STATUS AT LONGHAM LAKES
Common resident, with small numbers breeding sporadically.
First recorded April 20th 2002.
Breeding:
2009: 1 fully grown juvenile on LR North on 17th July.
2010: 2 chicks on 8th July (Trevor Thorpe). 1 chick on 23rd July (Chris Parnell).
2011: 1 nest on LR South with 1 egg, 1st May. 1 nest on LR South, 6th June (Trevor Thorpe).
2015: A pair with 3 young on 14th July 2015 (Trevor Wilkinson).
Great Crested Grebes on parent’s back, Longham Lakes, 14/07/15 (Trevor Wilkinson)
MAXIMUM NUMBERS PER MONTH
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2004 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2005 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 2009 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 45 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 36 | 63 | 49 | 51 | 12 | 20 |
| 2012 | 32 | 24 | 34 | 24 | 30 | 41 | 31 | 32 | 19 | 59 | 23 | 10 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 7 | 12 |
| 2014 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 26 |
| 2015 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 31 | 67 | 82 | 52 | 68 | 27 |