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Sightings archive

June 2023

June 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Whitethroat female by Ron’s, Mandarin Duck flew over lake heading north (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper, Little-ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret (Colin Holmes)

June 29th
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, Lapwing, Little-ringed Plover, 4 Shoveler, Gadwall, Reed Warbler family in the reeds (Peter Scudamore)

June 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper, Whitethroat female by Ron’s, Mandarin Duck flew over lake heading north (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper, Little-ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret (Colin Holmes)

June 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Wood Sandpiper in the south west corner (Andy Tomczynski)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper on the Tern Scrape (FJC)


Wood Sandpiper at Lea Farm Lake – Andy Tomczynski

June 26th
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, Lapwing, Shoveler male all seen on or within the Bund (Alan Rymer)

June 25th
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Shoveler male, Little Egret all seen on or within the Bund (Michael Hubbard)

June 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Teal male, 5 Shoveler in the south west corner, 2 Gadwall, 4 Little-ringed Plover, 3+ Common Tern chicks (FJC); Hobby just flew south towards the Activity Centre (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper on the Tern Scrape, 4 Shoveler (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 32 Gadwall (FJC)

June 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Redshank in the south west corner, Teal in the south west corner, 3 Shoveler, Little-ringed Plover (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Pied WagTail along the Bund, 2 Little Egret, Shoveler male, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler both calling from reed bed, Skylark up singing over the Landfill, Whitethroat now singing from back of reed bed, 2 Kingfisher flew from posts across the lake north west from Jerry’s Bench (Michael Hubbard); 3 Pied Wagtail two adults and a juvenile (Gray Burfoot)


Redshank at Lea Farm Lake – Roger Stansfield

June 18th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, Oystercatcher flew In to north west corner, Kingfisher on the Loddon outside of Ron’s hide (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, 10 Swallow seen from Bittern hide (Steve Clarke)

June 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Little-ringed Plover in two pairs in the north east corner, 2 Bullfinch moving silently past Ron’s, 6 Common Tern sitting including a single Chick on the shingle island in the south west corner, 7 Black-headed Gull sitting, 2 Little Egret briefly, 13 Lapwing, 5 Gadwall (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Bullfinch heard 50m from the Yellow gate, 2 Shoveler both males, 2 Gadwall, Little Egret at Tern scrape, Green Sandpiper just landed at Tern scrape (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 10+ Swift over Picnic island, 6 Mute Swan adult with five Cygnets (FJC)

June 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper from the Waitrose screen (Andy Tomczynski); Common Sandpiper from the Waitrose screen, 2 Green Sandpiper in front of Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)


3 Green Sandpiper’s at Lea Farm Lake – Andy Tomczynski

June 14th
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Shoveler all males, 6 Gadwall, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Lapwing on the Bund (Peter Scudamore)

June 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Little-ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 20 Lapwing (Peter Scudamore); 2 Little-ringed Plover along shore north of Ron’s hide, Oystercatcher over, 3 Little Egret, 7 Gadwall (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Oystercatcher adult with a juvenile from Bittern hide (Peter Scudamore)

June 8th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, Little-ringed Plover, Reed Warbler (Dave Toney)


Green Sandpiper at Lavell’s Lake – Dave Toney


Little-ringed Plover at Lavell’s Lake – Dave Toney

June 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Little-ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Common Tern on island nests (Brian Bennett); Reed Bunting by Ron’s hide, Green Sandpiper toward the Waitrose screen, Reed Warbler in front of hide (Andrew Curd)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo visible in the Oak at far end of scrape, 4 Oystercatcher two adults and two immature (Jim James)
Sandford Lake – Grey Wagtail on the power lines near Sandford Bridge (Andrew Curd)

June 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Little-ringed Plover along east shore in the north east bay, Cuckoo to the north (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Hobby hunting around airspace above the Yellow gate and tall Poplar’s, 4 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler both males, 2 Oystercatcher adult and newly fledged young at Tern scrape (FJC); Garden Warbler just inside the Yellow gate, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting both calling at Teal hide, 10 Gadwall, 2 Little Egret (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – Grey Wagtail near Sandford Bridge (Nick Kightley)


Adult and newly fledged Oystercatcher’s at Lavell’s Lake – FJC

June 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Ringed Plover in front of the Waitrose screen, Green Sandpiper in front of the Waitrose screen, Willow Warbler singing along Loddon (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 8 Little Egret, Oystercatcher both in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)

June 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Little Ringed Plover between Ron’s and the Waitrose screen, Green Sandpiper between Ron’s and the Waitrose screen (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Little Egret on Scrape, 3 Shoveler all males on the Bund, Gadwall, Cuckoo calling at back of lake (Peter Scudamore); 8 Little Egret on the Scrape, Oystercatcher on the Scrape (Phil Sigley)

June 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Dunlin in summer plumage, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Oystercatcher, Little Egret (Brian Bennett); Green Sandpiper by reeds slightly right of the Waitrose screen (Andrew Curd); 5 Oystercatcher (Trevor Guyatt)

June 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper between Ron’s hide and the Waitrose screen, Hobby over the Landfill, Grey Wagtail, Reed Warbler darting between reed beds and bushes (Colin Holmes)
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher on the Bund, Cuckoo calling from the island (Colin Holmes); 3 Shoveler, Little Egret (Jenn Runde); Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti’s Warbler heard, 3 Pied Wagtail hunting the Damselflies (Phil Kinch)
Sandford Lake – 5 Little Egret on the north side (Jenn Runde)