November 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander behind the main shingle island, 2 Great White Egret flew over from the north (Steve Clarke); Chaffinch in the trees by the feeder’s, Great White Egret to the right side of Ron’s hide (Pete Lunn); Blackcap male in hedgerow by Ron’s hide (Adrian Bull)
Lavell’s Lake – Redwing on path to Bittern Hide (Adrian Bull); Great White Egret on the Bund, 2 Little Grebe one in front of Bittern hide the scond near Teal hide, Snipe in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); Sparrowhawk in the Poplar tree opposite Bitten hide (Pete Lunn)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret in the reeds bordering Sandford Lane (Pete Lunn)
November 29th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander on east shore behind shingle island (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Tawny Owl called then flew past hide (FJC)
November 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Snipe flying over the lake (Mark Lauri)
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe just right of the cut reeds (Philip Giles)
November 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female flew off south, 7 Common Gull, Herring Gull, 50+ Black-headed Gull (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe far end of Bund in front of the cut reeds (Philip Giles)
November 26th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south east bay (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe in front of far right reed pile (Pete Lunn)
November 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret from Ron’s hide, 5 Snipe on north bank (Tim James); Great White Egret landed on the northern island by the new hide (Pete Lunn)
Sandford Lake – Nuthatch on trees outside the hide (John Wolff)
White Swan Lake – 2 Kingfisher back and forth along the northern bank right in front of the Bittern viewing point, Grey Wagtail right in front of me at the bench by the viewing point, 30+ Wigeon and Gadwall, 40+ Tufted Duck, 4 Lesser Redpoll over the lake calling heading north, Siskin, Cettis Warbler both heard, Redwing in reasonable number’s into roost in trees (Michael Hubbard)
November 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Mixed party of Siskin and Goldfinch in Alders opposite the Green bridge (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk male, Snipe on the Bund (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Kestrel male, Mistle Thrush (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret near hide (Adam McTiernan)
Great White Egret at Sandford Lake – Adam McTiernan
November 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk on reed stacks for last 30+ minutes (Don Broadbridge); Kestrel on wires near Betty’s bench (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret on the edge of the lake near the entrance from Sandford Lane (Clive Boxwell)
November 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe from Bittern hide, Bittern flying up river between the Green bridge and Sandford bridge (Time James)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret on south bank (Tim James)
Black Swan Lake – 60+ Wigeon, 80+ Gadwall, 20+ Pochard (FJC)
November 21st
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret from Teal hide (Keith Boseley); 500+ Starling coming into roost at Teal scrape, Sparrowhawk perched above the reed bed, 2 Little Grebe vocal in the bay, Water Rail heard (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Coal Tit in the garden of Sandford Mill Cottage by museum car park (Dave Rimes)
November 18th
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe in front of cut reeds, 2 Little Grebe from Teal hide (Philip Giles)
November 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Snipe along edge of reeds near Renton’s screen (Brian Crathorne); 14+ Redpoll flying round and in trees between Ron’s hide and Renton’s screen, Cetti’s Warbler showed well in feeder area in bushes and reeds (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe right of large middle pile of cut reeds (Philip Giles); 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Snipe below right hand pile of cut reeds, Barnacle Goose just landed with Canada Geese and a Greylag (Laurence Forster)
November 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 68 Cormorant many of which headed to Sandford, Great White Egret flying in but turned and dropped out of sight onto Lodge Wood Lake, 4 Little Egret over, Stonechat north east corner (FJC); 2 Goldcrest on the path by the Green bridge (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Lavell’s Lake – 8 Snipe, Jack Snipe (Steve Clarke); Kingfisher, Buzzard near the stream from the Car Park, Water Rail, Little Grebe, Kingfisher all seen from Teal hide (Paul Etherton); Tree Creeper on right side of path to Bittern hide (Sandy Millin)
Sandford Lake – 30 Pochard, 5 Little Egret also following the Cormorant’s, 3 Great White Egret all following the Cormorant flock at the lake edge as they moved around in a feeding frenzy (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Barnacle Goose, Little Egret (Philip Giles)
White Swan Lake – Bittern hunting in reed bed seen from usual viewpoint in the north east corner, Kingfisher, 2 Common Gull, Redpoll over (Paul Bright-Thomas)
November 15th
Lea Farm Lake – 100+ Teal in the south west corner, Great White Egret on bank in front of new hide legs briefly (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on the scrape (Dave Rimes); Firecrest beside gate from Sandford lane going towards Teal hide (Tim James); Little Grebe from Teal Hide (Sally Bryson-Bond)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret just flown by the hide to reed’s on the Sandford Lane side (Pete Lunn); Little Egret by the northern reed fringe, 2 Water Rail either side of western path calling to each other from the reed cover to somewhere along the stream, 2 Grey Wagtail flew over, 10 Pochard, 80+ Tufted Duck south east of the lake (Michael Hubbard); Sparrowhawk, 6 Snipe, 2 Common Gull (Suren Akkaraju)
November 14th
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe, 4 Snipe all seen in front of middle pile of cut reeds (Philip Giles); Water Rail visible far side of scrape from Teal hide, Kingfisher from Bittern hide (Brian Crathorne)
November 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Cetti’s Warbler showed well in Dogwood over river with one calling and displaying to the other also with a Wren near the Green bridge (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Great White Egret in flight two towards Lea Farm Lake and the other towards Sandford Lake (Philip Giles); Cetti’s Warbler heard, Water Rail heard both near Teal hide, 2nd Water Rail visible in the scrape near outlet ditch from Teal hide (FJC)
November 12th
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe in the right hand corner of the scrape, 4 Snipe (Trevor Guyatt)
November 11th
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe in front of middle pile of cut reeds on the right hand side (Philip Giles); Bittern to left of tall Poplar tree (Alan Rymer); Kingfisher on Emm Brook, Kestrel male on wires (Nick Kightley); Snipe (Chris Elliot)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Sparrowhawk (Nick Kightley)
Bittern at Lavell’s Lake – Kevin Starley
Bittern at Lavell’s Lake – Philip Giles
November 10th
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe at the far end of the scrape on the right hand side (Philip Giles)
November 9th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Common Gull, 50+ Cormorant, Great White Egret, 3 Grey Heron, 6 Little Egret, Great White Egret, 3 Wigeon, Stonechat (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern flew into reeds at far edge of the pool (Adrian Bull); Jack Snipe at the far right hand corner of scrape (Philip Giles); 2 Jack Snipe one in the middle of the edge of standing reeds and one at left end, Snipe seen in the big gap in right hand corner (Paul Bright-Thomas)
November 8th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat, 3 Little Egret over low north, 2 Chiffchaff near Thames Water gate by the river (FJC); Great White Egret flew over the lake then off to the north (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe (FJC); Jack Snipe seen bobbing at the far right hand side of scrape (Tim James); 2 Great White Egret flew over from Lea Farm towards Sandford, Little Grebe inf ront of Bittern hide (Philip Giles); Peregrine adult briefly in the Poplar Tree, Kingfisher just darted left from Bittern hide (Dave Rimes); Sparrowhawk on the pylon by turn off to Bittern hide (Mark Oppenheim); Great White Egret in front of Teal hide (Graham Hammond)
Landfill View Point – 5 Fieldfare over the far landfill, 10+ Chaffinch heading south, 200+ Wood Pigeon heading south (FJC)
November 7th
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe far right hand side of scrape (Philip Giles); 3 Snipe at the rear right side, Water Rail on the right side from Teal hide (Dan Forder)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 2 Pintail over heading south, Kestrel on a pole (Dan Forder)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret on the central island, Water Rail in the south west corner (Dan Forder)
Black Swan Lake – Wigeon male (Dan Forder)
November 6th
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe far right at the end of the scrape, Snipe (Philip Giles); 2 Snipe (Mick Hannington)
Black Swan Lake – Kestrel male perched on top of the climbing wall (Philip Giles)
November 5th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat male and female on the landfill boundary fence (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe still present (Christopher Rose); Snipe on bund (Nick Kightley)Firecrest along Sandford Lane (Nick Kightley)
November 4th
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe still present but asleep most of the time (Roger Stansfield)
November 3rd
Lavell’s Lake – Jack Snipe at the back of Tern scrape in cut reed area (Alan Rymer); Grey Wagtail on the bund from Bittern hide, Little Grebe in front of Teal hide (Alan Jackman)
November 2nd
Landfill View Point – 10+ Skylark south in 1’s and 2’s, 40+ Chaffinch west in 5’s and 10’s, 10 Goldfinch around the big Oak, 3 Little Egret over, Kestrel moving around the Landfill, 400+ Wood Pigeon heading south (FJC)
November 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the south spit, 6 Snipe between Renton’s & new hide build seen from from Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe in front of Bittern hide (Philip Giles)
