November 30th
Lavell’s Lake – Bullfinch male near Jerry’s Bench (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 7 Reed Bunting flew from the Balancing Pool, 2 Chaffinch over, 13 Redwing in tree tops towards Lodge Wood, 3 Meadow Pipit towards the far end of the Landfill, Great White Egret over flying towards Sandford (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Great White Egret on the east bank of Goat island (Tim James)
November 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret (Keith Boseley)
Lavell’s Lake – 6 Snipe on the grass at the end of the Bund (Adam Wigley)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 6 Little Egret over heading towards Lea Farm Lake (Alan Jackman)
November 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Great White Egret (Kevin Shea)
November 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe sleeping on the Bund seen from Bittern hide (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret, 6 Little Egret (Tim James)
November 22nd
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe, Wigeon, Gadwall all from Teal hide, Ring-necked Parakeet, Water Rail both around the Bittern hide feeding station (Simon Heffer)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine on it’s usual pylon (Dave Rimes)
Peregrine on a pylon in Mortimer’s Meadow – Dave Rimes
November 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret from Ron’s hide (Paul Hampton)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe from Teal hide (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret towards the western end (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Great White Egret towards the islands, Kingfisher (Alan Jackman)
November 18th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goldcrest on the path to Ron’s hide by the first bridge (Rupert Woodman)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail under the Bittern hide feeder’s, Chaffinch male, Lapwing on the Bund (Rupert Woodman); Snipe, Common Gull on the Bund , Little Grebe from Teal hide (Adam Wigley)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – Raven in a tree on the north side of the Landfill (Adam Wigley)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret towards the east end (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Goosander all female on the eastern side (Marion Davies)
November 17th
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail calling from both ends of the lake, Raven over heading south east (FJC); 14 Teal, 26 Gadwall, 12 Wigeon, Little Grebe all from Teal hide (Steve Clarke); 2 Bullfinch both males near Jerry’s Bench (Tim James); Sparrowhawk after the Starling’s (Paul Etherton)
Sandford Lake – 32 Pochard, 141 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher flew past the hide, 10 Little Egret on the north side, 2 Great White Egret roosted on Old Tern island but mobile around the lake (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 16 Pochard in Coot Bay (Steve Clarke)
2 Great White Egret on Sandford Lake – FJC
November 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south west bay, 40 Cormorant over the lake (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Smew female seen from Bittern hide, 9 Fieldfare towards the south west, Great White Egret flying in from the north (FJC); Water Rail Calling (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 10000+ Starling leaving their roost in the reeds, 3 Little Egret in from the north, Chiffchaff calling from the Balancing Pond reeds (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Great White Egret one near the hide in the reeds and the second on the east side (FJC); Chiffchaff calling from nearest island to the viewpoint (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Kestrel over hunting, 3 Redwing, Green Woodpecker (Steve Clarke)
Female Smew on Lavell’s Lake – Alan Jackman
Female Smew on Lavell’s Lake – FJC
Great White Egret on Sandford Lake – FJC
November 15th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret just flew off (Andy Tomczynski)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher on post, 2 Chaffinch male and female under the feeder’s (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret on one of the island’s (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – Kestrel on wires near the Old Golf Course (Alan Jackman)
November 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret towards the northern shore, Little Egret, 3 Snipe, Lapwing, 2 Stonechat in the rough grass in the north east corner, Herring Gull, 2 Stock Dove drinking, 2 Kingfisher, Crow with whitish wings, Shelduck in front of Ron’s hide, Green Sandpiper very mobile (Dan Forder)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk disturbing the Starling’s (Bruce Irvine)
November 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret off the north east spit (FJC); Shelduck to the right of Ron’s hide (Steve Robertson)
Lavell’s Lake – 6+ Snipe on the Bund, Common Gull, Kingfisher (Sally Bryson-Bond)
November 12th
Lea Farm Lake – Chiffchaff on path to Ron’s hide (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe on the Bund, Sparrowhawk over and through (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Chiffchaff calling (Brian Crathorne)
November 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper in front of Ron’s hide, 2 Common Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 100+ Black-headed Gull (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 5000+ Starling preparing to go to roost (FJC)
November 10th
Lea Farm Lake – 32 Teal, 2 Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, 6 Shoveler, 2 Stonechat a pair on the boundary fence (FJC); 2 Common Gull, Lapwing (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Snipe, Lapwing from Bittern hide (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – Snipe over towards the east, 36+ Cormorant over heading towards Black Swan (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Chiffchaff calling in a Willow in the north west corner (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Pintail female on the west side between the islands (FJC); Kingfisher (Peter Scudamore)
November 9th
Lavell’s Lake – 20+ Wigeon, 50+ Gadwall seen from Teal hide (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 2 Raven over heading north calling constantly (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 50+ Tufted Duck (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 12 Pochard (FJC)
November 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Woodpecker near the gate on the east shore (Rupert Woodman)
Lavell’s Lake – Wigeon, Shoveler, Gadwall, Teal (Rupert Woodman)
Black Swan Lake – Goldcrest with a flock of Long Tailed Tits (Rupert Woodman)
November 7th
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk waiting for a Starling dinner from Bittern hide (Kevin Shea)
November 5th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Raven over the lake, Great White Egret over the lake at about 150 feet heading towards Lavell’s (FJC); 2 Stonechat on the fence line in the scrub (Nick Kightley)
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher, Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler, Siskin (FJC)
November 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Common Gull , 2 Herring Gull, Water Rail heard from Ron’s hide (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail heard from Teal hide (Brian Crathorne); Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Snipe, Nuthatch, Kingfisher (Stephan Watcham); 11 Wigeon, 24 Gadwall from Teal hide (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – Peregrine over heading north, 2 Kingfisher near the hide the second along the Loddon, 16 Pochard 11 males and 5 females, 80 Tufted Duck towards the east end (Michael Hubbard)
White Swan Lake – 7 Red Crested Pochard 6 males and a female on the north end (Alan Jackman)
Red Crested Pochards on White Swan Lake – FJC
November 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Gray Wagtail near the river by Renton’s screen, Nuthatch on the feeder’s by Ron’s hide (Adrian Bull)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail heard in the reeds at Bittern (Adrian Bull); Nuthatch, Chaffinch both on the Bittern hide feeder’s, Treecreeper to the left of the feeder’s (Alex Warren)
November 1st
Lavell’s Lake – 45 Shoveler, 25 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 30 Mallard, 58 Tufted Duck, 3000+ Starling murmuration into the Reeds at Bittern hide, Water Rail heard twice, Barn Owl at the entrance to the Box in the meadow (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 10 Pochard 7 males and 3 Females, Shoveler, 11 Gadwall, 46 Tufted Duck (Michael Hubbard)
