Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading
Grid Reference: SU7471
Recent sightings
| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29/05/24 | Mute Swan | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 5 | L Garner-Langham |
| 10:00 | 2 adult, 3 cygnets. Yesterday afternoon about 5pm there were still 6 cygnets. This morning, both adults were near the feeding platform and there were only 3 cygnets. They all then moved up the lake but no further cygnets appeared. | |||
| 24/05/24 | Mute Swan | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 1 | L Garner-Langham |
| 10:30 | 2 adult, 6 cygnets. Adults not together, cygnets sticking together. | |||
| 17/05/24 | Mute Swan | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 1 | L Garner-Langham |
| 11:30 | f on nest with juv. Female has finally had some young but couldn't get a good enough view to see how many. | |||
| 14/05/24 | Great Crested Grebe | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 4 | L Garner-Langham |
| 14:30 | m,f, 2 chicks. Both Grebes keeping close to the island. Male feeding fish to the 2 chicks which did venture briefly into the water. | |||
| 14/05/24 | Goldcrest | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 1 | S Lynch |
| 07:00 | Lower wood. | |||
| 11/05/24 | Great Crested Grebe | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 4 | S Lynch |
| 16:00 | 2 adults with 2 chicks. | |||
| 08/05/24 | Tufted Duck | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 3 | S Lynch |
| 08:30 | 2m1f. 1 m trying to drive the other male away from the female. | |||
| 04/05/24 | Grey Heron | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 2 | S Lynch |
| 15:00 | 2 Chicks had fledged although they keep returning to the nest. | |||
| 28/04/24 | Tawny Owl | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 1 | L Garner-Langham |
| 16:00 | Being mobbed by magpies, crows and jackdaws after the nesting box appeared to have fallen off the trunk and become wedged upside down on a slightly lower branch. I only saw one of the owls so don't know what has happened to the second. | |||
| 20/04/24 | Greylag Goose | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 2 | S Lynch |
| 08:30 | ||||