by Dominic | May 9, 2015 | Longham Lakes
17th May A pair of Red-crested Pochard on the South Lake this morning. The Scaup is still on the South Lake. Really good to see the Swifts in full action, only a few Swallows and only managed 1 House Martin. No Cuckoo seen or heard!! Good numbers of Reed Warbler, a...
by Dominic | Mar 21, 2015 | Longham Lakes
23rd March A Blackcap (first of the year) was singing and a Wheatear turned up near the causeway, giving a spring feel (Ron Poulter, Lorne Bissell). 22nd March Female Scaup still on South Lake, but the highlight was a Green Sandpiper feeding on one of the pools on...
by Dominic | Feb 7, 2015 | Longham Lakes
14th February Female Scaup still present on South Lake and showing very well. Best of the rest: drake Goldeneye and ad Mediterranean Gull – both on South Lake (George Green). 9th February The Scaup and Goldeneye are still around, together with 2 Mediterranean...
by Dominic | Jan 25, 2015 | Longham Lakes
24th January Longham has a decent gull list, but has never really hosted anything rare – especially compared to Blashford Lakes only 12km away with recent records of Franklin’s, Ring-billed and Glaucous Gulls. Today, however, George Green broke that...
by Dominic | Jan 6, 2015 | Longham Lakes
6th January The Scaup was still present today (Ian Lewis). Otherwise it is quiet birdwise, with small numbers of all the usual wildfowl. A visiting birder saw the year’s first Bullfinch, the Stonechat remains and there was a Chiffchaff among one of the local...
