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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2024.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
01/06/24	Swift	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
11:29	Nestbox area.
31/05/24	Swift	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	30	M J Hubbard
21:17	Approx feeding low over, the lagoon along with c150 mixed hirundines of all 3 species. Please only view from the public bridleway.
31/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
19:13	over back garden , zero count on normal walk 11:00.
31/05/24	Swift	Queen Mother Reservoir	40	P J Newbound
08:01	Key holders only.
30/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:42	8/8 cloud cover - over house with external nest boxes - previous years not an area with repeat observations unlike 2024 ...
29/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	8	D J Mills
14:42
28/05/24	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	50	A B Tomczynski
14:30	Plus.
28/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
15:04	8/8 cloud cover - one hardy individual heading downwind PDQ.
28/05/24	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	50	R J Godden
07:30	Over East Fen. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/05/24	Swift	Windsor Great Park	6	D Sussex
16:00	probably more. low over trees near village.
27/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
15:29	briefly.
27/05/24	Swift	Woose Hill	4	P Bright-Thomas
12:20	At least, which is more than the 2 regular birds. Feeding very high, at least 1000m, almost limit of identifiability.
27/05/24	Swift	Bucklebury	3	D Reynolds
10:08
26/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
11:00	normal place , normal behaviour.
25/05/24	Swift	Reading	6	S A Graham
11:30	Waverley Rd - site with 1-2 known nest sites.
25/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	20	D J Mills
11:00	inc group 7 low level screamers.
25/05/24	Swift	Strand Water, Cookham	20	C Carlaw
06:32
24/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
15:31
23/05/24	Swift	Nature reserve adjacent to shinfield tennis club	40	R Cyr
19:10	mixed. Big group of probably 40+ catching insects in the sky. SU735670.
23/05/24	Swift	Fobney Island	40	R C Price
16:00	Over area south of the island and over the island.
23/05/24	Swift	Speen moors	12	N Cleere
10:00	SU450677.
23/05/24	Swift	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	15	B Crathorne
13:30
23/05/24	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	25	P J Craig
08:30	Over E Fen. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
11:00	High & Low - inc 3 low screamers.
21/05/24	Swift	New Town, Reading	6	S Hughes
14:10	High screaming.
21/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
12:00
21/05/24	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	10	P J Craig
09:15	Over E Fen with mixed flock of hirundines - about 50 in total. Please only view from the public footpath.
20/05/24	Swift	Reading	4	S A Graham
14:00	Reading West Station.
20/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	10	D J Mills
12:01
19/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
09:00	back garden tick 2024.
18/05/24	Swift	Ruscombe	2	P D Hadfield
14:47	High in sky. SU797763.
18/05/24	Swift	Ruscombe woods	1	P D Hadfield
14:44	2 high in sky flying in circles. SU778759.
18/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
12:10
17/05/24	Swift	New Town, Reading	6	S Hughes
19:19	Screaming at rooftop height.
17/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	15	D J Mills
15:00	widest spread out of 2024.
16/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
12:00
15/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	7	D J Mills
11:09
14/05/24	Swift	Langley Mead	3	S Lynch
14:00
14/05/24	Swift	County Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	6	C J Forsey
12:09	I have seen/heard a reasonable amount whilst visiting town in last 10 days.
14/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
11:26	wandering far & wide as before.
13/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
14:52	as before.
13/05/24	Swift	River Thames Meadows at Purley	3	S Watcham
13:44
13/05/24	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	6	J E Andrews
11:06	All seen with D.Andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
12/05/24	Swift	Wokingham	2	P O'Neill
17:30	Over Ashridge Meadows.
12/05/24	Swift	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	M J Smith
17:28	Over the garden.
12/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	7	D J Mills
10:25	Elusive & spread out - inc brief low screamer.
11/05/24	Swift	Fobney Meadow	20	R C Price
19:00
11/05/24	Swift	Bracknell	2	S C Rider
17:21	First of the year above the garden.
11/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
10:54	Elusive.
10/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	7	D J Mills
15:40
09/05/24	Swift	Pangbourne	2	G Sumner
17:58	Over the church .
09/05/24	Swift	Hambleden Lock, R. Thames	3	A N Stow
20:15	Heading North.
09/05/24	Swift	Pangbourne	2	G Sumner
17:58	Over the church .
09/05/24	Swift	Pangbourne	1	N J Bucknell
10:50	low over High Street.
09/05/24	Swift	Eton Wick	3	K Jones
11:32	SU946786.
09/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	15	D J Mills
08:22	all heights from below eves to inf...
08/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
20:30	normal observations from rear garden - feeding & heading roughly westwards (1st time obs 2024 - also local Bat (pip Sp) @ 21:00) on usual route.
08/05/24	Swift	Wokingham	10	P O'Neill
13:15	At least 10, high over the town centre.
07/05/24	Swift	Bracknell	15	D A MacKenzie Dodds
12:10	High flying, screaming flocks arriving over garden today in the SUNSHINE. Each flocks 15+ birds strong. I counted 2 flocks. There will have been more, I'm sure.
07/05/24	Swift	Prospect Park	6	A Kydd
06:45
07/05/24	Swift	Wokingham	6	S Stevenson
19:34	Numbers up to about 6 now - maybe 8 - feeding over house/Cockpit Car Park. SU813684.
07/05/24	Swift	Lower Caversham	22	D White
19:26	Flying over Hemdean Road.
07/05/24	Swift	Caversham	7	R C Watts
11:50	High over church.
07/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
11:07
07/05/24	Swift	Reading	2	S Hughes
09:34	Over Eldon Road.
07/05/24	Swift	Reading	2	S Scott
07:20	Feeding over South Street.
05/05/24	Swift	Wokingham	3	S Stevenson
07:26	They're back. Over Cockpit path car park. SU813684.
06/05/24	Swift	Pangbourne	3	A Taylor
19:00	Flying around over south side of village, first since 2 early birds (on passage?) on 1 May.
06/05/24	Swift	Lower Caversham	5	D White
13:13	Flying over Waitrose.
06/05/24	Swift	Wokingham	5	P O'Neill
10:45	Over Cantley Park. Quite high, moving North.
06/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
11:04	as before.
05/05/24	Swift	Lily Hill Park, Bracknell	2	D A MacKenzie Dodds
09:06	My first 2 swifts over the town this year at the rugby club. A few more over the Downshire golf club a few hours later .
05/05/24	Swift	Sheffield Bottom	2	C J Forsey
	Came in with rain shower and Hobby.
05/05/24	Swift	Reading	2	S A Graham
17:45	Lundy lane min.
05/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
09:55	High , feeding together for at least 20mins. Usual area.
04/05/24	Swift	Fobney Meadow	7	R C Price
11:30	Over marsh.
03/05/24	Swift	Reading	4	S Scott
17:00	Screeching group over London Street/South Street. First I've seen this year.
02/05/24	Swift	Fobney Meadow	10	S Robertson
13:15	Probably more.
02/05/24	Swift	Thatcham	1	R Keel
12:46	W over garden. A week earlier than last year. SU503674.
01/05/24	Swift	Willows Lake, Thatcham GPs	1	R C Davies
13:36
01/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
12:15	feeding together , much lower than Tues.
01/05/24	Swift	Wokingham	1	P O'Neill
12:00	Over Denmark St. First I've seen in the town centre this year.
01/05/24	Swift	Reading	2	S Huggins
10:55	Screaming over Russell street.
01/05/24	Swift	Willows Lake, Thatcham GPs	1	R C Davies
10:41
01/05/24	Swift	Pangbourne	5	M Winkworth
09:26	Flying around the centre of the village.
30/04/24	Swift	Thatcham garden	2	M J Dear
17:31
30/04/24	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
11:30	all together in tight feeding group , going with the wind - usual area near Sports Centre.
29/04/24	Swift	Thames Valley Business Park	1	S Hughes
19:05
29/04/24	Swift	Green Park	2	S Robertson
16:18
29/04/24	Swift	Fleethill Farm	3	R Dawson
12:30	Private site, view only from footpath.
29/04/24	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	30	R Dawson
12:30	Approx count.
29/04/24	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	30	J E Andrews
10:34	Approx. Please only view from the public footpath.
29/04/24	Swift	Widbrook Common	12	L Lillie
08:47	SU894838.
28/04/24	Swift	Padworth Lane floods	1	M J Dear
15:53	Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods.
27/04/24	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	M J Mitchell
11:12	Please only view from the public footpath.
26/04/24	Swift	Fobney Island	8	R C Price
13:35	West of Zig-zag weir going north.
26/04/24	Swift	Fobney Island	2	R C Price
13:08
25/04/24	Swift	Thames Valley Business Park	4	J Bishop
18:35
25/04/24	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	4	P J Craig
10:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
24/04/24	Swift	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	7	P Driver
11:00
24/04/24	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	J E Andrews
10:55	Please only view from the public footpath.
23/04/24	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	5	R J Godden
10:30	Flying through westwards. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/04/24	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	10	A B Tomczynski
12:19
22/04/24	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	20	R H Stansfield
11:45	ad. plus over centre of lake.
22/04/24	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	20	R H Stansfield
11:45	ad. plus over centre of lake.
22/04/24	Swift	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	2	A B Tomczynski
11:43	From iron gate. Please only view from the public bridleway.
21/04/24	Swift	Strand Water, Cookham	1	J Chadbone
13:29
21/04/24	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
07:59	Moving around over the wider area.