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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2021.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
25/09/21	Sand Martin	Wellington College	1	H Wright
14:30	Flock of approx 20 feeding above college grounds for around 1hour.
05/09/21	Sand Martin	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:30	among flock of about 100 hirundines (mostly Swallows) feeding over Thames and adjoining fields north of village.
01/09/21	Sand Martin	Fobney Meadow	6	R C Price
18:30
31/08/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	250	N Cleere
10:18	in mixed flock of approx 500 hirundines.
30/08/21	Sand Martin	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	J Carson
11:30	CLN, many flying over lake.
30/08/21	Sand Martin	Moor Green Lakes	3	R J Godden
06:30	East Fen.
30/08/21	Sand Martin	Main Pit, Theale GPs	200	A B Merrick
08:15	approx, many trying to land in single tree on Oystercatcher island.
27/08/21	Sand Martin	Streatley	5	N J Bucknell
17:45	in mixed flock with other hirundines feeding over Thames north of village.
07/08/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	250	N Cleere
09:30	250+ mixed hirundines, mostly Sand Martin and Swallow.
07/08/21	Sand Martin	Main Pit, Theale GPs	11	A B Merrick
07:45
06/08/21	Sand Martin	Lea Farm Lake	31	F J Cottington
06:10	chicks. A healthy count for the second brood, with no doubt more to emerge at the mouth of the holes.
01/08/21	Sand Martin	Fobney Meadow	8	R C Price
11:10	Over marsh and west of.
30/07/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm Trout Lake	30	D Andrews
11:47
27/07/21	Sand Martin	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	10	R C Watts
11:30	At least.
23/07/21	Sand Martin	Newbury BT Exchange	8	K G White
07:54	Regular passing to and from railway station colony and the Kennet. SU474669.
17/07/21	Sand Martin	Fujitsu, Bracknell	5	J E Warren
	WEIRD. Flock was nest prospecting Fijitsu sand coloured wall. Birds repeatedly landed on wall for a few seconds, took off and landed a few Metres away. SU851684.
10/07/21	Sand Martin	Eton Wick	28	D Cleal
17:00	Roving flock moving between Bucks & Berks.
06/07/21	Sand Martin	Fobney Meadow	50	A B Tomczynski
10:39	Plus. Feeding low over water as rain came in.
30/06/21	Sand Martin	Newbury BT Exchange	10	K G White
06:35	Constant passage over Sainsbury's car park to and from railway station and R Kennet. SU473669.
27/06/21	Sand Martin	Reading	3	R Holder
10:00	SU729738.
25/06/21	Sand Martin	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
17:45	A couple of sightings of just one seen flying around only second sighting for me this year.
24/06/21	Sand Martin	Newbury BT Exchange	6	K G White
06:00	Regular passage going to railway station colony. SU473669.
22/06/21	Sand Martin	Newbury BT Exchange	10	K G White
07:47	Constant passage of bids low over Sainsbury's car park between railway station and R. Kennet. SU473668.
15/06/21	Sand Martin	Newbury BT Exchange	7	K G White
06:09	passing between railway station colony and R Kennet. SU472668.
14/06/21	Sand Martin	Cock Marsh	4	J Rose
09:30	Along the Thames.
06/06/21	Sand Martin	Newbury BT Exchange	6	K G White
05:03	steady stream of birds passing over Sainsbury's car park on their way to the nesting colony at the railway station from the river. SU473669.
01/06/21	Sand Martin	Lea Farm Lake	50	F J Cottington
06:00	Lots of young being fed at the wall.
30/05/21	Sand Martin	Newbury BT Exchange	3	K G White
06:44	Passing to and from railway station colony. SU474669.
22/05/21	Sand Martin	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	100	A V Lawson
06:00	Feeding with huge flock of birds over trees on north bank, and over the water. Please only view from the public footpath.
22/05/21	Sand Martin	Lea Farm, Hurst	40	F J Cottington
06:15	Lots at wall too.
19/05/21	Sand Martin	Kennetmouth	12	R C Price
12:30	Between railway bridges.
05/05/21	Sand Martin	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	50	S D Abbott
19:20	At least this number.
05/05/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	20	B Lyle
15:00
04/05/21	Sand Martin	Fobney Meadow	12	R C Price
15:00	Over marsh.
04/05/21	Sand Martin	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	10	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	At sheltered W end.
02/05/21	Sand Martin	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	6	P J Crowley
08:00	minimum count on Black Swan Lake.
02/05/21	Sand Martin	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	D A MacKenzie Dodds
09:45	over sand martin bank and that part of the lake, circling and feeding, not stopping at all.
30/04/21	Sand Martin	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	12	S Primarolo
	Flying around among the swallows. No idea on numbers.
01/05/21	Sand Martin	Cock Marsh	20	J Rose
10:00	Approx.
29/04/21	Sand Martin	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	50	R Reedman
11:30	SU804624.
28/04/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	20	B Lyle
15:00
27/04/21	Sand Martin	Kennetmouth	6	K Sparks
12:46	Still 6 flying around between the railway bridges.
26/04/21	Sand Martin	Fobney Meadow	10	R C Price
16:20
25/04/21	Sand Martin	Fobney Meadow	15	R C Price
15:30
25/04/21	Sand Martin	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	60	J E Andrews
08:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
21/04/21	Sand Martin	Inkpen Hill	1	J Hale
07:30	One over, heading north.
14/04/21	Sand Martin	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	6	C J Forsey
14:34	High above Sandford Lane.
14/04/21	Sand Martin	Kennetmouth	12	R C Price
11:30	Feeding over the Kennet between the 2 railway bridges. Limiting themselves to this space for about an hour or so.
13/04/21	Sand Martin	Kennetmouth	16	K Sparks
09:46	flying around and inspecting what appear to be rain runoff pipes on the two railway bridges!
11/04/21	Sand Martin	Lea Farm Lake	60	R Righelato
20:16	60 - 100.
11/04/21	Sand Martin	Main Pit, Theale GPs	250	R Crawford
07:45
11/04/21	Sand Martin	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	150	J E Andrews
07:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
11/04/21	Sand Martin	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	B Crathorne
09:15
10/04/21	Sand Martin	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	P J Crowley
10:00	with Swallows near the sailing club.
10/04/21	Sand Martin	Padworth Lane GP	50	L Ellams
12:18
10/04/21	Sand Martin	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	90	K G White
07:31	minimum. SU568663.
08/04/21	Sand Martin	Moor Green Lakes	20	R J Godden
11:00
08/04/21	Sand Martin	Lea Farm Lake	25	F J Cottington
07:30
07/04/21	Sand Martin	Sheffield Bottom	30	L Ellams
17:34
07/04/21	Sand Martin	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	30	J E Andrews
10:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
07/04/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	20	B Lyle
14:30
07/04/21	Sand Martin	Padworth Lane GP	6	A E Hickman
12:20	Approx with the swallow flock.
05/04/21	Sand Martin	Padworth Lane GP	5	K E Moore
13:30
05/04/21	Sand Martin	Beale Park	1	N J Bucknell
15:00	over lake.
05/04/21	Sand Martin	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	100	J E Andrews
08:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
05/04/21	Sand Martin	Eton Wick	1	K Rhodes
13:14
05/04/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	30	R Keel
09:30
03/04/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	150	M J Dear
09:00
03/04/21	Sand Martin	Main Pit, Theale GPs	50	M F Walford
	c50 at the motorway end.
03/04/21	Sand Martin	Searle's Farm Lane GP (S), Burghfield GPs	20	M F Walford
	c20.
02/04/21	Sand Martin	Fleethill Farm	10	P Bright-Thomas
17:30	Over southern pools. Private site, view only from footpath.
01/04/21	Sand Martin	Kennetmouth	10	R C Price
13:18	Feeding.
30/03/21	Sand Martin	Brimpton	3	C J Forsey
13:42	Over K&A canal bridge.
30/03/21	Sand Martin	Kennetmouth	3	R C Price
10:10	Flying along Kennet towards the mouth.
29/03/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	7	D Andrews
14:32
29/03/21	Sand Martin	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	C J Forsey
14:16	Quite high above.
29/03/21	Sand Martin	Moor Green Lakes	50	R Murfitt
09:00	Approx over Manor lake.
29/03/21	Sand Martin	Thames Valley Business Park	100	M J Mitchell
08:00	Over the Thames.
27/03/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	100	M J Taylor
	very approx number - about 20 fairly low over the pit but many more higher up across a wide area.
27/03/21	Sand Martin	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	4	R Hanson
11:41	very high up. Please only view from the public footpath.
27/03/21	Sand Martin	Woolhampton GPs	3	M J Mitchell
10:13	High over Kennet.
27/03/21	Sand Martin	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	R Murfitt
08:30
27/03/21	Sand Martin	Main Pit, Theale GPs	21	R Crawford
07:00	In SW corner.
26/03/21	Sand Martin	Lea Farm Lake	80	F J Cottington
06:35	80+ Quickly thru North in quite a tight ball, 20 more twenty minutes later appeared to linger.
26/03/21	Sand Martin	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
16:00	Flying around above and over the water.
26/03/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	35	M J Dear
14:09
26/03/21	Sand Martin	Theale Lakes Business Park	100	M Terry
11:25	Approx. Flock brought down by the rain, flitting between Hosehill and Bottom Lane. #birdingfrommydesk.
26/03/21	Sand Martin	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	76	R Crawford
08:20	At least, probably 80+ present.
26/03/21	Sand Martin	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R J Godden
07:30	Over Manor Lake. Please only view from the public footpath.
26/03/21	Sand Martin	Whistley Mill GP, Twyford GPs	20	E Napper
09:07	Feeding over lake.
25/03/21	Sand Martin	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	7	P J Crowley
11:00	In ones and twos seen over the trees to the north, several moving south.
24/03/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	11	N Cleere
11:20	quite high up, heading westerly.
23/03/21	Sand Martin	Fobney Meadow	3	S Robertson
07:51	Flying around flood.
21/03/21	Sand Martin	Lea Farm Lake	4	F J Cottington
07:30	1+1+2 thru North.
20/03/21	Sand Martin	Lea Farm Lake	3	F J Cottington
07:30	Low over lake.
18/03/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	4	M J Dear
08:55
16/03/21	Sand Martin	River Thames Meadows at Purley	2	M J Smith
14:30	Flying west up the Thames by Mapledurham lock.
14/03/21	Sand Martin	Searle's Farm Lane GP (S), Burghfield GPs	2	N J Bucknell
10:05
05/03/21	Sand Martin	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	P Strong
16:15
03/03/21	Sand Martin	Lower Farm GP	2	G Stewart
16:15	Two separate sightings of Sand Martin, 15 minutes a part possibly the same bird.
03/03/21	Sand Martin	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	D Andrews
15:52	Seen with J andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.