Berkshire bird news
Wednesday 1st May 2024
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/05/24 | Kingfisher | Padworth Lane GP | 2 | P Driver |
| 11:50 | Pair active around a suitable nesting site in the bank of the Kennet. Observed with ABT. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Nightingale | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 4 | R Crawford |
| 20:45 | Singing. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Lesser Whitethroat | Cookham | 1 | B D Clews |
| 11:00 | In hedge at the top of Long Lane. SU865840. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Coot | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 5 | P Gipson |
| 19:30 | At least 3 new chicks - first brood this season at this site, very late. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Grey Wagtail | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 4 | K P Duncan |
| 06:40 | BREEDING pair feeding two fledged chicks along the River Blackwater. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Garden Warbler | Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst | 2 | K P Duncan |
| 07:40 | ||||
| 01/05/24 | Kingfisher | Bray Lake, Bray GPs | 1 | C Hedley |
| 11:30 | Left a branch and flew down the cut near the clubhouse. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Lesser Redpoll | Southridge Farm, Stichens Green | 40 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 09:00 | Large flock heading N over College Wood; some or all earlier seen feeding to S of Black Wood, some song. First record for BBS square. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Kingfisher | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
| 16:10 | male. on Thames, just south of Cleeve Lock. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Little Egret | Three Mile Cross | 2 | R C Price |
| 14:35 | Flying north along A33 then appeared to drop down east of road to area north of Silchester Place. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Grey Wagtail | Streatley | 4 | N J Bucknell |
| 12:30 | pair and at least 2 juv. by path from church to Thames. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Swift | Willows Lake, Thatcham GPs | 1 | R C Davies |
| 13:36 | ||||
| 01/05/24 | Song Thrush | Windsor Great Park | 1 | N Bell |
| 09:56 | At Valley Gardens. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Buzzard | Windsor Great Park | 1 | N Bell |
| 10:50 | Flying over Obelisk Pond. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Mandarin Duck | Windsor Great Park | 2 | N Bell |
| 10:49 | male. On Obelisk Pond. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Kestrel | Windsor Great Park | 1 | N Bell |
| 10:20 | Hunting at Valley Gardens. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Chaffinch | Windsor Great Park | 1 | N Bell |
| 08:55 | Outside Savill Garden. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Nuthatch | Windsor Great Park | 1 | N Bell |
| 08:55 | Outside Savill Garden. | |||
| 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 | Lapwing | Swallowfield Church | 2 | M Scarlett |
| 10:57 | In stubble field next to the church. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Greenshank | Padworth Lane floods | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 11:01 | Photographers should stay off the floods, Redshank are attempting to breed there. Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Swift | Reading | 2 | S Huggins |
| 10:55 | Screaming over Russell street. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Pochard | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 10:53 | m. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Shoveler | Padworth Lane floods | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 10:30 | m. Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Redshank | Padworth Lane floods | 3 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 10:30 | Min. Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Greenshank | Padworth Lane floods | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 10:30 | Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Willow Warbler | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 10:45 | m. Singing on S side. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Little Gull | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 10:45 | fs. Hawking over W side GP with Bh Gulls. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Swift | Willows Lake, Thatcham GPs | 1 | R C Davies |
| 10:41 | ||||
| 01/05/24 | Cuckoo | Fleethill Farm | 1 | K P Duncan |
| 09:45 | male. calling. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Snipe | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | K P Duncan |
| 09:45 | on Finch Pond. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | K P Duncan |
| 09:20 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Common Tern | Queen Mother Reservoir | 3 | P J Newbound |
| 09:00 | Key holders only. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Greenshank | Queen Mother Reservoir | 1 | P J Newbound |
| 09:00 | Calling overhead in low cloud. Key holders only. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Swift | Pangbourne | 5 | M Winkworth |
| 09:26 | Flying around the centre of the village. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Mandarin Duck | Thames Valley Business Park | 10 | M J Mitchell |
| 08:00 | 1f, 9 juv. River adjacent to nature reserve. Female and 9 very small ducklings. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Common Tern | Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst | 4 | K P Duncan |
| 08:00 | on island. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Caversham | 1 | J J Kearns |
| 07:56 | f. On garden feeder. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Siskin | Sulhamstead | 2 | P Hickman |
| 06:30 | m+f. On feeders in back garden. | |||
| 01/05/24 | Lesser Redpoll | Sulhamstead | 1 | P Hickman |
| 06:30 | On feeder in back garden. | |||