Purley on Thames, Reading

Grid Reference: SU6675

Recent sightings

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
21/10/24	Hybrid	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	N J Bucknell
10:10	Canada x Greylag Goose, stocky brown bird with pale cheeks, darker neck with white feathers - on Thames west of Mapledurham Lock.
21/10/24	Muscovy Duck	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	N J Bucknell
10:20	at Mapledurham Lock - same white/pale grey bird seen last month.
21/10/24	Kingfisher	Purley on Thames, Reading	2	N J Bucknell
	flying north across Thames at 10-05, and on Scraces Brook at Home Farm at 10-10.
17/10/24	Sparrowhawk	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	D Massie
09:34	fem. Just dispatched and plucked our resident Song Thrush right in front of our kitchen window.
07/10/24	Redwing	Purley on Thames, Reading	2	D Massie
09:00	Feeding on berries in neighbour's garden.
20/09/24	Hybrid	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	N J Bucknell
10:45	Canada x Greylag on Thames, Greylag size & shape, but darker and browner with almost black neck, pale cheeks and white in head feathering.
20/09/24	Greylag Goose	Purley on Thames, Reading	254	N J Bucknell
10:45	on Thames, above Mapledurham Lock, including 13 white farmyard types.
20/09/24	Swallow	Purley on Thames, Reading	40	N J Bucknell
10:30	in mixed hirundine flock feeding over Thames.
20/09/24	House Martin	Purley on Thames, Reading	60	N J Bucknell
10:30	in mixed hirundine flock feeding over Thames.
20/09/24	Muscovy Duck	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	N J Bucknell
10:10	White bird on Thames near Saltney Mead.