Berkshire bird news

Saturday 3rd May 2008

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
03/05/08	Sedge Warbler	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	2	P Driver
07:50	probable pair. Please only view from the public footpath.
03/05/08	Great Crested Grebe	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	3	P Driver
	one on N pit & two on S pit. Please only view from the public footpath.
03/05/08	Ringed Plover	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	3	P Driver
07:40	Busy feeding on south pit. Please only view from the public footpath.
03/05/08	Willow Warbler	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:30
03/05/08	Reed Bunting	Southcote, Reading	1	C Tan
16:30
03/05/08	Kingfisher	Burghfield GPs	1	C Tan
16:30
03/05/08	Kingfisher	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:30
03/05/08	Grey Heron	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:30	Swallowing a big fish.
03/05/08	Greylag Goose	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:30
03/05/08	Kestrel	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:30	male.
03/05/08	Kingfisher	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:00	Flying past the lock.
03/05/08	Whitethroat	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:00
03/05/08	Blackcap	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:00
03/05/08	Common Tern	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:00
03/05/08	Red Kite	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:00
03/05/08	Turnstone	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	D P Nash
17:30	probably fem. picking around southern water line of Tern Island.
03/05/08	Black Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	D P Nash
17:30	pair constantly flying acrobatically over Colebrook Lake.
03/05/08	Hobby	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	2	R J Hardie
16:30
03/05/08	Swift	Caversham	5	R C Watts
19:45	Chiltern Road.
03/05/08	Swift	Woose Hill	20	P Bright-Thomas
12:30	10 max at any one time ... a bit of screaming, so I guess they're back.
03/05/08	Red Kite	Woose Hill	3	P Bright-Thomas
12:30	All S, and moulting inner primaries. Since sightings seem to go up in Spring are non-breeding immatures being driven away from the more densely populated areas to the north?
03/05/08	Buzzard	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
12:30	Pair south.
03/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Woose Hill	4	P Bright-Thomas
12:30	3 displaying furiously to the W, plus a chunky female over.
03/05/08	Tufted Duck	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	2	P Driver
07:40	pair. North pit. Please only view from the public footpath.
03/05/08	Little Egret	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	2	P Driver
07:40	South pit. Please only view from the public footpath.
03/05/08	Wheatear	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	1	P Driver
07:40	fem. On the bank to the south of S pit. Please only view from the public footpath.
03/05/08	Whitethroat	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	4	P Driver
07:40	Please only view from the public footpath.
03/05/08	Shelduck	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	S A Graham
15:30
03/05/08	Common Sandpiper	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
15:30
03/05/08	Cuckoo	Thatcham Marsh	2	S A Graham
14:00	2m.
03/05/08	Hobby	Thatcham Marsh	2	S A Graham
14:00
03/05/08	Great Crested Grebe	Thatcham Marsh	4	S A Graham
14:00	2ad + 1 juv. Alders lake.
03/05/08	Coot	Thatcham Marsh	4	S A Graham
14:00	Four nests, one with 5 recently hatched chicks, another with 3 eggs.
03/05/08	Pochard	Thatcham Marsh	1	S A Graham
14:00	f.
03/05/08	Common Tern	Thatcham Marsh	9	S A Graham
14:00	Gathered on tern raft.
03/05/08	Mediterranean Gull	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	G Randall
16:40	1s. On Tern Island, C.L.North.
03/05/08	Turnstone	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	G Randall
16:40	s/p. on Tern Island.
03/05/08	Black Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	G Randall
16:40	2 Colebrook Lake north, 1 the new workings.
03/05/08	Oystercatcher	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	M J McKee
09:10	Key holders only.
03/05/08	Yellow Wagtail	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	M J McKee
09:10	fly over. Key holders only.
03/05/08	Hobby	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan
15:30
03/05/08	Turnstone	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	B M Archer
15:00	Currently on Tern Island. per Les Thorn & Noel Silver.
03/05/08	Garden Warbler	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	1	A Cheeseman
10:00
03/05/08	Cuckoo	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	2	A Cheeseman
10:00	male.
03/05/08	Buzzard	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	1	A Cheeseman
10:00
03/05/08	Tree Pipit	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	8	A Cheeseman
10:00	8 territories counted.
03/05/08	Hobby	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
12:30	Over W, with same or another 10 mins later.
03/05/08	Whimbrel	Lea Farm Lake	1	B Stalker
11:10
03/05/08	WHITE STORK	West Ilsley	1	M F Walford
09:35	north over the Ridgeway Path (Birdguides.com).
03/05/08	Little Owl	Padworth Lane GP	1	A Absolom
10:30
03/05/08	Common Tern	Padworth Lane GP	4	A Absolom
10:30
03/05/08	Cuckoo	Padworth Lane GP	1	A Absolom
10:30
03/05/08	Shelduck	Padworth Lane GP	3	A Absolom
10:30
03/05/08	Common Sandpiper	Padworth Lane GP	1	A Absolom
10:30
03/05/08	House Martin	Newbury	1	S A Graham
10:30	First return bird over Queens Rd.
03/05/08	Swift	Newbury	4	S A Graham
10:30	Over town centre, will probably be gone within 90 days.
03/05/08	Red Kite	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
11:30	Low.
03/05/08	Swift	Woose Hill	4	P Bright-Thomas
11:30	Not lingering.
03/05/08	House Martin	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
11:30	Not lingering.
03/05/08	Buzzard	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
11:30	S.
03/05/08	Whimbrel	Lea Farm Lake	1	M F Walford
11:13	per BTB.
03/05/08	Grey Wagtail	South Lake, Woodley	1	M S Whitaker
08:00	Near outflow at east end of the lake (Atlas TTV).
03/05/08	Sparrowhawk	South Lake, Woodley	2	M S Whitaker
08:00	pair. Serious nest building on the south shore (Atlas TTV).
03/05/08	Whitethroat	Woodley	3	M S Whitaker
07:00	male. Two in scrub area between High Wood LNR and A329M, the third in the tiny heath on the north side of the LNR (Atlas TTV).
03/05/08	Linnet	Woodley	1	M S Whitaker
07:00	male. Singing in scrub area between High Wood LNR and A329M (Atlas TTV).
03/05/08	Bullfinch	Forest Park, Bracknell	1	J Crouch
08:00	male. First time seen in garden since August 2007.