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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/12/15 | Starling | Green Park | 300 | S Scott |
| 15:45 | Small murmuration spotted at the back of Green Park next to the M4. Numbers only approximate as I was driving past at the time. | |||
| 01/12/15 | Starling | Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh | 5000 | G Stewart |
| 16:15 | Mumeration over Reed Beds SW of Centre. Could have been more!! | |||
| 25/11/15 | Starling | Lower Farm GP | 2500 | B Lyle |
| 16:10 | Slightly more than last week. Sparrow hawk had difficulty trying to catch one, gave up in the end. | |||
| 24/11/15 | Starling | Whitley Wood, Reading | 3 | P W Johnstone |
| 09:00 | starling. On suet feeder. SU721698. | |||
| 22/11/15 | Starling | Lower Farm GP | 1000 | B Lyle |
| 16:00 | approx over car park. | |||
| 21/11/15 | Starling | Cookham Rise | 2 | B D Clews |
| 12:30 | Both mimicking Swift scream calls perfectly from wires opposite front garden. | |||
| 18/11/15 | Starling | Lower Farm GP | 2000 | B Lyle |
| 16:15 | at least that number over carpark and houses. With MG & AL. | |||
| 04/11/15 | Starling | Lower Farm GP | 300 | G Stewart |
| 16:25 | Small mumeration gathering over pit and going to roost in reed beds. Blue Tit, Great Tit and Robin on feeders on LH side of hide. | |||
| 04/11/15 | Starling | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 200 | A V Lawson |
| small murmuration settled in the reedbed. | ||||
| 03/11/15 | Starling | The Ridgeway | 250 | J C Morgan |
| 12:00 | one flock over stubble field. | |||
| 01/11/15 | Starling | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2047 | R Gilham |
| 16:42 | (Count from photo) Quite an impressive murmaration diving into the reeds on the southern edge of the eastern most pool at around 16:50. (Adjacent to the north south bridleway). A few attacks by a Sparrowhawk certainly added to the spectacle. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 02/11/15 | Starling | Whiteknights Park, Reading | 25 | C Foster |
| 14:00 | Next to Park House. Unusual flock for the site. | |||
| 31/10/15 | Starling | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 30 | R Gilham |
| 16:55 | Estimate. Quite a noisy roost of Starlings in the reeds to the south of the eastern most pool. Around 20 flew in whilst I was watching, but many seemed to be present before this time. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 23/10/15 | Starling | The Ridgeway | 50 | J C Morgan |
| 11:30 | several smaller flocks seen. | |||
| 13/10/15 | Starling | Cookham | 100 | B D Clews |
| 11:00 | Approx this number, along with many gulls and corvids, spooked by raptor (poss Peregrine), near Strand Lane. | |||
| 10/10/15 | Starling | Woose Hill | 10 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 10:00 | High W in small groups. . | |||
| 28/08/15 | Starling | Crookham Common | 150 | M J Dear |
| Please keep to the main paths. | ||||
| 17/08/15 | Starling | Greenham Common | 120 | M J Dear |
| Please keep to the main paths. | ||||
| 02/08/15 | Starling | Wellbottom Down | 100 | S A Graham |
| 10:30 | Approx. | |||
| 23/06/15 | Starling | Slough | 500 | B D Clews |
| 21:15 | approx on roofs of industrial building A4 near junction with Twinches Lane. | |||
| 29/05/15 | Starling | Maidenhead Thicket | 5 | G R Farrell |
| Adults and 3 young - 1st fledglings for a few years in the garden. | ||||
| 21/05/15 | Starling | Reading | 16 | D Carpenter |
| 07:45 | at least, feeding on lawns. SU725736. | |||
| 21/05/15 | Starling | Cookham Rise | 6 | B D Clews |
| 10:30 | adult and five youngsters which fledged this morning. | |||
| 28/03/15 | Starling | Reading | 1 | S A Graham |
| 08:45 | Wilson Rd: Taking nesting material into the corner of a roof which I know has been a Swift nesting site in previous years. | |||
| 19/03/15 | Starling | Lower Farm GP | 150 | G Stewart |
| 17:10 | Flying around and settling in trees and earlier in field to south of Pit near to Redwing. | |||
| 17/03/15 | Starling | Cow Down, West Ilsley | 1000 | R C Watts |
| 08:45 | Up to maybe more. | |||
| 14/03/15 | Starling | Compton Downs | 300 | N J Bucknell |
| 15:10 | In flock feeding on cultivated fields, moving north. | |||
| 14/03/15 | Starling | Lower Farm GP | N Cleere | |
| 300+ north in tight flock. | ||||
| 13/03/15 | Starling | Churn Farm (Oxon) | 500 | J C Morgan |
| 11:40 | min estimate. | |||
| 08/02/15 | Starling | Lea Farm, Hurst | 1000 | R Righelato |
| 1000-1500 birds on the landifll. | ||||
| 25/01/15 | Starling | Moor Green Lakes | 60 | R J Godden |
| 16:30 | Circling over Manor Lake as numbers gradually built up. | |||
| 10/01/15 | Starling | Earley | 3 | R H Stansfield |
| 10:00 | Scarce visitor to MY garden feeder. One started feeding on the lawn and was immediately chased off by a blackbird that thinks it owns the garden! | |||