White Stork
Recent sightings of White Stork
Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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25/04/22 | WHITE STORK | OARE - Oarborough lane just N of M$ | 1 | D J Mills |
13:15![]() | "POSSIBLE only seen very briefly from car passenger seat heading Ebnd towards Theale ** Revised location after rechecking landmarks today -100% sure of Grid ref :- dropping down hedge height landing behind hedge , large bird with jet black wings and upright white head roughly on north side of carriageway - can't think of what else it might be. SU503742. | |||
23/04/22 | WHITE STORK | Bottom Lane Floods (N), Theale GPs | 1 | S A Graham |
09:25![]() | Initially grazing field to west of weir but flighted west and just about to retrace my steps - no obvious rings but presumably rewilding bird. | |||
21/04/22 | WHITE STORK | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J D Savage |
15:21 | Flew at a little over tree height in a southeastward direction over the lake nearest the water treatment works, chased by a gull. Disappeared behind trees as it flew over the WTW, then reappeared soaring in circles, drifting slowly south. Photograph provided. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
17/04/22 | WHITE STORK | Moss End | 2 | L R Blundell |
09:59 | Heading N towards Maidenhead. |
Past records of White Stork
Year | Details |
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2021 | Pangbourne STW, 22nd April. * |
2020 | Midgham, 14th July to 24th August. * |
2020 | Cookham, 3rd June. * |
2020 | Fobney Meadow, 2, 19th-20th May. * |
2020 | Newbury, 24th April. * |
2020 | Moss End, 23rd April. * |
2020 | Beale Park, Lower Basildon, 16th March. * |
2020 | Moor Green Lakes, 16th March. * |
2019 | Greenham Common, 2, 7th May. * |
2019 | Thatcham Marsh, 8th April. * |
2019 | Reading, 21st March. * |
2019 | Beale Park, Lower Basildon, 17th January, same as Knowl Hill. * |
2019 | Knowl Hill, 15th January. * |
2014 | Burghfield GPs, 14th September. |
2014 | Enborne, 15th June. |
2014 | Swallowfield, 24th April to 2nd May. |
2004 | Bray, first-summer, 31st March to 1st April, flying over the M4 then seen flying over several sites in the Windsor area. |
2000 | Englefield, 22nd May. |
1996 | [Jealott's Hill, 18th September.] |
1990 | [Thatcham, two, 24th August.] |
1978 | [Reading, adult, 8th-10th August.] |
1975 | Walbury Hill, 16th March. |
1968 | Ham Island, 2nd November. |