Work in progress 2020

The following is a list of all records currently being assessed by the BRC. This is a "work in progress" list and is for guidance only. If you have any information regarding records marked "NDR" (no description received) please read the submission guidelines and send any documentation to records@berksoc.org.uk. Records of species in categories 1-3 cannot be accepted without a description.

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Category 1

DetailsStatus
Bonaparte's Gull, Wraysbury GPs, 1, 21st-22nd March. (C D R Heard)OK

Category 2

DetailsStatus
Green-winged Teal, Eton Wick, 1, 29th December.NDR
Eider, Theale GPs, 1, 2nd-3rd October. (A B Merrick)OK
Ruddy Duck, Confidential, 1 (male), 25th December to 11th April 2021. (P & L Kendall, J C Morgan)OK
Turtle Dove, Confidential, 1, 16th May to 16th June. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Turtle Dove, Tilehurst, 1, 9th July.NDR
Turtle Dove, Compton Downs, 1, 22nd August. (G D Scholey)OK
Spotted Redshank, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 29th April. (R C Murfitt)OK
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (first-winter), 1st-3rd January. (C D R Heard)OK
Caspian Gull, Summerleaze GP, 2 (first-winter and second-winter), 11th-18th March, second-winter seen on 11th and 14th March only. (C D R Heard)OK
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (first-winter), 17th-18th March. (C D R Heard)OK
Caspian Gull, Jubilee River, first-winter, 18th March, same as Summerleaze GP. (C D R Heard)OK
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 15th August.NP
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (juvenile), 28th August to 11th September. (C D R Heard)OK
Caspian Gull, Lower Farm GP, 1, 6th September.NDR
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (first-winter), 26th September to 1st October. (C D R Heard)OK
Caspian Gull, Lower Farm GP, 1, 30th October.NDR
Caspian Gull, Lower Farm GP, 1 (5CY), 3rd November.NP
Caspian Gull, Lower Farm GP, 1, 12th-17th November.NDR
Caspian Gull, Theale GPs, 1 (first-winter), 27th November. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Caspian Gull, Theale GPs, 1 (second-winter), 30th November. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Manx Shearwater, Theale GPs, 1, 5th September. (A B Merrick)OK
White Stork, Beale Park, 1, 16th March.NDR
[White Stork, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 16th March. (M T Keel)]OK
[White Stork, Moss End, 1, 23rd April. (L R Blundell)]OK
[White Stork, Newbury, 1, 24th April. (A E D Hickman)]OK
[White Stork, Fobney Meadow, 2, 19th-20th May. (R C N Price)]OK
[White Stork, Cookham, 1, 3rd June. (B Palmer, J Savage)]OK
[White Stork, Midgham, 1, 14th July to 24th August.]OK
Night-heron, Dinton Pastures CP, 1 (juvenile), 6th-26th August. (F J Cottington)OK
Cattle Egret, Lea Farm Lake, 2 (two), 24th April.NDR
Cattle Egret, Charvil, 2 (two), 24th April, Same as Lea Farm GP. (M Lauri)OK
Cattle Egret, Dinton Pastures CP, 1, 16th August. (R H Stansfield)OK
Cattle Egret, Charvil, 1, 11th-12th September. (M Kerby)OK
Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 1, 21st September. (R H Stansfield)OK
Cattle Egret, Lower Farm GP, 1, 25th September to 23rd December. (I L G Weston, N Cleere)OK
Goshawk, Confidential, 2, 7th March. (M F Walford)OK
Goshawk, Confidential, 2, 1st April to 15th July. (J Monkhouse)OK
Goshawk, Confidential, 5, 14th June. (R Righelato)OK
Goshawk, Confidential, 1, 5th September.NDR
[White-tailed Eagle, East Ilsley, 1, 11th February.]NDR
[White-tailed Eagle, Hungerford, 1, 3rd April.]NDR
[White-tailed Eagle, Wokingham, 1, 4th April.]NDR
[White-tailed Eagle, Hurst, 1, 6th September.]NDR
Long-eared Owl, Confidential, 5, 20th January to 6th February. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Long-eared Owl, Confidential, 1, 25th-27th June. (A E D Hickman)OK
Long-eared Owl, Colnbrook, 1, 9th October. (C D R Heard)OK
Wryneck, Greenham Common, 1, 15th September. (R Young)OK
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Virginia Water, 1, 8th March.NDR
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Greenham Common, 1, 3rd-6th April. (J Legg)OK
Wood Warbler, Bucklebury Common, 1, 2nd-4th May. (D J Reynolds)OK
Wood Warbler, Crookham Common, 1, 6th May.NDR
Siberian Chiffchaff, Eton Wick, 1, 7th-8th January. (A D Bassett, D Cleal)OK
Pied Flycatcher, Snelsmore Common, 2, 24th-26th May. (J Legg)OK
Pied Flycatcher, Greenham Common, 1, 27th August.NDR

Category 3

DetailsStatus
White-fronted Goose, Theale GPs, 8, 1st January. (A B Merrick)OK
White-fronted Goose, Temple, 13, 1st-13th December. (A Akkaraju)OK
White-fronted Goose, Horton Brook Quarry, 4, 2nd December. (C D R Heard, A B Tomczynski)OK
White-fronted Goose, Theale GPs, 27, 5th-19th December. (A B Merrick)OK
White-fronted Goose, Burghfield GPs, 1, 12th-13th December. (N J Bucknell)OK
Whooper Swan, Lower Farm GP, 1, 15th October. (N Cleere)OK
Whooper Swan, Streatley, 1, 12th-14th December. (I Lewington)OK
Garganey, Lower Farm GP, 2, 18th March. (G J Stewart)OK
Garganey, Padworth Lane floods, 2, 22nd-23rd March. (P Hickman)OK
Garganey, Dorney Wetlands, 2, 23rd March. (K Rhodes)OK
Garganey, Martin's Heron, Bracknell, 2, 28th April. (M A Johnstone)OK
Garganey, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 15th May. (J D Savage)OK
Garganey, Eton Wick, 1, 13th-14th June. (M F Walford)OK
Garganey, Great Meadow Pond, 1 (juvenile), 26th June to 2nd August. (D J Barker)OK
Garganey, Eton Wick, 1, 13th September. (D Cleal)OK
Garganey, Burghfield GPs, 1, 20th September.NDR
Garganey, Lower Farm GP, 1, 28th October.NDR
Scaup, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 19th January.NDR
Scaup, Burghfield GPs, 1, 28th November to 16th March 2021. (M F Walford)OK
Common Scoter, Summerleaze GP, 1 (male), 19th March. (C D R Heard)OK
Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3 (two adult male and one first-winter male), 19th March. (C D R Heard)OK
Common Scoter, Windsor, 1, 2nd April. (D A Carter)OK
Common Scoter, Emmer Green, 3, 2nd April. (A M Horscroft)OK
Common Scoter, Palmer Park, Reading, 1, 2nd April. (F Hutchinson)OK
Common Scoter, Reading, 1, 2nd April. (R Righelato)OK
Common Scoter, Palmer Park, Reading, 1, 3rd April. (F Hutchinson)OK
Common Scoter, Virginia Water, 1, 15th May.NDR
Common Scoter, Theale GPs, 1, 22nd May.NDR
Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3 (three (including two males)), 16th August. (A B Tomczynski, C D R Heard)OK
Red-breasted Merganser, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (redhead), 24th September. (C D R Heard)OK
Quail, Wellbottom Down, 3, 20th May to 29th July. (R J Claridge)OK
Quail, Compton Downs, 1, 13th June. (N J Bucknell)OK
Quail, Eastbury Down, 1, 25th-27th June. (A E D Hickman)OK
Quail, Roden Downs, 3, 1st-29th July. (R Dryden)OK
Quail, Hampstead Norreys, 1, 2nd August.NDR
Quail, Upper Bucklebury, 1, 13th August.NDR
Slavonian Grebe, Theale GPs, 1, 3rd-4th January. (H Netley)OK
Black-necked Grebe, Theale GPs, 3, 1st-10th January. (A B Merrick)OK
Black-necked Grebe, Lower Farm GP, 1, 11th January. (N Cleere, J Legg, I L G Weston)OK
Black-necked Grebe, Burghfield GPs, 1, 3rd-10th February.NDR
Black-necked Grebe, Lower Farm GP, 1, 8th February to 21st March. (J Legg, A B Tomczynski, I L G Weston)OK
Black-necked Grebe, Theale GPs, 1, 2nd March. (K E Moore)OK
Black-necked Grebe, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2 (two), 30th June. (C D R Heard)OK
Black-necked Grebe, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (adult), 14th November. (C D R Heard)OK
Avocet, Lower Farm GP, 1, 27th August. (I L G Weston)OK
Grey Plover, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 9th October. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Bar-tailed Godwit, Datchet, 1, 13th April. (C D R Heard)OK
Bar-tailed Godwit, Horton Brook Quarry, 17, 28th April. (C D R Heard)OK
Wood Sandpiper, Fobney Meadow, 1, 16th May. (R C N Price)OK
Wood Sandpiper, Lea Farm Lake, 1, 4th July.OK
Knot, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 16th-23rd August. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Knot, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 11th September. (M F Walford)OK
Sanderling, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 2nd June. (P J Newbound)OK
Little Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3 (three), 31st July. (C D R Heard)OK
Arctic Tern, Dinton Pastures CP, 3, 7th August.NDR
Arctic Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 34, 25th August. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Arctic Tern, Theale GPs, 2, 2nd September. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Arctic Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3, 3rd September. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Sandwich Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (adult), 6th April. (C D R Heard)OK
Sandwich Tern, Woodlands Park, Maidenhead, 1, 21st April. (D J Barker)OK
Sandwich Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 6 (six), 7th August. (C D R Heard)OK
Sandwich Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3, 10th September. (P J Newbound)OK
Little Gull, Lower Farm GP, 1, 16th February. (I L G Weston)OK
Little Gull, Theale GPs, 1, 9th April.NDR
Little Gull, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 18th April. (R C Murfitt)OK
Kittiwake, Lower Farm GP, 1, 10th-12th February. (N Cleere, I L G Weston)OK
Kittiwake, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (adult), 24th February, moribund and died. (C D R Heard)OK
Kittiwake, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (adult), 27th February. (C D R Heard)OK
Kittiwake, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (adult), 9th March. (C D R Heard)OK
Kittiwake, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (adult), 26th May. (C D R Heard)OK
Kittiwake, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 2nd November. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Great White Egret, Padworth Lane GP, 1, 1st January to 8th February.NDR
Great White Egret, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 2nd January to 22nd March.NDR
Great White Egret, Fleethill Farm, 1, 7th January to 20th March.NDR
Great White Egret, Windsor, 1, 26th March.NDR
Great White Egret, Reading, 1, 7th April.NDR
Great White Egret, Fobney Meadow, 1, 8th-21st April.NDR
Great White Egret, Great Meadow Pond, 2 (two), 31st May to 4th October, two birds 20th September to 4th October. NDR
Great White Egret, Lavell's Lake, 1, 23rd June.NDR
Great White Egret, Thatcham Marsh, 2, 28th June.NDR
Great White Egret, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 8th July.NDR
Great White Egret, Dinton Pastures CP, 3, 11th September.NDR
Great White Egret, Crookham Common, 1, 15th-16th September.NDR
Great White Egret, Fleethill Farm, 1, 13th October to 30th December.NDR
Great White Egret, Lower Farm GP, 1, 14th October.NDR
Great White Egret, Woolhampton GPs, 2, 17th October to 15th December.NDR
Great White Egret, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 19th October.NDR
Great White Egret, Battlemead Common, 1, 30th October to 6th November.NDR
Great White Egret, Theale GPs, 3, 30th October to 29th November.NDR
Great White Egret, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 19th November to 17th December.NDR
Great White Egret, Hurst, 1, 28th November.NDR
Great White Egret, Padworth Lane GP, 2, 2nd-30th December.NDR
Great White Egret, Theale GPs, 1, 18th-23rd December.NDR
Osprey, Horton, 1, 5th May. (C D R Heard)OK
Osprey, Kintbury, 1, 15th-18th May.NDR
Osprey, Swallowfield, 1, 30th July.NP
Osprey, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 29th August. (C D R Heard)OK
Osprey, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 11th September. (C D R Heard)OK
Osprey, Theale GPs, 1, 5th October.NDR
Osprey, Arborfield, 1, 19th October.NDR
Marsh Harrier, Lea Farm Lake, 1, 6th January. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Marsh Harrier, Horton GPs, 1 (female-type), 7th April. (C D R Heard)OK
Marsh Harrier, Great Meadow Pond, 1 (juvenile), 30th August. (D J Barker)OK
Marsh Harrier, Windsor Great Park, 1 (juvenile), 19th September. (C D R Heard)OK
Marsh Harrier, Great Meadow Pond, 1 (juvenile female), 20th September to 1st November. (D J Barker)OK
Marsh Harrier, Horton Brook Quarry, 1 (juvenile), 27th September. (C D R Heard)OK
Hen Harrier, Roden Downs, 1, 2nd-5th January. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Hen Harrier, Lambourn, 1 (ring-tail), 24th January. (C D R Heard)OK
Hen Harrier, Bury Down, 1, 12th February. (N J Bucknell)OK
Hen Harrier, Palmer Park, Reading, 1, 7th May.NP
Hen Harrier, Farnborough, 1, 18th October to 20th December. (G D Scholey)OK
Hen Harrier, Bury Down, 1, 20th November.NDR
Hoopoe, Newbury, 1, 19th February.NDR
Hoopoe, Lower Farm Trout Lake, 1, 19th April. (N Cleere)OK
Merlin, Aldworth, 1, 2nd January. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Merlin, Compton Downs, 1, 4th January. (R Righelato)OK
Merlin, Great Shefford, 1, 17th January.NDR
Merlin, Bury Down, 1, 29th January. (P Brant)OK
Merlin, Streatley, 1, 4th February.NDR
Merlin, Compton Downs, 1, 1st March.NP
Merlin, Burghfield, 1, 14th March. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Merlin, Lavell's Lake, 1, 8th August.NDR
Merlin, Cow Down, West Ilsley, 1, 20th September. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Merlin, Englefield, 1, 25th October.NDR
Merlin, South Fawley, 1, 4th November. (A B Tomczynski)OK
Merlin, Frost Folly, 1, 5th December.NDR
Merlin, Theale, 1, 5th December.NDR
Merlin, Sandhurst GPs, 1, 10th December.NDR
Merlin, Cox Green, Maidenhead, 1, 12th December.NP
Merlin, Woolley Down, 1, 19th December. (G D Scholey)OK
Willow Tit, Welford, 4, 11th January to 16th August.NDR
Willow Tit, Combe Wood, 3, 20th January to 14th October.OK
Willow Tit, Walbury Hill, 2, 7th February to 25th October.OK
Yellow-browed Warbler, Hermitage, 1, 13th October.NDR
Ring Ouzel, Warfield, 1, 26th April.NDR
Ring Ouzel, Greenham Common, 2, 29th September. (J Legg, I L G Weston)OK
Ring Ouzel, Greenham Common, 1, 17th October.NDR
Ring Ouzel, Lavell's Lake, 1, 18th October.IC
Black Redstart, Confidential, 6, 3rd April to 16th October. (P O'Neil)OK
Black Redstart, Greenham Common, 1, 16th-17th April. (N Cleere, J Legg)OK
Black Redstart, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (first-winter), 15th-16th October. (C D R Heard)OK
Black Redstart, Woolhampton GPs, 1, 8th-9th November. (R R Keel)OK
Black Redstart, Barkham, 1, 8th-11th December. (S Orino)OK
Black Redstart, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (adult male), 24th December. (C D R Heard)OK
White Wagtail, Greenham Common, 1, 23rd August. (J Legg)OK
White Wagtail, Crookham Common, 1, 31st August.NDR
White Wagtail, Eton, 1, 20th September.NDR
White Wagtail, Lower Farm GP, 1, 20th-27th September.NDR
White Wagtail, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 25th September.NP
Water Pipit, Horton, 1, 3rd January. (C D R Heard)OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 4th January. (C D R Heard)OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 14th-16th January. (D J Barker)OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 14th February.NP
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 22nd February to 1st March. (C D R Heard)OK
Water Pipit, Wraysbury GPs, 1, 9th March. (C D R Heard)OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 16th March. (D J Barker)OK
Water Pipit, Fobney Meadow, 3, 6th April. (A V Lawson)OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 7th November. (P J Newbound)OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 14th-27th November. (C D R Heard)OK
Water Pipit, Horton, 1, 21st November to 20th December. (C D R Heard)OK
Water Pipit, Fobney Meadow, 1, 17th December. (A V Lawson)OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 5th-6th October. (C D R Heard)OK
Rock Pipit, Borough Marsh, 1, 8th October. (C D R Heard)OK
Rock Pipit, Horton Brook Quarry, 1, 11th October. (C D R Heard)OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3, 16th October. (M F Walford)OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 16th October. (C D R Heard)OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 20th-24th October. (C D R Heard)OK
Hawfinch, Upper Bucklebury, 2, 8th January.NDR
Hawfinch, Combe Hill, 14, 24th-29th January. (S Ricks)OK
Hawfinch, Englefield, 1, 26th February.NDR
Hawfinch, Lavell's Lake, 1, 17th May.NDR
Hawfinch, Woose Hill, 1, 30th September. (P Bright-Thomas)OK
Hawfinch, Englefield, 1, 17th October.NDR
Hawfinch, Woose Hill, 1, 26th October. (P Bright-Thomas)OK
Hawfinch, Crowthorne, 1, 29th October.NP
Hawfinch, Combe Wood, 3 (three), 23rd November. (C D R Heard)OK