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September 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on north spit from Renton’s screen, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); 40 Cormorant (Sally Bryson-Bond)

September 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher on rail in front of Ron’s hide, Great White Egret on bank near new hide, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper seen from Renton’s screen (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher perched at the far end left hand side from Bittern hide (Philip Giles); Great White Egret circled lake before heading towards Lea Farm, Cetti’s Warbler seen and heard frequently at junction of path towards Bittern Hide (Michael Hubbard)

September 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper in the north west corner, 17 Shoveler, 2 Stonechat male and female, 2 Skylark heading south east, 2 Chiffchaff in north west reeds, Snipe flew in from the Landfill, 10 Meadow Pipit (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper in front of Bitten hide, Grey Wagtail, 2 Snipe came out of the cut reeds at the far side opposite Bitten hide (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Viewing Point – 150+ Swallow a steady movement over just under an hour south east in groups of 10-20, Great White Egret flew east south east over Landfill (FJC)

September 26th
Lea Farm Lake – Sparrowhawk around the feeder’s at Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman); 3 Redwing over Landfill then flew into Lodge Wood, 2 Stonechat along the north east fence line, 12 Meadow Pipit over Landfill calling, 20 Swallow over north west, 200+ Greylag Geese on the Landfill, 25 Shoveler, 22 Teal, Common Sandpiper flew round the south west water fringe (Michael Hubbard)

September 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper to the left of Ron’s hide in the channel (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret near large Poplar tree (Philip Giles); Water Rail in front of Bittern hide (Paul Wright)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Raven over heading north being mobbed by three Jackdaw’s (Michael Hubbard)

Water Rail in front of Bittern hide at Lavell’s Lake – Paul Wright

September 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher over low heading towards Lavell’s (Philip Giles); 3 Chiffchaff, Little Grebe both from Lin Singer bench (Richard Marsh)

September 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher showing well from Bittern hide (Philip Giles); Great White Egret chased off by a Heron (Kevin Starley)
Sandford Lake – Cetti’s Warbler singing in the north west corner (Chris Elliot)
Black Swan Lake – Common Gull near the feeding area (Tim James)

September 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – Little Grebe in front of Renton’s screen, Common Sandpiper from Renton’s screen towards Ron’s hide (Philip Giles); 2 Stonechat on boundary fence, 2 Wigeon on east marsh bund, 12+ Shoveler, Barnacle Goose assumed feral (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher briefly on post in front of Teal hide (Philip Giles)

September 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Chiffchaff in willow on the opposite side of river from Ron’s hide, 2 Common Sandpiper on the south spit island, 10 Meadow Pipit around the boundary fence and in the grass, 3 Stonechat on the boundary fence (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Little Grebe, 2 Wigeon (FJC)

September 20th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Chiffchaff in front of Ron’s hide, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Stonechat on the boundary fence, Snipe on the east shore (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 5+ Chiffchaff split between here and Sandford Lake (FJC); Snipe on the far side of scrape just in front of the cut reeds (Pete Lunn)
Landfill Viewing Point – 75 Meadow Pipit in groups of 5 to 15, 200+ Swallow steady movement south south east in groups of 10-20, 30+ House Martin (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 14 Shoveler, Little Grebe, 14 Teal, Wigeon, Tit flock on the west side with a Nuthatch, Treecreeper and several Chiffchaff (FJC)

September 19th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Mandarin Duck in the dusk I believe there were three males and a female (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe in front of Bittern hide, Green Sandpiper on scrape (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher (Gethin Craig)

September 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper to the right of Ron’s hide (Roger Powell)
Sandford Lake – Snipe on island, Hobby over (Philip Giles)

September 17th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher seen from Teal hide (Kalveer Lehal)

September 16th
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on the scrape towards the far right side, Snipe on the far reed cutting’s (Pete Lunn)
Sandford Lake – Snipe on island (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – Sparrowhawk seen from the Activity Centre flew over towards Lavell’s (Pete Lunn)

September 14th
Lea Farm Lake – 55+ House Martin from Ron’s hide, Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Kingfisher heading towards Lavell’s (Steve Clarke); Meadow Pipit along Loddon towards Loddon CP, 3+ Sand Martin, House Martin, numerous Swallow (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Lake – 14+ House Martin in two groups, 4 Blackcap (Steve Clarke); Kingfisher (Simon Tregidgo)
Landfill Viewing Point – 3 Meadow Pipit heading south, 350+ Hirundines over Lea Farm Lake to Lea Farm (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher close to the spit (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Black Swan Lake – 8 Meadow Pipit south, 10+ Sand Martin low over lake (FJC)

September 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper to the left of Renton’s edging their way towards Renton’s screen, Grey Wagtail in front of Renton’s screen (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Cetti’s Warbler calling by Jerry’s bench the second from back of the scrape, Snipe on scrape (FJC); Kingfisher sat on new post in front of Teal hide (Philip Giles); Little Grebe from Teal hide (Sally Bryson-Bond)
Landfill Viewing Point – Meadow Pipit over low south calling (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 8+ Chaffinch on walk to the Viewing Point (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 47 Shoveler, 21 Teal, Wigeon, 2 Kingfisher flying around nearest island to Lin Singer’s bench on the north side, Hobby just flew low towards Black Swan (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 230+ House Martin on the west and south fringes sticking low to trees, 40+ Swallow, 10 Sand Martin low over lake (FJC)

September 12th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper in extreme north east corner in front of left gate, At least 500 Geese on the landfill, Little Grebe adult in summer plumage in front of north spit near the new hide position (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher seen from Teal hide, 60 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag in front of Bittern hide (Gethin Craig)
Sandford Lake – 2 Wigeon towards the south east bank, 27 Shoveler, 25 Teal, 46 Gadwall, 33 Tufted Duck, 25 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher flew east-west across lake to reeds, Willow Warbler seen and heard just the other side of western path near gate, Cetti’s Warbler heard twice, Blackcap alarm calling too (Michael Hubbard)

September 11th
Lavell’s Lake – Common Snipe on scrape (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Large number of Sand Martin, House Martin and Swallow seen from the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)

September 10th
Lea Farm Lake – Garden Warbler in front of Ron’s hide (Tim James); 2 Common Sandpiper together in the south west corner (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Jay, Swallow, 7 House Martin, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Barnacle Goose with the Greylag’s, Great Spotted Woodpecker calling, Green Woodpecker calling, Nuthatch calling, 3 Chiffchaff all calling (Brian Clews)

September 9th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher going from perch to perch from Teal hide (Sally Bryson-Bond)

September 8th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Little Grebe in front of Ron’s hide seen from Renton’s screen (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail from the Teal hide on the opposite bank right of the Sand Martin wall, Kingfisher hovering around (Keith Seymour)
Sandford Lake – 4 Teal on spit to left of hide also visible from the path, 6 Shoveler with two in same corner as the Teal (Peter Scudamore)

September 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Wheatear Wheatear on the landfill on a leaning post beyond raft, Buzzard with corvid kill on a fencepost (Paul Bright-Thomas); 3 Kingfisher while walking along Loddon between Sandford Lane and the entrance to the locked hide (Ben Adams); White Wagtail on centre island (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Barnacle Goose in with a flock of 20 Canadian Geese from Bittern hide (Kevin Shea); Good numbers of hirundines including a couple of Sand Martin and 50+ House Martin (Paul Bright-Thomas); Common Sandpiper on the Bund towards the lake side (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Yellow Wagtail high over (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – 2 Wigeon both males in eclipse (Paul Bright-Thomas)

September 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 8 Teal, Mandarin Duck over heading south, Wheatear moving between east shore and new south spit shingle island (FJC); Grey Wagtail on new south spit island, Green Woodpecker adult female on skyline isolated tree above and left of Renton’s screen (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – 4+ Chiffchaff around the site in 2’s (FJC); Kingfisher flew right to left from Teal hide (Elaine Charlson)
Landfill Viewing Point – 6+ Chiffchaff in the Landfill hedgerow (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Chaffinch female (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – 17 Shoveler, 19 Teal (FJC); Little Grebe in front of the island by Lin’s bench (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Spotted Flycatcher in a Willow on the east side of lake (Elaine Charlson)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Yellow Wagtail over heading south (Dave Rimes)

Spotted Flycatcher on the east side of Black Swan Lake – Elaine Charlson

September 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Wheatear on right hand side vent, Whinchat on a large post at fence zig zag, 2 Sedge Warbler passed through in front of hide (Colin Holmes)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Kingfisher flew up and down lake from south corner (Alan Jackman); Snipe at Bittern hide on the scrape (Keith Boseley)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Spotted Flycatcher by drinking trough (Alan Jackman)

September 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker in the trees on the other side of the river between Ron’s and Renton’s (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher on a post to the left of Teal Hide (Pete Lunn); 2 Kingfisher at Teal hide (Grant Evans)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper on exposed ground in the south west corner (Pete Lunn); Common Sandpiper still on old Tern island, 30 Shoveler, 14 Teal (FJC)

Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Grant Evans

September 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Wheatear flitting between fence and gravel lake edge (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper on island in front of hide (Peter Burden); Little Grebe in front of hide bubbling call heard too, 2 Kingfisher one flew south along western reed fringe with another flying back and forth between trees on northern bank, Little Egret also along northern reed bed, 4 Teal in the south west corner (Michael Hubbard)

September 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Mandarin Duck over the south west corner heading north may have dropped onto Lodge Wood Lake (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 13 Shoveler, 15 Teal (FJC); 2 Snipe in the south west marsh (Pete Lunn)
Black Swan Lake – 25+ Swallow over west side of lake seen from the Activity Centre (FJC); Spotted Flycatcher in trees at south east end of of the lake (Tim James)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Spotted Flycatcher still present flew to northern end by water trough, Green Sandpiper over calling, 10+ Blackcap (Dave Rimes)

September 1st
Sandford Lake – 14 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 2 Kingfisher (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Spotted Flycatcher for a short time this morning (Alan Jackman)

August 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Reed Warbler in front of Ron’s hide, 14 Lapwing in the south west corner (Pete Lunn)
Landfill Viewing Point – Whinchat on closest vent then flew to hedgerow (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Redstart calling inside top hedge but not seen (Paul Bright-Thomas); 2 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper on spit viewed from west end (Paul Bright-Thomas); Kingfisher flew right to left with something in its mouth viewed from the bench (Sandy Millin); Green Sandpiper, Barnacle Goose, 2 Kingfisher pinging about (Paul Etherton)
White Swan Lake – Cetti’s Warbler towards the Loddon path, Kingfisher along the Loddon path opposite Heron’s Water (Pete Lunn)

August 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher flew towards Renton’s screen (Steve Clarke); Green Sandpiper from Renton’s screen towards Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper (Steve Clarke)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 3 Spotted Flycatcher three together showing really well in the centre of the Meadow likely a 4th present, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, 6+ Whitethroat (Dave Rimes)

Spotted Flycatcher in Mortimer’s Meadow – Roger Stansfield

August 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Reed Warbler in front of Ron’s hide (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Redstart female (Jim Reid)

August 28th
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, 25 Blackcap 15+ at first then a mobile Tit flock added a minimum of 10 more, Lesser Whitethroat, Nuthatch, 2+ Chiffchaff all birds constantly moving (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 9 Shoveler, 9 Teal, Green Sandpiper (FJC)

August 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher flew in front of Teal hide (Alan Jackman)
Landfill Viewing Point – Whimbrel calling east south east to west south west at around 150ft, Spotted Flycatcher to the right of the old Oak behind the ‘landfill hedgerow’ perched on Hawthorn for about 2 minutes or so, Whitethroat on the landfill hedgerow, 4+ Blackcap, 45+ House Martin over southern end of Lea Farm Lake (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Whitethroat (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Spotted Flycatcher in the central hedge, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler (Dave Rimes)

Spotted Flycatcher in Mortimer’s Meadow – Dave Rimes

August 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper flew off calling in direction of Lavell’s, Common Sandpiper on newly dug island (Steve Clarke); 2 Green Sandpiper, Whinchat on fence line, Wheatear possible on landfill distorted by distance and haze (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher darting around the posts and lake (Daniel Ellerby); Snipe showing well on bund (Philip Giles)
Landfill Viewing Point – Hobby fast and low south east over the landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat under big Hawthorn tree (FJC); 3+ Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Kingfisher adult and juvenile perched for 10 mins on north side viewed from hide, Wigeon, 5 Shoveler, 8 Teal (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Grey Wagtail around left hand jetty (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 12+ Blackcap, 6+ Whitethroat, 2+ Willow Warbler, 4+ Chiffchaff, Mistle Thrush, Nuthatch (Dave Rimes)

Snipe on the Bund at Lavell’s Lake – Philip Giles

August 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper on south spit island, 9+ Moorhen (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler central copse (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – Snipe by north reed bed (Paul Bright-Thomas)

August 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – Reed Warbler in front of Ron’s hide, 2+ Lapwing sat on the mud spoil, Grey Wagtail also on the spoils (Steve Clarke); Whinchat on the bush in reedy ditch near to the pallets (FJC); Wheatear on a vent over and behind the diggers (Roger Stansfield)

August 22nd
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher buzzed the Bitten hide, 9 Gadwall just landed in front of the hide, Grey Wagtail on the scrape (Pete Lunn); 2 Green Sandpipers on right hand side beyond the Sand Martin wall (Phillip Miller)
Sandford Lake – 5 Shoveler, 7 Teal on the shingle spit (FJC); Hobby over the lake heading towards Lavell’s (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – White Wagtail on the beach by the boats (Pete Lunn)

August 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Teal, Mandarin Duck (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Redstart female still in back hedge calling frequently (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Mandarin Duck female, 8 Teal, Shoveler (FJC)

August 20th
Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 6 Teal (FJC); 2 Greenshank highly mobile and assumed both flew off then circled low near Ron’s hide and stayed in north west corner (Noel Silver and FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Redstart female in the north end of the field (Noel Silver)
Sandford Lake – Mandarin Duck female on exposed shingle spit at north end the first since early June (FJC)

August 19th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Common Sandpiper, Snipe flushed from the east shore (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Redstart female (Paul Etherton); Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap male and female (Mark Shaw); Kestrel in the trees near where the Redstart is (Pete Lunn)

August 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 2 Redstart both females on the north end of the field both on the fence and in the hedges, Lesser Whitethroat near the Redstart’s, 3+ Blackcap (Bob Bennett)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper, 5 Teal on the shingle spit (FJC)

Female Redstart in the Car Park field – Eddie Napper

August 17th
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler in the east side of the central copse, 3 Swift over south (Paul Bright-Thomas); 2 Redstart both females on the north end of field, 3 Lesser Whitethroat at the north side of the field (Brian Bennett)
Sandford Lake – 3 Common Tern two adults and a juvenile (Paul Bright-Thomas)

August 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper from Renton’s screen (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler in the side of the central copse (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – 2 Common Tern first winter juveniles on the exposed gravel spit (FJC); 3 Common Tern 2 adult’s and a juvenile, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Trevor Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Swift over the east bank heading south (Tim James)

August 15th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper in the north east corner, Green Sandpiper on the south spit, 5 Teal three on the south spit and two in the north east corner (FJC); 6 Greenfinch on the feeder’s at Ron’s hide (Keith Seymour)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher briefly landed on post (Daniel Ellerby); 2 Green Sandpiper at back of mostly dried up scrape (FJC)
Lavell’s Viewing Point – 10+ Swallow on wires in front of the old Oak, Cattle Egret flying south along Loddon but obscured by trees much of the time (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 7 Shoveler, 2 Teal, 2 Common Tern and adult with a juvenile (FJC)

August 14th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Sandpiper in the north east corner, 6 Common Tern three adults and three juveniles all on rafts (FJC); Green Sandpiper between Renton’s screen towards Ron’s hide (Philip Giles); Greater Spotted Woodpecker in the tree behind Renton’s screen (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher perched briefly, Green Sandpiper (FJC); 2 Green Sandpiper in front of Bitten hide (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler in the central copse (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 50+ Gadwall, 2 Teal, Wigeon, Shoveler (FJC)

Green and Common Sandpiper’s at Lea Farm Lake – Philip Giles

August 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Nuthatch on feeder (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe on the Bund, 2 Green Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk flew over (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – 50 Lapwing, 2 Green Sandpiper, Shoveler (Ian Young)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine over, 10+ Blackcap, 2+ Whitethroat juvenile (Dave Rimes)

August 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 57 Lapwing minimum, 2 Common Tern adult and juvenile, Common Sandpiper, Mistle Thrush perched on tree at the Landfill boundary (FJC); 2 Teal (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, Little Egret feeding (Chris Elliot); 3 Green Sandpiper (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler heard, 8 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 45+ Gadwall (FJC); 3 Great Crested Grebe adult with two well grown chicks (Chris Elliot)
Black Swan Lake – 7 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail on the raft (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 3 Yellow Wagtail flew south calling (Dave Rimes)

August 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher (Alan Jackman); 2 Green Sandpiper from Renton’s screen sleeping on the west shore looking towards Ron’s hide, Hobby in the far distance (FJC); 3 Shoveler, 2 Green Sandpiper (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher in front of Bittern hide, 2 Green Sandpiper (Alan Jackman); 4 Green Sandpiper one on the scrape and 3 by the Poplar tree, Shoveler on the Bund (Philip Giles); 2 Kingfisher at the far end of the lake from Bittern hide (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Blackcap, Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff all in the north west corner, Sparrowhawk female flew low almost directly towards me before veering into central copse (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – Spotted Flycatcher calling between sluice and hide at the junction where path splits towards White Swan (Philip Giles); Teal, 4 Shoveler (FJC)

Spotted Flycatcher in the Car Park field – Don Broadbridge

August 10th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Whinchat one on the fence towards right hand end of the long grass the other on a Landfill vent on the brow directly behind the shingle island but flew right and lost in flight, Stonechat flew from far end into reeds in the north east bay (FJC); Hobby over from Lodge Wood, 2 Common Tern still about, Lapwing juvenile still in the south west corner (Peter Scudamore); 21 Lapwing, 3 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Garden Warbler, Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap (FJC); Spotted Flycatcher in the north west corner, 5+ Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – 23 Lapwing, Wigeon (Paul Bright-Thomas)

August 9th
Lea Farm Lake – 20 Gadwall, Teal, Whitethroat left of Ron’s hide, 2 House Martin heading south, 3 Sand Martin heading south, 8 Swallow, Green Sandpiper on south spit, 4 Common Tern all adults heading north, 36 Herring and Lesser Blacked-back Gull over low heading south west, Kingfisher in front of Ron’s hide briefly, 4 Reed Warbler spread around the reeds (FJC); 2 Kingfishers chasing each other near Renton’s screen (Daniel Ellerby); Red Kite juvenile in the trees on the other side of the river between Ron’s and Renton’s (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Sparrowhawk top of the lake trees (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Swift over heading south west, Bullfinch juvenile, Whitethroat female, 3+ Blackcap (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 30 Gadwall, 2 Common Tern adult and a juvenile (FJC); Coal Tit by the Aviation museum (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Swift over the Activity Centre heading south east (FJC)

August 8th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Tern, 55+ Lapwing, Green Sandpiper in the south east Bay, Shoveler just dropped into the south west corner (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher on a post from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); 7 House Martin over the lake (Richard Sajdak)
Sandford Lake – Wigeon male, numerous Gadwall, 75+ Black-headed Gull on exposed gravel north side (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 2+ Whitethroat all juveniles, Willow Warbler (Dave Rimes)

August 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper (Rick Dawson)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Willow Warbler one in sub-song opposite picnic bench the other calling at the back of the Car Park field, Sparrowhawk (Rick Dawson); Green Sandpiper just flown in onto the scrape (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – Hobby (Rick Dawson)

August 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Tern on the raft and buoys, Little Egret, 2 House Martin feeding low over the trees around Renton’s screen, Whitethroat adult in hedge about 50m north of Ron’s hide, Skylark flushed by tractor on landfill (Trevor Guyatt); Lapwing juvenile still in south west corner (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – Spotted Flycatcher west side by Middle Marsh sallying from dead tree (Andy Tomczynski)

August 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper near Renton’s screen (Alan Jackman); 10 House Martin feeding high over the Loddon by the Green bridge to Ron’s, 2 Common Sandpiper in a pool to the right of Renton’s screen (Kevin Shea)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Oystercatcher all from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); Sparrowhawk calling in the distance towards Teal hide (Kevin Shea)

August 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – A small group of Swallow’s stopped for a drink then continued south (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Green Sandpiper on scrape, Lapwing on the Bund (Peter Scudamore)

August 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 29 Lapwing including a juvenile which is almost full grown now, 2 Common Tern, 3 Oystercatcher including one juvenile, Great Crested Grebe still sat on the nest, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher briefly, Sedge Warbler to the left of Renton’s screen in the reeds (Steve Clarke); Red Kite juvenile in the trees opposite side of the river between Ron’s and Renton’s (Pete Lunn); 2 Little Grebe, Green Sandpiper (Adrian Bull); Common Sandpiper juvenile in front of Renton’s screen, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern both adults perched on the raft and a buoy, Peregrine probable male flew low over the lake past the hide and kept going north over Lodge Wood (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff both seen near Betty’s bench, 2 Reed Warbler both juveniles, 4 Chiffchaff all juveniles, 3 Green Sandpiper (Steve Clarke)
Sandford Lake – 30 Egyptian Geese roosting, Kingfisher, 4 Common Tern, 2 Herring Gull (Steve Clarke)

August 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Lapwing juvenile in the south west bay (Peter Scudamore)

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