May 31st
Lea Farm GP – 3 Little Ringed Plover, Green Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch adult and juvenile, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Oystercatcher, 11 Gadwall, 2 Grey Wagtail adult and juvenile (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Whitethroat singing near Bittern hide (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher, 2 Grey Wagtail (Richard Marsh)
May 30th
Lea Farm GP – 16 Common Tern on shingle island, 30 Sand Martin approximately 27 holes in use, 4 Ring-necked Parakeet east side of landfill (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 3 Oystercatcher 2 adults and 1 juvenile on old tern island looks about a week or so old (FJC)
May 28th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Linnet in front of hide, Hobby hawking over the landfill (Brian Bennett), 6 Gadwall, 3 Reed Warbler, 3 Grey Wagtail 2 adults, then a lone juvenile, Oystercatcher, Cuckoo (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 10 Gadwall, (Richard Marsh)
May 27th
Lea Farm GP – Little Tern sitting on shingle island and later briefly in south west corner (Paul O’Neill, Marek Walford, Brian Bennett), Linnet in front of hide (Jack Jones)
May 26th
Lea Farm GP – 14+ Common Tern on the shingle island, 17 Gadwall – 2 females (FJC), Green Woodpecker over, Oystercatcher over, Shelduck on platform in front of hide, 4 Herring Gull (Bob Bennett), Grey Wagtail juvenile on raft, Little Egret over (Brian Bennett)
May 25th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 2 Pochard male and female (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Stock Dove in feeder area, Kingfisher, Oystercatcher on bund, Little Ringed Plover on bund (Richard Marsh), Hobby over car park field (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Nightingale singing near White Swan Lake (Paul O’Neill)
May 22nd
Black Swan Lake – Nightingale, Garden Warbler both near White Swan Lake (Paul O’Neill)
May 21st
Black Swan Lake – Nightingale (FJC)
Nightingale – Fraser Cottington
May 20th
Lea Farm GP – Kestrel hovering near hide (John McGowan)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Cuckoo (John McGowan)
May 19th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Kingfisher past hide, Shelduck, 4 Common Tern fighting for space on the raft (FJC)
May 18th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Linnet in front of hide, Little Ringed Plover, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher (FJC), 2 Shelduck south east corner, 2 Cuckoo, 2 Sedge Warbler in northern reed bed, Great Spotted Woodpecker on feeder (Bob Bennett)
Grey Wagtail – Fraser Cottington
May 17th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover (Paul Bright-Thomas)
May 16th
Lea Farm GP – Ringed Plover (Paul Bright-Thomas & FJC), Shelduck, Ring-necked Parakeet (Marek Walford), Buzzard over and mobbed, 24+ Common Tern, 3 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck, Cuckoo (Paul O’Neill)
Lavell’s Lake – 14 Gadwall, Oystercatcher on bund (Paul O’Neill)
May 15th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Little Ringed Plover flew off north (FJC), Little Grebe in full summer plumage to left of hide (Bob Loades)
Black Swan Lake – Nightingale in full song (B Crathorne)
May 14th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Shelduck, 2 Cuckoo, Kingfisher, Little Egret, 10+ Common Tern, 20+ Sand Martin very active in wall (FJC and Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Hobby over and high (Geoff Emmett), Green Woodpecker in car park field (Bob Bennett)
Little Egret – Fraser Cottington
May 13th
Lea Farm GP – Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Little Ringed Plover (John McGowan), Hobby over North, Great White Egret; highly probable (FJC)
Loddon – Barn Owl just beyond Bailey bridge flying along river (FJC & J McGowan)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Ringed Plover on bund (John McGowan)
May 12th
Lea Farm GP – Greenshank (FJC), last seen off North mid afternoon (GS Emmett)
May 11th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover, Shelduck, 3 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher (FJC),
Lavell’s Lake – Greenshank on Tern scrape, Cuckoo in tallest Poplar tree, 2 Oystercatcher just flew in from east and landed on tern scrape (Trevor Guyatt)
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper, 300+ Swallow (FJC)
May 10th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper on shingle island (Bob Bennett), Cattle Egret (Geoff Emmett & FJC), left after 17 minutes, but re-found 16:45 (P O’Neill) and stayed until 19:54 (J McGowan), flew off North
Lavell’s Lake – Greenshank on bund, Cuckoo flying east, Chiffchaff near benches (Bob Bennett), Lesser Whitethroat car park field (FJC)
Cattle Egret – Roger H Stansfield
May 9th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper on shingle island, 3 Oystercatcher SW corner, Greenshank (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Sedge Warbler, Shelduck (Geoff Emmett)
Black Swan Lake – 300+ Swallow (FJC)
Sedge Warbler – Geoff Emmett
May 8th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Shelduck, 2 Stock Dove, Greenshank, Sedge Warbler (M Hunt), Greenshank flew off from Tern Scrape (FJC)
May 7th
Lea Farm GP – Greenshank east shore, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Little Tern found flying back and forth; highly mobile (FJC), Kingfisher possibly another seen later along the Loddon (R Dawson), 2 Common Tern (R C Watts)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Cuckoo very visible, Hobby, Nightingale seen behind Teal Scrape, Sparrowhawk, Lesser Whitethroat rattling behind Tern Scrape (R Dawson), Greenshank on bund (R Dawson and Alan Rymer), Kingfisher (Gavin Turner)
Sandford Lake – 3 Common Sandpiper on middle island (Ray Reedman and R Dawson), 2 Shelduck, Oystercatcher (R Dawson)
Black Swan Lake – Little Tern south end (Ray Reedman et al), 2 Nightingale between Black Swan and White Swan Lakes, 2 Cuckoo over (Ray Reedman), 2 Little Gull (Dominic Mackenzie)
Little Tern – Steve Day
May 6th
Lea Farm GP – Greenshank just flew in from north landing in south west corner, Little-Ringed Plover, 24 Common Tern (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Greenshank seen from Bittern hide (John McGowan et all), Little Egret, Nightingale singing from south side of island (Trevor Guyatt), Shelduck (Dave Rimes), Yellow Wagtail (Geoff Emmett)
Black Swan Lake – Nightingale flew across path; then sang in full view for a minute or two at bottom of peninsula near bridge to White Swan Lake (Peter Scudamore)
Yellow Wagtail – Geoff Emmett
Shelduck – Dave Rimes
Greenshank – Dave Rimes
May 5th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper, Oystercatcher, Little-Ringed Plover, Snipe, 10 Gadwall, Lapwing (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Lesser Whitethroat in car park field and on path to hide, Sparrowhawk male over, Little Egret, Green Woodpecker feeding in car park field (Bob Bennett), Greenshank, Nightingale singing behind Teal scrape, Mistle Thrush car park field (FJC), Reed Warbler singing from reeds, 4 Sand Martin, 2 Swift, 2 Common Tern (Paul O’Neill)
May 4th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Common Sandpiper, 21 Common Tern, 3 Little-Ringed Plover (FJC), Treecreeper with food (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Lesser Whitethroat singing in car park field (FJC and Paul Bright-Thomas), Wood Sandpiper initially seen by an unknown birder; picture of bird seen by Geoff Emmett, but yet to be 100% confirmed
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper (FJC)
Treecreeper – Geoff Emmett
May 3rd
Sandford Lake – 2 Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Paul Bright-Thomas)
Black Swan Lake – Arctic Tern on yellow buoy, Common Sandpiper (FJC), 20+ Swift, 5 Ring-Neck Parakeet, 20+ House Martin (Paul Bright-Thomas)
May 2nd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Treecreeper taking food to a nest site near the entrance to the hide, Common Sandpiper, Grey Wagtail (Richard Marsh), 18+ Common Tern, Common Sandpiper (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 2 Treecreeper taking food to a nest (Richard Marsh)
May 1st
Lea Farm GP – Whinchat briefly on Alder close to Ron’s hide (FJC & Jack & Julie Jones), 7 Black Tern for 10 minutes, 1 Greenshank dropped in to the SW corner 07:26 (FJC, Brian Bennett & Jack & Julie Jones), 2 Grey Wagtail, adult feeding juvenile.
Black Swan Lake – 7 Black Tern circling but headed off quickly high SE 08:00 (FJC & Jack & Julie Jones)
Whinchat – Fraser Cottington
Greenshank – Fraser Cottington
