Berkshire bird news
Wednesday 24th April 2024
Submit | Map view | Search | Previous Day | Next Day | Today
| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/04/24 | Buzzard | Fobney Meadow | 3 | R C Price |
| 16:00 | Over boardwalk and east of. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Sparrowhawk | Fobney Island | 1 | R C Price |
| 14:30 | Going north over island. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Grey Wagtail | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
| 16:15 | Both right in front of the Hide and feeding along waters edge with a Pied Wagtail. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Sand Martin | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
| 16:15 | A few sand matins seen with some swallows. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Cattle Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
| 16:45 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Yellow Wagtail | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | J D Savage |
| 18:45 | m+f. On top of the West Fen bund, out from the grey box. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | House Martin | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 15 | J D Savage |
| 18:30 | Feeding over West Fen. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Swallow | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 12 | J D Savage |
| 18:25 | Feeding over Finch Pond. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Cuckoo | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | M J Smith |
| 19:30 | male. Heard calling from Purley allotments, somewhere between Field farm and Mapledurham Lock, after 5 mins moved about 500 metres West and recalled, bird unlikely to stay. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Whitethroat | Three Mile Cross | 1 | R C Price |
| 08:05 | Singing. Hedge immediately west of Great Lea Terrace. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Lesser Whitethroat | Three Mile Cross | 1 | R C Price |
| 17:25 | Singing. Great Lea Common. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Willow Warbler | Fobney Island | 1 | R C Price |
| 15:30 | Singing. Area south of Zig-zag Weir. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Lesser Whitethroat | Fobney Island | 1 | R C Price |
| 15:30 | Singing. Area south of Zig-zag Weir. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Grey Wagtail | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | M J Smith |
| 16:30 | Flew from new fish pass and downstream over Mapledurham lock. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Swallow | Chamberhouse Marsh | 80 | M J Dear |
| 17:24 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Cattle Egret | Chamberhouse Marsh | 1 | M J Dear |
| 17:24 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Swallow | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 2 | M J Smith |
| 16:00 | Hawking insects over Mapledurham lock & weir. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Goosander | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | M J Smith |
| 16:00 | male. Pylon field Thames West of Mapledurham Lock, also a large (dog?) Otter swimming fast down stream towards Mapledurham Mill weir, first sighting of Otter since March last year. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Oystercatcher | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
| 16:15 | flying north up the Thames, north of village. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Cetti's Warbler | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
| 15:15 | singing in vegetation by stream parallel to Thames at Streatley Farm. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Chiffchaff | Burghfield Mill GP, Theale GPs | 3 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | Calling. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Whitethroat | Burghfield Mill GP, Theale GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Red-crested Pochard | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 2 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Long-tailed Tit | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 2 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Oystercatcher | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | On island. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Blackcap | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 2 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Nightingale | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 2 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Common Tern | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | Over. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Nightingale | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Sedge Warbler | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Common Tern | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
| 10:00 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Cuckoo | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
| 10:00 | m. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Blackcap | Emmbrook | 6 | P O'Neill |
| 15:30 | male. 3 in Old Forest Meadows, 3 in Emmbrook Walk. All singing. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Willow Warbler | Emmbrook | 1 | P O'Neill |
| 15:30 | Moving through brambles in Old Forest Meadows, calling. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Chiffchaff | Emmbrook | 7 | P O'Neill |
| 15:30 | 5 in Old Forest Meadows, 2 in Emmbrook Walk. 4 singing, 2 calling, 1 silent. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Little Egret | Bucklebury | 4 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Linnet | Bucklebury | 4 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Skylark | Bucklebury | 3 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Yellowhammer | Bucklebury | 1 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Sand Martin | Bucklebury | 50 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | Approx, hard to count, arriving and leaving. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Black-headed Gull | Bucklebury | 1 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Pied Wagtail | Bucklebury | 11 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Lapwing | Bucklebury | 1 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Yellow Wagtail | Bucklebury | 6 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | Flooded area. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Mandarin Duck | Bucklebury | 2 | D Reynolds |
| 16:18 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | House Sparrow | Bracknell | 2 | D A MacKenzie Dodds |
| 15:32 | On eggs in nest box (camera feed). | |||
| 24/04/24 | Robin | Bracknell | 2 | D A MacKenzie Dodds |
| 15:32 | On eggs in garden. (Hidden low(ish) behind a tree and fence). | |||
| 24/04/24 | Whitethroat | Fobney Island | 4 | R C Price |
| 15:15 | Singing. 2 scrub south of river. 2 area south of Fobney Weir. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Stonechat | Fobney Island | 2 | R C Price |
| 15:15 | Pair. Scrub south of river. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Raven | Fobney Island | 2 | R C Price |
| 15:15 | Flying towards Green Park from south of island. Mobbed on their way by 3 Crows. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Reed Warbler | Fobney Island | 2 | R C Price |
| 14:30 | 1 singing from very thinned out reed bed (flood effect?) in east section. 1 singing west section. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Gadwall | Fobney Island | 10 | R C Price |
| 14:30 | 8 flew north over island towards meadow. 1m on island. 1m on Island Road ditch nr. car park. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Cuckoo | Fobney Island | 1 | R C Price |
| 14:30 | Flew north over island . Now Cuckooing from Fobney Meadow. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Green Sandpiper | Fobney Island | 1 | R C Price |
| 14:36 | Feeding on south shore of east section. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Swift | Moatlands GP, Theale GPs | 7 | P Driver |
| 11:00 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Lesser Whitethroat | Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs | 1 | P Brant |
| 13:26 | Seen and heard, far end. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Reed Bunting | Fobney Meadow | 3 | R C Price |
| 08:40 | 2m, 1 singing. 1f. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Nightingale | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 5 | J E Andrews |
| 11:00 | Polar bear weather. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Willow Warbler | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 1 | J E Andrews |
| 11:00 | Singing. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Red-crested Pochard | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 2 | J E Andrews |
| 10:55 | male. Seen with D.Andrews. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Sand Martin | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 40 | J E Andrews |
| 10:55 | Approx. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Swallow | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 15 | J E Andrews |
| 10:55 | Approx. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Swift | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 2 | J E Andrews |
| 10:55 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Kestrel | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 08:30 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Sand Martin | Fobney Meadow | 5 | R C Price |
| 09:00 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Little Egret | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 09:00 | West of FP7 then near boardwalk. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Shoveler | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 09:00 | Pair around marsh. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Gadwall | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 09:00 | Pair around marsh. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Chiffchaff | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 09:00 | Singing. West end of FP7. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Blackcap | Fobney Meadow | 3 | R C Price |
| 09:00 | 2 singing and 1f. West end of FP7. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 09:00 | One was drumming the top of a big hollow metal cylindrical gatepost. West end of FP7. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Sedge Warbler | Fobney Meadow | 8 | R C Price |
| 08:20 | Singing along FP7 and towards boardwalk. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Cuckoo | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 09:05 | Calling. West of footpath 7. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Lesser Whitethroat | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 08:40 | Singing. Footpath 7 nr. Three Willows. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Shelduck | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 08:20 | On marsh . Possibly 2. 1 on marsh then saw 1 in flight go off south beyond Kennet. Then watched a Sedge Warbler for 3 mins then saw 1 on the water again ?! | |||
| 24/04/24 | White Wagtail | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R J Godden |
| 09:55 | Just east of grey box, in same scope view as Yellow Wagtail! Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Yellow Wagtail | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R J Godden |
| 09:10 | Landed on West Fen but out of sight behind bund. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Common Crossbill | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 6 | B T Bennett |
| 07:30 | Flew over going south calling. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Redstart | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 1 | B T Bennett |
| 07:30 | male. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Tree Pipit | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 1 | B T Bennett |
| 07:30 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Lesser Redpoll | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 6 | B T Bennett |
| 07:30 | ||||
| 24/04/24 | Siskin | Sulhamstead | 1 | P Hickman |
| 07:55 | m. On feeder in back garden. | |||
| 24/04/24 | Lesser Redpoll | Sulhamstead | 3 | P Hickman |
| 07:55 | On feeders in back garden. | |||