- In bold type are sightings that are uncommon either by rarity, date or number seen.
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Monday 29th February:
Lea Farm GP – Water Rail, 2 Snipe, 2 Nuthatch, 1m. & 2f. Reed Bunting (R Marsh); m. Goldeneye, Little Egret, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull (L Garner-Langham)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Bullfinch near Bittern hide, Mistle Thrush, 3 Fieldfare & 2 Redwing in car park field (L Garner-Langham); Oystercatcher, Water Rail, 16 Snipe (R Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Little Egret (L Garner-Langham); Goldcrest (R Marsh)
Oystercatcher, R Marsh
Sunday 28th February:
Lea Farm GP – Chiffchaff, 2 pairs Reed Bunting, 4 Redwing & 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker along the Loddon footpath (L Garner-Langham)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Egret, 1 from each hide (L Garner-Langham)
Chiffchaff, L Garner-Langham
Friday 26th February:
White Swan Lake – Bittern in main reedbed at dusk (FJC)
Thursday 25th February:
Lea Farm GP – 2 Water Rail again, 2 Oystercatcher (FJC); 2 pairs Reed Bunting, Little Egret, 2 Goldcrest, 10 Redwing along the Loddon footpath (L Garner-Langham)
Lavell’s Lake – pair Bullfinch, Water Rail (R Dawson); Oystercatcher, 3 Reed Bunting, 12 Snipe, Little Egret, Little Grebe (L Garner-Langham)
Sandford Lake – Siskin (L Garner-Langham)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck (R Dawson)
Water Rail under feeders, G Emmett
Wednesday 24th February:
Lea Farm GP – 2 Water Rail close to the hide with 1 foraging under the feeder stand, 4 Snipe, Green Woodpecker (R Marsh et al)
Lavell’s Lake – 9 Snipe, 8 Redwing, Goldcrest, Little Egret (R Marsh)
Tuesday 23rd February:
Lea Farm GP – Water Rail, 3 Reed Bunting, Kingfisher flew over the Loddon (L Garner-Langham)
Water Rail, L Garner-Langham
Monday 22nd February:
Lea Farm GP – Mediterranean Gull, Little Egret, Nuthatch, Common Gull (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 8 Redwing, 2 Fieldfare & Mistle Thrush in car park field, 2 Snipe (R Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher (R Marsh)
Little Egret, G Emmett
Sunday 21st February:
Lea Farm GP – Mediterranean Gull (Brian Bennett et al); Water Rail, Little Egret, m. Goldeneye (M Walford) * Fraser has several ‘record shots’ of the Med. Gull here
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher (R Righelato)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck (R Righelato)
Dinton Pastures totals for monthly WEBS count (excludes Lea Farm): 47 Mute Swan, 63 Canada Goose, 412 Gadwall, 214 Wigeon, 23 Teal, 95 Tufted Duck, 156 Pochard, 125 Coot, 7 Gt Crested Grebe, 2 Snipe (R Righelato)
Saturday 20th February:
Lea Farm GP – Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail, 3 Reed Bunting (R Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher (R Marsh)
Friday 19th February:
Lea Farm GP – 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Snipe, m. Goldeneye, 3 Goldcrest along the Loddon, Little Egret, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe from Teal hide, Little Egret & 7 Snipe around Bittern hide scrape (R Marsh)
Thursday 18th February:
Lea Farm GP – m. Goldeneye, Nuthatch, Green Woodpecker, 2 Reed Bunting (L Garner-Langham)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Snipe around Bittern hide scrape, 18 Redwing & Great Spotted Woodpecker near Teal hide, 2 Little Grebe from Teal hide, m. Bullfinch & 4 Siskin along footpath by Loddon (L Garner-Langham)
Wednesday 17th February:
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail, 3 Snipe, Little Egret, 4 Bullfinch, Stock Dove under feeders, m. Reed Bunting (P Boult); 2 Coal Tit on feeder across the Loddon (Brian Bennett)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher (P Boult)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck – (P Boult)
Tuesday 16th February:
Lea Farm GP – Grey Wagtail, Snipe, Little Egret, pair Reed Bunting, 17 Egyptian Geese, 4 Stock Dove (R Marsh); 60+ Golden Plover 2-3 miles NNW of landfill, Skylark rising over landfill, many Red Kite and 8+ Buzzard soaring (FJC),
Lavell’s Lake – 12 Snipe around Bittern hide scrape, Little Egret on bund (TAG); Goldcrest by Teal hide, Kingfisher along Loddon (G Perrier)
White Swan Lake – Cetti’s Warbler heard, Kingfisher, 9 Fieldfare, 16 Magpie in two adjacent tree tops along Loddon (R Marsh)
Monday 15th February:
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe, Goldcrest, Little Egret, 2 Bullfinch, 8 Redwing, Mistle Thrush (L Garner-Langham); Water Rail (R Price)
White Swan Lake – 2 Goldcrest, Song Thrush (L Garner-Langham)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck (L Garner-Langham)
Ferruginous Duck, L Garner-Langham
Sunday 14th February:
Lea Farm GP – 2 Great Black-backed Gull, Little Egret, m. Goldeneye (FOLL bird walk)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Snipe at Bittern hide, 2 Reed Bunting, Raven over > north, Kestrel & Mistle Thrush in car park field (R Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher on shingle island (R Marsh); 96 Pochard, 246 Gadwall (FOLL bird walk)
Saturday 13th February:
Black Swan Lake – pair Shelduck before they flew off at 07.43, then later seen circling over Lea Farm GP, Oystercatcher, Red-crested Pochard, m. Goldeneye, 91 Pochard (FJC)
Friday 12th February:
Lea Farm GP – Grey Wagtail, m. Goldeneye, Little Egret (R Marsh & L Garner-Langham)
Lavell’s Lake – 6 Snipe at Bittern hide, 3 Reed Bunting, Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk (R Marsh); Barn Owl in the box at dusk (M Walford)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher on shingle island, 3 Goldcrest (L Garner-Langham)
Grey Wagtail, L Garner-Langham
Thursday 11th February:
Lea Farm GP – Grey Wagtail, Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull with ring ’27L5′ (G Emmett) NB: Tim Ball from R&B Ringing tells us 27L5 was rung here as a chick in July 2013 and the only sightings since then were at the Pinto landfill in Madrid State, Spain. It was reported there a total of nine times through 2014 & 2015.
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Snipe at Bittern hide, Song Thrush, 2 Fieldfare & 5 Redwing near Teal hide (L Garner-Langham)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher on the raft, 2 Goldcrest (L Garner-Langham)
Grey Wagtail, G Emmett
Wednesday 10th February:
Lavell’s Lake – m. Bullfinch over car park (R Price)
Tuesday 9th February:
Lavell’s Lake – Raven briefly in alder tree on island, seen from Teal hide, 2 Little Grebe (G Emmett); Bullfinch, 4 Redwing, Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming on dead tree near Teal hide, Kestrel at car park field (L Garner-Langham)
Balancing Pool – Little Grebe (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher on the raft (M Hunt); 2 Goldcrest (L Garner-Langham)
Landfill – Little Owl, Sparrowhawk, 3 Buzzard (FJC)
Oystercatcher, M Hunt
Raven, G Emmett
Sunday 7th February:
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Raven over, seen from Teal hide (G Emmett)
Sandford Lake – fem. Red-crested Pochard (FJC)
Landfill – 3 Great Black-backed Gulls loafing (MFW), 40+ Fieldfare flew East to West across middle landfill (FJC)
Saturday 6th February:
Lea Farm GP – pair Mandarin Duck flew up the Loddon, m. Goldeneye over, Siskin over (FJC)
Sandford Lake – fem. Red-crested Pochard, 112 Pochard, 346 Gadwall (FJC)
Friday 5th February:
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Egret on scrape, Song Thrush, m. Reed Bunting (R Marsh)
Wednesday 3rd February:
Lea Farm GP – Green Woodpecker (L Garner-Langham)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Bullfinch (L Garner-Langham)
Tuesday 2nd February:
Lea Farm GP – Long-tailed Tit on feeders, m. Goldeneye, pair Reed Bunting (R Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe, Goldcrest, (R Marsh); 10 Redwing, Nuthatch (L Garner-Langham)
Sandford Lake – fem. Red-crested Pochard (R Marsh); Lesser Redpoll, Common Gull (L Garner-Langham)
Dinton Pastures/Heron’s Water – Ferruginous Duck (P Gipson)
Monday 1st February:
Lea Farm GP – m. Goldeneye, 300+ Lapwing, m. Bullfinch, m. Reed Bunting (R Marsh), Water Rail (P Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Goldcrest, Peregrine over landfill – seen from Bittern hide, 5 Snipe, Nuthatch, 40+ Siskin across Loddon opposite Teal hide (R Marsh)
Sandford Lake – pair Pintail, fem. Red-crested Pochard, m. Goldeneye, 107 Pochard (FJC)
3 Snipe, R Marsh
Reed Bunting, G Emmett
Goldeneye, G Emmett
