May 29th
Lea Farm Lake – 10 Sand Martin, 2 Common Tern, Nuthatch on the feeders (Ella Wheeler), 20 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 5 Common Tern, 2 Gadwall, Shoveler, Oystercatcher, Common Sandpiper heard from the south west corner, Garden Warbler heard near Renton’s screen (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret from Teal hide, 6 Shoveler, Oystercatcher, 2 Common Tern (Ella Wheeler); 2 Reed Warbler (Michael Hubbard)
May 28th
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler (Brian Crathorne); Kingfisher flew past heading for the Loddon seen from Teal hide (Peter Scudamore)
Garden Warbler at Lavell’s Lake – Keith Seymour
May 25th
Lavell’s Viewing Point – 3 Oystercatcher circling noisily (FJC)
May 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Shoveler two male and a female, 10 Lapwing, 4 Common Tern, 20+ Sand Martin, 10+ House Martin, 20+ Swift, Skylark, Sparrowhawk (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – 30+ Swift, 10+ House Martin, Swallow all around the Activity Centre and Goat Island (Dave Rimes)
May 20th
Lavell’s Lake – Oystercatcher on the Bund, Shoveler male on the Bund, 2 Lapwing on the Bund (Peter Scudamore)
May 19th
Lea Farm Lake – 10 Sand Martin, 10 House Martin, 6 Common Tern, Little Egret (Brian Crathorne); Shoveler male, 4 Gadwall 3 males and a female, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher over heading north, 8 Common Tern, Cuckoo over twice (FJC); Hobby feeding over the lake, Blackcap, Chiffchaff both in the hedge (Bruce Irving)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler, Oystercatcher, Sparrowhawk, Common Tern also on the Bund (Brian Crathorne); Shoveler, Whitethroat (Steve Clarke); 4 Lapwing on the Bund (Peter Scudamore)
May 18th
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper (Steve Clarke)
May 17th
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret by Teal hide (Rob Lodge)
May 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Egret (Phil Sigley)
Lavell’s Lake – Shoveler, Cuckoo in the tall Poplar tree (Peter Scudamore); Cuckoo calling from behind the Sand Martin wall at Teal hide (Phil Sigley)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Hobby over (Dave Rimes)
May 15th
Lea Farm Lake – Garden Warbler on approach to Ron’s hide, Reed Warbler in reeds to the left of Ron’s hide (Gray Burfoot); Hobby catching insects, Common Sandpiper on the east shore, 4 Common Tern on the shingle bar, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Chiffchaff all three singing from within the hedge to the left of Ron’s, Cuckoo heard from close to Lavell’s Lake (Bruce Irving)
May 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper flew into the south west corner, Whitethroat singing in the north east corner, 6 Black-headed Gulls 3 pairs inspecting the raft (FJC); 2 Hobby seen along the Loddon then over Lodge Wood (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, Shoveler male, Common Tern all seen from Bittern hide, Reed Bunting showing behind the scrape (Peter Scudamore); 12+ Sand Martin flying in and out of the Teal hide wall, 2 Oystercatcher just flown onto the scrape, Cuckoo calling, Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler both in the reed beds (Michael Hubbard)
May 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 7 Common Tern, 2 Little Egret, 5 Gadwall, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker both on the feeder’s (Peter Scudamore); Peregrine being mobbed by a Hobby over towards Lavell’s (Roger Stansfield)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Hobby one just flew past the Sand Martin Wall opposite Teal hide, 10+ holes being used in the Sand Martin Wall opposite Teal hide (Peter Scudamore)
Hobby at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Jackman
Hobby at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Jackman
May 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Common Tern (Steve Clarke)
May 11th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Hobby seen from the Loddon path to Ron’s hide, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull on the main island, 4 Common Tern, Reed Warbler in reeds to the left of the hide (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Swallow, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Cuckoo seen from Teal hide (Steve Clarke)
May 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Cuckoo in a tree on the Landfill (Adam Wigley)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Common Tern, Reed Warbler singing behind Bittern hide (Adam Wigley)
May 8th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Common Tern (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo seen from Teal hide, Garden Warbler on the path to Bittern hide (Colin Holmes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on a pylon (Brian Bennett)
May 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Hobby, Stonechat (Nick Kightley)
May 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Sedge Warbler, 2 Hobby flying along the Loddon and Ron’s hide for 30 minutes (Brian Crathorne); 5 Common Tern (Peter Scudamore); 3 Gadwall mobile around the lake (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler singing, Reed Warbler singing, Cuckoo calling (Brian Crathorne); Shoveler seen from Bittern hide (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 20 Swift over the lake (FJC)
May 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Hobby flew past Ron’s hide heading north (Paul Doctor)
Lavell’s Lake – Sand Martin’s busy in the wall opposite Teal hide (Keith Seymour)
May 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher (Andy Dearing); 2 Common Tern, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Cuckoo flying south towards Lavell’s (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Sparrowhawk sat in tree (Steve Clarke)
Black Swan Lake – 6 Swift overhead near the Activity Centre, Common Tern on the left hand jetty at the Activity Centre (FJC)
May 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, Peregrine hunting along the Loddon (Keith Boseley)
May 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Cuckoo, 2 Common Tern, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Whitethroat by the Green Bridge (Nick Kightley); 2 Mandarin Duck male and female downstream from Renton’s Screen (Roger Stansfield)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat all singing near Bittern hide (Nick Kightley)
May 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Cuckoo calling (Suren Akkaraju); Common Sandpiper on the east shore (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo calling at the top of the Poplar (Tim James)
Sandford Lake – Garden Warbler near the Nixdorf Screen (Dave Rimes)
