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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 Redpoll	Padworth Common	50	T G Ball
	At least 50 present. 25 caught and ringed including several confusing intergrades with Mealy Redpoll.
27/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Lane GP	4	P Driver
	in mixed feeding flock on the alders.
23/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Warfield	3	M S Whitaker
09:50	Loosely associating with mixed tit/Goldcrest flock in Hayley Green Wood. Wheezing Siskin calls heard also.
19/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Paices Wood	1	T G Ball
10:00	ad male. Just one in amongst the Siskins.
18/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Bracknell	68	J Cooper
13:45	Feeding on niger seed in my 20 and 10 port feeders, and more birds on the ground.
16/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sulhamstead	4	P Hickman
14:30	On front garden niger feeder.
12/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sulhamstead	3	P Hickman
09:20	On front garden niger feeder.
12/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Bracknell	1	D East
10:30	On niger seed feeder.
10/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Ascot	1	P A Cohen
	On the feeders, along with 10 Goldfinches, 6 Chaffinches and 2 Greenfinches. Busy!
10/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Common	2	T G Ball

07/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
08:30	On front garden feeder with a Goldfinch.
02/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
12:16	On front garden feeder.
01/12/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
14:30	On front garden feeder with Goldfinch. First one this winter.
24/11/11	Lesser Redpoll	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	5	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	Along riverside close to sewage works; no sigh Great Grey Shrike. Please only view from the public footpath.
20/11/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	1	T G Ball
	Adult male caught, previously ringed somewhere else in the UK.
18/11/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:30	Over Teal Hide.
13/11/11	Lesser Redpoll	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	T G Ball
16:00	ad male.
12/11/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Common	5	T G Ball
16:00
09/11/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	15	R F Milligan
10:20	In trees alongside footpath to the CLN hide, S/W G Duffus.
07/11/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
10:20	CLN, S/W G Duffus.
01/11/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	80	R F Milligan
13:05	Probably more, flushed from Birch trees around footpath to CLN hide by a Sparrowhawk. S/W G Duffus.
31/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	30	R F Milligan
12:40	Probably more, feeding in birch trees alongside the footpath near the feeding station. S/W G Duffus.
30/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Horton Field Pits	1	K P Duncan
	TQ022761.
24/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	16	P E Hutchins
15:46	A minimum count that included a flock of nine at 15:55, in the trees about the stream, east of the bridge.
24/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	15	R F Milligan
12:15	Feeding on Tern Island.
22/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Common	30	T G Ball
	30+, 27 caught and ringed including a re-trap from last December showing at least some have a bit of winter site fidelity.
22/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Crowthorne Wood	2	R J Godden
14:00
21/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Ascot Heath	17	R J Dale
	Over SW 0750-0940h.
19/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
10:45	Singles West.
18/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
07:45	Low over S, chasing each other.
15/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	Over heard only.
15/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
11:00	In bushes at junction of Cricket Hill and Lower Sandhurst Road.
14/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
07:30	Heard over.
08/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
11:45	Over low calling.
07/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
13:55	2 then 1 more over West from car park direction.
05/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Swinley Forest	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:15	Over.
05/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Crowthorne Wood	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:45	Over.
05/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	3	P Bright-Thomas
07:30	Low S.
04/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	S over lake.
01/10/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	3	P Bright-Thomas
07:30	Over S, my first of the autumn.
30/09/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	2	G Duffus
	High in willow by river at west end of Horseshoe.
26/09/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
12:15	Along backwater over old sluice area.
17/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	30	T G Ball
	30-40 present briefly.
13/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	100	M Hunt
	c100.
11/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	1	M Hunt

10/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Common	4	T G Ball
	All caught - 1 control (ringed previously eleswhere in UK).
08/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Frilsham	18	R Crawford
07:15
08/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:00	m. Singing, over E.
07/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	50	M Hunt
	Minimum count.
07/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	16	P Bright-Thomas
07:00	Groups of 6 + 9 with singing males and at least one male heard over. Loads!
07/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	West Woodhay Down	2	P E Hutchins
06:48	In Larch to the north of the most easterly of the viewing areas / car park. Bullfinch and good numbers of Linnet also being in the area.
06/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sandhurst	1	R J Godden
18:00	On feeder in our garden.
06/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
10:00	1w. Caught and ringed - 15th in garden since 9 March plus 1 control (ringed at Lavell's Lake in Oct 2007).
06/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Swinley Forest	5	P Bright-Thomas
10:00	m. At least 5 sinigng males over Hut Hill, Caesar's Camp and south.
06/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	m. Singing over.
05/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:30	On footpath next to river. S/W G Duffus.
05/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Bracknell	1	D F Callam
14:00	1w. First record for my garden which is close to town centre. Feeding on niger for over ten minutes. Thought it could have been Common but not enough details observed.
05/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth	30	G Sumner
09:11	Heading East over Silver Lane.
04/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
15:45	On feeder.
03/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Paices Wood	10	T G Ball
	Less than 10 present 4 caught and ringed.
02/04/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
17:40	Over.
30/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	J Apperley
08:00	On feeder in garden.
31/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	5	G Duffus
12:30
30/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wildmoor Heath Nature Reserve	11	R Gilham
11:00
30/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	m. Singing, over W.
27/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Swinley Forest	1	S D Abbott
	Near Blane's Lane.
29/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	14	R J Burness
08:45	Flying around the car park. No sign of any BNGs on the lake.
26/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Swinley Forest	20	J O'Brien
16:27	20-30 in a noisy canopy flock.
25/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	2	P J Newbound
11:30
23/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	10	T G Ball
10:00	Probably this number present during day - frequently visiting feeders and 6 new birds ringed this morning.
22/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Greenham Common	20	S G Percival
10:30	Mixture of Mealy and Lesser Redpolls on trees skirting pond when on path to the common on side of feeders site. Please keep to the main paths.
21/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	2	T G Ball
	At least 2 present - one bird looked good for Mealy I even got scope out to check it on the feeder but when caught and ringed it had a bit too much buff and was only a Lesser.
21/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
07:45	pr? Singing male + one other over NW.
20/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
06:55	Over.
18/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	2	T G Ball
	At least 2 unringed birds seen.
18/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Maidenhead	3	C M Sayers
09:00	3 redpolls were feeding on niger seed from a bird feeder.
18/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	1	P J Newbound
13:50
18/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
12:25	Seen in the Alder with Siskins. Above path from S/F hide to WSL reedbed.
18/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
07:30	Over W, male singing.
17/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth	20	G Sumner
14:30	Feeding in birch trees.
16/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	I D Paine
15:30	On feeders at Bittern Hide.
15/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	3	M Hunt

14/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
	Caught and ringed - 1 of the earlier Bramblings now has a ring as well.
14/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	4	P J Crowley
09:00	along river by Horseshoe and Grove Lakes.
13/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wishmoor Cross, Swinley Forest	13	R C Watts
08:50	Mobile.
13/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	3	M S Whitaker
10:30	Feeding in a bush with a Goldfinch.
13/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	2	T G Ball
11:30	Ad male with ring from somewhere else in UK, ad female ringed.
12/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
15:30
11/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	Over Teal hide.
10/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	9	R Marsh
09:50	6 fem. Flew to trees around edge of lake from hedge along Sandford lane.
10/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sandhurst	4	R J Godden
08:30	In our garden.
09/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	2	T G Ball
13:00
08/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	25	T Alexander
08:00	at least.
07/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	m. Singing male over several times.
07/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
	on nijer.
06/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	A Rymer
11:00	In hedgerow just before Bittern Hide, one very pale bird with bright wingbar.
06/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Paices Wood	10	T G Ball
	10 - 20, 6 caught and ringed.
05/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wokingham	18	P Bright-Thomas
10:30	flock in birch just off Barkham Road behind hospital.
04/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
13:30	In garden.
04/03/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
08:00	Garden year-tick.
27/02/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Common	80	T G Ball
	at least. 44 caught, quite a few are now getting very bleached and superficialy looking very like Mealies - we had 3 or 4 birds in the hand that could have potentially been called Mealies in the field but were normal sized with buff cheeks and ear coverts.
21/02/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sandhurst	2	R J Godden
08:00	Feeding in silver birch in the garden.
20/02/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	2	T G Ball
08:00	2 adult males caught and ringed.
18/02/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	5	R F Milligan
12:10	In trees along river. S/W G Duffus.
12/02/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wokingham	4	C Dodington
09:30	On niger seed feeder in garden in central Wokingham. SU815685.
08/02/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	T Alexander
07:30
06/02/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Common	10	T G Ball
	Very few around today, probably only 10-15 and just 3 Lessers caught.
05/02/11	Lesser Redpoll	Greenham Common	7	P Strong
14:50	All on niger seed feeders. Please keep to the main paths.
02/02/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sandhurst	2	L Thorn
10:30	In my garden feeding on Nyger.
31/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Wokingham	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:45	Low over Waitrose car park. SU800685.
30/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Finchampstead	1	R Murfitt
12:00	At sunflower feeder in garden.
30/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	2	T G Ball
08:15	None seen in Siskin focks but 2 caught and ringed.
29/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caesar's Camp, Swinley Forest	27	P E Hutchins
14:38	Up to this many noted between this time and 16:28, the largest group being of ten. Several, including a group of four, were seen to be drinking from puddles in the east - west path in the belt of rhododendron. Also noted in the area were up to 11 Nuthatch, three Treecreeper and three Great Spotted Woodpecker.
29/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Greenham Common	50	N Cleere
09:45	50+ around feeders. Please keep to the main paths.
29/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Ascot, Mill Ride	3	S D Abbott
12:40	Also first garden sighting this winter - turning into a bumper day but unfortunately this lot outside my garden birdwatch hour.
24/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Greenham Common	8	R Crawford
15:40	Please keep to the main paths.
24/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	3	R Gilham
15:50	Seen, with 2 Siskin, in birch trees near hide on Colebrook Lake North.
22/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
15:30	Over Limmerhill Lane with brief song.
23/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Great Hollands, Bracknell	4	B Reeve
11:00
22/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Common	100	T G Ball
	At least 100 present - 37 ringed plus 1 with a UK ring from somewhere else, No Siskins seen or caught.
18/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
15:00	Seen briefly, first of the winter. The Blackcap from earlier now has a ring on and was a 1st year male.
18/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Caesar's Camp, Swinley Forest	100	P J Crowley
08:30	at least 100 counted feeding on birches at the north end of the camp.
15/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Moor Green Lakes	50	B M Archer
12:00	50+.
15/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	60	P Driver
12:10	Feeding on the alders along R Blackwater. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Greenham Common	21	P E Hutchins
12:10	Noted as one flock as they left the usual area. No sign of any Mealy Redpoll in two short looks late morning / early afternoon; one however having been seen earlier in the day. Please keep to the main paths.
10/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Greenham Common	50	N Cleere
08:00	50+ around feeders. Please keep to the main paths.
09/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Common	12	K E Moore
14:30	approx.On South side.Picked up by RHS first.
04/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	T Alexander
11:00
03/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
14:45	On front garden feeder with Goldfinches.
03/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Swinley Forest	30	T Sweetland
12:30	At east 30 present with a similar number of Siskin. Very mobile.
02/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Padworth Common	80	T G Ball
15:00	80 -100 of which 42 caught and ringed, a lot of colour variation in the birds caught, several birds made us look twice and would have been very confusing in the field.
02/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Bracknell	1	D East
11:00
02/01/11	Lesser Redpoll	Greenham Common	2	S A Graham
14:00	Two on feeders at the back of the Cntrl. tower. Please keep to the main paths.