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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2011 and 31/12/2011.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
31/12/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
11:45	1st W, but advanced moult coming into 1st S.
30/12/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	1863	P E Hutchins
16:33	Minimum count by this time - as is usual here, all but a 'handful' being adults.
28/12/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP		N Cleere
13:00	A good turnover of colour ringed birds during past 2 weeks incl. birds from west country, Guernsey, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Some of these birds have also spent time in France and Spain. Oldest was ringed as an adult in 1999.
23/12/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	910	P E Hutchins
15:55	Minimum count - almost all being adults.
20/12/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
11:35	1xAW 2x 3rd W. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
19/12/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	5	R Marsh
10:30
10/12/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Crookham Common	28	R Gilham
14:00	Please keep to the main paths.
09/12/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
13:20	ad. On the shingle island.
04/12/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	1300	S A Graham
16:20	Approx. c900 at the Gp. and c400 Tl. Three prob. H Gull present.
26/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	900	S A Graham
15:00	Approx. c400 Gp and c500 Tl.
25/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P E Hutchins
15:50	ad.
21/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	32	R F Milligan
11:25	16xAW, 8x3rdW, 7x2ndW, 1x1stW, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
19/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Crookham Common	2	P E Hutchins
07:41	One south-east at this time with an adult then present on the pools from 08:52. Please keep to the main paths.
18/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm Trout Lake	400	S A Graham
16:30	Approx in addition to the Gp.
18/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	700	S A Graham
16:30	Approx. with c4 Gray Gulls, one certainly a H.Gull.
16/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	4000	B Lyle
15:45	probably more.
12/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	South Lake, Woodley	2	P E Hutchins
14:50	ad & 1w.
12/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	1	P E Hutchins
14:15	adult.
09/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	61	R F Milligan
11:50	41xAW, 13x3rdW, 3x2ndW and 4x1stW, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
07/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	32	R F Milligan
11:24	18xAW, 10x3rdW, 4x1stW, on the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
04/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	390	S A Graham
16:00	Subdued pre-roost gathering with no grey-backed Gulls present.
01/11/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	53	R F Milligan
12:20	34xAW, 12x3rdW, 3x2ndW, 4x1stW, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
28/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	16	R F Milligan
10:40	8xAW, 6x2ndW, 2x1st W, on the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
27/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
11:20	1x AW 2x 1st W. Please only view from the public footpath.
25/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Crookham Common	28	R Gilham
15:45	Mainly adults including one colour ringed bird. (BL-BZ in white on a red ring, left leg). Details: (metal ring GR36517) 02/06/2011 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk - RINGED AS NESTING ADULT. Please keep to the main paths.
24/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	28	R F Milligan
11:30	24 Adults, 2 3rd W & 2 1st W, on the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
22/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	550	S A Graham
16:40	Approx. count; also c3 ad H.Gull.
18/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:15	Adult W, with Common and BH gulls, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
15/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	500	S A Graham
17:20	Minimum count with c2 prob. H.Gull.
14/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
09:45	ad. With J.W. & Alan Rymer.
14/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
10:20	At the diggings, S/W G&C Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
13:40
11/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	25	R F Milligan
11:40	On the diggings, S/W G&C Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2000	J M Clark
18:00	roosting. Please only view from the public footpath.
07/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
10:10	ad. On the island, then moved to Tern raft.
07/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:45	Adult, winter plumage, on the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
04/10/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
08:15
29/09/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	18	R F Milligan
11:40	15 adult & 3 1st w at western end of the diggings. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
28/09/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
10:45	3rd winter? On the island. I assume it was same bird flew over to Lavell's later as it came from LFGP direction.
27/09/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Crookham Common	3	M Hunt
	Please keep to the main paths.
23/09/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
11:20	Western end of the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
22/09/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Bury Down	150	R Marsh
	2 good sized flocks seen dropping onto nearby fields. Not as many as last time we visited this site but a lot more were seen on the ploughed fields as we travelled north into Oxon.
21/09/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	South Lake, Woodley	1	P E Hutchins
11:47	1w.
19/09/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	8	R F Milligan
10:35	On the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
16/09/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	5	R F Milligan
10:50	On the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/09/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:40	On North bank of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
31/08/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Queen Mother Reservoir	3	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	ad + 2j. Two juveniles begging food from an adult. Key holders only.
28/08/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	80	J M Clark
20:30	flew across to Hants side to roost. Please only view from the public footpath.
19/08/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Bury Down	150	R Marsh
09:20	At least, could have been 200. The line of them seemed endless as they flew over from the direction of Didcot > W. Ilsley village. Lot's of ploughed fields in the area to choose from.
16/08/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	1	P E Hutchins
15:02	ad. Circling over the area north of the pits. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/08/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	4	G J King
	Please only view from the public footpath.
10/08/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Woodley	1	R Marsh
07:40	On the roof of our house on my return.
09/08/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	1	P E Hutchins
06:54	adult. The first bird in to the site.
06/08/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Woodley	7	J C Langridge
	On Bulmershe playing fields this morning.
03/08/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	5	R F Milligan
10:30	4 adults, 1 juv. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
31/07/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	60	S A Graham
11:30
29/07/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Woolhampton GPs	1	P E Hutchins
16:54	An adult west, eventually, at this time.
15/07/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	9	R F Milligan
12:30	Adults and juveniles. One flying 50yds away in the air which caught a large insect (dragonfly perhaps) which it ate, behaviour that we had not seen before. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
14/07/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	5	R Marsh
09:40	3 ad, 2 juv. Also 1 x Common Tern, Little Grebe, Lapwings.
14/07/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
10:45	Resting on the diggings, with 21 Black Headed Gulls, adult and juv. and 2 Common Terns. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/07/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	7	R F Milligan
11:16	Resting and preening on the gravel islands. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
02/07/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	1	P E Hutchins
16:30	adult. Present with 30 Black-headed Gull late afternoon. Please only view from the public footpath.
02/07/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
11:20	Brief visit. Most of the BH Gulls have now fledged & loafing on island. With the better view that provided we found 1 Common Tern chick has survived on L/H raft, still being fed. No C.T. chicks fledged yet from R/H raft that we can see but some are close to flying.
26/06/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	51	S A Graham
16:30	Majority adults.
19/05/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
12:45	1st s. taking an interest in BHG nests on Tern Island but was soon driven away. S/W G Duffus.
02/05/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	R C Watts
17:55
02/05/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
08:10	Bathing next to island, with 2 x Herring Gull close by.
25/04/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Greenham Common	1	P E Hutchins
08:23	North at this time with two Black-headed Gull on the pits on leaving. Please keep to the main paths.
13/04/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	6	F J Cottington
07:30	On far landfill briefly.
12/04/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh
11:40	On the island opp. sailing club. Also 3x Greylag Geese and a hybrid that looked like a Barnyard Goose x Greylag.
07/04/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
08:00	Immatures S.
03/03/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	1	A Rymer
14:00
25/02/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	5	R F Milligan
11:23	With small number of Common and Black Headed Gulls. Please only view from the public footpath.
22/02/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	6	R Marsh
	Also 2 Common Gulls.
20/02/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	900	P Bright-Thomas
15:30	Over 600 counted, est remainder.
08/02/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
10:20	Amongst a big # of BH Gulls.
06/02/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	1000	N Cleere
15:00	1000+.
04/02/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Barkham	4	P Bright-Thomas
	3ad + 1fw. On Langley Common. SU774664.
01/02/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Reading	4	A V Lawson
13:00	Circling over the town centre.
01/02/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	ad.
23/01/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	1000	N Cleere
15:30	1000+.
22/01/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	1986	P E Hutchins
17:00	At least this many to the roost by this time, the last in only a short time prior to this. Also in the roost were 2 Herring, 15 Common and 194 Black-headed Gull. Also on site were 133 Lapwing, 24 Tufted Duck, 18 Pochard, single Great Crested and Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron and 24 Cormorant, a Red Kite moving high north at 15:37.
21/01/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	1219	P E Hutchins
16:46	At least this many noted on the pit by this time, again there being less than a handful of immature birds. Also three Common and 67 Black-headed Gull, 35 Lapwing, a Little Grebe, a Buzzard south-west, then south, at 15:34 and two Snipe north-east at 16:14.
20/01/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	1478	P E Hutchins
16:38	At least this many in by this time, all but a handful being adult / near-adult birds. Also present were 42 Black-headed Gull and 231 Lapwing.
18/01/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2800	R Crawford
16:40
14/01/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	414	P E Hutchins
16:39	At least this many present on leaving the site, many of the birds having been flushed up to three times in the previous 31 minutes. 83 Black-headed Gull were also present at thie time.
12/01/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Reading	4	A V Lawson
10:00	in flooded meadow of Richfield avenue, with 100+ Black Headed gulls.
01/01/11	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	250	S A Graham
15:30	Gathered on ice but slowly drifting E. to the TL.