July 31st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Kingfisher, 6 Green Sandpiper, Black-tailed Godwit dropped onto old shingle island and remained on north end until Peregrine and Hobby spooked it, Peregrine, Hobby chased off Peregrine and returned to Oak behind Sand Martin wall, 102 Coot, Mandarin Duck (FJC); 2 Little Egret in the north and east corner, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet two adult with a juvenile on the feeders (Trevor Guyatt)
Black-Tailed Godwit at Lea Farm Lake – FJC
July 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Green Sandpiper (Keith Boseley); Mandarin Duck, Common Gull Juvenile (FJC); Little Egret in the south west corner (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Little Egret on the scrape (Keith Boseley)
July 29th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, 2 Little Egret, 4 Lapwing (Steve Clarke); Little Ringed Plover, 5 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner (Brian Bennett); Hobby showing well over the Sand Martin wall (Nick Kightley)
July 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Kestrel over the landfill, Mediterranean Gull juvenile (Roger Stansfield); Hobby, Raven, 2 Green Sandpiper, Ring-necked Parakeet, Blackcap female, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5+ Common Tern, 10+ Sand Martin (Ralph Watts)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper on the Bund (Alan Rymer); Barn Owl in box (Ralph Watts)
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Lea Farm Lake – Roger Stansfield
July 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Green Sandpiper four in the south west corner and two over the north west shoreline, 3 Little Egret, 2 Little Grebe, 40 Lapwing around the site, Water Rail seen briefly on small scrape in front of hide (Michael Hubbard); Ring-necked Parakeet on the feeder (Chris Conry); 4 Little Egret (Nick Kightley); Greenfinch male on the feeder (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Egret, Great Black-back Gull over landfill towards fields rising slowly (Nick Kightley)
Male Greenfinch at Lea Farm Lake – Geoff Emmett
Ring-necked Parakeet at Lea Farm Lake – Chris Conry
July 25th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, Common Sandpiper, 3 Kingfisher in the north east bay (FJC); Hobby, Oystercatcher colour ringed (Marek Walford)
July 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Little Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover (FJC)
July 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Egret (Les Blundell); Kingfisher, Little Grebe (Caroline Moore)
Little Grebe at Lavell’s Lake – Caroline Moore
July 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, 8 Lapwing, 3 Shoveler, 3 Raven over the landfill heading south east (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper presumably all from Lea Farm, 3 Little Egret one on the old island one on the Bund and one in the Wet Meadow (FJC); Kingfisher on the ‘no fishing’ sign, Barn Owl poking its head out of it’s box (Alan Rymer)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Little Egret on the far island in trees by boat house/mooring and visible from the Activity Centre beach (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 16+ Gadwall, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull both juveniles (FJC)
Green Sandpiper at Lavell’s Lake – Grant Evans
July 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, 12 Lapwing, 3 Little Egret, 5+ holes on Sand Martin bank with young looking out (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Tufted Duck adult with 3 small ducklings first I have seen this year (Peter Scudamore)
July 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Raven over south east, 6+ Common Tern 3 fledged chicks and 3-4 adults still sitting, 2 Shoveler, Kingfisher showed well for nearly 10 minutes (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, 2 Lapwing (FJC)
Green Sandpiper at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
July 17th
Lavell’s Lake – Black-tailed Godwit on the Bund in breeding plumage (Geoff Emmett)
Black-tailed Godwit at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Black-tailed Godwit at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
July 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper (Ida Attias-Groot)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl in the entrance of it’s box (Steve Reed)
July 14th
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper on a shingle island (Brian Bennett)
July 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper, 21 Lapwing, 3 Shovelers (Roger Stansfield)
July 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Barn Owl adult and 3 juveniles, Kingfisher near Bittern hide (Ida Attias-Groot)
The Barn Owl Family at Lavell’s Lake – Ida Attias-Groot
July 10th
Lea Farm Lake – Redshank, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Raven over landfill heading south east, Green Sandpiper (FJC)
July 9th
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on a post (Alan Ryman); Kingfisher heard only (Ralph Watts); Peregrine over east side circling and drifting north (FJC); Barn Owl showing in box (Ida Attias-Groot)
Green Sandpiper on a post at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Rymer
July 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Mediterranean Gull adult, Redshank (Nick Kightley); Common Tern with Jack Pike (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl in the apex of it’s box, Skylark on landfill near the Balancing Pond (Anne Cronin); 2 Raven over low west north west (FJC)
Adult Mediterranean Gull at Lea Farm Lake – Geoff Emmett
Redshank at Lea Farm Lake – Geoff Emmett
Common Tern with Jack Pike at Lea Farm Lake – Geoff Emmett
July 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Mandarin Duck all juveniles, 12 Egyptian Goose 2 adults and 10 young obviously a new brood, Common Sandpiper, Gadwall female, 4 Little Egret (FJC)
July 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Redshank, Common Sandpiper, Peregrine took a Black Headed Gull juvenile, Mediterranean Gull 1st summer stayed about 15 minutes, 5 Black-tailed Godwit came into land in the south west corner but veered off and continued south, 2 Little Egret (Andy Tomczynski)
July 5th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Redshank on the shingle island, 3 Mandarin Duck female, 17 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper both on the eastern shore, 4 Gadwall, 2 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl in the top of it’s box, 2 Oystercatcher on island, Little Egret, Lapwing (Nick Kightley)
July 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Little Ringed Plover in the north east corner (Renton Righelato)
Lavell’s Lake – Common Tern, Little Egret (Steve Beasant)
Common Tern in flight at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Beasant
July 3rd
Lavell’s Lake – Hobby feeding as it flew by heading over the landfill (Tim James)
July 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 18 Common Tern hard to say exactly how many pairs we have post flooding but I suspect no more than 9 with chicks of various ages on right hand raft, 15 Gadwall over north a pair dropped and stayed, Oystercatcher, 3 Mandarin Duck all juveniles, 3 Little Egret (FJC); Great Spotted Woodpecker, 6 Stock Dove (Phil Kinch)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret (Phil Kinch)
