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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
26/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Earley	1	J C Langridge
16:50	m. Mays Lane Cemetary.
26/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Moatlands Car Park Pit, Theale GPs	2	P Driver
12:10	m & f. hunting at either end of car park pit.
23/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	A Cooper
13:00	f. terrorising the lapwings.
22/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Aldworth	1	W Brown
10:45	hunting near the four points pub.
21/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Thatcham	1	R Keel
16:05	North across Lower Way.
20/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Moor Green Lakes	1	P Rose

17/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
09:00
14/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Park, Reading	1	J C Langridge
10:30	Mobbed by Black Headed Gulls.
14/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
15:00	f. Attempted to take Goldfinch from in front of the hide.
11/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith
	as per r.b.
08/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	B J Darby
11:00	male.
08/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	B J Darby
10:30	spooked birds on feeder.
06/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Mortimer	1	P Driver
10:30	f. Settled in Oak tree in southern border of field south of sewage works, flew off East. Red Kite also.
05/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
10:00
04/12/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith
	male. as per r.b.
28/11/08	Sparrowhawk	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	R Angus

29/11/08	Sparrowhawk	White Waltham	1	M S Whitaker
09:40	Near the social club.
29/11/08	Sparrowhawk	Beech Hill	1	P Driver
08:10
26/11/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
15:38	m.
26/11/08	Sparrowhawk	Slough	1	A Cooper
13:00	f. chasing a collered dove in garden in shackleton rd, without success.
25/11/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	J Pearson
16:00
23/11/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	R C Watts
10:20
23/11/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	M J Taylor
10:20
16/11/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
15:15
04/11/08	Sparrowhawk	Furze Platt	1	T Firth
13:30	Over my garden.
10/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	A R Gosson
14:00	Single fledged young on branch near probable nest. Adult performing frequent swooping fly pasts before eventually settling also on branch. Continual calling for over an hour. SU742717.
10/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Gorrick Plantation	1	R Murfitt
	juv. Food call of young. SU816664.
08/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Southcote, Reading	2	R Murfitt
	juv. Food calls of young heard. SU693709.
25/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
18:01
26/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Park, Reading	1	J C Langridge
15:20
15/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson

11/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Fobney Meadow	1	J C Langridge
14:30	On the tow path near Fobney Lock, chasing a small bird.
08/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	1	P J Crowley
08:20	m.
05/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Charvil	1	D Hudson
14:30	Landed on garden shed then up into tree stayed for a few minutes able to get binoculars for a closer view.
04/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Madejski Stadium	1	R Keel
16:10
04/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
13:30	Arrived in the garden and scattered all the birds.
02/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
13:45
01/10/08	Sparrowhawk	Slough	2	A Cooper
08:30	fem. hunting over wexham est all day.
28/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
12:00	m. Perched in willows in front of the hide, metal ring left leg.
27/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
16:30	m. Preening in Willows on the far embankment.
19/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
13:50
16/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith

14/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
16:15	Male and a large female several times during the day.
14/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Caversham Heights, Reading	1	T G Ball
15:00	Prob female.
14/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
11:00
11/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith
	female, working reedbed.
10/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith

06/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Burghfield Mill GP, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
13:15	male. was trying it on with the hirundines,but was made to look embarrassingly outclassed.
03/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
10:30	Killed, plucked and eat a Starling by the kitchen window.
02/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Cabbage Hill, Newell Green	1	G Goldsmith
16:00	male.
01/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith

01/09/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	m. Took Reed or Sedgw Warbler from island reedbed.
29/08/08	Sparrowhawk	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	B M Archer
15:00	fem. Bathing in the shallow pools at the west end. Please only view from the public footpath.
28/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Broadmoor Farm	2	P J Crowley
16:30	male and female seen in the area.
25/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Donnington Castle	2	J Chivers
09:30
24/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
16:00
23/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
16:00	f/imm.
23/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Hungerford Marsh	1	S A Graham
14:30	m.
21/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Furze Platt	1	B Reeve
08:00
16/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	1	J C Langridge
13:20	fem. Flying over my garden being mobbed by a crow.
17/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Reedman
11:25	f. Low over car park field.
16/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
08:30	Pair flying along Loddon.
14/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan

11/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
09:00
10/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	1	J C Langridge
07:45	fem. flying over my garden.
10/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
16:00	Caught, plucked and ate a greenfinch in my garden.
05/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
11:45	Caught, killed and plucked a chaffinch in the garden.
02/08/08	Sparrowhawk	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
09:00	Flying low with prey.
29/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Slough	1	A Cooper
10:15	f. crouching over freshly killed starling no more than 10m from me. then flew off to eat its kill northborough rd, britwell.
27/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
11:30	f. Drifted away being mobbed by Swallows.
25/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Dinton Pastures CP	1	J Beever
10:30	male. BSL viewing point.
25/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	J Beever
09:50	male. High up near Red Kite seen from Bittern Hide.
23/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
08:30	fem.
22/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	J Chivers
08:00	fem. On footpath fence post to hide.
20/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Moor Copse	1	P Driver
07:45
19/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Sonning Lock, R. Thames, Sonning	1	R C Watts
15:45
18/07/08	Sparrowhawk	University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus)	1	P Doctor
07:00	Soaring over Christchurch Green.
15/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Furze Platt	1	B Reeve
19:00	fem. my garden.
14/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
09:00
05/07/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
16:00	juv. Caught a chaffinch - plucked it - ate it in front of our kitchen window.
25/06/08	Sparrowhawk	Newbury	1	J Chivers
07:30
18/06/08	Sparrowhawk	University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus)	1	P Doctor
17:50	Glimpsed in silhouette against sun, being mobbed by house martins!!
15/06/08	Sparrowhawk	Sonning Lock, R. Thames, Sonning	1	S Jones
14:00
10/06/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	S Hughes
	pair circling over lake.
06/06/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
13:40	f. Very tatty moulting bird over landfill.
29/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
11:00	fem.
27/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
13:55	Pair just north of Lavell's airspace.
24/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Tilehurst	1	W Brown
10:30	f. hunting over gardens at the back of my garden.
21/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Greenham Common	1	A E Hickman
14:00	One carrying prey, drifting westwards from control tower area. Please keep to the main paths.
21/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
14:20
08/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Reading	1	M J Mitchell
19:45	East Reading, S towards Whiteknights.
06/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Fairview Avenue, Earley	2	M S Whitaker
20:40	pair. In trees of Woodley Hill House as I left work.
06/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Tilehurst	2	W Brown
10:30	m/f. courtship high in the air over tilehurst.
05/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Ruscombe	1	J C Langridge
15:30
05/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Pangbourne Meadow	1	P Driver
15:10	fem. Called and flew from trees on North bank at the eastern end of the meadow.
03/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Woose Hill	4	P Bright-Thomas
12:30	3 displaying furiously to the W, plus a chunky female over.
03/05/08	Sparrowhawk	South Lake, Woodley	2	M S Whitaker
08:00	pair. Serious nest building on the south shore (Atlas TTV).
01/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Ascot	1	S D Abbott
12:30	m. Circling low over Fernbank Road.
01/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Donnington Castle	1	J Chivers
08:30
01/05/08	Sparrowhawk	Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Reedman
08:30	circling over WSL.
29/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	male. plus crossbowed mallard . still very active. flys well.
24/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
07:00	m. Two females recently, and some displayin.
21/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Tilehurst	1	M J Smith
07:15	flying a couple of minutes behind harrier.
22/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith
	male.
22/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Reedman
12:40	Circling with 2nd Hobby.
15/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
12:30	Killed and plucked a greenfinch right outside my kitchen window.
15/04/08	Sparrowhawk	South Lake, Woodley	2	M S Whitaker
09:00	pair. Mating in trees on south shore whilst female (multi-tasking) grabbed a twig for the nest.
14/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Dinton Pastures CP	3	S Hughes

14/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Greenham Common	1	S D Abbott
13:35	f. Flying above trees to west of fireplane. Please keep to the main paths.
12/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson

13/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Greenham Common	1	R Keel
10:45	With MJD. Please keep to the main paths.
12/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Woolhampton GPs	1	R Keel
09:30
11/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Burghfield	1	D J Mills
19:30	fem. quatering ground high above new industrial park devt that was Valentine Woods yard.
10/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	1	J C Langridge
17:00	Campbell Road, flying towards South Lake.
10/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Shaw, Newbury	2	J Chivers
10:20	Displaying.
09/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	1	S C Smith

09/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Bowdown Woods Nature Reserve	1	N Cleere
12:00	m. display flight over the wood. Lots of Buzzards up in the air as well.
08/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
12:00	It scattered all the feeding birds...
07/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Thames Valley Business Park	1	J C Langridge
16:40	f. Flying towards River.
27/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Reading	2	P Gipson
	Pair displaying over Morgan Rd.
02/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
08:45	m. Killed and plucked a chaffinch ouside my kitchen window.
01/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Bracknell	1	G Goldsmith
14:30	fem. Low along Banking precinct.
01/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Tilehurst	1	R Crawford
09:23	m. Caught a Dunnock under my feeders and spent the next 35 minutes in the same spot on my lawn devouring it - my missus reckoned it had indigestion!
01/04/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
08:30	m. Sat on the back of my garden bench for 15 mins... Fantastic!
30/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
17:50	1 over landfill, other off west.
30/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Greenham Common	1	S A Graham
11:00	m. Please keep to the main paths.
29/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Dinton Pastures CP	1	P J Crowley
09:00
27/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	1	S C Smith

25/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Woolhampton GPs	1	K G White
18:00	fem. in Rowbarge carpark.
24/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Winterbourne	1	R Angus

24/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Charvil	1	S Jones
11:00	Over garden.
24/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Greenham Common	1	S A Graham
11:00	f. Please keep to the main paths.
24/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	male.
24/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan
06:15
22/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Whitley, Reading	1	D J Mills
13:15	male.
22/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Greenham Common	1	G Farnell
17:00	Please keep to the main paths.
21/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
15:30	m.
19/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
13:00
18/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Bracknell	2	P J Crowley
16:45	One near Siemens building and one near Cabbage Hill, both in display flight with slow wing flapping.
17/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith

16/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	1	S C Smith
	male.
13/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	1	S C Smith

11/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Park, Reading	1	J C Langridge
17:30	male. In a tree in the playing field near Shinfield Road.
09/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
17:35
07/03/08	Sparrowhawk	West Woodhay	1	R Angus
13:50	Moving through Bagnell's copse.
05/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Newbury	1	S A Graham
17:35	Perched in the bare branches of a small tree in the Queens Road Subway, nodoubt looking for a chance to nab a Sparrow from the roost.
02/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Dinton Pastures CP	1	J Drazin
07:30	juv male. Lying in wait on ground, in reeds beyond scrape.
01/03/08	Sparrowhawk	Woodley	2	D N Rimes
11:00	m&f. The male caught and ate a Woodpigeon in my garden - I've never seen a male Sparrowhawk take down such a large prey item.
24/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Boulters Lock, R. Thames, Maidenhead	1	S D Abbott
12:00	f. Flying over Prince Andrew Road.
25/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith

24/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
07:50	male. two half hearted attempts at small groups of sparrows from out of the sun before flying higher & away.
21/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
16:00	Same or another later over the Tl.
21/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith
	seen by another birder.
19/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Wash Common, Newbury	1	D Smallridge
16:15
13/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Bury Down	1	S A Graham
10:15	f.
13/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
13:00	Over Lea Farm.
12/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Newbury	1	S A Graham
15:00	Flow NW over the town centre, Pied Wagtail alrm calls heard at the time.
12/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith

08/02/08	Sparrowhawk	K&A Canal, Ufton Lock	1	P Hickman
11:35	Hunting titmice in wood south of Lock.
08/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Lea Farm Lake	3	J Beever
11:30	1m 2 distant.
08/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S C Smith
	male.
03/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
15:00
01/02/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
15:30
29/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Earley	1	J C Langridge
16:35	Pitt's Lane, possibly female.
29/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Maidenhead Thicket	1	T Firth
13:15	Coming to rest in a tree next to Pinkneys Drive as I was driving past.
26/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Finchampstead Ridges	1	R J Godden
13:00	m.
25/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Dawson
12:50	Flew through feeding area.
24/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Earley	1	J C Langridge
16:35	fem. Church Rd/Pitts Lane mini roundabout.
23/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Tidmarsh Hill	1	W Brown
09:45	m.
22/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	J Beever
11:00	male.
20/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Thatcham	1	R Keel
11:30	Upsetting the local garden birds.
18/01/08	Sparrowhawk	King's Meadow, Reading	1	S Hughes
14:30
16/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Newbury	1	S A Graham
09:00	f. Perched on TV aerial preening, before shooting off across the car park.
13/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	R Keel
11:00	male.
11/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
14:20	f.
06/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs	1	S D Abbott
15:30	Flying west along southern edge of pit.
05/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm GP	1	S A Graham
15:00	f. Male also seen ealier today.
01/01/08	Sparrowhawk	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	S A Graham
10:25	m.