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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
30/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	11	A B Merrick
16:15	8 drk, 3 rh. roosted.
30/12/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	S Stevenson
14:15	1m/2f. Northern side of CLN. SU805625.
29/12/22	Goosander	Saltney Mead	1	M Winkworth
11:30	fem. On the Thames drifting towards Purley.
29/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
14:11	rh.
29/12/22	Goosander	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	3	M F Walford
11:48	drk.
27/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	10	A B Merrick
08:00	7m,3rh.
26/12/22	Goosander	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	P Bright-Thomas
16:15	m + f.
26/12/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	11	P Bright-Thomas
15:30	3m +8f. Group on Plover Island, with a few elsewhere.
26/12/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	D Keel
13:44	male. 1 x male on Colebrook Lake.
26/12/22	Goosander	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	D Keel
13:03	male and fem. On Grove Lake.
26/12/22	Goosander	British Airways Pit, Wraysbury GPs	2	S Neal
08:57	Pair. aka Silverwings Pit.
25/12/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	43	J M Clark
08:00	At least. Some left in half light.
24/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	6	S A Graham
09:30	4m + 2f.
24/12/22	Goosander	Hythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs	1	S Neal
13:03	Male.
24/12/22	Goosander	British Airways Pit, Wraysbury GPs	4	S Neal
09:06	3 m, 1f. aka Silverwings Pit.
23/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	7	A B Merrick
14:30	4m,3rh.
20/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	9	A B Merrick
09:00	7 drk, 2rh.
18/12/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	6	S Truby
21:01	5 m 1 f.
18/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
08:30	3 drk, 1rh. Clear water just east of Oystercatcher island.
15/12/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	7	P J Craig
11:30	5 male.
15/12/22	Goosander	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	4	P J Craig
11:00	m.
13/12/22	Goosander	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	28	J M Clark
16:00	18 male. At roost, a surprisingly low count considering the weather. 2 more picked out in the darkness on Colebrook North on my return to car park.
12/12/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	17	R J Godden
16:00	5 on CLN, 12 on Grove Lake later.
12/12/22	Goosander	White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	P Scudamore
16:15	Pair asleep at south end of lake near bridge over Loddon.
12/12/22	Goosander	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
08:50	fem. flying north up Thames past Cleeve Court.
09/12/22	Goosander	British Airways Pit, Wraysbury GPs	4	R M Haydon
15:00	m. 3, f. 1. N edge.
10/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	5	A B Merrick
08:00	3m, 2rh.
08/12/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	36	J M Clark
16:15	21 male. roost.
08/12/22	Goosander	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	S Watcham
13:34	f.
06/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	P Driver
14:45	2m, 1f.
05/12/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	14	M Kalveitis
	Male and female spread across both lakes.
04/12/22	Goosander	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
15:40	fem. Been here for 10days or so.
04/12/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	2	A B Merrick
12:00	drk.
04/12/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	A B Merrick
08:00	m. Flew north from pit at this time.
30/11/22	Goosander	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	M J Dear
13:04
29/11/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	8	J M Clark
15:30	5 male. no further increase by dusk, and none at Grove Lake either.
29/11/22	Goosander	Heath Lake, Crowthorne	1	P J Crowley
11:30	m.
29/11/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	M Kalveitis
	3 male birds.
28/11/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	6	R J Godden
11:00	3m, 3f.
25/11/22	Goosander	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	M J Dear
13:27	f.
22/11/22	Goosander	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
16:15	Pair of females.
22/11/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	3	R J Godden
11:00	m. 2m on CLN, 1m on Grove.
19/11/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	9	H Wright
16:14	4 male, 5 female.
18/11/22	Goosander	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
10:21	R/H towards W end of lake.
17/11/22	Goosander	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	P Kendall
14:00	2m. From Grove Lake screen. Floods and fallen tree blocking the path, passable with care and wellingtons.
17/11/22	Goosander	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	M J Dear
09:21	1wm. And an hour later a lovely Otter in the canal and across the towpath. Between hambridge rd and tescos.
15/11/22	Goosander	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	T A Guyatt
16:08	ad fem. A single bird along the N bank of Grove Lake at 15:30. sw R. Stansfield.
13/11/22	Goosander	Searle's Farm Lane GP (E), Burghfield GPs	1	N J Bucknell
10:35	fem. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/11/22	Goosander	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
16:39	rh. west side of island.
30/10/22	Goosander	Fleethill Farm	1	J C Morgan
08:00	m. Private site, view only from footpath.
02/10/22	Goosander	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
07:45	fem. Watched this individual coming in from the East, from about 1.5 miles out, no clue what it was until the last moment when it dropped to about 80ft over the lake, turned and headed towards DP. Not refound. Our earliest autumn sighting by more than 3 weeks.
07/04/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
19:50	2 fem, 2 x 1w male. yet another combo.
07/04/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	1	J M Clark
19:30	f. Colebrook North 2000 hrs; not noticed earlier.
06/04/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
19:30	3m,1f. 1 male in breeding plumage and 2 x 1W males. Numbers creeping up surprisingly.
05/04/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	A B Merrick
18:45	rh. Same three as last night, the two taken as 1W males being noticeably larger with darker heads and more white visible in closed wings.
04/04/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	A B Merrick
19:00	rh. Together on Oystercatcher island, looked like a female and 2 x 1W males.
03/04/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	K P Duncan
	r/h.
02/04/22	Goosander	Sulhampstead Lock, K&A Canal, Theale	1	S A Graham
09:30	f. On the river.
31/03/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	A B Merrick
19:15	f. together on Oystercatcher Island.
31/03/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	H R Netley
19:48	f.
28/03/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:00	f.
23/03/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	K P Duncan
	r/h.
22/03/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	5	R J Godden
11:00	5f.
22/03/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	K P Duncan
	r/h.
16/03/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	G Stewart
16:20	Male & Female.
14/03/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	4	R F Milligan
09:25	1m, 3f, Plover Island, CLN.
12/03/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
10:30	a pair.
12/03/22	Goosander	Bottom Lane Floods (N), Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
09:00	2m. Flying W.
09/03/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane floods	2	K E Moore
14:30	pair. Flew off Kennet,upstream.
09/03/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	6	S K Proddow
15:00
08/03/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	4	K P Duncan
	r/h.
07/03/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	S K Proddow
10:00
07/03/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	6	R F Milligan
09:31	3m, 3f, CLN.
05/03/22	Goosander	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	8	K P Duncan
	incl 3 drakes.
05/03/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	5	N Cleere
09:30	3 males & 2 females.
05/03/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	5	L Ellams
09:15	2 on river, 3 on pit.
03/03/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	4	S K Proddow
11:30	2 pairs.
03/03/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
10:00	a pair.
02/03/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
15:30	m&f.
01/03/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	A B Tomczynski
13:00	pair. No sign of avocet at this time so must have arrived later unfortunately for me.
26/02/22	Goosander	Remenham	1	A N Stow
17:00	male. Stunning male Goosander on the River Thames by Henley Management College. In Berks & Bucks.
27/02/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
15:00	rh.
27/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	19	P Bright-Thomas
18:00	2m + 17f.
27/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	10	R Dawson
10:25	3m, 7f. CLN.
26/02/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	3	K E Moore
15:20	2 r/h / 1 drk.
26/02/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	M F Walford
13:44	2m+1rh.
25/02/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	4	K E Moore
15:00	1 dr / 3 redhead’s.
23/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	4	R J Godden
14:00	1m, 3f.
22/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	8	M J Hubbard
13:10	SU804624.
21/02/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	2	K E Moore
15:30	pair.
21/02/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	13	R F Milligan
11:37	m&f at CLN, 1m at CLS, 3m, 7f, at Grove Lake. All sightings s/w TR.
19/02/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	4	A B Merrick
16:30	2m, 2f.
19/02/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	4	I Quelch
16:30	2m + 2fm.
19/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	11	K P Duncan
15:30	incl 5 drakes.
19/02/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	3	P Driver
10:22	Pair on the Kennet and a rh asleep beside the pit.
18/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	12	R J Godden
16:00	1m, 11f.
17/02/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	9	A B Merrick
17:30	3 drk.
17/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	33	J M Clark
17:30	10 males, 23 fem. Total of 54 (21 males, 1 fw male, 32 females) on both pits. Although birds on Grove seemed settled I can't exclude that some flew to Colebrook as I walked round.
17/02/22	Goosander	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	21	J M Clark
17:00	11 males, 1 fw male, 10 females.
17/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	21	J M Clark
16:30	7 males, 14 females.
17/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	4	R J Godden
10:00	2m, 2f.
17/02/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	C Foster
09:00	1m, 1f.
16/02/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	4	G Stewart
16:30	Two males and two females.
16/02/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	M J Dear
10:03	Pair.
14/02/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
09:50	f, CLN.
14/02/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	D Andrews
13:25	Male and female seen with J andrews.
13/02/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	R Powell
10:30	M+F.
11/02/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
14:45	dr. Flew in from the Moatlands direction.
10/02/22	Goosander	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	2	A B Tomczynski
16:05	rh.
10/02/22	Goosander	Swallowfield Park	2	J T Taylor
17:18	m&f. Hunting in Upper section of Loddon.
10/02/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	3	S K Proddow
09:00	m2 f1.
09/02/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
15:00
08/02/22	Goosander	Sulhamstead	2	P Driver
09:37	pr. Flying SW along the Kennet.
07/02/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	2	K E Moore
13:00	pair. Fishing on theKennet.
07/02/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	5	R F Milligan
10:15	2m, 3f, CLN.
06/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	20	P Bright-Thomas
17:15	6m + 14f.
06/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	11	S Robertson
16:00
06/02/22	Goosander	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
13:00	m + f.
05/02/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	12	D A MacKenzie Dodds
15:05	At least.
04/02/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
16:00	r/h.
04/02/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	2	K E Moore
14:15	a pair.
02/02/22	Goosander	Battlemead Common	1	B D Clews
11:52	pair on the Thames alongside Battlemead, per David Fuller.
01/02/22	Goosander	Fleethill Farm	1	J D Savage
14:10	f. Private site, view only from footpath.
31/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	29	J M Clark
16:30	6 males, 1 fw male, 17 females Colebrook N; 3 males, 1 fw male, 1 female Colebrook S.
31/01/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	11	R F Milligan
10:05	1f CLN, 2m CLS, 4m, 4f Grove Lake.
30/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	35	P Bright-Thomas
17:00	12 ad m, 1 1w m, 22 f.
28/01/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	4	D Edwards
11:00	3m 1f.
28/01/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	5	A B Merrick
08:00	4m, 1f.
27/01/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	6	I Quelch
15:00	4m + 2f.
26/01/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
14:30	drk.
24/01/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	15	R F Milligan
09:45	2m, 1f, CLN. 4m 2f CLS and 5m, 1f, at Grove Lake.
23/01/22	Goosander	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
12:27	m+f.
22/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	17	P Bright-Thomas
16:45	6m + 11f. Mostly around W end of Plover Island.
20/01/22	Goosander	Fleethill Farm	2	J D Savage
15:25	m&f. Pair on the River Blackwater. Private site, view only from footpath.
19/01/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	2	P Driver
16:15	rh. On the Kennet.
18/01/22	Goosander	Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs	1	J Lerpiniere
15:28	male. On Osier lake. SU636702.
19/01/22	Goosander	Wraysbury GPs	1	B Reeve
10:15	male.
18/01/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	1	P Driver
14:50	rh. On the Kennet.
18/01/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	17	R J Godden
09:30	11 on CLN, 6 on Horseshoe Lake.
17/01/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
09:45	m&f, CLN.
16/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	23	P Bright-Thomas
16:45	7m + 16f. Mostly around W end of Plover Island.
16/01/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	12	R C Watts
12:30	7m/5f.
16/01/22	Goosander	Fleethill Farm	9	J Carson
11:15	1m+8f, across the lakes. Private site, view only from footpath.
16/01/22	Goosander	Hythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs	2	S Neal
08:27	Hythe Lake, m+ f.
14/01/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	2	K E Moore
14:45	r/h.
14/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	27	J M Clark
16:30	9 male. Much reduced on my previous visit despite colder weather, but Grove not checked. Many hundreds of gulls roosting.
14/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	9	S Stevenson
14:40	5m/4f. SW Corner of CLS. SU804622.
12/01/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
16:00	m&f.
11/01/22	Goosander	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	3	A B Tomczynski
13:00	males.
11/01/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Tomczynski
13:00	male.
10/01/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	4	R F Milligan
09:52	1f at CLN, 2m, 1f at CLS.
09/01/22	Goosander	Cookham	2	N Bell
10:15	1 male, 1 fem. SU907849.
09/01/22	Goosander	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	2	P Driver
15:40	drk & rh.
09/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	8	J Carson
07:45	4m, 4f, CLN.
08/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	17	D A MacKenzie Dodds
15:00	15 F and 2 M when we looked.
07/01/22	Goosander	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
08:30	3 ad drk.
06/01/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	M J Dear
16:01	pair.
06/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	8	M J Hubbard
14:23	3m 5 f. SU804624.
05/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	50	J M Clark
16:30	17 male. at roost; possibly one or two more hidden behind island.
05/01/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
16:00	m&f.
05/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	31	J M Clark
07:45	at least left roost.
04/01/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	1	I Quelch
16:10	Drake.
03/01/22	Goosander	Sandhurst GPs	10	P Bamford
17:44	7 male and 3 fem. SU821615.
03/01/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	5	R F Milligan
12:58	2m, 3f, CLN.All sightings s/w TR & TC.
02/01/22	Goosander	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	M F Walford
13:53	drk. Off the duck feeding area. Viewed from DAC.
01/01/22	Goosander	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
14:45	m. Still between islands.
01/01/22	Goosander	Lower Farm GP	1	M J Dear
15:24	Drake.
01/01/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	9	P Driver
11:16	Update now 5drk and 4rh together on pit.
01/01/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	6	P Driver
10:42	4dr 2 rh. Update: 3drk,1 rh on pit while another pair were on the Kennet.