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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
24/06/22	Blackcap	Ufton Nervet	1	P Hickman
07:45	m. At Church Plantation.
24/06/22	Blackcap	Ufton Nervet	1	P Hickman
07:30	m. At Poors allotment site.
24/06/22	Blackcap	Ufton Nervet	1	P Hickman
07:25	m. On the edge of the plantation near Island Farm.
21/06/22	Blackcap	Windsor Great Park	4	M Milne
16:44	All heard singing.
19/06/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
10:20	male. heard only - spread out across area.
18/06/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
08:35	male. singing from scrub beside Cutbush ln before Footpath/Cycleway bridge over M4 to Shinfield.
16/06/22	Blackcap	Main Pit, Theale GPs	17	R Crawford
06:30	Singing.
15/06/22	Blackcap	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	16	R Crawford
07:00	Singing.
11/06/22	Blackcap	Swallowfield Park	1	J Taylor
	m.
05/06/22	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	1	B Lyle
11:18
04/06/22	Blackcap	North Town, Maidenhead	2	B Reeve
14:00
03/06/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
08:20	male. possibly 2 neighbours singing.
02/06/22	Blackcap	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	20	R Crawford
07:00	17 singing.
02/06/22	Blackcap	Wraysbury GPs	22	S Neal
07:53
01/06/22	Blackcap	Park Lane GP (E), Twyford GPs	2	P D Hadfield
12:36	there were quite a few about, but i saw two together. SU786752.
31/05/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
08:20	male. same sites as before (heard only).
30/05/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
14:45	male. although heard at 4 close together sites from ASDA to Leisure Centre area I suspect just 2 territories split by main road.
28/05/22	Blackcap	Wraysbury GPs	25	S Neal
07:49
21/05/22	Blackcap	Jubilee River	11	B D Clews
10:30	singing males, just on Dorney Wetlands sector.
21/05/22	Blackcap	Wraysbury GPs	23	S Neal
07:45
20/05/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:40	male. Still singing in the depths of the Elder bush but ZERO Swifts in the area due to rain.
16/05/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
15:10	male. still singing loudly from Elder Bush.
14/05/22	Blackcap	Cookham	2	B D Clews
15:00	singing on Formosa Island.
14/05/22	Blackcap	Odney Club, Cookham	2	B D Clews
14:00	singing.
14/05/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:35	male. still present - seen & heard.
12/05/22	Blackcap	Wraysbury GPs	27	S Neal
08:26
11/05/22	Blackcap	Shurlock Row	6	R Alliss
10:10	m. singing.
10/05/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
12:25	male. singing in bushes below Swifts (as before).
09/05/22	Blackcap	Burghfield GPs	120	R Crawford
06:00	Singing.
08/05/22	Blackcap	Aston	2	A N Stow
18:45
08/05/22	Blackcap	Widbrook Common	2	B D Clews
14:00	singing on East side.
08/05/22	Blackcap	Reading	2	C Jones
12:05	m + f. On rose bush in garden.
07/05/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
08:50	male. still present in Kerris Way area & FP/Cycleway.
06/05/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
08:25	male. heard singing top of Ash trees along FP/Cycle way.
05/05/22	Blackcap	Cookham Dean Common	7	B D Clews
15:00	singing males.
05/05/22	Blackcap	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	4	A Taylor
15:00	Singing.
05/05/22	Blackcap	Widbrook Common	1	B D Clews
12:00	singing on East side of Common.
04/05/22	Blackcap	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	2	S Scott
16:30	Males singing in the trees to the east of the lake.
04/05/22	Blackcap	Wraysbury GPs	35	S Neal
08:11
02/05/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:48	male. short song near Kerris way.
30/04/22	Blackcap	Whitley, Reading	1	D J Mills
17:15	male. heard from scrub off Northern Way after leaving Madjeski Stadium.
30/04/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:30	male. heard only - Kerris way scrub.
29/04/22	Blackcap	Odney Club, Cookham	1	B D Clews
11:00	singing.
29/04/22	Blackcap	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	23	R Crawford
06:30	Singing.
27/04/22	Blackcap	Cookham Dean	2	B D Clews
11:30	singing in Beechingrove Wood.
26/04/22	Blackcap	Cookham Dean	1	B D Clews
11:00	Singing in Pigeonhouse Wood. SU868843.
23/04/22	Blackcap	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	J E Warren
	SU782723.
24/04/22	Blackcap	Ufton Green	2	P Hickman
09:30	m+f. In bush in Ufton Lane.
24/04/22	Blackcap	Ufton Nervet	1	P Hickman
08:15	m. At Church Plantation.
24/04/22	Blackcap	Ufton Nervet	1	P Hickman
07:45	m. Near Island Farm road.
23/04/22	Blackcap	Marsh Meadow, Cookham	3	B D Clews
12:15	all singing males.
23/04/22	Blackcap	Wraysbury GPs	27	S Neal
08:21
21/04/22	Blackcap	Strand Water, Cookham	4	D Cleal
23:31
21/04/22	Blackcap	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	1	K P Duncan
	male. Please only view from the public bridleway.
21/04/22	Blackcap	Cock Marsh	3	J Rose
10:15	At least.
21/04/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
11:55	male. heard only - spread around usual sites - from very full song to 2 others just getting going.
21/04/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
12:00	Male singing in Hillcrest Ave. SU883844.
21/04/22	Blackcap	Burghfield GPs	113	R Crawford
07:00	Singing.
20/04/22	Blackcap	Green Park	4	B D Clews
12:00	singing males.
19/04/22	Blackcap	Thames Meadows, Purley	2	M J Smith
16:57	in Springs farm copse NW corner.
19/04/22	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	4	R C Watts
11:40	At least. Please only view from the public footpath.
18/04/22	Blackcap	Fobney Meadow	1	P Balasubramanian
10:30
18/04/22	Blackcap	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R C Watts
11:00	m. On way to hide.
18/04/22	Blackcap	Reading	1	R C Price
12:25	Singing in St.Lawrence Church graveyard.
18/04/22	Blackcap	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	19	R Crawford
06:30	16 singing.
18/04/22	Blackcap	Newbury BT Exchange	1	K G White
06:30	m. singing in Sainsbury's carpark trees and shrubs. SU473669.
17/04/22	Blackcap	Woodley	1	S Scott
15:10	singing in an oak tree on Reading Road allotments near to Town Lane.
17/04/22	Blackcap	Summerleaze GP	1	R Bampfield
09:43
17/04/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
07:55	male. Belting out full song in clear view at top of leafless garden Beech tree for over 5 mins.
15/04/22	Blackcap	Snelsmore Common	6	R Gilham
12:00	5m,1f.
16/04/22	Blackcap	Widbrook Common	1	B D Clews
12:00	singing on East side of Widbrook Road.
16/04/22	Blackcap	May's Farm, Three Mile Cross	1	P Balasubramanian
13:15	m. Heard a few more. All sightings at the Meadow were to the east of the Hyde End Lane.
16/04/22	Blackcap	Wraysbury GPs	10	S Neal
13:14
16/04/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:25	male. heard only well away from fem.
16/04/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:20	fem. feeding in Oak trees near Crescent Centre.
16/04/22	Blackcap	Shurlock Row	2	R Alliss
10:42	m. Singing.
15/04/22	Blackcap	Main Pit, Theale GPs	12	M J Hubbard
18:28	9m 3f. Seen & heard within triangle from Sheffield Bottom car park-Burghfield Sailing Club - Canal tow path ( Nightingale Row). SU651707.
15/04/22	Blackcap	Odney Club, Cookham	3	B D Clews
10:43	Singing on Odney Common.
14/04/22	Blackcap	Crookham Common	1	M Stuttard
10:45	Please keep to the main paths.
14/04/22	Blackcap	Burghfield GPs	96	R Crawford
07:30	92 singing.
13/04/22	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	55	R Crawford
07:00	52 singing. Please only view from the public footpath.
12/04/22	Blackcap	Maidenhead Thicket	4	B D Clews
11:00	All singing in Little Thicket. SU850815.
12/04/22	Blackcap	Ufton Nervet	1	P W Driver
09:27	m.
10/04/22	Blackcap	Moor Green Lakes	1	S Stevenson
18:45	Singing near feeding station. SU804624.
11/04/22	Blackcap	Green Park	1	S Robertson
08:12	singing.
09/04/22	Blackcap	Chapel Green	1	R J Godden
09:00
08/04/22	Blackcap	Moor Green Lakes	5	R J Godden
09:00
10/04/22	Blackcap	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
13:32	Singing. Footpath 7.
10/04/22	Blackcap	Waltham St Lawrence	1	S K Proddow
10:30	m.
09/04/22	Blackcap	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
08:48	m. In song.
09/04/22	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	1	B Lyle
17:45	m. on fat feeder.
08/04/22	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	2	B Lyle
10:17	both singing birds, one m.on fat feeder.
08/04/22	Blackcap	Arborfield Garrison	1	M Scarlett
10:13	Heard not seen . SU762657.
06/04/22	Blackcap	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
17:45	m. SU905697.
04/04/22	Blackcap	Burghfield GPs	53	R Crawford
08:45	52 singing males plus my first female of the spring.
03/04/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:00	male. belting out full song in full view on top of ivy clump opp Harvester.
02/04/22	Blackcap	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
11:04	m. Singing along Sandy Lane.
29/03/22	Blackcap	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
07:30	male. singing near Swan Hotel.
28/03/22	Blackcap	Thames Meadows, Purley	1	M J Smith
15:37	male. Drinking from puddle corner of Springs farm and water treatment works.
28/03/22	Blackcap	Thames Meadows, Purley	1	M J Smith
15:37	male. Drinking from puddle corner of Springs farm and water treatment works.
28/03/22	Blackcap	Aldermaston	1	P Hickman
14:25	m. Singing. Near the church.
28/03/22	Blackcap	Thames Valley Business Park	2	M J Mitchell
08:11	m. Singing.
27/03/22	Blackcap	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
17:00	singing near Streatley STW.
26/03/22	Blackcap	Burghfield GPs	39	R Crawford
08:00	Singing.
26/03/22	Blackcap	Whiteknights Park, Reading	1	S Lynch
08:30	m.
26/03/22	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	10	D Andrews
10:41	Please only view from the public footpath.
25/03/22	Blackcap	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
15:30	male. Nr warbler pylon.
25/03/22	Blackcap	Moor Green Lakes	3	M J Hubbard
16:16	All close to River Blackwater. SU805621.
25/03/22	Blackcap	Moor Green Lakes	2	R J Godden
07:30
22/03/22	Blackcap	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
10:00	Probably a spring arrival rather than an overwintering bird as none have been reported near here previously this year.
23/03/22	Blackcap	Cookham	1	B D Clews
12:30	male. singing at Marsh Meadow.
22/03/22	Blackcap	Burghfield GPs	14	R Crawford
09:00	Singing.
21/03/22	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	5	R Crawford
11:00	Singing males, mostly sub-song. Please only view from the public footpath.
21/03/22	Blackcap	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P Kendall
10:30	m. In trees south of the lake. Snippets of song and views through vegetation. Not found there 30min later.
20/03/22	Blackcap	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
14:50	male. at Streatley STW.
20/03/22	Blackcap	Searle's Farm Lane GP (W), Burghfield GPs	1	N J Bucknell
08:55	singing at end of Searles Farm Lane.
20/03/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:40	male. bursts of almost full song from Ivy covered tree trunk.
17/03/22	Blackcap	Compton	1	L Southam
17:00	male. Seen twice in same garden on different days. SU516799.
20/03/22	Blackcap	Compton Downs	1	M Fishwick
08:50
19/03/22	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
10:26	male. Please only view from the public footpath.
19/03/22	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
08:21	male. In the garden.
15/03/22	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
09:21	Singing. Please only view from the public footpath.
15/03/22	Blackcap	Holy Brook	1	J E Andrews
08:12
13/03/22	Blackcap	Southcote, Reading	1	A V Lawson
07:00	m. In full song.
14/03/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
14:21	male. singing in Broomhill Garden.
14/03/22	Blackcap	Pangbourne	2	A Taylor
10:00	1m, 1f. On garden feeders. Down from max. 4 in late Feb. This or another male in full song in garden hedge in warm sunshine.
14/03/22	Blackcap	Caversham	1	J J Kearns
10:09	f. On apples left out for the birds.
13/03/22	Blackcap	Earley	2	E Charlson
16:49	m/f. F then M in bird bath. SU760712.
13/03/22	Blackcap	Woolhampton GPs	1	M J Mitchell
10:00	m.
13/03/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	2	B D Clews
09:25	Pair in garden per Derek Fry.
12/03/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:10	male. several snatches of song from deep in tangled blackberry clump (heard only).
11/03/22	Blackcap	Calcot, Reading	1	C McEwan
10:30	male. On feeder. SU6771.
10/03/22	Blackcap	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
12:45	m. On garden feeders. SU905697.
10/03/22	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	R Crawford
06:50	Sub-song heard from neighbour's garden.
08/03/22	Blackcap	Lower Caversham	1	R Sajdak
15:08	male. Feeding on my apple in the garden.
07/03/22	Blackcap	Eton Wick	1	K Rhodes
09:54	m. First for my garden.
06/03/22	Blackcap	Caversham	1	J J Kearns
08:00	m. On garden feeder.
04/03/22	Blackcap	Reading	1	C Jones
11:01	m. On garden feeders.
03/03/22	Blackcap	Burghfield GPs	1	S Robertson
12:25	male.
01/03/22	Blackcap	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	I Fewtrell-Smith
12:30	f.
02/03/22	Blackcap	Caversham	1	J J Kearns
11:06	f. Loves the old apples I put out.
02/03/22	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
09:31
01/03/22	Blackcap	Caversham	2	J J Kearns
14:18	m & f. On garden feeder.
27/02/22	Blackcap	Thatcham	2	M J Dear
09:52	M and f in garden.
26/02/22	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
10:16	male. In garden.
24/02/22	Blackcap	Pangbourne	4	A Taylor
13:00	3m, 1f. Up to 4 have been visiting the garden feeders since mid-January.
24/02/22	Blackcap	Reading	1	C Jones
16:23	male. On garden feeders.
24/02/22	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
12:59	male. In garden.
23/02/22	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	J Lerpiniere
14:47	f. In garden. SU665742.
23/02/22	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
14:36
22/02/22	Blackcap	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	D Massie
09:31	m.
22/02/22	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
12:46	malel.
21/02/22	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
15:28	male. In garden.
21/02/22	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
09:22	male. On feeder.
19/02/22	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
12:35	male. On feeder.
19/02/22	Blackcap	Earley	3	R H Stansfield
08:48	2m + 1f. All on my garden feeders this morning.
18/02/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
10:15	male drinking at water feature.
18/02/22	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
14:59	male. In the garden.
17/02/22	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
13:05	male. At the garden sunflower hearts.
17/02/22	Blackcap	Lower Caversham	1	R Sajdak
09:42	male. Feeding on apple in my garden.
16/02/22	Blackcap	Earley	2	R H Stansfield
12:50	m + f. Both in my garden again for the second day running.
14/02/22	Blackcap	Earley	1	T A Guyatt
13:54	ad male. Ad male in the garden for the 2nd day in a row. First time ever in 27yrs seen on a peanut feeder and then foraging in dense honeysuckle. SU756712.
14/02/22	Blackcap	Earley	1	R H Stansfield
10:30	f. On my garden feeder, first female I've seen this year.
13/02/22	Blackcap	Caversham	1	J J Kearns
11:18	m. Still visiting our sunflower hearts feeder on a daily basis.
12/02/22	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
10:51	On feeder.
08/02/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
15:50	male on water feature.
07/02/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
10:15	male at drinking fountain in Broomhill garden.
07/02/22	Blackcap	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
08:50	f. In garden. SU905697.
06/02/22	Blackcap	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:30	male. at Streatley STW.
04/02/22	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	R Josey
09:59	male. Apples in garden 4th day running.
04/02/22	Blackcap	Caversham	1	J J Kearns
08:44	m. On garden feeder. A daily visitor.
03/02/22	Blackcap	Purley on Thames, Reading	2	M J Smith
11:45	Pair in the garden hedge, female bathing before joining male feeding on holly berries.
03/02/22	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	R Josey
09:25	male. Back on the apples for the 3rd day running.
02/02/22	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	R Josey
09:25	male. Returned to apples in the garden.
01/02/22	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	R Josey
09:25	male. On apples in the garden for most of the day.
01/02/22	Blackcap	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	M J Smith
10:06	fem. Briefly in garden, not seen for a few weeks since Mahonia flowering finished.
28/01/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
13:00	male on fatball feeder in own Broomhill garden.
28/01/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:17	male. back on ground below fat feeder eating "crumbs" of fat.
26/01/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
14:00	male singing in our own Broomhill garden, and responding to the bits of its call that I could mimic.
26/01/22	Blackcap	View Island, R. Thames, Caversham	1	J J Kearns
12:52	f.
26/01/22	Blackcap	Calcot, Reading	1	C McEwan
09:35	m. Feeding on pyracantha berries in front garden. SU6671.
24/01/22	Blackcap	Lower Caversham	1	R Sajdak
16:29	male. Feeding on apple in my garden.
22/01/22	Blackcap	Calcot, Reading	2	C McEwan
13:30	pair. In Yew tree and pyracantha bush. SU6671.
22/01/22	Blackcap	Manor Farm SF	1	S Kujawa
08:38	male. In a garden. SU963819.
21/01/22	Blackcap	Thatcham	1	M J Dear
12:03	m. Garden.
21/01/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:05	male. back again on fat slab.
21/01/22	Blackcap	Calcot, Reading	1	C McEwan
08:20	male. Feeding in Yew tree in front garden. SU6671.
20/01/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
12:40	male in Broomhill garden per Andrea Williams.
20/01/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
08:25	male. feeding on Fat Slab and fat crumbs on the ground underneath- interesting view from above -(mice eat on feeder overnight) until seen off by male blackbird.
18/01/22	Blackcap	Caversham	1	J J Kearns
11:57	m. On garden apple tree.
18/01/22	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	A B Tomczynski
10:50	m. In garden.
17/01/22	Blackcap	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
10:00	male observed in own Broomhill garden, per Hazel Clews.
17/01/22	Blackcap	Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
10:00	male photographed on bird feeder in Oaken Grove garden, per Sarah Luton. SU875821.
17/01/22	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
11:08	male. At the sunflower hearts in the garden.
17/01/22	Blackcap	Calcot, Reading	1	C McEwan
09:45	male. Feeding on Yew berries in front gatden. SU6671.
16/01/22	Blackcap	Earley	2	R Reedman
14:00	m. Male first since New Year. Female a daily visitor to feeders since before a Christmas. SU744697.
16/01/22	Blackcap	Summerleaze Lake	1	C Carlaw
10:27	fem. SU893824.
16/01/22	Blackcap	Earley	2	R H Stansfield
11:47	m. On my garden feeder. First of the year!
15/01/22	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:48	male. welcome return to Fat Slab Feeder , filling up as no tits etc present.
14/01/22	Blackcap	Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
11:55	female in garden in The Pagoda, per Sandra Storey.