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Tuesday 18th February 2025
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/02/25 | Buzzard | Earley | 1 | N Bell |
| 13:50 | Sitting in tree by the verge of the M4. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Blackcap | Cox Green, Maidenhead | 1 | N Bell |
| 13:05 | male. On garden fence. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Jay | Windsor Great Park | 1 | N Bell |
| 10:20 | At Savill Garden. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Windsor Great Park | 1 | N Bell |
| 09:43 | At Savill Garden. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Pied Wagtail | Windsor Great Park | 1 | N Bell |
| 09:12 | At Savill Garden. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Ockwells Park, Cox Green | 1 | N Bell |
| 07:18 | Drumming. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Little Egret | Ockwells Park, Cox Green | 2 | N Bell |
| 07:04 | Two little egrets in flight. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Grey Heron | Ockwells Park, Cox Green | 1 | N Bell |
| 07:03 | In flight. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Oystercatcher | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | J M Clark |
| 17:30 | Colebrook N. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Barnacle Goose | Moor Green Lakes | 13 | J M Clark |
| 17:30 | flew into Colebrook N from east. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Goosander | Moor Green Lakes | 37 | J M Clark |
| 17:30 | 6 (2 males) Grove; 31 (14 males, 2 fw males), Colebrook N. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Cormorant | Moor Green Lakes | 53 | J M Clark |
| 17:30 | roost. Grove Lake (and 26 nearby in roost on Hants side of river). | |||
| 18/02/25 | Grey Heron | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 2 | L Garner-Langham |
| 13:30 | Both on the nest. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Nuthatch | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 4 | L Garner-Langham |
| 13:30 | All together in ivy covered tree, constantly on the move. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Firecrest | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 1 | L Garner-Langham |
| 13:30 | ||||
| 18/02/25 | Goldcrest | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 3 | L Garner-Langham |
| 13:30 | ||||
| 18/02/25 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 1 | L Garner-Langham |
| 13:30 | ||||
| 18/02/25 | Tawny Owl | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 1 | L Garner-Langham |
| 13:30 | ||||
| 18/02/25 | Stonechat | Common Wood, Streatley | 2 | M Collings |
| 12:00 | m+f. Cleeve Lock. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Muscovy Duck | Pangbourne Meadow | 1 | A Taylor |
| 15:50 | Regular bird again in close company with a pair of Egyptian Geese. They all approached a second pair of EG, and the Muscovy appeared to want to get involved in the ensuing territorial dispute, silent but copying EG in puffing out chest and extending neck! | |||
| 18/02/25 | Kingfisher | Pangbourne Meadow | 1 | A Taylor |
| 15:50 | Flew low across R. Thames from Berkshire bank. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Redwing | Saltney Mead | 1 | A Taylor |
| 15:40 | In copse on Purley side of Sul brook. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Cormorant | Pangbourne STW | 7 | A Taylor |
| 15:30 | In tall tree by Sul brook just north of STW. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Buzzard | Tilehurst | 1 | G Sumner |
| 14:51 | Then flew back towards Sulham Woods. SU662743. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Wigeon | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 6 | M J Dear |
| 13:19 | ||||
| 18/02/25 | Oystercatcher | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 2 | M J Dear |
| 13:19 | ||||
| 18/02/25 | Chaffinch | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 8 | S Robertson |
| 13:06 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Treecreeper | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 1 | S Robertson |
| 13:06 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Bullfinch | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 2 | S Robertson |
| 13:05 | male and female. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Skylark | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | P J Craig |
| 09:20 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Kingfisher | Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | P J Craig |
| 10:40 | Quite active in front of hide. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Water Rail | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | P J Craig |
| 09:30 | Preening at edge of reeds on N side of small pool by yellow railed bridge. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Lapwing | Eton Wick | 30 | K Rhodes |
| 11:40 | Mobile flock over fields north of village. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Raven | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
| 09:50 | heard over Cleeve Court. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Teal | Streatley | 6 | N J Bucknell |
| 10:35 | 3 drakes, 3 duck. on water east of Streatley STW. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Grey Wagtail | Streatley | 2 | N J Bucknell |
| 10:15 | fem. at Streatley STW (one has been present most of the winter here). | |||
| 18/02/25 | Chiffchaff | Streatley | 7 | N J Bucknell |
| 10:15 | at Streatley STW. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Water Rail | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
| 10:05 | calling from south side of water east of Streatley STW. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Snipe | Streatley | 15 | N J Bucknell |
| 10:05 | by water east of Streatley STW. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Peregrine | Reading | 1 | S Robertson |
| 08:00 | Sitting on nest box. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Oystercatcher | Green Park | 3 | S Robertson |
| 08:08 | ||||
| 18/02/25 | Mistle Thrush | Palmer Park, Reading | 3 | M J Mitchell |
| 08:30 | In same lime tree. SU736732. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Greenfinch | Fobney Meadow | 2 | S Huggins |
| 08:50 | Hedgerow by waterworks. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Peregrine | Fobney Meadow | 1 | S Huggins |
| 08:25 | Possibly f. With prey on pylon 3. | |||
| 18/02/25 | Sparrowhawk | Coley Park, Reading | 1 | S Huggins |
| 08:15 | m. In tree on Coley water meadow. | |||