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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | A D Bassett |
| 21:26 | Called once from near the telegraph pole between 20:30 and 22:00 on a breezy evening. | |||
| 25/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | R H Stansfield |
| Called a few times this evening but pretty poor. Weather cold. Not seen. As per mobile 'phone text from Andy Horscroft. | ||||
| 24/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | R H Stansfield |
| 21:30 | m. Still singing this evening. Heard 5-6 times quite close to wheat field edge. | |||
| 23/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | N Cleere |
| 20:00 | m. calling quite frequently between 19.30 and 20.00. | |||
| 23/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | G Randall |
| 20:28 | we called 10 times 8:28pm to 10:00pm (heard only). | |||
| 22/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | R Crawford |
| 21:28 | Called four times between 21:28 and 21:40. | |||
| 22/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | D J Mills |
| 04:00 | m. calling frequently until 04:45 on a clockwise route around edge of cereal crop. Starting near layby off main road round by field with horses in then into long grass between crop & path, last heard about 25m from electricity post. No futher calls upto 05:20 when i left. | |||
| 20/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | P Gipson |
| Not heard at all between 16.00 and 21.00 hrs, then only at 21.00 and 21.40. Dog walker is certain she heard it on or before June 6th - first definite summering record in Berks since 1976. | ||||
| 20/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | J Reid |
| 21:40 | Called a few times at 21.40. | |||
| 20/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | D F Callam |
| 04:30 | m. Called very infrequently from 04:30 to 06:30 from middle!! of wheat field. I thought it might have moved to the edge and been more vocal early morning. Not to be. Parakeet flew over at 06:30. | |||
| 19/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | R C Watts |
| 20:35 | From 20:35 till 21:15 calling on and off seen briefly near telegraph pole. | |||
| 19/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | T Sweetland |
| 20:35 | Calling on and off and seen briefly in flight. | |||
| 19/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | L R Blundell |
| 17:15 | Walked across tractor track and paused for several seconds. | |||
| 19/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | M S Whitaker |
| 05:45 | male. Calling regularly until 0700hrs. Moved about 150 metres parallel with edge of the wheat but always well within it and invisible. | |||
| 18/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 18:28 | Called briefly, next at 19:08, after which more or less every 10 mins til I left at 20:10 - Heard only bird barely moved from same spot 50+ metres into corn from pylon. Did not respond to recordings. | |||
| 18/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | G Randall |
| 18:45 | called a one time only heard from the area of the telegraph post. | |||
| 18/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | B M Archer |
| 15:00 | m. Called a few times in 45 mins. – heard from the area of the ELECTRICITY pole. | |||
| 18/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | R Dawson |
| 13:15 | Called briefly 3 times around 13:15 near telegraph post in middle of field. | |||
| 18/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | J W O'Brien |
| 07:30 | showed for an instant as it crossed some tractor tracks in the weedy cereal field - view from hedge north of utility post looking down a pair of tracks. According to the dog walker who heard it and reported it to "John Edwards" yesterday it had kept people awake for the last "four nights" in adjoining cottages! | |||
| 18/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | M F Walford |
| 05:30 | male. Still calling on and off up to 7am from the cereal field between the A321 and Hogmoor Lane. | |||
| 17/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | M J Taylor |
| 21:07 | Seen flying up and back down into corn, at least twice. | |||
| 17/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | M F Walford |
| 20:45 | male. Still calling in the cereal field between the A321 and Hogmoor Lane when I left. SU794745. | |||
| 17/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | M F Walford |
| 19:27 | male. Calling fairly regularly now. Stand under the telegraph wires in the grassy field. | |||
| 17/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | M F Walford |
| 19:08 | male. Calling briefly again. | |||
| 17/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | M F Walford |
| 19:01 | male. Heard again briefly but not by me! | |||
| 17/06/08 | CORNCRAKE | Hurst | 1 | M F Walford |
| singing male this afternoon in the set-aside grass on the west side of Hogmoor Lane. Has been heard. to call once by CDRH but nothing in the last hour. | ||||
| 09/05/08 | CORNCRAKE | Brimpton | 1 | M F Walford |
| 11:58 | no sight or sound. | |||
| 09/05/08 | CORNCRAKE | Brimpton | 1 | B Howes |
| 07:00 | Heard then seen on BBS visit, on Black Lane in field opposite entrance to Wasing Farm. SU571641. | |||
| 09/05/08 | CORNCRAKE | Brimpton | 1 | M F Walford |
| 07:30 | Calling in the field opposite Wasing Farm on Back Lane (per Barry Howes). SU571641. | |||