December 31st
White Swan Lake – Bittern seen for 25 minutes (FJC)
December 30th
Lavell’s Lake – 50+ Meadow Pipit heading away from the bottom of the Car Park Field (FJC); 12 Gadwall 6 drakes and 6 females, 14 Shoveler 9 drakes and 5 females, 32 Teal 16 drakes and 16 female, 28 Wigeon 16 drakes and 12 females, 12 Tufted Duck 8 drakes and 4 females (Kelvin Sparks)
December 28th
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Water Rail calling, 2 Little Egret over both seen and heard from the Teal Scrape (FJC)
December 27th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Fieldfare, Mistle Thrush over, Great Black-backed Gull over, Linnet possible all seen on or over the Landfill at the bottom of the Car Park Field (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye male between the islands, 21 Common Gull, 1200 Black-headed Gulls (FJC)
December 26th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Egret on the east shore (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret near Green Bridge (FJC)
December 22nd
Sandford Lake – Chiffchaff near old sluice (FJC); 200+ Redwings in woods alongside the Loddon downstream of Lavell’s Lake (Steve Reed)
Black Swan Lake – 60+ Ring-necked Parakeet in tallest Poplars, 150+ Gadwall (FJC)
White Swan Lake – Bittern briefly seen in flight then making it’s bed (FJC)
December 20th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Snipe near the hide (Chris Conry)
December 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Greater Spotted Woodpecker on the feeders at Ron’s Hide this morning (Adam McTiernan)
Lavell’s Lake – Peregrine over Teal scrape (FJC)
December 17th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Bullfinch male and female seen from Ron’s hide this morning (Alan Jackman)
Heron’s Water – 10 Siskin in Alder’s (Anne Cronin)
Black Swan Lake – Peregrine over (Les Blundell)
White Swan Lake – Bittern visible in reeds seen to fly into the reeds by Mark Shaw earlier this afternoon (Tim James)
December 16th
Sandford Lake – 150+ Starling murmuration this evening, 2 Sparrowhawk one of which got it’s Starling supper, Cetti’s Warbler calling near by (Colin Holmes)
December 14th
White Swan Lake – Bittern, Kingfisher, Treecreeper near viewing bench (Nick Kightley)
Dinton Pastures & Lea Farm Lake – WeBS count – 69 Mallard, 165 Gadwall, 19 Shoveler, 61 Wigeon, 20 Teal, 85 Tufted Duck, 12 Pochard, 10 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Little Grebe, 139 Coot, 250 Canada Geese mostly on Lea Farm Lake (Renton Righelato)
December 13th
Lavell’s Lake – 14 Redpoll possible in Silver Birch on island right of hide (FJC)
December 12th
White Swan Lake – Bittern showing in the main reed bed (Andrew Merrick)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Peregrine with prey atop pylon before flying south (Andrew Merrick)
December 11th
Middle Marsh – Cetti’s Warbler heard (Andrew Merrick)
White Swan Lake – Bittern right of centre of the main reed bed (FJC)
December 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Nuthatch on the feeders (Caroline Moore)
Lavell’s Lake – Song Thrush eating Sloes, Redwing eating Haws, Fieldfare over the Landfill (Geoff Emmett); Nuthatch on the feeders (Caroline Moore)
Redwing eating Haws at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Song Thrush eating Sloes at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
December 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail below feeders at Ron’s, 62 Lapwing, 4 Snipe on island, Nuthatch (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail in wet wood near Teal Hide (Nick Kightley)
December 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Peregrine flushed 100+ Gulls as it flew north over the lake towards Lodge Wood, Water Rail heard near feeders (Richard Marsh); Fieldfare in a tree by the Green Bridge (Chris Conry)
December 4th
Sandford Lake – 150+ Starling murmurating before roosting in reeds (Keith Boseley)
Black Swan Lake – 50+ Ringed-necked Parakeet seen prior to roosting (Keith Boseley)
December 3rd
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail (Alan Jackman)
Water Rail at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Jackman
December 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Water Rail under the feeder, Grey Wagtail, 3 Common Gull (Richard Marsh)
December 1st
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Little Grebe, Snipe, Pochard (Richard Marsh); Green Woodpecker
