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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2023 and 31/12/2023.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
15/07/23	Mute Swan	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	3	K P Duncan
	BREEDING pair with one cygnet. Please only view from the public footpath.
30/04/23	Mute Swan	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
	BREEDING pair sitting on a nest in the reeds of West Fen. Please only view from the public footpath.
28/12/23	Mute Swan	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	27	K P Duncan
15:00
10/12/23	Mute Swan	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	21	K P Duncan
10:00
15/12/23	Mute Swan	Woodford Park, Woodley	3	R C Watts
11:30
24/10/23	Mute Swan	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	17	S A Graham
10:30	Min - wooden bridge closed for repair, 2 frogmen in the water at the other carrying out an inspection and repair of the concrete supports.
22/10/23	Mute Swan	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	10	R C Watts
10:30	Plus.
14/10/23	Mute Swan	Woose Hill	4	P Bright-Thomas
08:45	ad. Low E along Emm Brook, highest garden count.
12/10/23	Mute Swan	Widbrook Common	6	B Reeve
13:30	Flying overhead.
23/07/23	Mute Swan	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
09:00	2 ad plus 1 juv. Sheffield Bottom car park: - pair with a single Cygnet on the canal, Swan Upping on Thames has since rptd a 40% decline in Cygnets this season.
23/07/23	Mute Swan	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
09:00	2 ad. Sadly no sign of the last Cygnet.
16/07/23	Mute Swan	Bray Pit, Bray GPs	3	S A Graham
08:30	2 ad + juv. Single Cygnet.
15/07/23	Mute Swan	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
08:30	2 ad + juv. Just a single Cygnet.
10/07/23	Mute Swan	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	7	K P Duncan
13:17	BREEDING pair with five cygnets.
02/07/23	Mute Swan	Lea Farm Lake	3	F J Cottington
06:15	Sadly the family of 4 cygnets is suddenly down to 1.
25/06/23	Mute Swan	Odney Club, Cookham	3	B D Clews
11:20	2 ad and just one surviving juv.
25/06/23	Mute Swan	Streatley	10	N J Bucknell
	2 pairs, 6 cygnets. pairs on Thames north of Goring Lock this year with broods - one at Cleeve Court (3 out of 6 hatched have survived so far), another with 3 at Withy Mead.
16/06/23	Mute Swan	Pangbourne Meadow	7	A Taylor
11:15	pair + 5 cygnets. On Thames but close to Oxfordshire bank. Nest site unknown.
16/06/23	Mute Swan	Pangbourne Meadow	7	A Taylor
11:15	pair + 5 cygnets. On Thames but close to Oxfordshire bank. Nest site unknown.
16/06/23	Mute Swan	Eton Wick	8	D Cleal
11:30	The pair that had a nest just into Berks now have 6 cygnets circa 3 weeks old.
11/06/23	Mute Swan	Eton Wick	7	K P Duncan
10:00	BREEDING pair have hatched five cygnets.
07/06/23	Mute Swan	Lower Farm GP	6	B Lyle
15:00	2 ads 4 cygs 1 less than last week.
31/05/23	Mute Swan	Lower Farm GP	7	B Lyle
15:00	inc 5 cygnets.
28/05/23	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	6	P Gipson
14:30	2 pairs + 2 chicks. The pair with 14 eggs only hatched 6 chicks, probably because the nest got flooded. Second pair on nest, no sign of chicks.
28/05/23	Mute Swan	Widbrook Common	1	B D Clews
11:30	on nest on East Widbrook.
24/05/23	Mute Swan	Lower Farm GP	7	B Lyle
15:00	2 adults 5 cygnets.
15/05/23	Mute Swan	Reading	9	S Scott
11:37	Two adults and seven cygnets on the canal near to the Prudential Building.
14/05/23	Mute Swan	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
16:00	BREEDING pair still sitting on a nest. Please only view from the public footpath.
14/05/23	Mute Swan	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	8	K P Duncan
17:00	BREEDING pair with six cygnets.
13/05/23	Mute Swan	Great Shefford	1	B Lyle
10:00
10/05/23	Mute Swan	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:00
11/05/23	Mute Swan	Thames Valley Business Park	4	M J Mitchell
07:30	2 ad, 2 juv. Pair and two small cygnets on nature reserve lake.
03/05/23	Mute Swan	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:19
02/05/23	Mute Swan	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
14:00	On marsh.
26/04/23	Mute Swan	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
19:30	BREEDING pair sitting on a nest. Please only view from the public footpath.
30/04/23	Mute Swan	Bray GPs	1	S A Graham
08:30	Nesting in creek on the east side.
29/04/23	Mute Swan	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
09:15	Flew off marsh.
25/04/23	Mute Swan	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
12:50	On marsh. Both ad. Been here for many weeks. No sign that they're nesting/incubating.
25/04/23	Mute Swan	Fobney Island	2	R Dryden
08:30	m,f.
22/04/23	Mute Swan	Eton Wick	2	D Cleal
11:45	Nesting & defending the Flood from 2 pairs on the Bucks side.
25/03/23	Mute Swan	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	K P Duncan
17:00	includes BREEDING pair sitting on nest on Snipe Island.
16/04/23	Mute Swan	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
07:05	BREEDING pair sitting on a nest.
15/04/23	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	4	P Gipson
	2 pairs, 1 having nest with 14 eggs - world record? Pic uploaded.
12/04/23	Mute Swan	Eton Wick	5	D Cleal
11:20	Very aggressive male chasing another pair who wee reluctant to leave the area, eventually settling on Dorney Common, far enough away for the male to lose interest. His mate mostly stayed on the Common but did fly to back him up. A fith, presumably female was totally ignored..
06/04/23	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	4	P Gipson
19:00	2 pairs, 1 with nest. The 13th/14th egg was laid this evening - BTO website states maximum clutch size of 12 based on 686 clutches.
02/04/23	Mute Swan	Little John's Farm	9	S A Graham
09:00	On floods opp. Thames.
29/03/23	Mute Swan	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
14:43
16/03/23	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
16:00	One egg in nest.
04/03/23	Mute Swan	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
09:00	Virtualy no wildfowl and much reduced numbers of Coots.
26/02/23	Mute Swan	Ufton Green	9	M Stuttard
12:45	Feeding in field.
12/02/23	Mute Swan	Caversham, R. Thames	96	K P Duncan

06/02/23	Mute Swan	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
23:56	Recording, identified from wingbeats. First audio-only and nocturnal record.
21/01/23	Mute Swan	Caversham, R. Thames	1	K P Duncan
	Fitted with a BTO Metal Ring No.W32680 Ringed as definitely hatched during 2015 on 22nd July 2015 on the River Thames at Marsh Lock, Henley-on-Thames, OXFORDSHIRE by the Edward Grey Institute. 2740 days since ringing. 9km/SW from ringing site.
09/02/23	Mute Swan	Mapledurham Lock	1	M J Smith
16:34	male. White ring black alphanumeric; A4Z, previously reported at Scours Lane marina last year, per Chris Perrins was ringed as a breeding Cob Swan Upping 2021.
21/01/23	Mute Swan	Caversham, R. Thames	1	K P Duncan
	Fitted with a BTO Metal Ring No.W48650 Ringed as definitely hatched during 2021 on 20th July 2021 on the River Thames at Marlow, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE by the Edward Grey Institute. 550 days since ringing. 20km/WSW from ringing site.
30/01/23	Mute Swan	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
09:50	On marsh.
28/01/23	Mute Swan	Padworth Lane floods	57	A B Merrick
10:00	55 on fields, 2 on river. Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods.
04/01/23	Mute Swan	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
14:51
02/01/23	Mute Swan	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	28	K P Duncan
09:00