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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
31/12/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	3	B Crathorne
10:00
31/12/23	Chiffchaff	Boveney Lock, R. Thames, Eton Wick	3	B Crathorne
10:00
30/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
14:30	at Streatley STW.
29/12/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
12:51
29/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
09:45	near Streatley STW.
28/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
09:55	near Streatley STW.
26/12/23	Chiffchaff	Kennet Island, Reading	7	A B Tomczynski
16:55	Along Foudry Brook, downstream of STW discharge.
26/12/23	Chiffchaff	Padworth Lane GP	2	K E Moore
13:00	At least, were calling from scrubby Vegetation along sides of Kennet upstream from the road bridge over the Jennet.
25/12/23	Chiffchaff	Hambridge	1	N Cleere
12:12	In flooded Alder woodland that used to be called Bell Wood.
25/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
09:45	at Streatley STW.
23/12/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	4	B Crathorne
11:00	Very active and difficult to get accurate count. Probably more.
23/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:00	near Streatley STW.
22/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
09:50	at Streatley STW.
20/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
11:50	at Streatley STW.
18/12/23	Chiffchaff	Lea Farm Lake	1	A B Tomczynski
11:00
17/12/23	Chiffchaff	Padworth Lane floods	1	K E Moore
14:00	At least,in hedges. Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods.
17/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
15:10	at Streatley STW.
17/12/23	Chiffchaff	Searle's Farm Lane GP (E), Burghfield GPs	1	N J Bucknell
10:50	Please only view from the public footpath.
16/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
14:50	near Streatley STW.
12/12/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	2	B Crathorne
10:30
11/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
14:20	at Streatley STW.
10/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
14:40	in trees by footpath from church to Thames.
10/12/23	Chiffchaff	Thames Valley Business Park	4	M J Mitchell
09:45	Feeding in willows.
09/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:20	in bushes by path from church to river.
08/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
14:40	at Streatley STW.
07/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
10:25	on filter bed at Streatley STW.
06/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
12:20	at Streatley STW.
05/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:30	at Streatley STW.
03/12/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	4	B Crathorne
15:15	At least 4, likely more.
03/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
14:00	at Streatley STW.
01/12/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
10:10	at Streatley STW.
30/11/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
10:20	at Streatley STW.
29/11/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
	one at Streatley STW at 14-40; one by path from church to Thames at 15-35.
28/11/23	Chiffchaff	Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs	1	J Lerpiniere
17:19	With Long-t Tits. SU638703.
28/11/23	Chiffchaff	Thames Valley Business Park	1	M J Mitchell
08:15
25/11/23	Chiffchaff	Bottom Lane Floods (N), Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
09:00	All feeding individualy along the sunlite north side of the canal.
24/11/23	Chiffchaff	Searle's Farm Lane GP (S), Burghfield GPs	1	N J Bucknell
11:35
22/11/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:10	at Streatley STW.
20/11/23	Chiffchaff	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	N J Bucknell
09:55	in trees by Thames, still present at 11-00.
19/11/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
15:40	in trees by bridge over stream on path from church to Thames.
19/11/23	Chiffchaff	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	B Crathorne
10:00
18/11/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	1	A B Tomczynski
14:00
11/11/23	Chiffchaff	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:25	singing in sun at Streatley STW.
06/11/23	Chiffchaff	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	B Crathorne
10:30	Calling.
03/11/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
11:45
31/10/23	Chiffchaff	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	B Crathorne
10:30	Calling.
29/10/23	Chiffchaff	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
09:30	One or two in song by the obervation platform.
28/10/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
10:45	Singing.
28/10/23	Chiffchaff	Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
09:30	Min. in song along the canal, otherwise birdless.
24/10/23	Chiffchaff	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	P Kendall
11:00	In trees at west end of New Workings. Please only view from the public footpath.
24/10/23	Chiffchaff	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	S A Graham
10:30	In song by thew weir.
24/10/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	3	S A Graham
10:30	approx.
23/10/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	2	B Crathorne
09:45
22/10/23	Chiffchaff	Englefield	3	R Crawford
10:00	Calling.
22/10/23	Chiffchaff	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	R C Watts
10:30	Near floods.
21/10/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	2	A B Tomczynski
11:00
16/10/23	Chiffchaff	Lowbury Hill	4	A B Tomczynski
15:00	During circular walk.
16/10/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	2	B Crathorne
14:00
15/10/23	Chiffchaff	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	N J Bucknell
	singing birds on WeBS count. Please only view from the public footpath.
15/10/23	Chiffchaff	Englefield	3	R Crawford
09:00	One singing.
14/10/23	Chiffchaff	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
13:04	Singing.
14/10/23	Chiffchaff	Sonning Meadows	3	A B Tomczynski
10:30
12/10/23	Chiffchaff	Widbrook Common	2	B Reeve
13:30
11/10/23	Chiffchaff	Tilehurst	1	R Crawford
10:00	My garden.
10/10/23	Chiffchaff	Churn Farm (Oxon)	1	M Hannington
11:45
10/10/23	Chiffchaff	Cox Green, Maidenhead	1	N Bell
08:15	A rare visit to our back garden by a chiffchaff. It hopped around on a rose bush for a minute or so. SU876791.
07/10/23	Chiffchaff	Eastbury	1	B Lyle
10:25	NDOC SU37 survey.
07/10/23	Chiffchaff	Woodlands St Mary	2	B Lyle
10:09	NDOC SU 37 survey.
01/10/23	Chiffchaff	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	3	P Gipson
15:30
01/10/23	Chiffchaff	Shinfield	1	D J Mills
10:00	chiffchaffing in scrub by footpath/cycle way bridge over M4 opposite Shinfield Studios.
01/10/23	Chiffchaff	Englefield	18	R Crawford
09:00	Chiffies everywhere.
30/09/23	Chiffchaff	Tilehurst	1	R Crawford
10:30	My garden.
30/09/23	Chiffchaff	Sonning Meadows	7	A B Tomczynski
11:30
30/09/23	Chiffchaff	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
10:49	Brief song.
29/09/23	Chiffchaff	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
11:45	Calling and feeding vigorously in Hawthorn.
23/09/23	Chiffchaff	Englefield	8	R Crawford
09:30	Two singing.
23/09/23	Chiffchaff	Bottom Lane Floods (N), Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
08:30	Both in song.
22/09/23	Chiffchaff	Winnersh	2	P O'Neill
08:00	Both singing. One in Woodward Close the other in Merril Drive.
12/09/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	4	R C Price
15:00	In roving flock along FP7 with 10 Long-tailed Tit, 6 Blue Tit, 4 Great Tit.
21/09/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	3	R C Price
10:15
21/09/23	Chiffchaff	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
06:56	Singing.
16/09/23	Chiffchaff	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	R Holder
10:18
15/09/23	Chiffchaff	Waltham Place	3	D Cleal
14:00
11/09/23	Chiffchaff	White Waltham	3	D Cleal
10:30	Along airfield perimeter hedge, SE corner.
12/09/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	2	B Crathorne
10:30	Calling.
10/09/23	Chiffchaff	Emmbrook	2	P O'Neill
08:30	Old Forest Meadows. One singing.
08/09/23	Chiffchaff	Greenham Common	9	M J Dear
09:00	Please keep to the main paths.
08/09/23	Chiffchaff	Crookham Common	4	J Blunt
07:00	Please keep to the main paths.
06/09/23	Chiffchaff	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	18	R Crawford
08:00
06/09/23	Chiffchaff	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	5	J E Andrews
10:09	Please only view from the public footpath.
03/09/23	Chiffchaff	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	2	S A Graham
10:14	Approx.
21/08/23	Chiffchaff	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
13:20	Calls heard.
19/08/23	Chiffchaff	Chilton Foliat	4	B Lyle
10:11	SU323703.
20/08/23	Chiffchaff	Emmbrook	2	P O'Neill
16:00	With small mixed tit flock, 6 Long-tailed, 2 Great, 3 Blue, beside Ashridge Stream at Copsewood.
20/08/23	Chiffchaff	Walbury Hill	2	S A Graham
09:30	Heard calling, the only slim signs of migration.
07/08/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	4	R C Price
13:30
05/08/23	Chiffchaff	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	7	R J Godden
11:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
30/07/23	Chiffchaff	Marsh Meadow, Cookham	1	B D Clews
16:22	calling.
30/07/23	Chiffchaff	Ufton Nervet	2	P Hickman
10:20	At Church Plantation.
20/07/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:10	still same place - contact calls.
17/07/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:00	Calling.
14/07/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:45	still making contact calls in tree canopy.
09/07/23	Chiffchaff	Maidenhead Thicket	5	B D Clews
10:16	singing.
09/07/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:00	seen & heard almost continuous contact calls feeding in canopy - exact repeat of 1st sighting at start of season.
07/07/23	Chiffchaff	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
07:45	m. Still singing strongly daily.
04/07/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:30	male. original site still going strong.
27/06/23	Chiffchaff	Cookham Dean	1	B D Clews
11:00	singing at Harris Woodbridge Nature Reserve. SU876858.
27/06/23	Chiffchaff	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	3	B Crathorne
10:30
25/06/23	Chiffchaff	Ufton Nervet	1	P Hickman
09:35	At Church Plantation.
24/06/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:45	feeding in top of Ash tree next to Blackcap.
21/06/23	Chiffchaff	Great Thrift Wood, Cox Green	1	N Bell
06:25	Near Great Thrift Wood, but on the other side of the Cut. SU874781.
16/06/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:20	male. still singing in original area.
10/06/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:00	still singing in same area.
07/06/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:00
05/06/23	Chiffchaff	Roundoak Piece	1	P Hickman
21:13	m.
03/06/23	Chiffchaff	Wickham	1	B Lyle
11:00
30/05/23	Chiffchaff	Moor Copse	1	M Scarlett
10:41
29/05/23	Chiffchaff	Greenham Common	3	R C Watts
15:20	Heard only at different places. Please keep to the main paths.
28/05/23	Chiffchaff	Wildmoor Heath Nature Reserve	4	B Crathorne
07:45
27/05/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
15:25	male. still singing in original site.
21/05/23	Chiffchaff	Freeman's Marsh	4	K Taylor
19:58	SU330687.
21/05/23	Chiffchaff	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	7	R Crawford
08:00	Singing.
21/05/23	Chiffchaff	Ufton Nervet	1	P Hickman
07:35	m. At Poors Allotment.
20/05/23	Chiffchaff	Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead	2	B D Clews
04:45	singing.
19/05/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:25	Cutbush Ln Ind.
16/05/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	3	R C Price
11:56	Singing.
15/05/23	Chiffchaff	Cookham	1	B D Clews
14:30	singing near National trust car park.
13/05/23	Chiffchaff	East Garston	3	B Lyle
10:13
13/05/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
14:10	heard only from one spot.
13/05/23	Chiffchaff	Wraysbury GPs	16	S Neal
08:40
12/05/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
15:45	male. heard at 3 locations 20 yds apart going at slow walking pace, assumed to be single bird not 3 adjacent territories . Zero Swifts today.
10/05/23	Chiffchaff	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	9	R Crawford
08:00	Singing.
07/05/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:15	male. still singing same place.
05/05/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
12:20	still singing.
05/05/23	Chiffchaff	Bucklebury Common	5	D Reynolds
08:44
03/05/23	Chiffchaff	Hambleden Lock, R. Thames	2	A N Stow
20:00	Singing from the copse by the stream between Hambleden Lock and the Flower pot pub.
02/05/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
08:30	male. singing Cutbush Ind Est.
01/05/23	Chiffchaff	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	7	R Crawford
07:30	Six singing.
30/04/23	Chiffchaff	Freeman's Marsh	4	K Taylor
15:30	SU331688.
30/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:20	male. brief song heard only.
29/04/23	Chiffchaff	Upper Eddington, Hungerford	1	K Taylor
17:05	SU339695.
28/04/23	Chiffchaff	Snelsmore Common	10	M Stuttard
11:30	Heard everywhere.
27/04/23	Chiffchaff	Decoy Heath	3	B Crathorne
13:00
27/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
14:25	male. heard only decent song in same place as seen 10 days or so.
27/04/23	Chiffchaff	Burghfield GPs	43	R Crawford
07:00	Singing.
26/04/23	Chiffchaff	Wraysbury	3	S Neal
09:57	Ankerwycke NT.
25/04/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Island	3	R Dryden
08:30	m. One picking insects from the canal side vegetation on he water's edge.
25/04/23	Chiffchaff	Wildmoor Heath Nature Reserve	4	B Crathorne
08:15	Singing.
24/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
08:40	male. heard only.
23/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
10:00	male. one seen , both heard singing.
19/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:20	male. weak song - same general area as Tues.
19/04/23	Chiffchaff	Sulhamstead Abbots	1	P Hickman
09:50	m. North of St Mary's church.
19/04/23	Chiffchaff	Ufton Nervet	1	P Hickman
08:55	m. Near Harts Lane.
19/04/23	Chiffchaff	Ufton Nervet	2	P Hickman
07:35	On Poors Allotment site.
18/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:15	male. superb naked eye views at head height out in open , flying between trees contact calls nearly all the time + a couple of chiff-chaffs.
17/04/23	Chiffchaff	Burghfield GPs	62	R Crawford
07:30	Singing.
16/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	5	R C Watts
12:50	At least on walk around .
16/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:06	male. heard only - seems to be staying.
15/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:00	male. calling behind Cutbush industrial ,.
15/04/23	Chiffchaff	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	5	R J Godden
07:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
14/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:20	male. same bush as before - repeated song.
13/04/23	Chiffchaff	Main Pit, Theale GPs	18	R Crawford
08:00	Canal side, singing.
09/04/23	Chiffchaff	Burghfield GPs	51	R Crawford
07:30	Singing.
08/04/23	Chiffchaff	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	14	R Crawford
08:00	Including one nest building.
07/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:00	male. repeatedly calling from same area as before.
06/04/23	Chiffchaff	Inkpen Common	3	B Crathorne
13:30	singing.
05/04/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:40	male. In full "song" - 2 long-tailed tits & 2 Jays only others out of ordinary.
04/04/23	Chiffchaff	Strand Water, Cookham	1	B D Clews
15:00	singing.
04/04/23	Chiffchaff	Burghfield GPs	73	R Crawford
08:00	Singing.
03/04/23	Chiffchaff	Fobney Meadow	7	R C Price
11:00	A few singing.
02/04/23	Chiffchaff	Mill Pond, Swinley Forest	1	J E Warren
	Feeding amongst grass clumps, sedge and dead bracken so on forest floor! Desperate for food as late Spring? SU888653.
02/04/23	Chiffchaff	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
12:25	m. In scrub at bottom of Prince William Drive . SU661743.
02/04/23	Chiffchaff	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
12:45	Singing near back garden.
01/04/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	4	B Crathorne
10:45
01/04/23	Chiffchaff	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	6	B Crathorne
10:00	Singing.
31/03/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Farm GP	1	M Stuttard
14:00
30/03/23	Chiffchaff	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	M J Smith
14:24	Singing in garden Oaks.
30/03/23	Chiffchaff	Burghfield GPs	68	R Crawford
07:00	Singing.
29/03/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	3	D Cleal
14:00
29/03/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
14:46
29/03/23	Chiffchaff	Moor Green Lakes	6	R J Godden
10:30
29/03/23	Chiffchaff	Greenham Common	31	A E Hickman
07:45	In song heard during a circuit of the western heaths to the Fire plane. Please keep to the main paths.
29/03/23	Chiffchaff	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	M J Smith
13:00	Singing around the pit.
29/03/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
11:45	one silent feeding in Blackthorn scrub , second(male) heard & seen feeding in /on Oak tree from top to bottom . Both VERY frenetic = recent /overnight arrivals.
28/03/23	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
12:20	pair. Viewed as close as 10ft feeding together in leaflitter & flying a couple of feet high to next group of leaves - brownish green feathers catching sunlight . Mute throughout.
27/03/23	Chiffchaff	Burghfield GPs	60	R Crawford
08:00	Singing.
25/03/23	Chiffchaff	Lowbury Hill	1	J T Taylor
16:46
25/03/23	Chiffchaff	Burchett's Green	1	C Elliott
14:30	First singing of year. SU840814.
25/03/23	Chiffchaff	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	33	R Crawford
07:00	Singing, Searles Lane - Cottage Lane - Hotel Lake. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/03/23	Chiffchaff	View Island, R. Thames, Caversham	1	J J Kearns
12:35
22/03/23	Chiffchaff	Green Park	8	S Robertson
12:40	calling.
22/03/23	Chiffchaff	Lea Farm Lake	3	R C Watts
11:35
21/03/23	Chiffchaff	Ufton Nervet	2	P Hickman
14:25	Calling, At Poors allotment.
21/03/23	Chiffchaff	Wokingham	2	P Bright-Thomas
13:45	m. One singing in Cantley Park, the other in Joel Park.
21/03/23	Chiffchaff	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	12	S Robertson
12:09	Calling. Please only view from the public footpath.
21/03/23	Chiffchaff	Warfield	1	S C Rider
07:50	SU873712.
20/03/23	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	2	B Crathorne
13:30	singing.
20/03/23	Chiffchaff	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	B Crathorne
12:45	Singing.
20/03/23	Chiffchaff	Burghfield GPs	45	R Crawford
07:00	Singing.
19/03/23	Chiffchaff	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	1	S A Graham
09:00	Feeding at the base of the tree's in the dew pond.