November 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Egret (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern preening on main island from Bittern hide, Great White Egret in front of Bittern hide, 2 Little Egret also in front of Bittern hide (Les Blundell); 2 Lapwing, Bullfinch (Brian Crathorne)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander both males in the north west corner (Les Blundell)
November 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the north west corner, Water Rail under the feeders and then it moved to the reeds (Tim James)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goosander both males between the islands (Tim James)
2 Male Goosander at Black Swan Lake – Roger Stansfield
November 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat feeding in the weedy area beyond the north east lake edge (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret, Little Egret both on the far side of the lake (Ralph Watts)
November 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat on fence, 2 Raven low to the north west beyond far landfill, 70+ Redwing south east of the landfill, 50+ Lapwing east of landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret, Snipe asleep, Water Rail near the hide (FJC)
November 26th
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret, Jack Snipe on the Bund from Bittern Hide (Rick Dawson)
Jack Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – FJC
November 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Gull flying over the hide, 2 Nuthatch on the feeders (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on the Scrape (Diana Wass); 2 Snipe at the back of the Scrape (FJC); Little Egret (Bob Bennett)
November 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat on the fence (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on the Scrape (Brian Bennett); 2 Snipe by a sleeping Fox, Fieldfare, Water Rail, 8 Little Egret (Lee Ellams)
November 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on the scrape, Water Rail showing well right of hide in cut reeds on scrape, Little Egret (Peter Scudamore); 2 Water Rail seen and heard at both ends of reed bed behind Bund, Woodcock flew over tarmac path then south east towards the car park (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 8 Little Egret together on northern side, 25 Pochard, 124 Tufted Duck, 27 Shoveler, 14 Gadwall, Cetti’s Warbler calling along western reeds (Michael Hubbard)
November 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret flew in from the west and settled in north east corner (Colin Holmes); Stonechat male, 2 Goosander just left low over trees in direction of Sandford/Black Swan (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret taking off (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – 2 Snipe, 3 Little Egret (Nick Kightley); 9 Little Egret (Alan Jackman)
Great White Egret taking off at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
November 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, 2 Common Gull, Little Egret, Nuthatch on feeder (Suren Akkaraju)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret (Bob Loades)
Sandford Lake – 2 Sparrowhawk male and female, 2 Red-crested Pochard male and female, 2 Common Gull, 3 Little Egret (Suren Akkaraju)
November 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Egret heading south west, 140 Greylag Geese, 120 Black-headed Gull, 6 Common Gull, 2 Gadwall, 2 Pochard, 3 Tufted Duck, 6 Teal (Adam Wigley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret by the edge of reeds next to Bund (Sally Bryson-Bond); 2 Water Rail showing well (FJC); 17 Shoveler 12 male and 5 females, Little Egret (Trevor Guyatt)
Sandford Lake – 10+ Pochard, 11 Little Egret, 3 perched North side, 3 South side, 6 in reeds on the northern shore, 4 Snipe under trees of largest island facing west, Chiffchaff in the Willows near Yellow Gate (FJC)
November 19th
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on the Bund (Geoff Emmett)
November 18th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat on fence, Little Grebe (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret, 2 Siskin in trees above Teal hide (Richard Marsh); 16 Pochard (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 3 Little Egret, Common Gull (Nick Kightley)
November 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat on fence (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on the Scrape (Brian Bennett); Water Rail calling from scrape (Les Blundell)
The lethal bill of the Great White Egret at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
November 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Siskin in Goldfinch flock outside Ron’s, 2 Stonechat, Water Rail at Teal hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret still at Bittern hide (Nick Kightley); Little Egret on the Bund (Simon Proddow)
November 15th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Great White Egret flew over heading north (Steve Clarke); 2 Stonechat, 2 Nuthatch, Treecreeper in Willow before Ron’s hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret still at Bittern hide, Sparrowhawk waiting for Starling roost on the island, Kingfisher, Water Rail, 3 Snipe (Nick Kightley); Little Egret, Great White Egret from Bittern Hide then flew off and seen 10 minutes later from Teal Hide (Brian Crathorne)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher (Richard Marsh)
Great White Egret in front of Bittern hide at Lavell’s Lake – Richard Marsh
November 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Stonechat, Green Sandpiper (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on scrape in front of Bittern hide, Little Egret in stream by Car Park bridge (Adam Wigley)
Sandford Lake – 3 Siskin in part of a large mixed flock with other finches on perimeter of the lake (Ben Knowles)
Great White Egret on the Tern Scrape at Lavell’s Lake – FJC
November 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 40+ Redwing heading north west in two flocks of 20+, Kestrel flying beyond landfill, Stonechat on fence, 150+ Goldfinch and Siskin in a mixed flock in and around an Alder opposite Ron’s hide, Great White Egret in the south west corner, 42+ Common Gull (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret on scrape outside Bittern hide (Matthew Joyce); Bittern seen from Teal Hide as it flew across the water into reeds from the right (Andy Tomczynski)
Sandford Lake – Chiffchaff in lakeside Willows near yellow Gate in north west corner (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 3 Siskin over west calling (Dave Rimes)
42+ Common Gulls at Lea Farm Lake – Alan Jackman
November 12th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south west corner (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – 2000+ Starling seen from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
2000+ Starling at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Jackman
November 11th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat on fence, Great White Egret SW corner (Tim James); 2 Snipe (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret seen from Bittern hide (Linda Miller)
November 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Egret, 2 Stonechat on the fence wires on the east shore, 2 Goldcrest seen from the path near the Green Bridge (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe, Little Egret, 11 Shoveler, Sparrowhawk male in Willow tree on the island (Bob Bennett); Lesser Whitethroat in the Sloes at end of Bittern hide path adjacent road (Anne Cronin)
Sandford Lake – Little Egret on the north shore, Cetti’s Warbler (Bob Bennett)
November 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Nuthatch (Richard Marsh); 16 Fieldfare, Little Grebe (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe, 2 Little Grebe (Richard Marsh); 2000+ Starling over reeds for 40 minutes (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – Red Crested Pochard male seen from bench on North side (Anne Cronin)
Male Red Crested Pochard at Sandford Lake – FJC
November 7th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Water Rail very noisy in nearest reeds in scrape (FJC)
Landfill – 2 Fieldfare heading north, 14 Redwing, 2 Raven SE from the bottom of the Car Park field (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Pochard, 10 Wigeon, 20 Gadwall, 30 Tufted Duck (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 8 Pochard (FJC)
November 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 700+ Redwing a steady passage west north west with some quite large groups of up to 300, 15 Meadow Pipit, 2 Stonechat, 50 Chaffinch in groups of 5-10 heading west and south west, Kestrel hovering beyond the north east corner (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Chiffchaff heard near Teal hide, 10 Fieldfare heading west north west in 2 groups (FJC)
November 5th
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk male in Oak near Bittern hide (Geoff Emmett)
Male Sparrowhawk at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Lavell’s Lake – 15+ Redwing in the large Hawthorn in the corner of the Car Park field (Anne Cronin); Cetti’s Warbler, Water Rail (Nick Kightley)
Landfill – Kestrel (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 20 Pochard (Anne Cronin)
November 3rd
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret feeding at the back of Scrape in front of Bittern hide (Peter Scudamore); Sparrowhawk male (Matthew Joyce)
November 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Chiffchaff in reeds to left of hide then flew across hide to the south and lost to sight (Tim James)
November 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat, 2 Little Egret (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail calling, 1300+ Starling dropping into reeds to the right of Bittern hide, 2 Bittern just flown into the central reed bed to the right of island (Nick Kightley); Great White Egret flew in and on to the Bund, 2 Snipe (Don Broadbridge)
