December 31st
Lea Farm GP – Goldeneye female, 2 Snipe, Water Rail (Richard Marsh); 2 Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk made 2 passes of the feeders, Great Spotted Woodpecker (David Dolan)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret (Keith Seymour)
The Moors – Firecrest seen briefly close to north gate leading to meadow with overhead power lines (Roger Stansfield); Brambling over heard and seen, Cetti’s Warbler heard on lake edge (Dave Rimes)
Water Rail at Lea Farm – David Dolan
December 30th
Lea Farm GP – 6 Little Egret heading south, 2 Sparrowhawk over hide to the north, Chiffchaff heard near feeders (FJC); 2 Great White Egret over, Redwing, Water Rail (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Marsh Harrier returned and was seen heading north (FJC); 100+ Teal, 20+ Gadwall, 30+ Shoveler, 4 Wigeon (Anne Cronin)
The Moors – Firecrest superb views near northern gate to meadow (Andrew Merrick)
Redwing at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
2 Great White Egret at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Marsh Harrier at Lavell’s Lake – FJC
December 29th
Lea Farm GP – Raven flying south beyond landfill, 30+ Meadow Pipit flying around above long grass, Peregrine in from north west flew south east (FJC); Shelduck in the south west corner (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Marsh Harrier was heading south (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 150+ Ring-necked Parakeets on their regular night roost on island opposite the Activity Centre (Keith Boseley)
The Moors – Firecrest in Oak with blue bin sack tied to low branch (FJC)
December 28th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Goldeneye 3 females and drake (Geoff Emmett)
White Swan Lake – Bittern in reed bed (Anne Cronin)
Male Goldeneye at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
3 Goldeneye at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Long-Tailed Tits on the feeders at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
December 27th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Goldeneye 3 females and drake (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Goldeneye 2 pairs south visible from west side near Middle Marsh (FJC)
White Swan Lake – 2 Bittern (FJC)
December 26th
Lavell’s Lake – 20+ Shoveler, 40+ Teal, 5 Bullfinch along footpath between hides (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 10 Shoveler (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Tawny Owl heard near the Dinton Activity Centre, 8 Great Crested Grebe (FJC); 60+ Redwing and Fieldfare mixed flock and increasing (Anne Cronin)
Middle Marsh – Raven over (Anne Cronin)
December 24th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Mistle Thrush over the car park field, 10 Redpoll on path to Bittern Hide, 10 Reed Bunting in reed roost (Nick Knightley)
December 23rd
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck drake (Alan Jackman)
December 22nd
Lavell’s Lake – Peregrine over the car park field (FJC)
December 20th
White Swan Lake – Kingfisher (Alan Jackman)
Redwood Lake – 3 Coal Tit 2 south of Redwood copse just 100m north of pylons the other among Tits visiting nearby feeders, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest in with Tit flock (FJC)
December 19th
Lea Farm GP – 25+ Wigeon, 4+ Teal, 10+ Tufted Duck (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe, 10+ Shoveler, Gadwall, Tufted Duck (Peter Scudamore)
December 18th
Black Swan Lake – 40+ Siskin along the Emm Brook and the Old Golf Course (Anne Cronin)
Redwood Lake – Bullfinch, Goldcrest (Richard Marsh)
December 17th
Redwood Lake – Firecrest brief views of the bird foraging either side of path to lake (Richard Marsh)
December 16th
Lea Farm GP – 250+ Redwing flying around and feeding in trees by north-end of Sandford Farm heading towards Lea Farm, 2 Mandarin Duck feeding in flood water (Neil Edwards); 20 Wigeon, 4+ Teal, 6+ Tufted Duck (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Redwing in the Car Park field (Caroline Moore)
Redwing in the Car Park field at Lavell’s Lake – Caroline Moore
December 15th
Lea Farm GP – Raven on the landfill, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch on feeders, Green Woodpecker, Stonechat female (Geoff Emmett); 2 Mandarin Duck on old Loddon (Neil Edwards)
Sandford Lake – 2 Little Grebe, 40+ Ring-necked Parakeet over north coming off roost (Brian Bennett)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck drake (Renton Righelato)
Dinton Pastures – WeBS counts fairly low probably due to floods: 76 Wigeon (mostly on White Swan), 164 Tufted Duck, 47 Pochard, 14 Shoveler, 37 Gadwall, 18 Teal, 92 Coot (Renton Righelato)
Grey Wagtail at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
December 13th
Lea Farm GP – Shelduck near beached raft on east shore, Water Rail under feeders, Goldeneye female near north spit (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 3 Snipe, Little Egret (Richard Marsh)
White Swan Lake – Little Grebe (Richard Marsh)
December 11th
Lea Farm GP – Shelduck in the south west corner, Water Rail under feeders (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail under feeders (Tim James)
Black Swan Lake – 7 Little Egret at the south end (Richard Marsh)
December 10th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Goldeneye, 2 Herring Gull, 2 Common Gull, Lesser Black-back Gull (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail under feeders (Peter Scudamore)
December 8th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Goldeneye both females, Stonechat female beyond beached raft, 2+ Meadow Pipit, 2+ Redwing, 2 Raven beyond far side of landfill heading east, 25+ Meadow Pipit flying around (FJC); Coal Tit on feeders, Peregrine with prey on the shingle island (Alan Rymer); 20+ Pied Wagtail feeding on landfill (Peter Scudamore); Little Egret, Little Grebe (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 5 Snipe on the islands (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 9 Common Gull on north side of island (Finley Hutchinson)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck drake asleep in middle of lake north side of island (Peter Scudamore)
December 7th
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail in reeds in extreme right hand corner of scrape at Bittern Hide (Patrick Crowley)
Black Swan Lake – Ferruginous Duck in corner of small bay near the bridge to White Swan lake (Patrick Crowley)
December 6th
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck drake (Gray Burfoot)
December 5th
Lea Farm GP – Common Gull, Sparrowhawk male flew past the hide and feeders, 3 Reed Bunting male and 2 females (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Grey Wagtail on the Wet Meadows, Little Egret (Bob Bennett); Kingfisher (Geoff Emmett)
Black Swan Lake – Ferruginous Duck in northern bay near Middle Marsh (Bob Bennett)
Little Egret at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
December 4th
Lavell’s Lake – Peregrine male in tall Poplar, 5 Snipe on the Bund (Geoff Emmett)
Male Peregrine at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
December 3rd
Lea Farm GP – Green Woodpecker (Geoff Emmett); 2 Goldeneye, 3 Common Gull (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Redwing (Geoff Emmett); 9 Wigeon, 20+ Shoveler, 3 Pochard, 5+ Tufted Duck, Gadwall (Peter Scudamore)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck drake (Joseph Monkhouse)
December 2nd
Lea Farm GP – Grey Wagtail in front of hide for less than a minute, 3 Common Gull, Water Rail, Stonechat female, Goldeneye female (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail, Little Grebe (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 3 Snipe, Little Grebe (Richard Marsh)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck (Richard Marsh)
Goldcrest at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Song Thrush at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
December 1st
Lea Farm GP – 60+ Golden Plover moving back and forth east and west about 3 miles east of the landfill just left of the twin pines (FJC); Water Rail, Ring-necked Parakeet, Common Gull (Geoff Emmett)
Water Rail at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
