September 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Jack Snipe seen from Ron’s hide bobbing for several minutes on shore to right of the new hide in line with fence with blue rope (Rick Dawson)
September 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on north spit from Renton’s screen, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); 40 Cormorant (Sally Bryson-Bond)
September 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher on rail in front of Ron’s hide, Great White Egret on bank near new hide, Little Egret, Common Sandpiper seen from Renton’s screen (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher perched at the far end left hand side from Bittern hide (Philip Giles); Great White Egret circled lake before heading towards Lea Farm, Cetti’s Warbler seen and heard frequently at junction of path towards Bittern Hide (Michael Hubbard)
September 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper in the north west corner, 17 Shoveler, 2 Stonechat male and female, 2 Skylark heading south east, 2 Chiffchaff in north west reeds, Snipe flew in from the Landfill, 10 Meadow Pipit (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper in front of Bitten hide, Grey Wagtail, 2 Snipe came out of the cut reeds at the far side opposite Bitten hide (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Viewing Point – 150+ Swallow a steady movement over just under an hour south east in groups of 10-20, Great White Egret flew east south east over Landfill (FJC)
September 26th
Lea Farm Lake – Sparrowhawk around the feeder’s at Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman); 3 Redwing over Landfill then flew into Lodge Wood, 2 Stonechat along the north east fence line, 12 Meadow Pipit over Landfill calling, 20 Swallow over north west, 200+ Greylag Geese on the Landfill, 25 Shoveler, 22 Teal, Common Sandpiper flew round the south west water fringe (Michael Hubbard)
September 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper to the left of Ron’s hide in the channel (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Great White Egret near large Poplar tree (Philip Giles); Water Rail in front of Bittern hide (Paul Wright)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Raven over heading north being mobbed by three Jackdaw’s (Michael Hubbard)
Water Rail in front of Bittern hide at Lavell’s Lake – Paul Wright
September 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher over low heading towards Lavell’s (Philip Giles); 3 Chiffchaff, Little Grebe both from Lin Singer bench (Richard Marsh)
September 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher showing well from Bittern hide (Philip Giles); Great White Egret chased off by a Heron (Kevin Starley)
Sandford Lake – Cetti’s Warbler singing in the north west corner (Chris Elliot)
Black Swan Lake – Common Gull near the feeding area (Tim James)
September 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – Little Grebe in front of Renton’s screen, Common Sandpiper from Renton’s screen towards Ron’s hide (Philip Giles); 2 Stonechat on boundary fence, 2 Wigeon on east marsh bund, 12+ Shoveler, Barnacle Goose assumed feral (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher briefly on post in front of Teal hide (Philip Giles)
September 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Chiffchaff in willow on the opposite side of river from Ron’s hide, 2 Common Sandpiper on the south spit island, 10 Meadow Pipit around the boundary fence and in the grass, 3 Stonechat on the boundary fence (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Little Grebe, 2 Wigeon (FJC)
September 20th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Chiffchaff in front of Ron’s hide, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Stonechat on the boundary fence, Snipe on the east shore (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 5+ Chiffchaff split between here and Sandford Lake (FJC); Snipe on the far side of scrape just in front of the cut reeds (Pete Lunn)
Landfill Viewing Point – 75 Meadow Pipit in groups of 5 to 15, 200+ Swallow steady movement south south east in groups of 10-20, 30+ House Martin (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 14 Shoveler, Little Grebe, 14 Teal, Wigeon, Tit flock on the west side with a Nuthatch, Treecreeper and several Chiffchaff (FJC)
September 19th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Mandarin Duck in the dusk I believe there were three males and a female (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe in front of Bittern hide, Green Sandpiper on scrape (Peter Scudamore)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher (Gethin Craig)
September 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper to the right of Ron’s hide (Roger Powell)
Sandford Lake – Snipe on island, Hobby over (Philip Giles)
September 17th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher seen from Teal hide (Kalveer Lehal)
September 16th
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on the scrape towards the far right side, Snipe on the far reed cutting’s (Pete Lunn)
Sandford Lake – Snipe on island (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – Sparrowhawk seen from the Activity Centre flew over towards Lavell’s (Pete Lunn)
September 14th
Lea Farm Lake – 55+ House Martin from Ron’s hide, Common Sandpiper, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtail, Kingfisher heading towards Lavell’s (Steve Clarke); Meadow Pipit along Loddon towards Loddon CP, 3+ Sand Martin, House Martin, numerous Swallow (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Lake – 14+ House Martin in two groups, 4 Blackcap (Steve Clarke); Kingfisher (Simon Tregidgo)
Landfill Viewing Point – 3 Meadow Pipit heading south, 350+ Hirundines over Lea Farm Lake to Lea Farm (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher close to the spit (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Black Swan Lake – 8 Meadow Pipit south, 10+ Sand Martin low over lake (FJC)
September 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper to the left of Renton’s edging their way towards Renton’s screen, Grey Wagtail in front of Renton’s screen (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Cetti’s Warbler calling by Jerry’s bench the second from back of the scrape, Snipe on scrape (FJC); Kingfisher sat on new post in front of Teal hide (Philip Giles); Little Grebe from Teal hide (Sally Bryson-Bond)
Landfill Viewing Point – Meadow Pipit over low south calling (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 8+ Chaffinch on walk to the Viewing Point (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 47 Shoveler, 21 Teal, Wigeon, 2 Kingfisher flying around nearest island to Lin Singer’s bench on the north side, Hobby just flew low towards Black Swan (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 230+ House Martin on the west and south fringes sticking low to trees, 40+ Swallow, 10 Sand Martin low over lake (FJC)
September 12th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper in extreme north east corner in front of left gate, At least 500 Geese on the landfill, Little Grebe adult in summer plumage in front of north spit near the new hide position (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher seen from Teal hide, 60 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag in front of Bittern hide (Gethin Craig)
Sandford Lake – 2 Wigeon towards the south east bank, 27 Shoveler, 25 Teal, 46 Gadwall, 33 Tufted Duck, 25 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, Kingfisher flew east-west across lake to reeds, Willow Warbler seen and heard just the other side of western path near gate, Cetti’s Warbler heard twice, Blackcap alarm calling too (Michael Hubbard)
September 11th
Lavell’s Lake – Common Snipe on scrape (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Large number of Sand Martin, House Martin and Swallow seen from the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
September 10th
Lea Farm Lake – Garden Warbler in front of Ron’s hide (Tim James); 2 Common Sandpiper together in the south west corner (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Jay, Swallow, 7 House Martin, 2 Buzzard, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Barnacle Goose with the Greylag’s, Great Spotted Woodpecker calling, Green Woodpecker calling, Nuthatch calling, 3 Chiffchaff all calling (Brian Clews)
September 9th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher going from perch to perch from Teal hide (Sally Bryson-Bond)
September 8th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Little Grebe in front of Ron’s hide seen from Renton’s screen (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail from the Teal hide on the opposite bank right of the Sand Martin wall, Kingfisher hovering around (Keith Seymour)
Sandford Lake – 4 Teal on spit to left of hide also visible from the path, 6 Shoveler with two in same corner as the Teal (Peter Scudamore)
September 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Wheatear Wheatear on the landfill on a leaning post beyond raft, Buzzard with corvid kill on a fencepost (Paul Bright-Thomas); 3 Kingfisher while walking along Loddon between Sandford Lane and the entrance to the locked hide (Ben Adams); White Wagtail on centre island (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Barnacle Goose in with a flock of 20 Canadian Geese from Bittern hide (Kevin Shea); Good numbers of hirundines including a couple of Sand Martin and 50+ House Martin (Paul Bright-Thomas); Common Sandpiper on the Bund towards the lake side (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Yellow Wagtail high over (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – 2 Wigeon both males in eclipse (Paul Bright-Thomas)
September 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 8 Teal, Mandarin Duck over heading south, Wheatear moving between east shore and new south spit shingle island (FJC); Grey Wagtail on new south spit island, Green Woodpecker adult female on skyline isolated tree above and left of Renton’s screen (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – 4+ Chiffchaff around the site in 2’s (FJC); Kingfisher flew right to left from Teal hide (Elaine Charlson)
Landfill Viewing Point – 6+ Chiffchaff in the Landfill hedgerow (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Chaffinch female (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – 17 Shoveler, 19 Teal (FJC); Little Grebe in front of the island by Lin’s bench (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – Spotted Flycatcher in a Willow on the east side of lake (Elaine Charlson)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Yellow Wagtail over heading south (Dave Rimes)
Spotted Flycatcher on the east side of Black Swan Lake – Elaine Charlson
September 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Wheatear on right hand side vent, Whinchat on a large post at fence zig zag, 2 Sedge Warbler passed through in front of hide (Colin Holmes)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Kingfisher flew up and down lake from south corner (Alan Jackman); Snipe at Bittern hide on the scrape (Keith Boseley)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Spotted Flycatcher by drinking trough (Alan Jackman)
September 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker in the trees on the other side of the river between Ron’s and Renton’s (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher on a post to the left of Teal Hide (Pete Lunn); 2 Kingfisher at Teal hide (Grant Evans)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper on exposed ground in the south west corner (Pete Lunn); Common Sandpiper still on old Tern island, 30 Shoveler, 14 Teal (FJC)
Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Grant Evans
September 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Wheatear flitting between fence and gravel lake edge (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper on island in front of hide (Peter Burden); Little Grebe in front of hide bubbling call heard too, 2 Kingfisher one flew south along western reed fringe with another flying back and forth between trees on northern bank, Little Egret also along northern reed bed, 4 Teal in the south west corner (Michael Hubbard)
September 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Mandarin Duck over the south west corner heading north may have dropped onto Lodge Wood Lake (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 13 Shoveler, 15 Teal (FJC); 2 Snipe in the south west marsh (Pete Lunn)
Black Swan Lake – 25+ Swallow over west side of lake seen from the Activity Centre (FJC); Spotted Flycatcher in trees at south east end of of the lake (Tim James)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Spotted Flycatcher still present flew to northern end by water trough, Green Sandpiper over calling, 10+ Blackcap (Dave Rimes)
September 1st
Sandford Lake – 14 Teal, 7 Shoveler, 2 Kingfisher (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Spotted Flycatcher for a short time this morning (Alan Jackman)
