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Wednesday 8th April 2026

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
08/04/26	Ring-necked Parakeet	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:00	Vicinity of the Cottages.
08/04/26	Nightingale	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:00	Calling from Water Ski compound.
08/04/26	Sedge Warbler	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:30
08/04/26	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	A B Merrick
19:30	Together.
08/04/26	Common Gull	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:30	2cy.
08/04/26	Great Black-backed Gull	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	A B Merrick
19:30	ad. On Oystercatcher Island.
08/04/26	Egyptian Goose	Main Pit, Theale GPs	8	A B Merrick
19:30	2ad, 6 goslings. Sailing club.
08/04/26	Red-crested Pochard	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	A B Merrick
19:30	2m, f.
08/04/26	Mandarin Duck	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	A B Merrick
19:30	pair. Flew west.
08/04/26	Hybrid	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:30	Greylag x Canada Goose.
08/04/26	Hybrid	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:30	White-faced x Fulvous Whistling-Duck. Flew in whistling and immediately set upon by 2 randy Red-crested Pochards, had to fly off to escape but did return to Oystercatcher Island. Part of quite a menagerie this evening, a sign of the times.
08/04/26	Hybrid	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:30	Black-headed x Mediterranean Gull again.
08/04/26	Oystercatcher	Padworth Lane GP	3	K E Moore
17:05	On the second beach x. Please only view from the River Kennet footpath.
08/04/26	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	K E Moore
16:00	One apparently sitting,the other two on the shoreline together.
08/04/26	Reed Warbler	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
16:00	Initially in reedbed between the two viewpoints . Then flew across path into Blackthorn,and started to sing, in full view for approx ten minutes,and then flew across path Into the base of the reedbed.
08/04/26	Nightingale	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
15:30	Singing from half way to first swim ,on track to Warbler Pylon.
08/04/26	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
15:00	On Oystercatcher island.
08/04/26	Buzzard	North Ascot	2	B Crathorne
12:30
08/04/26	Raven	North Ascot	1	B Crathorne
12:30
08/04/26	Teal	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
08:15
08/04/26	Shoveler	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	11	F J Cottington
08:15
08/04/26	Snipe	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	F J Cottington
08:15
08/04/26	Willow Warbler	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
07:35	LCPF.
08/04/26	Reed Warbler	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
07:35	One at balancing pond by LVP, 1 at Bittern Hide.
08/04/26	Kingfisher	Streatley	3	N J Bucknell
	on Thames - female flying north past Runsfold Hole, 16-20; 2 near Cleeve Court, 16-50.
08/04/26	Cetti's Warbler	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
15:30	singing by stream parallel to Thames at Streatley Farm.
08/04/26	Snipe	Streatley	4	N J Bucknell
15:10	by water east of Streatley STW.
08/04/26	Wheatear	Crookham Common	1	N Cleere
11:45	f.
08/04/26	Mandarin Duck	Clayfield Copse	4	I G Young
11:42	3 male 1 fem. In small pond. SU723769.
08/04/26	Marsh Tit	Sulham Wood	2	J Lerpiniere
13:45	separate.
08/04/26	Song Thrush	Cox Green	1	N Bell
08:00	Our currently resident song thrush has just discovered our ground feeder, and is using it quite frequently during the day.
08/04/26	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Ockwells Park	1	N Bell
07:35	Drumming at entrance to car park.
08/04/26	Jay	Water Oakley	1	N Bell
12:41	Flew across the A308.
08/04/26	Greylag Goose	Windsor Great Park	5	N Bell
10:45	Sitting on the bank by Obelisk Pond.
08/04/26	Egyptian Goose	Windsor Great Park	2	N Bell
10:43	On Obelisk Pond. One being chased relentlessly by a mute swan.
08/04/26	Mandarin Duck	Windsor Great Park	4	N Bell
10:41	male. Four males on Obelisk Pond.
08/04/26	Jay	Windsor Great Park	2	N Bell
10:27	Feeding on the ground in Valley Gardens.
08/04/26	Great Crested Grebe	Virginia Water	2	N Bell
09:58
08/04/26	Collared Dove	Windsor Great Park	1	N Bell
09:24	In tree in Valley Gardens.
08/04/26	Willow Warbler	Bracknell	1	S Robertson
12:23	Singing from top of a tree at the back of my garden.
08/04/26	Mandarin Duck	Clayfield Copse	4	I G Young
11:42	3 male 1 fem. In small pond. SU723769.
08/04/26	Sandwich Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	R Dawson
10:02	On (white) buoy 1. Key holders only.
08/04/26	Common Scoter	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	R Dawson
10:02	Near buoy 1. Key holders only.
08/04/26	White Stork	North Ascot	1	M F Walford
	From Iain Oldcorn... There's a report of a stork on the sports field of Papplewick School in North Ascot.
08/04/26	Egyptian Goose	North Ascot	2	S D Abbott
08:53	Pair on tree stump on Mill Ride. SU905697.
08/04/26	Nightingale	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
07:50	Canal side, doing its 'frog in a bush' impression before eventually bursting into song.
08/04/26	Nightingale	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	4	R Crawford
07:00	All along Berry's Lane; two duetting together about 3 metres apart opposite the cement works and two more in hedge by Hotel pit, one croaking. Please only view from the public footpath.
08/04/26	Cetti's Warbler	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	5	R Crawford
07:00	Singing. Please only view from the public footpath.
08/04/26	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	46	R Crawford
07:00	Singing. Please only view from the public footpath.
08/04/26	Chiffchaff	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	18	R Crawford
07:00	Singing. Please only view from the public footpath.
08/04/26	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	R Crawford
07:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
08/04/26	Cuckoo	Burghfield Bridge	1	R Crawford
06:08	Calling from tall trees north of canal/Taxi pit.
08/04/26	Common Scoter	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	B T Bennett
07:09	drk. Near buoy F, towards the western end. Key holders only.