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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/12/10 | Grey Heron | Bucklebury | 1 | D Reynolds |
| 10:00 | ||||
| 24/12/10 | Grey Heron | Lower Farm GP | 1 | S A Graham |
| 15:30 | Present with 7 Coot & 2 Moorhen. Only one small area of unfrozen water. | |||
| 21/12/10 | Grey Heron | Leverton | 1 | R Dryden |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 19/12/10 | Grey Heron | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 09:00 | ad. Same bird as seen recently, with missing secondary on L wing, flying along Emm Brook. | |||
| 13/12/10 | Grey Heron | Winnersh | 1 | R Angus |
| My garden. 2 visits today. Dont know if it is the same bird. | ||||
| 13/12/10 | Grey Heron | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
| 09:05 | Flew up from scrape area as I approached hide. 3 more later seen around White Swan Lake. | |||
| 09/12/10 | Grey Heron | Caversham Heights, Reading | 1 | T G Ball |
| 10:00 | Cruising over low - appeared to be looking for fish ponds! | |||
| 30/11/10 | Grey Heron | Wokingham | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 07:45 | imm. Low E along Emm Brook, tried to drop in but had second thoughts. | |||
| 28/11/10 | Grey Heron | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 08:30 | ad. W. | |||
| 13/11/10 | Grey Heron | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 09:00 | Over Emm Brook. | |||
| 20/10/10 | Grey Heron | Theale | 1 | W Brown |
| 13:00 | on the golf course at theale. | |||
| 15/10/10 | Grey Heron | Sonning Lock, R. Thames, Sonning | 2 | R Dryden |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 25/09/10 | Grey Heron | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | A Berryman |
| 15:00 | one male, one female. Fighting in air. | |||
| 09/09/10 | Grey Heron | Lower Farm GP | 10 | C Burch |
| 13:00 | ||||
| 30/08/10 | Grey Heron | Lower Farm GP | 8 | S A Graham |
| 09:30 | Minimum count. | |||
| 21/08/10 | Grey Heron | Lower Farm GP | 7 | S A Graham |
| 16:15 | Including one with a fishing float attached to its left flank. | |||
| 19/08/10 | Grey Heron | South Lake, Woodley | 2 | J C Langridge |
| 10:30 | 1 ad, 1 juv. Adult in the trees, juv fishing close to the bank. | |||
| 09/08/10 | Grey Heron | Thames Valley Business Park | 2 | R Dryden |
| 13:30 | ||||
| 19/07/10 | Grey Heron | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 5 | M Terry |
| 12:30 | All juveniles, skulking around on the island, both on the shore and in the grass. Poss from family that nested on the Main Theale Pit? | |||
| 27/06/10 | Grey Heron | Savernake Lake, Bracknell | 1 | J Crouch |
| 10:00 | ||||
| 24/06/10 | Grey Heron | Hamstead Marshall | 1 | R G Hardy |
| 22/06/10 | Grey Heron | Inkpen | 7 | R G Hardy |
| 07:30 | For all the world like a bunch of rookie Red Arrows pilots...seemed like the lead heron was giving orders, calling, and they all swung round in a different direction. Assume it was adults giving youngsters a familiarisation "recce" of the countryside round the Kennet Valley. | |||
| 16/06/10 | Grey Heron | Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs | 3 | K E Moore |
| 12:30 | ad and two juv. keeping close together , stayed maybe 20 mins and all three flew West.One of the juveniles was wingtagged-black IL on yellow , with green band above tibia on left leg.TGB finding out details. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 16/06/10 | Grey Heron | Thames Valley Business Park | 1 | R Dryden |
| 13:30 | ||||
| 15/06/10 | Grey Heron | Lower Denford | 1 | R G Hardy |
| 13/06/10 | Grey Heron | Lea Farm Lake | 3 | R Marsh |
| 10:45 | Juveniles on far bank. | |||
| 01/06/10 | Grey Heron | Reading | 1 | A Walker |
| 07:15 | Catching and eating a screaming Moorhen chick. | |||
| 30/05/10 | Grey Heron | Donnington, Newbury | 4 | S A Graham |
| 14:00 | 3 ad + 1 juv. Sixth nest dectected, with activity at a possible 7th. That makes at least 12 in the Newb. area despite the hostile weather at the start of the year. | |||
| 30/05/10 | Grey Heron | Lower Farm Trout Lake | N Cleere | |
| 10:15 | 2 new nests, both with sitting birds. Original 4 nests have well grown young stood on them. | |||
| 19/05/10 | Grey Heron | Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | R Marsh |
| 14:20 | ||||
| 18/05/10 | Grey Heron | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 15 | J E Andrews |
| 10:00 | juveniles. most capable of flying now. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 30/04/10 | Grey Heron | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:15 | In bay near John's bench taking a large pike. | |||
| 29/04/10 | Grey Heron | South Lake, Woodley | 3 | J C Langridge |
| 09:15 | 2 mating, one other in the same tree. | |||
| 29/04/10 | Grey Heron | Hamstead Marshall | 1 | R G Hardy |
| 18:30 | Instead of choosing the river, he or she decided to stand in the middle of a field of young corn. | |||
| 25/04/10 | Grey Heron | Donnington, Newbury | 6 | S A Graham |
| 10:00 | 6 juv. Dongton Grove GC - Broods of 3, 1, 1 & 1, with one adult still brooding; potential sixth nest located. | |||
| 18/04/10 | Grey Heron | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | J E Andrews | |
| 10:00 | 6 well grown fledglings showing well. 15 nests occupied. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 12/04/10 | Grey Heron | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | M Sklar |
| 09:35 | Flying south overhead. | |||
| 11/04/10 | Grey Heron | Hamstead Park | 3 | S A Graham |
| 10:00 | Soaring high over head as they drifted off to the W. | |||
| 28/03/10 | Grey Heron | Donnington, Newbury | 8 | S A Graham |
| 09:30 | Four, almost certainly five nests now being constructed. | |||
| 27/03/10 | Grey Heron | West Woodhay | 1 | R G Hardy |
| 15:30 | ||||
| 24/03/10 | Grey Heron | Theale | 2 | S A Graham |
| 17:00 | Two or three loafing by the lake E. of Theal Station, the one just visible SW of the M4. | |||
| 24/03/10 | Grey Heron | Borough Marsh | 1 | R Dryden |
| 13:00 | ||||
| 21/03/10 | Grey Heron | Lower Farm Trout Lake | 3 | S A Graham |
| 12:30 | Courting pair on a substantial nest platform to the right of where I originally imagined it was. | |||
| 22/03/10 | Grey Heron | Borough Marsh | 2 | R Dryden |
| 13:00 | ||||
| 20/03/10 | Grey Heron | Mill Road, Burghfield | 1 | R Collins |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 18/03/10 | Grey Heron | Lower Farm Trout Lake | 1 | S A Graham |
| 15:00 | Nest building in the NE. corner, seen carrying a long twig. | |||
| 18/03/10 | Grey Heron | Thames Valley Business Park | 2 | R Dryden |
| 13:00 | ||||
| 14/03/10 | Grey Heron | Halfway | 1 | R G Hardy |
| Over river. | ||||
| 12/03/10 | Grey Heron | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 08:10 | Over N carrying nest material. | |||
| 08/03/10 | Grey Heron | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 08:00 | f/w. >W. | |||
| 28/02/10 | Grey Heron | Donnington, Newbury | 3 | S A Graham |
| 14:00 | Donnington Grove Golf course. Three or four birds in the Heronry, one possible brooding. | |||
| 17/02/10 | Grey Heron | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 08:45 | f/w. Low W along Emm Brook. | |||
| 08/02/10 | Grey Heron | Hamstead Park | 1 | R G Hardy |
| 15:35 | ||||
| 05/02/10 | Grey Heron | Freeman's Marsh | 1 | R G Hardy |
| 13:15 | ||||
| 11/01/10 | Grey Heron | Shaw, Newbury | 1 | J Chivers |
| 08:30 | On neighbour's roof. | |||
| 09/01/10 | Grey Heron | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 16:00 | Over S, GYT. | |||
| 02/01/10 | Grey Heron | Lower Farm GP | 5 | S A Graham |
| 15:00 | The Gp. is now 90% frozen and the Tl about 50%. | |||