- In bold type are sightings that are uncommon either by rarity, date or number seen.
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August 31st
Lea Farm GP – 2 Little Egret, Wigeon (M Walford); 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, Raven over landfill (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Kestrel in car park field (J McGowan); Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler (M Walford); 2 Hobby, Green Sandpiper (R Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Cetti’s Warbler (M Walford)
August 30th
Lea Farm GP – Hobby hunting around field across Loddon, just past hide, 3 Little Egret, 6 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher (J McGowan); Peregrine over landfill (A Rymer)
Lavell’s Lake – Nightjar in tree across Loddon from Teal scrape – 1st reported sighting since 1984! (R Bryant et al); Kestrel in car park field (J McGowan); 2 juv. Hobby hunting over lake (T Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Little Egret over flying south (FJC)
August 29th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Wheatear on landfill vents & moving north, seen from bottom of car park field, 5 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper (FJC); 2 Hobby hunting over field where Loddon forks just past hide, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Wheatear from hide, Little Grebe, Willow Warbler (J McGowan); Little Egret, Kingfisher (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Coal Tit flew over Loddon near Teal hide, Tree Pipit on overhead wires at car park, then moved into car park field (FJC) *later reported that it was seen again on overhead wires near John’s bench*; Spotted Flycatcher by Jerry’s bench (M Walford); Kingfisher, Little Egret (R Marsh); 2 Hobby, 3 Green Sandpiper (G Turner)
Sandford Lake – Hobby hunting in front of hide (R Jinks)
August 28th
Lea Farm GP – Kingfisher, Sedge Warbler, Hobby, Reed Warbler (J McGowan); 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, Wheatear on east shore of lake, Little Egret, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 imm. Herring Gull (R Marsh); 2 Hobby, 29 Teal (G Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – 18 Shoveler, later seen flying north over car park field (Brian Bennett)
August 27th
Lea Farm GP – 9 Ring-necked Parakeet (FJC); Kingfisher, Snipe, Hobby (J McGowan); 6 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret (J McGowan)
August 26th
Lea Farm GP – Hobby, 2 Little Ringed Plover (J McGowan); 22 Teal, 2 Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Shoveler, Little Egret (M Walford); Whinchat & 2 Wheatear on landfill vent, Lesser Whitethroat, 15 Blackcap, Whitethroat – all seen from bottom of car park field (FJC); Coal Tit on feeder across Loddon from Teal scrape (G Emmett); 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Wheatear p.m. (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper (R Marsh); 2 Hobby over car park field (N Kightley)
August 25th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Snipe, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, Yellow Wagtail over, Mandarin duck, Wigeon (M Walford); 2 juv. Little Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egret (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper (R Dawson); Little Owl in gutter of green barn at Lea Farm (T Guyatt)
August 24th
Lea Farm GP – 7 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, Ringed Plover, 2 juv. Little Ringed Plover (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper (M Walford)
August 23rd
Lea Farm GP – Wheatear, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret (FJC et al); Lesser Whitethroat, Raven, Willow Warbler, Wigeon (R Marsh & J McGowan)
Lavell’s Lake – Lesser Whitethroat in car park field (FJC); 2 Green Sandpiper (M Walford); Hobby (R Marsh)
August 22nd
Lea Farm GP – juv. Spotted Redshank, 4 Ringed Plover (G Emmett); 2 Greenshank, 5 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Wigeon, 5 Shoveler, 15 Teal, Kingfisher, f. Mandarin Duck, Little Egret (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Greenshank, juv. Reed Warbler (R Marsh)
August 21st
Lea Farm GP – 2 Greenshank, 3 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Sparrowhawk, Wigeon, 2 Shoveler (J McGowan); 2 Ringed Plover, 5 Common Sandpiper (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper (R Marsh)
August 20th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Greenshank, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, juv. Little Ringed Plover, 2 Raven, Peregrine, Linnet (J McGowan); 3 Shoveler, 19 Teal (FJC); Sparrowhawk across Loddon from hide (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper (J McGowan)
August 19th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Greenshank, 16 Teal, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, juv. Little Ringed Plover, Little Egret (M Walford); Arctic Tern within flock of over 40 Common Terns (FJC); 150+ House Martin (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Greenshank (S Day); 2 Green Sandpiper (R Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Greenshank over going north (M Walford)
4 of the 5 Greenshank @ LFGP, G Emmett
August 18th
Lea Farm GP – 15 Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Snipe, juv. Little Ringed Plover (FJC); Willow Warbler (G Emmett); Skylark, 94 Lapwing, Grey Wagtail (R Marsh); 3 juv. Common Sandpiper (T Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (D Seward); 2 Coal Tit on feeders in Sandford Mill garden (T Guyatt)
Little Ringed Plover, G Emmett
August 17th
Lea Farm GP – Whinchat early a.m. but gone by 07.00, juv. Little Ringed Plover flew in 06.55, Mandarin Duck, 3 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper (FJC); 11 Teal (M Walford); Kingfisher, 4 Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker (G Emmett); Kestrel, Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk (R Marsh)
August 16th
Lea Farm GP – Ring-necked Parakeet (M Walford); 8 Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher flew up the Loddon by the green bridge (R Marsh)
Redwood Lake – pair Blackcap + at least 1 juv., Treecreeper (R Marsh)
August 15th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper 2 Teal (M Walford); 4 Common Sandpiper (G Emmett); 25+ House Martin (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper (R Marsh)
August 14th
Lea Farm GP – Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper (J McGowan); 7 Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper (J McGowan); 14 Gadwall (R Marsh)
August 13th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, fem. Mandarin Duck, 2 Little Egret (FJC); Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Kingfisher, juv. Green Woodpecker, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker in same dead tree, Lesser Black-backed Gull (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, singing Willow Warbler (A Rymer)
Gt. Crested Grebes fighting @ Lavell’s, A Rymer
August 12th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Teal, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret (M Walford); 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail, Sedge Warbler (Bob Bennett)
Common Tern with Roach @ LFGP, A Rymer
August 11th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 5 Teal (M Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler singing, 2 Shoveler, Teal, 11 Gadwall (R Marsh)
Bar-headed Goose @ LFGP, R Marsh
August 10th
Lea Farm GP – 2 juv. Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret (T Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Hobby over car park following c80 House Martin & Swallows (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Willow Warbler (M Walford)
August 9th
Lea Farm GP – Skylark, Common Sandpiper, 3 Sand Martin; 20+ House Martin (R Marsh); Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 2 Teal, Ring-necked Parakeet over (M Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper, Kingfisher (J McGowan); Little Egret, 10 Gadwall, f. Tufted Duck + 5 juv., Goldcrest (R Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper in front of the activity centre (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Green Woodpecker (R Marsh)
Redwood Lake – 8 Gadwall (R Marsh)
Little Egret @ Lavell’s, R Marsh
August 8th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret (Bob Bennett)
August 7th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 2 Reed Bunting (R Marsh); Kestrel (Brian Bennett)
August 6th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Common Sandpiper (FJC); 4 Green Sandpiper (T Guyatt); 2 Little Egret, juv. Nuthatch, Sparrowhawk, 6 Gadwall (R Marsh); Sedge Warbler (A Rymer)
Lavell’s Lake – Coal Tit across Loddon from green bridge, Kingfisher, Ring-necked Parakeet, Bullfinch, Whitethroat, 2 singing Willow Warbler (Brian Bennett)
3 Common Sandpipers @ LFGP, G Emmett
August 5th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper (J McGowan); Shoveler, juv. Sparrowhawk (Brian Bennett); juv. Nuthatch, juv. Song Thrush (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Little Egret, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, f. Blackcap, several Reed Warbler (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – juv. Grey Wagtail (Brian Bennett)
August 4th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper (R Marsh); Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper (M Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Gadwall, 3 Little Egret (R Marsh); 10+ Swift, 50+ House Martin (R Dawson)
Sandford Lake – fem. Tufted Duck + 7 ducklings (R Marsh)
August 3rd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper, Teal (M Walford)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper (M Walford)
Green Sandpiper @ LFGP, G Emmett
August 2nd
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Teal, 79 Lapwing (M Walford); 2 Green Sandpiper (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper flew towards LFGP (R Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper, 2 Shoveler (M Walford)
August 1st
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret (M Walford); 2 Green Sandpiper, Snipe, 25+ House Martin, 15 adult & 5 juv. Common Tern (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper (R Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper, 7 Gadwall (R Marsh)
White Swan Lake – juv. Sparrowhawk flew over Loddon (R Marsh)