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Saturday 3rd October 2026

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
03/10/26	Tawny Owl	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
19:30	m. Calling, south of Shortheath Lane.
03/10/26	Shoveler	Whiteknights Lake	3	P Gipson
16:40
03/10/26	Marsh Harrier	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	A B Merrick
18:00	3cy+ male. Disturbed the Osprey from its perch at East Fen.
03/10/26	Grey Wagtail	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
	at Streatley STW at 10-20 and Cleeve Lock at 10-50.
03/10/26	Stonechat	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
11:00	fem. in vegetation by Thames at Streatley Farm.
03/10/26	Kingfisher	Streatley	4	N J Bucknell
	on Thames, 2 near Swan Hotel, 15-25 & singles near Cleeve Lock and Runsfold Hole this morning.
03/10/26	Little Egret	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
15:30	by Thames near Swan Hotel.
03/10/26	Redwing	Fobney Meadow	5	A V Lawson
10:00	flew into dead ash trees west of the boardwalk.
03/10/26	Cormorant	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Tomczynski
15:41	A Cormorant with a red ring 4E noted on raft on 30th Sept. It was ringed on the nest on 16th June 2023 at Het-Vogelmeer, in Zuid-Kennemerland, National Park, Netherlands. A coast dune system. It has visited Hosehill lake in 2023, 24, 25 and 26 between July and Oct and has been reported many times. The ringer welcome any further sightings.
03/10/26	Firecrest	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
15:47	Usual territory along Sandy Lane. SU902698.
03/10/26	Teal	Queen Mother Reservoir	5	M F Walford
13:00	Key holders only.
03/10/26	Wheatear	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	M F Walford
13:00	Key holders only.
03/10/26	Snipe	Moor Green Lakes	2	S Clarke
13:10	Flew over a couple of times. SU801624.
03/10/26	Red-crested Pochard	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Tomczynski
10:00
03/10/26	Pintail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	A B Tomczynski
10:00
03/10/26	Great White Egret	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Tomczynski
10:00
03/10/26	Little Egret	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	31	A B Tomczynski
10:00
03/10/26	Hobby	Moor Green Lakes	1	S Clarke
12:07	Flighing low over the lake. SU801624.
03/10/26	Whinchat	Whinchat	1	S Clarke
12:06	SU801622.
03/10/26	Osprey	Moor Green Lakes	1	S Clarke
12:03	fem. Juvenile.
03/10/26	Pink-footed Goose	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
09:45	Flew in from ESE with Greylag and went to sleep.
03/10/26	Stonechat	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
08:00	Adults.
03/10/26	Whitethroat	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
08:00	Late bird mobile along reedy ditch.
03/10/26	Skylark	Lea Farm Lake	3	F J Cottington
08:00	NE.
03/10/26	Meadow Pipit	Lea Farm Lake	25	F J Cottington
08:00	7 around lake edge, 2 groups of 9+ SE.
03/10/26	Snipe	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
08:00	East shore, but mobile.
03/10/26	Green Sandpiper	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
08:00
03/10/26	Raven	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
08:00	WNW beyond Lodge Wood Lake.
03/10/26	Great White Egret	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
08:00	Often chasing each other around.
03/10/26	Gadwall	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	B J Hollands
10:28	Pair on the flood.
03/10/26	Shoveler	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	B J Hollands
10:28	On the flood.
03/10/26	Common Sandpiper	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	B J Hollands
10:03	At Manor Farm Weir.
03/10/26	Grey Wagtail	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	B J Hollands
10:03
03/10/26	Water Rail	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	B J Hollands
10:03	In Roundmoor Ditch heard calling and squealing and seen three times in two different places.
03/10/26	Cetti's Warbler	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
09:02
03/10/26	Pochard	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
09:02
03/10/26	Cetti's Warbler	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
08:35
03/10/26	Little Egret	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
08:35
03/10/26	Pintail	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	M F Walford
08:35	fem.