October 31st
Lea Farm Lake – Sparrowhawk just flew past feeders at Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 150+ Starling possibly heading south, Water Rail heard from Bittern hide, 2 Lesser Redpoll calling while flying around Teal hide bay, Sparrowhawk perched on reed pile towards back of the scrape (FJC)
Landfill View Point – Water Rail heard from the Balancing Pool (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 5 Pochard (FJC)
October 30th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north spit having flown in from Lodge wood, 4 Snipe to the right of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – Grey Wagtail, Green Sandpiper on the bund from Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
Sandford Lake – Firecrest showing well by kissing gate/lay-by by the mill on Sandford Lane (Dave Rimes); Snipe on island in front of Lin Singer’s bench (Philip Giles)
Firecrest near Sandford Lake – Dave Rimes
October 28th
Lea Farm Lake – Goldfinch on the feeder’s, 3 Ring-necked Parakeet on the feeder’s (Gethin Craig)
October 27th
Lea Farm Lake – Herring Gull, 3 Stonechat on the fence line in the north east corner, 20+ Teal, 10+ Wigeon, Snipe on the north shore near the new hide build, 2 Nuthatch on the feeder’s (Bob Bennett); Barnacle Goose in front of Renton’s screen from Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe at the far end of scrape (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 2 Snipe on the island sheltering from wind (Alan Jackman); Kingfisher flying around the island in front of Lin Singer bench (Pete Lunn)
October 26th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Common Gull in front of Ron’s hide, 45+ Black-headed Gull, 2 Herring Gull, Great White Egret near Renton’s screen (Peter Scudamore)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Snipe seen from Bittern hide (Neil Simmonds)
October 25th
Lea Farm Lake – 5 Little Egret flew south towards Lavell’s, Little Grebe in the south west corner, 50 Teal in the south west corner, Great White Egret in the far south west corner (Stephen Clarke); 84+ Teal, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 2000+ Wood Pigeon moving south in groups of 50-200 over a 3 hour period, 3 Stonechat, 20+ Skylark put up by farmer on far landfill (FJC)
Landfill View Point – 3 Raven one landed briefly in lone Poplar then two over calling east 20 mins later (FJC)
Sandford Lake – Great White Egret in the reeds about half way down Sandford Lane side (Pete Lunn)
October 24th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret by the Sand Martin wall, 5 Snipe one between Renton’s and the new hide build with four to the right of the new hide build, 2 Nuthatch on the feeder’s, Little Grebe between Renton’s and the new hide build (Philip Giles); 2 Buzzard hunting towards the south east corner, Little Grebe towards the south west corner (Pete Lunn)
October 21st
Black Swan Lake – Kingfisher along the Loddon flying upstream near Tufties corner (Stephen Clarke)
October 20th
Lea Farm Lake – Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Buzzard, Little Egret, Great White Egret (Brian Crathorne); Little Grebe in the south west bay (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher landed on perch in front of Teal hide, 2 Snipe at end of bund in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
October 19th
Lea Farm Lake – Cetti’s Warbler to the left of Ron’s hide, 2 Pied Wagtail on far bank, 10 Shoveler just flown in, 4 Wigeon (Stephen Clarke); Great White Egret just landed by the Sand Martin wall (Philip Giles); Peregrine low over north east (FJC)
Landfill View Point – Kestrel at some distance, 221+ Redwing heading south, 30+ Goldfinch heading south east, 220+ Starling heading south in groups of around 30+ each, 4 Blackbird in the landfill hedgerow, 4 Mistle Thrush, 6 Fieldfare heading east, 2 Little Egret going north, 19 Skylark two towards the north the rest heading south east, Meadow Pipit perched on wires, Peregrine heading towards Lea Farm Lake (FJC)
October 18th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south east corner, Nuthatch on the feeder, Chaffinch female in the trees around the feeder (Pete Lunn); 10 Meadow Pipit on the fence line, Great White Egret, Little Egret both just south of main island (Stephen Clarke)
Lavell’s Lake – Grey Wagtail from Bittern hide (Pete Lunn); Kingfisher flew across Lavell’s viewed from Jerrys bench (Alan Jackman); Water Rail from Teal Hide (James Cross); 2 Snipe one of which was attacked by Sparrowhawk unsuccessfully (Sally Bryson-Bond)
Landfill View Point – 2 Snipe heading towards Lavell’s, 40+ Redwing, 53+ Fieldfare three well north heading north west 50+ heading west, Sparrowhawk (FJC)
Sandford Lake – 20 Siskin towards the east end (Alan Jackman)
Water Rail in front of Teal hide at Lavell’s Lake – James Cross
October 17th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south west corner, Green Sandpiper, Snipe left of new hide build (Philip Giles)
White Swan Lake – 6+ Siskin in Alders by the wooden bridge over the Loddon, Kingfisher (Dave Rimes)
October 16th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north spit (Philip Giles); 6 Shovelers on the south east side (Pete Lunn); 2 Stonechat, Meadow Pipit on fence line (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe on the bund in front of Bittern hide, Wigeon between Bittern hide and the island (Pete Lunn); Water Rail calling heard from Teal hide, 12 Snipe, Sparrowhawk female (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 4 Pochard, Little Grebe, 20 Goldfinch (Nick Kightley)
October 15th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north spit, 2 Snipe left of the new hide build from Ron’s hide, Little Grebe seen earlier from Renton’s screen towards Ron’s hide (Philip Giles)
Sandford Lake – 3 Swallow from the Singer viewpoint (Tim James); 100+ Lapwing took to the sky following a visit by a Buzzard (Bob Bennett)
October 14th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, 48 Shoveler, 2 Little Egret (Brian Crathorne); Little Grebe, Common Gull, 2 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit on the fence line (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail seen from Teal hide, Cetti’s Warbler seen from Teal hide (Brian Crathorne)
October 13th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the gravel island in front of Ron’s hide seen from Renton’s screen, Common Sandpiper, Snipe left of the new hide build (Philip Giles)
Lavell’s Lake – Water Rail briefly far end of the bund, 2 Grey Wagtails on scrape (Philip Giles)
Black Swan Lake – 16 Redwing on the old Golf Course before flying out over the lake (Philip Giles); Kestrel female on wires above hedgerow at back of car park behind the Activity Centre (Trevor Guyatt)
October 12th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the southern corner, 78+ Wigeon, 30 Shoveler (Steve Clarke); Common Sandpiper on the shore line in the south west corner (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe on the bund from Bittern hide, Grey Wagtail (Steve Clarke)
Sandford Lake – Green Woodpecker on tall tree on the north side (Pete Lunn)
Black Swan Lake – Kestrel male on power cable near the Activity Centre (Philip Giles)
October 11th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south east corner, 83+ Wigeon, 32 Shoveler (FJC); 2 Great White Egret flew in one landed on the top of the Oak to the right of the Sand Martin wall then down to the south east corner (Tim James)
Lavell’s Lake – 3 Snipe beyond scrape from Bittern hide, Water Rail heard beyond scrape from Bittern hide, 10+ Meadow Pipit in small groups flying around, 3 Blackbird, 5 Song Thrush (FJC); Little Egret in reeds just beyond the bund, Cetti’s Warbler, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel in the Oak above hide as I walked up path (Michael Hubbard)
Landfill View Point – 18 Redwing heading north in groups of nine and in two’s and three’s, 15 Skylark heading north (FJC)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – 6 Mistle Thrush over east (FJC); Kestrel male on wires making frequent but unsuccessful drops into long grass beside wooden fence (Michael Hubbard)
Sandford Lake – 50 Lapwings resting among the gulls, Snipe, Water Rail adult in front of the north bank reeds by the Nixdorf screen (Trevor Guyatt)
October 10th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret far left, Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting busy inf ront of the hide, 57 Cormorant on the main island (Keith Seymour); 2 Stonechat both adult males along “reedy ditch” beyond north east corner, 15 Shovelers including 6 males near Sand Martin wall, 2 Little Egret, Green Sandpiper (Trevor Guyatt); Little Grebe in front of Ron’s hide (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe with five on the bund and two by the large Poplar, Kingfisher far left side then flew towards Teal hide (Philip Giles); Kestrel male caught a dragonfly and landed on scrape to eat It, 2 Little Egret (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Pochard both females asleep on an island, 42 Tufted Duck, 22 Teal, 24 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, Kingfisher, 2 Little Egret, Cetti’s Warbler calling from reed bed at the western end, Redwing, Siskin calling from trees on the Loddon side (Michael Hubbard)
October 9th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on north shore to left of new hide site, Kingfisher on fence post in front of Renton’s screen, Siskin briefly in Alder behind Ron’s hide then flew off down river, 2 Stonechat, 3 Meadow Pipit on the wire fence (Peter Scudamore); Little Grebe in front of Renton’s screen, Green Sandpiper to the right of Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); 3 Stonechat, 10+ Siskin over Ron’s hide heading towards the houses, Cetti’s Warbler calling (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – 7 Snipe with five on the bund and two by the large Poplar, Kingfisher far left side then flew towards Teal hide (Philip Giles); Kestrel male caught a dragonfly and landed on scrape to eat it, 2 Little Egret (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – 2 Pochard (Nick Kightley)
October 8th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the east shore, Sparrowhawk in tree behind Ron’s hide, Common Sandpiper towards the south end (Alan Jackman)
Lavell’s Lake – 5 Snipe far end of the bund (Philip Giles); Kingfisher just posed nicely in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman); 8 Snipe on the bund, Water Rail running along reeds on right hand side of Teal hide (Steve Brooker)
Black Swan Lake – 20+ Siskin over calling landed in trees by Fisherman’s car park (Dave Rimes)
October 7th
Lea Farm Lake – 2 Green Sandpiper, Great White Egret, 2 Stonechat on the fence (Tim James)
October 6th
Lea Farm Lake – Little Grebe, Common Sandpiper, 3 Snipe; 2 Stonechat, 2 Meadow Pipit (Nick Kightley); Great White Egret, 42 Cormorant, 3 Chiffchaff, Cetti’s Warbler along the Loddon near Ron’s hide and Renton’s screen (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Kingfisher briefly perched in front of Bittern hide the flew towards Lea Farm Lake (Philip Giles); 3 Snipe (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – Little Grebe (Nick Kightley); Great White Egret, Little Egret (Colin Holmes)
October 5th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on the north spit island, 2 Snipe just behind the new island on far bank, 12 Meadow Pipit in long grass, Cetti’s Warbler heard calling in front of Ron’s hide, 3 Chiffchaff to the right of Ron’s hide, 2 Stonechat in long grass on far bank (Steve Clarke); Common Sandpiper in the south west corner, Green Sandpiper from Ron’s hide towards Renton’s screen (Philip Giles); 2 House Martin over Lodge Wood Lake (FJC)
Landfill View Point – 3 Grey Plover heading west over the landfill passed a little north of Lodge Wood Lake, 17+ Meadow Pipit dropped on the far landfill, 12 Skylark in groups of two’s and three’s, 7 Goldfinch, 10+ Pied Wagtail, 3 Snipe flew to Lavell’s dropping towards Bittern hide, 25+ Linnet heading south in 3 groups plus a few singles, 7 Mistle Thrush heading west, 2 Raven heading south beyond Lea Farm Lake (FJC)
Black Swan Lake – 10+ House Martin over south end of the lake (FJC)
October 4th
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in the south east corner, 3 Stonechat towards right hand end of the long grass on fence, Meadow Pipit, 2 Chiffchaff one in reed’s next to Ron’s hide another singing nearby, Common Sandpiper, Snipe both on the south east shore, 50+ House Martin drifting over the north east bay, 2 Common Sandpiper briefly on north spit island, 5 Skylark over the sheep on far landfill (FJC)
Lavell’s Lake – Kestrel male on wires (FJC)
Landfill Viewing Point – 3 Skylark, 3 Swallow heading south, 2 Chaffinch, Linnet heading south (FJC)
October 3rd
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret in front of Ron’s hide (Philip Giles); Sparrowhawk flew past feeder’s, Common Sandpiper in the south west corner (Alan Jackman); Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff along the Loddon with one singing (Brian Crathorne)
Lavell’s Lake – Snipe sitting at end of bund in front of Bittern hide (Alan Jackman)
October 2nd
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret, Little Grebe, 2 Reed Warbler below hide, 3 Snipe, Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Stonechat on the fence line (Nick Kightley)
Lavell’s Lake – Great Spotted Woodpecker on the feeder’s (Pete Lunn)
Lavell’s Car Park Field – Mistle Thrush (Nick Kightley)
Sandford Lake – Kingfisher, 5 Wigeon (Nick Kightley)
October 1st
Lea Farm Lake – Great White Egret on north spit (Alan Jackman); 5 Snipe to the right of the new hide, 2 Meadow Pipit over the Landfill (Brian Bennett)
Black Swan Lake – 2 Grey Wagtail in front of the Activity Centre (Alan Jackman)
