January 31st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on the Loddon opposite Ron’s hide (Tim James); 2 Goosander male and female just flew in to the east shore (Rebecca Rees)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret flying towards Lea Farm (Rebecca Rees)
Black Swan Lake – 11 Fieldfare in the Dinton overflow car park, 16 Redwing also in the Dinton overflow car park (Tim James)
January 30th
Black Swan Lake – 20+ Fieldfare and Redwing in a mixed flock on the Old Golf Course, Kestrel over (Bruce Irvine)
January 26th
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler calling, Little Grebe both from Teal hide (Steve Clarke); Barnacle Goose feral? in front of Bittern hide (Nick Rampton)
January 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Lapwing flock in the air for about 20 minutes seen from Ron’s hide (Ann Butcher)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern in the reeds near the big Poplar tree (Philip Giles); Kingfisher flew over reeds opposite seen from Bittern hide, Cetti’s Warbler heard from Teal hide (Chris Elliott)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher towards the south side (Simon Huggins)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Siskin in an Alder on the east side (Brian Crathorne); 2 Siskin in Alder’s walking towards the lake from Sandford (Paul Etherton)
White Swan Lake – Redwing between the Loddon and the lake (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
January 24th
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern in the reeds to the left of Teal hide (Roger Stansfield)
Sandford Lake – 3 Snipe on an island across from Lin’s bench (Dave Rimes); Goosander female on a small island near the hide (Phillip Miller)
Black Swan Lake – Smew red head on the west side (Tim James); 2 Goldeneye male and female in the south bay (Dave Rimes)
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher at the south end (Dave Rimes)
Red head Smew at Black Swan Lake – Roger Stansfield
January 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female close to the east bank (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern flew from reeds near Teal hide heading towards Bittern hide, Cetti’s Warbler calling, Sparrowhawk following the Starling’s murmuration (Eddie Napper)
January 22nd
Black Swan Lake – Kestrel, 2+ Redwing all on the Old Golf Course (Alan Jackman)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on a pylon, Kestrel, 3 Chiffchaff (Alan Jackman)
January 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north east shore (Alan Jackman); 2 Shelduck on the shingle island (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on the far bank from Bittern hide, 3 Goldcrest by the Wooden gate next to the lay by (Alan Jackman); Bittern sat on the edge of the reeds for 5 minutes (Tim James)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret on the north side (Alan Jackman)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on a pylon (Alan Jackman); 2 Chiffchaff male and female, Goldcrest in bushes by the Wooden bridge, Grey Wagtail near the Loddon, Nuthatch seen and heard (Rebecca Rees)
January 20th
Lea Farm Lake – 65 Lapwing, 2 Chaffinch opposite Ron’s hide (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Buzzard behind Bittern hide (Brian Crathorne)
Sandford Lake – Goldcrest near the hide (Brian Crathorne)
January 19th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander just flew off, 2 Stonechat male and female in the long grass (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Chiffchaff in a small willow on the opposite bank, Great White Egret flew over towards Sandford (FJC); Barn Owl flew past Teal hide (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Peregrine over towards the Activity Centre, Great White Egret out of the reed bed near the Loddon, 15+ Goldfinch heading towards the Loddon (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Goldeneye two males and two females seen from Tweddle’s bench (Martin Friend)
January 18th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander just flew in (Roger Stansfield)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern flew out of reeds from Teal hide, Sparrowhawk sat in tree (John MacGoven); Great White Egret, Chiffchaff near the door of Teal hide (Steve Clarke); 2000+ Starling into roost near Teal hide (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret flying west over the lake (John MacGoven)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on the pylon with prey, 20+ Siskin along the Loddon behind White Swan lake (Dave Rimes)
January 17th
Lavell’s Lake – 8 Snipe at the end of the Bund, Little Grebe in front of Teal hide (Alan Jackman); Great White Egret flew over heading towards Lea Farm (Colin Holmes)
Sandford Lake – Goosander female on an island, Great White Egret on the west bank (Colin Holmes)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye male and two females, Kestrel over the Old Golf Course (Alan Jackman)
White Swan Lake – 4 Chiffchaff, Redwing near the Wooden bridge over the Loddon (Alan Jackman)
January 16th
Lavell’s Lake – Coal Tit calling from Jack’s garden, 5000+ Starling coming to roost in reeds to the left of Teal hide (Roger Stansfield)
Sandford Lake – Goosander female back on an island (Dave Rimes); 3 Snipe (Rick Dawson)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Goldeneye two males and two females (Dave Rimes); Barnacle Goose heading north east from the Activity Centre (Simon Huggins)
January 14th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat, Shelduck, Snipe (Nick Kightley); Great White Egret on the Loddon between the Green bridge and Ron’s hide, Dartford Warbler on a fence post (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeder’s, 2 Dunnock male and female, 2 Chaffinch male and female, Nuthatch all on or below the feeder’s (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
January 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat, Dartford Warbler both on the fence line (Colin Holmes); Grey Wagtail on the opposite side of the Loddon, Reed Bunting female on the feeder’s (Chris Conry); 2 Shelduck, Great White Egret on the Loddon (FJC); Chiffchaff near the Green bridge, 3 Reed Bunting all females on the feeder’s, Little Egret on the banks of the Loddon (Keith Seymour)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe on the Bund (Alan Jackman); Water Rail under feeder’s (Colin Holmes); 3 Chaffinch two males and a female under the Bittern hide feeder’s (Trevor Guyatt); 2400+ Starling landed in a Poplar (FJC); Great Spotted Woodpecker female on the feeder’s, Water Rail, Reed Bunting female (Angela Gunn)
Black Swan Lake – 22+ Redwing on the Old Golf Course and near the old Cafe (Alan Jackman); 5 Fieldfare on the Old Golf Course (Colin Holmes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Treecreeper near the wooden bridge, Peregrine on a pylon (Alan Jackman)
Female Reed Bunting at Lavell’s Lake – Kev Colbran
January 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat, 2 Goosander male and female on the Loddon near Ron’s hide, 2 Great White Egret both together on the bank of the Loddon near Ron’s hide, 3 Common Gull, 220 Teal, Dartford Warbler with the Stonechats as usual, Lesser Black-backed Gull (FJC); Firecrest on the path to Ron’s hide north of the Green bridge (Brian Crathorne); 2 Reed Bunting on the feeder’s by Ron’s hide (Adam Wigley); Grey Wagtail, Chiffchaff, Greenfinch all near Ron’s hide (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Firecrest south of the Green bridge, Water Rail under the Bittern hide feeder’s (Adam Wigley); 5+ Siskin in the Alder’s in Jack Garden (FJC)
Heron’s Water – Siskin with a Tit flock (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Mistle Thrush on the Old Golf Course, Kestrel on the Old Golf Course, Kingfisher flying across the lake (Peter Scudamore)
January 11th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat, Great White Egret, 3 Snipe, 270 Teal (Marek Walford); Meadow Pipit, Dartford Warbler (FJC); 4 Curlew on the waters edge in the north east corner (Michael Hubbard); Kingfisher between Ron’s and Renton’s screen (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Lavell’s Lake – Tawny Owl calling opposite the Green bridge, Grey Wagtail feeding south of the Green bridge (FJC); 2 Redwing on the path to Teal hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Lavell’s Viewing Point – Great Black-back Gull (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Coal Tit heard near the Activity Centre, 1000+ Black-headed Gull, 10+ Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Snipe over (FJC)
January 10th
Lea Farm Lake – Redwing behind Ron’s hide, Snipe on the western bank (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe beyond the frozen Bund (Marion Davies)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Goldeneye male and three females, 40+ Egyptian Geese leaving their roost on Goat island (Dave Rimes)
White Swan Lake – Chiffchaff towards the south end, Siskin calling (Dave Rimes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Chiffchaff by the Loddon near the Peregrine pylon, Siskin calling (Dave Rimes)
January 9th
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe from Teal hide (Adam Wigley)
Black Swan Lake – Coal Tit singing at the entrance to the Activity Centre before flying off (Nick Kightley)
January 5th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Shelduck in the south west corner (Steve Clarke)
Black Swan Lake – Mistle Thrush on the old Golf Course (Steve Clarke)
White Swan Lake – 2 Chiffchaff with a flock of Long-tailed Tits (Brian Crathorne)
January 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Dartford Warbler, Stonechat female, 2 Shelduck, Barnacle Goose (Marek Walford); Green Woodpecker over towards Lodge Wood (Steve Clarke); 2 Shelduck sleep on the island, 2 Goosander male and female (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern from Teal hide, Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler (Marek Walford); 7 Snipe on the Bund (Steve Clarke); Raven over the path to Bittern hide (Martin Friend)
Sandford Lake – Little Egret, Goosander red head (Marek Walford); Herring Gull, Common Gull (Roger Stansfield); Kingfisher along the stream to the west of the lake (Paul Etherton)
Black Swan Lake – 15 Redwing, 4 Fieldfare all under the trees in the overflow car park (Tim James); Common Gull near the jetty (Martin Friend)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on a pylon (Dave Rimes); Kestrel hovering (Paul Etherton)
January 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south west corner (Roger Stansfield); Dartford Warbler, 2 Stonechat male and female (Trevor Guyatt); 2 Shelduck in the south west corner (FJC); Water Rail showing well in front of Ron’s hide (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 10 Snipe on a frozen Bund, Water Rail in the left hand corner, Cetti’s Warbler also in the left hand corner, Great White Egret in flight near Teal hide landed by the hide (Dave Rimes); Water Rail calling alongside the path to the hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Black Swan Lake – Barnacle Goose by the Activity Centre Jetty (Paul Mattingly); 5 Goldeneye 2 males and 3 females (Dave Rimes); Pied Wagtail on the Activity Centre beach (John McGovan); 30+ Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush all feeding in the horse field on the east side (Brian Bennett)
White Swan Lake – 6 Siskin in Alder’s in the south west corner, Chiffchaff, Treecreeper (Dave Rimes)
January 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female in the south west corner, Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Meadow Pipit, 2 Little Egret (FJC); Chiffchaff near the Green bridge, Redwing flew across the Loddon (John McGovan); Sparrowhawk near Renton’s screen (Adam Wigley); Little Grebe towards the north end, Great White Egret in the south west corner (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern showing well from Teal hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas); Little Grebe, Siskin calling behind Teal hide (Dave Rimes); Chiffchaff calling near Mill House (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – Goosander female (Adam Wigley); Kingfisher in the south west corner (Dave Rimes)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye male and two females seen from the View-point (Tim James); 6 Goldeneye 2 males and 4 females near Goat Island (Dave Rimes)
Bittern near Teal hide at Lavell’s Lake – FJC
January 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, Goldeneye female (Rick Dawson); 20 Snipe, Dartford Warbler on the Landfill fence, 2 Stonechat male and female, Meadow Pipit (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Treecreeper on the Bittern hide feeder’s (Eddie Napper); Kingfisher near footbridge by the Car Park, Little Egret near the Teal hide (Brian Crathorne); 14 Snipe, Little Egret (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Viewing point – Raven beyond the old Oak (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Goosander female (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goldeneye two females (FJC); 4 Goldeneye two males and two females (Marek Walford)
