May 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Sedge Warbler in front of Ron’s hide (Steve Clarke): 3 Little Ringed Plover in the south west corner, Oystercatcher (Dave Rimes); 8 Mute Swan two adults with six cygnets, 4+ Sand Martin using the wall (Roger Powell)
Lavell’s Lake – Lapwing, Oystercatcher (Pete Lunn)
White Swan Lake – 3 Kingfisher possible family on the Loddon (Pete Lunn)
May 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, Wigeon male, 12+ Common Tern, Grey Wagtail (Dave Rimes)
May 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Ringed Plover, 2 Oystercatcher (Dave Rimes); Wigeon male (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker with adult feeding a juvenile in tree (Philip Giles)
May 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Wigeon male on the shingle island, 10+ Common Tern nine on the raft with a few flying around, 7 Lapwing (FJC); Mandarin Duck male on east bank (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Treecreeper being a family party by the gate to Teal Meadow moving slowly west towards fallen Oak (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 11 Swift overhead (FJC)
May 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Little Ringed Plover in the south west corner, 4 Lapwing flying around, 12 Common Tern on the raft (Steve Clarke)
May 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Wigeon male on the shingle island (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Shoveler male, 2 Lapwing, Cuckoo over to the left on the island (Steve Clarke)
Sandford Lake – Chaffinch singing near far end of the Aviation Museum east of horse paddock close to WW2 bunker (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Swift overhead, Grey Wagtail on the jetty at the Activity Centre beach, Cuckoo calling over Goat island (Steve Clarke)
May 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 12 Common Tern on right hand raft, 2 Little Ringed Plover male and female in the south west corner, 8 Mute Swan two adults with six cygnets, 9 Gadwall including two pairs plus four males and a female, Kingfisher flew by without calling, Great Crested Grebe’s nest still on old shingle island, 4+ Lapwing, Whitethroat singing occasionally just after river junction beyond Ron’s hide in dense bramble (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Shoveler male, Garden Warbler singing behind scrape, Lapwing on the Bund (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 15 Gadwall, Little Egret, 3 Reed Warbler two in the south west corner reeds, Garden Warbler on the west side (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail both on the Activity Centre beach (FJC)
White Swan Lake – 3+ Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler singing near the Loddon (FJC)
May 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Hen Harrier being seriously mobbed by Rooks near Renton’s Screen (Colin Weedon); Mandarin Duck male on the Loddon between the Green bridge and Ron’s hide, 9 Common Tern on the right hand raft, 15+ Sand Martin have visited the top half of the wall and gone in but very sporadic, 5 Heron two adults with three juveniles together on north bank, 3 Oystercatcher, Cuckoo calling from behind trees in the south west corner, Reed Warbler near Ron’s hide (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting all calling from the reed bed facing Sand Martin wall from Teal hide, Kingfisher flew south east towards Bittern Hide, 2 Little Egret over north towards Lea Farm (Michael Hubbard)
Reed Warbler at Lea Farm Lake – Michael Hubbard
May 19th
Lea Farm Lake – 20 House Martin collecting mud from north spit (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Cuckoo seen from Bittern hide mating in tree just to the left of the Poplar (Tim James)
May 18th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Cuckoo flew over to Lodge Woods, 10 Common Tern, 5 Lapwing (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo in trees on the island opposite Teal hide (Tim James)
Black Swan Lake – 30+ Swift seen near the picnic area on the west side FJC)
May 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Lapwing, Oystercatcher, 9 Gadwall, 3 Teal, Little Ringed Plover, Cuckoo calling beyond the south west corner (FJC); 8 Common Tern on the right hand raft (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo in the big tree left of the Alder from Teal hide (Steve Clarke)
2 Cuckoo’s at Lavell’s Lake – Joseph Dix
May 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher, 20+ House Martin over the north spit island, 7 Common Tern mostly on the right hand raft, 4 Great Crested Grebe being 2 pairs nesting one pair on the old shingle island and the second in the north east bay reeds, Little Ringed Plover in the south west corner (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Cuckoo to the left of Teal hide (Philip Giles)
May 15th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper in the south west corner (Alan Jackman); 2 Common Terns on the right raft, 2 Little Ringed Plover one in the south west corner the second on the north east spit, 2 Teal male and female in south west bay (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo heard from Teal hide (Philip Giles); Cuckoo calling and showing well in Trees opposite Bittern hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas); Cuckoo showing very well in trees behind Teal scrape (Trevor Guyatt)
May 14th
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo flying over the lake (Alan Absolom); Little Ringed Plover on the Bund (Philip Giles)
May 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Sandpiper, Cuckoo calling from Lodge Woods, Skylark singing over the Landfill, Common Tern landed on the raft for first time (Nick Kightley); 4 Common Tern (Angela Gunn); Reed Warbler showing well (Kevin Starley); 2 Cuckoo one calling from the other side of the Sand Martin wall as another flew towards Lodge wood, 3+ House Martin mud collecting on the north east beach, Oystercatcher on the main island (Keith Seymour)
May 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Oystercatcher, 2 Teal male and female, 14 Gadwall, Common Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo calling heard from Teal hide (Sally Bryson-Bond)
May 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Teal, 2 Lapwing, 6 Common Tern (Steve Clarke); 2 Teal, 3 Lapwing, a few Sand Martin going in the wall, Peregrine over north west bay east over landfill then south east with prey (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo flew out of the Poplar and chased away north by Jackdaws (FJC); Reed Bunting in flowering Hawthorn on the right of the scrape (Rupert Woodman); Kingfisher flew along Loddon near the Mill (Alan Jackman)
Landfill Viewing Point – Cuckoo calling from Lavell’s (FJC)
May 10th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Teal male and female, 44 Mallard, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover male and female in the south west corner (FJC); 4 Lapwing, in the north east corner, 3 Little Egret on the east shore, Nuthatch on the feeder’s, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull on the shingle island (Bob Bennett); Reed Warbler from the right of Ron’s hide, Hobby over (Gray Burfoot); 6 House Martin collecting mud from the north spit (Steve Clarke); 2 Treecreeper by the gate at Renton’s screen (Angela Gunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Oystercatcher (Simon Huggins); Hobby twice briefly in flight circling towards Lea Farm (Gray Burfoot); Lapwing, Shoveler male, 7 Swift overhead (FJC)
May 9th
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper, Little Egret, Hobby all from Bittern hide (Dave Rimes); Shoveler male, Oystercatcher, Hobby perched in Birch tree to the left of the main island (Trevor Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – 10 House Martin (Dave Rimes)
May 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Hobby over the north west corner, Kingfisher (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper on the Bund, Lapwing, Little Egret, Shoveler all on the scrape (Peter Scudamore); 2 Hobby from Bittern hide (Grant Evans)
May 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper on the north spit, 10+ House Martin collecting mud from the north spit, Hobby over heading towards Lodge Wood, 2 Little Ringed Plover on the north spit, Little Egret, 2 Lesser Black-back Gull, Herring Gull (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo calling, 2 Oystercatcher on the Bund (Trevor Guyatt); Hobby over hunting, 2 Gadwall, Shoveler male on the Bund, Sparrowhawk over towards the path to the car park (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 5 Swift over towards the Landfill (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Hobby over the south side (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Whitethroat singing at the south end, Sedge Warbler singing at the south end, 2 House Sparrow in the south hedge (Dave Rimes)
May 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Cuckoo calling, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 10+ Swallow, Common Sandpiper near the Activity Centre (FJC)
May 5th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Common Sandpiper in the north east corner, Yellow Wagtail on the east shore towards the south east corner, 40+ Swallow, 3+ House Martin, 3+ Swift all heading north (FJC); Hobby over the south west corner, Arctic Tern through north to south, Little Ringed Plover in the south west corner (Dave Rimes); 2 Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover in the north east corner (Andy Dearing)
Lavell’s Lake – Bullfinch female between the lake and the car park (Tim James)
Black Swan Lake – 20+ Swift over Picnic island (Tim James); 10+ Swift, 10 House Martin (Paul Bright-Thomas)
May 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Little Ringed Plover on the shingle island, 2 Lapwing in the south west corner, 2 Oystercatcher, Kingfisher, 4 Common Tern (Steve Clarke); 16 Greylag Geese with 4 adults and 12 goslings in two family groups (Sally Bryson-Bond)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Ringed Plover, Cuckoo calling, Lapwing, Shoveler, Cetti’s Warbler (Suren Akkaraju); 2 Oystercatcher, Reed Warbler (Stephen Abbot)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher (Suren Akkaraju)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Swift over Goat island heading north (Brian Bennett); Swift in large numbers with a few House Martin passing overhead (Patrick Crowley)
May 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Kingfisher one being a juvenile, 2 Common Tern, Grey Wagtail in front of Ron’s hide (Steve Clarke); 2 Little Ringed Plover male and female, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper all in the south west corner (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler near Betty’s bench, Shoveler (Steve Clarke); 10 House Martin, 2 Shoveler both male flew past (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Black Swan Lake – Mistle Thrush just east of the Activity Centre car park (FJC)
May 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Cuckoo calling in the south west corner, 2 Common Tern flying around the lake calling, Little Ringed Plover heard in the mist, Shoveler male (FJC); 10+ House Martin collecting mud in the south west corner, Little Ringed Plover in the south west corner (Roger Stansfield)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Common Sandpiper on the Bund, 2 Oystercatcher mating (Peter Scudamore); Garden Warbler near Jerry’s bench (Colin Holmes); Whitethroat singing in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
