August 31st
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Wheatear moving around the Landfill two females and and adult male, 2 Whinchat moving between the metal pegs on the far side of the Landfill, 46+ Teal, 2 Green Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake- Snipe on the Bund (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – 2 Green Woodpecker (Nick Baldwin); 70+ Sand Martin (Nick Kightley)
August 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Greenshank heard in the mist only (FJC); 2 Snipe in front of Renton’s screen, Little Grebe (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake- Great White Egret (Caroline Moore); Hobby perched in a Willow to the left of Bittern hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – 20+ Blackcap, Hobby high over the field (Nick Kightley); Barn Owl (Phillip Miller)
Great White Egret at Lavell’s Lake – Caroline Moore
August 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Raven over at about 500 feet heading towards the Car Park field (FJC); Common Sandpiper seen from Ron’s hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake- Water Rail swimming to the left of Teal hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Spotted Flycatcher in the big Hawthorne tree, Garden Warbler, 10+ Blackcap (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 2 Swift over the Landfill (Nick Kightley)
August 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Snipe circling high (FJC); 3 Common Tern two adults with the last fledged juvenile (Peter Scudamore); Green Sandpiper, 4 Common Sandpiper (Peter Driver)
Lavell’s Lake- 2 Water Rail seen twice on the Bund, Kingfisher (Keith Seymour)
August 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 40+ House Martin over the lake, Peregrine over heading north, Kestrel over the north east corner, Buzzard and Red Kite in the old Oak tree (FJC); Green Sandpiper in the south west corner (Rupert Woodman)
Lavell’s Lake- Kingfisher seen from Bittern hide (Rupert Woodman)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – Hobby low heading right to left towards Lavell’s (FJC)
Sandford Lake- Little Grebe in front of the hide (Peter Scudamore)
Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Rupert Woodman
August 26th
Lea Farm Lake – Ringed Plover in the north east corner, 2 Green Sandpiper, Snipe on the north spit island (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake- Hobby over low in the west (FJC); Kingfisher across from Teal hide heading right, Kestrel (Ralph Watts)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Redstart still present (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – Hen Harrier – Ringtail heading south across the landfill towards Dinton (Tim James); Kestrel on a post by the nearest vent (Michael Hubbard)
August 25th
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Redstart on the fence at the top of field (Tim James); Tree Pipit flew over low and then dropped behind the tree line, Redstart still on the fence (FJC)
August 24th
Lavell’s Lake- 4 Ring-necked Parakeet, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Nuthatch on the feeders, 20 Mallard, 4 Moorhen, 2 Common Tern (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
August 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – 23 Teal, 15+ Shoveler, 3 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, 20+ Gadwall, 3 Common Tern two adults and an unfledged chick on the raft (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake- 35+ Gadwall, 13 Teal within the scrape (FJC); Kestrel seen on walk from the car park to Bittern hide (Rupert Woodman); Kingfisher, Water Rail, Kestrel, Common Tern (Cathy Davies)
August 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – Ringed Plover adult on the east shore, 22 Teal, 12+ Shoveler, 20+ Gadwall, 30+ Mallard, Green Sandpiper (FJC); 40+ Egyptian Geese mostly in the south west corner, 3 Green Sandpiper (Brian Bennett)
August 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Greenshank heard from near Ron’s hide but not seen, 25 Teal, 10+ Shoveler, Green Sandpiper, 100+ Lapwing, 15+ Gadwall (FJC); Hobby being mobbed by a Grey Heron (Peter Scudamore)
August 19th
Lavell’s Lake- 2 Sedge Warbler in the reeds on the scrape (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Swift over Goat island, 160+ Ring-necked Parakeet roosting (FJC)
August 18th
Lavell’s Lake- 2 Kingfisher, Hobby both seen from Bittern hide (Tim James); Green Sandpiper, 4 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 34 Gadwall, 20+ Swallow over the lake, 2 Water Rail squealing from both ends of the Bund (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – Buzzard circling, 30+ House Martin around the Farm pond (Michael Hubbard)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail, 3 Pied Wagtail all on the beach in front of the Activity Centre (Michael Hubbard)
August 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 12 Teal in the south west corner, 2 Tree Pipit landed on bushes in the reedy ditch to the right of our gate (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake- Spotted Flycatcher between the Yellow Gate and Teal hide, Hobby over the Loddon heading towards Woodley (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 60+ Lapwing circling over Lea Farm Lake, 6 Common Tern circling (FJC)
August 16th
Lavell’s Lake- 35 Gadwall (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – 5+ Blackcap, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff all in the big Hawthorne, Willow Warbler in the central copse (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Coal Tit in a small Tit flock heading towards Sandford (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 10+ Blackcap, 10+ Chiffchaff all in a small hedge towards the Loddon (Dave Rimes)
August 15th
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – 2+ Chiffchaff in the central copse, Willow Warbler in the central copse (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 5 Grey Wagtail near the Activity Centre (FJC)
August 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, Numerous Common Tern very active (Simon Huggins)
August 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Hobby over heading towards Sandford Lane (Nick Kightley)
August 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 9 Common Sandpiper, Peregrine flew into tree behind the Sand Martin wall (Adam McTiernan)
August 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 70+ Lapwing, 6 Common Tern, 3 Little Egret (Steve Clarke); Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper both seen on the monthly bird walk (Peter Scudamore with others)
Lavell’s Lake- Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch all in trees by Teal hide (Steve Clarke); Willow Warbler singing by Jerry’s bench (Peter Scudamore); 6 Shoveler, 4 Tufted Duck, 20+ Gadwall, 2 Kingfisher at Teal hide all seen from Bittern hide on the monthly bird walk (Peter Scudamore with others); Hobby (Anne Palmer)
Hobby at Lavell’s Lake – Anne Palmer
August 10th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Kingfisher over the lake (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake- Kingfisher perched in front of Bittern hide (Paul Mattingly)
August 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper (John MacGovan); Merlin possible! on a vent on the Landfill (Michael Hubbard)
August 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake- 3 Shoveler, 3 Little Egret, Lapwing, 10+ Gadwall, 4 Tufted Duck, 20 Mallard (Peter Scudamore)
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher towards the south end (Dave Rimes)
August 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 10 Swallow, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake- At least 18 holes still in use on the Sand Martin wall by Teal hide, Kingfisher flew towards the north west corner (Trevor Guyatt)
August 5th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Kingfisher seen from Renton’s hide (Neil Caithness); Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper (John MacGoven)
Lavell’s Lake- Kingfisher on a post seen from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); 3 Little Egret, White Wagtail (Phil Sigley)
August 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Kingfisher flying around the lake, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper (Steve Clarke)
August 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper (Marek Walford); Kingfisher perched on rail in front of Ron’s hide, 6 Common Tern including 5 juveniles in various age groups (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake- 4 Little Egret (Marek Walford)
August 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Kingfisher (Neil Caithness); Sandwich Tern (Patrick Crowley)
Lavell’s Lake- 2 Kingfisher moving in and our of the reeds, 12 Gadwall, Very active around the Sand Martin wall near Teal hide (FJC)
August 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper (Nick Kightley); 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Egret, Kingfisher in front of Ron’s hide (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake- 3 Reed Warbler near Bittern hide, Garden Warbler near Bittern hide, Bullfinch near Teal hide (Nick Kightley)
