April 30th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Teal, 6 Common Sandpiper on east marsh, Wood Sandpiper on the east marsh, Little-ringed Plover, Cuckoo heard from Lavell’s (FJC)
April 29th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Teal, Common Sandpiper, Curlew on East Marsh feeding, Wood Sandpiper on the east shore feeding (FJC); Whitethroat in garden opposite the Green bridge (Steve Clarke); 2 Little-ringed Plover (Dave Rimes)
Lavell’s Lake – Tawny Owl adult perched in open on bare Willow branch on left on approach to Teal hide, Cuckoo calling steadily, 2 Garden Warbler by Yellow gate (FJC)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap (Steve Clarke)
April 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper, 2 Swift, House Martin (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – 10+ Swallow seen from the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
April 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Teal, 3 Little-ringed Plover, 5 Gadwall, Sedge Warbler, Mandarin Duck over towards the Green bridge, 4 Little Egret heading south, 3 Common Tern landing (FJC); 4 Moorhen adult with 3 chicks on the Loddon near Ron’s hide (Sue Corcoran)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler singing by the Yellow gate (Alan Jackman); Cuckoo flew past from Lea Farm towards Sandford lake (Philip Giles)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 2 Peregrine one eating it’s dinner the other constantly calling, Garden Warbler, 2 Blackcap (Steve Clarke)
Garden Warbler at Lavell’s Lake – Sam Marchant
April 26th
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo in the large Poplar tree (Steve Clarke)
April 25th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Tern flying around, Sedge Warbler, 2 Lapwing male and female displaying then off south east (FJC); Little Ringed Plover on long narrow spit, 3 Teal in the north east corner, 2 Oystercatcher over lake then back south, 2 Lapwing in the south west corner, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler all singing from reeds on the feeder side, Garden Warbler from shrubbery behind the Ron’s hide (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo on and off, Mandarin Duck male by the Green bridge then flew downstream, Whitethroat in trees just before bridge, 2 Garden Warbler by Yellow gate (FJC); Snipe on the bund (Philip Giles); 3 Teal male displaying to two females, Shoveler male on bund, 2 Reed Warbler around the scrape reeds (Trevor Guyatt); Lapwing displaying seen from Bittern hide (Chris Elliot)
Sandford Lake – 2 Common Tern, 2 Oystercatcher (Steve Clarke); Cetti’s Warbler in edge vegetation, Treecreeper on the west side, 2 Long-Tailed Tit taking food to a nest (Trevor Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 4 Swallow, 2 Oystercatcher male and female (Dave Rimes)
April 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Nightingale heard from the Loddon 50m south of the Bailey bridge towards the Sandford Country Park (Dave Rimes)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler near the bench on the path to Bittern hide (Chris Conry)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Common Sandpiper very mobile, Common Tern, 6+ Swallow (Dave Rimes)
April 23rd
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Teal, 4 Shoveler 2 pairs, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull mating, Sedge Warbler still very active, Lapwing in south west corner, Swallow through (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler both on the west side (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Common Tern near the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
April 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper in the south west corner (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – Garden Warbler near the weir on the Loddon (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Grasshopper Warbler reeling on Goat island, Swift over towards the south end (Dave Rimes); Swallow, Barnacle Goose in front of the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)
White Swan Lake – Sedge Warbler in end of the reed bed, 3 Reed Warbler two singing simultaneously in north west section the other towards the south west of the reeds, 2 Reed Bunting one singing at either end of the reed bed, Cetti’s Warbler calling frequently too (Michael Hubbard)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Whitethroat towards the south east side of the meadow (Alan Jackman)
April 21st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Sedge Warbler in front of Ron’s hide (Gray Burfoot)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo calling from big Poplar viewed from Teal hide (Dave Rimes); 7+ Swallow over heading north, 4 Shoveler all male on the bund, Little Egret on the scrape, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull on the bund (Bob Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Swift over Goat island (Dave Rimes); 5 Swallow feeding low over the lake, Grey Wagtail near overspill area, Barnacle Goose on pontoon (Eddie Napper)
April 20th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Sedge Warbler showing well in front of Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman); Green Sandpiper (Nick Kightley); Common Sandpiper on the east shore (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Garden Warbler in the copse (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Mandarin Duck in front of the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)
April 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Cuckoo calling further north, Shoveler male, 3 Teal, Little-ringed Plover in the north east corner, Sedge Warbler still very vocal and visible (FJC); Lapwing, Little Egret (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Garden Warbler one by the car park footbridge and the second behind Tern scrape, 4 Shoveler, Cuckoo seen in the big Poplar tree before it flew to the Balancing pond (FJC); Little Egret on the Teal Scrape, Cetti’s Warbler (Marek Walford); Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler all singing from bund reed bed, Willow Warbler from trees just beyond, 3 Teal, 7 Gadwall, Reed Bunting just flew over, Wigeon male still lingering here (Michael Hubbard)
April 18th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Sedge Warbler, Common Tern over towards Black Swan Lake, 3 Shoveler two males and a female, 3 Teal two females and a male, Common Sandpiper, 8 Sand Martin passing through (FJC); Reed Bunting in front of Ron’s hide (Pete Lunn); 4 Oystercatcher flying around lake then landing on the north spit (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler singing briefly behind scrape, 2 Lapwing (FJC); Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler both singing along path to Bittern hide (Dave Rimes)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler in the big Hawthorne (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatchers male and female on the island opposite the Lynn’s bench (Pete Lunn)
Black Swan Lake – Common Tern (Dave Rimes); Willow Warbler in the meadow between the lake and Herons Water (Pete Lunn)
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher flying up the Loddon north of Herons Water (Pete Lunn)
April 17th
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper on the bund, Little Egret on the scrape (Philip Giles)
April 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Reed Bunting in front of Ron’s hide, 9 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 2 Sedge Warbler usual one singing and displaying plus one skulking in the vegetation in the ditch right in front of Ron’s hide, 4 Common Sandpiper (FJC); Common Tern (Gray Burfoot); Garden Warbler singing at the Bailey bridge, Whitethroat heard (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Reed Warbler on approach to Bittern hide (Gray Burfoot)
Sandford Lake – Reed Warbler singing near the hide (Nick Kightley)
April 15th
Lea Farm Lake – Sedge Warbler doing display flights in front of hide, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 10 Sand Martin low over the lake, Goldfinch on the feeder’s (Brian Bennett); 3 Common Sandpiper, Little-ringed Plover in for a few seconds then off north west (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Mandarin Duck male flying north viewed from the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
April 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Sedge Warbler showing well in front of Ron’s hide, Whitethroat showing well 50m north of Ron’s hide in brambles between the river divide (Brian Bennett); Song Thrush singing constantly from top of tree just north of the Green bridge (Trevor Guyatt); Garden Warbler singing on right of Loddon path just before Ron’s hide (Lorna Akers-Douglas); 2 Whitethroat in trees just up the Loddon from the Renton’s screen (John Wolff)
Sandford Lake – Cetti’s Warbler showing in hedge by lake near lay by, Blackcap on Loddon bank by weir (Lorna Akers-Douglas)
Old Golf Course – Redwing with some Blackbirds (Tim James)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 2 Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, Song Thrush (Steve Clarke)
White Swan Lake – 3 Reed Warbler one showing in reed bed with two more singing (Brian Bennett)
April 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Whitethroat at the river junction behind brambles, Sedge Warbler singing and easily visible in front of Ron’s hide, 2 Common Sandpiper (FJC); 2 Sand Martin buzzing Ron’s hide and actually landing on the front of it (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – Common Tern high north over west side (FJC)
April 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Common Sandpiper two on Shelduck Island to the left of the Sand Martin wall and two in the north east corner, 4 Oystercatcher, 3 Teal, Little-ringed Plover on the north east shore (FJC); Sedge Warbler giving brief if irregular bursts of song from reed bed by feeder area (Michael Hubbard); 5 Swallow (Jim Reid)
Lavell’s Lake – Red-Throated Diver adult (FJC); Snipe on far end of bund, Sparrowhawk perched at the far left end of lake (Philip Giles); Green Sandpiper on bund, Reed Warbler calling softly from right hand reed bed, Willow Warbler in full song from tree beside path, Wigeon, Shoveler, 2 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 14 Tufted Duck (Michael Hubbard)
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper on the beach at the Activity Centre (FJC)
April 11th
Lea Farm Lake – 8 Gadwall, 7 Sand Martin, 3 Oystercatcher, 3 Teal, 3 Little Egret through towards the Loddon, 2 Swallow, 23 Shoveler, 11 Redshank an unprecedentedly large flock found on the edge of the east shore, 2 Lapwing flying over landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Lapwing, Common Sandpiper all on the bund (Tim James)
Black Swan Lake – 20 Swallow, 4 House Martin in front of the Activity Centre (Tim James)
April 10th
Lea Farm Lake – 18 Egyptian Geese, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Teal, Little Egret (FJC); 2 Swallow flying over heading north (Gray Burfoot)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Willow Warbler one by Bittern hide and two by Jerry’s bench with one in an Oak tree along the Loddon opposite the Weeping Willow in Jack’s garden (FJC); Common Sandpiper, Snipe at end of bund all from Bittern hide (Tim James)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler in trees over the eastern footpath (Adam Wigley)
Landfill Viewing Point – 20+ Hirundines thru over Lea Farm Lake, 30+ Herring Gull in from the east but kept going, Willow Warbler (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Garden Warbler near the Activity Centre (Steve Robertson)
April 9th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Oystercatcher, 10 Shoveler, Teal, 2 Little Egret over south, Whitethroat male just flew past Ron’s hide right to left and landed just beyond feeders (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Reed Warbler from Bittern hide, Snipe, 6 Shoveler 4 males and 2 females, Little Egret, Sedge Warbler heard in short bursts in the reeds to the right of the Bittern hide, Blackcap with a very rich song somewhat like a Garden Warbler, at bend in the tarmac path (FJC)
Landfill Viewing Point – 2 Sand Martin over Lea Farm Lake, Reed Warbler from the balancing pond (FJC)
April 8th
Lea Farm Lake – 2+ Cetti’s Warbler calling around Renton’s screen, Blackcap, Oystercatcher opposite left of the Sand Martin wall (Keith Seymour); Sedge Warbler calling near Ron’s hide (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Reed Warbler from Bittern hide, 4 Snipe, 11 Shoveler, 3 Teal (FJC); Garden Warbler by path to Bittern hide (Mark Lauri); Sedge Warbler in the reeds to the right of the Bittern hide (Keith Seymour)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 2 Mandarin Duck on Emm Brook by the wooden bridge (Colin Holmes); Willow Warbler (FJC)
Landfill Viewing Point – Reed Warbler by the Balancing Pond, 3 Skylark low over near landfill, 2 Sand Martin over Lea Farm Lake (FJC)
White Swan Lake – 2 Reed Warbler singing from both ends of reed bed (Michael Hubbard)
April 7th
Lavell’s Lake – Coal Tit calling near Jack’s House, Grey Wagtail on bridge by lay-by (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper on large island viewed from Lin Singer bench (Philip Giles)
April 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Wheatear female on a post in the south east corner (FJC); 2 Mediterranean Gull on the east bank full SP but second summers (Andy Tomcyznski)
Lavell’s Lake – 6 Linnet in 2’s and 3’s through north west from LVP (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Osprey over low heading east seen from the Activity Centre (Dave Rimes)
Landfill Viewing Point – 7+ House Martin north high beyond Lea Farm buildings (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Green Sandpiper on the large island (Philip Giles); Common Sandpiper flew low across the lake from hide area to behind large island (Trevor Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – Great White Egret flying south east towards the old golf course (Tim James)
White Swan Lake – Cetti’s Warbler showing really well on the west side (FJC)
April 5th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Common Gull, 2 Oystercatcher, 60+ Sand Martin circling the lake and a wider area, Willow Warbler near Ron’s hide, 10+ Shoveler (FJC); Osprey just gone over Lea Farm low heading towards Whistley Mill, Mandarin Duck male on the Loddon, Cetti’s Warbler (Marek Walford)
Lavell’s Lake – Oystercatcher, Little Egret seen from Bittern Hide (Jon Jackson)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Willow Warbler (Steve Clarke)
Sandford Lake – Willow Warbler on the north side, 12 Shoveler (FJC); 2 Grey Wagtail, Oystercatcher (Marek Walford)
Black Swan Lake – 30+ House Martin high and drifting north, 8 Sand Martin passing through, 2 Swallow trickling through (FJC)
April 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 20+ House Martin, 5 Swallow, Sand Martin, Little Ringed Plover on the main spit (Don Broadbridge); Common Sandpiper in the south west corner after it flew in from the north east corner (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Willow Warbler one towards west end and one above Bittern hide these are new birds the last were on 31st March, Sand Martin (FJC); Snipe walked into right reed pile then back down behind it (Pete Lunn)
Landfill Viewing Point – Sand Martin over Lavell’s, 3 Skylark, Sparrowhawk (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Greenfinch on the east side (Tim James)
Common Sandpiper at Lea Farm Lake – Don Broadbridge
Little Ringed Plover at Lea Farm Lake – Don Broadbridge
April 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – 11 Shoveler, 6 Gadwall, 4 Teal, Wigeon, Oystercatcher, 2 Skylark, 2 Sparrowhawk at a distance, 3 Cetti’s Warbler one just by Green bridge with one near Ron’s hide and one towards Renton’s screen (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper on the bund for some time before flying off, Large White Egret on the bund (Pete Jeffery)
April 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Wigeon numbers really dropping off quickly, 10 Teal, 8 Gadwall, 20 Shoveler mostly in pairs, 3 Little Egret heading over towards Dinton (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Siskin in Alder’s along the Loddon between the bridge and weir (Tim James)
Black Swan Lake – Barnacle Goose on the Jetty in front of the Activity centre (Philip Giles)
April 1st
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe on the far end of the Bund (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher on the large island (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Sand Martin over Goat Island (Philip Giles)
