January 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Shelduck male (Brian Bennett); 2 Goosander male and female in the north east corner, Little Egret (Colin Holmes)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Barn Owl left box and flew to the trees on the left (Rebecca Rees)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Mistle Thrush singing in trees on the east side (Brian Bennett)
January 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Siskin, 4 Chiffchaff both seen along the Loddon (Mick Hannington)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Bullfinch two males and a female near Jerry’s bench (John McGovan); Little Egret seen from Teal hide (Mick Hannington); Water Rail under the feeder’s (Brian Bennett); Bittern showing in the main island reed bed (Trevor Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – Little Egret over the Activity Centre, Pied Wagtail on the beach (John McGovan)
January 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Cetti’s Warbler in the reeds outside Ron’s hide (John McGovan)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern showing in the main island reed bed (FJC); 2 Barn Owl left box at speed (Gray Burfoot)
Black Swan Lake – Great White Egret flew over low in the south end heading east, Little Egret (Dave Rimes)
Sandford Lake – Little Grebe in the north east corner (Brian Bennett)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on the pylon tucking into breakfast (Tim James)
January 28th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Barn Owl left the box just after 5pm (Paul Mattingly)
January 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Egret (Marek Walford); 4 Meadow Pipit on the fence (Jack Jones); Treecreeper, Kestrel (Rebecca Rees)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Barn Owl (Marek Walford); Kingfisher on the Emm Brook (Jack Jones)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – 2 Siskin (Jack Jones)
January 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Raven over and cronking near the Green Bridge (John McGovan)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe seen from Teal hide, Bullfinch male in Blackthorne under a pylon (Jack Jones); Bittern seen towards the middle of the main island reed bed (FJC); 2 Barn Owl both in a nearby tree to the left of the box (Nigel Hoult)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – 14 Fieldfare seen dropping into vegetation in front of the Green barn from the Landfill viewing spot (FJC)
January 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Chiffchaff near the Green Bridge (John McGovan)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl left the box (Phillip Miller); Bullfinch male seen between Gerry’s and Betty’s benches (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Great White Egret over flying from Lodge Wood towards the Activity Centre seen with Tim James (John McGovan)
January 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on the Loddon near the Waitrose screen (Rick Dawson); 2 Goosander male and female now on the lake (FJC); 40+ Lapwing circling (Jack Jones); Shelduck on the north shore (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Barn Owl one from the box the second in a nearby tree (Ralph Watts)
Goosander pair at Lea Farm Lake – FJC
Shelduck at Lea Farm Lake – Roger Stansfield
January 23rd
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye male behind Island (Jack Jones)
January 21st
Lavell’s Lake – Bullfinch by John’s bench (Paul Etherton)
Sandford Lake – 4 Little Egret, 2 Shoveler (Paul Etherton)
January 20th
Lea Farm Lake – 8 Little Egret over low heading south, Great Black-backed Gull at a distance heading south east, 90+ Wigeon, 100+ Teal, 3 Skylark over (FJC); Stonechat on fence (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail under the Bittern hide feeder’s, Grey Wagtail over low in the Car Park field (John McGovan)
Sandford Lake – 2+ Goldcrest in trees by the Yellow Gate (Adam McTiernan)
Black Swan Lake – Kestrel sat high in tree on the Old Golf Course (John McGovan); Goldeneye male behind Goat Island (Mike Watts)
January 19th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Little Grebe on the Loddon north of Ron’s hide, Peregrine female over the Loddon, 3 Little Egret along the Loddon, 15 Cormorant on dead tree opposite Ron’s hide (Adam Wigley); 2 Snipe on the left side of Ron’s hide (Mark Wright)
Lavell’s Lake – 10 Redwing around the north side corner of the Car Park field, Great Spotted Woodpecker on the Bittern hide feeder’s (Adam Wigley)
Sandford Lake – Goldcrest in trees by the Yellow Gate (Alan Jackman)
White Swan Lake – 30+ Siskin in Alder Tree’s in the south end (Dave Rimes)
January 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Nuthatch on the feeder’s (Adam McTiernan)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail under the feeder’s at Bittern hide (Sherilyn Hurdle)
Sandford Lake – 4+ Goldcrest in trees by the Yellow Gate (Adam McTiernan); Goldcrest, Treecreeper both by the Yellow Gate (Roger Stansfield)
January 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Raven over near the Green Bridge (John McGoven); Little Grebe with a fish near the Green Bridge (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler calling, Water Rail calling, Barn Owl flew out of the box (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 4 Raven over, 2 Goosander flew off towards Black Swan (John McGoven)
Black Swan Lake – 81+ Shoveler in the ice free area (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on it’s usual pylon with breakfast (Tim James)
January 16th
Lavell’s Lake – Peregrine juvenile in the tall Poplar tree, Barn Owl appeared in the entrance to it’s box (Trevor Guyatt)
White Swan Lake – Chiffchaff by the Wooden bridge over the Loddon (Brian Bennett)
January 15th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Bittern, 2 Barn Owl just flew from the box (FJC)
January 14th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Chiffchaff on the opposite side of the Loddon near Ron’s hide, Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Raven, 2 Stonechat male and female (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern seen from Bittern hide in the island reed bed (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Heron’s Water – Large flock of Siskin in the Alder trees towards White Swan Lake (Peter Scudamore)
January 13th
Lavell’s Lake – Tawny Owl heard towards the east, 2 Tawny Owl flew past the front of Teal hide, Bullfinch near Betty’s bench, 33+ Siskin in Alder above Teal scrape 30m past ditch to the Loddon (FJC); Sparrowhawk spooking a reasonably sized Starling murmuration to the left of Teal hide (Rebecca Rees)
Black Swan Lake – Kingfisher flying south to north along Goat island, 10+ House Sparrow in a small hedge in the centre of the car park (FJC); Egyptian Goose with eight chicks (Alan Rymer)
Aviation Museum – 4+ House Sparrow in a small hedge opposite the entrance (FJC)
January 12th
Lavell’s Lake – 4+ Water Rail heard from Bittern hide (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye a male and two females in the south end, A small number of Siskin about (Dave Rimes)
January 11th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander on the Loddon near the Green Bridge heading towards Ron’s hide, Little Egret on the bank (Tim James); 2 Chiffchaff near the river close to Renton’s screen, Green Woodpecker heard (Roger Stansfield); 3 Siskin in a Tit flock near Ron’s gate, Little Egret, 2 Stonechat male and female, 4 Snipe (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk made several passes near the Bittern hide feeding area without success (Peter Scudamore); Little Grebe in front of the island (Roger Stansfield)
Black Swan Lake – Kestrel near the Zip wire on the Old Golf Course (Tim James)
White Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail flew out from a ditch near the Wooden bridge over the Loddon (FJC)
January 10th
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye drake between the islands, 2+ Siskin over (Dave Rimes)
January 9th
Lavell’s Lake – Peregrine on a lone Poplar waiting for the Starlings roost? (Brian Bennett); Bittern flushed from flooded path near the sluice gate (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 3 Goldeneye seen from the hide (Phillip Miller)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye (Alan Jackman)
3 Goldeneyes male and 2 females at Black Swan Lake – Alan Jackman
January 8th
Black Swan Lake – 5 Goldeneye two males and three female in the south bay with both males displaying also seen by Tim James and Alan Jackman, Mistle Thrush flew across the road near the Dinton main entrance into a tree near the yellow gate (FJC)
January 6th
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye two males and a female between the islands seen with Gray Burfoot (Tim James)
January 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail calling (Marek Walford); Goldeneye female, Water Rail by the feeders (Brain Bennett); 2 Stonechat in the north east corner by the fence, 2 Stock Dove, Rook on the Landfill (Roger Stansfield); 110 Common Gull, Treecreeper, Stock Dove, Nuthatch on the walk to Ron’s hide, 20+ Meadow Pipit dropped behind the north east corner fence, Sparrowhawk very distant toward the east south east of the Landfill, 30+ Lapwing south east of the Landfill circling fields, Reed Bunting perched behind the feeder’s, Fieldfare beyond the Landfill perched high, 2 Chiffchaff opposite Ron’s hide, Siskin near by heading south (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk chasing after Starlings by the Balancing Pool, 4 Raven in two groups of two (FJC); Teal, Shoveler, Ring-necked Parakeet (Adam McTiernan)
Sandford Lake – Pochard, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Wigeon, Little Egret over heading south (Paul Doctor)
Black Swan Lake – 5 Little Egret heading south by the Activity Centre (FJC); Kestrel over the old Golf Course at it’s southern end (Brian Bennett)
