June 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Greenfinch calling near the feeder’s at Ron’s hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker on Bittern hide feeder’s (Philip Giles); 2 Green Woodpecker close to the Loddon near lay-by, 2 Blackcap male and female near the Loddon with both carrying food (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher flying left to right seen from the hide (Philip Giles)
June 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen (Alan Jackman); Green Woodpecker between Renton’s screen and Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
June 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher feeding on the mud to the right of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); 4 Little Egret, Heron all to the right of Ron’s hide (Phil Sigley)
Sandford Lake – 8 Coot adult with 7 young chicks near hide, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull adult with small juvenile on island nearest to hide first time they have bred here (FJC)
June 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher along the Loddon by the Green bridge (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker around the feeder’s, Kingfisher just flew around in front of Bittern hide, 4 Oystercatcher flew over towards Sandford Lake (Pete Lunn)
June 26th
Sandford Lake – 3 Great Crested Grebe adult with two chick’s, third egg showing (Alan Jackman)
June 25th
Sandford Lake – 2 Great Crested Grebe adult with chick (Philip Giles)
June 24th
Black Swan Lake – Coal Tit near the climbing wall, 2 Goldfinch, 2 Goldcrest all seen near the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
June 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Little-ringed Plover male and female in the south west corner with a fully grown juvenile in the East Marsh, 3 Oystercatcher all adults, 10 Lapwing (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Gadwall, Wigeon male, Kingfisher flew past Bittern hide twice, Grey Wagtail singing at bridge by lay-by in the west end (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 50+ Gadwall, Pochard juvenile (FJC); Kingfisher flying around lake (Philip Giles)
June 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in north west corner (Steve Clarke); 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Swift, 4 Sand Martin, Sedge Warbler singing briefly (Brian Crathorne)
June 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in the East Marsh at the north end, 2 Little-ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 7 Common Tern chicks, sadly only 1 Mute Swan cygnet, 10+ Lapwing, 2 Black-headed Gulls both juveniles, 2 Common Tern male and female starting to nest on shingle island, 2 Little Egret briefly in the south west corner (FJC); 2 Oystercatcher male and female (Dave Rimes); Mandarin Duck flew past (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher (Steve Clarke); Green Woodpecker seen from Teal hide (Sam Marchant)
Sandford Lake – 23 Gadwall (FJC); 4 Oystercatcher on gravel island seen from the hide (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 25+ Swift, 75+ Egyptian Geese (FJC)
June 19th
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon male on the bund, 3 Lapwing including one juvenile with head just bobbing over the vegetation, Reeds Bunting, Reed Warbler singing from the reed bed (Michael Hubbard)
June 18th
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon male on the bund, Kingfisher adult male on the bund seen from Bittern hide (Alan Rymer)
Black Swan Lake – Coal Tit near the climbing wall at the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
June 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher male between Renton’s screen and Ron’s hide seen from Renton’s screen perched briefly (Philip Giles)
June 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Coal Tit calling opposite the Green bridge, Curlew wading left of Ron’s hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail flitting back and forth near Sandford Lane road bridge (Cathy Stillman-Lowe)
Curlew at Lea Farm Lake – Nick Kightley
June 15th
Lavell’s Lake – Hobby flew left to right low, Sparrowhawk circling high up both seen from the Bittern hide (Keith Seymour)
June 14th
Lea Farm Lake – 7+ Common Tern chicks on right raft, 2 Black-headed Gull chicks on left raft (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo being chased by Jackdaw down the Emm Brook (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher nesting on little island they nested on last year (Peter Scudamore)
June 13th
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail on the Activity Centre beach (Philip Giles)
Grey Wagtail at Black Swan Lake – Philip Giles
June 12th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail, Cuckoo, Kingfisher (Ian Young)
Black Swan Lake – Common Tern (Ian Young); Kingfisher flew right to left along the Emm Brook (Philip Giles)
June 11th
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon male, Shoveler both still present (Peter Scudamore)
June 10th
Sandford Lake – Shoveler male (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 50+ Swift over and around the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
June 9th
Lea Farm Lake – 11+ Common Tern with three pairs with five chicks maybe more (Peter Scudamore)
June 8th
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon on the bund (Tim James)
Sandford Lake – 6 Swift flying over (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – 6 Swift viewable from the Activity Centre (Tim James)
June 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Skylark, 30 Swift over low, 2 Oystercatcher flying around, 7 Lapwing, 12 Gadwall includes two pairs, Mallard family with 5 tiny ducklings, 3 Grey Wagtail female plus 2 juvenile in the south west corner, Cuckoo just began calling, Little-ringed Plover in the north east corner, 24 Black-headed Gull 8 pairs on the raft plus 8 on the shingle island (FJC); Kingfisher flew towards lodge wood (Steve Clarke)
Black Swan Lake – 90+ Swift spread across boundary of Sandford and the Old Golf Course, Grey Wagtail (FJC)
June 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Cuckoo one singing to the south near Teal hide whilst two chasing each other probably male chasing female in sky over Lodge wood, Reed Warbler (Andy Tomczynski); 8 Common Tern all sitting, 2 Gadwall, Oystercatcher flying around, 2 Garden Warbler near Ron’s hide. Little-ringed Plover (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler between the Yellow gate and the Green bridge (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 5 Gadwall, Cuckoo west side of the lake (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 25 Swift spread out over high trees on boundary of Sandford Lake, 4 Grey Wagtail with two juveniles all on the Activity Centre beach (FJC)
Reed Warbler at Lea Farm Lake – Andy Tomczynski
June 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Sand Martin checking out a number of holes in the wall (Pete Jeffery)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo male singing and seen (Dave Rimes); Cuckoo just flew over Bittern hide (Mark Lauri); Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Cuckoo regularly calling, Kingfisher calling, Little Egret hunting along edge of reeds (Jo Slevin)
Sandford Lake – Cuckoo male singing and seen around the south west side of the lake towards Heron’s Water (Dave Rimes); Red-crested Pochard male (Don Broadbridge)
Black Swan Lake – Greenfinch in Activity Centre car park (Anne Butcher)
Male Red-crested Pochard at Sandford Lake – Don Broadbridge
June 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Oystercatcher, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker female and juvenile on the feeder’s, Grey Wagtail, A number of House Martin’s flying close to Ron’s hide (Pete Jeffery)
June 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Oystercatcher behind the Common Tern raft on the left (Gethin Craig)
Sandford Lake – Many Swift’s feeding low over the lake (Philip Giles)
June 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Little-ringed Plover on East marsh (Dave Rimes)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo calling from tall Poplar (Gray Burfoot)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Swallow flying through under the deck at the Activity Centre, 2 Grey Wagtail on the jetty in front of the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
June 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Garden Warbler one behind Ron’s hide the other further down the Loddon, 5 Sand Martin, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler (Brian Crathorne); 6 Heron on island where Lapwing’s were nesting (Alan Jackman); 2 Kingfisher one in the south west flew towards Loddon also one flew upstream near Jack’s garden earlier, 21 Lapwing counted around lake, 30+ House Martin, 4 Swallow, Shoveler in the south west bay (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo, 2 Little Egret (Brian Crathorne); Cuckoo seen in tree left of Bittern hide, 2+ Goldfinch in fir trees south of the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)
