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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
19/11/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
07:40	w/p. Again at east end of Oystercatcher island.
18/11/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
08:50	w/p. East end of Oystercatcher Island, thought I'd heard one earlier.
13/10/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
07:30	Sailing club.
12/10/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Tomczynski
10:15	ad. On sailing club lawn.
10/10/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
17:45	On island then flew to Main Pit. Looked like same bird seen recently.
04/10/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:00	Island.
03/10/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:00	Sailing club. Diffuse white chin strap.
30/09/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
07:00	Island. Moulting to winter plumage.
29/08/23	Oystercatcher	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	A B Tomczynski
10:38	Key holders only.
07/08/23	Oystercatcher	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
08:29	Key holders only.
30/07/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
12:10	on island.
29/07/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	A B Merrick
08:00
23/07/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
09:00
21/07/23	Oystercatcher	Padworth Lane GP	2	K E Moore
14:30	ad.
20/07/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	P Driver
11:58
18/07/23	Oystercatcher	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	A B Tomczynski
06:15	Key holders only.
17/07/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	10	K P Duncan
13:55	on island.
15/07/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
11:00	ad. on island.
15/07/23	Oystercatcher	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
05:15	6 reported at Tern scrape.
13/07/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	R Crawford
07:30	On sailing club lawn.
10/07/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	5	M J Dear
09:31
10/07/23	Oystercatcher	Reading	1	A B Tomczynski
08:30	Flew along The Thames over Reading bridge calling heading east.
08/07/23	Oystercatcher	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
06:20	Heard leaving, then flew over high North later.
08/07/23	Oystercatcher	Palmer Park, Reading	1	F Hutchinson
08:45	Flew N over my garden, calling.
07/07/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
21:30	2ad, 2juv. Family party flew into Main island at this time.
05/07/23	Oystercatcher	Sulhamstead Abbots	1	P Driver
16:36	On Abbots Farm pools.
03/07/23	Oystercatcher	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	3	K P Duncan
20:30	Pair + juvenile on West Fen. (assumed to have bred on ilsand on Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst). Please only view from the public footpath.
03/07/23	Oystercatcher	Sulhamstead Abbots	4	A B Merrick
19:00	ad. Pools opposite Abbots Farm.
03/07/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:30	juv.
30/06/23	Oystercatcher	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	A B Tomczynski
06:30	Key holders only.
28/06/23	Oystercatcher	Sulhamstead Abbots	2	P Driver
09:02	Abbots Farm pool.
26/06/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	6	R Crawford
06:30	Two on the island were joined by a noisy group of four that flew in.
20/06/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	A B Merrick
18:40	ad, juv. Main island.
18/06/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
07:30	adult still feeding a now juvenile chick on island.
18/06/23	Oystercatcher	Hurst Green GP, Twyford GPs	3	A B Tomczynski
10:00
15/06/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	K E Moore
16:30	2 on Pylon island .2 on Oystercatcher Island.
15/06/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
20:35	2ad,2imm. Family group still going strong.
15/06/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	3	D Andrews
16:22	Seen with j andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
15/06/23	Oystercatcher	Thames Valley Business Park	1	M J Mitchell
07:15	Flew across the river and landed in the grass. Perhaps breeding somewhere around the marina.
13/06/23	Oystercatcher	Newbury	1	A E Hickman
20:30	Flew north over the garden, calling! Quite a surprise. SU464668.
13/06/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	5	S Robertson
12:59
12/06/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	K E Moore
15:30	all adults-2 on pylon island,1 onoyc island ,another 3 together were on hosehill on natural island.
12/06/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
06:30
11/06/23	Oystercatcher	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:05	heard calling flying north over house at Cleeve Court.
10/06/23	Oystercatcher	Winnersh	2	P O'Neill
08:45	Over Merril Drive, calling, heading E. Presumably from nearby Lea Farm Lake/Dinton Pastures.
06/06/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	R Holder
19:45	1 ad 2 juv.
06/06/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:30	On Oystercatcher island. Also, a Rat seen on the island which may account for why the island has been completely abandoned by Black-headed Gulls. Recycle plant no doubt attracting the Rats in the first place and then the decaying carcasses of dead Gulls luring it/them? out to the island.
03/06/23	Oystercatcher	Lea Farm Lake	3	B T Bennett
13:15
03/06/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	R J Godden
07:45	Adult with well-grown chick on island.
03/06/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
08:29	ad + 2 juv.
01/06/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
13:05
01/06/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
12:51
31/05/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
20:30	adult still with a single growing chick on island.
31/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	R Crawford
06:30	Pair + 2 well-grown young.
29/05/23	Oystercatcher	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	M J Hubbard
21:28	Seen in flight calling loudly. SU800623. Please only view from the public footpath.
29/05/23	Oystercatcher	Lea Farm Lake	1	M F Walford
15:16
28/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	K P Duncan
13:00	BREEDING pair still with two growing chicks on island.
26/05/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	3	K P Duncan
19:25	pair with a single surviving chick from a brood of two on the island.
26/05/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
19:25	on Plover island.
25/05/23	Oystercatcher	Fobney Meadow	1	A B Tomczynski
11:30	Flew over calling heading SW.
25/05/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
10:19
25/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	M F Walford
10:06	2ad+1juv.
21/05/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	K P Duncan
17:00	on Plover island.
21/05/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	4	K P Duncan
18:15	BREEDING pair have hatched two chicks on island.
21/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
06:00	2ad, 2 chicks.
17/05/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	1	K P Duncan
19:30	adult still sitting on a nest.
17/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	J Margetts
09:06	Pair on island with 2 chicks.
17/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	J Margetts
09:06	Pair on island with 2 chicks.
16/05/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
12:00	On Plover Island then feeding in shallows in front of hide.
15/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
19:00	2ad, 2 chicks.
15/05/23	Oystercatcher	Queen Mother Reservoir	4	P J Newbound
07:00	Key holders only.
15/05/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	4	J E Andrews
08:45	1 ad, 3 chicks. Please only view from the public footpath.
14/05/23	Oystercatcher	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	J Lerpiniere
16:23	Circling lake and calling.
14/05/23	Oystercatcher	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
08:30	Key holders only.
13/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
14:29
11/05/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
11:48	Plover Island.
08/05/23	Oystercatcher	Sulhamstead Abbots	1	A B Merrick
11:40	Feeding around margin of pool opposite Abbots Fm.
04/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	P Driver
10:02
04/05/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	1	S Robertson
08:31
03/05/23	Oystercatcher	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R C Watts
10:15	From Bittern hide .
02/05/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M S Shaw
15:38	Just dropped into front of island.
29/04/23	Oystercatcher	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	A B Tomczynski
05:30	Key holders only.
29/04/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
11:30
28/04/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	5	A B Merrick
07:00
27/04/23	Oystercatcher	Padworth Lane floods	1	A B Merrick
18:00	Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods.
27/04/23	Oystercatcher	Thames Valley Business Park	1	M J Mitchell
07:00
26/04/23	Oystercatcher	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	2	A B Merrick
20:30
26/04/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	D Andrews
17:55	Please only view from the public footpath.
24/04/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	P J Craig
11:40	On Plover Island then flew off to W.
23/04/23	Oystercatcher	Woolhampton GPs	2	M J Mitchell
09:00	In flight.
23/04/23	Oystercatcher	Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
09:30	Flow high N calling, then single flow back low E.
22/04/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
11:42
21/04/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
07:25
21/04/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
07:20
20/04/23	Oystercatcher	Thames Valley Business Park	1	M J Mitchell
07:15
20/04/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
06:43
19/04/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	1	B D Clews
13:00
18/04/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	1	S Robertson
09:53	Flew over, Seen with D Rimes.
18/04/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
09:28	Please only view from the public footpath.
17/04/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	R Solomon
08:58	male and fem. On island. SU818623.
17/04/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
15:40	Plover Island.
16/04/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
09:30	Appear to be nesting on island.
16/04/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
07:05	on island.
16/04/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
10:10	On Plover Island.
16/04/23	Oystercatcher	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
09:05	Please only view from the public footpath.
15/04/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
13:10	flew onto island.
15/04/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	J Lerpiniere
12:48
13/04/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	P J Craig
08:00	Feeding in field to NW of lake.
10/04/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
15:50
09/04/23	Oystercatcher	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:10	heard flying over down the Thames.
09/04/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
12:10	Plover Island.
08/04/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
09:31	Copulating on the edge of the island.
08/04/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
12:20	Plover Island.
06/04/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	1	K P Duncan
15:00	on island.
06/04/23	Oystercatcher	Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
13:50	Feeding in pony paddock.
05/04/23	Oystercatcher	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	P Bright-Thomas
15:00
04/04/23	Oystercatcher	Padworth Lane GP	2	K E Moore
14:00	In second beach Best viewed from Kennet towpath.
04/04/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	1	S Robertson
13:05
02/04/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
14:00	on island.
02/04/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
13:15	on Plover island.
01/04/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
16:00	a pair. on Plover island.
01/04/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
15:40	a pair. on island.
01/04/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
13:22
01/04/23	Oystercatcher	Searle's Farm Lane GP (S), Burghfield GPs	1	M F Walford
12:25
30/03/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
15:40	flew onto Plover island from the direction of the house paddocks. The same as seen earlier on New Workings or a second pair? Definitely not the same as on Horseshoe Lake.
30/03/23	Oystercatcher	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
14:10	Please only view from the public footpath.
30/03/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
13:50	a pair. on island. Definitely a different pair to that at Moor Green Lakes.
29/03/23	Oystercatcher	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	K P Duncan
17:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
30/03/23	Oystercatcher	Kennetmouth	2	R C Price
14:49	At entrance to Thames & Kennet marina. Feeding.
29/03/23	Oystercatcher	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
14:46	flew around then disappeared east.
29/03/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	M J Smith
13:00	Initially 3 on the island, flew off to Main pit but only 2 returned.
27/03/23	Oystercatcher	Burghfield GPs	3	R Crawford
08:00	Usual pair plus one high over Cottage Lane calling.
27/03/23	Oystercatcher	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	P J Craig
09:11	Main pool W end. Please only view from the public footpath.
26/03/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	D Keel
12:29	2 x mating.
25/03/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
14:34
25/03/23	Oystercatcher	Searle's Farm Lane GP (S), Burghfield GPs	1	M F Walford
13:02
25/03/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	R Crawford
07:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
22/03/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	S Watcham
12:38
21/03/23	Oystercatcher	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	P J Craig
15:55	Flew W to E in front of hide. Flew back W a few minutes later.
19/03/23	Oystercatcher	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R Dawson
09:10	Flew over W pools. Please only view from the public footpath.
19/03/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	P Hickman
09:05	On the island. Please only view from the public footpath.
18/03/23	Oystercatcher	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
13:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
18/03/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
08:30
17/03/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	M J Hubbard
17:42	SU805624.
17/03/23	Oystercatcher	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	M J Hubbard
16:48	Seen in flying east towards Colnbrook Lake. SU799624. Please only view from the public footpath.
17/03/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	P J Craig
14:52	On the island.
16/03/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	S Robertson
12:05	Please only view from the public footpath.
15/03/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	R J Godden
11:00	Plover Island.
15/03/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	5	P J Craig
10:15	Circling noisily over CLS/New Workings.
11/03/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	J Lerpiniere
15:17
12/03/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	N J Bucknell
09:15	at Island Sailing Club. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/03/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	C McEwan
09:30	Came of main island and flew round Hosehill before crossing to Main Pit. . SU6469.
11/03/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
13:54
11/03/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
09:00
10/03/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	P Hickman
11:45	On the island.
10/03/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	P Hickman
11:35	On the island.
05/03/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
09:00	on Plover island (different from that on Horseshoe Lake?).
05/03/23	Oystercatcher	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
07:50	on island. (maybe different to ones seen on Colebrook Lake later).
04/03/23	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	P Hickman
11:00	Circled the lake as the work party we're readying the island.
01/03/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	2	S Lynch
15:00
28/02/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	2	S Robertson
13:11
27/02/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	2	S Robertson
08:00
26/02/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	P J Craig
11:10	Tern Island.
25/02/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
11:00	on Tern island.
25/02/23	Oystercatcher	Searle's Farm Lane GP (S), Burghfield GPs	2	M F Walford
10:14
24/02/23	Oystercatcher	Woolhampton GPs	2	D Hammant
19:10	Feeding in meadows beside Woolhampton gravel pit. SU568662.
24/02/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	3	D Andrews
09:11	Seen with J ANDREWS. Please only view from the public footpath.
19/02/23	Oystercatcher	Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs	2	J Lerpiniere
12:25	Osier Lake.
19/02/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	5	A B Merrick
08:00
18/02/23	Oystercatcher	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	B Crathorne
13:40
18/02/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
09:51	On the raft.
15/02/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	1	S Robertson
08:00
14/02/23	Oystercatcher	Green Park	1	S Robertson
15:30
13/02/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	K E Moore
14:46	On Sailing Club Lawn.
12/02/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	R J Godden
14:00	Plover Island.
13/02/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
09:43	Seen with D.Andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
12/02/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
13:04	on Tern island.
10/02/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	S Robertson
12:33	Please only view from the public footpath.
05/02/23	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
09:06	Please only view from the public footpath.
03/02/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	M J Hubbard
12:46	Lone bird on far eatern tip of Tern Island. SU808627.
01/02/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Tomczynski
11:00
31/01/23	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	A V Lawson
15:07
31/01/23	Oystercatcher	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P Kendall
10:00	On Tern Island.