Work in progress 2021

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 2

Details	Status
Pink-footed Goose, Windsor Great Park, 1, 13th February. (C D R Heard)	OK
Pink-footed Goose, Padworth Lane GP, 1, 23rd October to 7th March 2022. (K E Moore)	OK
Pink-footed Goose, Borough Marsh, 1, 29th December. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Ring-necked Duck, Theale GPs, 1 (male), 2nd January. (H R Netley)	OK
Ring-necked Duck, Theale GPs, 1, 5th November. (A E D Hickman)	OK
Turtle Dove, Confidential, 1, 25th May. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Turtle Dove, Knowl Hill, 1, 15th June.	NDR
Spotted Redshank, Theale GPs, 1, 17th April, same as Fobney Meadow. (A B Merrick)	OK
Spotted Redshank, Fobney Meadow, 1, 19th-20th April, same as Theale GPs. (R C N Price)	OK
Curlew Sandpiper, Eton Wick, 2, 31st May. (B T Bennett)	OK
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 12th-23rd January. (C D R Heard)	OK
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 24th January. (C D R Heard)	OK
Caspian Gull, Moor Green Lakes, 1 (second-winter), 10th-11th February. (J M Clark)	OK
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 22nd February. (C D R Heard)	OK
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 12th-25th June. (C D R Heard)	OK
Caspian Gull, Lower Farm GP, 2, 22nd August.	NDR
Caspian Gull, Lower Farm GP, 1, 17th-19th September.	NDR
Caspian Gull, Horton Brook Quarry, 1, 19th September. (C D R Heard)	OK
Caspian Gull, Lower Farm GP, 1, 28th September.	NDR
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 9th-24th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Caspian Gull, Several Down, 1, 9th October.	NP
Caspian Gull, Lower Farm GP, 1, 13th November.	NP
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 17th December. (C D R Heard)	OK
Caspian Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 20th-25th December. (C D R Heard)	OK
Glaucous Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 5th-10th January.	OK
Iceland Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 14th March. (C D R Heard)	OK
Iceland Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 20th March. (C D R Heard)	OK
Iceland Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 24th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Arctic Skua, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3, 14th September. (C D R Heard, A B Tomczynski)	OK
Red-throated Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1 (juvenile), 7th December. (C D R Heard)	OK
Leach's Petrel, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 8th October. (C D R Heard, A B Tomczynski)	OK
White Stork, Pangbourne STW, 1, 22nd April. (M Winkworth)	OK
Spoonbill, Cookham, 5, 14th May. (A B Merrick)	OK
Spoonbill, Lea Farm Lake, 1, 28th June.	OK
Spoonbill, Whitley Wood, Reading, 1, 23rd September.	NDR
Cattle Egret, Theale GPs, 4, 6th-25th April. (K P Duncan)	OK
Cattle Egret, Sheffield Bottom, 1, 10th-12th April, same as Theale GPs. (R H Stansfield)	OK
Cattle Egret, Moor Green Lakes, 2, 14th April.	NDR
Cattle Egret, Queen Mother Reservoir, 5, 16th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Cattle Egret, Lea Farm Lake, 1, 16th October. (F J Cottington)	OK
Cattle Egret, Sonning Farm, 5, 3rd-19th November. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Purple Heron, Newbury, 1, 26th October.	NP
Honey-buzzard, Confidential, 1, 5th June.	NDR
Honey-buzzard, Compton Downs, 1, 5th September.	NP
Goshawk, Fleethill Farm, 1, 8th January.	NP
Goshawk, Confidential, 1, 17th March.	NDR
Goshawk, Confidential, 3, 3rd May to 29th June. (R Righelato)	OK
Goshawk, Confidential, 2, 4th July. (G D Scholey)	OK
Goshawk, West Berks, 3, 9th December. (C D R Heard)	OK
[White-tailed Eagle, Reading, 1, 17th February.]	OK-E
[White-tailed Eagle, Reading, 1, 12th June.]	OK-E
[White-tailed Eagle, Newbury, 1, 24th June.]	OK-E
[White-tailed Eagle, Reading, 1, 6th September.]	OK-E
Long-eared Owl, Confidential, 1, 1st January.	NP
Long-eared Owl, Confidential, 2, 14th May to 2nd June. (R Righelato)	OK
Wryneck, Greenham Common, 1, 28th August to 12th September. (A B Merrick)	OK
Wryneck, Greenham, 1, 3rd-4th September. (S Larkins)	OK
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Bagnor, 1, 20th April.	NP
Red-backed Shrike, Wokingham, 1, 5th September. (E Napper)	OK
Red-backed Shrike, Crookham Common, 1, 12th September. (R Dawson)	OK
Hooded Crow, Lea Farm Lake, 1, 9th-10th May, same as Hurst. (T A Guyatt)	OK
Hooded Crow, Hurst, 1, 9th May, same as Lea Farm Lake. (A B Merrick)	OK
Wood Warbler, Swinley Forest, 1, 22nd May.	NP
Siberian Chiffchaff, Eton Wick, 1, 1st January to 28th February. (P J Watts)	OK
Siberian Chiffchaff, Sandhurst, 1, 2nd January to 10th February. (G C Stephenson)	OK
Siberian Chiffchaff, Wokingham, 1, 25th April. (P Bright-Thomas)	OK
Siberian Chiffchaff, Greenham Common, 1, 25th October. (J Legg, I L G Weston)	OK
Siberian Chiffchaff, Sandhurst, 1, 20th November.	NDR
Siberian Chiffchaff, Eton Wick, 1, 26th December. (C D R Heard)	OK
Siberian Chiffchaff, Sandhurst, 4, 27th December, 2 responded to PB of tristis calls; 2 more with identical plumage were silent.	NDR
Pied Flycatcher, Maidenhead Thicket, 1, 9th April. (W Hollway)	OK
Pied Flycatcher, Warfield, 1, 4th May.	NP
Pied Flycatcher, Streatley, 1, 25th August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Snow Bunting, Cow Down, West Ilsley, 1, 15th February. (G Watton)	OK

Category 3

Details	Status
White-fronted Goose, Windsor Great Park, 6, 2nd January. (C D R Heard)	OK
White-fronted Goose, Queen Mother Reservoir, 19, 3rd January. (C D R Heard)	OK
White-fronted Goose, Burghfield GPs, 2, 4th-28th January. (K E Moore)	OK
White-fronted Goose, Theale GPs, 10, 12th January to 22nd February. (K E Moore)	OK
White-fronted Goose, Padworth Lane GP, 1, 31st January to 21st February. (A B Merrick)	OK
White-fronted Goose, Windsor Great Park, 6, 13th-25th February. (C D R Heard)	OK
White-fronted Goose, Charvil, 1, 5th-8th March. (M J Hubbard)	OK
White-fronted Goose, Theale GPs, 1, 5th March.	NDR
White-fronted Goose, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 22nd March.	NDR
White-fronted Goose, Windsor Great Park, 1, 12th April. (C D R Heard)	OK
White-fronted Goose, Padworth Lane GP, 3, 21st December. (K E Moore)	OK
White-fronted Goose, Windsor Great Park, 5, 22nd-25th December. (C D R Heard)	OK
Whooper Swan, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 23rd October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Garganey, Horton Brook Quarry, 3, 20th March. (C D R Heard)	OK
Garganey, Wraysbury GPs, 1, 3rd April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Garganey, Eton Wick, 1, 13th-17th July. (C D R Heard)	OK
Garganey, Fleethill Farm, 1, 19th September. (R J Godden)	OK
Scaup, Lower Farm GP, 1, 17th March to 25th April. (N Cleere)	OK
Scaup, Horton GPs, 1, 6th November. (C D R Heard)	OK
Common Scoter, Summerleaze GP, 1, 3rd March. (C D R Heard)	OK
Common Scoter, Wokingham, 1, 22nd March. (P Bright-Thomas)	OK
Common Scoter, Dinton Pastures CP, 2, 9th April. (F J Cottington)	OK
Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 11th September.	OK
Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 7th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Quail, Roden Downs, 5, 2nd June to 31st July. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Quail, Compton, 2 (two), 2nd June. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Quail, Wellbottom Down, 1, 4th June. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Quail, Lambourn Downs, 1, 24th June. (D J Sussex)	OK
Quail, Peasemore, 1, 24th June.	NDR
Quail, Parkfarm Down, Upper Lambourn, 2, 13th July. (P Bright-Thomas)	OK
Quail, Compton Downs, 1, 4th August. (A E D Hickman)	OK
Black-necked Grebe, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 27th February. (C D R Heard)	OK
Black-necked Grebe, Theale GPs, 1, 24th April. (A B Merrick)	OK
Black-necked Grebe, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3, 4th September. (P J Newbound)	OK
Avocet, Lower Farm GP, 1, 13th June.	OK
Grey Plover, Lavell's Lake, 2, 6th May.	IC
Bar-tailed Godwit, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 20th April. (R J Godden)	OK
Bar-tailed Godwit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 22nd April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Bar-tailed Godwit, Crookham Common, 4, 23rd April. (M J Dear)	OK
Wood Sandpiper, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 24th April. (P Bright-Thomas, R C Murfitt)	OK
Wood Sandpiper, Lower Farm GP, 1, 7th July, same as Crookham Common.	OK
Wood Sandpiper, Crookham Common, 1, 9th July, same as Lower Farm GP. (A E D Hickman)	OK
Knot, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 5th January. (E Napper)	OK
Knot, Lea Farm Lake, 1, 25th September. (P Scudamore)	OK
Sanderling, Queen Mother Reservoir, 10, 3rd May. (C D R Heard)	OK
Sanderling, Lea Farm Lake, 1, 4th May. (F J Cottington)	OK
Sanderling, Datchet, 2, 9th May. (C D R Heard)	OK
Sanderling, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 9th May. (C D R Heard)	OK
Sanderling, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2 (two), 20th May. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Little Stint, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 31st August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Little Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 4, 17th June. (C D R Heard)	OK
Arctic Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 4, 22nd April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Arctic Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 9, 28th April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Arctic Tern, Theale GPs, 3, 30th April. (K E Moore)	OK
Arctic Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 17th June. (C D R Heard)	OK
Arctic Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 6th August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Arctic Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 21st August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Arctic Tern, Theale GPs, 1, 25th-27th August. (A B Merrick)	OK
Sandwich Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 14th May. (C D R Heard)	OK
Sandwich Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 29th May. (P J Newbound)	OK
Sandwich Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 9th August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Sandwich Tern, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 11th September. (C D R Heard)	OK
Sandwich Tern, Theale GPs, 1, 13th September. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Little Gull, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 9th February. (R J Godden)	OK
Little Gull, Theale GPs, 1, 17th April. (A B Merrick)	OK
Little Gull, Woolhampton GPs, 1, 18th April. (M F Walford)	OK
Little Gull, Wraysbury GPs, 1, 22nd-25th April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Little Gull, Moor Green Lakes, 1, 23rd April. (M Cooper)	OK
Little Gull, Theale GPs, 3 (adult), 25th April.	NP
Little Gull, Theale GPs, 3, 25th April. (A B Merrick)	OK
Little Gull, Theale GPs, 2, 28th April. (A B Merrick)	OK
Little Gull, Theale GPs, 1, 9th May. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Little Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 30th May. (P J Newbound)	OK
Little Gull, Lower Farm GP, 1, 11th July.	NP
Little Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 28th July. (C D R Heard)	OK
Little Gull, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 27th November. (C D R Heard)	OK
Kittiwake, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 5th April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Kittiwake, Wraysbury GPs, 2, 6th April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Kittiwake, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 7th April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Kittiwake, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 20th May. (C D R Heard)	OK
Kittiwake, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 29th May. (C D R Heard)	OK
Great Northern Diver, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 23rd April. (C D R Heard, M F Walford)	OK
Gannet, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 8th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Shag, Theale GPs, 1, 18th September. (K E Moore)	OK
Osprey, Jubilee River, 1, 27th March.	NDR
Osprey, Padworth Common, 1, 27th March. (P Brant)	OK
Osprey, Datchet, 1, 27th March. (C D R Heard)	OK
Osprey, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 4th April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Osprey, Lea Farm Lake, 1, 8th April. (F J Cottington)	OK
Osprey, Reading, 1, 9th April.	NP
Osprey, Marsh Benham, 1, 21st July.	NP
Osprey, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 17th August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Osprey, Fleethill Farm, 1, 8th September. (J D Savage)	OK
Osprey, Fleethill Farm, 1, 19th-20th September. (M Cooper)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Horton Brook Quarry, 1, 6th January. (C D R Heard)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Horton GPs, 1, 7th April.	OK
Marsh Harrier, Wraysbury GPs, 1, 7th April.	OK
Marsh Harrier, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 12th May. (C D R Heard)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Woodley, 1, 13th May. (F J Cottington)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Horton GPs, 1, 8th August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Roden Downs, 1, 22nd August. (A B Merrick)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Compton Downs, 1, 25th August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Roden Downs, 2, 25th August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Cow Down, West Ilsley, 1, 27th August. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Horton GPs, 1, 3rd October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Borough Marsh, 1, 7th October.	NP
Marsh Harrier, Wraysbury GPs, 1, 4th November. (C D R Heard)	OK
Marsh Harrier, Horton GPs, 1, 11th December. (C D R Heard)	OK
Hen Harrier, Lambourn Downs, 1 (adult male), 6th January. (A E D Hickman)	OK
Hen Harrier, Confidential, 1, 15th-19th June. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Hen Harrier, Compton Downs, 1, 22nd August to 5th September. (A B Merrick)	OK
Hen Harrier, Lambourn, 1, 13th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Merlin, Streatley, 1, 13th February. (N J Bucknell)	OK
Merlin, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 19th August. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Merlin, Roden Downs, 1, 25th August. (C D R Heard)	OK
Merlin, Compton Downs, 1, 29th August. (R Righelato)	OK
Merlin, Bray GPs, 1, 27th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Merlin, Lambourn, 1, 2nd-29th November. (C D R Heard)	OK
Merlin, Cow Down, West Ilsley, 1, 2nd November. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Merlin, Woolley Down, 1, 14th November. (G D Scholey)	OK
Merlin, Roden Downs, 1, 20th November. (N J Bucknell)	OK
Willow Tit, Stanford Dingley, 2, 28th January.	NP
Willow Tit, Inkpen Hill, 2, 8th March to 29th August. (R J Claridge)	OK
Willow Tit, Combe Wood, 3, 17th March to 1st June. (R Dawson)	OK
Willow Tit, Walbury Hill, 2, 22nd March. (J L Swallow)	OK
Willow Tit, Sandpits Down, 1, 1st April. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Willow Tit, Combe Hill, 1, 11th April. (C W Foster)	OK
Yellow-browed Warbler, Kennet Island, 1, 6th-17th January. (B T Bennett)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Inkpen Hill, 3, 31st March. (M J Dear)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Crookham Common, 1, 6th-11th April. (R R Keel)	OK
Ring Ouzel, West Woodhay Down, 1, 9th April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Wokingham, 1, 18th April. (A Harrison)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 23rd April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Ascot Heath, 2, 24th April. (T Rogers)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Walbury Hill, 2, 27th April. (I L G Weston)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Inkpen Hill, 2, 28th April. (J A Hale)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Frost Folly, 1, 1st May. (S Murphy)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Crookham Common, 1, 5th May. (I L G Weston)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Greenham Common, 1, 7th June. (A E D Hickman)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Greenham Common, 1, 18th August. (J Legg, I L G Weston)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Hungerford, 1, 22nd October.	NDR
Ring Ouzel, Woose Hill, 1, 23rd October. (P Bright-Thomas)	OK
Ring Ouzel, Woose Hill, 2, 5th November. (P Bright-Thomas)	OK
Black Redstart, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 3rd January. (C D R Heard)	OK
Black Redstart, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 10th February. (C D R Heard)	OK
Black Redstart, Confidential, 5, 31st March to 25th October. (P O'Neil)	OK
Black Redstart, Crookham Common, 1, 6th April. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Black Redstart, Greenham Common, 1, 8th-9th April. (R J Claridge)	OK
Black Redstart, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 9th April. (M F Walford)	OK
Black Redstart, West Woodhay Down, 1, 9th April. (C D R Heard)	OK
Black Redstart, Greenham Common, 1, 16th April. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Black Redstart, Confidential, 4, 16th April to 30th July. (R Parsons)	OK
Black Redstart, Walbury Hill, 1, 27th April. (I L G Weston)	OK
Black Redstart, Woodley, 1, 28th April.	NDR
Black Redstart, Confidential, 1, 6th-7th June. (R C N Price)	OK
White Wagtail, Bracknell, 1, 30th August.	NDR
White Wagtail, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 12th-14th September. (C D R Heard)	OK
White Wagtail, Eversley, 3, 17th September.	NP
White Wagtail, Lower Farm GP, 2, 17th September.	NDR
White Wagtail, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 19th September. (C D R Heard)	OK
White Wagtail, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 29th September. (C D R Heard)	OK
White Wagtail, Eversley, 2, 1st October.	NP
White Wagtail, Birch Hill, 1, 14th October.	NDR
White Wagtail, Lower Farm GP, 1, 16th October. (N Cleere, I L G Weston)	OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 1st-10th January. (C D R Heard)	OK
Water Pipit, Fobney Meadow, 1, 3rd February. (A V Lawson)	OK
Water Pipit, Fobney Meadow, 3, 14th-28th March. (R C N Price)	OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 24th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 28th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Water Pipit, Horton, 1, 14th November. (C D R Heard)	OK
Water Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 3rd December. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 14th September. (A B Tomczynski)	OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 7th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 10th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Rock Pipit, Dinton Pastures CP, 1, 10th October.	IC
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 11th October. (P J Newbound)	OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 13th October. (C D R Heard)	OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3, 16th October. (P J Newbound)	OK
Rock Pipit, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1, 8th November. (C D R Heard)	OK
Hawfinch, Fence Wood, 2, 27th March. (A E D Hickman)	OK
Hawfinch, Winterbourne Holt, 1, 14th June. (J Legg)	OK
Hawfinch, Combe Wood, 1, 19th November. (C D R Heard)	OK
Hawfinch, Windsor Great Park, 17, 22nd December to 3rd February 2022. (C D R Heard)	OK
Hawfinch, Upper Basildon, 4, 29th December. (I Lewington)	OK
Ortolan Bunting, Wokingham, 1, 14th September.	NP