March 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, Little-ringed Plover both seen in the far north east corner (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Redwing in the Car Park field, Snipe in the cut reeds (Anne Cronin)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on the opposite side of Goat Island to the Activity Centre (Anne Cronin)
March 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Swallow (Andy Tomczynski); Sand Martin, Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Bullfinch, Cetti’s Warbler both near the bench on the way to Bittern hide (Nick Kightley)
March 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, Oystercatcher both on the northern spit (Lee Tilley); Cattle Egret on the north spit (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap male seen singing in “cut area” 100m upstream of the Green Bridge (Trevor Guyatt)
Sandford Lake – 2 Redwing near the Air Museum (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Mandarin Duck male and female near the feeding area (Nick Kightley)
Cattle Egret at Lea Farm Lake – FJC
March 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, Little Egret (Marek Walford)
March 26th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap singing in the Car Park field, 2 Redwing (Anne Cronin); 2 Little Grebe on the Balancing Pond, Blackcap, Chiffchaff both near Bittern hide, Goldcrest near the Loddon (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Mandarin Duck near the feeding area (Alan Jackman)
March 25th
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Snipe in the reeds (Geoff Emmett); Little Egret (Mark Wright)
5 Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
March 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 7 Buzzard circling west of the lake, Kestrel over, Green Sandpiper in the north east corner (FJC)
Landfill – 2 Peregrine male and female circling well beyond Lodge Wood then drifted east, Raven tumbling beyond willows north of Lodge Wood (FJC)
March 23rd
Black Swan Lake – Blackcap male singing by the Dinton Activity Centre car park (Malcolm Toyer)
March 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – Oystercatcher on the east shore (Colin Holmes)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe on reed piles on the Scrape, 18 Teal, 50+ Shoveler (Peter Scudamore)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 2 Peregrine on a pylon sitting in the top structure, Kestrel male sat in the Oak below the pylon (Dave Rimes)
March 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Reed Bunting female, Shelduck drake (Geoff Emmett); 3 Redpoll just past Ron’s hide (Richard Sajdak)
Sandford Lake – Water Rail in front of the hide (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Mandarin Duck male and a female near the feeding area (Peter Scudamore)
Male Shelduck at Lea Farm Lake – Geoff Emmett
Female Reed Bunting at Lea Farm Lake – Geoff Emmett
March 20th
Lea Farm Lake – 10+ Fieldfare over the Landfill near the two Pines, 55 Shoveler, Sand Martin (FJC); Little Ringed Plover on the east shore (Nick Knightley); 2 Reed Bunting both female on feeder, Stock Dove, 30 Widgeon, Little Egret in the south west corner (Heather Mahoney)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Blackcap one by Jerry’s bench one by wooden footbridge to car park, Cetti’s Warbler, Bullfinch, 10+ Lesser Redpoll flew out from middle copse (FJC)
Landfill – 53+ Chaffinch seen in a visible finch passage heading south east in 3 groups of 20+ then 8 & 25+ in 10 minutes, Peregrine flew past low and slow (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – White Stock seen flying over the perimeter on Denton Pastures (Nick Kightley)
White Stock in flight over Dinton Pasture – Simon Bartlam
March 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Sand Martin over the south west corner, 2 Little Egret went east south east of landfill on my arrival, 50+ Redwing in groups of 8-20 flying around, 4 Fieldfare over, 55 Shoveler (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Bullfinch male and female in large Blackthorn near the Teal hide path, 3 Bullfinch male and two females in the Car Park field (Anne Cronin); 3 Common Gull, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 33 Black-headed Gull from Bittern hide (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – Blackcap male singing above bridge between Black Swan and Sandford (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goldeneye a pair between the islands, Kestrel over the largest island (FJC)
March 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Sand Martin over the south west corner (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Oystercatcher in flight in front of Bittern hide (Keith Milner); Grey Wagtail calling on the wire over the 2nd bridge (Paul Francis); Redpoll flock in Alder’s on the opposite side of Loddon near Teal hide (Jack Jones); Little Grebe calling on the Balancing Pond, Kestrel male feeding over the Car Park field, Snipe in the cut reeds (Anne Cronin)
Oystercatcher in flight at Lavell’s Lake – Keith Milner
March 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper again in north east corner, 3 Buzzards in flight together over Lodge Wood, Cetti’s Warbler singing under hide (Roger Stansfield); Goldcrest singing near the Green bridge, Tawny Owl in it’s usual tree (Ben Knowles)
Lavell’s Lake – Kestrel male hunting in the Car Park field, Bullfinch male in a Blackthorn tree near Teal hide (Anne Cronin); 3 Snipe at the back of the Scrape (Geoff Emmett)
River Loddon Path – 30+ Siskin feeding in Alders along the path, Grey Wagtail near the Wooden bridge near the Cinema, 4 Chiffchaff (FJC)
March 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in flight in the north east corner (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 30+ Siskin feeding in Alders on the Loddon (Dave Rimes); 5 Snipe feeding on Bund very close to hide (Peter Scudamore)
March 15th
Lea Farm Lake – Shelduck drake in the south east corner (John Macgovan); 2 Goldcrest along the Loddon near the Green bridge (Rebecca Rees); Green Sandpiper in the north east corner (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Siskin feeding in Alders on the Loddon near Sandford mill (Rebecca Rees); Grey Wagtail near Loddon bridge (Anne Cronin)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on Goat Island (Andrew Curd)
March 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Tawny Owl showing superbly in the sun (Dave Rimes); Red-legged Partridge on the Loddon path between the Green Bridge and Ron’s hide flew down stream along the river (Colin Holmes)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe asleep at the far end of the Bund, Little Egret, Water Rail, Reed Bunting, Cetti’s Warbler all calling from the reed bed, Chiffchaff calling from behind the hide (Michael Hubbard); Treecreeper, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff (Ralph Watts)
Black Swan Lake – Oystercatcher on Goat Island (Anne Cronin)
Red-legged Partridge at Lea Farm Lake – Roger Stansfield
March 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper walking left to right along north east shore, Pintail female flew over north to south east but flew east of DP over tall trees east of car park and out of view, 2 Peregrine hunting over landfill off east south east (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Siskin on an Alder right of Jerry Rolland bench (Sally Bryson-Bond); 2 Snipe at back of the Scrape seen from Bittern hide (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail by Yellow Gate (Anne Cronin)
March 12th
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Chiffchaff between Green Bridge and Car Park field (FJC); Oystercatcher on Bund near Bittern hide (Tim James); Reed Bunting on the feeder’s behind Bittern hide (Paul Mattingly)
Landfill – 22 Fieldfare in Oak behind Lavell’s (FJC)
March 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail under the feeders at Ron’s (Anne Cronin)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Snipe on the Bund at Bittern hide, Goldcrest, 6 Redwing both near Teal hide, Chiffchaff in trees near Jerry’s bench (Richard Marsh); 2 Bullfinch male and female on the path from Bittern hide to Teal hide (Anne Cronin)
March 10th
Lavell’s Lake – Kestrel on wires in the Car Park field, Chiffchaff singing in the Wet Meadow (Anne Cronin); Redpoll (Jack Jones); Little Grebe on the Balancing Pond (Alan Jackman)
March 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Reed Bunting female on the feeders at Ron’s (Keith Boseley)
March 7th
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler, Nuthatch, 2 Common Gull, 18 Teal, 42 Shoveler, Little Egret (Simon Proddrow); Kestrel in the Car Park field (David Hampton); 2 Raven over (Michael Hubbard); 2 Rook over (Anne Cronin)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Oystercatcher in flight calling loudly along western side of Goat Island (Michael Hubbard)
Middle March – Kingfisher flew into reed bed whistling sharply (Michael Hubbard)
Kestrel in the Car Park field at Lavell’s Lake – David Hampton
March 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Stonechat male (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe on the Balancing Pond, 5 Redwing in the Car Park field (Anne Cronin)
March 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Kestrel over lake slowly heading north (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Stonechat male on a fence from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Oystercatcher west of Goat Island (Alan Jackman)
Male Stonechat at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Jackman
March 4th
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on the pylon eating prey (Dave Rimes)
March 3rd
Mortimer’s Meadow – Kingfisher seen under Bader Way towards the Moors (FJC)
March 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatchers on the shingle bank, Water Rail under the feeders (Keith Boseley)
