December 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail, Stonechat male, Common Gull (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Chiffchaff near Teal hide, 500+ Starling never landed left for Black Swan, Sparrowhawk after the Starling’s (Nick Kightley)
December 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Common Gull, Snipe in front of Ron’s hide (Peter Scudamore); Water Rail ran from under Ron’s hide, 2 Stonechat on the eastern fence (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 25+ Siskin in tree’s near Teal hide (David Tainton)
December 29th
Black Swan Lake – Kingfisher on island opposite the duck feeding area (Michael Hubbard)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine male on a pylon with breakfast (Tim James)
December 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 18 Common Gull split between the lake and the landfill, Cetti’s Warbler showed well along the Emm Brook near the Green Bridge, 3+ Redwing along the Loddon (Peter Scudamore); 2 Stonechat on the fence line, Little Egret in the south west bay, 22 Common Gull, 6 Gadwall (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – 30+ Siskin in Alder’s on the island viewed from the new Teal hide (FJC); 22 Teal, Water Rail heard, Cetti’s Warbler heard, 1500+ Starling, Sparrowhawk female after dinner (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 45 Pochard, 2 Common Gull, 40 Tufted Duck, 32 Gadwall (Michael Hubbard)
Black Swan Lake – 53 Great Crested Grebe, 50 Greylag Geese, 48 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher off Goat island (Michael Hubbard)
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher (Michael Hubbard)
Heron’s Water – 19 Shoveler (Michael Hubbard)
December 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander pair flying north from Dinton, Stonechat female left of the long grass feeding in the stubble (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Egret one landed the other continued south (FJC); Redwing over the Loddon (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Kestrel over (Alan Jackman)
December 26th
Black Swan Lake – Kingfisher on the west side near the trig point (Dave Rimes)
December 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – Cetti’s Warbler under Ron’s hide, Sparrowhawk over the Landfill, 2+ Meadow Pipit around the long grass, 3 Little Egret, Teal in low numbers, 20+ Greylag Geese, Redwing over, Chiffchaff by the Thames Water Gate (FJC)
December 22nd
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on a pylon with breakfast (Dave Rimes)
December 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 11 Siskin in Alder’s opposite the first wooden bridge on the way to Ron’s hide, Stonechat male (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 35 Fieldfare over Teal hide heading towards Sandford (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – Snipe (Nick Kightley)
December 20th
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on a pylon with breakfast, 3+ Siskin in the Alder’s near the wooden bridge (Dave Rimes)
December 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Egret, Chiffchaff, 13 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat (Andy Tomczynski); 3 Siskin, 2 Goldfinch both in Alder close to Ron’s hide (Peter Scudamore)
White Swan Lake – 3 Siskin near the wooden bridge to the lake (Dave Rimes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Bullfinch female in a Blackthorn hedge on the south side of the meadow, Redwing and Fieldfare over in a steady stream (Dave Rimes)
December 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Egret, Chiffchaff, 13 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat (Andy Tomczynski); 3 Siskin, 2 Goldfinch both in Alder close to Ron’s hide (Peter Scudamore)
White Swan Lake – 3 Siskin near the wooden bridge to the lake (Dave Rimes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Bullfinch female in a Blackthorn hedge on the south side of the meadow, Redwing and Fieldfare over in a steady stream (Dave Rimes)
December 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Golden Plover or Ruff flushed from the south west bay then flying south without calling, Green Sandpiper reported (FJC)
December 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 16 Common Gull, 2 Stonechat, Little Egret, 1000+ Redwing in passage in groups of 30 to 100, Fieldfare also present (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 40+ Pochard, Chiffchaff working it’s way along the west side (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander drake in the bay on the west side near the path to White Swan (Dave Rimes)
December 15th
Black Swan Lake – Goosander drake in the bay on the west side below the Trig Point (Dave Rimes)
White Swan Lake – 3 Siskin near the wooden bridge to the lake (Dave Rimes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Bullfinch female in a Blackthorn hedge on the south side of the meadow (Dave Rimes)
December 13th
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goosander two drakes and one female on the west side (Tim James)
December 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechats, 4 Meadow Pipit both on the fence, Green Sandpiper probable flushed, 6 Snipe flushed towards Lavell’s Lake (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – Goosander on the west side of Goat Island (Andy Dearing)
December 11th
Lea Farm Lake – 9 Common Gull (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander pair off the west side of Goat Island (Alan Jackman)
December 10th
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander pair off the peninsular on the west side (Peter Scudamore)
December 9th
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye female seen from the duck feeding area just south of the island (Tim James)
December 8th
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander pair in the Bay on the west side below the Trig Point (Dave Rimes); Pochard female on the west side (Colin Weedon)
White Swan Lake – 10+ Siskin in a copse on the meadow side of the Loddon near the bridge to the lake (Dave Rimes)
December 7th
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander pair in the Bay on the west side below the Trig Point (Tim James)
December 6th
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander pair in the Bay below the Trig Point (Dave Rimes)
December 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Song Thrush in a hedgerow on the Landfill, Stonechat on fence (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe, Cetti’s Warbler near the Bittern hide, Water Rail calling, Sparrowhawk (Nick Kightley); 5500+ Starling roosting, 2 Sparrowhawk watching the murmuration, 78 Teal (Michael Hubbard)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander in the Bay near the path to White Swan (Paul Mattingly)
Goosander Pair at Black Swan Lake – Nick Kightley
December 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 20+ Ring-necked Parakeet near Ron’s hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander in the Bay near the path to White Swan (Tim James)
December 2nd
Black Swan Lake – 3 Red-crested Pochard 2 drake’s and a female on the west side of Goat Island (Tim James); Chiffchaff (Roger Stansfield)
December 1st
Black Swan Lake – Goosander drake in the bay opposite the Activity Centre (FJC)
