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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/10/08 | Bittern | Thatcham | 1 | T Mercer |
| calling briefly near the bird hide (closed!) between K&A and the Discovery Centre. Not seen. | ||||
| 15/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:45 | ad. Showing extremely well for 10 mins from Teal Hide, in Phragmites right of scrape, spooked by a fox and flew towards main island reeds - Bittern Hide end at 13:55. | |||
| 14/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:20 | Found by BTB & Gladys Grant roosting back in the centre main island reed bed. It appeared quite dark and may be a different bird to the one last seen 7th. | |||
| 07/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:44 | Seen in at tree top height across Tern Meadow towards main island reed bed in very poor light, then in usual roosting spot, at least it's still here! | |||
| 05/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:15 | Roosting in usual place. | |||
| 05/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:30 | ad. Visible for 20 mins in centre of main isl reed bed working its way right, then headed into interior. | |||
| 04/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | J Pearson |
| 16:00 | Flew up onto reeds. | |||
| 03/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 16:46 | Out in full view for five minutes before moving left and out of view before reappearing in its usual roosting position. | |||
| 02/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 11:00 | Island reedbed. | |||
| 02/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P J Crowley |
| 11:30 | reasonable views in main reedbed from Tern Hide. | |||
| 02/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 12:30 | ad. Main island reedbed, sat still and very hard to see. | |||
| 02/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S Heffer |
| 10:00 | on main island, tricky to see in the reeds. | |||
| 01/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Boult |
| 17:00 | Seen climb reeds to roost. | |||
| 01/02/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Angus |
| 13:10 | Approx 20 feet from left end of island reed bed. | |||
| 30/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | D Blackmore |
| 10:00 | Showed for 5 minutes infront of island reedbed. | |||
| 29/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:00 | ad. Main island reed bed showing but not in full view til dusk. | |||
| 29/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R C Watts |
| 15:20 | 15:20 to 15:45 still showing when i left. | |||
| 29/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:40 | ad. Still present but mostly obscured deep in middle of island reedbed. | |||
| 29/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S C Smith |
| 28/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 16:00 | Seen moving from right side of Island reedbed and into roosting position in left/centre. Tried out varous roosting positions before choosing final ( before we left ) position. | |||
| 28/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:55 | ad. Still present, seen from 16:00 at least, til dusk. | |||
| 26/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | J Reid |
| 15:20 | Good views for at least an hour and a half. | |||
| 25/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:50 | Middle of main island reeds, half way up, til dusk. | |||
| 25/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:15 | ad. On right hand side of lake away left from phragmites in reeds in front of oaks, showing well. | |||
| 25/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Dawson |
| 12:50 | Showing well on right-hand side of lake, and moving left. | |||
| 24/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:00 | ad. Showing well at dusk and heard calling! - a short almost rasping grunting noise repeated over and over for 10 mins! Fascinating! | |||
| 24/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R H Stansfield |
| 17:00 | Showing well roosting in Island reedbed. Been on show since 1540 hrs. Seen with TG, FC and BTB. | |||
| 24/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 15:50 | ad. Middle of main island reeds, per Trevor Guyatt. | |||
| 23/01/08 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:40 | ad. Preening half way up main island reeds, in line with left hand upright of horizontal bar on Tern Isl. Poor light so unable to say if it is same as Dec bird. | |||