November 30th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Goldeneye 2 females and immature male, Little Grebe on the River Loddon near Green Bridge (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Water Rail at least calling around Teal scrape, 3 Little Egret flying north over Teal scrape, Woodcock flew around the bay over Teal scrape right to left and beyond tallest Willows (FJC); Goldcrest, Water Rail, Snipe (Ida Groot-Attias)
Snipe and Water Rail at Lavell’s Lake – Ida Groot-Attias
Goldcrest at Lavell’s Lake – Ida Groot-Attias
November 29th
Black Swan Lake – 18 Little Egret most on island near to feeding area (Tim James)
November 28th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Goldeneye female and immature male (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Redwing over the car park field, Ring-necked Parakeet on the path to the Bittern hide (Bob Bennett); Goldcrest near Jerry’s bench (Caroline Moore)
Black Swan Lake – 6 Little Egret on the south side (Andrew Merrick)
White Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail south side (Andrew Merrick)
Mortimer’s Meadows – Cetti’s Warbler heard near pylon (Andrew Merrick)
November 27th
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher flew over the Wet Meadow (Richard Marsh); Nuthatch hiding seeds in the lichen covering trees near the feeders (Geoff Emmett)
Feeding Nuthatch at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
November 26th
Black Swan Lake – 15 Little Egret on the south side in Fisherman’s car park Bay (Andrew Merrick)
November 24th
Lea Farm GP – Shelduck in the south west corner, Water Rail under feeders (Richard Marsh); Reed Bunting (Geoff Emmett)
Shelduck at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Male Reed Bunting at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
November 21st
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Gull on the shingle island, Sparrowhawk made a pass on the feeders, Water Rail under feeders (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – 43+ Fieldfare at the bottom of the car park field then off west (FJC); Treecreeper (Geoff Emmett)
Treecreeper at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
November 20th
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Bullfinch one male and two females in copse east of the car park field (Richard Marsh); 2 Snipe on the bund at Bittern hide (Peter Scudamore)
November 19th
Lea Farm GP – Common Gull, 2 Water Rail, Goldeneye female (Richard Marsh)
Lavell’s Lake – Goldcrest, 2 Snipe (Richard Marsh)
Black Swan Lake – 9 Little Egret on the south side (Andrew Merrick)
White Swan Lake – Grey Wagtail at the southern end (Tim James)
Middle Marsh – Bullfinch, Chiffchaff both on the south side of the lake (Andrew Merrick)
November 18th
Lea Farm GP – Stonechat on the landfill (Richard Marsh); Goldeneye female in the north east corner (Peter Scudamore)
Black Swan Lake – 5 Little Egret, Little Grebe (Andrew Merrick)
White Swan Lake – Common Gull (Richard Marsh)
November 17th
Lea Farm GP – Raven over heading north west (FJC); Goldeneye female in the north east corner, 14 Pochard, 22 Tufted Duck, 8 Shoveler, 17 Teal, 48 Wigeon in the south west corner, Peregrine over just spooked all gulls to depart to the south (Michael Hubbard)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck still present but nervous, Shoveler male (FJC)
November 16th
Lea Farm GP – 3 Ringed-necked Parakeet on the feeders, Wigeon first large scale influx (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Barn Owl back to box, 2 Sparrowhawk chasing Starlings, Kingfisher, Water Rail calling, Peregrine in large Elder Tree (Nick Kightley)
Middle Marsh – Ferruginous Duck (Steven Day)
Wigeon pair at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
Ferruginous Duck at Middle Marsh – Steven Day
November 14th
Lea Farm GP – Stonechat still on east shore, Water Rail under feeders, Goldfinch on feeder, Cetti’s Warbler flew from reed bed to under hide then back a little later (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Bullfinch all seen on path through copse to the Balancing pool (Anne Cronin)
Sandford Lake – 3 Snipe, Kingfisher (Richard Marsh)
November 13th
Lea Farm GP – Goldeneye female in the north east corner, Water Rail under the feeders, 2 Goldcrest, Bullfinch male both along the Loddon (Richard Marsh); Nuthatch on the feeder, Ring-necked Parakeet, Pochard male (Geoff Emmett)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher, 2 Green Woodpecker seen from Teal hide (Richard Marsh)
Murmeration of Starlings (almost!) at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
November 12th
Lea Farm GP – Goldeneye female, Water Rail (Richard Marsh); Coal Tit on feeders (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe, Water Rail, 2 Snipe from Bittern hide (Richard Marsh); Nuthatch on the breeders (Mary Jacobs)
Sandford Lake – 3 Snipe, Little Grebe (Richard Marsh)
Coal Tit at Lea Farm – David Dolan
November 11th
Lavell’s Lake – Little Grebe, Water Rail, 2 Snipe from Bittern hide (Richard Marsh)
November 10th
Lea Farm GP – 4 Little Egret, Stonechat (FJC); Goldeneye female (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – Bittern seen from the Teal hide (Mark Lauri); 2 Snipe asleep at far end of submerged bund, Teal (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 2 Goldeneye male and female (Peter Scudamore)
Bittern seen from the Teal hide at Lavell’s Lake – Mark Lauri
November 9th
Lea Farm GP – 2 Water Rail by reeds, Little Egret over (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – 8 Snipe on submerged bund, Water Rail in the feeder area, 23 Ring-necked Parakeet in trees above feeder area (Anne Cronin)
November 8th
Lea Farm GP – Kingfisher, 3 Common Gull, Water Rail, Stonechat (Richard Marsh); Peregrine over heading south, 4 Pochard, 18 Teal, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Gadwall (Michael Hubbard)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher back and forth whistling, Cetti’s Warbler calling (Michael Hubbard)
White Swan Lake – Goldeneye male north end of lake, Common Gull (Richard Marsh)
Common Gull at White Swan Lake – Richard Marsh
November 6th
Lea Farm GP – Little Stint landed on the shingle island for a few minutes (Andy Tomczynski); Sparrowhawk (Caroline Moore)
Lavell’s Lake – Garganey male still present (FJC)
White Swan Lake – Goldeneye male north end of lake (Tim James)
Little Stint at Lea Farm – Andy Tomczynski
November 5th
Lea Farm GP – Goldeneye female in north east corner, Stonechat in weeds to the left of the raft (Bob Bennett); Water Rail left of hide (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – 2 Snipe, Little Grebe, Garganey male, Water Rail (Richard Marsh)
White Swan Lake – Goldeneye drake (Andrew Merrick)
Drake Goldeneye on White Swan Lake – Roger Stansfield
Drake Garganey in eclipse at Lavell’s Lake – Richard Marsh
November 4th
Lea Farm GP – Shelduck in south west corner, Goldeneye (Richard Marsh); 2 Water Rail one was preening & feeding by reeds then joined by second bird (Trevor Guyatt); Pochard male (Geoff Emmett)
Black Swan Lake – 6 Siskin foraging in trees near duck feeding area, Grey Wagtail flew over activity centre beach (Richard Marsh)
Male Pochard at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
2 Water Rails at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
November 3rd
Lea Farm GP – 10 Skylark moving south over landfill, 30 Meadow Pipit over the landfill, 6 Little Egret moving north, Stonechat, 10+ Redwing, Fieldfare in hedge left of green barn (FJC); Shelduck in south west corner, Common Gull, Water Rail (Geoff Emmett); Goldeneye, 17 Meadow Pipit over landfill (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – 3 Common Gull (FJC)
Male Shelduck at Lea Farm – Geoff Emmett
November 2nd
Lea Farm GP – Shelduck in south west corner, 30+ Meadow Pipit, 50+ Redwing, 40+ Ring-necked Parakeet north from DP roost, 2 Little Egret flying south (FJC)
November 1st
Lea Farm GP – 3 Common Gull, Sparrowhawk, Goldeneye female, Stonechat male on east shore (Richard Marsh); 8 Goldcrest along the Loddon, 7 Little Egret over heading south (FJC); Shelduck in south west corner (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – 8 Snipe, Great White Egret flew over going south towards Black Swan Lake (Richard Marsh); 5 Redwing, Coal Tit on the feeders (Geoff Emmett)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher (Richard Marsh); Ferruginous Duck male (Tim James)
White Swan Lake – 2 Little Grebe (FJC)
Redwing at Lavell’s Lake – Geoff Emmett
