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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
29/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
14:45	loose feeding group seen several times together.
28/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
19:15	over back garden heading west towards normal area.
28/06/22	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	40	F J Cottington
04:30	2 groups of circa 20, one over tallest trees at West end, the other over between the Betty's bench and the DAC, no idea where they breed.
28/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:45	single individuals only seen on several times on walk.
27/06/22	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	30	R F Milligan
10:35	Approx, with a few Swallow and H Martin. Feeding low down around the southern edge of Honey Field bordering East Fen. All sightings s/w TR. Please only view from the public footpath.
25/06/22	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	12	F J Cottington
06:30	More abundant than hirundines this year.
25/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
09:20	briefly at begining of walk , one only 20 mins later.
25/06/22	Swift	Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs	14	S A Graham
08:00	Approx.
24/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	9	D J Mills
09:30	min count , feeding above usual estate.
23/06/22	Swift	Newbury	2	M Gardner
11:30	Northbrook street seen by IJG.
23/06/22	Swift	Pangbourne	15	A Taylor
21:00	Screaming party low over south side of village. Recent increase in numbers compared with previous max. party size of 7.
23/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
13:05	feeding silently - down to below roof height - confined to small area.
22/06/22	Swift	Strand Water, Cookham	7	B D Clews
10:00	feeding at height.
22/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
06:15	Flying V high over Oak.
21/06/22	Swift	Woodley	6	R Marsh
15:26	Tight group foraging near our house. Best local count so far this year.
20/06/22	Swift	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	10	R F Milligan
08:45	With 1 Swallow and 1 House Martin. Please only view from the public bridleway.
20/06/22	Swift	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	6	B Crathorne
14:30
20/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
11:00	including one coming down to within 1 foot of ground level no more than 3ft away from where I was standing.
20/06/22	Swift	Newbury BT Exchange	2	K G White
05:56	Foraging over Newbury town centre.. so cold this morning, need gloves ! SU474669.
19/06/22	Swift	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	34	S A Graham
09:30	Approx. swarming low over tree tops to the north; not a Swallow or Martin to be seen.
19/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
10:20
18/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	13	D J Mills
08:30	min count - enthusiastically feeding down to roof height silently.
17/06/22	Swift	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
17:15
15/06/22	Swift	Lower Farm GP	4	G Stewart
16:30
16/06/22	Swift	Station Road Thaycham	3	G Stewart
14:15	SU5266.
17/06/22	Swift	Station Road Thatcham	4	G Stewart
15:00	SU5266.
14/06/22	Swift	Station Road Thatcham	2	G Stewart
13:40	SU5266.
14/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	15	D J Mills
20:55	min count above main area - included group of 5 screamers - first for 2022. Conditions seemed ideal for 1st Batwatch of summer - confirmed as Pip type bat seen twice in close succession @ 22:15 circling front garden .
13/06/22	Swift	Reading	10	S Scott
06:25	Screeching low over South Street.
12/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
12:20
10/06/22	Swift	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
17:30
11/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	9	D J Mills
11:40	looks to be stabilizing as baseline number , same as when started walk 20 mins earlier.
09/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
15:56	min count , seen several times together.
08/06/22	Swift	Lower Farm GP	2	G Stewart
16:30	Also a few Swallows and Sand Martins flying around.
08/06/22	Swift	Reading	25	B Knowles
20:28	At least, soaring at a number of height. Also a pair nesting above the Co-op on Erleigh in brickwork gap. SU731725.
08/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
16:50	feeding together, briefly, battling very strong headwinds.
08/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
13:10	feeding low above back garden.
07/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
09:15	Feeding above garden Oak.
07/06/22	Swift	Green Park	1	S Robertson
09:02	swooping down and drinking from lake.
07/06/22	Swift	Newbury BT Exchange	3	K G White
07:41	Making attempts to access the top left nest hole on BT window top left east side. SU473670.
07/06/22	Swift	Reading	12	S Scott
07:00	Group screeching over South Street/ Sidmouth Street. SU720731.
06/06/22	Swift	Newbury BT Exchange	3	K G White
19:30	Looking at the usual hole on top left window east side of BT...but didn't go in. SU473669.
06/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	12	D J Mills
09:55	tight feeding group above front garden , just under leading edge clouds.
05/06/22	Swift	Emmbrook	12	P O'Neill
15:15	At least 12, probably a few more. Screaming high over Queens Road.
04/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	14	D J Mills
10:20	very fast , feeding across all heights.
03/06/22	Swift	New Town, Reading	10	S Hughes
14:40	Most I've seen at one time this year.
03/06/22	Swift	Newbury BT Exchange	12	K G White
06:15	Foraging over and around BT. SU470670.
03/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
08:15	down to single bird passing through 20 mins later.
02/06/22	Swift	Sunninghill	2	S D Abbott
19:20	At nest site in Farm Close. SU930680.
02/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
12:05	6 at end , only 4 at start of loop.
02/06/22	Swift	Newbury BT Exchange	6	K G White
07:02	Feeding over BT rooftop. SU473669.
01/06/22	Swift	Lower Earley	8	D J Mills
09:05	feeding usual spot , still there 20 mins later.
31/05/22	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	15	D Andrews
15:53	Min seen with J ANDREWS. Please only view from the public footpath.
31/05/22	Swift	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	6	B Crathorne
12:00
31/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	9	D J Mills
08:12	loose group around usual place , split up but back together down to roof height (silent) 20 mins later at end of loop walk.
30/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
20:00	low over back garden.
30/05/22	Swift	Lower Farm GP	10	M Stuttard
16:00
30/05/22	Swift	Thames Meadows, Purley	2	M J Smith
16:39
30/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
14:45	single bird seen briefly across whole area of walk - lack of flying food ?
30/05/22	Swift	Fobney Meadow	5	R C Price
10:30	Feeding over marsh.
30/05/22	Swift	Newbury BT Exchange	6	K G White
07:23	Foraging around town rooftops. SU474669.
28/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
14:05	almost certainly the same group seen 3 times = over estate , half way to Maiden Place & over maiden place (flying into the wind) on return saw min of 2 birds.
27/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	22	D J Mills
14:40	great silent feeding display at low levels - 20 mins later at end of walk just 2 - none see going towards ASDA so must be going in opposite direction = downwind.
26/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	7	D J Mills
11:15	standard circular walk & behaviour.
25/05/22	Swift	Lower Farm GP	500	M J Dear
09:11
24/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	8	D J Mills
09:30	coming together above normal area , then spreading out as far as ASDA carpark & other directions in 2s/3s getting back together @10:00 at end of loop walk.
23/05/22	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	8	F J Cottington
14:00	Up high, probably more.
23/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
13:35	usual place, drive by observation , front seat passenger.
22/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	13	D J Mills
18:45	at least over usual estate - watched for 20 more mins & had slowly dwindled to 5 - leaving in all directions.
22/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
15:50	briefly feeding high & low above & around back garden.
21/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	7	M Kirby
19:40	Counted 7 over my house/Hilmanton this evening.
21/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
18:55	very similar behaviour to Fri - wide circle together feeding above garden then vanished.
21/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	2	M Kirby
17:33	2 Screaming over Hilmanton this afternoon. SU736699.
21/05/22	Swift	Jubilee River	2	B D Clews
10:30	where are they all?
21/05/22	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	7	F J Cottington
09:15	High above landfill.
20/05/22	Swift	Newbury Station	4	M Gardner
18:00	Remembrance Road. Resident says they came two days ago.
20/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
19:45	feeding low down above back garden - another weather front coming.
20/05/22	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	7	A B Merrick
06:15
18/05/22	Swift	Fobney Meadow	8	R C Price
13:40	Over pylon fields.
18/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	7	D J Mills
08:05	Usual site - min count as viewed from passenger seat of car.
17/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	9	D J Mills
15:00	flying at all levels - very high to very low. Strangely less than 10 mins later on return , just single bird at very high altitude & disappeared.
17/05/22	Swift	Station Road Thatcham	3	G Stewart
13:20	Seen flying around and over Station Road/Kennet School Area - first sighting for me this year in this area. SU5266.
17/05/22	Swift	Reading	3	S Scott
07:15	Investigating a possible nest site in South Street.
16/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
15:15	briefly feeding low down in drizzle.
14/05/22	Swift	Reading	5	S A Graham
20:05	Lundy Lane: much screaming late evenng, may be nest propsecting along Westbourne Terrace.
14/05/22	Swift	Wokingham	7	S Stevenson
12:24	At last! Been away for a week so not sure of date they returned, but certainly later than the last few years. Good number (6-8) over house this year. SU813684.
15/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	25	D J Mills
12:10	minimum count over Faygate estate , doesn't include 10 seen over ASDA & some birds observed moving between the 2 areas. Must be a major hatching of something has attracted groups of Starlings & other birds hawking insects. .
15/05/22	Swift	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	4	B Crathorne
10:00
13/05/22	Swift	Wokingham	6	P Bright-Thomas
19:30	Feeding over Joel Park.
14/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	2	A Booth
10:30	Over Maiden Place.
14/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	9	D J Mills
10:25
14/05/22	Swift	Reading	12	R C Price
09:30	Hanging around over east end of South Street.
13/05/22	Swift	Cookham Rise, Maidenhead	2	A Blair
15:15	First seen over Cookham this year.
13/05/22	Swift	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	10	R C Watts
10:30	Plus.
13/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	11	D J Mills
11:55	Over favourite area above Faygate Way (as usual) minimum count as flying very fast, spreading out & having to wait for coming together between gaps in houses.
13/05/22	Swift	Lower Farm GP	100	M J Dear
09:32
12/05/22	Swift	Lower Caversham	1	R Dryden
	Strange spectacle of a battle between a swift and a Starling. I can only assume that Starlings have taken over the nest hole the Swifts used last year on Briants Avenue and on returning the swift flew up to the hole, only to be met by an irate starling. The pair tumbled through the air with the swift being forced to the ground, stopping the traffic. A beeped horn separated the pair and the swift managed to take off again pursued by the starling over the rooftops.
12/05/22	Swift	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	10	G Stewart
16:50	May have been a few more - first sighting for me at NDC.
12/05/22	Swift	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	50	H Wright
17:41	Approx. Feeding over colebrook lake and east fen. A few swallows in with them too.
12/05/22	Swift	Bray	4	R Anstis
14:17	Exploring the swift box on the house.
10/05/22	Swift	Reading	2	R Gilham
12:00	2 birds seen one was prospecting a possible nest site in Oxford Rd.
12/05/22	Swift	Reading	2	S Scott
07:20	Flying over South Street. There were possibly others around as I heard screeching but I couldn't see them.
11/05/22	Swift	Whiteknights Park, Reading	6	S Lynch
17:00	Over sports park.
11/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
19:50	min count feeding under edge of very dark clouded edge of front . Blinding bright sunset behind.
11/05/22	Swift	Boxford	8	C Burch
19:32	Finally! Im just stood, beaming like a Cheshire cat, as they scream overhead 😊.
11/05/22	Swift	Fobney Island	2	P Balasubramanian
13:00
11/05/22	Swift	Tilehurst	2	C J Forsey
09:06	Back for the summer.. hopefully nesting in loft as per usual.
10/05/22	Swift	South Ascot	1	S D Abbott
18:00	First sighting this year for me.
10/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
19:27	Over Back Garden feeding below weather front , heading roughly North.
10/05/22	Swift	Fobney Meadow	30	R C Price
17:30	minimum. Feeding over pylon fields.
10/05/22	Swift	Upper Lambourn	2	N J Bucknell
12:00
10/05/22	Swift	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	50	R Dawson
10:30	approx. Over in several groups.
10/05/22	Swift	Wokingham	3	R Dawson
17:39	High to the E of Denmark Street.
10/05/22	Swift	Reading	10	S Robertson
17:02	Could be more, nice to see,.
10/05/22	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	6	F J Cottington
14:00
10/05/22	Swift	Caversham	8	R C Watts
15:10	Highest count so far this year Over . SU721756.
10/05/22	Swift	Fobney Meadow	5	P Balasubramanian
14:30	Up in the cloud.
10/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
12:20	feeding together under clearing skies down to roof height.
10/05/22	Swift	Sulhamstead	3	P W Driver
11:58	Heading west.
10/05/22	Swift	Reading	8	R C Price
11:33	Addington Road/Erleigh Road. Some screaming.
10/05/22	Swift	Reading	1	S A Graham
08:05	Market Square opposite former Town Hall : Approx. screaming overhead.
09/05/22	Swift	Bracknell	15	D A MacKenzie Dodds
19:23	Finally back over the house. A week later than last year. 15 over in the last hour, in twos and threes.
09/05/22	Swift	Thatcham	9	M J Dear
18:32	Feeding over garden.
09/05/22	Swift	Caversham	5	R C Watts
17:20	Seen from my garden. SU721751.
09/05/22	Swift	Reading	10	R C Price
15:11	East end of South Street.
09/05/22	Swift	Eton Wick	2	K Jones
14:41	First of the year. SU946786.
09/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
14:15	same place as earlier on but flying higher - both seen from our car driving past so minimum count.
09/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
09:12	Swooping to below eves in usual estate next to wooded FP/Cycleway.
09/05/22	Swift	Tilehurst	2	G Sumner
14:15	Over Armour Rd.
09/05/22	Swift	Reading	1	S A Graham
07:30	Wilson Rd: calling somewhere in the vicinity, approx. 7-10 days late this year.
09/05/22	Swift	Reading	6	R C Price
08:25	East end of South Street. First I've seen here this year.
08/05/22	Swift	St Marks Crescent Maidenhead	3	S M Meads
11:00	Flying around allotment. SU866809.
08/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	5	M Kirby
19:44	Over Hilmanton at 7.30pm. SU735697.
08/05/22	Swift	Thatcham	1	R Keel
18:10	Finally, first one over N screaming. My latest first one over the garden. SU503674.
08/05/22	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
09:00	Heard screeming distantly, but no hirundines.
08/05/22	Swift	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	1	K G White
06:35	Flyover the lake. SU568659.
08/05/22	Swift	Reading	2	S Scott
09:05	Feeding high over London Street. First seen this year.
07/05/22	Swift	Pangbourne	4	A Taylor
12:30	Flying around over south side of village, occasionally low and screaming. First record here this year.
07/05/22	Swift	New Town, Reading	5	S Hughes
13:05	High over Liverpool Road. At last!
07/05/22	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
06:20
07/05/22	Swift	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	6	D A MacKenzie Dodds
10:30	Please only view from the public bridleway.
07/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
08:30	loose group , feeding under leading edge cloud front , above line of Oaks FP/Cycle path - as expected from previous years obs.
06/05/22	Swift	Eton Wick	3	K Rhodes
20:28	High over village calling.
06/05/22	Swift	Caversham	1	R C Watts
19:50	Just the one over garden. Last year first date 4th May so two day's late . SU721756.
06/05/22	Swift	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
11:30	nr. pylon 4.
05/05/22	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	20	J Edwards
14:22	Please only view from the public footpath.
03/05/22	Swift	Palmer Park, Reading	1	F Hutchinson
20:30	First of the year back over the garden, fairly low. Heard screaming once. One day later than 2021.
04/05/22	Swift	Wokingham	2	P Bright-Thomas
13:40	Coming in from E.
03/05/22	Swift	Lower Earley	8	D J Mills
19:44	minimum count , group feeding under the leading edge of thicker / darker cloud . Best ever back garden count & biggest 1st group for season.
03/05/22	Swift	Reading, Cemetery Junction	12	B Knowles
19:18	Flying very high above. Normally a good number nest in terraces in the area. SU730731.
03/05/22	Swift	Reading	6	J Bishop
14:04	Together calling over Hamilton rd.
02/05/22	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	15	J E Andrews
09:52	Please only view from the public footpath.
01/05/22	Swift	Reading	1	J Bishop
17:00	By abbey.
01/05/22	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
10:00
29/04/22	Swift	Burchett's Green	1	B D Clews
12:00	paid a visit to the nest box used last year on the house of Bob Keene.
29/04/22	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	A B Merrick
07:30
28/04/22	Swift	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	4	M F Walford
07:57
27/04/22	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	5	A B Tomczynski
17:45	at least, amongst the good number of hirudines present.
27/04/22	Swift	Southcote Meadows	1	R C Price
13:20	Going north over Southcote.
25/04/22	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A Absolom
10:24	With sand and house martins.
25/04/22	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	3	J E Andrews
09:18	Sad to say ,swifts before even house martin. Please only view from the public footpath.