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Sightings archive

July 2018

July 31st
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper (FJC); Hobby juvenile (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Willow Warbler in subsong bottom of car park field (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper (FJC)


Juvenile Hobby at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett


Juvenile Hobby at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

July 30th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Sedge Warbler (John McGowan); Bar-headed Goose (David Williams-Jones); Reed Bunting, Greenfinch male on feeders (Steve Rogers)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Barn Owl on nesting box (John McGowan); Barnacle Goose (David Williams-Jones)
Sandford Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper in front of hide, Little Egret near hide (John McGowan); Kingfisher (David Williams-Jones)

July 29th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Hobby hunting over north east corner (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper near hide (FJC)

July 28th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover juvenile, 93 Lapwing (FJC); Sedge Warbler, Treecreeper (David Dolan); 2 Raven on landfill (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Green Sandpiper (Brian Bennett); Hobby over briefly (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper (FJC)


Green Sandpiper at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rodgers


Treecreeper at Lea Farm – David Dolan


Sedge Warbler at Lea Farm – David Dolan

July 27th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 80+ Lapwing (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Green Sandpiper (FJC)

July 26th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover (FJC)

July 25th
Lea Farm GP – Common Gull adult (Geoff Emmett); Common Sandpiper, Bar-headed Goose, Little Egret (Richard Marsh); Kingfisher, Sparrowhawk on roof of Sand Martin wall (Nick Kightly)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher seen from Bittern hide (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 4 Black-tailed Godwit the first 3 initially seen by Brian asleep on the Tern island the fourth by Richard (Brian Bennett / Richard Marsh); Little Grebe, 2+ Shoveler (FJC); Barnacle Goose (Suren Akkaraju)


4 Black-tailed Godwits at Sandford Lake – Geoff Emmett

July 24th
Lavell’s Lake – Willow Warbler with a Tit flock maybe more than one (FJC)

July 23rd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Skylark (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe on right side of scrape (FJC); 2 Green Sandpiper, Lapwing (Alan Rymer)
White Swan Lake – 2 Sparrowhawk adult and juvenile along the river Loddon (Steven Day)


Early Snipe at Lavell’s Lake – FJC

July 22nd
Lea Farm GP – Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 80 Lapwing a large increase (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher rightside of path to hide (Simon Marlow)

July 21st
Lea Farm GP – Little Egret, Common Sandpiper flew across lake from the island (Bob Bennett); 3 Green Sandpiper (Jenny Vaughan)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Stonechat male and juvenile, Blackcap female, 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Ring-necked Parakeet, Bullfinch male (Richard Marsh); Whitethroat, Reed Bunting female (Geoff Emmett)


Whitethroat at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett

July 20th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, 9 Skylark moving over far landfill (FJC); Reed Warbler (Geoff Emmett)


Reed Warbler with food for it’s young at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

July 19th
Lea Farm GP – Reed Warbler, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail juvenile (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper (Alan Rymer)
Sandford Lake – 7 Tufted Duck adult and 6 ducklings (Alan Rymer)


Juvenile Grey Wagtail at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett


Beautiful Adult Starling at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett


Kingfisher at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

July 18th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper (Geoff Emmett); Barn Owl seen at box entrance, Kingfisher on perch near scrape (Simon Marlow)
Sandford Lake – Barnacle Goose (Neill Allan)

July 17th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Little Ringed Plover adult and juvenile (FJC); 2 Green Sandpiper, Nuthatch (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper over towards Sandford (FJC); 3 Common Sandpiper 3 Green Sandpiper, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet over Bittern hide (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper off towards west, 2 Little Grebe (FJC); 2 Little Egret, Barnacle Goose (Richard Marsh)


Common Sandpiper at Lavell’s Lake – Richard Marsh

July 16th
Lea Farm GP – Stonechat juvenile in front of the hide, Kingfisher seen briefly (FJC); Snipe in the south west corner (David Dolan)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Ringed Plover juveniles on the bund (Geoff Emmett)


Juvenile Stonechat in front of hide at Lea Farm – FJC


Snipe in south west corner at Lea Farm – David Dolan


2 Juvenile Ringed Plover at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett

July 15th
Lea Farm GP – Kingfisher again showing well on perches (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl seen from Bittern hide (John McGowan); Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, Whitethroat, 2 Ring-necked Parakeet (Richard Marsh)


Barn Owl quartering at Lavell’s Lake – Paul Hawkings


Kingfisher on it’s perch at Lea Farm – FJC


Kingfisher on it’s perch at Lavell’s Lake – Ida Groot

July 14th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Green Sandpiper, Barn Owl flew by, Little Grebe juvenile (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 6 Green Sandpiper on scrape (Jenny Vaughan)
Sandford Lake – 8 Black Tailed Godwit on Tern Island (Steven Day); 2 Dunlin with Godwits, Shoveler (Marek Walford)


Black Tailed Godwits on Sandford Lake – FJC


Juvenile Little Grebe on Lea Farm – FJC

July 13th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Ringed Plover all juveniles, Barn Owl hunting behind south west corner briefly, Kingfisher on near perch (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher (Geoff Emmett)


Kingfisher at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett

July 12th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Kingfisher to right of hide (FJC); Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Green Sandpiper in south west corner, Kingfisher on a post by the Loddon opposite the Green bridge (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 11 Ring-necked Parakeet over, Green Sandpiper flew from the Bittern hide scrape to the island, Oystercatcher flew over Loddon towards Bittern hide, 2 Little Egret seen from Bittern hide (Richard Marsh)


Kingfisher at Lea Farm – FJC

July 11th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper to left of island, Little Egret (Alan Rymer)

July 10th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Little Ringed Plover 1 adult and 4 juveniles 4 in south west corner 1 in the north east corner, 5 Green Sandpiper, Little Egret near the hide (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, 5 Raven over the landfill (FJC); 5 Green Sandpiper on the Bittern scrape (Alan Rymer)


Green Sandpiper at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett


Little Egret at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett

July 9th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Little Ringed Plover 1 adult and 4 juveniles, 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret (Brian Bennett); Common Sandpiper north east corner, Ringed Plover probable but distance hampering certainty (FJC); 2 Common Sandpiper in south west corner (John McGowan)
Lavell’s Lake – Tawny Owl near Teal hide (John McGowan) : 5 Green Sandpiper, Little Grebe in front of Bittern hide (Alan Rymer)
Sandford Lake – Barnacle Goose on island, Garganey female swam past front of hide, 2 Shoveler females (John McGowan)


Little Grebe at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett

July 8th
Lea Farm GP – 6 Green Sandpiper all in the south west corner, Kingfisher seen along the Loddon (Peter Scudamore); 2 Little Ringed Plover one juvenile in the south west corner, Little Grebe juvenile close to hide, Little Egret lying down on the mud! (Bob Bennett); Bar-headed Goose (Paul Bright-Thomas); 6 Little Egret in the south west corner, 3 Tawny Owl in Willow trees near the Loddon path 1 adult and 2 owlets, 40 Sand Martin holes now in use (Michael Hubbard Senior)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Green Sandpiper left of the island and on the scrape (Alan Rymer); 6 Ringed-necked Parakeets flying across the car park field, 2 Song Thrush, 3 Little Egret on far side of lake (Bob Bennett)
Sandford Lake – 3 Little Egret on northern shore, Shoveler drake between the islands (Bob Bennett); Barnacle Goose (Paul Bright-Thomas)


Ring-necked Parakeet on feeder at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rodgers


Little Egret taking off at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rodgers

July 7th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover one juvenile (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, Barn Owl hunting behind reed bed (FJC); 3 Green Sandpiper on Bittern hide scrape, 6 Ringed-necked Parakeets on feeders (Alan Rymer)
Sandford Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper flushed from reed bed near hide by Grey Heron (FJC)

July 6th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher female on perch to right of Bittern hide (Alan Rymer)

July 5th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, Little Ringed Plover (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Barn Owlets measured weighed and ringed this morning (Alan Rymer)


Juvenile Barn Owl being ringed, weighed and measured at Lavell’s Lake – Alan Rymer

July 4th
Lea Farm GP – Garganey female, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper seen at far left reed edge (FJC)

July 3rd
Lea Farm GP – Garganey female in the south west corner, Green Sandpiper, 3 Little Egret, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Mistle Thrush in from east towards Lavell’s (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Green Sandpiper left of island (Alan Rymer)
Sandford Lake – 35 Gadwall, 5 Pochard males (FJC)

July 2nd
Lea Farm GP – Garganey female in the south west corner, Tawny Owl juvenile branch hopping and calling low in tree canopy where fenced off area begins, 2 Common Sandpiper in south west corner, 5 Song Thrush singing from various places along river, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Blackcap clearly audible, 33 Sand Martin holes now in use (Michael Hubbard Senior); Little Ringed Plover (David Williams-Jones)
Lavell’s Lake – Green Sandpiper, 2 Tern Chick on island (Alan Rymer); Little Grebe diving in area dug for new reedbed left of scrape (Peter Scudamore); 2 Barn Owl juveniles in entrance to box (Geoff Emmett); Kingfisher (David Williams-Jones)


Juvenile Barn Owls at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett

July 1st
Lea Farm GP – Garganey female in the south west corner, 2 Little Egret on North & South spits, Oystercatcher over south, 17 Lapwing (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 4 Oystercatchers on bund, Green Sandpiper on scrape, 3 Coal Tits calling, 3 Garden Warbler (FJC); Kingfisher (Alan Rymer)
Sandford Lake – 40 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 2 Shoveler (FJC)


4 Oystercatchers at Lavell’s Lake – FJC