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Thursday 16th July 2026

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
16/07/26	Red-crested Pochard	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:30	juv.
16/07/26	Black-headed Gull	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:30	ad. Colour-ringed: Black "AL87" on White. Ringed 10/12/2017 Neumünster/Stadtpark, Germany.
16/07/26	Common Gull	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	A B Merrick
18:30	2cy.
16/07/26	Little Egret	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
18:30
16/07/26	Teal	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:30	m. Moulting male.
16/07/26	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	5	A B Merrick
18:30	3ad, 2juv. Resident pair plus interloper adult and 2 juvs, all eventually seen off.
16/07/26	Oystercatcher	Tilehurst	1	R Crawford
18:30	Flew south over our garden calling, a welcome distraction while eating our evening meal al fresco, clearly a migrant.
16/07/26	Green Sandpiper	Lower Farm GP	3	N Cleere
09:30
16/07/26	Yellow-legged Gull	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
09:30	juv.
16/07/26	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	I G Young
16:47
16/07/26	Grey Wagtail	Sulhamstead	2	I G Young
15:39	By weir on canal near swing bridge.
16/07/26	Spotted Flycatcher	Moor Copse (Englefield)	2	J Laney
09:44
16/07/26	Treecreeper	Great Thrift Wood	2	N Bell
07:31	A pair of treecreepers climbing a tree trunk. I only noticed the second one when I looked at a photograph!.
16/07/26	Ring-necked Parakeet	Great Thrift Wood	1	N Bell
07:30
16/07/26	Stock Dove	Great Thrift Wood	1	N Bell
07:24
16/07/26	Goldfinch	Great Thrift Wood	3	N Bell
07:22
16/07/26	Starling	Ockwells Park	4	N Bell
07:01
16/07/26	Green Woodpecker	Ockwells Park	2	N Bell
07:00	juv. Two juveniles sitting on the path. One looked like a male, and one a female. They flew into an oak tree. A minute later, a third one joined them, but it could possibly have been one of the original pair.
16/07/26	Chiffchaff	Ockwells Park	2	N Bell
06:53	A pair in weeping willow tree.
16/07/26	Long-tailed Tit	Ockwells Park	1	N Bell
06:52	In weeping willow tree.
16/07/26	Song Thrush	Ockwells Park	1	N Bell
06:35
16/07/26	Cuckoo	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:50	juv. Streatley Farm, by ditch parallel to Thames.
16/07/26	Cetti's Warbler	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:10	calling near path from church to Thames.
16/07/26	Blackbird	Ockwells Park	2	N Bell
06:35	one male, one fem.
16/07/26	Linnet	Ockwells Park	2	N Bell
06:34	juv. Third one seen on its own - possibly one of the original pair, possibly not.
16/07/26	Stock Dove	Ockwells Park	3	N Bell
06:26
16/07/26	Stonechat	Ockwells Park	1	N Bell
06:25	juv.
16/07/26	Greenfinch	Green Park	1	S Robertson
14:18	Calling.
16/07/26	Sedge Warbler	Ockwells Park	1	N Bell
06:21	In hawthorn by the Cut.
16/07/26	Greenfinch	Ockwells Park	6	N Bell
06:18	one male, three juv. Four in hawthorn, then six in flight.
16/07/26	Goldfinch	Ockwells Park	5	N Bell
06:18
16/07/26	Whitethroat	Ockwells Park	25	N Bell
06:15	Widespread along a quarter of a mile stretch of the Cut.
16/07/26	Song Thrush	Ockwells Park	1	N Bell
06:06
16/07/26	Green Sandpiper	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
10:55
16/07/26	Hobby	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
10:15	Hawking over E Fen. Please only view from the public footpath.
16/07/26	Water Rail	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
09:30	N side ferrous pool. Only one seen but sounded as though another was also calling. Please only view from the public footpath.
16/07/26	Sedge Warbler	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
09:10	N side ferrous pool. Please only view from the public footpath.
16/07/26	Common Tern	Green Park	2	S Robertson
11:03
16/07/26	Swift	Lower Earley	20	D J Mills
09:45	similar behaviour as previous days , brief column of 20 birds then equal best 30 mins later.
16/07/26	Green Sandpiper	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	B J Hollands
09:52	Flew from Dorney Common into Berkshire.
16/07/26	Nuthatch	Sunningdale	1	M Jones
09:44	Feeding on sunflower seeds below feeders.
16/07/26	Reed Warbler	Green Park	3	S Robertson
08:57	Juv.