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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
31/12/13BlackcapWinkfield1J Butler
08:10
male. Back garden.  
29/12/13BlackcapEarley2R H Stansfield
m. Now in my garden.  
29/12/13BlackcapMaidenhead2S M Meads
11:00
male and fem. on garden feeders.  
28/12/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
14:51
m. Still around my garden this afternoon .  
26/12/13BlackcapPurley on Thames, Reading1D Massie
14:00
Presumably same bird as yesterday.  
25/12/13BlackcapPurley on Thames, Reading1D Massie
10:00
fem.  
28/12/13BlackcapMaidenhead1S M Meads
10:00
fem. feeding on fat block.  
26/12/13BlackcapMaiden Erleigh2S Day
09:00
m. In the back garden.  
25/12/13BlackcapTwyford1R C Davies
f. One in the gardens feeding on berries.  
23/12/13BlackcapMaidenhead2S M Meads
08:30
male and fem. on garden feeders.  
23/12/13BlackcapSouthcote, Reading1A V Lawson
10:00
m. in garden.  
22/12/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
14:40
m. In my garden scoffing the remaining few Pyracantha berries.  
21/12/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
male. In my garden again this afternoon.  
21/12/13BlackcapEarley1R Reedman
10:30
m. First in garden this winter.  
21/12/13BlackcapMaidenhead1S M Meads
12:06
male. on garden feeder.First this winter.  
21/12/13BlackcapMaidenhead1S M Meads
09:40
fem. on garden feeder.First this winter.  
20/12/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
13:47
m. Feeding in my garden. First of the winter.  
12/12/13BlackcapThatcham2G Stewart
10:00
Male and Female seen.  
12/12/13BlackcapTilehurst1T G Ball
10:30
1w fem. Ringed, 1st for December following 2 in November. SU6772.  
11/12/13BlackcapTilehurst1T G Ball
11:00
f. SU6772.  
11/12/13BlackcapThatcham1G Stewart
09:15
male.  
03/12/13BlackcapThatcham1G Stewart
10:30
Male.  
10/12/13BlackcapTilehurst1T G Ball
10:00
male. SU6772.  
07/12/13BlackcapMaidenhead1M Coon
10:00
m. Taking turns in my birdbath with blackbirds. SU871807.  
08/12/13BlackcapSouthcote, Reading2A V Lawson
08:00
m, f. eating berries in the garden.  
29/11/13BlackcapTilehurst1T G Ball
08:00
First winter male. SU6772.  
29/11/13BlackcapThatcham1M J Dear
 
16/11/13BlackcapThatcham1R Keel
09:30
male. First one for two years.  
15/11/13BlackcapTilehurst1T G Ball
12:30
1w male. Caught and ringed - minimal fat deposits and first in the garden (New Lane Hill) since late August so probably a recently arrived winter visitor. SU6772.  
13/11/13BlackcapDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1M Hunt
11:30
 
03/11/13BlackcapHolybrook Linear Park, Calcot1T G Ball
f. Near railway.  
26/10/13BlackcapSandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP2R Marsh
m. & f.  
19/10/13BlackcapFobney Island1P E Hutchins
15:38
Heard in the woodland south of the main pool.  
19/10/13BlackcapLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP1R Marsh
m. From Teal hide.  
17/10/13BlackcapRowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs1P E Hutchins
15:52
fem. Showing well on the promontory west of Three Islands - also a drake Pochard, duck Wigeon, 2 Teal and 6 Shoveler.  
08/10/13BlackcapEton Wick1D Cleal
female.  
06/10/13BlackcapColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes2T G Ball
 
02/10/13BlackcapFobney Island1P E Hutchins
11:51
fem. In canal-side vegetation, north-west of the pylon.  
30/09/13BlackcapGreenham Common2M J Dear
Please keep to the main paths.  
30/09/13BlackcapWoose Hill1P Bright-Thomas
07:30
ad m. Singing in hawthorn (several juvs recently).  
29/09/13BlackcapGreenham Common1P E Hutchins
ad male. Seen mid-morning. Please keep to the main paths.  
25/09/13BlackcapGreenham Common2R Marsh
Please keep to the main paths.  
21/09/13BlackcapDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1B J Hollands
Juv in Roundmoor Ditch.  
21/09/13BlackcapDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1B J Hollands
Juv in Roundmoor Ditch.  
18/09/13BlackcapLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP7F J Cottington
10:30
More in car park field today.  
18/09/13BlackcapNewbury8A E Hickman
Feeding in scrub, often in elder, on canal bank just east of Enborne Bridge. At least this number as 5 males and 3 females seen together. Probably 10-15 or more. SU455669.  
18/09/13BlackcapMain Pit, Theale GPs4R Crawford
06:50
Under the pylon.  
13/09/13BlackcapWraysbury GPs1S K Proddow
10:00
1m.  
10/09/13BlackcapMoor Green Lakes2R F Milligan
09:31
m&f, in another bramble bush next to the footpath, CLN, along with a Willow Warbler and Whitethroat. S/W G Duffus.  
26/08/13BlackcapNew workings, Moor Green Lakes1R F Milligan
11:50
m, at the sewage farm. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.  
21/08/13BlackcapBray Wick, Maidenhead1S K Proddow
13:00
f.  
15/08/13BlackcapLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP1R Marsh
08:40
f. With 2 Chiffchaffs close by, on footpath from Bittern hide.  
14/08/13BlackcapNew workings, Moor Green Lakes1R F Milligan
11:56
f, at the sewage works. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.  
12/08/13BlackcapNew workings, Moor Green Lakes1R F Milligan
11:10
f, at the sewage farm. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.  
09/08/13BlackcapLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP6L Garner-Langham
08:21
Along the footpaths near Bittern Hide.  
06/08/13BlackcapLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP3L Garner-Langham
08:30
In brambles, Bittern Hide footpath.  
04/08/13BlackcapHosehill Lake, Theale GPs2T G Ball
08:00
 
03/08/13BlackcapTilehurst5T G Ball
My new garden is delivering some quality - 5 juvs caught and ringed this morning! [New Lane Hill]. SU6772.  
25/07/13BlackcapNew workings, Moor Green Lakes1R F Milligan
11:16
juv, at the sewage farm. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.  
16/07/13BlackcapFobney Island1L Seward
f.  
06/07/13BlackcapWoose Hill1P Bright-Thomas
19:45
m. Still singing by river, along with Chiffchaff.  
04/07/13BlackcapBray Wick, Maidenhead1S K Proddow
13:00
m.  
07/06/13BlackcapCalcot, Reading1C McEwan
17:15
fem. Back on the fat feeder again .  
06/06/13BlackcapFinchampstead1S C Smith
 
03/06/13BlackcapWishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest3M Hunt
 
29/05/13BlackcapCalcot, Reading1C McEwan
08:50
fem. Back on the fat balls again.  
27/05/13BlackcapCalcot, Reading1C McEwan
17:30
fem. On fatball feeder.  
23/05/13BlackcapCock Marsh11R Gilham
12:00
 
21/05/13BlackcapWoolhampton GPs1M Hunt
 
21/05/13BlackcapDinton Pastures CP5R Marsh
08:25
2 ad/3 juv. In a tree backing on to Mortimer's Meadow, seen from footpath by Loddon.  
16/05/13BlackcapPaddock Wood, Sunninghill Park5R Gilham
10:00
SU935704.  
16/05/13BlackcapEasthampstead Park1A E Little
 
16/05/13BlackcapWindsor Great Park3K Kerr
10:00
Whilst walking a lap of Virginia Water lake.  
12/05/13BlackcapColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes5T G Ball
09:00
 
06/05/13BlackcapWoose Hill1P Bright-Thomas
18:00
m. Present for a week or more, but very little song ... more regular now that trees have more leaves (has happened really quickly over past week in willows and oaks along Emm Brook). GYT.  
06/05/13BlackcapRectory Road, Streatley4M Hunt
11:45
Up on the Ridgeway.  
06/05/13BlackcapTwyford GPs2D Blackmore
SU782758.  
04/05/13BlackcapMill Pond, Bracknell1M Hunt
13:05
m.  
01/05/13BlackcapWokefield Common2R Gilham
14:00
 
30/04/13BlackcapGrazeley2R Gilham
14:00
m,f. In the churchyard.  
30/04/13BlackcapFarley Hill2A Booth
10:00
1m & 1f (a pair).  
30/04/13BlackcapLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP3C Robson
12:25
 
14/04/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
09:30
m. Last date for over-wintering Blackcaps in my garden for 2013.  
25/04/13BlackcapBray Wick, Maidenhead4S K Proddow
13:00
3m 1f.  
25/04/13BlackcapRack Marsh7R Gilham
09:30
 
22/04/13BlackcapMain Pit, Theale GPs7P E Hutchins
15:46
six male, one fem. Between the warbler Pylon and lay-by / gate opposite the entrance to Hosehill Lake LNR.  
22/04/13BlackcapMoor Green Lakes7R F Milligan
09:20
 
20/04/13BlackcapSpencers Wood1S Thomson
14:00
fem. Perched on top of bush, no sign of male. SU720671.  
21/04/13BlackcapBurghfield GPs58R Crawford
06:30
Singing.  
20/04/13BlackcapHythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs8C Hazell
17:00
At least 8 including 6 singing males again in scrubby area in middle of pits complex.  
20/04/13BlackcapNature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh2G Stewart
12:45
A pair.  
16/04/13BlackcapNature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh2G Stewart
17:15
male & fem. Minimum of pair -could have been a couple more females.  
19/04/13BlackcapThatcham1G Stewart
14:15
fem. First Blackcap seen the Garden this year-Station Road/Turners Drive.  
19/04/13BlackcapMoor Green Lakes9R F Milligan
09:40
8m, 1f, between NW corner of CLN and Grove Lake Hide. S/W G Duffus.  
16/04/13BlackcapAscot, Mill Ride1S D Abbott
12:00
m. On the feeders and later singing nearby.  
17/04/13BlackcapBray Wick, Maidenhead2S K Proddow
13:00
m. Singing.  
17/04/13BlackcapMain Pit, Theale GPs1M Terry
12:45
m. At least one singing male.  
17/04/13BlackcapLower Earley1D J Mills
08:30
Possible		male. 1st full song of 2013 in area of overwintering bird.  
16/04/13BlackcapNewbury1M J Taylor
m. feeding on fat ball - does that make it more likely to be a wintering bird than a new migrant? First one seen in garden since last summer.  
16/04/13BlackcapGreenham Common1R Gilham
12:00
m. Please keep to the main paths.  
16/04/13BlackcapMoor Green Lakes4R F Milligan
09:20
3m, 1f. First male singing near CLN hide, Second male with a female in bramble/small trees next to the bridle path opposite Sandpiper Island, CLS. Third male half song near the river.  
16/04/13BlackcapBurghfield GPs51R Crawford
Singing.  
15/04/13BlackcapEarley1M Price
17:15
m. First to visit garden since last summer.  
15/04/13BlackcapWoolhampton Lock2M Gurr
15:30
male & fem.  
14/04/13BlackcapMaidenhead1J E Mitchell
17:15
m. Presumably one of the wintering birds still present in garden.  
14/04/13BlackcapArborfield1T Harden
08:00
Briefly around the garden bird table.  
14/04/13BlackcapArthur Jacob Nature Reserve1R Gilham
14:15
 
14/04/13BlackcapCaesar's Camp, Swinley Forest1D Mackenzie
14:30
m.  
14/04/13BlackcapBray Wick, Maidenhead2S K Proddow
10:30
m.  
14/04/13BlackcapDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1K Creed
ad male.  
14/04/13BlackcapMoor Green Lakes3R J Godden
08:00
 
14/04/13BlackcapLower Earley1D J Mills
07:55
Probable		m. again 1st sighting since badweather on daily ASDA loop.  
13/04/13BlackcapMain Pit, Theale GPs1P E Hutchins
14:50
male. Singing close to the Warbler Pylon.  
13/04/13BlackcapAscot, Mill Ride1S D Abbott
19:30
m. First in the garden this year - on sunflower seeds.  
13/04/13BlackcapMaidenhead1S M Meads
15:00
male on fatball in own garden.  
13/04/13BlackcapMoor Green Lakes1R Murfitt
11:30
singing.  
13/04/13BlackcapStreatley1N J Bucknell
10:00
singing.  
13/04/13BlackcapLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP1R Marsh
08:45
m. Singing from top of bushes in centre of car park field. With FJC.  
13/04/13BlackcapBlack Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP3M J Mitchell
08:15
1m, 2f. Together; subsong from male.  
12/04/13BlackcapMain Pit, Theale GPs2P E Hutchins
15:34
pair. In the scrub east of the Warbler Pylon.  
12/04/13BlackcapTheale1P E Hutchins
15:18
male. Singing in the scrub north of the Theale Lakes Business Park.  
12/04/13BlackcapBracknell1R J Burness
10:00
f. 2 males and 2 females present from begining of the year until late March but this female has lingered after the others have departed. Probably still a winter bird then.  
12/04/13BlackcapEarley4R H Stansfield
09:10
3m + 1f. All together feeding on my garden fat feeder that had fallen on the ground! It has been suggested to me that these birds are our winter visitors and are grouping together, feeding up ready to fly back to the Continent.  
11/04/13BlackcapCrowthorne1B M Archer
14:45
male. Feeding on the fat block.  
11/04/13BlackcapLower Farm GP1N Cleere
m.  
11/04/13BlackcapEarley3R H Stansfield
09:00
2f + 1m. Continuing to feed on my garden fat feeders. Winter visitors still?  
10/04/13BlackcapMaidenhead2S M Meads
16:00
two males in own garden.  
10/04/13BlackcapWhitley, Reading1D R Turner
11:10
Female Blackcap feeding from rotten apples in my back garden.  
10/04/13BlackcapWhitley, Reading1D R Turner
11:10
Male Blackcap feeding from rotten apples in my back garden.  
10/04/13BlackcapSearles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs6R H Stansfield
15:00
5m + 1f. 1m in subsong while others with short snatchs of full song. Feeding well after long trip from Africa! Please only view from the public footpath.  
10/04/13BlackcapBracknell1D Mackenzie
12:45
m.  
10/04/13BlackcapWash Common, Newbury2C Burch
12:30
m. 2 males visiting the fatball feeder together in the garden.  
09/04/13BlackcapUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
13:45
m. feeding on peanuts.  
07/04/13BlackcapHosehill Lake, Theale GPs1A V Lawson
11:30
m. snatches of song, one at main pit earlier too.  
06/04/13BlackcapMaidenhead2S M Meads
10:00
male and female feeding on fatball and apples in own garden.  
06/04/13BlackcapFurze Platt1T Firth
14:30
male. On our garden feeders.  
04/04/13BlackcapMaidenhead2J E Mitchell
12:00
1m 1f.  
03/04/13BlackcapCalcot, Reading2C McEwan
09:45
1m 1f. Had this combination in the garden daily since December 2012. Female guards the fat mix in a coconut shell from all comers except the Robin. Male sticks to Sunflower hearts with occasional foray onto the Bird Table for the home made fat cake. SU661717.  
03/04/13BlackcapEarley3R H Stansfield
12:30
2m + f. For the last ten days the fem has been very protective of 1 of my garden fat feeders. Chasing off any birds smaller than itself, except the Great Spotted Woodpecker! I understand this is happening in a garden in Calcot, but anywhere else?  
01/04/13BlackcapNorth Ascot1R J Dale
11:00
Male visiting garden feeders, Nursery Lane.  
30/03/13BlackcapEton Wick1K P Duncan
fem. along Roundmoor Ditch.  
30/03/13BlackcapEarley3R H Stansfield
09:30
2m + 1f. Still coming to my garden fat feeders.  
29/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead2S M Meads
16:30
male and female feeding on sunflower hearts in own garden.  
29/03/13BlackcapBurghfield GPs1C McEwan
15:00
Brief burst of song. SU687709.  
29/03/13BlackcapBurghfield GPs1R Crawford
07:30
Brief snatch of song near entrance to Kirton's Farm.  
28/03/13BlackcapNorth Ascot1R J Dale
07:00
Singing at Nursery Lane.  
28/03/13BlackcapWoodley1F J Cottington
09:30
male. Still around and heard singing at 07:30.  
26/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead1J E Mitchell
08:30
m.  
26/03/13BlackcapEton Wick1C Lamsdell
male.  
26/03/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
12:30
m. Back again on my garden fat feeder.  
25/03/13BlackcapHosehill Lake, Theale GPs1T G Ball
14:45
fem. In brambles on the island.  
23/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead3S M Meads
16:00
male and females feeding on sunflower hearts and fatball in own garden.  
23/03/13BlackcapSouthcote, Reading2A V Lawson
12:00
m. on fat balls.  
20/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead1J E Mitchell
m.  
18/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead1J E Mitchell
09:00
m.  
18/03/13BlackcapCalcot, Reading2C McEwan
10:00
1m 1f. Female feeding on fat ball male feeding on Sunflower hearts.  
17/03/13BlackcapPangbourne3A Taylor
09:00
2m, 1f. Still regular on garden feeders. At least one male heard singing nearby.  
17/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead4S M Meads
13:30
two male and two female all feeding on fat balls and sunflower hearts in own garden.  
17/03/13BlackcapWoodley1F J Cottington
11:00
male. About a week since he last visited my feeders, first time I have heard him singing, but know he's not a spring arrival. Female not seen for about 10 days.  
15/03/13BlackcapLower Earley2D J Mills
07:30
male. 2 different singing males - one very quiet (seen before) + another in full song at new location - heard in gardens on daily walk to/from ASDA.  
12/03/13BlackcapTilehurst1G Sumner
17:20
m. In garden .First record this winter.  
10/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead4S M Meads
13:25
two females and one male on garden feeders and ground and then joined by another male.  
10/03/13BlackcapCaversham, Chiltern Road1R C Watts
09:45
f. In garden on fat balls.  
09/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead2S M Meads
14:30
male and female on garden feeders.  
08/03/13BlackcapCaversham Heights, Reading2T G Ball
Both unringed males seen for the first time in a while.  
08/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead1S M Meads
12:30
male. On garden feeder.  
08/03/13BlackcapWoodley1R Marsh
m. Now a regular visitor to feeders in our garden.  
06/03/13BlackcapSouthcote, Reading1A V Lawson
m. on feeders.  
06/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead1S M Meads
13:00
male. On garden feeder.  
06/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead2J E Mitchell
11:00
m & f.  
05/03/13BlackcapWoodley1R Marsh
07:15
m. On sunflower heart feeder in our garden.  
02/03/13BlackcapLower Earley1D J Mills
13:00
male. 2nd time this week singing very quietly & eating plum flowers.  
02/03/13BlackcapMaidenhead1S M Meads
12:30
fem. Feeding in own garden.  
02/03/13BlackcapPangbourne3A Taylor
09:30
2m, 1f. At least 3 visiting garden feeders since beginning of December (max. count 5).  
27/02/13BlackcapEarley4R H Stansfield
10:45
3m +1f. In my garden - all time high number!  
26/02/13BlackcapWoodley1R Marsh
09:20
m. On sunflower heart feeder in our garden. Chased off by a Goldfinch.  
23/02/13BlackcapEarley3R H Stansfield
11:10
2m + 1f. Three birds confirmed in my garden this morning, as all seen at the same time!  
22/02/13BlackcapEarley2R H Stansfield
m + f. Still regular to garden fat feeder, possibly 3 (2m+f) today.  
21/02/13BlackcapWoodley1R Marsh
13:55
m. On sunflower heart feeder in my garden.  
20/02/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
m. Again one at my garden fat feeder, this time with 4 Long-tailed Tits.  
19/02/13BlackcapEarley2R H Stansfield
13:25
male. Both arguing over access to my garden fat feeder!  
18/02/13BlackcapLower Earley1D J Mills
17:00
male. quiet snatches of song from top of flowering plum garden hedge (just about to burst into flower).  
18/02/13BlackcapDinton Pastures CP1R Marsh
07:40
f. Near the cafe at the main car park.  
17/02/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
m. Being aggresive towards other birds until a female Great Spotted Woodpecker came onto the fat feeder in my garden, then it met it's match!  
16/02/13BlackcapEarley2R H Stansfield
m + f. In my garden on and off all day.  
16/02/13BlackcapCaversham Heights, Reading2T G Ball
2 male. Both unringed.  
16/02/13BlackcapLower Earley1D J Mills
07:45
m. singing briefly in gardens off Beeston wy by McD.  
14/02/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
11:30
f. Again on my garden fat feeder.  
14/02/13BlackcapLower Earley1D J Mills
11:15
male. enjoying an invigorating bath in upturned dusbinlid in back garden - obviously survived bad weather.  
12/02/13BlackcapEarley2R H Stansfield
10:00
m + f. At my garden feeders.  
11/02/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
12:30
m. On garden fat feeder still, this time with a Blue Tit.  
07/02/13BlackcapFurze Platt1T Firth
08:50
fem. On our garden feeders.  
05/02/13BlackcapEarley1R H Stansfield
10:45
m. On garden fat feeder with a Coal Tit!  
28/01/13BlackcapTilehurst1W Brown
09:30
m. on garden feader.  
27/01/13BlackcapWhiteknights Park, Reading1L Seward
09:30
fm.  
26/01/13BlackcapCaversham Heights, Reading2T G Ball
13:00
male. 2 unringed males seen feeding together.  
25/01/13BlackcapCaversham, Chiltern Road1R C Watts
10:25
m.  
23/01/13BlackcapEton Wick2D Cleal
females.  
21/01/13BlackcapBinfield1J Goodey
m.  
21/01/13BlackcapBracknell1D A MacKenzie Dodds
m. Dominant bird on feeders now.  

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