December 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the north east corner, 158 Common Gull, Skylark fluttering low just beyond reedy ditch (FJC); Mediterranean Gull adult winter on water with other Gulls (Roger Stansfield)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk unsuccessfully hunting within a large Starling murmuration over Bittern hide, Song Thrush singing in trees near the lay by (Colin Holmes)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye south of Goat Island (Alan Jackman); Goosander in Coot’s Corner (Colin Holmes)
December 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret behind reeds in the north east corner, Stonechat on fence, 3 Meadow Pipit flying around, 16 Common Gull in the south west corner until everything flushed a moment ago, a very distant flock of either 40+ Lapwing or Golden Plover which dropped well beyond double pines (FJC); 2 Stonechat, Reed Bunting female on the feeders, Chiffchaff near Ron’s hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk successfully hunting within a large Starling murmuration over Bittern hide (Elaine Dawson)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander east of the little island (Alan Jackman)
December 29th
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern seen from the Teal Hide (Grant Evans)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander drake to the west of Goat Island (Tim James)
Bittern from Teal Hide at Lavell’s Lake – Grant Evans
December 28th
Black Swan Lake – Goosander seen on opposite side and just viewable from the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)
December 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail under the feeders, 2 Peregrine both washing in the north east corner (Keith Boseley)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk on a reed pile (Rick Dawson); 2 Little Grebe in front of Bittern Hide (Keith Boseley)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander (Brian Crathorne)
December 26th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the north east corner, Water Rail under the feeders (Tim James)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander male near the Activity Centre, Goldeneye male in the south bay (FJC); 2 Goosander both males side by side in front of the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)
December 25th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Sparrowhawk hunting the local Starling murmuration (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander (FJC)
December 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, Little Egret in the north east corner, Shelduck nearby, Water Rail under the feeders (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret (Anne Cronin)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander male near the Activity Centre (Anne Cronin)
December 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – Stonechat, Shelduck, Great White Egret (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander male just off the beach, Peregrine circling low amongst the Black-headed Gulls (FJC); Goldeneye male just off the View Point (Tim James)
Male Goosander at Black Swan Lake – Alan Jackman
December 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat, Shelduck (Brian Bennett), Water Rail under feeders (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk female on cut reed at back of scrape (Alan Rymer); Siskin and Goldfinch flock plus Tit flock with a Treecreeper, Nuthatch, 2 Goldcrest (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher behind hide (Paul Doctor)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander male just off the beach, Grey Wagtail near Goat Island on the north coast (Paul Doctor)
Female Sparrowhawk at Lavell’s Lake – Mark Lauri
December 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Tawny Owl calling (Suren Akkaraju); Shelduck, Great White Egret, Bullfinch calling along the Loddon near Ron’s hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler near wooden bridge on the Loddon, Great White Egret (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 4 Snipe (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander male near the Activity Centre (Anne Cronin)
White Swan Lake – 3+ Siskin feeding in Alder’s along the Loddon (Dave Rimes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on a pylon (Dave Rimes)
December 20th
Lavell’s Lake – 10 Teal, Little Grebe, Nuthatch, Water Rail (Simon Proddow)
Black Swan Lake – 37 Shoveler, 7 Pochard, 2 Chiffchaff, Treecreeper, 59 Gadwall, 29 Wigeon (Simon Proddow); Goosander male viewed from the bank opposite the Activity Centre (Anne Cronin)
December 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, Shelduck, 2 Wigeon in the south west corner (Heather Mahoney)
December 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the north east corner, Shelduck male in south west corner (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – Peregrine in the big Poplar, Great Black-backed Gull over low heading north (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye adult male seen close to the Activity Centre (FJC)
Male Shelduck at Lea Farm Lake – Geoff Emmett
December 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the north east corner, Water Rail under the feeders (Tim James)
December 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the north east corner, Little Egret in the south east corner (Peter Scudamore); Water Rail under the feeders (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 1500+ Starling into reeds in front of the Teal hide, 2 Sparrowhawk buzzed the murmuration, 2 Little Grebe, Water Rail (Nick Kightley)
December 15th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat (Brian Bennett)
White Swan Lake – Bittern high in reeds somewhat right of centre – in line with pale tree trunks behind (FJC)
December 14th
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on the Tern scrape, Little Egret (Ben Knowles)
December 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, 2 Water Rail, 3 Snipe (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye (Alan Jackman); Greenshank over calling repeatedly from Lavell’s Car Park direction over the DAC South (Nick Kightley)
Male Goldeneye at Black Swan Lake – Alan Jackman
December 12th
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe on the Bund (Ben Knowles)
December 11th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat along fence, Kestrel landed beyond north landfill, 10+ Redwing flying around (FJC); Great White Egret East bank (Tim James); Water Rail under the feeders to the left of the hide (Paul Mattingly)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret off north, Water Rail near hide, 5 Snipe on Bund at the far end (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 26 Pochard, 2 Snipe on the big island (FJC)
December 10th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher on the Loddon heading towards the Aviation Museum. (Paul Francis)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goldeneye seen near Goat Island (Keith Boseley)
White Swan Lake – Bittern in the reeds in the north east corner (Keith Boseley)
December 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, Little Egret, Little Grebe, Water Rail, 5 Snipe (Phil Kinch)
December 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, 2 Water Rail (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Kestrel near Tern hide (Grant Evans)
Sandford Lake – 4 Snipe (Nick Kightley)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on top of pylon tucking into breakfast (Dave Rimes)
Kestrel at Lavell’s Lake – Grant Evans
December 7th
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on Tern Scrape (Tim James)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye male on the west side of Southern Island (Tim James)
December 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail left of Ron’s Hide, Sparrowhawk by Green Bridge female hunting (Richard Sajdak)
December 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret flew in from Lavell’s, Little Egret in front of the hide (FJC)
December 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret NE corner, Peregrine on small islet on east side of lake (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on the Bund, Kingfisher flew into willows on left of hide, Little Egret, Bittern in front of reeds on island (Ray Reedman)
Sandford Lake – 7 Snipe on the largest island (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye male on the west side (FJC)
Bittern in the reeds at Lavell’s Lake – Geof Slocombe
December 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail under feeders (Keith Boseley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret, 2 Water Rail, Bittern seen at edge of reeds to the right of the island (Tim James); 2 Little Egret, 10 Teal, Green Woodpecker (Simon Proddow)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye male (Tim James); Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, 18 Pochard, 57 Shoveler, 98 Gadwall, 14 Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, 57 Wigeon, 3 Song Thrush (Simon Proddow)
December 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher flying along the Loddon towards the Green Bridge (Rebecca Rees); 2 Stonechat on the blue rope fence near the northern spit, Water Rail in reeds, Great White Egret, Common Gull, Little Grebe on the Loddon near the Green Bridge (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret, 4+ Water Rail (Nick Kightley)
December 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail under feeders, Great White Egret landed briefly at Teal hide pool, 2 Stonechat on the fence, 3 Mistle Thrush near Green Bridge , 60+ Goldfinch and Siskin in Alders (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret (Anne Cronin)
Sandford Lake – 15+ Fieldfare over, 40+ Siskin with a few Goldfinch in Alders (Anne Cronin); 2 Chiffchaff near the Yellow Gate (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander male in Coot Corner (Anne Cronin)
Water Rail at Lea Farm Lake – Simon Huggins
Male Goosander in flight at Black Swan Lake – Paul Wright
