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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
18/05/24	Chaffinch	Swallowfield Church	1	R C Watts
16:34
18/05/24	House Martin	Swallowfield Church	2	R C Watts
16:34
18/05/24	Spotted Flycatcher	Swallowfield Church	1	R C Watts
16:34	With R .S. D.W. possible two birds ?.
18/05/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
15:40
18/05/24	Cuckoo	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
15:40
18/05/24	Cetti's Warbler	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
15:40
18/05/24	Nightingale	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
15:40
18/05/24	Cetti's Warbler	Bottom Lane Floods, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
15:05
18/05/24	Oystercatcher	Bottom Lane Floods, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
15:05
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	Bullfinch	Ruscombe woods	1	P D Hadfield
14:44	Perched o. Top of tall tree. SU778759.
18/05/24	Cuckoo	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	A B Merrick
11:30	2 seen west side while another calling from Bottom Lane Pits.
18/05/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
11:30	Rattling by horse paddock.
18/05/24	Spotted Flycatcher	Swallowfield Church	2	R H Stansfield
13:27	ad. Regular on top of conifer on south side of the church.
18/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
12:10
18/05/24	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
12:10	single call heard only.
18/05/24	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
07:45	Key holders only.
18/05/24	Garden Warbler	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	1	K P Duncan
06:00
18/05/24	Whitethroat	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	1	K P Duncan
06:00
18/05/24	Mute Swan	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
06:00	BREEDING pair sitting on a nest.
18/05/24	Common Tern	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	8	K P Duncan
06:00	includes six birds sitting on nests on the island.
18/05/24	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	3	K P Duncan
06:00	BREEDING pair with a single surviving chick (c13 days old) from a brood of two on island.
18/05/24	Spotted Flycatcher	Swallowfield Church	1	M I'Anson
10:10
18/05/24	Lapwing	Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
08:12	With 4 LRPs.
18/05/24	Mandarin Duck	Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
08:08	male.
18/05/24	Common Tern	Bucklebury	2	D Reynolds
08:08	Another first record here. Pair feeding and displaying. Being attacked by black headed gulls.
18/05/24	Little Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
08:00	Still around, now hawking over East Fen. Please only view from the public footpath.
18/05/24	Yellow Wagtail	Chamberhouse Marsh	1	H R Netley
07:22	On flood.
18/05/24	BLUE-WINGED TEAL	Chamberhouse Marsh		H R Netley
07:22	No sign of bird on floods or Garganey.
18/05/24	Little Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
05:20	First summer bathing with Black-heads in front of grey box. Please only view from the public footpath.
17/05/24	Grey Wagtail	Chamberhouse Marsh	1	P E Hutchins
20:33	Heard on the wing, close to the farm.
17/05/24	Yellow Wagtail	Chamberhouse Marsh	1	P E Hutchins
20:08	Heard on the wing, moving N.
17/05/24	Cuckoo	Chamberhouse Marsh	1	P E Hutchins
20:30	ad male. Singing to the wet of the marsh.
17/05/24	BLUE-WINGED TEAL	Chamberhouse Marsh	1	P E Hutchins
20:20	ad drk. At this time it left to the west with the pair of Garganey, possibly / hopefully heading to the likes of Lower Farm GP and the adjacent pits.
17/05/24	BLUE-WINGED TEAL	Chamberhouse Marsh	1	M F Walford
20:15	drk. Still present. Parking very limited. Best to park at Thatcham Station and walk west along the canal for c.10 minutes, then left across the swing bridge for c.200 metres to view the flood on the right. SU517658.
17/05/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
13:15
17/05/24	Garden Warbler	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
13:15
17/05/24	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	7	K P Duncan
13:15	on raft.
17/05/24	Snow Goose	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	5	K P Duncan
13:15	four White and one blue phase flew west @14:00.
17/05/24	Cetti's Warbler	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
13:15
17/05/24	Swift	New Town, Reading	6	S Hughes
19:19	Screaming at rooftop height.
17/05/24	BLUE-WINGED TEAL	Chamberhouse Marsh	1	R H Stansfield
19:01	drk. Still present.
17/05/24	Garganey	Chamberhouse Marsh	2	A B Merrick
17:07	pair. With drake Blue-winged Teal on flood on west side of track running south from canal.
17/05/24	BLUE-WINGED TEAL	Chamberhouse Marsh	1	A B Merrick
17:07	drk. With pair of Garganey on flood on west side of track running south from canal.
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.
17/05/24	Oystercatcher	Sulhamstead Abbots	2	P Driver
15:13	ad. Abbots Farm pool.
17/05/24	Shelduck	Sulhamstead Abbots	2	P Driver
15:13	m/f.
17/05/24	Treecreeper	Farley Hill	2	R J Godden
11:00	SU753655.
17/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	15	D J Mills
15:00	widest spread out of 2024.
17/05/24	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
15:00	pair. flying together 2m apart , heading for old nesting tree.
17/05/24	Kingfisher	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:15	male. Thames, near Swan Hotel.
17/05/24	Little Egret	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:10	on water east of Streatley STW.
17/05/24	Little Owl	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	1	P Driver
12:28	Sitting on the fence line beneath the line of oaks (under the tree with the hole). Please only view from the public footpath.
17/05/24	Mistle Thrush	Cookham	1	B D Clews
11:00	ads feeding young on Cookham Garden, per David Harrison.
17/05/24	Treecreeper	Swallowfield Church	1	M Scarlett
11:07
17/05/24	Spotted Flycatcher	Swallowfield Church	1	M Scarlett
10:56
17/05/24	Yellow Wagtail	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
09:20	Key holders only.
17/05/24	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	3	P J Newbound
09:20	Key holders only.
17/05/24	Snow Goose	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	6	A B Tomczynski
09:15
17/05/24	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	7	R J Godden
07:40	On Tern Island, three on nests and a mating pair.
17/05/24	Little Gull	Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
07:40	First summer flew west over Colebrook North. No sign later from the grey box.
17/05/24	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	6	A Absolom
06:11	m. River bank holy brook.
16/05/24	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Cox Green, Maidenhead	1	N Bell
18:15	On bird feeders.
16/05/24	Mandarin Duck	Woolhampton GPs	2	M J Dear
14:38	pair. And a Painted Lady.
16/05/24	Cuckoo	Woolhampton GPs	2	M J Dear
13:33	One seeing off a perched Buzzard.
16/05/24	Hobby	Woolhampton GPs	3	M J Dear
13:33
16/05/24	Oystercatcher	Bottom Lane Floods, Theale GPs	3	A B Tomczynski
12:46
16/05/24	Snow Goose	Bottom Lane Floods, Theale GPs	5	A B Tomczynski
12:46	4 White and one blue phase.
16/05/24	Cuckoo	Upper Bucklebury	1	B Lyle
12:00
16/05/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Frost Folly	1	M Hannington
11:10	Heard and seen in first car park field.
16/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
12:00
16/05/24	Red Kite	Lower Earley	10	D J Mills
11:58	unusual these days to see 10 at same time over with Swifts.
16/05/24	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
11:58	pair. heard & seen very close to 2023 nesting tree.
16/05/24	Starling	Tilehurst	50	R Crawford
07:30	50+ mix of adults and juveniles to suet pellet feeders.
16/05/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Three Mile Cross	1	R C Price
08:30	Singing. Mereoak Lane. Just north of P&R.
16/05/24	Reed Warbler	Three Mile Cross	2	R C Price
08:30	Singing. Great Lea Terrace Pond.
16/05/24	Reed Bunting	Three Mile Cross	1	R C Price
08:30	Singing. Great Lea Terrace Pond.
16/05/24	Whitethroat	Three Mile Cross	1	R C Price
08:30	Singing. Great Lea Terrace Pond.
16/05/24	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	7	P J Craig
08:40	On Tern Island.
15/05/24	Cuckoo	Rushall Farm, Bradfield	1	J Lerpiniere
08:22	SU586728.
15/05/24	Cetti's Warbler	Fobney Island	2	J Lerpiniere
08:21
15/05/24	Stonechat	Woolhampton GPs	1	A B Merrick
20:00	m. In Elephant grass field opposite Solar Farm.
15/05/24	Grasshopper Warbler	Woolhampton GPs	1	A B Merrick
20:00	Reeling from Elephant Grass field opposite Solar Farm. SU562656.
13/05/24	Cetti's Warbler	Windsor Great Park	1	D Sussex
10:00
15/05/24	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	3	P Gipson
18:00	First chick hatched this afternoon.
15/05/24	Nightjar	Ufton Nervet	2	P Driver
21:10	Churring and cuicking on Church Plantation from 21.05. several close fly-bys with wing-clapping.
15/05/24	Woodcock	Ufton Nervet	1	P Driver
21:10	Roding, Church Plantation.
15/05/24	Willow Warbler	Ufton Nervet	1	P Driver
20:20	On Church Plantation.
15/05/24	Gadwall	Fobney Island	1	R C Price
16:20	Male on east section.
15/05/24	Little Egret	Fobney Meadow	4	R C Price
17:00	On marsh area near Three Willows.
15/05/24	Reed Bunting	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:00	Singing.
15/05/24	Sedge Warbler	Fobney Meadow	3	R C Price
17:00	Singing.
15/05/24	Grey Heron	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:00	On marsh.
15/05/24	Shoveler	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:00	Male on marsh.
15/05/24	Gadwall	Fobney Meadow	3	R C Price
17:00	2m 1f. On marsh.
15/05/24	Grey Wagtail	Jubilee River	2	K Jones
17:30	On the Roundmoor weir. SU946786.
15/05/24	Reed Bunting	Fobney Island	1	R C Price
16:20	Singing. South of river.
15/05/24	Reed Warbler	Fobney Island	3	R C Price
16:20	Singing. 2 Fobney Island. 1 south of river.
15/05/24	Garden Warbler	Southcote Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	2	R C Price
16:10	Singing south of pool.
15/05/24	Whitethroat	Fobney Island	3	R C Price
15:30	Singing. Along path south of river.
15/05/24	Garden Warbler	Fobney Island	1	R C Price
15:30	Singing west end south of river.
15/05/24	Hobby	Fobney Island	2	R C Price
15:30	Seen from south of river. Hawking over area south of Southcote Lock.
15/05/24	Cetti's Warbler	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
15:50	singing in vegetation by stream parallel to Thames at Streatley Farm.
15/05/24	Hobby	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
15:50	at Streatley Farm.
15/05/24	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
15:58	One at the bottom of Dark Lane .
15/05/24	Spotted Flycatcher	The Holies, Streatley	1	M J Mitchell
14:18	In ash trees. SU584803.
15/05/24	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	P J Craig
12:25	One on Plover Island two on Tern Island.
15/05/24	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	5	P J Craig
12:25	On Tern Island.
15/05/24	Stonechat	Winkfield	2	R Dawson
11:57	m+f. On fence line at E end of Windmill Meadows. SU890718.
15/05/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Winkfield	1	R Dawson
11:57	Singing at E end of Windmill Meadows. SU890718.
15/05/24	Hobby	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
11:20	Please only view from the public footpath.
15/05/24	Stonechat	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	3	P J Craig
11:20	Please only view from the public footpath.
15/05/24	Skylark	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	3	P J Craig
11:20	At least. Please only view from the public footpath.
15/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	7	D J Mills
11:09
15/05/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Frost Folly	1	R Dawson
11:05	Still singing in hedge at bottom of first field.
15/05/24	Reed Warbler	Three Mile Cross	2	R C Price
10:00	Both singing from small reed bed in Great Lea Terrace Pond. <20m apart.
15/05/24	Oystercatcher	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
08:29	Key holders only.
15/05/24	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
08:29	Key holders only.
15/05/24	Raven	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	P J Newbound
08:29	Key holders only.
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.
15/05/24	Little Egret	Bucklebury	3	D Reynolds
08:08
15/05/24	Grey Heron	Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
08:08
15/05/24	Black-headed Gull	Bucklebury	6	D Reynolds
08:08
15/05/24	Ringed Plover	Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
08:08	My first record here, with 3 LRPs.
14/05/24	Cuckoo	Pangbourne	1	A Taylor
19:30	Heard from our garden, calling over the Pang meadows. First record here for four years.
12/05/24	Lapwing	Englefield	15	R Crawford
15:00	Including adults with 2 & 3 small chicks and another adult on eggs all on A4 pit.
14/05/24	Linnet	Three Mile Cross	1	R C Price
20:00	Great Lea Common. Singing from telegraph wire.
14/05/24	Goldcrest	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	1	S Lynch
07:00	Lower wood.
14/05/24	Greenshank	Sulhamstead Abbots	1	A B Tomczynski
15:23	At Abbots farm lake. Heard it calling as I approached along Road. Saw it at far side from Viewpoint, turned to get my camera, heard it call as it flew off.
14/05/24	Corn Bunting	Churn Farm (Oxon)	36	N J Bucknell
	including 25 together in oilseed rape near groundwater floods at 16-10.
14/05/24	Stonechat	Churn Farm (Oxon)	1	N J Bucknell
15:05	male. by old railway line, near bridge at end of Bonham's Road.
14/05/24	Yellow Wagtail	Churn Farm (Oxon)	1	N J Bucknell
16:15	male. on triangular field east of old railway line.
14/05/24	Greenshank	Churn Farm (Oxon)	1	N J Bucknell
16:05	on groundwater flood in triangular field east of old railway line (second pool from left when viewed from old railway bridge on Ridgeway).
14/05/24	Corn Bunting	Compton Downs	1	N J Bucknell
16:10	singing by Ridgeway, foot of hill.
14/05/24	Corn Bunting	Compton Downs	9	N J Bucknell
	around Compton Gallops.
14/05/24	Hobby	Compton Downs	1	N J Bucknell
15:40	flying over southwards, near junction of Ridgeway and track to East Ilsley.
14/05/24	Stonechat	Compton Downs	1	N J Bucknell
15:35	male. by track to East Ilsley, agitated.
14/05/24	Reed Warbler	Three Mile Cross	2	R C Price
16:38	Both singing from small reed bed in Great Lea Terrace Pond.
14/05/24	Reed Warbler	Langley Mead	1	S Lynch
14:00
14/05/24	Reed Bunting	Langley Mead	2	S Lynch
14:00
14/05/24	Skylark	Langley Mead	2	S Lynch
14:00	Singing.
14/05/24	Cetti's Warbler	Langley Mead	1	S Lynch
14:00	Calling near Loddon.
14/05/24	Whitethroat	Langley Mead	3	S Lynch
14:00	Heard.
14/05/24	Swift	Langley Mead	3	S Lynch
14:00
07/05/24	Cuckoo	Emmer Green	1	T Pointer
05:46	Heard only.
14/05/24	Greenfinch	North Ascot	2	I R Oldcorn
13:45	On garden feeder .
14/05/24	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
12:20	Thames, near Swan Hotel.
14/05/24	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
11:00	Key holders only.
14/05/24	Stonechat	Frost Folly	2	M Collings
11:10	Pair. In southern field, fence line near bird boxes.
14/05/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Frost Folly	1	M Collings
10:50	In hedge line at bottom of main Frost Folly field. Near the information board by the pond.
14/05/24	Greenshank	Chamberhouse Marsh	3	M J Dear
12:18	Cheers Nige.
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.
14/05/24	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:26	male. good burst of song.
14/05/24	Green Woodpecker	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	N Bell
06:23
12/05/24	Spotted Flycatcher	Woose Hill	7	P Bright-Thomas
02:07	Nocmig recording; first records of year, seven on same night (02:07 - 03:48).
13/05/24	Lapwing	Heywood Farm, Cox Green	2	D Cleal
11:30	Pair fending off Red Kites. Hopefully some chicks in there.
13/05/24	Skylark	Heywood Farm, Cox Green	12	D Cleal
11:30
13/05/24	Swallow	Heywood Farm, Cox Green	1	D Cleal
11:30
13/05/24	Dunlin	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:00	s/p. Oystercatcher Island.
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	Ring-necked Parakeet	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	S Watcham
13:32
13/05/24	Cuckoo	Bowdown Woods Nature Reserve	1	P Brant
13:09	Seen and heard.
13/05/24	Common Tern	Jubilee River	6	K Rhodes
13:03
13/05/24	Cuckoo	Jubilee River	1	K Jones
11:30	To the east of the bridge to Wood Lane. SU954791.
13/05/24	Cuckoo	Thatcham Marsh	3	M J Taylor
	m. Three heard calling from canal towpath between here and Chamberhouse.
13/05/24	Pochard	Lower Farm GP	4	M J Taylor
	m. at least 4 drakes present.
13/05/24	Pochard	Thatcham Marsh	1	M J Taylor
	m. drake on fishing pit nearest the canal. SU506663.
13/05/24	Marsh Tit	Crookham Common	1	M J Taylor
08:30	in woodland along track from Crookham Pools to Chamberhouse Farm. SU519653. Please keep to the main paths.
13/05/24	Spotted Flycatcher	Bowdown Woods Nature Reserve	1	P Brant
12:08	Singing and seen 100 m from car park.
13/05/24	Red-legged Partridge	Three Mile Cross	2	R C Price
10:20	On ploughed field: Great Lea Farm.
13/05/24	Skylark	Three Mile Cross	1	R C Price
10:20	Singing. Great Lea Farm.
13/05/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Three Mile Cross	1	R C Price
10:20	Singing. Mereoak Lane hedge north end of P&R and north of.
13/05/24	Whitethroat	Three Mile Cross	5	R C Price
10:20	Singing. 4 between Great Lea Terrace and P&R. 1 Great Lea Farm. Also singing 3 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff.
13/05/24	Swallow	Three Mile Cross	2	R C Price
10:20	Great Lea Farm.
13/05/24	Lapwing	Three Mile Cross	2	R C Price
10:20	Display flights, west of Great Lea Farm.