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Wednesday 5th August 2026

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
05/08/26	Grey Wagtail	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
17:00	male. Please only view from the River Kennet footpath.
05/08/26	Green Woodpecker	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
17:00	Please only view from the River Kennet footpath.
05/08/26	Lapwing	Padworth Lane GP	13	K E Moore
17:00	Please only view from the River Kennet footpath.
05/08/26	Green Sandpiper	Padworth Lane GP	3	K E Moore
17:00	Please only view from the River Kennet footpath.
05/08/26	Greylag Goose	Padworth Lane GP	207	K E Moore
17:00	at least. Please only view from the River Kennet footpath.
05/08/26	Oystercatcher	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
17:00	Heard only. Please only view from the River Kennet footpath.
05/08/26	Kingfisher	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
17:00	Please only view from the River Kennet footpath.
05/08/26	Herring Gull	Lower Farm GP	25	N Cleere
09:30
05/08/26	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lower Farm GP	40	N Cleere
09:30	Large gull numbers beginning to increase here.
05/08/26	Green Sandpiper	Lower Farm GP	3	N Cleere
09:30
05/08/26	Common Sandpiper	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
09:30
05/08/26	Teal	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
09:30	m.
05/08/26	Great White Egret	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
09:30
05/08/26	Kingfisher	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
	Thames, one near Withy Mead at 15-45; a male at Cleeve Lock, 16-05.
05/08/26	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
14:45	Thames, near Swan Hotel.
05/08/26	Common Sandpiper	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
13:30	on island.
05/08/26	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	K P Duncan
13:30	on island.
05/08/26	Redshank	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
13:30	on large raft.
05/08/26	Tawny Owl	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
00:50	Weak calling from trees near my back garden.
05/08/26	Red-legged Partridge	Englefield	9	R Crawford
07:10	Pair with seven adult-sized young, the same pair as reported on Sunday but with an extra youngster in view.
05/08/26	Common Sandpiper	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
06:20
05/08/26	Little Grebe	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	R Crawford
06:20	Two ads with two juv.
05/08/26	Red-crested Pochard	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	R Crawford
06:20	Eclipse male plus juvenile.
05/08/26	Teal	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
07:30	SW corner mud spit.
05/08/26	Green Sandpiper	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
06:10
05/08/26	Common Sandpiper	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
06:10
05/08/26	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
05:40
05/08/26	Kingfisher	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
05:40	Flew by.
05/08/26	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	20	F J Cottington
05:40	over DAC airspace.
05/08/26	Woodpigeon	Reading	1	S A Graham
08:00	juv. central Reading: dead squab, second I've seen in recent days, I wonder if the prolonged heat is now having an effect.
05/08/26	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Lake	2	S Lynch
07:00	Juveniles calling. SU738715.
05/08/26	Great Crested Grebe	Whiteknights Lake	3	S Lynch
07:00	Pair plus chick. SU737720.
05/08/26	Little Egret	Whiteknights Lake	2	S Lynch
07:00	On main lake. SU737720.
05/08/26	Willow Warbler	Lower Caversham	1	R Sajdak
06:19	Back in my garden.