October 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Common Gull seen from Ron’s hide (Peter Driver); 3 Common Gull, Green Sandpiper all from Ron’s hide (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail, Little Grebe from Teal hide, Treecreeper on path from Teal hide to Bittern hide, 6 Snipe on the Bund at Bittern, Chaffinch female under the feeder’s (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Fieldfare in a hedge near the car park (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 2000+ Starling leaving their roost heading east (FJC)
October 30th
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 1500+ Starling leaving their roost, Sparrowhawk following the Starling, 25+ Chaffinch in small groups of 5+ heading west, 500+ Wood Pigeon in various sized group heading east to east south east, Water Rail calling from Balancing Pool, 4 Little Egret heading north (FJC)
October 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Firecrest on the river bank on the path to Ron’s hide (Kevin Shea)
October 28th
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 2 Mistle Thrush heading north west, 200+ Redwing, 2+ Chaffinch, 4 Raven heading north west, 4 Reed Bunting, Sparrowhawk, 4 Meadow Pipit (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Pochard both males, 68 Tufted Duck (FJC)
October 27th
Lavell’s Lake – Merlin possible over north near Bittern hide (FJC)
October 26th
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – 2 Siskin in small copse (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 300+ Starling leaving their roost heading east, 400+ Wood Pigeon heading south, Mistle Thrush, 3+ Redwing, 10+ Chaffinch, Distant flocks of Siskin and Linnet, 2 Raven heading north (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 5 Wigeon seen from the east back (Tim James); 2 Swallow heading south from the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Raven sat on a pylon, Siskin over, Reed Bunting (Dave Rimes)
October 25th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat male and female on the fence line, Water Rail in front of Ron’s hide (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, Teal, Shoveler, Snipe (Steve Clarke)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Chiffchaff along the Emm Brook between the Activity Centre and the duck feeding area (Dave Rimes)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 10 Siskin briefly perched by the Loddon, Chaffinch (Dave Rimes)
October 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Chaffinch on the feeder’s (Steve Clarke); Snipe on the east shore (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Treecreeper on the feeder’s behind Bittern hide, Little Grebe from Teal hide, 2 Sparrowhawk, Water Rail calling (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – Meadow Pipit, 10 Redwing (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – Common Gull (Nick Kightley)
October 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Swallow flying around the lake, Nuthatch, Kingfisher both within the feeding area behind Bittern hide (Eddie Napper)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 8 Siskin over heard and seen (Dave Rimes)
October 22nd
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Snipe on the remaining Bund (Phil Sigley); 500+ Starling into the Bund’s reeds, Water Rail squealing, Reed Bunting, 2 Swallow flying around the lake (Michael Hubbard)
October 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Little Grebe near Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe from Teal hide, 2 Wigeon male and female from Teal hide (Ian Young); 6 Shoveler being 3 pairs from Bittern hide, 3 Snipe on flattened reeds to the right of Bittern hide, Water Rail under the Bittern hide feeder’s (Kelvin Sparks); 500+ Starling putting on a great display, Sparrowhawk after it’s dinner (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Firecrest along the path on the east side of the Activity Centre car park, Mistle Thrush, Great Spotted Woodpecker both in the tallest tree on the Old Golf Course (Roger Stansfield)
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher seen at the south end (Alan Jackman)
October 20th
Lavell’s Lake – 400+ Starling coming out of their roost in the reeds near Teal hide, Sparrowhawk in attendance, 2 Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, Water Rail calling from the reeds all seen from Teal hide, Snipe towards the back of the Bund from Bittern hide (Steve Clarke)
October 19th
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 30+ Redwing heading south west (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Firecrest along the Emm Brook south of the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)
October 18th
Lavell’s Lake- Treecreeper in trees behind Bittern hide, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cetti’s Warbler calling (Lorna Akers-Douglas); Little Grebe, 2 Wigeon, 12 Gadwall, Water Rail calling regularly, 300+ Starling over the reeds, Sparrowhawk female close by (Michael Hubbard)
Black Swan Lake – Siskin heard overhead (Dave Rimes)
October 17th
Lavell’s Lake- Cetti’s Warbler heard from Teal hide (Sally Bryson-Bond)
October 16th
Lavell’s Lake- 2 Snipe on the cut reeds, 3 Wigeon, 6 Shoveler, 18 Gadwall, 15 Tufted Duck (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – 4 Redpoll in the large Hawthorne tree, 50 Redwing over, Meadow Pipit (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Kingfisher flying low around the large island, 110 Tufted Duck, 5 Pochard, 3 Wigeon all seen from Lin’s bench (Michael Hubbard)
October 13th
Lavell’s Lake- 10 Gadwall, 5 Snipe, 3 Shoveler, Wigeon all from Bittern hide (Steve Clarke); 3 Wigeon from Teal hide (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 100+ Meadow Pipit lingering on the Landfill, 3 Mistle Thrush heading south, 3 Chaffinch heading south, 5 Reed Bunting over low, 5 Greenfinch, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel (FJC)
October 12th
Lavell’s Lake- 5 Skylark in groups of two and three, 3 Mistle Thrush over the Landfill heading south (FJC); 10 Gadwall from Teal hide, 400+ Starling leaving their roost, Little Grebe from Teal hide (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 3 Swallow, 35 Meadow Pipit dropping onto the Landfill, 230 Redwing in groups of up to 35 (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher, Cetti’s Warbler on the path (Steve Clarke)
October 11th
Mortimer’s Meadow – Great White Egret heading south towards Earley (Dave Rimes)
Great White Egret over Mortimer’s Meadow – Dave Rimes
October 8th
Lavell’s Lake- Little Grebe from Teal hide, 2 Wigeon, Gadwall (Sally Bryson-Bond); 2 Snipe on the Bund (Richard Sajdak)
October 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail calling near Ron’s hide (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake- Kingfisher from Bittern hide, Little Grebe from Teal hide, Grey Wagtail near the Loddon (Alan Jackman)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff both in the central hedge, Kingfisher on the Loddon under Bader Way (Dave Rimes)
October 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Chiffchaff in a Tit flock near Ron’s hide, 2 Meadow Pipit, Kestrel, Snipe, Common Gull (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake- 4+ Chiffchaff in a Tit flock on the opposite side of the Loddon, 3 Snipe on reeds on the Bund, Water Rail heard close by (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 4 Skylark, 7 Redwing in one’s and two’s, 25 Swallow in groups of two up to nine, 45 House Martin in various group sizes (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 100+ House Martin over south heading south east (FJC)
October 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret dropped into the north east corner then left over Lodge wood (FJC); Water Rail calling, 43 Teal, 186 Greylag Geese, 113 Canada Geese, 15 Shoveler (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake- Little Grebe from Teal hide, Teal, Wigeon both seen from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); Kestrel on wires near the Barn Owl Box in the meadow (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – Great White Egret seen flying over towards Lea Farm Lake (Trevor Guyatt); 10 Redwing seen flying around the Landfill, 3 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark, 50+ House Martin in groups of three to nine heading south east, 40+ Swallow in groups of three to seven heading south east (FJC)
October 4th
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 10 Skylark all heading south, 35 Swallow heading south east, 13 House Martin over the Landfill, 10 Chaffinch some heading west north west, 70 Redwing mostly going south west some went north east, 23 Linnet heading south in three groups, 15 Meadow Pipit in small groups heading south, 3 Mistle Thrush heading towards Lodge wood, Grey Wagtail (FJC)
October 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Nuthatch on the feeder’s (Sally Bryson-Bond); Water Rail near Ron’s hide, Stonechat on the fence line (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake- Short Eared Owl over heading towards Lea Farm Lake, Redwing over, Cetti’s Warbler from Teal hide (Nick Kightley); Little Grebe from Teal hide (Andy Dearing)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Swallow over, Chiffchaff, Blackcap in numerous large Tit flocks (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake Viewing Point – 200+ mixed Swallow and House Martin over the Landfill, Chaffinch, Meadow Pipit over (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Wigeon (Nick Kightley)
October 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat on fence line seen from Ron’s hide (Richard Sajdak)
October 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Stonechat on fence line, Swallow over the Loddon (Nick Kightley); Cetti’s Warbler, Water Rail, Little Grebe, 6+ House Martin through, Sand Martin through, 2 Swallow through, Bullfinch, 2 Nuthatch on the feeder’s (Dan Forder)
Lavell’s Lake- 4 House Martin over the lake (Nick Kightley); 3 Water Rail showing well, Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Bullfinch (Dan Forder)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field – Blackcap (Nick Kightley); Grey Wagtail (Dan Forder)
Sandford Lake – 2 Cetti’s Warbler singing, 2 Grey Wagtail in the lay-by (Nick Kightley)
