January 31st
Sandford Lake – Pair Goosander (Stephen Clarke), 32 Redpolls along North side 09:25 (Dave Rimes)
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Meadow Pipit on fence (Stephen Clarke), 1 Skylark up briefly 08:00, 50+ Lapwing SE
January 30th
Black Swan Lake (BSL) – 2 Goldeneye – pair (TGJ)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe back of flooded scrape, Barn Owl looked out of box briefly 14:30 (Gladys Perrier)
January 28th
Black Swan Lake (BSL) – 4 Goldeneye, 2m (Colin Holmes), 5 later (Don Broadbridge)
Old Golf Course (OGC) – A mobile mixed group of Siskin & Goldfinch
Mortimer’s Meadow – 50 Siskin + 1 Redpoll in Alder copse 75m South of WSL footbridge (BTB)
DAC/BSL – Oystercatcher heard (Mike Hubbard), Mistle Thrush singing nearby
January 26th
Black Swan Lake (BSL) – 5 Goldeneye (2m) (Nick Kightley)
Middle Marsh – 20 Siskin + 2 Repoll in Alders, 2 Chaffinch (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander (pair) (Nick Kightley)
Loddon – At least 7 Chiffchaff between Ron’s hide and Renton’s screen (Peter Scudamore), Cetti’s Warbler showing well
January 25th
Lavell’s Lake – Grey Wagtail at bridge by lay-by (BTB)
Landfill View Point (LVP) – Skylark over landfill, 4-5 Fieldfare, Coal Tit heard to East
Aviation Museum Car Park – 3 female Chaffinch
January 24th
The Moor – Nuthatch, 2 Siskin, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Collared Dove, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Chaffinch over (FJC)
January 19th
Sandford Lake – 4 (2 pairs) of Goosander 13:45 (Nick Kightley), 10 Siskin over
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl at doorway of box visible from near Bittern hide
January 18th
Lavell’s Lake – Tawny Owl calling near green bridge 07:23, Barn Owl came out of box 17:01 (MFW)
Sandford Lake – 4 (2 pairs) of Goosander 08:00 (FJC)
January 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, 8 Snipe on the far shore (Steve Clarke); Cetti’s Warbler showing under the feeders (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Pochard (Ian Young); Barn Owl just poked his head out of the box and then went back in (Steve Clarke)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Coal Tit heard to the east, 20+ Fieldfare headed in from the east but turned back (FJC)
Landfill View Point – 500+ Lapwing in two flocks one of 200+ over Lavell’s/LFL and a flock further north of about 300+, 60+ Fieldfare heading over Lavell’s (FJC)
Aviation Museum Car Park – Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, Green Woodpecker, Mistle Thrush singing near the Mill, 7 Redpoll in tall Birch in middle of paddock (FJC)
January 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Snipe settled on far bank opposite Ron’s hide (Peter Driver)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Barn Owl one at the box entrance with the first one flying out a few minutes earlier, Water Rail calling and showing from Bittern hide (Brian Bennett); Chiffchaff near Bittern hide (Alan Rymer)
Chiffchaff at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Rymer
January 15th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Snipe mobile around the lake (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 female Reed Bunting at the back of Bittern hide, 10+ Redwing by the wooden bridge from Lavell’s car park (Philip Giles)
January 13th
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female beside the islands (Tim James)
January 12th
Lea Farm Lake – 200+ Black-headed Gull, 120+ Lapwing, Teal, Widgeon (Simon Huggins); Sparrowhawk made two unsuccessful passes on the feeders at Ron’s hide (Keith Seymour)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern from Bittern hide seen towards the right hand part of the reed bed, Buzzard on the bottom right in a tree from Bittern hide (Gethin Craig); Barn Owl looking out of the box (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goosander male and female (Dave Rimes); 6+ Siskin near large concrete sluice on way to Sandford Mill (Pete Lunn)
January 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Pair Mandarin Duck flew downstream on the Loddon calling near Ron’s hide, 150+ Lapwing flew in from landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Cetti’s Warbler, Water Rail from Teal hide (Marek Walford)
Sandford Lake – Siskin now at large concrete sluice on way to Sandford Mill (Peter Scudaamore)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye male and two females, 70+ Shoveler, 400+ Widgeon spread across the west side of lake highest count in many years, 450+ Gadwall spread across the west side of lake highest count in many years (FJC); Kingfisher showing well along north shore from the Activity Centre seen from path (Peter Scudamore)
White Swan Lake – 20+ Siskin just west of reed bed in Alder’s (FJC)
January 10th
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe on the top of left and largest reed pile (Pete Lunn); Water Rail near the feeder’s by Bittern Hide, 2 Nuthatch on the feeder’s (Sally Bryson-Bond); 2 Barn Owl at the box (FJC); 2 Water Rail under the feeder’s, Bittern hunched up at the back left reed bed by the Wood from Teal hide (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Landfill View Point – 2 Raven in from the north west heading south east over Sandford Lake, 4 Fieldfare on a landfill hedgerow, 80 Redwing over landfill but staying local, 70+ Lapwing in from the east towards Lea Farm Lake (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Coal Tit singing and showing just east of Park Cottage viewed from park boundary (Brian Bennett); 3 Goosander male and 2 females (Paul Bright-Thomas); Coal Tit singing and showing from garden of Sandford Mill Cottage (Dave Rimes)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye female, 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1500+ Black-heading Gull, 40 Common Gull all on the east side visible from the Activity Centre, 2 Herring Gull (FJC); Firecrest in ivy covered trees on the road side of car park at the Activity Centre (Jack Jones); Goldeneye male on the west side (Philip Giles); 3 Goldeneye west of gap between the islands (Paul Bright-Thomas)
January 9th
Lea Farm Lake – 4 Meadow Pipit briefly on fence behind rough grass left side of the far bank, Stonechat on the rough grass below fence (Jack Jones); Peregrine over the south west putting up everything (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Kingfisher flew past towards the north end (Philip Giles)
January 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Shelduck swimming in front of north bank near the new hide, 2 Goosander both female on the east bank (Tim James); Reed Bunting under feeder’s, 6 Snipe near new hide (Alan Jackman); Great White Egret in the north west corner (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Redwing, Fieldfare both on a Hawthorn (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Goldeneye male present in ice free patch between islands (Dave Rimes); 2 Goldeneye male and female (Alan Jackman)
Shelduck at Lea Farm Lake – Alan Jackman
Pair of Goldeneye at Black Swan Lake – Alan Jackman
January 7th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, Barnacle Goose, Goldcrest along the Loddon path (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Chiffchaff near Teal hide, Sparrowhawk male sitting on cut reeds on far side of scrape from Bittern hide (Brian Crathorne)
Sandford Lake – 3 Snipe just above the water level on south west end of the most easterly island seen from the hide (Michael Hubbard)
Black Swan Lake – 10+ Siskin in Alder on path north of Goat Island, Goldeneye male on the west side of Goat island (Philip Giles); 2 Goldeneye male and female diving together west side of the island (Michael Hubbard)
White Swan Lake – 3+ Siskin in Alder’s, Sparrowhawk appeared hunting at treetop level (Michael Hubbard)
Middle Marsh – Water Rail called twice (Michael Hubbard)
January 6th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female (Jack Jones)
Lavell’s Lake – Woodcock along the Loddon path at the back of Teal hide flushed it from beside the path to Ron’s hide, Woodcock flew low over path to Bittern hide going east (Brian Bennett); Tawny Owl called from opposite the Green bridge (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Goldeneye male and a females on the west side of the island (Jack Jones)
January 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Goldeneye female in open water, Sparrowhawk on a fence post to the left of Ron’s hide, Snipe foraging in the grass between Ron’s hide and Renton’s screen (Colin Holmes); Great White Egret flew from Lodge Wood low over Landfill and went down on Lavell’s Lake (Trevor Guyatt); Snipe just beyond the feeder’s, 2 Great White Egret one to the right on the frozen water and one perched high in a tree near the Green bridge (Keith Seymour); 70+ Redwing, 8 Fieldfare heading towards Lavell’s Lake (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Woodcock a brief view by the fence at the start of the path to Teal hide (Brian Crathorne)
Sandford Lake – 2 Ravens flew over Sandford Mill calling (Trevor Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Goldeneye male and 2 females in open water on the back side of island viewed from path by Swift tower (Philip Giles); Kingfisher along the Emm Brook near the Activity Centre (Brian Crathorne)
January 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Grebe, 60 Mallard, 89+ Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 118 Teal, 2 Goosander on the old shingle island (FJC); 3 Snipe to the right of Renton’s screen, Reed Bunting (Daniel Ellerby); Mandarin male in front of the Sand Martin bank (Adrian Bull)
Lavell’s Lake – Sparrowhawk from Teal hide (Daniel Ellerby); 3 Chiffchaff feeding on the ground between the stacked logs and Holly in Jack’s garden, Grey Wagtail landed briefly, 4+ Siskin in and around the Alder’s above where the Chiffchaff are in Jack’s garden (FJC); Water Rail under the feeder’s at Bittern hide (Adrian Bull); Woodcock called twice from Teal Hide but I didn’t see it!, Cetti’s Warbler, Water Rail heard (Marek Walford)
Landfill View Point – Grey Wagtail over towards Lavell’s Lake (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Siskin 100m south of Sandford Lane Bridge (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Kingfisher seen from the Activity Centre beach (Steve Clarke); 4 Goldeneye male and 3 females in gap in ice on the other side of island from the Activity Centre (Jack Jones)
White Swan Lake – Little Egret over heading towards Black Swan (Jack Jones); Great White Egret flying towards Sandford Lake (FJC)
January 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Snipe near Renton’s screen (Pete Lunn); 3 Snipe close to Renton’s screen (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe by pile of cut reeds, Little Grebe (Philip Giles); Sparrowhawk attempting a dive for a Snipe (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Linnet (Jack Jones)
Black Swan Lake – Redwing in the Activity Center car park, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail on the jetty (Philip Giles)
January 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Cetti’s Warbler in the reeds in front of Ron’s hide, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Greenfinch both in trees around feeder’s (Pete Lunn); 4 Chiffchaff opposite Ron’s gate but mobile (FJC); 3 Snipe on the island close to hide (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Lake – 10+ Siskin in Alder’s opposite the Green bridge, 4 Chiffchaff opposite side of Loddon left of where ditch exits adjacent to Teal hide (FJC); Sparrowhawk female (Jack Jones); Water Rail calling from Bittern Hide reed bed (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Fieldfare, Greenfinch both in the Hawthorn Bushes (Alan Jackman)
Landfill View Point – 3 Snipe out on landfill just visible (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Sandford Lake – Goosander female just flown in (Dave Rimes); Firecrest in holly at the east end of Sandford Lane (Tim James); Water Rail under Willow’s, 2 Goosander male and female (Jack Jones); 29 Pochard (Paul Bright-Thomas)
White Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail on bank (Jack Jones)
January 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Goosander male and female on river between Ron’s hide and the Green bridge (Tim James); Kingfisher along the Loddon by Ron’s hide, 2 Nuthatch between Green bridge and Ron’s hide, Siskin outside Ron’s hide, Chaffinch male (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail, 2 Snipe, Barnacle Goose on the Landfill (Marek Walford); 3 Snipe landed by the left pile of cut reeds (Philip Giles)
Landfill View Point – 15+ Fieldfare flew to Lavell’s, Mistle Thrush landed on Oak behind scrape, 2 Rook heading east (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Goosander female on the island nearest the hide (Jane Campbell); Firecrest along Sandford Lane in holly 20m west of lay by parked cars at the east end (Paul Bright-Thomas)
