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August 12th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher flew by 3 times, 2 Teal, Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Grey Wagtail, Green Sandpiper both on Shelduck Island (FJC); House Martin (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon male asleep on old island, 3 Reed Warbler at the far end of the scrape from Bittern hide (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 8 Shoveler, 7 Teal on the north mud spit, 30+ Gadwall, Snipe tucked in edge of the reeds, 5+ Swift over hide area, Kingfisher flew by, Cetti’s Warbler called near the sluice (FJC)
August 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen, Common Sandpiper in the south east corner shoreline (Pete Lunn); 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen (Nigel Carter)
Lavell’s Lake – Willow Warbler singing from Bittern hide Meadow (Alan Rymer); Common Sandpiper on the Bund (Philip Giles)
August 10th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Sedge Warbler in front of Ron’s hide, Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Green Sandpiper between the southern island’s (FJC); Common Sandpiper chased off by a Lapwing (Gray Burfoot)
Landfill Viewing Point – Hobby towards the east north east being chased by a Crow, 7 Swallow over Balancing pond (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 3 Little Egret heading south along the west side, 10+ Swift on the east side, Common Sandpiper in the north west on the muddy edge, 2 Shoveler, 6+ Teal (FJC); Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper on the mud flat between sluice & hide (Philip Giles)
August 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Kestrel over landfill north (FJC); Buzzard, 4 House Martin, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest with a Tit flock near the hide, 40+ Lapwing (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper, Lapwing on the lake shore of the scrape (Peter Scudamore)
Landfill Viewing Point – 5 Swift heading south, Greenshank called once over towards Sandford (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Green Sandpiper up on dry mud next to hide, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest, Treecreeper all with a Tit flock, Cetti’s Warbler by the Yellow gate (Steve Clarke); 11 Teal around north mud spit, Common Sandpiper (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 5 Swift, 3 Grey Wagtail (FJC); Chaffinch in trees on the Old Golf Course (Steve Clarke)
August 8th
Lea Farm Lake – White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail both between Ron’s hide and Renton’s screen (Pete Lunn)
Landfill Viewing Point – 2 Raven heading north west (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Teal on the north mud spit 2 Shoveler, Common Tern, Cetti’s Warbler calling close by (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 10 Swift, 10+ House Martin, 2 Swallow, Grey Wagtail (FJC)
August 7th
Lavell’s Lake – 18 Gadwall, 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Lapwing, Green Sandpiper on exposed mud at back of the lake from Bittern Hide, Wigeon (David Cleal)
Sandford Lake – Marsh Tit on the west side with a Tit flock close to sluice, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper both on the mud spit on the south side (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 18 Swift (FJC)
August 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4 Tufted Duck adult with 3 ducklings possible new family (Nick Kightley); 5 Reed Warbler 3 in front of Ron’s hide and 2 seen from Renton’s screen, Whitethroat in front of Ron’s hide, Blackcap female also in front of Ron’s hide (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper far left mud flat (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Whitethroat female in the big Hawthorn, 2+ Blackcap (FJC)
Landfill Viewing Point – 3 Goldfinch off hedgerow near old Oak, 3 Swallow drifted south, Buzzard, Little Egret low south (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Common Tern on north exposed spit, 3 Little Egret on south (FJC); Shoveler male From Lin Singer bench (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 10+ Swift, 20+ House Martin over the Old Golf Course and the lake edge (FJC)
August 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 5 Tufted Duck adult with 4 ducklings in the south east bay possible new family (FJC); 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper all seen from Renton’s screen (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper on the mud towards the left (Peter Driver)
Sandford Lake – 3 Teal in the south west corner on the mud spit (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 20+ Swift over and around the Activity Centre, Common Tern, Kingfisher flew by, Peregrine heading east south east (FJC)
August 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Cetti’s Warbler 4ft away in front of Ron’s hide (FJC); Common Tern, Rook on the fence line, 12 House Martin, Common Sandpiper on the Tern raft, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Watail, Pied Wagtail (Steve Clarke); Kingfisher perched up by the Green bridge (Daniel Ellerby)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo juvenile (Gladys Perrier)
Black Swan Lake – 12+ Swift, 2 Common Tern (FJC)
Juvenile Cuckoo at Lavell’s Lake – Gladys Perrier
August 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 7 Skylark on uncut landfill, 3 Snipe circled twice and landed on the east shore (FJC); Sedge Warbler (Ella Wheeler)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo juvenile being feed by it’s Reed Warbler parent (Adrian Bull)
Sandford Lake – 2 Common Tern both adults (FJC)
Juvenile Cuckoo being feed at Lavell’s Lake – Gladys Perrier
August 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Tern, 2 Green Sandpiper from Renton’s screen (Chris Elliot)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 3 Willow Warbler in the field on the right side (Pete Lunn)
July 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher by the Green bridge (Gladys Perrier)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk made brief appearance chasing birds from the feeder’s at Bittern Hide (Gladys Perrier); Sedge Warble near Bittern hide (Alan Rymer)
July 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher heard and seen by the Green bridge (Ralph Watts); 2 Grey Wagtail, Green Sandpiper both in front of Renton’s screen (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Kestrel male on telegraph wires (Pete Lunn))
Black Swan Lake – 15+ Swift, Grey Wagtail, 2 Black-headed Gull (Anna Butcher)
July 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, Common Tern (FJC); 2 Green Sandpiper near Renton’s screen (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – Willow Warbler near John’s bench, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Reed Warbler, Blackcap, A mixed Tit flock around plum tree by John’s bench (FJC); Green Sandpiper on the bund, Kingfisher perched briefly (Philip Giles); 2 Nuthatch on the feeder’s at Bittern hide (Jonny Melville); 2 Green Sandpiper on the bund, Wigeon male in eclipse on the lake, Shoveler female resting on bund, 7 Gadwall (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 4 Blackcap, 4 Tree Pipit over south east with one calling (FJC); Kestrel male on telegraph wires (Michael Hubbard)
Landfill Viewing Point – 8 Swallow, 4 House Martin over the Balancing Pool (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – Shoveler female (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 10 Swift, Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher flew along the Emm Brook all seen around the Activity Centre (FJC)
July 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Mistle Thrush flying north west along the east boundary of the landfill (FJC)
July 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper between Renton’s screen and the new hide build (Philip Giles)
July 26th
Lea Farm Lake – Oystercatcher, Kingfisher flew by Ron’s screen, 4 Common Tern 2 adults and 2 juveniles flying around the lake, Green Sandpiper, Sparrowhawk in the distance (FJC); 3 Buzzard overhead moving west, 3 Green Sandpiper seen from Renton’s screen (Brian Crathorne)
Sandford Lake – 3 Tufted Duck families with a total of 15 ducklings seen in front of the hide (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 9 Swift overhead at the Activity Centre (FJC)
July 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher (FJC); 2 Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Whitethroat, Blackcap (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 25+ Swift towards the north end of the Old Gold Course (FJC); 3 Greenfinch near the picnic area at the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
July 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper both in front of Renton’s Screen (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Pied Flycatcher juvenile near the climbing wall (Philip Giles); 7 Grey Wagtail in front of the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)
Pied Flycatcher at Black Swan Lake – Philip Giles
July 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover juvenile, Grey Wagtail all from Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); Common Sandpiper (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe by bend on the bund (Philip Giles)
July 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper in the north east corner, 2 Green Sandpiper flying around, Little Ringed Plover juvenile at Renton’s screen (FJC)
July 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper both in front of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing, 2 Stock Dove all seen from Renton’s screen (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe seen from Bittern hide (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 4 Tufted Duck ducklings (Philip Giles)
July 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper near Renton’s screen, 2 Little Ringed Plover both juveniles seen from Renton’s screen (Michael Hubbard)
July 18th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Skylark on far landfill, Kingfisher in front of Ron’s hide, Common Sandpiper on the north spit islands, 3 Green Sandpiper either side of Ron’s hide, Little Ringed Plover in the north east corner, Little Grebe flew into north west corner (FJC); Grey Wagtail in front of Renton’s screen, 2 Common Sandpiper between Renton’s screen and Ron’s hide (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 14 Gadwall, Wigeon a male in eclipse (FJC)
Landfill Viewing Point – 10+ Goldfinch on a Hawthorn in front of the old Oak (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 34 Gadwall, Shoveler, 5 Tufted Duck duckling (FJC)
July 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Rook (Nick Kightley); Sedge Warbler (Kevin Starley)
Sedge Warbler at Lea Farm Lake – Kevin Starley
July 15th
Lea Farm Lake – Shoveler male in the south west corner (Philip Giles)
July 14th
Black Swan Lake – Kestrel female over the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
July 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper towards Ron’s hide, Oystercatcher in front of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles)
July 12th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher flew around the lake a few times, 2 Sedge Warbler adult and juvenile, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, 2 Kingfisher adult and juvenile, 3 Green Sandpiper seen from Renton’s screen (Steve Clarke); Common Sandpiper seen from Renton’s screen, 2 Green Woodpecker adult with a juvenile along the Loddon (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe an adult and fully grown juvenile near Great Crested Grebe nest (Peter Scudamore)
July 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper between Renton’s screen and Ron’s hide, Common Sandpiper on the south east shoreline (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher male, Green Sandpiper, Wigeon drake in eclipse (Dave Rimes); Treecreeper, Nuthatch both seen on the path between Teal hide and Bittern hide in the tree opposite the gate, Reed Bunting in the reeds to the right of the scrape (Pete Lunn)
Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Dave Rimes
July 10th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Swallow over the north east corner, 5 Little Egret 3 adults and 2 juveniles, Common Sandpiper on the East Marsh, 5 Teal on the East Marsh first since May, Green Sandpiper flew towards Ron’s screen (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper (Steve Robertson); 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing on Bittern scrape (Laura Goodall)
Sandford Lake – 40+ Gadwall (FJC)
July 9th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Little Egret (David ONeill); 2 Yellow Wagtail both juveniles on east fence towards the right hand end of long grass section (FJC); 9 Common Tern chicks 6 still on the shingle island plus 3 on the raft (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper (David ONeill)
July 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper (FJC); Greenfinch calling in trees over river behind Renton’s screen (Alan Jackman); Little Grebe off to the right of the black-headed Gull raft heading towards Renton’s screen (Gethin Craig)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, Wigeon male (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Grey Wagtail adult with 2 juvenile (FJC)
July 7th
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper on the scrape, Snipe (Philip Giles); 2 Lapwing, Little Egret (Peter Scudamore)
Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – Philip Giles
July 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher near Renton’s screen, 8 Common Tern juveniles 6 fledged onto shingle island and 2 still visible on raft (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Swallow (Philip Giles); Hobby flying around island in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper on jetty at the Activity Centre (Philip Giles); Coal tit by the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Bullfinch heard (Alan Jackman)
Common Sandpiper at Black Swan Lake – Philip Giles
July 5th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher flew right to left past hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas); Green Sandpiper on the scrape (Philip Giles); 2 Little Egret, Little Ringed Plover, Kingfisher (Don Broadbridge)
Landfill Viewing Point – 2 Goldfinch, Greenfinch both over the landfill, 2 Skylark up and over the far Landfill (FJC)
July 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Skylark on the far landfill suggesting a successful breeding before they cut the grass a few days ago, Mandarin Duck flew across the south west corner, 3 Oystercatcher flying around calling, 26 Lapwing, 6 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper flew behind the Oak beyond the Sand Martin wall, 9 Common Tern chicks (FJC); Kingfisher flew down the Loddon by the Green bridge (Steve Clarke); 2 Grey Wagtail male and female in the south east corner (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon male summering bird now moulting into eclipse, Kingfisher flew past hide, Water Rail adult in the right hand corner of the scrape from Bittern hide (FJC); Mediterranean Gull with Black-headed Gulls for a few minutes then everything flushed by a Carrion Crow flying towards Sandford (John McGowan); 2 Green Sandpiper on the scrape, 2 Little Ringed Plover on the scrape (Philip Giles); Kingfisher just flew right to left in front of the hide (Pete Lunn)
July 3rd
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper on the scrape, Kingfisher briefly in front of Bittern hide (Philip Giles); 4 Little Egret on the bund (Trevor Guyatt); Water Rail at back of Tern scape seen with Trevor Guyatt (Elaine Charlson)
Black Swan Lake – 45+ Swift seen near the Activity Centre, Kingfisher flew by towards the Old Golf Course (FJC); 3 Grey Wagtail on the jetty near the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
July 2nd
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Mute Swan adult with 6 cygnets at Bittern hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
July 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Green Woodpecker male and female with a juvenile on Loddon bank opposite Green bridge, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Oystercatcher on east shore (Lorna Akers-Douglas); Cuckoo flew down the Loddon behind Renton’s (Alan Jackman)
June 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Greenfinch calling near the feeder’s at Ron’s hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker on Bittern hide feeder’s (Philip Giles); 2 Green Woodpecker close to the Loddon near lay-by, 2 Blackcap male and female near the Loddon with both carrying food (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher flying left to right seen from the hide (Philip Giles)
June 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen (Alan Jackman); Green Woodpecker between Renton’s screen and Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
June 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher feeding on the mud to the right of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); 4 Little Egret, Heron all to the right of Ron’s hide (Phil Sigley)
Sandford Lake – 8 Coot adult with 7 young chicks near hide, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull adult with small juvenile on island nearest to hide first time they have bred here (FJC)
June 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher along the Loddon by the Green bridge (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker around the feeder’s, Kingfisher just flew around in front of Bittern hide, 4 Oystercatcher flew over towards Sandford Lake (Pete Lunn)
June 26th
Sandford Lake – 3 Great Crested Grebe adult with two chick’s, third egg showing (Alan Jackman)
June 25th
Sandford Lake – 2 Great Crested Grebe adult with chick (Philip Giles)
June 24th
Black Swan Lake – Coal Tit near the climbing wall, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Goldcrest all seen near the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
June 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Little-ringed Plover male and female in the south west corner with a fully grown juvenile in the East Marsh, 3 Oystercatcher all adults, 10 Lapwing (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Gadwall, Wigeon male, Kingfisher flew past Bittern hide twice, Grey Wagtail singing at bridge by lay-by in the west end (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 50+ Gadwall, Pochard juvenile (FJC); Kingfisher flying around lake (Philip Giles)
June 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in north west corner (Steve Clarke); 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Swift, 4 Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler singing briefly (Brian Crathorne)
June 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in the East Marsh at the north end, 2 Little-ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 7 Common Tern chicks, sadly only 1 Mute Swan cygnet, 10+ Lapwing, 2 Black-headed Gulls both juveniles, 2 Common Tern male and female starting to nest on shingle island, 2 Little Egret briefly in the south west corner (FJC); 2 Oystercatcher male and female (Dave Rimes); Mandarin Duck flew past (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Steve Clarke); Green Woodpecker seen from Teal hide (Sam Marchant)
Sandford Lake – 23 Gadwall (FJC); 4 Oystercatcher on gravel island seen from the hide (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 25+ Swift, 75+ Egyptian Geese (FJC)
June 19th
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon male on the bund, 3 Lapwing including one juvenile with head just bobbing over the vegetation, Reeds Bunting, Reed Warbler singing from the reed bed (Michael Hubbard)
June 18th
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon male on the bund, Kingfisher adult male on the bund seen from Bittern hide (Alan Rymer)
Black Swan Lake – Coal Tit near the climbing wall at the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
June 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher male between Renton’s screen and Ron’s hide seen from Renton’s screen perched briefly (Philip Giles)
June 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Coal Tit calling opposite the Green bridge, Curlew wading left of Ron’s hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail flitting back and forth near Sandford Lane road bridge (Cathy Stillman-Lowe)
Curlew at Lea Farm Lake – Nick Kightley
June 15th
Lavell’s Lake – Hobby flew left to right low, Sparrowhawk circling high up both seen from the Bittern hide (Keith Seymour)
June 14th
Lea Farm Lake – 7+ Common Tern chicks on right raft, 2 Black-headed Gull chicks on left raft (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo being chased by Jackdaw down the Emm Brook (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher nesting on little island they nested on last year (Peter Scudamore)
June 13th
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail on the Activity Centre beach (Philip Giles)
Grey Wagtail at Black Swan Lake – Philip Giles
June 12th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail, Cuckoo, Kingfisher (Ian Young)
Black Swan Lake – Common Tern (Ian Young); Kingfisher flew right to left along the Emm Brook (Philip Giles)
June 11th
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon male, Shoveler both still present (Peter Scudamore)
June 10th
Sandford Lake – Shoveler male (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 50+ Swift over and around the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
June 9th
Lea Farm Lake – 11+ Common Tern with three pairs with five chicks maybe more (Peter Scudamore)
June 8th
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon on the bund (Tim James)
Sandford Lake – 6 Swift flying over (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – 6 Swift viewable from the Activity Centre (Tim James)
June 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Skylark, 30 Swift over low, 2 Oystercatcher flying around, 7 Lapwing, 12 Gadwall includes two pairs, Mallard family with 5 tiny ducklings, 3 Grey Wagtail female plus 2 juvenile in the south west corner, Cuckoo just began calling, Little-ringed Plover in the north east corner, 24 Black-headed Gull 8 pairs on the raft plus 8 on the shingle island (FJC); Kingfisher flew towards lodge wood (Steve Clarke)
Black Swan Lake – 90+ Swift spread across boundary of Sandford and the Old Golf Course, Grey Wagtail (FJC)
June 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Cuckoo one singing to the south near Teal hide whilst two chasing each other probably male chasing female in sky over Lodge wood, Reed Warbler (Andy Tomczynski); 8 Common Tern all sitting, 2 Gadwall, Oystercatcher flying around, 2 Garden Warbler near Ron’s hide. Little-ringed Plover (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler between the Yellow gate and the Green bridge (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 5 Gadwall, Cuckoo west side of the lake (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 25 Swift spread out over high trees on boundary of Sandford Lake, 4 Grey Wagtail with two juveniles all on the Activity Centre beach (FJC)
Reed Warbler at Lea Farm Lake – Andy Tomczynski
June 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Sand Martin checking out a number of holes in the wall (Pete Jeffery)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo male singing and seen (Dave Rimes); Cuckoo just flew over Bittern hide (Mark Lauri); Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Cuckoo regularly calling, Kingfisher calling, Little Egret hunting along edge of reeds (Jo Slevin)
Sandford Lake – Cuckoo male singing and seen around the south west side of the lake towards Heron’s Water (Dave Rimes); Red-crested Pochard male (Don Broadbridge)
Black Swan Lake – Greenfinch in Activity Centre car park (Anne Butcher)
Male Red-crested Pochard at Sandford Lake – Don Broadbridge
June 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Oystercatcher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker female and juvenile on the feeder’s, Grey Wagtail, A number of House Martin’s flying close to Ron’s hide (Pete Jeffery)
June 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Oystercatcher behind the Common Tern raft on the left (Gethin Craig)
Sandford Lake – Many Swift’s feeding low over the lake (Philip Giles)
June 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Little-ringed Plover on East marsh (Dave Rimes)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo calling from tall Poplar (Gray Burfoot)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Swallow flying through under the deck at the Activity Centre, 2 Grey Wagtail on the jetty in front of the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
June 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Garden Warbler one behind Ron’s hide the other further down the Loddon, 5 Sand Martin, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Brian Crathorne); 6 Heron on island where Lapwing’s were nesting (Alan Jackman); 2 Kingfisher one in the south west flew towards Loddon also one flew upstream near Jack’s garden earlier, 21 Lapwing counted around lake, 30+ House Martin, 4 Swallow, Shoveler in the south west bay (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo, 2 Little Egret (Brian Crathorne); Cuckoo seen in tree left of Bittern hide, 2+ Goldfinch in fir trees south of the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)
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