Berkshire bird news

Sunday 4th May 2008

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
04/05/08Mandarin DuckLea Farm Lake1J C Langridge
15:00
 
04/05/08Red KiteWoodley4J C Langridge
17:00
Crockhamwell Road, circling together.  
04/05/08Common SandpiperDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1C Reeve
 
04/05/08Sedge WarblerDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1D Beever
17:30
Several singing in bushes near weir and in reed beds.  
04/05/08Common TernDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River2D Beever
16:30
 
04/05/08CuckooFarley Hill1A Booth
10:30
Heard calling just south of Clarks Farm.  
04/05/08BlackcapBray3T Mercer
14:30
singing in undergrowth along river bank at Marina.  
04/05/08Ring-necked ParakeetBray7T Mercer
14:00
Party flying about very noisily at the Marina.  
04/05/08Mandarin DuckLea Farm Lake2A Rymer
17:00
both male.  
04/05/08SwiftCharvil6D Hudson
11:30
flying over the rooftops and screaming loudly, lovely sight.  
04/05/08Song ThrushMortimer Common2P Driver
17:00
Would be lovely if they were a breeding pair... SU6563.  
04/05/08TreecreeperMortimer Common1P Driver
17:00
SU6563.  
04/05/08CuckooMortimer Common1P Driver
17:00
Calling (again) from somewhere between Admiral's Copse and Butler's Land Copse. SU6563.  
04/05/08ChiffchaffMortimer Common3P Driver
17:00
SU6563.  
04/05/08GoldfinchMortimer Common4P Driver
17:00
SU6563.  
04/05/08Long-tailed TitMortimer Common1P Driver
17:00
SU6563.  
04/05/08Great Spotted WoodpeckerMortimer Common1P Driver
17:00
m. SU6563.  
04/05/08SwiftArborfield Garrison2J Pearson
15:10
 
04/05/08Common SandpiperLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP1A Rymer
12:00
On bund of Tern Scrape.  
04/05/08BuzzardLower Farm Trout Lake2S A Graham
12:00
 
04/05/08Reed BuntingLower Farm Trout Lake1S A Graham
12:00
m.  
04/05/08Reed WarblerLower Farm GP2S A Graham
12:00
In reed bed in front of the hide.  
04/05/08Greylag GooseLower Farm GP5S A Graham
12:00
 
04/05/08PochardLower Farm GP1S A Graham
12:00
1m.  
04/05/08TealLower Farm GP1S A Graham
12:00
m.  
04/05/08NightingaleGreenham Common1S A Graham
09:00
1m. In song in the vacinity of the 'fire plane'. Please keep to the main paths.  
04/05/08Garden WarblerGreenham Common2S A Graham
09:00
2m. Singing males by the Control tower car park and the 'Fire plane'. Please keep to the main paths.  
04/05/08Tawny OwlBinfield1L R Blundell
04:45
Forest Road.  
04/05/08CuckooHawthorn Hill1M S Whitaker
06:30
male. Singing near Touchen End (Atlas TTV).  
04/05/08Common TernMoatlands GP, Theale GPs20T G Ball
09:00
 
04/05/08Black TernMoatlands GP, Theale GPs1T G Ball
09:00
 
04/05/08Arctic TernMoatlands GP, Theale GPs1T G Ball
09:00
 
04/05/08Black TernMain Pit, Theale GPs2T G Ball
09:00
 
04/05/08Common SandpiperHosehill Lake, Theale GPs1T G Ball
08:30
 
04/05/08Mediterranean GullColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes1B M Archer
07:45
1/s. Per CRG and JR - arrived from the west just after I left.  
04/05/08Turtle DoveWoolhampton GPs1B Stalker
07:15
'purring' and showing well on west side of main lake.  
04/05/08Black TernWoolhampton GPs1B Stalker
07:35
watched over main lake for five minutes before it flew to the west being mobbed by a common tern. .  
04/05/08Black TernColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes1G Randall
07:08
still on C.L.North per Bruce Archer.