July 31st
Lea Farm GP – Herring Gull, Hobby flew south following the line of the Loddon towards the hide, 2 Buzzard, Green Woodpecker, pair Reed Bunting (Richard Marsh)
Red Kite across the Loddon from the hide entrance – Richard Marsh
Juvenile Common Tern in front of the hide – Richard Marsh
July 30th
Lea Farm GP – Treecreeper near Green Bridge, Lesser Black-back Gull, 2 Teal, 8 Gadwall, Hobby hunting over east shore, Little Egret (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Sparrowhawk circling overhead before heading towards Hurst, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet back of Bittern hide (Gavin Turner), Hobby perched on tree west side of main island, 2 Barn Owl in entrance to box, Large Tit and Warbler flock near benches (Alan Rymer)
July 29th
Lea Farm GP – Hobby over south west corner (Paul Doctor), Green Sandpiper on far bank from hide (Alan Rymer), 40+ Lapwings, 2 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret, 2 Herring Gull, 3 Common Tern chicks (Paul O’Neill)
Lavell’s Lake – 26 Lapwing (Paul O’Neill)
July 28th
Lea Farm GP – Redshank adult in summer plumage in south west corner (Alan Rymer), Hobby over river, 2 Teal (Renton Righelato), Little Egret on island, 4 Common Tern 2 adults and 2 juvenile (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl in entrance to box (Renton Righelato)
July 27th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Teal, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern attacking a Buzzard in trees over the Emm Brook, Common Tern Chick in south west corner (Richard Marsh), Shoveler, Common Gull adult in south west corner, 3 Teal (Peter Scudamore), Little Egret, Reed Bunting male (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Little Grebe on balancing pool 2 adults with 2 juveniles (Simon Bartlam), Ring-necked Parakeet over car park field (Richard Marsh), Kestrel sitting in a tree on the big island (Gavin Turner)
Mortimer’s Meadow – 3 Green Woodpecker 2 adults and a juvenile (Richard Marsh)
Reed Bunting male in flight – Geoff Emmett
Little Egret in front of hide – Geoff Emmett
House Sparrow – Geoff Emmett
Green Woodpecker – Richard Marsh
July 26th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Teal, 2 Shoveler (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Peregrine over landfill heading south east (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Willow Warbler on other side of bay from sailing club (FJC)
July 25th
Lea Farm GP – 43 Cormorant flew North over landfill, 20 Gadwall, Shoveler, Common Tern: fewer in number (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Grebe on scrape seen from Bittern Hide (Caroline Moore and Gavin Turner)
July 23rd
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Barn Owl, adult in box entrance & 3 juveniles in adjacent oak tree (Paul Bright-Thomas)
July 22nd
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 4 Teal, Common Tern chicks scattered over the lake possibly due to Mink attack or rising waters; still 14 chicks around (FJC)
July 21st
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Hobby low heading south (FJC)
July 20th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern; 14 chicks 7 on the island and 7 on the lake edge, 2 Shoveler, Teal (FJC), 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Egret (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl adult preening in box entrance (Alan Rymer)
Sandford Lake – Cuckoo possible juvenile on island (Steve Day)
Common Tern swallowing a fish (Richard Marsh)
July 19th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern; 11 chicks survived the storm (FJC)
July 18th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (FJC), Sparrowhawk flew over Loddon near hide, 2 Buzzard over landfill, 2 Kestrel hunting over landfill in north east corner (Richard Marsh), Mediterranean Gull summer plumage adult in south west corner (Geoff Emmett), 4 Little Egret (Paul O’Neill)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Barn Owl chicks fledged overnight (FJC)
Mediterranean Gull adult in summer plumage – Geoff Emmett
July 17th
Lea Farm GP – Dunlin juvenile on far east shore (FJC), 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher in south west corner, 5 Little Egret in south west corner, Yellow Wagtail juvenile, Grey Wagtail juvenile, Pied Wagtail all wagtails on far shore, (Geoff Emmett, Brian Bennett, Paul O’Neill and Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Barn Owl chick in entrance to box (Bob Bennett)
Dunlin – Geoff Emmett
July 16th
Lea Farm GP – Sedge Warbler in front of hide (Jack Jones), 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Tern chick has fledged (FJC), Teal, Shoveler (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Blackcap adult feeding 2 juveniles near Green Bridge, 3 Linnet flew across field near owl box, Barn Owl flew over memorial bench towards box (Richard Marsh)
July 15th
Lea Farm GP – Dunlin in summer plumage on east shore, Yellow Wagtail juvenile, 2 Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Green Sandpiper, Teal, 2 Shoveler (FJC)
July 14th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper 2 in the north east corner, 2 Little Ringed Plover one in each corner, 4 Green Sandpiper in south west corner, 4 Little Egret, Barn Owl believed to be from a different family, Teal just flew in (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Gadwall adult with duckling (FJC), Mandarin female, 2 Barn Owl chicks looking to leave Box (Paul O’Neill)
Gadwall with duckling – Fraser Cottington
July 13th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Green Sandpiper, 2 Shoveler, 4 Little Egret, 60+ Sand Martin, 9 Tufted Duck with 8 new duckling (FJC),
Snipe (Geoff Emmett)
Snipe in July – Geoff Emmett
July 12th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper in south west corner, Mandarin, Little Ringed Plover in north east corner (FJC), Green Sandpiper in north east corner, Nuthatch juvenile on feeder, 6 Little Egret (Richard Marsh)
Mortimer’s Meadow – Green Woodpecker (Richard Marsh)
July 11th
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Mandarin, Black-tailed Godwit flew in from East, then North 06:10 (FJC), 7 Little Egret, 2+ Whitethroat on track to right of hide, Oystercatcher, 4 Little Ringed Plover in north east corner (Bob Bennett and Peter Scudamore)
July 10th
Lea Farm GP – Green Sandpiper (FJC), 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Mandarin both female, (Paul O’Neill), 8 Little Egret (Alan Rymer), Nuthatch juvenile on feeder, 2 Reed Bunting male and female on feeder (Tony Myerson)
July 9th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Green Sandpiper in south west corner, 4 Little Ringed Plover in north east corner (FJC), 4 Little Egret, Green Woodpecker on tree near Green Bridge, 9 Tufted Duck female with 8 large ducklings (Bob Bennett), Cuckoo adult on tree behind feeders (Jack and Jules Jones, confirmed by Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Common Sandpiper on bund, 5 Reed Warblers adult feeding young in the reeds along path to hide, Garden Warbler just off path near bench, Whitethroat in the bushes near Betty’s Bench, Bullfinch female, 2 Chiffchaffs between hides, 2 Barn Owl chicks looking out of box (Bob Bennett), 2 Green Sandpiper (Richard Marsh)
July 8th
Lea Farm GP – Mandarin in south west corner, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Little Egret with one juvenile, Common Sandpiper, 4 Skylark over landfill (FJC), 8 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper (Paul O’Neill)
July 7th
Lea Farm GP – Ringed Plover in south west corner, Common Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Herring Gull chased away from island by resident Common Terns, 8 Common Tern chicks on island (Richard Marsh), Reed Warbler (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Hobby in dead tree by Teal hide (Richard Marsh)
5 Little Egrets – Richard Marsh
July 6th
Lea Farm GP – Ringed Plover in south west corner, Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egret (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 5 Pochard 2 males and 3 females (Steve Day)
Kingfisher – Fraser Cottington
July 5th
Lea Farm GP – Ringed Plover, Kingfisher, 2 Green Sandpiper, Buzzard over being chased by Black-headed Gulls (Richard Marsh), Mardarin Duck female in south west corner, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Buzzard (Paul O’Neill), 5 Little Ringed Plover adults with 2 juveniles, Little Egret in north east corner (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Green Woodpecker 2 along the Loddon and 1 in the car park field (Richard Marsh),4 Barn Owl chicks in box (FJC), Kingfisher in car park (Gavin Turner)
Ringed Plover – Richard Marsh
Kingfisher – Richard Marsh
July 4th
Lea Farm GP – Kingfisher, 6 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Little Egret (Paul O’Neill), Green Sandpiper (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, 2 Green Sandpiper, Barn Owl adult quartering field near nest box (Paul O’Neill)
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail juvenile (Paul O’Neill)
Green Sandpiper – Geoff Emmett
July 3rd
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper in south west corner, Teal male, Ringed Plover, 2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 50+ Sand Martins at least! (FJC), Green Sandpiper (Rick Dawson)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, Ring-necked Parakeet (Rick Dawson)
Barn Owl – Fraser Cottington
July 2nd
Lea Farm GP – Little Ringed Plover, Grey Wagtail, 16 Lapwings (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Hobby over the lake, Pied Wagtail, 2 Lapwing, Buzzard over harassed by Terns, Kingfisher on “no fishing” sign for 5 minutes, Kestrel hovering over car park field spotted by Suren (Gavin Turner), Hobby (Marek Walford)
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper (Marek Walford)
July 1st
Lea Farm GP – 4 Little Ringed Plover in south west corner, Shoveler in south west corner (FJC), Green Sandpiper in south west corner, Ringed Plover on north east shoreline, 3 Little Egret in south west corner (Trevor Guyatt)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl over Sandford Lane (FJC), Green Sandpiper seen from Bittern hide on island (Trevor Guyatt)
