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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)

September 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Jack Snipe seen from Ron’s hide bobbing for several minutes on shore to right of the new hide in line with fence with blue rope (Rick Dawson)

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)
Landfill 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 View 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 (Stephen 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 View 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 View 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 View 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)

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