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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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05/11/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | F J Cottington |
14:30 | Over quite quickly SE at tree top height. Latest ever by 2 days. | |||
28/10/11 | Swallow | Remenham | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:45 | South through new horse paddock at Upper Culham Farm. | |||
26/10/11 | Swallow | Emmer Green | 1 | P E Hutchins |
13:10 | imm. Low south over Surley Row at this time. | |||
26/10/11 | Swallow | Cow Down, West Ilsley | 2 | N Cleere |
10:00 | south. | |||
16/10/11 | Swallow | Great Shefford | 1 | B Lyle |
12:30 | heading south it cut a lonely figure. | |||
16/10/11 | Swallow | Greenham Common | 1 | N Cleere |
south. Please keep to the main paths. | ||||
14/10/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 3 | R Marsh |
09:45 | Over. With J.W. & Alan Rymer. | |||
14/10/11 | Swallow | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 5 | R F Milligan |
10:20 | 2 groups of 3 & 2 birds, across the diggings heading south, S/W G&C Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
12/10/11 | Swallow | Padworth | 6 | G Sumner |
14:30 | W over Rectory Rd. | |||
11/10/11 | Swallow | Bracknell | 3 | D A MacKenzie Dodds |
All flying south, low through garden from north. | ||||
11/10/11 | Swallow | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
11:40 | Across Manor Farm East to West. S/W G&C Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
08/10/11 | Swallow | Queen Mother Reservoir | 3 | M F Walford |
Key holders only. | ||||
08/10/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
12:45 | Over S, + 2 that Tim & Alan saw over BSL. | |||
07/10/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 3 | F J Cottington |
13:30 | South. | |||
06/10/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
13:45 | E. | |||
05/10/11 | Swallow | Crowthorne Wood | 5 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:45 | ||||
05/10/11 | Swallow | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:30 | juv. >S. | |||
05/10/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 20 | F J Cottington |
08:10 | Groups of 4-5 trickling thru SE. | |||
03/10/11 | Swallow | Fobney Meadow | 30 | A Absolom |
18:00 | heading south. | |||
03/10/11 | Swallow | Ascot, Mill Ride | 12 | S D Abbott |
18:10 | Heading south at some pace. | |||
27/09/11 | Swallow | Crookham Common | 2 | M Hunt |
Please keep to the main paths. | ||||
27/09/11 | Swallow | Ascot, Mill Ride | 4 | S D Abbott |
15:45 | Over south. | |||
27/09/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 200 | F J Cottington |
11:22 | Two groups of around 100 over slowly SE. | |||
27/09/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 40 | R Marsh |
10:45 | At least this # feeding low over lake. | |||
26/09/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 70 | F J Cottington |
11:30 | Plus another 70+ 12:15 all SE. | |||
25/09/11 | Swallow | Padworth Common | 120 | T G Ball |
Steady passage heading south before 10 a.m. | ||||
25/09/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 20 | F J Cottington |
13:10 | Smalls groups thru SE. | |||
25/09/11 | Swallow | Walbury Hill | 10 | S A Graham |
10:00 | Approx. going S. in small groups in the face of gale force winds. | |||
23/09/11 | Swallow | Compton | 5 | G Farnell |
over. | ||||
23/09/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 13 | F J Cottington |
09:30 | 3's & 4's all S/SE. | |||
22/09/11 | Swallow | Hermitage | 20 | B Lyle |
14:00 | bottom of Red Shute Hill heading south. | |||
22/09/11 | Swallow | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 1 | M Hunt |
c5. | ||||
21/09/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 150 | F J Cottington |
14:00 | Over landfill. | |||
21/09/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 40 | R Marsh |
11:20 | At least, feeding over landfill with smaller numbers of Sand & House Martins. | |||
19/09/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 90 | R Marsh |
At least. Constant trickle moving through during the morning, seen from Lavell's car park field with Les Seward and from LFGP. | ||||
19/09/11 | Swallow | Tilehurst | 5 | R Collins |
Passing through S. SU649741. | ||||
18/09/11 | Swallow | Tilehurst | 30 | R Collins |
30+. SU649741. | ||||
18/09/11 | Swallow | Queen Mother Reservoir | 30 | R C Watts |
30 plus. Key holders only. | ||||
16/09/11 | Swallow | Woose Hill | 125 | P Bright-Thomas |
100 before 07:30, with more after 8, mostly S or SE. | ||||
16/09/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1000 | F J Cottington |
07:50 | Probably well over 1000 - Significant and constant movement of groups 200-300+ moving SE. | |||
14/09/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 30 | F J Cottington |
13:10 | Trickle of groups of 10+ S/SE. | |||
10/09/11 | Swallow | Woose Hill | 13 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:45 | ad + 2 groups of juveniles, all S. | |||
07/09/11 | Swallow | Moor Green Lakes | 20 | R F Milligan |
10:50 | Probably more with House Martins over the pony paddock area. S/W G Duffus. | |||
07/09/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 50 | F J Cottington |
08:30 | ||||
05/09/11 | Swallow | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 4 | R F Milligan |
09:55 | Flying across Manor Farm Lake. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
05/09/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 10 | R Marsh |
10:15 | Flying low over the lake and landfill with House Martins. | |||
03/09/11 | Swallow | Shalford Farm, Brimpton | 12 | P E Hutchins |
17:29 | On roadside wires. Regular here over the past few months but the largest gathering noted to date. SU569647. | |||
03/09/11 | Swallow | Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs | 54 | P E Hutchins |
14:08 | mixed. Heading south / south-west / south-east between this time and 14:53. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
02/09/11 | Swallow | Woose Hill | 12 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:00 | Going SE, some very high. | |||
31/08/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 50 | F J Cottington |
15:15 | Groups of 10-20 moving thru SE. | |||
31/08/11 | Swallow | Woose Hill | 68 | P Bright-Thomas |
06:30 | Single flock of 67 >NE, mostly juveniles. Why do they go in the wrong direction (in this case, into a light breeze)? | |||
28/08/11 | Swallow | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 25 | G J King |
16:00 | Seen feeding on west side of lake north of hide. | |||
28/08/11 | Swallow | Eton Wick | 12 | K Jones |
Also Little Egret in ditch on south side of Dorney Common and Red Kite over rowing lake(both in Bucks by about 100 metres). | ||||
26/08/11 | Swallow | Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs | 32 | P E Hutchins |
14:41 | A minimum count of birds moving east / south-east in front of a front; noted in seven minutes. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
25/08/11 | Swallow | Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs | 26 | P E Hutchins |
14:57 | South at this time (1) plus 3 @ 14:57, 2 @ 15:08, 4 @ 15:09 and 16 @ 15:14. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
25/08/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 22 | R Marsh |
10:10 | Arrived as the rain eased, circled lake and flew off > Lea Fm. | |||
25/08/11 | Swallow | Woose Hill | 3 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:30 | >W. | |||
24/08/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 9 | R Marsh |
12:45 | ||||
17/08/11 | Swallow | Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs | 65 | P E Hutchins |
14:53 | A mixed flock of these and at least House Martin moving south, grey skies, poor visibility and brief appearance stopped any meaningful count of each species. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
16/08/11 | Swallow | Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs | 2 | P E Hutchins |
15:07 | Low south at this time. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
15/08/11 | Swallow | Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs | 7 | R Gilham |
10:00 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
13/08/11 | Swallow | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | G J King |
Please only view from the public footpath. | ||||
13/08/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 3 | R Marsh |
09:45 | Flew over the Loddon > Sandford Fm. | |||
11/08/11 | Swallow | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | G J King |
Please only view from the public footpath. | ||||
11/08/11 | Swallow | Padworth | 80 | G Sumner |
08:30 | ||||
11/08/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 10 | R Marsh |
09:20 | Approx. count - very mobile over landfill. 4 seen later along the Loddon in Dinton Pastures. | |||
09/08/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 30 | R Marsh |
11:10 | At least this # feeding over the landfill. | |||
07/08/11 | Swallow | Englefield | 4 | R Marsh |
12:35 | ||||
06/08/11 | Swallow | Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead | 25 | B Reeve |
11:00 | ||||
03/08/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 7 | F J Cottington |
14:15 | Just a few going SE. | |||
29/07/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 14 | P E Hutchins |
16:45 | Peak count - nearly all birds observed were immatures. | |||
29/07/11 | Swallow | Wellbottom Down | 80 | R Gilham |
10:30 | Mixed age flight. Interestingly, no Swifts or House Martins seen. | |||
06/07/11 | Swallow | Padworth | 8 | G Sumner |
15:00 | juv. Perched in oak tree. | |||
05/07/11 | Swallow | Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst | 1 | R Marsh |
12:10 | juv. Good numbers seen but the only juv. id'd landed on an overhead wire. | |||
16/06/11 | Swallow | Ashenbury Park, Woodley | 5 | R Marsh |
13:40 | At least. | |||
09/06/11 | Swallow | Nuptown | 12 | M Hunt |
11:40 | Berry Lane with 19 House Martins. | |||
26/05/11 | Swallow | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 6 | B M Archer |
07:00 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
14/05/11 | Swallow | Cookham | 8 | B Reeve |
10:00 | River thames. | |||
28/04/11 | Swallow | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 7 | A Cooper |
26/04/11 | Swallow | The Ridgeway | 39 | P E Hutchins |
07:53 | Noted while walking the Streatley to West Ilsley section with Richard Gilham; the only notable group being of 24, close to Streatley. | |||
25/04/11 | Swallow | Greenham Common | 10 | P E Hutchins |
06:10 | A total of five north and one and four lingering. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
23/04/11 | Swallow | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:30 | >NE. | |||
22/04/11 | Swallow | Windsor Great Park | 1 | M Hunt |
21/04/11 | Swallow | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 2 | A Cooper |
19/04/11 | Swallow | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:00 | Separately >N at 07:05 and 07:55. | |||
19/04/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
11:15 | + several Sand Martins. | |||
19/04/11 | Swallow | Lower Farm GP | 1 | P E Hutchins |
08:37 | Plus two Sand Martin. | |||
19/04/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 4 | P E Hutchins |
07:25 | Low east across Rowney Predator Lake. | |||
16/04/11 | Swallow | Ravenswood Village | 1 | M Sklar |
15:00 | First of the year, a few days later than last year. | |||
16/04/11 | Swallow | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 4 | F Try |
15:00 | ||||
15/04/11 | Swallow | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
11:40 | CLN. | |||
14/04/11 | Swallow | Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 5 | F J Cottington |
16:30 | Probably more. | |||
13/04/11 | Swallow | Woodley | 1 | P Foulds |
16:00 | Flew over my house Westwards. | |||
13/04/11 | Swallow | Jubilee River | 8 | R M Haydon |
08:00 | At least. Plus 54 other species. | |||
13/04/11 | Swallow | Donnington Castle | 3 | J Chivers |
09:00 | ||||
13/04/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 11 | F J Cottington |
07:30 | Feeding over lake. | |||
12/04/11 | Swallow | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 2 | W Morgan |
17:30 | ||||
12/04/11 | Swallow | Hurst Green GP, Twyford GPs | 2 | A D Bassett |
16:00 | Over pit. | |||
12/04/11 | Swallow | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | A Berryman |
1 at horseshoe Lake, another on Colebrook Lake North. | ||||
12/04/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | F J Cottington |
08:20 | ||||
11/04/11 | Swallow | Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
16:00 | North. | |||
11/04/11 | Swallow | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 1 | M Hunt |
Heading west. | ||||
11/04/11 | Swallow | Thames Valley Business Park | 1 | R Dryden |
13:00 | ||||
10/04/11 | Swallow | Padworth Common | 2 | T G Ball |
09/04/11 | Swallow | Lower Farm GP | 1 | M J Taylor |
16:30 | ||||
09/04/11 | Swallow | Sulhamstead | 1 | J Butler |
13:15 | ||||
09/04/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | M J Mitchell |
10:00 | Over heading N. | |||
07/04/11 | Swallow | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
11:30 | Over Honey Field. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
07/04/11 | Swallow | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:00 | 1 NW at 07:05, and another at 08:10. GYT. | |||
07/04/11 | Swallow | West Woodhay Down | 1 | P E Hutchins |
06:43 | West at this time plus a further two north at 07:40 and a Sand Martin west at 07:39. A Muntjac and eight Brown Hare being in the fields they were moving over. | |||
07/04/11 | Swallow | Leverton | 2 | P Bysh |
08:09 | Flying west. | |||
06/04/11 | Swallow | Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst | 1 | T A East |
14:00 | Briefly, dipping to water surface, drinking. Returned briefly about 16:00. | |||
06/04/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 4 | P E Hutchins |
19:18 | This total noted moving south between 19:18 and 19:30. A total of 106+ Sand Martin between 18:34 and 19:37 included 75+ in from the north-east and moving on south-west from 19:28. | |||
05/04/11 | Swallow | Shinfield | 2 | D Pottinger |
09:30 | seen in farm buildings in cutbush lane where they nest every year. | |||
05/04/11 | Swallow | Windsor Great Park | 3 | M Hunt |
Feeding in cattle field. | ||||
05/04/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 30 | N Cleere |
18:00 | +. | |||
05/04/11 | Swallow | Slough | 2 | A Cooper |
16:30 | wexham est. | |||
05/04/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 3 | R Marsh |
Also 20+ Sand Martins - at least 5 holes in S/M bank now look to be in use. | ||||
05/04/11 | Swallow | Moor Green Lakes | 9 | R F Milligan |
10:30 | Feeding over CLN with 2 House Martin. S/W G Duffus. | |||
05/04/11 | Swallow | Maidenhead Business Park | 1 | J E Mitchell |
14:00 | ||||
05/04/11 | Swallow | Lower Farm GP | 10 | N Cleere |
10:05 | +. | |||
05/04/11 | Swallow | Moor Green Lakes | 25 | B M Archer |
08:00 | At least - feeding over the lakes. | |||
04/04/11 | Swallow | Englefield | 1 | R Crawford |
10:00 | ||||
04/04/11 | Swallow | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 2 | R Gilham |
13:05 | Flew over heading west. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
04/04/11 | Swallow | Hungerford | 1 | T Bunce |
11:30 | ||||
04/04/11 | Swallow | Padworth | 1 | G Sumner |
08:05 | Over Silver Lane. | |||
03/04/11 | Swallow | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R J Godden |
14:00 | ||||
03/04/11 | Swallow | Paices Wood | 1 | T G Ball |
Over N. | ||||
03/04/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
09:15 | ||||
02/04/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 20 | N Cleere |
18:15 | +. | |||
02/04/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 2 | K E Moore |
16:00 | ||||
02/04/11 | Swallow | Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading | 1 | P Gipson |
02/04/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 8 | F J Cottington |
17:15 | 2 groups of 4 headed W/NW. | |||
02/04/11 | Swallow | Lower Farm GP | 2 | S A Graham |
15:30 | ||||
02/04/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
11:00 | Over the lake. | |||
01/04/11 | Swallow | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | M Terry |
12:30 | Over. Viewed from the business park. My first of the year - Spring has arrived! | |||
30/03/11 | Swallow | Lower Farm GP | 6 | N Cleere |
10:45 | or more north in dribs and drabs. | |||
30/03/11 | Swallow | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | B M Archer |
07:30 | ||||
29/03/11 | Swallow | Old Windsor | 3 | S King |
17:20 | swallows have arrived. | |||
29/03/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
1st spotted by GSE, who saw 2 x Redshank before I arrived at the hide this a.m. Also 2 x Snipe, 4 x LBB Gull, 6 x Herring Gull, 2 x Egyptian Geese and 2 x Greylag. Single Oystercatcher over Lavells @ 08:10. | ||||
29/03/11 | Swallow | Lower Farm GP | 6 | B Lyle |
17:00 | on overhead cable at quarry reception. | |||
28/03/11 | Swallow | Ruscombe | 2 | M Brown |
14:00 | ||||
28/03/11 | Swallow | Blake's Lock, K&A Canal, Reading | 8 | D R Glover |
08:30 | ||||
28/03/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 2 | N Cleere |
16:15 | straight through north. Also seen by RHS. | |||
27/03/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 2 | N Cleere |
08:30 | ||||
27/03/11 | Swallow | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 1 | J E Andrews |
08:30 | with 20+ Sand Martin, also 2 Mandarin Duck and 1 little Egret at the heronary. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
27/03/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 1 | S A Graham |
10:25 | High overhead amongst a small party of S.Martin. | |||
23/03/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 1 | T G Ball |
15:30 | Seen with KEM, RC and RR. | |||
22/03/11 | Swallow | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A D Bassett |
12:45 | Flew north parallel to river Loddon on Woodley side. | |||
22/03/11 | Swallow | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | F J Cottington |
09:22 | Low over lake then West. | |||
21/03/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 1 | H Whitall |
16:00 | ||||
21/03/11 | Swallow | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
20/03/11 | Swallow | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 2 | K P Duncan |
after a quick flying drink in the river they carried on flying north. | ||||
17/03/11 | Swallow | Woolhampton GPs | 1 | A M Horscroft |
11:45 | With 15+ Sand Martins, while viewing the B N Grebes. | |||
12/03/11 | Swallow | Kintbury | 3 | K Parr |
09:00 | and a sand martin to boot. A good day's fishing at Barton Court is turned great by the wildlife. My earliest swallows by some distance. Also marsh tit, cetti's warbler (heard), reed bunting, kingfisher, red kite (3), buzzard (4), kestrel (a pair mating very noisily!), sparrowhawk (f). Also at least 3 different water voles, good numbers of bumble bees and even a peacock butterfly. |