December 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Peregrine over once chasing Parakeet’s, Dartford Warbler to the right hand end of the long grass, 2 Stonechat male and female FJC); 10 Snipe (Jim Reid)
Sandford Lake – Goosander male in front of the hide (Alan Jackman)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on a pylon, Kestrel on the pylon for a short time, (Alan Jackman)
December 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on the Loddon between Ron’s hide and the Green bridge, Stonechat still present (Kevin Shea)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe, Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler (Dave Rimes); Bittern near the solar panels (Alan Rymer)
Sandford Lake – Goosander male near the hide (Dave Rimes)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye male and two females off the Trig point, Chiffchaff towards the southern end (Dave Rimes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine with prey, Chiffchaff near the Loddon (Dave Rimes)
Bittern at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Rymer
December 29th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on the Loddon near Ron’s hide (Adam Wigley)
Sandford Lake – Goosander on one of the small islands (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goldeneye male and female between the islands (Peter Scudamore)
December 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Dartford Warbler still present, 10+ Snipe spread across the north spit island (FJC); 2 Shelduck in the south west bay, Great White Egret in front of Renton Screen (Michael Hubbard); 2 Goosander male and female (John Foy)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher crossed the lake from Teal hide, Water Rail calling from reed bed, 18 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 2 Wigeon, 2 Pochard, Shoveler female, Song Thrush in full song from nearby Poplars all seen from Teal hide, Sparrowhawk, 100+ Black-headed Gull spooked by the Sparrowhawk, 17 Teal, 55 Wigeon, 26 Shoveler, 23 Gadwall, Water Rail calling, Treecreeper in the feeder area, 4 Chaffinch all from Bittern hide (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – 60+ Redwing flying in various direction across the field, 2 Fieldfare (Michael Hubbard)
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher flew across the lake, 64 Wigeon, 50+ Redwing in multiple flocks heading north, Water Rail calling (Michael Hubbard)
December 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat male and female, Dartford Warbler still present perched on a fence post for a while, Meadow Pipit, 2 Shelduck in the south west corner, 11+ Snipe on the north spit island, 3 Common Gull (FJC); Great White Egret in front of Renton Screen, Little Egret in front of Renton Screen, 9 Common Gull in the south west corner (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe, Little Grebe, Bullfinch, Cetti’s Warbler (Dave Rimes); Great White Egret in front of Teal hide (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Kingfisher along the Emm Brook to the south of the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)
White Swan Lake – Chiffchaff in the south east corner (Dave Rimes)
December 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret one on the lake the other on the Loddon (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – 6 Snipe on the Bund (Brian Crathorne)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Fieldfare near the entrance to the Activity Centre (Alan Rymer)
December 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Shelduck on the shingle island, Dartford Warbler still present (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Siskin along the Loddon south of the Green bridge (Dave Rimes)
December 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Shelduck in the south west corner, 2 Stonechat male and female in the long grass near the north shore, 14 Snipe hiding on the north spit island with some flying around the lake, Dartford Warbler in the long grass and on the fence (FJC); Great White Egret flew over heading south (Marek Walford)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye male and two females (Dave Rimes)
December 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Shelduck in the south west bay, 2 Stonechat male and female on the fence line, 5 Goldeneye two males and three females in the north bay (Steve Clarke); Goosander to the right of the Ron’s hide (Kevin Shea); Goldcrest, Treecreeper both ner the overflow pipe into the Loddon (Adam Wigley); Great White Egret (Lisa Rogan)
Lavell’s Lake – Siskin along the Loddon near path to the hide (Steve Clarke)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret (Steve Clarke); 2 Goldcrest the first near the Yellow Gate the second near the hide (Adam McTiernan)
Great White Egret in flight at Lea Farm Lake – Lisa Rogan
December 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Common Gull, 3 Shelduck on the island, 3 Herring Gull, 300+ Black-headed Gull (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 54 Wigeon, 82 Gadwall, 10+ Teal, 8 Shoveler, Pochard, Barnacle Goose (FJC)
December 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Gull, 2 Little Egret, 6 Teal, 6 Great Crested Grebe (Michael Hubbard); 3 Shelduck, Goosander male all on the shingle island (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 18 Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 4 Tufted Duck all from Teal hide, 2 Water Rail one under the feeder the other calling from the Bund area, 84 Wigeon, 22 Tufted Duck, 27 Teal, 18 Shoveler, 6 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Chaffinch on the ground around the feeder area (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – Goosander female (Alan Jackman); 47 Tufted Duck, 12 Pochard, 7 Great Crested Grebe (Michael Hubbard)
December 18th
Lavell’s Lake – Barnacle Goose in front of Bittern hide, Great White Egret in front of Teal hide (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret near hide (Alan Jackman)
December 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Shelduck on the island, 10 Lapwing on the island, 3 Goosander two males and a female in the south west corner, 2 Goldeneye both females along the east shore behind the island (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret (Alan Rymer)
Great White Egret in flight at Lavell’s Lake – Keith Seymour
December 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, Goosander male (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret in front of Teal hide, Little Grebe to the left of the Teal hide (Alan Jackman); Barnacle Goose in front of Bittern hide (Brian Crathorne)
Black Swan Lake – Barnacle Goose opposite the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes); Goldeneye male in the Southern bay (Tim James)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 2+ Siskin in Alder copse by Wooden bridge to White Swan (Dave Rimes)
December 15th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat male and female on the fence line, Kingfisher (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Bullfinch near Betty’s bench, 4 Redwing, Goldcrest (Steve Clarke); 2 Snipe in reeds seen from Bittern hide (Elaine Charlson)
Black Swan Lake – Barnacle Goose opposite the Activity Centre (Elaine Charlson)
December 14th
Lea Farm Lake – 30+ Teal, 5 Lapwing, Snipe, Chiffchaff under Ron’s hide (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Goosander flying low away from Teal hide (FJC); 2 Chaffinch male and female near Bittern hide (Paul Etherton)
Sandford Lake – Treecreeper towards Black Swan (Paul Etherton)
December 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Snipe, Chiffchaff near the Green Bridge, Little Egret, 2 Goosander male and female (Marek Walford)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goldeneye male and female both seen from the viewpoint (Tim James)
2 Goosander male and female at Lea Farm Lake – Marek Walford
December 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Lapwing, 4 Common Gull, 4 Herring Gull, 20+ Black headed Gull, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Goldeneye both females near the east shore (Peter Scudamore)
December 11th
Lavell’s Lake – Raven very low heading west and calling (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Goldeneye 2 females in the south bay and 2 males seen from the viewpoint (Tim James)
December 7th
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern seen flying over the reeds towards the end of the Bund (Tim James)
December 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Gull, Herring Gull, 6 Lapwing, 40+ Black headed Gull (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe on the Bund, 22 Teal, 30 Shoveler, 20 Wigeon, 40 Gadwall (Steve Clarke)
Sandford Lake – 20 Pochard (Steve Clarke)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on it’s usual pylon (Dave Rimes)
December 4th
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail under the feeder’s (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Redwing flock (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret in front of the hide (Tim James)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on it’s usual pylon (Dave Rimes)
December 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 7 Common Gull, 2 Wigeon male and female, 3 Tufted Duck, 25 Coot, 7 Moorhen, 2 Great Crested Grebe (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Goldcrest near the gate by the Sandford Lane lay-by, Kingfisher by the Green Bridge (Alan Jackman)
