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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/12/16 | Black-headed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
| sick individual on it's own was attacked by a Carrion crow, whilst other crows and magpies gathered nearby. The rest of the B-h Gull flock flew over and drove the crows away, after which the sick bird took flight and joined it's mates. Never seen anything like it ! | ||||
| 25/12/16 | Black-headed Gull | Lower Farm GP | N Cleere | |
| 200+. | ||||
| 18/12/16 | Black-headed Gull | Moor Green Lakes | 620 | R Murfitt |
| 16:00 | Approx at roost on Grove - more still arriving. | |||
| 16/12/16 | Black-headed Gull | Main Pit, Theale GPs | 3000 | S A Graham |
| 16:00 | Approx 3-4K gulls, slightly more BHG than LBB, but I arrived a bit too late to get a good view as the roost was on the far E. side of the GP and the light had already began to fade. | |||
| 14/12/16 | Black-headed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 500 | B Lyle |
| 16:00 | approx. | |||
| 15/12/16 | Black-headed Gull | Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 625 | J M Clark |
| 16:00 | roosting; still arriving as it got dark. | |||
| 15/12/16 | Black-headed Gull | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 250 | B D Clews |
| 13:00 | ||||
| 04/12/16 | Black-headed Gull | Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 460 | R Murfitt |
| 16:30 | At least - at roost. | |||
| 30/11/16 | Black-headed Gull | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 105 | C Foster |
| 14:15 | Main and middle lakes. | |||
| 06/11/16 | Black-headed Gull | Jubilee River | 120 | B D Clews |
| 12:00 | between Wood Lane bridge and county boundary. | |||
| 05/11/16 | Black-headed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 125 | J M Clark |
| 16:30 | roosting. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 29/10/16 | Black-headed Gull | Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs | 1 | S A Graham |
| 14:30 | Adult sporting a white darvic ring on the right leg, but too distant to read code. | |||
| 27/10/16 | Black-headed Gull | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 1 | P Gipson |
| Ring on left leg with code 27L0. | ||||
| 17/10/16 | Black-headed Gull | Summerleaze GP | 55 | B D Clews |
| 14:30 | ||||
| 17/10/16 | Black-headed Gull | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 216 | M Hunt |
| 11:45 | ||||
| 20/09/16 | Black-headed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 400 | R Murfitt |
| 19:30 | Approx at roost. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 20/09/16 | Black-headed Gull | Summerleaze GP | 170 | B D Clews |
| 10:30 | ||||
| 31/07/16 | Black-headed Gull | Datchet | 1 | K P Duncan |
| COLOUR RINGED. White ring with Black code 2X23 It was ringed in 2009 at Hosehill. Returning for the seventh autumn on the River Thames. . | ||||
| 20/07/16 | Black-headed Gull | Moor Green Lakes | 23 | R F Milligan |
| 10:34 | 13ads, 10juvs, CLN. | |||
| 16/07/16 | Black-headed Gull | Datchet | 1 | K P Duncan |
| Returning for the fifth autumn on the River Thames. Fitted with BTO Metal Ring No. EX70346 Ringed at Pitsea Landfill Site on 10/03/12 by the North Thames Gull Group. Last seen at Datchet on 31/10/2015. . | ||||
| 22/06/16 | Black-headed Gull | Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs | 4 | P E Hutchins |
| Maximum count from early evening; also Bee, Pyramidal and Common Spotted Orchid in flower, Blue-tailed and Common Blue Damselfly, Emperor and Four-spotted Chaser on the wing. | ||||
| 06/06/16 | Black-headed Gull | Moor Green Lakes | 6 | R F Milligan |
| 09:20 | Chicks, in the two Tern rafts, CLN. | |||
| 13/05/16 | Black-headed Gull | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 36 | A V Lawson |
| At least 36 hatched since yesterday. | ||||
| 25/03/16 | Black-headed Gull | Moor Green Lakes | 107 | R F Milligan |
| 09:26 | CLN, 2x gulls with rings. | |||
| 24/03/16 | Black-headed Gull | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | M Hunt |
| 13:30 | Both with readable leg rings. | |||
| 17/03/16 | Black-headed Gull | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | M Hunt |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 15/03/16 | Black-headed Gull | Dinton Pastures CP | 3100 | R Righelato |
| Approx 2700 on Black Swan Lake. | ||||
| 07/03/16 | Black-headed Gull | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | K P Duncan |
| COLOUR RINGED: WHITE ring with Black code 26K5 Metal Ring No.EY09065 Ringed as a nestling on 8th June 2013 at Hosehill LNR by TGBall (R&B Ringing Group). 1003 days since ringing. 17km/ESE from ringing site. Previous sightings on 27/02/2015 and 24/04/2015 also at Moor Green Lakes. | ||||
| 06/03/16 | Black-headed Gull | Eton Wick | 1 | K P Duncan |
| COLOUR RINGED: Yellow ring with Black code T1P9 Ringed on 11/06/2015 aged as 2cy+ at Wejdyki, Warninsko-Mazurskie, POLAND. 269 days since ringing. 1791km from ringing site. No other sightings. | ||||
| 22/02/16 | Black-headed Gull | Aston | 271 | A N Stow |
| On flooded meadows by ferry lane. | ||||
| 11/02/16 | Black-headed Gull | Knowl Hill | 107 | L G Evans |
| 09/02/16 | Black-headed Gull | Knowl Hill | R C Watts | |
| 10:55 | ||||
| 07/02/16 | Black-headed Gull | Arborfield | 250 | M S Whitaker |
| 10:10 | Probably more hidden over the rise in the ground; field just west of Kenney's Farm. | |||
| 04/02/16 | Black-headed Gull | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
| 09:20 | AW,Tern Island, CLN, with ring no 25C7. | |||
| 01/02/16 | Black-headed Gull | Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 650 | J M Clark |
| 16:45 | roost. | |||
| 20/01/16 | Black-headed Gull | Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 7 | M Hunt |
| 10:45 | ||||