August 31st
Lea Farm Lake – 150 Hirundines over the Green bridge and the south west corner, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Black-tailed Godwit flying along East Marsh then dropped out of view in tiny ditch running along the back (FJC); Green Sandpiper between Renton’s screen and Ron’s hide (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 6 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff around the big Hawthorn tree (FJC)
Landfill Viewing Point – 200+ House Martin high over Lea Farm Lake and the Landfill (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Black-tailed Godwit still present on the north spit (Philip Giles)
August 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Whinchat, Stonechat, Reed Bunting all in the reedy ditch behind east fence (FJC); 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Green Sandpiper, Snipe (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Lake – Black-tailed Godwit was briefly here in front of Bittern hide but has now returned to Sandford Lake (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – Black-tailed Godwit seen from Lin Singer bench (Philip Giles)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Spotted Flycatcher far north end 60m from the cattle grid on the Bader Way side (FJC)
August 29th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Sandpiper in the south east bay, Whinchat on the fence then went into the long grass (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Black-tailed Godwit juvenile on the mud by the large Poplar (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – Black-tailed Godwit on the north mud spit has a shattered left foot but managing to feed, 5 Little Egret around the south mud spit, Great White Egret flying in from the east about 2kms away (FJC)
Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit at Sandford Lake – FJC
August 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 8 Teal, 3 Green Sandpiper one near the Sand Martin wall, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher flew past southern islands, 2 Little Grebe swam past old shingle island (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 17 Teal on the north mud spit, 3 Snipe, Little Grebe on the north mud spit, Wigeon male on the east side (FJC)
August 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 10+ Shoveler, 10+ Gadwall, 2 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck all presumably from Sandford, Little Grebe, Kingfisher heard, Common Sandpiper (FJC); 2 Whinchat on the fence line left of the zig zag, Green Sandpiper in the channel left of the Sand Martin wall (Colin Holmes)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Reed Warbler from the tarmac path to Bittern hide (FJC); Kingfisher flew past twice (Philip Giles); Green Sandpiper in reed fringe beyond the bund, Grey Wagtail over towards the Activity Centre (Michael Hubbard)
Landfill Viewing Point – 30 House Martin, 12 Swallow all over the Landfill and the Balancing Pool, Raven over east (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 16 Teal on the north mud spit (FJC)
August 25th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Whinchat on south end of east fence (FJC); 3 Whinchat on the fence line (Nick Knightly)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on mud by the large Poplar, Little Grebe in front of hide (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 4 Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper on the mud to the right of Lin Singer bench (Philip Giles)
August 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Snipe, 3 Green Sandpiper two between Renton’s screen and Mavis’s hide with the third around the south spit channel, Common Sandpiper between Renton’s screen and Mavis’s hide (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 11 Teal (FJC); Common Snipe at the base of reeds to the right of Lin Singer bench (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 5 Swift in front of the Activity Centre, 10 House Martin in front of the Activity Centre (FJC)
August 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 House Martin, Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail on Shelduck island, Pied Wagtail also on Shelduck island (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on mud by the large Poplar (Philip Giles); Kingfisher, Buzzard (Brian Crathorne)
Landfill Viewing Point – 6 Swallow heading south (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 15 Shoveler, 9 Teal, 50+ Gadwall, 2 Snipe feeding along the face of the south reed bed (FJC); Kingfisher (Steve Clarke); Green Sandpiper on mud to the right of Lin Singer bench (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 6 Swift flying above in front of the Activity Centre (FJC); Kingfisher flew through towards Sandford Lake (Philip Giles)
August 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – Whinchat on the fence line by entrance of the southeast bay but flew over the top of the landfill (Steve Clarke); 3 Whinchat one on a landfill vent left of island with two on the fence (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper on mud by the large Poplar, 10 Little Egret (Philip Giles); 11 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron (Phillip Miller)
Landfill Viewing Point – Wheatear on a vent (Dave Rimes)
Sandford Lake – 2 Little Grebe in the north west corner (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Redstart at west end of the southern hedge, Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat in the south east corner (Dave Rimes)
August 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Whinchat one is a male on fence towards the south end of long grass section, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper in the north east corner, 2 Little Egret (FJC); Wheatear on the fence alongside the 2 Whinchats in the north east corner (Dave Rimes)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, 8 Little Egret at the far left end (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 22 Shoveler, 11 Teal, Wigeon on the north mud spit (FJC); 4 Snipe on the mud, Little Egret, Kingfisher flew into trees in the north west corner, Green Sandpiper heard regularly along western bank but not seen (Michael Hubbard)
August 19th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher perched up far left end above mud flat (Philip Giles)
August 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Wheatear on a post on the drive in from Lodge Wood road entrance (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Kestrel male on wires over the field (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper on the island in front of the hide (Philip Giles)
August 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper one near Ron’s hide two between Renton’s screen and the new hide and the fourth near the Sand Martin’s wall, Common Sandpiper near Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
August 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper near Ron’s hide, Buzzard on the Kestrel box (Philip Giles); 10 Tufted Duck with two females with broods of 5 and 3 around the shingle island, 20+ House Martin, Little Grebe in the south west corner diving constantly in margins, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper heard calling from vegetation in front of hide (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper on the mud flat between the sluice and hide (Philip Giles); 4 Snipe probing around the exposed mud, 8 Tufted Duck in two broods of 4 by sluice and 4 in front of view point, 5 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 23 Gadwall (Michael Hubbard)
August 15th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper flying around the lake (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Buzzard in Poplar tree in front of Bitten hide (Pete Lunn)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 5 Shoveler on exposed mud on the north side, 6 Tufted Duck female with 5 small ducklings diving together close to recently cut view point, Little Egret on island close to hide (Michael Hubbard)
August 13th
Sandford Lake – 9 Teal, Little Grebe, 2 Cetti’s Warbler by new viewing gap in hedge 60m from yellow gate, Kingfisher flew by, Snipe again in edge of reeds at the north mud spit (FJC); Green Sandpiper on algae behind exposed mud, 11 Lapwing, 15 Teal, 40+ Gadwall all feeding on and around, Tawny Owl male calling from somewhere close by over the Loddon (Michael Hubbard)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Swift towards picnic area of the Activity Centre (FJC)
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)
