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March 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Meadow Pipit over heading north, Snipe 20m left of pipe, 4 Skylark, 2 Common Gull, 4 Little Egret singles heading south spread over 20 mins, Blackcap (FJC); Green Sandpiper on the south west shoreline left of the reeds, 2 Oystercatchers in the south east island north (Pete Lunn); 3 Oystercatcher together on small island in the north east corner (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Blackcap around the site, 4+ Chiffchaff spread across south side (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on north island opposite bench (Pete Lunn); 6 Pochard, 17 Shoveler, 32 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Gull, 4 Herring Gull on the central islands (Dave Rimes)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail over the Activity Centre (FJC); Peregrine circling over south end viewed from the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)

March 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Gull, 4 Lesser-black Backed Gull, 16+ Teal, 18 Wigeon, 8 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap singing 30m west of the Yellow gate at the west end (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Sand Martin over Goat Island from the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)

March 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Barnacle Goose by the jetty at the Activity Centre (Philip Giles); Raven over being mobbed by other corvids (Rick Dawson)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap singing by Jerry’s bench (Peter Scudamore); 2 Buzzard mating in tall poplar, Bullfinch flew into Bittern hide feeder area but not re-located (Rick Dawson)

March 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in the north east corner (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe in reeds to the right of reed pile (Pete Lunn)

March 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Mandarin Duck male on Loddon behind Ron’s hide, Goosander male at the north end (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe at the end of bund seen from Bittern hide (Philip Giles); Little Grebe seen from Teal Hide (Sally Bryson-Bond)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female, 2 Oystercatcher (Philip Giles); 2 Redpoll at the west end of the lake (Alan Jackman)

March 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on island in front of Ron’s hide (Philip Giles); Goosander male at the north end, 2 Grey Wagtail behind Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Snipe at the end of bund, Chaffinch male under feeder’s behind Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); Reed Bunting male under the feeder’s at Bittern hide (Gethin Craig)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female, 4 Siskin towards the west end of the lake (Alan Jackman); Oystercatcher (Philip Giles)

March 15th
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler calling to the right of the Bittern hide, 4 Snipe far end of bund on pile of cut reeds (Philip Giles)
Landfill Viewing Point – Goosander male over towards Sandford, 2 Great Black-backed Gull heading south west (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female, 20+ Shoveler, Cetti’s Warbler seen in laid hedge in small bay behind hide (FJC)
Heron’s Water – 6+ Redwing around weir by along the Loddon (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 65+ Wigeon (FJC)
White Swan Lake – Cetti’s Warbler heard by reeds (FJC)

March 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Little-ringed Plover heard only in misty conditions (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler calling towards the landfill opposite Bittern hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas); 3 Snipe in the long reeds at the far end of the bund (Philip Giles); 2 Treecreeper on the walk between Bittern and Teal hides (Sam Marchant)
Landfill Viewing Point – 2 Skylark (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 7 Pochard, 3 Chiffchaff (FJC); Grey Wagtail on path near lay-by on Sandford Lane (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Wigeon, 20+ Gadwall all near the Activity Centre (FJC); 20+ Greenfinch in the laurel by the Activity Centre car park at dusk (Anna Butcher)
White Swan Lake – 2 Redpoll in tree near the Wooden bridge over the Loddon (Tim James)

March 13th
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Snipe by the reed piles (Steve Brooker)

March 12th
Sandford Lake – Goosander male and female, 2 Oystercatcher (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Oystercatcher on Tern raft opposite the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)

March 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in the north east corner (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe at the far end of bund, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull on bund (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on the large island (Philip Giles)
White Swan Lake – Firecrest male by the Colemansmoor entrance to the park was singing above the busy public footpath by the Loddon towards the lake (Dave Rimes)

Firecrest male towards White Swan Lake – Dave Rimes

March 10th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Siskin two males and a female in bush by Loddon near the Green bridge, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch all on opposite bank of Loddon behind Ron’s hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female (Philip Giles); 2 Pochard male and female (Lorna Akers-Douglas)

March 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeder’s (Philip Giles); Reed Bunting male under feeder’s, Chaffinch female under the feeder’s, 30 Redwing in trees behind Renton’s screen on the other side of Loddon (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler singing in reeds near Teal hide, Little Egret on the Loddon near Teal Hide (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Green Woodpecker (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, Cetti’s Warbler singing (Brian Crathorne); 2 Goosander male and female, 2 Oystercatcher on an island (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Barnacle Goose between the jetties by the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)

March 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Mandarin Duck male swimming left of new hide, 9 Common Gull, 44 Wigeon (FJC); 3 Oystercatcher (Don Broadbridge); 3 Reed Bunting two males and a female on the feeder’s (Sam Marchant)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail showing at far end towards the middle cutting through reeds (Peter Scudamore); Cetti’s Warbler in reeds opposite Teal hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander on a small island, Pochard male (Paul Doctor); 6 Pochard four males plus two female, Goldcrest on the Loddon bank near exit gate to Sandford Lane (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Heron’s Water – 20+ Siskin (Peter Scudamore)

March 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Redpoll opposite Ron’s hide along the Loddon (Stephen Clarke)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander (Stephen Clarke)

March 6th
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret seen from Bittern hide flew in and landed on the bund for a short time then flew off towards Lea Farm (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on a small island (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Oystercatcher on the Tern raft (Philip Giles)

March 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper at the base of the new hide preening and hardly moving for 30 minutes then went looking for food, 2 Oystercatcher on the middle island and mobile (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail from Teal hide (Sally Bryson-Bond); Sparrowhawk in hot pursuit of a Ring-necked Parakeet on the path to Bittern hide (Eddie Napper)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on a small island, 2 Oystercatcher just flew in (Philip Giles)

March 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 26 Common Gull, 8 Egyptian Geese pair with 6 young goslings (FJC)
Old Golf Course – 4 Oystercatcher over (Barbara Stephenson)
White Swan Lake – 2 Kingfisher near the Wooden bridge over the Loddon (Dave Rimes)

March 3rd
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Snipe on the bund from Bittern hide, Little Egret from Teal hide (Philip Giles)

March 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander on the Loddon (Alan Jackman); 500+ Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Siberian Chiffchaff seen well this morning several times in excellent light (Andy Tomczynski); 4 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher (Alan Jackman); 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Chris Elliot)

March 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Oystercatcher, Lesser Redpoll, 12 Chiffchaff between Ron’s & Renton’s gates (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail, Chaffinch, Nuthatch (Stephen Clarke)
Sandford Lake – Siberian Chiffchaff in the north west corner 80m from Yellow gate, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Oystercatcher, Cetti’s Warbler vocal and visible in ditch/backwater (FJC); Goosander male (Tim James); 2 Goosander asleep on the islands, 2 Cetti’s Warbler (Marek Walford)

Siberian Chiffchaff at Sandford Lake – Dave Rimes

February 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 35 Wigeon, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Pochard, 2 Goosander over dropping towards Lodge Wood Lake, 2 Mandarin Duck male and female along the Loddon came from north low calling then back, Chiffchaff singing both 40m before Renton’s gate, 25+ Siskin around Alder’s beyond river junction, 11+ Chiffchaff probable more along the Loddon with 5+ near Ron’s hide 2+ further down 2 more upstream, 7+ Redpoll in fallen trees opposite Ron’s gate (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Chiffchaff (FJC)

February 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on the shingle island in front of Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Barnacle Geese just flown in from Lea Farm direction, Snipe on bund both from Bittern hide (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander on the central island (Alan Jackman)

Goldfinch at Lea Farm Lake – Gethin Craig

February 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Reed Bunting male under the feeder’s at Ron’s hide (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on the opposite bank of the Loddon from Teal hide, Barnacle Goose flew in with some Greylag’s (Don Broadbridge)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female, 2 Oystercatcher just flown in (Philip Giles)

February 24th
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female from Lyn Singer’s bench (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Siskin, Goldcrest both by the small path joining Black Swan and White Swan (Paul Miller); 2 Oystercatcher on the Tern raft opposite the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)

February 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – 10+ Siskin outside of Ron’s hide, 2 Stonchat on opposite fence line, 5 Chiffchaff catching flies near Ron’s hide (Stephen Clarke); 2 Oystercatcher flew in on to Landfill bank (Don Broadbridge); 2 Ring-necked Parakeet on the feeder’s at Ron’s Hide (Chris Conry); 2 Redpoll on the way up to Ron’s hide, Goldcrest (Gethin Craig)
Lavell’s Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker in tree on the gravel path entering Teal Hide, Green Woodpecker in a tree at Teal Hide to the right of the Sand Martin wall (Chris Conry); Barnacle Goose in front of Teal hide (Alan Jackman); Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler calling from northern reed bed, 2 Wigeon both males, Treecreeper climbing tree (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 5 Oystercatcher very active around the lake (Stephen Clarke); Grey Wagtail near bridge (Michael Hubbard); 2 Goosander male and female still present on the big island (Gethin Craig)

Redpoll at Lea Farm Lake – Gethin Craig

February 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – Mediterranean Gull mixing with a large Gull flock (Simon Huggins); 2 Stonechat on fence line (Philip Giles); Barnacle Goose just landed on the landfill with the Canada’s (Marek Walford); 2 Goosander male and female flew in (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Grey Wagtail on bridge between the Car Park and Bittern hide (Philip Giles); Little Egret sitting bottom left corner in the trees from Bittern hide, Wigeon, Little Egret both from Teal hide (Jon Jackson)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Greenfinch in the central copse (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female (Alan Rymer); 2 Oystercatcher on small island from Lin Singer bench (Philip Giles)

February 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Mediterranean Gull adult on left hand end of the shingle island, 13+ Meadow Pipit on far landfill moving to the fence, 2 Stonechat male and female, 3 Skylark (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Goosander on the Loddon near Teal hide (Pete Lunn); Snipe from Bittern hide at the far end of bund (Philip Giles); 2 Snipe (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – 235 Tufted Duck, Pochard, Goosander female, 2 Oystercatcher (FJC); 2 Goosander male and female on Loddon by the fisherman’s car park (Alan Jackman); 4 Goosander (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on the raft opposite the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)

Mediterranean Gull at Lea Farm Lake – Dave Rimes

February 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Stonechat male on fence line, Siskin around the feeder’s at Ron’s, Chiffchaff near the feeder’s (Gethin Craig); Kestrel opposite Ron’s hide (Don Broadbridge); 3 Redpoll, 16+ Siskin near Ron’s hide (Suren Akkaraju); Peregrine over left to right quite high (Philip Giles); Redwing along Loddon (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Wigeon, 5 Teal, 7 Pheasant flew into reeds behind old Sand Martin wall, 20+ Redwing, Cetti’s Warbler calling from left hand reed bed all seen from Teal hide (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher (Alan Jackman); Kingfisher flew south upstream whistling as it went, 10 Pochard, 42 Tufted Duck, 25 Shoveler, 8 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Little Egret (Michael Hubbard)

February 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Red-legged Partridge on the path behind Ron’s flew north around the corner (Dave Rimes); 2 Stonechat on fence line, Sparrowhawk flew right to left (Philip Giles); 8 Chiffchaff at least low in trees opposite side of Loddon, 4+ Redpoll in Alder on Ron’s side often very low, 57 Lapwing, 4 Common Gull, 10+ Teal, 6 Wigeon, 50+ Siskin, Redpoll, 13+ Chiffchaff from Ron’s hide to Renton’s screen (FJC); Linnet female in hedgerow at Ron’s, Water Rail below hedgerow walking towards feeders, 3 Redpoll along Loddon towards Renton’s screen, 2 Goosander on Loddon level with Lodge wood, 2 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Treecreeper between Ron’s hide and Renton’s screen, 4 Greenfinch in bushes by the feeder’s (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female (Roger Powell)

February 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Mediterranean Gull seen on east shore with many Black-headed Gulls (Andy Tomczynski)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe seen from Bittern hide (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail both on the beach at the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)

February 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Oystercatcher, Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat male and female on fence (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Redpoll, 10+ Siskin feeding in Alders in Jack’s garden (Brian Bennett)
Sandford Lake – 4 Goosander two males and two females on island by Lin Singer bench (Philip Giles); Bullfinch female near to Yellow gate (Tim James)

February 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Oystercatcher, 8+ Chiffchaff hawking for insects in bushes just to south of the hide (Tim James)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 2 Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch calling (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher just flown in then landed on a small island, 4 Little Egret from the hide (Philip Giles); Siskin in trees opposite fishermen car park on the Loddon, 2 Goosander male and female (Alan Jackman)
Old Golf Course – Mistle Thrush by the Archery area (Philip Giles)

February 15th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat on the fence line (Stephen Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe far end of the bund (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on island (Philip Giles)

February 14th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 3+ Redpoll in Alders on the island from Teal hide (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Bittern possible seen briefly in flight over the meadow behind Bittern hide (Tim James)
Sandford Lake – Siskin singing in Alders by the bench (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Old Golf Course – 2 Greenfinch male and female on the Old Golf Course (Paul Etherton)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander flew towards Sandford lake, 2 Oystercatcher on raft (FJC)

February 13th
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander (Stephen Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Water Rail heard, 1 seen after (Stephen Clarke)
Old Golf Course –  20 Siskin, 10 Redwing (Stephen Clarke)

February 12th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, Oystercatcher on East shore, c10 Siskin and 2 Redpoll in Alders nearby (BTB)

February 11th
Lea Farm Lake – 1 male Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit, Siskin on feeders, Chiffchaff nearby (BTB)

February 10th
Loddon – 2 Goosander (pair) near Sandford Mill (Alan Jackman)
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, 2 Goosander (Alan Jackman)
White Swan Lake – Small flock of Siskin along Loddon (Alan Jackman)

February 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Stonechat, 2 Chiffchaff along Loddon (Nick Kightley), 230 Lapwings later
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Treecreeper across Loddon in Jack’s garden, pair of Bullfinch LCPF (Nick Kightley)

February 8th
Black Swan Lake – 3 Oystercatcher flying around, Grey Wagtail & Kingfisher flew by DAC beach (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 160+ Tufted Duck, 20 Shoveler, 10 Pochard

February 7th
Sandford Lake –  Oystercatcher on large island (TGJ)

February 4th
Black Swan Lake – 6 Siskin North end (Phil Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl in box 17:06, then both came out 17:30 (Alan Jackman)

February 2nd
Sandford Lake – c50 Pintail over North high 09:50 (Nick Kightley & Tim James), 15 Siskin
Loddon – Pair Goosander (Brian Crathorne)
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat (Nick Kightley)

February 1st
Sandford Lake – c30 Repolls again in Birch and Alder along North side (Stephen Clarke & Brian Bennett), plus 10+ Siskin, pair Goosander later (Paul Bright Thomas)
Aviation Museum / Colemansmoor Road – Coal Tit singing
DAC – 3 Grey Wagtail, 3 Goldeneye, 1 male (Phil Giles), Kingfisher (Simon Huggins)
Lea Fam Lake (LFL) – 2 Stonechat (Brian Bennett)

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