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December 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north island, Herring Gull on central island (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 25 Teal, 6 Snipe on far end of the Bund, 6 Gadwall, Great Crested Grebe, Barnacle Goose with 2 Greylag Geese, Sparrowhawk male flew past Bittern hide to feeder’s (Simon Huggins); Kestrel in the trees just in front of Bitten hide (Pete Lunn); Water Rail in right hand cutting through reeds on the scrape (Peter Scudamore)

December 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat on the fence, 60+ Teal, Raven flying left beyond far trees, Snipe flew to north west corner, Little Egret over south, Common Gull adult landed with 90+ Black-headed Gulls on old shingle island, Cetti’s Warbler calling near Ron’s hide (FJC); Great White Egret, Little Egret, 2 Snipe (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Chiffchaff, Water Rail seen from Bittern hide (Brian Crathorne); Barnacle Goose presumed feral from Teal hide (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 45 Tufted Duck, 27 Pochard, 3+ Redwing flying about, 3+ Song Thrush singing (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 100+ Gadwall, 85+ Wigeon (FJC)

December 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Reed Bunting in the reeds to the left of Ron’s hide and around the feeders’s (Pete Lunn); Green Sandpiper in between Ron’s hide and Renton’s screen (Steve Clarke); Sparrowhawk successfully taken a Tit at the bird feeder’s (Pete Jeffery)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail from Teal hide, Sparrowhawk sat on a post on the Bund, Tawny Owl heard from the back of the Bund, 2000+ Starling, 2 Sparrowhawk came down after the Starling and for 15 minutes they were hanging around, Meadow Pipit on the wires, Great White Egret in the south corner, Buzzard on the Kestrel box (Steve Clarke); Kestrel female on wires between the car park and Bittern hide (Tim James)

December 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret flew north island, Nuthatch around the feeder’s (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Snipe by centre pile of reeds, Grey Wagtail on the iced scrape, Water Rail in cut reed channel right of the hide (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret by the reeds to the left of the hide (Pete Lunn)
Black Swan Lake – Treecreeper by gate onto old Golf Course (Philip Giles)

December 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female in front of Ron’s hide, Chiffchaff, Redwing, 2 Chaffinch male and female near the feeder’s at Ron’s hide (Keith Seymour)

December 2nd
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Siskin on the path along the Loddon near Teal Hide, 2 Redwing also on the path along the Loddon near Teal Hide (Brian Crathorne); Water Rail by the reed piles seen from Bittern hide, Sparrowhawk flew in spooked everything then flew to a tree on the island, Lapwing, 2 Snipe (Tim James)

December 1st
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Snipe on Bund between left and centre piles of cut reeds (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 8 Snipe on large island by Lin’s bench viewed from the hide (Philip Giles)

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)

October 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Sparrowhawk just flew past feeders at Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 150+ Starling possibly heading south, Water Rail heard from Bittern hide, 2 Lesser Redpoll calling while flying around Teal hide bay, Sparrowhawk perched on reed pile towards back of the scrape (FJC)
Landfill View Point – Water Rail heard from the Balancing Pool (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 5 Pochard (FJC)

October 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north spit having flown in from Lodge wood, 4 Snipe to the right of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – Grey Wagtail, Green Sandpiper on the bund from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Firecrest showing well by kissing gate/lay-by by the mill on Sandford Lane (Dave Rimes); Snipe on island in front of Lin Singer’s bench (Philip Giles)

Firecrest near Sandford Lake – Dave Rimes

October 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Goldfinch on the feeder’s, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet on the feeder’s (Gethin Craig)

October 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Herring Gull, 3 Stonechat on the fence line in the north east corner, 20+ Teal, 10+ Wigeon, Snipe on the north shore near the new hide build, 2 Nuthatch on the feeder’s (Bob Bennett); Barnacle Goose in front of Renton’s screen from Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe at the far end of scrape (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 2 Snipe on the island sheltering from wind (Alan Jackman); Kingfisher flying around the island in front of Lin Singer bench (Pete Lunn)

October 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Common Gull in front of Ron’s hide, 45+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, Great White Egret near Renton’s screen (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Snipe seen from Bittern hide (Neil Simmonds)

October 25th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Little Egret flew south towards Lavell’s, Little Grebe in the south west corner, 50 Teal in the south west corner, Great White Egret in the far south west corner (Stephen Clarke); 84+ Teal, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 2000+ Wood Pigeon moving south in groups of 50-200 over a 3 hour period, 3 Stonechat, 20+ Skylark put up by farmer on far landfill (FJC)
Landfill View Point – 3 Raven one landed briefly in lone Poplar then two over calling east 20 mins later (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret in the reeds about half way down Sandford Lane side (Pete Lunn)

October 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret by the Sand Martin wall, 5 Snipe one between Renton’s and the new hide build with four to the right of the new hide build, 2 Nuthatch on the feeder’s, Little Grebe between Renton’s and the new hide build (Philip Giles); 2 Buzzard hunting towards the south east corner, Little Grebe towards the south west corner (Pete Lunn)

October 21st
Black Swan Lake – Kingfisher along the Loddon flying upstream near Tufties corner (Stephen Clarke)

October 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Buzzard, Little Egret, Great White Egret (Brian Crathorne); Little Grebe in the south west bay (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher landed on perch in front of Teal hide, 2 Snipe at end of bund in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)

October 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Cetti’s Warbler to the left of Ron’s hide, 2 Pied Wagtail on far bank, 10 Shoveler just flown in, 4 Wigeon (Stephen Clarke); Great White Egret just landed by the Sand Martin wall (Philip Giles); Peregrine low over north east (FJC)
Landfill View Point – Kestrel at some distance, 221+ Redwing heading south, 30+ Goldfinch heading south east, 220+ Starling heading south in groups of around 30+ each, 4 Blackbird in the landfill hedgerow, 4 Mistle Thrush, 6 Fieldfare heading east, 2 Little Egret going north, 19 Skylark two towards the north the rest heading south east, Meadow Pipit perched on wires, Peregrine heading towards Lea Farm Lake (FJC)

October 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south east corner, Nuthatch on the feeder, Chaffinch female in the trees around the feeder (Pete Lunn); 10 Meadow Pipit on the fence line, Great White Egret, Little Egret both just south of main island (Stephen Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Grey Wagtail from Bittern hide (Pete Lunn); Kingfisher flew across Lavell’s viewed from Jerrys bench (Alan Jackman); Water Rail from Teal Hide (James Cross); 2 Snipe one of which was attacked by Sparrowhawk unsuccessfully (Sally Bryson-Bond)
Landfill View Point – 2 Snipe heading towards Lavell’s, 40+ Redwing, 53+ Fieldfare three well north heading north west 50+ heading west, Sparrowhawk (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 20 Siskin towards the east end (Alan Jackman)

Water Rail in front of Teal hide at Lavell’s Lake – James Cross

October 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south west corner, Green Sandpiper, Snipe left of new hide build (Philip Giles)
White Swan Lake – 6+ Siskin in Alders by the wooden bridge over the Loddon, Kingfisher (Dave Rimes)

October 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north spit (Philip Giles); 6 Shovelers on the south east side (Pete Lunn); 2 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit on fence line (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe on the bund in front of Bittern hide, Wigeon between Bittern hide and the island (Pete Lunn); Water Rail calling heard from Teal hide, 12 Snipe, Sparrowhawk female (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 4 Pochard, Little Grebe, 20 Goldfinch (Nick Kightley)

October 15th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north spit, 2 Snipe left of the new hide build from Ron’s hide, Little Grebe seen earlier from Renton’s screen towards Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 3 Swallow from the Singer viewpoint (Tim James); 100+ Lapwing took to the sky following a visit by a Buzzard (Bob Bennett)

October 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, 48 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret (Brian Crathorne); Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit on the fence line (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail seen from Teal hide, Cetti’s Warbler seen from Teal hide (Brian Crathorne)

October 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the gravel island in front of Ron’s hide seen from Renton’s screen, Common Sandpiper, Snipe left of the new hide build (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail briefly far end of the bund, 2 Grey Wagtails on scrape (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 16 Redwing on the old Golf Course before flying out over the lake (Philip Giles); Kestrel female on wires above hedgerow at back of car park behind the Activity Centre (Trevor Guyatt)

October 12th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the southern corner, 78+ Wigeon, 30 Shoveler (Steve Clarke); Common Sandpiper on the shore line in the south west corner (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe on the bund from Bittern hide, Grey Wagtail (Steve Clarke)
Sandford Lake – Green Woodpecker on tall tree on the north side (Pete Lunn)
Black Swan Lake – Kestrel male on power cable near the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)

October 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south east corner, 83+ Wigeon, 32 Shoveler (FJC); 2 Great White Egret flew in one landed on the top of the Oak to the right of the Sand Martin wall then down to the south east corner (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Snipe beyond scrape from Bittern hide, Water Rail heard beyond scrape from Bittern hide, 10+ Meadow Pipit in small groups flying around, 3 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush (FJC); Little Egret in reeds just beyond the bund, Cetti’s Warbler, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel in the Oak above hide as I walked up path (Michael Hubbard)
Landfill View Point – 18 Redwing heading north in groups of nine and in two’s and three’s, 15 Skylark heading north (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 6 Mistle Thrush over east (FJC); Kestrel male on wires making frequent but unsuccessful drops into long grass beside wooden fence (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 50 Lapwings resting among the gulls, Snipe, Water Rail adult in front of the north bank reeds by the Nixdorf screen (Trevor Guyatt)

October 10th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret far left, Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting busy inf ront of the hide, 57 Cormorant on the main island (Keith Seymour); 2 Stonechat both adult males along “reedy ditch” beyond north east corner, 15 Shovelers including 6 males near Sand Martin wall, 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper (Trevor Guyatt); Little Grebe in front of Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe with five on the bund and two by the large Poplar, Kingfisher far left side then flew towards Teal hide (Philip Giles); Kestrel male caught a dragonfly and landed on scrape to eat It, 2 Little Egret (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Pochard both females asleep on an island, 42 Tufted Duck, 22 Teal, 24 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler calling from reed bed at the western end, Redwing, Siskin calling from trees on the Loddon side (Michael Hubbard)

October 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on north shore to left of new hide site, Kingfisher on fence post in front of Renton’s screen, Siskin briefly in Alder behind Ron’s hide then flew off down river, 2 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit on the wire fence (Peter Scudamore); Little Grebe in front of Renton’s screen, Green Sandpiper to the right of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); 3 Stonechat, 10+ Siskin over Ron’s hide heading towards the houses, Cetti’s Warbler calling (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe with five on the bund and two by the large Poplar, Kingfisher far left side then flew towards Teal hide (Philip Giles); Kestrel male caught a dragonfly and landed on scrape to eat it, 2 Little Egret (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Pochard (Nick Kightley)

October 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the east shore, Sparrowhawk in tree behind Ron’s hide, Common Sandpiper towards the south end (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Snipe far end of the bund (Philip Giles); Kingfisher just posed nicely in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); 8 Snipe on the bund, Water Rail running along reeds on right hand side of Teal hide (Steve Brooker)
Black Swan Lake – 20+ Siskin over calling landed in trees by Fisherman’s car park (Dave Rimes)

October 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, Great White Egret, 2 Stonechat on the fence (Tim James)

October 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Grebe, Common Sandpiper, 3 Snipe; 2 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit (Nick Kightley); Great White Egret, 42 Cormorant, 3 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler along the Loddon near Ron’s hide and Renton’s screen (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher briefly perched in front of Bittern hide the flew towards Lea Farm Lake (Philip Giles); 3 Snipe (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – Little Grebe (Nick Kightley); Great White Egret, Little Egret (Colin Holmes)

October 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north spit island, 2 Snipe just behind the new island on far bank, 12 Meadow Pipit in long grass, Cetti’s Warbler heard calling in front of Ron’s hide, 3 Chiffchaff to the right of Ron’s hide, 2 Stonechat in long grass on far bank (Steve Clarke); Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Green Sandpiper from Ron’s hide towards Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); 2 House Martin over Lodge Wood Lake (FJC)
Landfill View Point – 3 Grey Plover heading west over the landfill passed a little north of Lodge Wood Lake, 17+ Meadow Pipit dropped on the far landfill, 12 Skylark in groups of two’s and three’s, 7 Goldfinch, 10+ Pied Wagtail, 3 Snipe flew to Lavell’s dropping towards Bittern hide, 25+ Linnet heading south in 3 groups plus a few singles, 7 Mistle Thrush heading west, 2 Raven heading south beyond Lea Farm Lake (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 10+ House Martin over south end of the lake (FJC)

October 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south east corner, 3 Stonechat towards right hand end of the long grass on fence, Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff one in reed’s next to Ron’s hide another singing nearby, Common Sandpiper, Snipe both on the south east shore, 50+ House Martin drifting over the north east bay, 2 Common Sandpiper briefly on north spit island, 5 Skylark over the sheep on far landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Kestrel male on wires (FJC)
Landfill Viewing Point – 3 Skylark, 3 Swallow heading south, 2 Chaffinch, Linnet heading south (FJC)

October 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in front of Ron’s hide (Philip Giles); Sparrowhawk flew past feeder’s, Common Sandpiper in the south west corner (Alan Jackman); Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff along the Loddon with one singing (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe sitting at end of bund in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)

October 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, Little Grebe, 2 Reed Warbler below hide, 3 Snipe, Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Stonechat on the fence line (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeder’s (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Mistle Thrush (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher, 5 Wigeon (Nick Kightley)

October 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on north spit (Alan Jackman); 5 Snipe to the right of the new hide, 2 Meadow Pipit over the Landfill (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail in front of the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)

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