern on the raft, 12 Tufted Duck two females with ten ducklings between them, Little Ringed Plover flying around the north west bay, 6 Red Kite now on the ground together in the north east corner, 2 Lapwing still in south west bay juvenile with adult (Trevor Guyatt); 2 Little Grebe, 20 Tufted Duck in three separate broods with 17 ducklings all appeared out of north east corner virtually together (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper seen from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); 3 Green Sandpiper within bund, Lapwing juvenile, 2 Stock Dove, 4 Little Egret on the island, 2 Reed Warbler flitting in and out around reed fringes, Kingfisher flew calling along west side of lake (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 3 Oystercatcher on the mud in front of the hide (Alan Jackman)
July 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Sandpipers, Buzzard on fence, Kingfisher flying around, Lapwing chick has got really big, 2 Green Sandpipers, 4+ Skylark in a family group over the Landfill, Reed Warbler juvenile in front of Ron’s hide, Red-breasted Goose still present with the Canadian Geese (Steve Clarke); 3 Oystercatchers two adults and one juvenile in the south west corner, 5 Tufted Duck female with four ducklings (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Oystercatcher on the Bund (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 4 Oystercatcher on the mud from the sluice looking towards hide (Philip Giles)
July 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 4+ Skylark chasing each other around in the ling grass beyond fence directly behind shingle island, Kingfisher, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2+ Common Tern but no juveniles now, Lapwing chick in the south west corner (FJC); Red-breasted Goose in the south west corner (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher (Pete Lunn)
July 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Greenfinch on the feeder’s, Nuthatch on the feeder’s, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 5 Tufted Duck adult with four ducklings, Kingfisher flew by, Sparrowhawk chasing juvenile Starlings in bushes beyond feeders, Great Crested Grebe still sitting on egg (Kevin Starley)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Green Sandpipers within the bund area, 6 Little Egrets spread out across lake, Red-breasted Goose on the Bund, 2 Lapwing juvenile with parent (Martin Friend)
July 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Grebe in front of north spit islands, Lapwing chick in the south west corner, Common Sandpiper in the north east corner, Green Sandpiper from Renton’s screen (FJC); 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher flew past Ron’s hide twice (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, Kingfisher on a stump at left end of small island, Reed Warbler to the right of the hide (Roger Powell)
July 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – Stonechat juvenile on boundary fence, Lapwing chick, 2 Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher flew by twice (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, Teal from Bittern hide (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail amongst the Egyptian Geese in front of the Activity Centre (FJC)
July 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper on the right side of Renton’s screen, Lapwing chick to the right, Red-breasted Goose on the far shore opposite Ron’s hide (Pete Lunn)
July 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper two in the south west corner and one near Renton’s screen, Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Oystercatcher on the shingle island near the Great Crested Grebe nest, 7 Tufted Duck female with 6 new born duckling’s in the north east bay, 4 Little Egret in front of Renton’s screen, Kingfisher flying north to south (Michael Hubbard); 3 Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, 3 Little Egret, 30+ Swift over the Landfill, 36 Lapwing 35 adults and one very grown chick (FJC)
July 20th
Lea Farm Lake – 8 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, 2 Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Lapwing chick’s still in the south west corner, Oystercatcher (Steve Clarke); White Wagtail between Ron’s and Renton’s screen, 3 Common Sandpiper (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper from Bittern hide (Steve Clarke)
July 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper visible from Renton’s screen, 2 Kingfisher in front of Renton’s screen, Lapwing chick still in the south west corner, Peregrine chased a Lapwing several times (FJC)
July 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Dunlin near Renton’s screen (Marion Davies); Dunlin still present visible from Ron’s hide on the north west side by reed fencing, 4 Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper on the north west side (FJC); 4 Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Dunlin still showing (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Green Sandpiper on the scrape (Philip Giles); 6 Common Sandpiper on the scrape (Pete Lunn)
Dunlin with Common Sandpiper at Lea Farm Lake – Don Broadbridge
July 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper between Ron’s and Renton’s screen, Lapwing chick still present (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Green Sandpiper on the Bund, 8 Little Egret (Peter Scudamore); Red-breasted Goose on the scrape (Philip Giles)
July 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper being chased by a Black-headed Gull, Lapwing chick in the south west corner, 8 Mute Swan a family with 6 cygnets, Green Sandpiper along the north west bank between Ron’s & Renton’s screen, Rook adult among the 100’s of corvids on the east bank (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper on the rear of the Bund, Red-breasted Goose, 5 Little Egret (Colin Holmes)
July 15th
Lea Farm Lake – 9 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper (Brian Crathorne); 6 Black-tailed Godwit flew in and landed on east shore (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper on the Bund (Philip Giles)
July 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret caught and killed a Green Sandpiper seen from Renton’s screen (Sarah Cook); 9 Little Egret, Lapwing chick (Brian Crathorne); Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen to the right, Common Sandpiper by the reeds between Renton’s screen and Ron’s hide (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret (Chris Conry); Red-breasted Goose (Pete Lunn)
July 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Little-ringed Plover juvenile on shore beyond feeders, Lapwing chick still, Teal, 2 Little Egret (FJC); Great White Egret on bank near Sand Martins box, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper (Adrian Bull)
Sandford Lake – Wood Sandpiper juvenile on old shingle island for about 30 minutes before flying north (FJC)
Juvenile Wood Sandpiper at Sandford Lake – FJC
July 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 36 Common Tern with at least 12 chick’s, 30 Lapwing including an adult with a well grown chick, 2 Kingfisher, 2 Great Crested Grebe nesting attempt number two on the same place on the old shingle island, 2 Teal in the north east bay, Green Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher male sitting on stick closest to hide (Gladys Perrier); 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher, Oystercatcher (Steve Clarke)
Sandford Lake – 4 Oystercatcher two adult’s and two young on mud near hide (FJC)
July 11th
Sandford Lake – 4 Oystercatcher two adult’s with two well grown chick’s showing well from the hide (Philip Giles)
July 10th
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper two on the scrape with one under the large Poplar, Red-breasted Goose on the Bund, Kingfisher flying towards Teal hide, Oystercatcher on the Bund (Philip Giles)
July 9th
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Green Sandpiper feeding along reed fringe’s, Oystercatcher, Kingfisher, Little Grebe (Dave Rimes); Little Egret in front of the hide, 2 Teal on the Tern scrape, Red-breasted Goose on the central island (Trevor Guyatt); 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret (Pete Lunn)
July 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, 2 Lapwing adult with a chick in the south west corner (Peter Scudamore); 2 Teal on north east peninsula asleep with Mallard’s, Shoveler female in the north east channel towards Renton’s, 10 Common Tern chick’s six on the shingle island with four on the raft (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper feeding along reed fringe below Poplar tree, Oystercatcher on exposed mud on the left hand side of main island reed bed (Dave Rimes); Common Tern on a post near the island, 2 Little Egret on the far side (Chris Conry)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher adult with a chick (Michael Hubbard)
July 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Lapwing chick to the right of Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper in front of Bittern hide, Garden Warbler singing at the end of the path (Alan Jackman); Red-breasted Goose on the Bund (Pete Lunn)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher chick’s (Alan Jackman)
July 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Little Egret, Lapwing chick in the south west corner, 2 Teal both males (FJC); 2 Little Ringed Plover (Paul Etherton)
Lavell’s Lake – 10 Black-tailed Godwit original three then joined by seven more (FJC); 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Lapwing on the Bund, 2 Little Egret on island, Red-breasted Goose still around (Sandy Mullin); 4 Oystercatcher (Marek Walford)
Sandford Lake – 64 Coot, 39 Gadwall (FJC)
10 Black-tailed Godwit’s at Lavell’s Lake – Roger Stansfield
July 5th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Little Egret to the right of Ron’s hide (Pete Lunn); Lapwing chick to the right of Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher both seen from Bittern hide (Tim James); Red-breasted Goose far side by the Grebe nest (Pete Lunn); 5 Green Sandpiper preening at far end of the scrape (Bruce Irvine)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher chick’s on the lake (Alan Jackman)
July 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s (Philip Giles); 4 Little Ringed Plover flying around, Lapwing chick, 2 Common Sandpiper on the Tern raft (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper on the exposed mud in the scrape, Garden Warbler singing along path to hide (Dave Rimes)
Sandford Lake – 2 Great Crested Grebe adult with chick showing well on Sandford island (Philip Giles)
Green Sandpiper at Lavell’s Lake – Dave Rimes
Great Crested Grebe with chick on Sandford Lake – Philip Giles
July 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Hobby being chased off by Common Tern’s (Tim James); Sedge Warbler under Ron’s hide, Green Sandpiper seen from Renton’s screen (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk bathing at cross over to island, Garden Warbler in full song at bench (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher chicks showing well on Sandford island (Nick Kightley)
July 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Lapwing chicks to the right of Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman); 2 Little Ringed Plover, Sparrowhawk chased of by Lapwing (Mark Shaw); Green Woodpecker in a garden opposite the Green bridge (Pete Lunn); 5 Shoveler on the north spit all eclipse males (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher on a post, Red-breasted goose at far left end from Bittern hide (Philip Giles); 3 Green Sandpiper in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – 4 Oystercatcher including two chicks on Sandford island (Alan Jackman)
July 1st
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper on the scrape (Philip Giles)
