May 31st
Lea Farm GP – 2 Little Ringed Plover on east shore (Brian Bennett), 27 Common Tern, Oystercatcher in front of hide (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Egret, Reed Bunting juvenile in reeds near path to hide (FJC); 2 Reed Warbler in reeds to the right of hide (Bob Bennett); 6 Little Egrets 4 over scrape at far end of lake and 2 others in scrape in front of hide, 4 Common Tern on island, Teal female, Oystercatcher visible on scrape, Lapwing on scrape (Steve Rogers)
Black Swan Lake – Mandarin Duck male on jetty for second morning running (FJC)
Male Little Ringed Plover at Lee Farm – Geoff Emmett
Jumping Little Egret at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rogers
May 30th
Lea Farm GP – 11 Gadwall, Teal male, Little Ringed Plover, 25 Common Tern (FJC); Reed Warbler (Geoff Emmett)
Reed Warbler at Lee Farm – Geoff Emmett
May 29th
Lea Farm GP – 5 Gadwall, 24 Common Tern, 5 Lapwing, Cuckoo, Cetti’s heard off to north (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 9 Gadwall, Mandarin male, Little Egret (FJC); Oystercatcher on bund (Geoff Emmett)
Early Oystercatcher catches the worm at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
May 28th
Lea Farm GP – Little Egret (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – Pochard male (Steven Day)
May 27th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Little Ringed Plover in south west corner (FJC); 3 Black Tern on floating drums near left raft (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Egret seen from Bittern hide, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Common Tern (Steve Rogers)
Black Tern at Lee Farm – Geoff Emmett
2 Black Tern at Lee Farm – Geoff Emmett
Lapwing at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rogers
Little Egret at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rogers
May 25th
Lea Farm GP – Teal male , Oystercatcher (Marek Walford); Little Ringed Plover in south west corner (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Egret on scrape seen from Bittern hide, Bullfinch male near Teal hide, Green Woodpecker in car park field (Richard Marsh)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher persistent bird still sitting (Marek Walford); 2 Black Headed Gull chicks on Sandford lake island first of the year? (Steven Day)
Oystercatcher at Lee Farm – Richard Marsh
Reed Warbler at Lee Farm – Richard Marsh
May 24th
Lea Farm GP – Little Ringed Plover, Teal male on shingle island, Cuckoo, 2 Lapwing, 18 Common Tern sitting on shingle island, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet flying along eastern boundary of landfill (FJC); 2 Reed Warbler in reeds, 2 Reed Bunting male and female with nesting material back and forth to reeds, Nuthatch on feeders (Bob Bennett)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher still sitting on nest (Marek Walford)
May 23rd
Lea Farm GP – Little Ringed Plover, Teal male on shingle island, Cuckoo, Lapwing (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 100+ Swift (Brian Bennett)
May 22nd
Lea Farm GP – 2 Oystercatcher, Little Ringed Plover, Reed Warbler in reeds left of hide (Geoff Emmett)
Reed Warbler at Lee Farm – Geoff Emmett
Reed Warbler at Lee Farm – Geoff Emmett
May 21st
Lea Farm GP – Ringed Plover on east shore (Brian Bennett); Oystercatcher, Cetti’s Warbler (Marek Walford); 2 Little Egret (Richard Marsh); Little Ringed Plover, Lapwing (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Blackcap in middle of the road in Sandford Lane (Richard Marsh)
May 20th
Lea Farm GP – Little Ringed Plover on east shore, Common Sandpiper in north east corner (Brian Bennett); 22 Common Tern on shingle island (Paul Doctor)
Sandford Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail one fly-catching around Sandford Mill the second flew to one of the ‘slots’ in the mill wall – possible nest site?, Oystercatcher flew over towards Lea Farm (Richard Marsh)
May 19th
Lea Farm GP – Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Cuckoo (John McGowan); Little Egret on scrape walked out of view up channel in north west corner (Trevor Guyatt)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher still sitting and gaping in the heat, Little Ringed Plover on the bare island (Trevor Guyatt)
May 18th
Lea Farm GP – 25 Common Tern, Little Ringed Plover, 2 Lapwing (FJC); Oystercatcher in south west corner, 3 Reed Warbler to left of hide, Little Egret, Ring-necked Parakeet flying over the Loddon (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Little Egret (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – Common Sandpiper (FJC)
Garden Warbler at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
May 17th
Lea Farm GP – 30+ Common Tern on shingle island, 2 Oystercatcher, Kingfisher (Michael Hubbard Senior)
Lavell’s Lake – Garden Warbler continuous singing from hawthorn bush behind reed bed at Bittern hide (Michael Hubbard Senior); Shelduck male on bund (Geoff Emmett)
Common Terns on new nesting raft at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Garden Warbler at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
Shelduck at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
May 16th
Lea Farm GP – 21 Common Tern on shingle island (FJC); Little Ringed Plover on east shore, Oystercatcher on island, 6 Herring Gull 2 on island nesting? 6 Gadwall towards east shore (Bob Bennett); 32 Common Tern fantastic evening display! (Paul Bright-Thomas)
May 14th
Lea Farm GP – 22 Common Tern on shingle island (FJC); 3 Little Ringed Plover on east shore, 2 Shelduck adult male juvenile female (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – 2 Oystercatcher taking turns on their nest (FJC)
2 Shelduck at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
May 13th
Lea Farm GP – 10 Common Tern on shingle island (Finley Hutchinson)
Lavell’s Lake – Sedge Warbler singing in reeds behind Bittern Hide (Finley Hutchinson); 2 Hobby over (Michael Hubbard Senior)
Sandford Lake – Reed Warbler singing (Finley Hutchinson)
May 12th
Lea Farm GP – Common Sandpiper on east shore behind island, 14 Lesser Black-backed Gull in south west corner, Little Ringed Plover (Brian Bennett); Cetti’s Warbler (Marek Walford)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher (Marek Walford)
Displaying Little Ringed Plover at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
May 11th
Lea Farm GP – 10+ Common Tern on shingle island, 2 Redshank in the south west corner, 2 Little Ringed plover in the south west corner, Reed Warbler showing well left of hide (Bob Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Chiffchaff in tree by Jerry’s bench (Bob Bennett); 3 Reed Warblers singing in reeds behind Bittern hide, Reed Bunting, Cetti’s Warbler seen from Teal hide, 3 Reed Warblers around reed bed at Teal hide (Michael Hubbard Senior)
May 9th
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher, Common Gull (Neill Allan)
May 8th
Lea Farm GP – 14 Common Tern on shingle island (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Ringed Plover on bund mating let’s hope! (Geoff Emmett); Hobby over car park showing well, 3 Swift over, 3 Buzzard (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper flying around (FJC)
Mating Little Ringed Plover at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
May 7th
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Little Ringed Plover on bund in front of Bittern hide (Paul Doctor)
Sandford Lake – 2 Cuckoo over towards White Swan (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Common Sandpiper on east side of island (Brian Bennett); Whitethroat on path between Black Swan and White Swan Lake (Trevor Guyatt)
Whitethroat at Black Swan Lake – Trevor Guyatt
2 Little Ringed Plover al Lavell’s Lake – FJC
May 5th
Lea Farm GP – Greenshank bathing in the south west corner (Brian Bennett)
Lavell’s Lake – Greenshank flown in from Lea Farm, Reed Warbler showing well (Jenny Vaughn); Lapwing, Little Egret, Oystercatcher (Steve Rodgers)
Greenshank at Lea Farm – FJC
Oystercatcher at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rodgers
Lapwing at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rodgers
Little Egret at Lavell’s Lake – Steve Rodgers
May 4th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Shoveler male and female over heading north (FJC); Shoveler male sleeping on east shore, 2 Lapwing on east shore, Sedge Warbler on Willow in reeds, 2 Herring Gull pair making nest in concrete pipes on island, Garden Warbler on path near hide, 2 Common Tern, 2 Little Egret one in the Mill Pool and one on east shore, Cuckoo in tree towards Lodge Wood, 2 Reed Bunting in reeds left of hide (Bob Bennett); Hobby, Sparrowhawk (Suren Akkaraju)
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper on bund, Whitethroat singing from meadow (Brian Bennett); 2 Reed Bunting male and female, 2 Oystercatcher very mobile around lake, 2 Common Tern, Little Egret on north shore, Shoveler male sleeping just off the bund (Bob Bennett)
Sandford Lake – 2 Common Tern over (Bob Bennett)
May 3rd
Lavell’s Lake – Common Sandpiper on bund (Brian Bennett); 2 Cuckoo displaying together low over Teal scrape, 3 Reed Warbler around teal scrape, 3 Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting (Tim Alexander)
Sandford Lake – Oystercatcher incubating (Geoff Emmett)
Incubating Oystercatcher on Sandford Lake – Geoff Emmett
May 2nd
Lea Farm GP – Little Ringed Plover on east shore (Brian Bennett)
Sandford Lake – Peregrine perched in tree on south side eating it’s prey (Steven Day)
Black Swan Lake – 4 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern distant sighting heading west (FJC)
May 1st
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe in reeds in front of hide, 10 House Martin (Stephen Meads); 6+ Swift up high towards Lea Farm, 40+ Mixed Hirundines (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – Mistle Thrush juvenile being feed by 2 adults in field behind playground (Steven Day); 2 Arctic Tern, 14 Common Tern, Hobby west towards White Swan (FJC); 2 Mandarin Duck male and female on the pontoon (Trevor Guyatt)
