July 31st
Lavell’s Lake- Kingfisher fishing in front of Teal hide (Richard Sajdak); Willow Warbler singing near Bittern hide (Alan Rymer)
July 29th
Lea Farm Lake – Green Sandpiper, 80+ Lapwing, 4 Little Egret (Brian Crathorne)
July 28th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, Kestrel over Landfill, Skylark over the Landfill (Brian Bennett); 3 Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, 3 Teal, Kingfisher flew across the north east corner, 3 Common Tern including 2 fledglings, 11 Stock Dove around the lake (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake- Cetti’s Warbler calling around Teal hide, Sand Martin wall is still very active with at least 12 holes still used (Michael Hubbard)
July 27th
Lea Farm Lake – 3 Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher heard on the Loddon, 2 Sedge Warbler in front of Ron’s hide, 3+ Reed Warbler to the right of the hide, 8 Linnet over heading west north west, Little Grebe in the right hand reeds, 4 Teal, Shoveler both in the north west corner, Kestrel on the far side of the Landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field- 3 Swift over, 2 Blackcap in large Hawthorne tree (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail near the Activity Centre (FJC)
July 25th
Lavell’s Lake- 3 Green Sandpiper, Lapwing both seen on the Bund (Peter Scudamore)
July 24th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper (Rick Dawson); 3 Little Egret, 71 Lapwing, 11 Gadwall, Teal, Shoveler (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake- Bullfinch heard by the Yellow Gate, Sparrowhawk, Green Sandpiper (Rick Dawson); 3 Little Egret, Kingfisher from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
July 23rd
Lavell’s Lake- Kingfisher flew in front of Teal hide (Richard Sajdak)
July 22nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper (Alan Jackman); 2 Little Egret, Kestrel in the Oak tree behind the Sand Martin wall, Green Sandpiper in the south west corner (Keith Boseley)
Lavell’s Lake- Kingfisher perched just outside Bittern hide (Dave Rimes); Kingfisher sitting above Sand Martin wall from Teal hide (Alan Jackman); 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker seen from Bittern hide (Keith Boseley)
July 21st
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher stationary near the Green Bridge, 2 Green Sandpiper one in the north west corner the other in the south west corner, Common Sandpiper in the north west corner, 40+ Lapwing, Kingfisher in the south west corner (Steve Clarke)
July 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher flying upstream from the Green Bridge, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Swift, Kestrel (Tim James); 4 Common Tern chicks, 12+ Gadwall, Teal, Shoveler (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake- Peregrine low heading south towards Sandford (Dave Rimes); Kingfisher flying around (Andy Dearing)
Sandford Lake- Peregrine heading south (FJC)
July 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Mediterranean Gull juvenile in the south west corner (Andy Tomczynski); Barn Owl flew past Ron’s hide (Paul Mattingly)
July 16th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 84 Lapwing, Kestrel male flew across the Landfill to the rear of Lodge Wood (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – 7 Grey Wagtail on the beach near the Activity Centre (Paul Mattingly)
July 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Kingfisher perched briefly in front of Ron’s hide, Green Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Egret, Barn Owl in the left hand corner (Steve Clarke); 3 Green Sandpiper two in the north east corner and one in front of Renton’s screen (FJC)
Lavell’s Viewing Point- 4 Oystercatcher over towards Lavell’s Lake heading south, 2 Kestrel over the landfill (FJC)
July 13th
Lea Farm Lake – 65+ Lapwing, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Kingfisher flew past hide, 2 Green Sandpiper, Teal in the north east corner, 7 Common Tern including two sitting with two chicks on the raft (Brian Bennett)
July 12th
Lavell’s Lake- Lapwing, Peregrine over, 30+ Black Headed Gull including 5 juveniles, 3 Shoveler all from Bittern hide (Dave Rimes)
July 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Barn Owl in the south west with prey (Don Broadbridge)
Lavell’s Lake- Hobby over Sandford Mill (Tim James)
July 10th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 2 Common Tern chicks on the raft (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake- 23 Black Headed Gull including 5 juveniles, 2 Shoveler on the Bund, Lapwing on the Bund (Peter Scudamore)
July 9th
Lea Farm Lake – 6 Little Ringed Plover, Oystercatcher, 3 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Tawny Owl called twice near near Green Bridge (Brian Bennett); 3 Oystercatcher, Common Tern on the Shingle Island (Paul Doctor); 3+ House Martin over the lake, 2 Common Sandpiper (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake- 2 Shoveler from Bittern hide (Rupert Woodman)
Lavell’s Lake Car Park Field- 2 Green Woodpecker over heading north (Rupert Woodman)
July 8th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Little Ringed Plover in the north east corner (Alan Jackman); 66+ Lapwing, 3 Oystercatcher, 2 Green Sandpiper in front of Renton’s screen (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake- 33 Black Headed Gull including 9 juveniles, Shoveler, Lapwing (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Grey Wagtail near the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)
July 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Common Tern seven adults and two chicks on the raft (FJC)
July 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Common Sandpiper in the north east corner, 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Black Tailed Godwit in the south west corner, 6 Little Ringed Plover (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake- Little Egret juvenile (Nick Baldwin)
5 Black Tailed Godwit at Lea Farm Lake – FJC
Juvenile Little Egret at Lavell’s Lake – Nick Baldwin
July 5th
Lea Farm Lake – 11 Shelduck on the Shingle Island (Andy Tomczynski); Kingfisher seen flying downstream on the Loddon near the Green bridge, Common Sandpiper on the front edge of the Shingle Island, Green Sandpiper in the south west corner, 6 Little Ringed Plover two adults four juveniles (Roger Stansfield); Oystercatcher, 2 Green Sandpiper, 7 Little Ringed Plover now three adults four juveniles (FJC); Black Tailed Godwit (Nick Kightley)
Black Tailed Godwit at Lea Farm Lake – Nick Kightley
July 4th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper (John MacGovern); 6 Little Ringed Plover (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake- Green Sandpiper, 2 Reed Warbler singing at both Teal and Bittern hides (Nick Kightley)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Grey Wagtail all juveniles on the beach near the Activity Centre (Nick Kightley)
July 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper (Tim James); 4 Little Ringed Plover (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake- Green Sandpiper, 2 Shoveler, Lapwing, Little Egret, 45 Black Headed Gull (Dave Rimes); Grey Wagtail (Alan Jackman)
July 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5+ Lapwing, Green Sandpiper, 2 Teal in the south west corner (Peter Scudamore); 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Little Ringed Plover, 6 Common Tern, 2 Oystercatcher (Adam Wigley)
Lavell’s Lake- Green Sandpiper, Shoveler, Lapwing (Alan Jackman)
July 1st
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Oystercatcher, 4 Little Ringed Plover three adults and a juvenile (Alan Jackman); 6 Common Tern three pairs nesting on the raft, 4 Black Headed Gull 2 pairs only, 2 Teal male and female, 2 Little Egret (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake- Sparrowhawk seen from Bittern hide (Rupert Woodman); Green Sandpiper (Alan Jackman)
Black Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail near the Activity Centre (Elaine Charlston)
