March 31st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Cetti’s Warbler singing (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler (Brian Crathorne)
March 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Sand Martin seen from Ron’s hide, 2 Rook on the Landfill (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe on the Bund, Blackcap singing behind Teal hide (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher on one of the islands (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Barnacle Goose in front of the Activity centre (Alan Jackman)
March 29th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow all feeding low over the lake (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher male briefly perched on reeds at the back of the scrape (Philip Giles)
Landfill Viewing Point – Little Egret flying towards Black Swan, Great Black-backed Gull possible heading east, Great White Egret over heading north (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Swallow in front of the Activity Centre, Barnacle Goose just flew in (Philip Giles)
March 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Willow Warbler, 3 Sand Martin, Swallow through heading north west, 4 Oystercatcher three together plus a single, 6 Little Egret in two groups of three over south from their roost at Twyford (FJC); 3 Swallow over the Landfill from Ron’s hide (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Sand Martin towards the west end, Willow Warbler near the Yellow gate (FJC); Redpoll on path between Teal and Ron’s hide (Simon Huggins); 3 Swallow lingering over the Landfill from Bittern hide (Dave Rimes)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 2 Willow Warbler (FJC)
Landfill Viewing Point – Kingfisher (Steve Clarke)
March 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Willow Warbler near Ron’s hide and 30-40m north in hedgerow singing at times, 2 Common Gull, 22 Teal, 14 Wigeon, 16 Gadwall, 23 Shoveler, 6 Swallow through north west quickly just south of Ron’s hide (FJC); Sand Martin mobile over the lake, Green Sandpiper in south east bay (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Sand Martin towards the west end (FJC); Willow Warbler singing along path to Bittern hide (Dave Rimes); 2 Snipe by the mound of reeds off to the right (Gethin Craig)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on the largest island (Gethin Craig)
Black Swan Lake – 8 Sand Martin lingering on west side, Swallow through earlier (Brian Bennett)
March 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Blackcap between Ron’s hide and Lavell’s lay-by, 3 Willow Warbler two single’s either side of Ron’s hide with a 3rd reported near Renton’s screen, Raven in high around 700ft from the west then drifted off south east, 2 Sand Martin above south west corner, 2 Sparrowhawk displaying south to north (FJC); 3 Siskin, Green Woodpecker just past the Green bridge (Steve Clarke); Peregrine high over heading towards Whistley Green, Kestrel hovering high over landfill (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Blackcap by the Yellow gate (Steve Clarke)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 2 Peregrine a pair flew low from Showcase Cinema north east over the A329 (Dave Rimes)
Willow Warbler at Lea Farm Lake – Don Broadbridge
March 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Willow Warbler singing along the hedge north of Ron’s hide (Rick Dawson)
March 24th
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Sand Martin lingering over the lake seen from Bittern hide (Dave Rimes)
Black Swan Lake – Sand Martin feeding over Goat island (Brian Bennett)
March 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – Blackcap by the feeder’s at Ron’s hide, Snipe from Renton’s on the banks looking towards Ron’s hide (Gethin Craig)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap singing towards the end of path to Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher on one of the island (Alan Jackman)
The Moor – 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Redwing over at the north end (FJC)
March 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Oystercatcher on the scrape (Adam Duff); Snipe on the bund (Brian Crathorne)
March 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Meadow Pipit over heading north, Snipe 20m left of pipe, 4 Skylark, 2 Common Gull, 4 Little Egret singles heading south spread over 20 mins, Blackcap (FJC); Green Sandpiper on the south west shoreline left of the reeds, 2 Oystercatchers in the south east island north (Pete Lunn); 3 Oystercatcher together on small island in the north east corner (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Blackcap around the site, 4+ Chiffchaff spread across south side (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on north island opposite bench (Pete Lunn); 6 Pochard, 17 Shoveler, 32 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Gull, 4 Herring Gull on the central islands (Dave Rimes)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail over the Activity Centre (FJC); Peregrine circling over south end viewed from the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)
March 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Gull, 4 Lesser-black Backed Gull, 16+ Teal, 18 Wigeon, 8 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap singing 30m west of the Yellow gate at the west end (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Sand Martin over Goat Island from the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)
March 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Barnacle Goose by the jetty at the Activity Centre (Philip Giles); Raven over being mobbed by other corvids (Rick Dawson)
Lavell’s Lake – Blackcap singing by Jerry’s bench (Peter Scudamore); 2 Buzzard mating in tall poplar, Bullfinch flew into Bittern hide feeder area but not re-located (Rick Dawson)
March 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in the north east corner (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe in reeds to the right of reed pile (Pete Lunn)
March 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Mandarin Duck male on Loddon behind Ron’s hide, Goosander male at the north end (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe at the end of bund seen from Bittern hide (Philip Giles); Little Grebe seen from Teal Hide (Sally Bryson-Bond)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female, 2 Oystercatcher (Philip Giles); 2 Redpoll at the west end of the lake (Alan Jackman)
March 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on island in front of Ron’s hide (Philip Giles); Goosander male at the north end, 2 Grey Wagtail behind Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Snipe at the end of bund, Chaffinch male under feeder’s behind Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); Reed Bunting male under the feeder’s at Bittern hide (Gethin Craig)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female, 4 Siskin towards the west end of the lake (Alan Jackman); Oystercatcher (Philip Giles)
March 15th
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler calling to the right of the Bittern hide, 4 Snipe far end of bund on pile of cut reeds (Philip Giles)
Landfill Viewing Point – Goosander male over towards Sandford, 2 Great Black-backed Gull heading south west (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female, 20+ Shoveler, Cetti’s Warbler seen in laid hedge in small bay behind hide (FJC)
Heron’s Water – 6+ Redwing around weir by along the Loddon (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 65+ Wigeon (FJC)
White Swan Lake – Cetti’s Warbler heard by reeds (FJC)
March 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Little-ringed Plover heard only in misty conditions (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler calling towards the landfill opposite Bittern hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas); 3 Snipe in the long reeds at the far end of the bund (Philip Giles); 2 Treecreeper on the walk between Bittern and Teal hides (Sam Marchant)
Landfill Viewing Point – 2 Skylark (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 7 Pochard, 3 Chiffchaff (FJC); Grey Wagtail on path near lay-by on Sandford Lane (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail, 20+ Wigeon, 20+ Gadwall all near the Activity Centre (FJC); 20+ Greenfinch in the laurel by the Activity Centre car park at dusk (Anna Butcher)
White Swan Lake – 2 Redpoll in tree near the Wooden bridge over the Loddon (Tim James)
March 13th
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Snipe by the reed piles (Steve Brooker)
March 12th
Sandford Lake – Goosander male and female, 2 Oystercatcher (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Oystercatcher on Tern raft opposite the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
March 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in the north east corner (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe at the far end of bund, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull on bund (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher on the large island (Philip Giles)
White Swan Lake – Firecrest male by the Colemansmoor entrance to the park was singing above the busy public footpath by the Loddon towards the lake (Dave Rimes)
Firecrest male towards White Swan Lake – Dave Rimes
March 10th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Siskin two males and a female in bush by Loddon near the Green bridge, 2 Chiffchaff, Nuthatch all on opposite bank of Loddon behind Ron’s hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female (Philip Giles); 2 Pochard male and female (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
March 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeder’s (Philip Giles); Reed Bunting male under feeder’s, Chaffinch female under the feeder’s, 30 Redwing in trees behind Renton’s screen on the other side of Loddon (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler singing in reeds near Teal hide, Little Egret on the Loddon near Teal Hide (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Green Woodpecker (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, Cetti’s Warbler singing (Brian Crathorne); 2 Goosander male and female, 2 Oystercatcher on an island (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Barnacle Goose between the jetties by the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
March 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Mandarin Duck male swimming left of new hide, 9 Common Gull, 44 Wigeon (FJC); 3 Oystercatcher (Don Broadbridge); 3 Reed Bunting two males and a female on the feeder’s (Sam Marchant)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail showing at far end towards the middle cutting through reeds (Peter Scudamore); Cetti’s Warbler in reeds opposite Teal hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander on a small island, Pochard male (Paul Doctor); 6 Pochard four males plus two female, Goldcrest on the Loddon bank near exit gate to Sandford Lane (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Heron’s Water – 20+ Siskin (Peter Scudamore)
March 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 8 Chiffchaff, 3 Redpoll opposite Ron’s hide along the Loddon (Stephen Clarke)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander (Stephen Clarke)
March 6th
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret seen from Bittern hide flew in and landed on the bund for a short time then flew off towards Lea Farm (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on a small island (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Oystercatcher on the Tern raft (Philip Giles)
March 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper at the base of the new hide preening and hardly moving for 30 minutes then went looking for food, 2 Oystercatcher on the middle island and mobile (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail from Teal hide (Sally Bryson-Bond); Sparrowhawk in hot pursuit of a Ring-necked Parakeet on the path to Bittern hide (Eddie Napper)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on a small island, 2 Oystercatcher just flew in (Philip Giles)
March 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 26 Common Gull, 8 Egyptian Geese pair with 6 young goslings (FJC)
Old Golf Course – 4 Oystercatcher over (Barbara Stephenson)
White Swan Lake – 2 Kingfisher near the Wooden bridge over the Loddon (Dave Rimes)
March 3rd
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Snipe on the bund from Bittern hide, Little Egret from Teal hide (Philip Giles)
March 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander on the Loddon (Alan Jackman); 500+ Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Siberian Chiffchaff seen well this morning several times in excellent light (Andy Tomczynski); 4 Goosander, 2 Oystercatcher (Alan Jackman); 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Chris Elliot)
March 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Oystercatcher, Lesser Redpoll, 12 Chiffchaff between Ron’s & Renton’s gates (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail, Chaffinch, Nuthatch (Stephen Clarke)
Sandford Lake – Siberian Chiffchaff in the north west corner 80m from Yellow gate, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Oystercatcher, Cetti’s Warbler vocal and visible in ditch/backwater (FJC); Goosander male (Tim James); 2 Goosander asleep on the islands, 2 Cetti’s Warbler (Marek Walford)
Siberian Chiffchaff at Sandford Lake – Dave Rimes
