January 31st
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl outside of it’s box (Ralph Watts)
January 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Peregrine over the Landfill going east (Brian Bennett)
January 29th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Chiffchaff one by a ditch near Teal hide then it flew across the Loddon one by the storm drain at waters edge by the new houses and two along the Loddon, Skylark up then dropped onto near Landfill around brow, 2 Water Rail were in front left of the Ron’s hide (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Coal Tit was calling in the garden next to Car Park (FJC); Marsh Harrier over Teal hide then down into the reeds (Sally Bryson-Bond)
January 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Snipe on the east shore, 235+ Lapwing, Shelduck in the south west corner (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler heard from Teal hide, Bittern seen from Teal hide (Sally Bryson-Bond); Barn Owl appeared in the Owl Box in the Wet Meadow (Dave Rimes)
January 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Yellow Legged Gull on the ice (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Shelduck landed on the ice in front of Bittern hide (Alan Rymer)
Yellow Legged Gull at Lea Farm Lake – Roger Stansfield
January 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 184 Lapwing on the ice, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 20+ Common Gull on landfill, 3 Chiffchaff, Water Rail by feeders, Treecreeper, Nuthatch (Nick Kightley); Golden Plover heard but not seen (FJC)
January 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Shelduck asleep on island (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl popped his head out of the box in the Wet Meadow (Colin Holmes)
Black Swan Lake – Kestrel on wires near the Activity Centre (Roger Stansfield)
White Swan Lake – 10+ Siskin still in a small Alder copse immediately south west of the Wooden bridge to the Lake (Dave Rimes)
January 24th
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl sitting in the doorway of the box in the Wet Meadow (Trevor Guyatt); Water Rail in the channel to the Loddon (Rick Dawson)
Sandford Lake – 3 Snipe (Rick Dawson)
White Swan Lake – Bittern showing well then merging with the reeds (Simon Huggings); 3 Siskin on the west bank of the Loddon opposite the Lake about 100m north of the bridge (Rick Dawson); Peregrine caught a feral pigeon over the water in front of the Bittern reed bed (John Savage)
January 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl exiting box in the Wet Meadow (FJC)
White Swan Lake – Bittern showing well on the edge of ice (Rebecca Rees)
January 22nd
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe flew to the gate in the Wet Meadow (Dave Rimes)
White Swan Lake – Bittern showing to the right of the jetties in the taller reeds (Andrew Curd)
January 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Chiffchaff near the Loddon by Ron’s hide, 2 Bullfinch by the Green Bridge (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern showing well in the island reed bed (Steve Clarke); Barn Owl in box then in trees at the back of the Wet Meadow (Marek Walford)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goldeneye male and female (Steve Robinson)
White Swan Lake – 2 Bittern (Steve Clarke)
January 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Yellow Browed Warbler seen from Ron’s hide (Mark Lauri)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye male and two females (Peter Driver)
White Swan Lake – 4 Bittern all four visible together with three perched up in reeds and one at the waterline in the northern end of the reed bed, 3+ Siskin in small Alder copse immediately south west of Wooden Bridge to the Lake (Dave Rimes); Chiffchaff just south of the footbridge (Brian Bennett)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 20+ Siskin still in Alder copse south of Wooden Bridge on the west side of the Loddon (FJC)
Yellow Browed Warbler at Lea Farm Lake – Mark Lauri
January 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail, Stonechat, Little Grebe, 3 Common Gull, 2 Little Egret, Rook (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Goldeneye male and three females (Nick Kightley)
White Swan Lake – 2 Bittern all showing well in the reeds (Rebecca Rees); 10+ Siskin along the Loddon in small Alder copse immediately south west of Wooden Bridge to the Lake (Dave Rimes)
January 18th
Sandford Lake – Snipe on the largest island (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – Mistle Thrush, 50+ Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, Chiffchaff calling all on the Old Golf Course, Grey Wagtail on the Activity Centre beach (Brian Bennett)
January 17th
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye male (Nick Knightley)
White Swan Lake – Bittern in the reeds (Nick Knightley); Bittern flew from left hand platform into centre of reed bed (Phillip Miller)
January 15th
Lavell’s Lake – 50 Common Gull drifting south over the Landfill all ages, 2 Raven single birds heading west, Peregrine hunting over Landfill very low to ground before heading south (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Sparrowhawk hunting near the Activity Centre (Steve Clarke); 4 Goldeneye, 2 Common Gull, 7 Pochard all seen from the feeding area (Paul Mattingly)
White Swan Lake – Bittern seen briefly moving through the reeds (Rebecca Rees)
January 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Chiffchaff with a Tit flock from the new screen (Roger Stansfield)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe diving in front of the pollarded Willow (Roger Stansfield); 22 Shoveler, 28 Gadwall, 19 Tufted Duck, 11 Teal in reeds beyond Bund, 8 Wigeon near the western fringe of the lake, Water Rail heard from reeds behind the Bund, Cettis Warbler heard from behind the feeding area (Michael Hubbard)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye 2 males and a female between the feeding area and the Activity Centre, Grey Wagtail male, 3 Pied Wagtail in front of the Activity Centre, Common Gull in amongst the Black Headed Gulls at the feeling area (Michael Hubbard)
January 9th
Lavell’s Lake – Bullfinch calling at usual spot near the gate to Teal Scrape, 2 Siskin in scrub adjacent to the Bittern Hide path, 2 Mistle Thrush in trees (Ben Knowles)
White Swan Lake – Bittern just flown into the reed beds (Bob Loades)
January 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail under the feeders (Peter Scudamore); Reed Bunting, Nuthatch (Gray Burfoot)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye left of island between White Swan and the Activity Centre (Gray Burfoot)
White Swan Lake – Bittern showing well on left hand platform for a full minutes (Gray Burfoot and Trevor Burkett)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Grey Wagtail over south end of the SUSTRANS track (FJC)
January 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 20+ Siskin in trees just up stream of the Green Bridge (Tim James)
January 6th
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe in the south west corner (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Goldeneye 2 males and 2 females at the southern end (Dave Rimes)
White Swan Lake – 2 Bittern showing together in reed bed at north end (Dave Rimes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on a pylon (Dave Rimes); Chiffchaff in bushes in front of the base of a pylon loosely associated with Tit flock, Kingfisher just heard go by (FJC)
January 5th
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Reed Bunting, Cetti’s Warbler both along path to Bittern hide (Dave Rimes)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Goldeneye 2 males and 2 females between the 2 islands (Linda Miller)
White Swan Lake – Bittern showing in the reeds (Paul Hampton)
January 4th
White Swan Lake – Bittern climbing reeds to roost about 3 feet left off centre fishing jetty (Richard Haydon)
January 2nd
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk female, 15 Redwing (Chris Ezard)
Black Swan Lake – 7 Goldeneye 4 males and 3 females (Alan Jackman)
White Swan Lake – Siskin in Alders south of Wooden Bridge on the Loddon (Dave Rimes); Bittern on platform between reeds flew off to the right into the reed bed (Ian Timm)
The Moor – Stock Dove displaying between pylons, Buzzard over calling, Lesser Black-backed Gull on western most pylon, Water Rail calling nearby (FJC)
5 Goldeneyes on Black Swan Lake – Alan Jackman
January 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail under feeder, Cetti’s Warbler under hide, 2 Reed Bunting on feeder, Golden Plover came off from far landfill flew towards hide calling then off north, 10+ Meadow Pipit on landfill (FJC); Raven flying over, Sparrowhawk through feeders (Roger Stansfield); Chiffchaff, Bullfinch both on the other side of Loddon beyond the Green Bridge (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Kestrel on wires in the Car Park field (John MacGovan)
Sandford Lake – 3 Raven over circling back north towards the Aviation Museum (Marek Walford); 104+ Pochard, Snipe flying over south (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Lapwing on the shore at the Activity Centre, Grey Wagtail, Little Egret, Fieldfare and Redwing in large numbers on the old Golf Course (John MacGovan); Goldeneye drake on the east side viewed from the Activity Centre, 3 House Sparrows outside cafe (Brian Bennett) Mistle Thrush in Oaks on the eastern edge, 3 Collared Dove in trees by field adjacent to last house, Raven over south low near the Dinton Pastures Main Centre (FJC); 5 Goldeneye 2 males and 3 females viewed from the south end (Marek Walford)
White Swan Lake – 3 Bittern all to the right of fishing swims inside the reed bed (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine with prey on a pylon, 2 Raven on another pylon the other side of Bader Way (Marek Walford)
