24/12/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 2 | S Lynch |
13:00
| 1m1f. |
21/12/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 1 | F Hutchinson |
12:00
| Main lake. |
18/12/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 3 | S A Graham |
09:30
| Min: no access from Theal Station to Sheffield Bottom car park as road closed for TW work. |
17/12/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Queen Mother Reservoir | 13 | P J Newbound |
11:30
| Key holders only. |
17/12/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Little John's Farm | 2 | S A Graham |
16:46
| St Mary's Island on the Thames. |
16/12/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Purley on Thames, Reading | 1 | N J Bucknell |
09:50
| juv. on WeBS count, now an unusual species on this site where until two years ago anything from 2-5 where regular. |
28/11/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Moor Green Lakes | 11 | R J Godden |
11:00
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26/11/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Queen Mother Reservoir | 7 | P J Newbound |
10:00
| Key holders only. |
22/11/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh | 11 | G Stewart |
16:15
| Pair having a practice of displaying. |
22/11/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Moor Green Lakes | 14 | R J Godden |
11:00
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10/11/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Bray GPs | 37 | S A Graham |
10:00
| 36 ad + juv. Min: included pair with a late Juv; if anybody is missing some from their local lake or Gp. please help yourself to the surpluss here. |
09/11/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Queen Mother Reservoir | 8 | P J Newbound |
11:00
| Key holders only. |
25/10/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 2 | P Gipson |
16:50
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25/10/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Beale Park | 1 | G Sumner |
14:30
| No other wildfowl on lake apart from this bird . |
15/10/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 5 | R C Watts |
14:00
| |
04/10/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Queen Mother Reservoir | 100 | P J Newbound |
09:30
| Key holders only. |
01/10/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs | 4 | S A Graham |
09:30
| 3 ad + f/w. |
26/09/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh | 10 | G Stewart |
18:00
| Mixture of adults and Juveniles. |
06/09/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 12 | K P Duncan |
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20/09/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Moor Green Lakes | 8 | R J Godden |
14:00
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05/09/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh | 5 | M Stuttard |
19:17
| juv. |
01/09/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Queen Mother Reservoir | 83 | P J Newbound |
09:30
| Key holders only. |
31/08/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 3 | B Lyle |
14:53
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29/08/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 11 | K P Duncan |
| |
29/08/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 2 | B Lyle |
14:52
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08/08/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R C Watts |
12:50
| On nest from Bittern Hide far end. |
07/08/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 3 | S A Graham |
09:00
| 3 juv. Broods of 2 and 1. |
06/08/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 18 | K P Duncan |
09:35
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31/07/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 10 | K P Duncan |
10:00
| |
24/07/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 9 | K P Duncan |
09:15
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15/07/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Bray Lake, Bray GPs | 2 | M Coon |
14:50
| 1m,1f. Adults performed incubating change-over but could not see number of eggs. Also repulsing, in concert, excessively curious one of four Egyptian goose young! |
23/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 6 | K P Duncan |
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06/07/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 4 | B Lyle |
15:32
| 2ads, 2 chicks. |
05/07/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 5 | N Cleere |
09:00
| Pair & 3 small, stripey chicks - first of year. |
29/06/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 2 | B Lyle |
15:43
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26/06/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Green Park | 2 | S Lynch |
18:30
| Nest building south end. |
25/06/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs | 1 | S A Graham |
08:00
| Nest located in open water at the W. end of the lake. |
18/06/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Mill Pond, Bracknell | 6 | K P Duncan |
| BREEDING pair with four chicks (second brood). |
06/06/22 | Great Crested Grebe | View Island, R. Thames, Caversham | 1 | J J Kearns |
12:35
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03/06/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Main Pit, Theale GPs | 8 | S A Graham |
09:30
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02/06/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 2 | S A Graham |
08:30
| ad & juv. Adult carrying a single chick. |
01/06/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 2 | B Lyle |
15:00
| |
30/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 1 | M Stuttard |
16:00
| |
28/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Green Park | 2 | S Lynch |
18:00
| |
24/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 3 | M J Smith |
19:40
| 2 head shaking slowly pushing away 3rd bird. |
18/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Great Pond, Sunninghill CP | 1 | D Sussex |
08:00
| |
16/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Green Park | 2 | S Robertson |
08:08
| |
15/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Main Pit, Theale GPs | 8 | S A Graham |
09:30
| Min. |
14/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 6 | S A Graham |
09:00
| |
08/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Moatlands GP, Theale GPs | 6 | S A Graham |
09:00
| Again not a single Swallow or Martin. |
28/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Englemere Pond, Ascot | 1 | D Sussex |
20:30
| |
05/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs | 7 | A Taylor |
15:00
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04/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 4 | P Gipson |
18:40
| Pair with 2 small chicks on water, 2+ eggs in nest did not hatch, possibly taken by Coots nesting nearby. |
03/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 4 | M J Smith |
15:51
| 2 pair on Thames between Mapledurham lock and Hardwick house. |
02/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Englemere Pond, Ascot | 1 | S D Abbott |
14:45
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01/05/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 3 | S Lynch |
15:40
| Pair plus first chick, hopefully more to come. |
25/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Virginia Water | 4 | M Milne |
15:08
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23/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lea Farm Lake | 3 | J E Warren |
| SU782733. |
23/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | J E Warren |
| SU776725. |
24/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 3 | S A Graham |
08:45
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20/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Green Park | 2 | B D Clews |
12:00
| pair near suitable nest site. |
17/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Bray GPs | 10 | S A Graham |
09:30
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16/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs | 2 | S A Graham |
09:00
| PAir nesting in reeds in the SW corner and less than 5 feet from the Coots nest. |
15/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 9 | K P Duncan |
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15/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
11:30
| Still on Thames north of Cleeve Lock - still no sign of a mate. |
11/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 2 | S Lynch |
18:55
| Pair with 4 eggs. |
10/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lea Farm Lake | 2 | D Harper |
10:45
| 1 male. 1 fem. Showing courtship display. |
10/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | D Harper |
09:25
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10/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Main Pit, Theale GPs | 7 | S A Graham |
09:30
| Min. |
07/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 2 | P Gipson |
16:00
| Pr with 2 eggs in nest. |
06/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 2 | B Lyle |
14:30
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06/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
12:20
| present on Thames north of Cleeve Lock for about 10 days now, but only one present throughout. |
04/04/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Green Park | 1 | S Robertson |
13:16
| a rare visitor to Green Park. |
28/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | M J Smith |
15:37
| On Thames, no sign of it's mate so far. |
28/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | M J Smith |
15:37
| On Thames, no sign of it's mate so far. |
25/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Culham Farm, Medmenham | 4 | J T Taylor |
22:28
| |
23/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
15:20
| on Thames north of Cleeve Lock - first this year. |
21/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 5 | M Stuttard |
10:00
| At least one pair. |
20/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 5 | S A Graham |
08:45
| Approx. |
17/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 1 | M Stuttard |
17:15
| |
15/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 9 | K P Duncan |
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10/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Caversham, R. Thames | 2 | P Balasubramanian |
13:00
| Behind the TESCO. |
08/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 3 | K P Duncan |
| |
05/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | K P Duncan |
| |
05/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | K P Duncan |
| |
07/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Wraysbury GPs | 8 | S Neal |
10:00
| |
04/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Jubilee River | 2 | K P Duncan |
| below Manor Farm weir. |
03/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs | 13 | A E Hickman |
11:00
| |
02/03/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Lower Farm GP | 4 | B Lyle |
15:30
| |
25/02/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs | 9 | J Lerpiniere |
13:48
| 7 in Osier Lake. |
23/02/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R J Godden |
14:00
| Pair displaying. |
11/02/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Bray Pit, Bray GPs | 3 | M Coon |
14:20
| In BBOWT pond. A pair seen to perform synchronised head shaking and bobbing twice in an hour. Third gooseberry bird in juvenile/eclipse plumage seemed to be ignored by pair. |
08/02/22 | Great Crested Grebe | View Island, R. Thames, Caversham | 1 | J J Kearns |
12:25
| |
06/02/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Wraysbury GPs | 13 | S Neal |
10:08
| Across Hythe, Silverwings and Village pits. |
04/02/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs | 13 | J Lerpiniere |
15:24
| Osier Lake. |
18/01/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs | 13 | J Lerpiniere |
15:28
| Osier Lake. SU636702. |
17/01/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
15:20
| on Thames north of village. |
16/01/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Moor Green Lakes | 5 | R C Watts |
12:30
| |
13/01/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Wraysbury GPs | 10 | S K Proddow |
11:00
| |
02/01/22 | Great Crested Grebe | Bray Pit, Bray GPs | 2 | M Coon |
11:48
| 1m+1f. Pair performing head-bobbing courtship ritual (hence assumed sexing) despite being in eclipse or juvenile plumage. |