Starling
Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff
Curlew Sandpiper
Knot
Yellow Wagtail
Osprey
Robin
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Whinchat
Willow Warbler
Willow Warbler
Whitethroat
Yellowhammer
Willow Warbler
Long-tailed Skua
Long-tailed Skua
Long-tailed Skua
Long-tailed Skua
Today's highlights

Burghfield GPs: 5 Cetti's Warbler. Lea Farm Lake: 4 Little Egret, Great White Egret. Moor Green Lakes: Marsh Harrier. Queen Mother Reservoir: Hobby.

Recent highlights

Garganey: Theale GPs (09/09). Knot: Queen Mother Reservoir (11/09). Sandwich Tern: Queen Mother Reservoir (10/09). Cattle Egret: Moor Green Lakes (11/09), Theale GPs (09/09). Osprey: Moor Green Lakes (08/09). Marsh Harrier: Moor Green Lakes (12/09).

On this day in...
  • 2021: Red-backed Shrike, Crookham Common.
  • 2017: Grey Phalarope, Billingbear Park GC.
  • 2011: Grey Phalarope, Queen Mother Reservoir.
  • 1988: Manx Shearwater, Spencers Wood.
  • 1976: Purple Heron, Twyford GPs.
Rareometer
Monster!
Rare
Promising
Dead
Stay in bed!
Weather
Today
17°
17°
Drizzle
9mph (south-westerly)
Tomorrow
23°
16°
Light Rain Showers
11mph (south-westerly)

BBC Weather

Galleries
Birds
Butterflies & moths
Dragonflies & damselflies
Other insects
Mammals
Reptiles
News from local groups

New BOC programme published for 2026-27

Berkshire Ornithological Club
6 August 2026

Lea Farm Lake - New ‘Mavis Bryant Hide' construction commences

Lavell's Wetland Trust
22 June 2026

My years of BTO surveys

Newbury District Ornithological Club
22 July 2026

Trip to Bury Down

Reading RSPB
18 February 2026

Group Long Weekend in Somerset, Friday 17th – Monday 20th April 2026

Wokingham and Bracknell RSPB
27 May 2026

Events

Mike Leach - Owls of the world

Berkshire Ornithological Club
21st October 2026