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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2009 and 31/12/2009.

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
10/12/09Marsh HarrierCrowthorne1K Smith
13:00
Probable
Only seen from behind, but no barring on tail, swooped through garden before landing in tree at rear.  
04/12/09Marsh HarrierWoolhampton GPs1K E Moore
12:00
juv. came in from south west ,circled Rowney Predator Lake and flew off East.  
13/09/09Marsh HarrierNew workings, Moor Green Lakes1M J Mitchell
16:00
Probable
Brief view. Brown, long-tailed raptor, slightly larger than the crows mobbing it. Flew S. Please only view from the public footpath.  
08/09/09Marsh HarrierMoor Green Lakes1C Gent
15:00
juv. flying south high overhead. dived down onto new workings but had gone by the time I got there.  
27/08/09Marsh HarrierBerkshire Downs at Aldworth1L R Blundell
12:05
Probable
Distant towards Didcot. Flew low from east to west horizons.  
22/08/09Marsh HarrierCompton Downs1M F Walford
16:45
juv/fem. relocated after not being seen for an hour. now just north of the ridgeway in OXFORDSHIRE.  
22/08/09Marsh HarrierCompton Downs1M F Walford
15:30
juv/fem. quartering cereal fields NE of Churn Road NE of old railway line & W of Roden Down.  
22/08/09Marsh HarrierLea Farm Lake1F J Cottington
11:15
ad fem. 11:15, flew in at 100ft from NW, mobbed by Common Tern, circled for 10-12 minutes drifting over Lavell's but then back NW and finally W towards Reading (FJC & ARy who got a few pics of it).  
22/08/09Marsh HarrierLea Farm Lake1M F Walford
11:35
fem. circling for about 10 mins then flew off north (per FJC).  
19/08/09Marsh HarrierWest Ilsley1M F Walford
14:25
juv. Still quartering the same field as yesterday at Sheep Down, one mile west of West Ilsley on the West Ilsley-Farnborough road (per Ken Moore).  
18/08/09Marsh HarrierWest Ilsley1R H Stansfield
15:10
juv. Flying over large cereal field 1 mile west of village. Still present at 17:00 on the ground eating prey. But distant view. Also seen by KEM, ABT and Stephen Graham.  
18/08/09Marsh HarrierWest Ilsley1M F Walford
15:55
juv. Still quartering fields one mile west of West Ilsley (per Roger Stansfield).  
18/08/09Marsh HarrierWest Ilsley1M F Walford
15:20
juv. Currently sat in a field (c.50ft into Oxon) west of West Ilsley on the Farnbourough-West Ilsley road (per Roger Stansfield).  
17/08/09Marsh HarrierSeven Barrows1R H Stansfield
11:00
juv. First picked up being mobbed by a Red Kite. It dropped it's prey item which the kite went for. The harrier circled for two or three minutes and then drifted off south.  
17/08/09Marsh HarrierSeven Barrows1M F Walford
11:00
juv. Mobbed by a Kite, dropped prey and drifted off south (per Roger Stansfield).  
09/08/09Marsh HarrierMoor Green Lakes1J B Sheridan
09:30
f. Over New Workings.  
08/05/09Marsh HarrierChieveley1G Kimber
10:10
Being mobbed by Lapwings, settled in field, then flew off in SW direction. SU465738.  
02/04/09Marsh HarrierGreenham Common1N Cleere
07:40
m. north, fairly low in lazy flight, over centre of common. Please keep to the main paths.