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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2008 and 31/12/2008.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
29/12/08	Blackcap	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	male.
29/12/08	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
11:30	male. Exploring Beech hedge.
28/12/08	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
11:00	male. On fat ball in neighbour's garden on Bellingham Walk.
28/12/08	Blackcap	Tilehurst	2	T Hemmett
11:00	m+f. male landed on pond weed chasing of goldfinch and proceeded to bathe followed 10 mins later by female 1st in garden this winter.
27/12/08	Blackcap	Reading	1	M J Mitchell
11:00	m. East Reading, back garden on cotoneaster.
22/12/08	Blackcap	Caversham Heights, Reading	2	T G Ball
11:30	At least 2 males - 1 caught and ringed.
21/12/08	Blackcap	Sunningdale	1	D Moden

19/12/08	Blackcap	Charvil	2	S Jones
12:30	First in garden this winter.
19/12/08	Blackcap	Caversham Heights, Reading	2	T G Ball
	m and f. Unringed birds.
19/12/08	Blackcap	Burghfield Road, Reading	1	R H Stansfield
09:00	m. First this winter in the garden.
16/12/08	Blackcap	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
14:30	male. Unringed.
13/12/08	Blackcap	Thatcham	2	R Keel
12:00	pair. In cotoneaster.
13/12/08	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
11:45	fem. In oak tree on Bellingham Walk.
12/12/08	Blackcap	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
10:15	male. Ringed.
10/12/08	Blackcap	Calcot, Reading	1	C McEwan
08:15	male. Eating berries on the Yew tree in front garden.
09/12/08	Blackcap	Caversham, Chiltern Road	1	H R Netley
10:30	male.
07/12/08	Blackcap	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
11:00	m.
07/12/08	Blackcap	Bracknell	1	R J Burness
11:30	fem. First in the garden this winter. Chiffchaff in the garden yesterday.
07/12/08	Blackcap	Caversham Heights, Reading	3	T G Ball
12:00	2 m, 1 f.
07/12/08	Blackcap	Thatcham	1	R Keel
14:35	fem. Feeding on cotoneaster berries.
07/12/08	Blackcap	Caversham, Chiltern Road	1	R C Watts
09:02	fem. Eating apple in tree till 09:15 at least back and forwards.
28/11/08	Blackcap	Caversham Heights, Reading	2	T G Ball
	ad m, ad f. Ringed.
27/11/08	Blackcap	Emmer Green	5	H R Netley
09:20	2 male 3 fem. all feeding in small callicarpa at same time. Seems to be a favourite of blackcaps possibly due to the small size of berries.
25/11/08	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
14:00	male. eating cotoneaster berries in backgarden. 1st sighting this autumn.
20/11/08	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	H R Netley
08:40	male.
16/11/08	Blackcap	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
11:00	male.
15/11/08	Blackcap	University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus)	2	P Doctor
11:15	male & fem. in back garden investigating bird feeder and assorted tits raiding feeder.
09/11/08	Blackcap	Stanford Dingley	1	R Crawford
09:20	m.
11/11/08	Blackcap	Binfield, Foxley Fields	1	M Sales
09:10	m.
26/09/08	Blackcap	Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan
08:20	fem. opposite Agars Plough Playing Fields.
20/09/08	Blackcap	Bray GPs	3	K P Duncan
09:00
29/08/08	Blackcap	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:00	Chacking nearby.
23/08/08	Blackcap	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	G Randall
08:20	f. Please only view from the public footpath.
17/08/08	Blackcap	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	2	S A Graham
10:55	Along track to the W.
29/07/08	Blackcap	Main Pit, Theale GPs	10	R Crawford
	At least 10, all fem/juv under pylon.
25/07/08	Blackcap	Dinton Pastures CP	4	J Beever
10:30	WSL 1 Male and 3 Juveniles.
20/07/08	Blackcap	Moor Copse	2	P Driver
07:45
15/06/08	Blackcap	Thames Valley Business Park	3	S Jones
14:45	adult feeding young.
11/06/08	Blackcap	Aston	2	A N Stow
	m.
08/06/08	Blackcap	Binfield	1	R Alliss
08:00	Male feeding at least 4 fledglings in SU87k.
05/06/08	Blackcap	Thames Valley Business Park	4	J Crouch
13:00	1m, 1f, 2juv. Female feeding 2 young, male singing elsewhere.
29/05/08	Blackcap	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	S C Smith

19/05/08	Blackcap	Newbury	3	T Mercer
10:30	m. at least three singing in undergrowth around Ham Manor Marina.
15/05/08	Blackcap	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith

06/05/08	Blackcap	Thames Valley Business Park	1	J Crouch
13:00	male.
05/05/08	Blackcap	Woodley	1	J C Langridge
18:30	m. In the garden on the fatball feeder.
04/05/08	Blackcap	Bray	3	T Mercer
14:30	singing in undergrowth along river bank at Marina.
03/05/08	Blackcap	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	C Tan
15:00
02/05/08	Blackcap	Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve	1	P Roberts
13:30	fem.
02/05/08	Blackcap	Ascot	1	P Mannion
07:30	f. Grid ref seems to be SU 91260 69330. House backing onto Blythewood Lane.
28/04/08	Blackcap	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	7	S C Smith

25/04/08	Blackcap	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	A N Stow
18:30	m & f. male under warbler pylon & female between garden and pylon.
25/04/08	Blackcap	Dinton Pastures CP	4	K Tubb
06:00	3m 1f.
22/04/08	Blackcap	Bray GPs	2	K P Duncan
08:30	m. singing.
22/04/08	Blackcap	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	m. Again in the garden but no song heard yet ... come on, get in the game.
20/04/08	Blackcap	Mortimer Common	1	P Driver
15:00	male.
20/04/08	Blackcap	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	2	C McEwan
11:30	1m 1f.
20/04/08	Blackcap	Hamstead Park	1	S A Graham
10:30	m. In song by the Mews.
17/04/08	Blackcap	Thatcham Marsh	2	J Chivers
09:30	male.
17/04/08	Blackcap	Ascot	1	S D Abbott
09:30	m. In Mill Ride - also first House Sprarrow (m) in the garden for 3 years.
16/04/08	Blackcap	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:20	m. In fruit tree, first of the year.
15/04/08	Blackcap	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	D Beever
13:15	m. In bushes by weir.
13/04/08	Blackcap	Moor Green Lakes	6	B Pinnick
13:00
13/04/08	Blackcap	Calcot, Reading	1	C McEwan
10:00	male. Feeding in the fruit trees at the bottom of the garden. SU661717.
13/04/08	Blackcap	Moor Green Lakes	1	G Randall
08:00	no sign of whimbrel.
12/04/08	Blackcap	Thames Valley Business Park	3	S Hughes
	m. singing males.
12/04/08	Blackcap	Woolhampton GPs	3	R Keel
09:30
12/04/08	Blackcap	Winnersh	1	R Angus
08:15
11/04/08	Blackcap	Reading	1	M J Mitchell
08:00	m. Singing in back garden, East Reading.
11/04/08	Blackcap	Reading	1	J C Langridge
07:45	Singing by the tow path near the back of Tesco, Napir Road.
10/04/08	Blackcap	Thatcham Marsh	3	R A Haynes
15:00	Singing.
10/04/08	Blackcap	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	11	J Beever
11:00	5m plus 2f along Teal hide path plus 5 elsewhere.
09/04/08	Blackcap	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	J Beever
11:00
09/04/08	Blackcap	Thames Valley Business Park	1	J Crouch
13:30	male.
09/04/08	Blackcap	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
13:45
08/04/08	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	15	R Crawford
	Including 6 together (4m,2f) in same bush! Please only view from the public footpath.
08/04/08	Blackcap	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	F J Cottington
13:30
08/04/08	Blackcap	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	A Absolom
13:00
07/04/08	Blackcap	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan
	m.
07/04/08	Blackcap	Moor Green Lakes	3	J Pearson
15:30	2m 1f.
06/04/08	Blackcap	Earley	1	R Reedman
	m. at feeders.
06/04/08	Blackcap	Woodley	2	S C Smith
	pair.
04/04/08	Blackcap	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith
	singing.
04/04/08	Blackcap	Winnersh Triangle	1	A Cameron
07:40
03/04/08	Blackcap	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	W Morgan
18:30	m's.
02/04/08	Blackcap	Thatcham Marsh	1	J Chivers
10:30	male.
02/04/08	Blackcap	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	male.
31/03/08	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	10	K E Moore
11:30	all male. mostly singing,along the Warbler Hedge on the Causeway. Please only view from the public footpath.
31/03/08	Blackcap	Moatlands Car Park Pit, Theale GPs	3	K E Moore
11:00	male. at least 3 singing males.
30/03/08	Blackcap	Woolhampton GPs	1	K Tubb
	m.
30/03/08	Blackcap	Woolhampton GPs	1	M J Dear
12:30
30/03/08	Blackcap	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	singing.
29/03/08	Blackcap	Woolhampton GPs	2	N Rampton
11:00	both males feeding in same bush with occassional sub song.
29/03/08	Blackcap	Woolhampton GPs	1	M F Walford
	Singing.
29/03/08	Blackcap	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	R Crawford
	singing. Please only view from the public footpath.
29/03/08	Blackcap	Dinton Pastures CP	1	P J Crowley
09:00	m. singing briefly.
29/03/08	Blackcap	Woolhampton GPs	2	N Cleere
07:50	m. singing. Also a few Chiffs.
28/03/08	Blackcap	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
06:50	m. Singing.
26/03/08	Blackcap	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	male.
24/03/08	Blackcap	Caversham	1	R C Watts
10:35	male. In back garden on apple tree.
23/03/08	Blackcap	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	male, on peanut feeder.
22/03/08	Blackcap	Earley	1	R Reedman
14:00	m. At the garden feeders.
21/03/08	Blackcap	Newbury	1	R R Capewell
10:00	fem. a first in my garden, on fat block.
18/03/08	Blackcap	Sandhurst SF	1	M G McCarthy
13:00	male. singing. No sign of any Chiffchaffs in 30 min visit.
18/03/08	Blackcap	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	M Raper
07:30	male. Regular.
16/03/08	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:30	male. Feeding on cotoneaster berries earlier, brief song again (seems to have fightened off the BNG).
08/03/08	Blackcap	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:30	male. very brief song high in plum hedge in backgarden.
05/03/08	Blackcap	Woodley	1	J C Langridge
	male. In Woodley garden, on the fat ball.
02/03/08	Blackcap	Earley	1	R Reedman
09:30	m. feeding on suet/seed block.
29/02/08	Blackcap	Fairview Avenue, Earley	1	M S Whitaker
09:00	male. Singing in grounds of Woodley Hill House.
29/02/08	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
10:51	male. Feeding in garden.
28/02/08	Blackcap	Charvil	2	D Hudson
14:00	Our male resident is joined by a female.
27/02/08	Blackcap	Maidenhead	3	R Alliss
14:00	2m,1f. Regular pair joined by a second male in a Belmont Road garden.
25/02/08	Blackcap	Upper Bucklebury	1	N Cleere
09:00	f.
17/02/08	Blackcap	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	male.
10/02/08	Blackcap	Caversham	2	R Dryden
	f. Male and female visiting garden now. SU726752.
10/02/08	Blackcap	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	2	J E Mitchell
10:00
09/02/08	Blackcap	Barkham	1	A Collins
11:00	my garden.
09/02/08	Blackcap	Thatcham	1	R Keel
09:30	male. First of the winter.
07/02/08	Blackcap	Moor Green Lakes	1	K Smith
13:15	Buses left of path to Colebrook Hide.
06/02/08	Blackcap	Bracknell	3	R J Burness
11:00	2m 1f. A record count for our Bullbrook garden!
04/02/08	Blackcap	Earley	1	R Reedman
14:30	m. First of winter in the garden - and very late!
02/02/08	Blackcap	Caversham	1	R Dryden
12:00	m. First in garden this winter. SU726752.
02/02/08	Blackcap	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	S Hughes
	m.
01/02/08	Blackcap	Wraysbury GPs	1	P Boult
12:30	male. Hythe End.
01/02/08	Blackcap	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	M Raper
10:30	male. daily for last month.
01/02/08	Blackcap	Fairview Avenue, Earley	1	M S Whitaker
09:00	male. First seen in garden this winter.
27/01/08	Blackcap	Old Windsor	1	K P Duncan
15:15	male. in garden.
23/01/08	Blackcap	Caversham	1	R Crawford
	m. In T Barnes' garden.
19/01/08	Blackcap	Caversham	1	R Crawford
	m. In T Barnes' garden.
18/01/08	Blackcap	Caversham	1	R Crawford
	f. In T Barnes' garden.
02/01/08	Blackcap	Caversham	1	R Crawford
	f. In T Barnes' garden.
22/01/08	Blackcap	Winnersh	1	I D Paine
08:15	male. On bird table in my garden.
16/01/08	Blackcap	Caversham Heights, Reading	2	T G Ball
	2 male.
16/01/08	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	W Brown
13:55	m. feeding on fat ball feeder in my garden.
13/01/08	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	W Brown
12:00	m. feeding on fat ball in garden.
12/01/08	Blackcap	Caversham	1	R C Watts
14:15	m. first of the year in back garden.
09/01/08	Blackcap	Burghfield Road, Reading	1	R H Stansfield
10:00	m. In my garden.
12/01/08	Blackcap	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
	m.
09/01/08	Blackcap	Bracknell	1	L R Blundell
12:40	In new site Piggys Wood opposite Larks Hill.
08/01/08	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	W Brown
11:00	m. now visits garden feeder every day.
08/01/08	Blackcap	Burghfield Road, Reading	1	R H Stansfield
10:45	fem. In my garden again.
06/01/08	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	T Hemmett
10:30	male. Knowsley Rd in my garden feeding on ivy berries, 1st this winter.
05/01/08	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	W Brown
09:00	m. feeding on fat ball in my garden.
05/01/08	Blackcap	Earley	2	A Booth
10:00	male. Feeding on Cotoneaster berries in my garden.
03/01/08	Blackcap	Charvil	1	D Hudson
10:30	male. Feeding on rotten apple on lawn and fat ball feeder, stayed all day long.
03/01/08	Blackcap	Burghfield Road, Reading	1	R H Stansfield
10:00	fem. In my garden, feeding on ivy berries.
02/01/08	Blackcap	Reading	1	A V Lawson
	male, on peanuts.
01/01/08	Blackcap	Tilehurst	1	W Brown
09:30	m. feeding on my fat ball feeder.