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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
31/12/10	Waxwing	Maidenhead	10	T Alexander
13:30	at rear of fire station feeding on berries at car park beyond ditch.
31/12/10	Waxwing	Woodley Airfield	21	F J Cottington
14:10	In Silver birches opposite Sorbus trees, also seen from top of Sandford lane where they were joined by another 15+ birds, all flew NNW at 14:34.
31/12/10	Waxwing	Windsor Great Park	20	S King
13:00	maybe more.
31/12/10	Waxwing	Hungerford	14	G Thornton
14:45	In trees opposite side of A4 from Vet Hospital / Country Gardens. Flew off towards Eddington.
31/12/10	Waxwing	Hungerford	8	R T Stansfield
11:20	In Eddington, in a stripped rowen on the junction of the A4 and A338. SU343689.
30/12/10	Waxwing	Reading	22	R Righelato
15:30	Sallying from a tall oak in the Forbury Gardens to the retail park area. SU737719.
30/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	9	P J Crowley
08:45	On trees near Arne Close, dropping down to feed on roadside berries. Flew off at 09:00 and had not returned at 09:45.
30/12/10	Waxwing	Reading	10	M F Walford
13:02	10+ at Forbury Retail Park.
29/12/10	Waxwing	Reading	5	J Baker
15:00	Possibly more. At Forbury Retail Park, in trees closest to roundabout/Homebase car park.
29/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	42	D J Mills
14:35	Arne close tree- mobile, dropped in for 5 mins & then flew off towards Halfords.
29/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	100	S C Smith
	100 plus. in trees on the wokingham rd.
29/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	134	M F Walford
09:42	134+ opp albany pk dv (per Pete Hutchins).
28/12/10	Waxwing	Hurst	5	A D Bassett
09:00	Flew SW over back gardens of Tape Lane. Hurst tick and old house tick - nice!
28/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	150	F J Cottington
15:15	In trees and many on wires opposite Albany Park Drive - counted from a pic taken on my mobile.
28/12/10	Waxwing	Spencers Wood	5	N Rampton
09:35	Briefly seen flying out of Blackwater Close towards Montgomery Drive viewed from my daughters bedroom.
27/12/10	Waxwing	Hungerford	20	G Stewart
11:45	Seen with Bob Lyle at Junction of A4 and A338 by roundabout adjacent to Texaco Garage.(Eddington).
27/12/10	Waxwing	Woodley Airfield	19	F J Cottington
15:00	In silver birches opposite Sorbus in Comet Way, just past Armstrong Way.
27/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	100	N Rampton
14:45	Approx.Opposite Albany Park Drive in bushes and trees, dropping down to 10 feet away. Also going to trees behind new housing estate and surrounding area.
27/12/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	1	T Sweetland
14:30	one vocal individual in with approx 25 Redwing, then flew with redwing towards Crown Wood.
27/12/10	Waxwing	Great Shefford	1	P Gipson
08:50	No Dipper 09:25.
27/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	140	M Turton
10:30	Flock of about 140 on berries opposite end of Albany Park Drive and in nearby trees. Flew off into tree behind Chatsworth Ave just before 11:00am.
26/12/10	Waxwing	Spencers Wood	9	N Rampton
15:00	Flew down Apple Tree Lane towards Hyde End Road.
26/12/10	Waxwing	Reading	10	P Gipson
09:30	Goldsmid Rd (betw Reading West Station and town centre) per Zbig Karpowicz.
26/12/10	Waxwing	Woodley Airfield	54	F J Cottington
12:43	31, then 54 at the south end of Spitfire Way (nearest to Viscount way) perched mostly in silver birches opposite Sorbus trees, which they did drop on to several times.Also managed to see 3 of them from DP boundary at the top of Sandford Lane, at last!!!
26/12/10	Waxwing	Upper Bucklebury	2	B Lyle
12:00	In next doors garden.
26/12/10	Waxwing	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	10	P J Newbound
08:30	In Poplar N of junction of Pinkneys & Alwyn Rds. SU865815.
25/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	125	R Addison
12:00	At least 120 still, probably more like 150+. Feeding in small groups of 10-30 around the houses and then returning to the tree on the corner of Arne Close.
25/12/10	Waxwing	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	70	P J Newbound
12:00	Returning regularly to Poplar in garden NW from junction of Alwyn Road and Pinkneys Road. SU865815.
25/12/10	Waxwing	Upper Basildon	8	J M McNeill
10:00	Perching on a neighbour's tree, then flying down to feed on sorbus in our garden. Around for at least half an hour. Wonderful Christmas present!! SU766589.
25/12/10	Waxwing	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	47	P J Newbound
10:00
25/12/10	Waxwing	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	10	P J Newbound
09:00	Mobile in gardens around junction of Pinkneys Road and Edith Road. SU865815.
24/12/10	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	14	F Try
	Near the car park.
24/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	80	S Dimond
15:00	At least 80, probably nearer 120-140. Difficult to count as very flighty. On tops of trees on corners of Arne Close and Albany Park Drive.
24/12/10	Waxwing	Hungerford	10	R H Stansfield
13:30	Feeding on berries and perched on overhead cable beside Total Garage on A4. Also seen by Gordon Wilson.
24/12/10	Waxwing	Stockcross	5	M J Taylor
13:30	In pollarded trees by B4000 in centre of village 100yds north of Post Office.
24/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	10	R Addison
10:30	Still in trees along the A329 between Halfords and Sainsburys.
23/12/10	Waxwing	Caversham Park	30	H R Netley
15:00	At least 30 in Northbrook Road area.
23/12/10	Waxwing	Hungerford	10	T Bunce
12:00	10-15 flying to/from tall trees and berry trees beside the Texaco garage on the A4.
23/12/10	Waxwing	Earley	33	F J Cottington
11:50	Per TAG in his front garden in Hillside Road, then over towards back gardens, roughly W/WNW.
23/12/10	Waxwing	Woodley Airfield	40	F J Cottington
10:50	40-50 circling low over Spitfire Way, then off W more or less above Viscount way - just 200m from my local patch but no further sign by 11:45.
23/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	45	R Addison
10:30	45+ in trees by the A329 approx 250 yards east of Halfords. Also feeding in bushes behind the houses on the south side of the road. SU776707.
22/12/10	Waxwing	University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus)	24	A Tribe
14:30	In car park next to Food Biosciences.
22/12/10	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	32	B Reeve
13:15
22/12/10	Waxwing	Whiteknights Park, Reading	30	R A Price
14:15	on top of engineering building descending to trees at back to feed.
22/12/10	Waxwing	Henley-on-Thames (Oxon)	40	I T Chaplin
12:15	Waitrose carpark.
21/12/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	8	G Stewart
12:15	Seen in same location as yesterday just south of Turners Drive in Oak and bare branched tree.A couple were seen around in the same area at about 10:30am.
21/12/10	Waxwing	Twyford	61	M F Walford
	on A321 by Broadwater Road (per Adam Bassett).
21/12/10	Waxwing	Twyford	23	M F Walford
	on A321 then flew to near Colleton School (per Adam Bassett).
21/12/10	Waxwing	Jubilee River	11	R M Haydon
11:00	Briefly feeding in bush by car park entrance then departed north.
21/12/10	Waxwing	Earley	30	R T Stansfield
09:20	In the top of the large oak at the north end of Green Road. Flew back towards Whiteknights. SU741724.
21/12/10	Waxwing	Whiteknights Park, Reading	40	M Fellowes
08:30	Still outside front of Harborne Building (old Plant Sciences) - nice office tick!
20/12/10	Waxwing	Whiteknights Park, Reading	35	P Gipson
14:30	Trees in front of Plant Sciences building, then flew towards Pepper Lane. Also Fieldfare heard nearby.
20/12/10	Waxwing	City Road, Tilehurst	21	R Crawford
11:00	At least 21 birds in oaks and gardens at Little Heath end of City Road.
20/12/10	Waxwing	Tilehurst	15	R Addison
12:00	15 still on Farm Drive this morning.
19/12/10	Waxwing	Earley	50	R Williams
14:00	Arrived Reeds Ave near Whiteknights. Flock of c50 in tall tree then split up and smaller groups and landed on tv aerials. Large group descended on tree bearing berries. Around for about 1.5/2 hours. Quite bold and didn't mind me standing underneath tall tree but w/o telephoto shots not worth submitting.
20/12/10	Waxwing	Maiden Erleigh	100	A M Horscroft
11:50	100+ birds in Bushes and trees along Reeds Avenue, off Hartsbourne Road. Great garden tick for one particular Berks birder!
20/12/10	Waxwing	Whiteknights Park, Reading	18	M Fellowes
08:00	Still at 9.30; in trees in front of Harborne (Plant Sciences) building.
20/12/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	5	G Stewart
09:15	At Least 4 or 5 seen in Oak and adjacent tree in Garden of House immediately south of Turners Drive.
19/12/10	Waxwing	City Road, Tilehurst	18	R Crawford
15:40	In tall oak tree on corner of City Road and Little Heath Road, but coming down to feed on berries in garden on corner of City Road/Farm Drive.
19/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	25	F J Cottington
14:40	In large tree more or less behind Carpetright opposite Sainsburys, then flew W 14:44, but returned 14:54 and fed in the small Rowans near the entrance.
19/12/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	14	N Cleere
10:00	at top of Oak tree near entrance to Turners Drive.
19/12/10	Waxwing	Eton Wick	48	K P Duncan
15:05	Now 48 resting on telegraph wires in Colenorton Cresent.
19/12/10	Waxwing	Winnersh	23	D Moden
14:00	Sainsburys car park.
19/12/10	Waxwing	Eton Wick	20	B J Hollands
10:30
19/12/10	Waxwing	Tilehurst	6	R Addison
11:30	In my Mums garden along Farm drive! Gripped off...Presumably the same 6 that went over Mayfair yesterday morning.
19/12/10	Waxwing	Tilehurst	20	K Dellman
11:30	Lower Elmstone Drive. Feeding on apple tree in neighbours garden. Flock of about 20 with Fieldfares.
18/12/10	Waxwing	Caversham, Chiltern Road	29	R C Watts
10:40	Seen on corner of Valentine Crescent and Chiltern Road by Denise. Photo taken of birds on T.V.airiel while i was at work just my luck not to be home. from landing window stayed for 20 minutes.
17/12/10	Waxwing	Woose Hill	16	P Bright-Thomas
13:00	Seen by my wife on neighbour's arial ... All of our rowan berries have gone since yesterday, so that would explain it.
17/12/10	Waxwing	Henley-on-Thames (Oxon)	10	I T Chaplin
12:10	Greys Road opposite Saracens Head pub in tall tree.
18/12/10	Waxwing	Tilehurst	6	J E Andrews
10:30	flew over my house calling, heading south (Mayfair).
18/12/10	Waxwing	Newbury	28	S A Graham
09:35	Wow. West end of Queens Rd. overlooking telephone box. Very weary and few berries left in bush. Viewable from my front room :).
18/12/10	Waxwing	Bracknell	80	M Hunt
08:45	Min count, probably over 100 going round Great Hollands Infant school feeding on berries views down to 2 feet, fantastic !!
17/12/10	Waxwing	Slough	60	B J Hollands
11:30	In same tree as last 2 days,berries now all gone.
17/12/10	Waxwing	Wokingham	15	E Napper
12:45	In trees and on TV aeriel on adjacent property in Broad St before flying towards Waitrose car park (just before the snow fell).
17/12/10	Waxwing	Calcot, Reading	38	J Absolom
11:30	high up in trees in linear park by childrens play area then flew to lower tree in fernhurst rd nice pics with blue sky for a change still in area an hour later.
16/12/10	Waxwing	Slough	5	B J Hollands
08:25	In same tree as yesterday,seen on my way to work.
15/12/10	Waxwing	Easthampstead Park	10	A E Little
15:30	mixed flock with redwings.
15/12/10	Waxwing	Binfield	16	M J Barker
13:20	flew onto Silver Birch tree on Knox Green.
15/12/10	Waxwing	Slough	6	B J Hollands
08:00	Between Greystoke Road & Weston Road.Later at midday there were 8 in tree.
15/12/10	Waxwing	Emmer Green	1	H R Netley
09:30	Next to alley oppersite The Hill School. Bonus from going to school play.
14/12/10	Waxwing	Bracknell	14	R Addison
08:10	Flew low over the roundabout heading NW. SU862671.
13/12/10	Waxwing	Cox Green, Maidenhead	12	B Reeve
15:15	In a tree in the playground at Wessex primary school.
13/12/10	Waxwing	Theale	20	G Stewart
12:45	Corner of Crown Street and High Street in tree adjacent to the Crown Public House.
12/12/10	Waxwing	Freeman's Marsh	1	D Seward
08:30
10/12/10	Waxwing	Maidenhead	5	B Clark
10:00	In the area where 2 were seen on 29 November. Couldn't find them 2 hours later. SU892816.
10/12/10	Waxwing	Warfield	4	M Hunt
11:30	Top of the tree at junction Harvest Ride and All Saints Rise.
09/12/10	Waxwing	Birch Hill, Bracknell	64	V Jefferson
12:45	Sighted at the top of the Poplar trees on the Birch Hill Road, opposite the entrance to Ladybank.
09/12/10	Waxwing	Lower Earley	9	N Rampton
13:15	Re-located on corner of Conyglee Close off of Cutbush Lane, initially in tall tree at far end of house on the corner with a stone plaque on the wall saying 'Conyglee Close' , before flying in to garden next door.
09/12/10	Waxwing	Lower Earley	12	D J Mills
09:15	Corner of Cutbush close/Cutbush lane - 6 feeding on Sorbus? bush at bus stop & 6 more at top of adjacent Oak tree. Ufortunately had gone by 09:20 when i returned with binocs , stil no sign at 10:00.
05/12/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	50	R Marsh
14:45	At least this many, good reward for 1.5 hour wait.
05/12/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	60	M Hunt
12:00	c60 flew in then 35 stayed feeding for 30 minutes.
05/12/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	53	D Moden
08:30
05/12/10	Waxwing	Barkham	3	P Bright-Thomas
11:00	At junction Barkham Rd and School Rd.
03/12/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	50	S King
13:00	50 +flying from worlds end hill shops and denmead court.
03/12/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	1	N Cleere
10:15	lonely looking individual at entrance to Turners Drive.
03/12/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	70	T Sweetland
11:30	Now between 70 and 80 birds. The calls are wonderful!
03/12/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	50	T Sweetland
08:00	About 50 birds still present in the Forest Park area. Also a flock of 30-40 Siskin over.
03/12/10	Waxwing	Silwood Park	1	P Saunders
09:30	Still feeding in small fruiting shrub on university campus (in addition to 10+ blackbirds, 3 song thrushes, 5 redwings, 2 fieldfares and several greenfinches!).
03/12/10	Waxwing	Maidenhead	13	B Crathorne
08:45	In Allenby Road, Maidenhead. Feeding on berries etc in trees along the road. SU868813.
02/12/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	1	C Burch
14:00	Just one. But that was enough.... in one of the trees on the left - halfway along Turners Drive, from Station Rd.
02/12/10	Waxwing	Silwood Park	1	P Saunders
10:30	Still showing well on the university campus this morning.
01/12/10	Waxwing	Silwood Park	1	P Saunders
09:30	Single bird showing well on Imperial College campus (no public access) between 09:30 and 11:30hrs at least. SU946687.
01/12/10	Waxwing	Birch Hill, Bracknell	35	M J Taylor
13:25	35-50 in loose flock in trees off Birch Hill Road / Donnybrook.
01/12/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	53	B Reeve
10:00
30/11/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	56	R Dryden
13:30	In the Silver Birch behind the centre until 13:30 when then flew in the direction of Chisbury Close again.
30/11/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	61	R Righelato
11:00	At least 61 birds in the Forest Park shopping area, moving to the poplar in Chisbury Close. What was probably a further flock of 30 joined briefly.
30/11/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	50	L Chalmers
11:00	Sitting in tree behind comunity center and in trees by woodcutter pub. Feeding off berrys in road behind the comunity center. Moved off to warwick road to feed near number 20, then flew back.
30/11/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	43	T Sweetland
08:00	At least 43 this morning perched in the tall poplar tree in Chisbury Close.
29/11/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	50	P Mannion
13:00	In the tall tree behind the shops. Very active, but stayed there for 30 minutes at least.
29/11/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	8	N Cleere
10:00	with small group of starlings at top of tree in Agricola Way. Seems subsequent observers have lost 3 !
29/11/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	5	G Stewart
14:00	Seen in my garden in Turners Drive with Adrian Hickman & Bob Lyle.
29/11/10	Waxwing	Maidenhead	2	B Clark
10:15	In alder on town moor. SU892816.
29/11/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	5	D Reynolds
10:30	Turners Drive (thanks Graeme).
29/11/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	24	T Sweetland
08:05
28/11/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	20	G Stewart
14:40	In top of tree in Thompson Drive.
28/11/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	22	M J Dear
13:00	agricola way.
28/11/10	Waxwing	Birch Hill, Bracknell	23	R F Milligan
13:37	In tall tree behind Birch Hill community centre next to Ladymead.
28/11/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	6	R Keel
13:30	Top of tree in Peachey Drive (with MJD).
28/11/10	Waxwing	Birch Hill, Bracknell	17	G Randall
09:20	Ladybank off Birch Hill Road.
28/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	16	T Sweetland
09:15	at least.
28/11/10	Waxwing	Thatcham	12	G Stewart
	At least 12 in bare tree along Station Road Thatcham,near Kennet School/Turners Drive at 9.00 this morning.
27/11/10	Waxwing	Birch Hill, Bracknell	22	S D Abbott
14:30	In trees by Ladymead and Latimer - from previous sightings and timings today we may have 2 groups of identical size or the single group is pretty mobile.
27/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	23	T Sweetland
14:30	Same as the Birch Hill birds???
27/11/10	Waxwing	Birch Hill, Bracknell	24	B Crathorne
13:30	Feeding/roosting in shrubs on the footpath behind Ladybank off Birch Hill Rd. SU869664.
27/11/10	Waxwing	Birch Hill, Bracknell	11	K Tubb
10:15	Off Birch Hill Road. In trees opposite Ladybank.
27/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	1	T Sweetland
10:00	Just 1 so far today. I could not find any all day yesterday in the Forest Park, Crown Wood area.
25/11/10	Waxwing	World's End	10	B Reeve
13:15
25/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	6	R M Haydon
15:30	15 minute non-feeding visit.
25/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	5	J Absolom
11:40	there for 20 mins chased off by mistlethrush but stayed in area on and off for next hour.
23/11/10	Waxwing	World's End	17	P J Stevens
11:50	showing well in Denmead Court (opposite side of the road from the shops at World's End Hill).
21/11/10	Waxwing	Forest Park, Bracknell	16	M R Kipps
12:30	Originally in Denmead Court. Moved to Chisbury Close. Calling. SU885673.
21/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	16	T Sweetland
09:30	c16 still present for 5 mins then flew towards Savernake Lake.
20/11/10	Waxwing	Bracknell	16	M F Walford
13:24	still present on and off at Worlds End Hill.
20/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	16	T Sweetland
11:45	There back! and in greater numbers. Flighty but favouring the tall beech tree again.
11/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	2	T Sweetland
07:30	Only find 2 in wet and windy weather this morning.
10/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	4	M Whitney
08:30	In tall Beech Tree World's End Hill Bracknell.
10/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	2	R Marsh
12:00	2 at this time but great views of all 4 at 15:00.
10/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	4	M Hunt
13:30	Back up to 4 for the afternoon.
10/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	2	K P Duncan
12:30	In tall Beech tree.
10/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	4	T Sweetland
07:20	Up early this morning!
09/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	4	S King
14:00	small group of what looks like all juv.
09/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	4	T Sweetland
07:45	Still here.
08/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	4	M Kettell
13:00	In large beech tree on Worlds End Hill behind shops. Also 40+ Fieldfares, 1 Redwing.
07/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	4	R C Watts
14:55	From 14:55 till 15:45 still there in top of tree .
07/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	4	T Sweetland
12:30	4 birds returned at around 12:30 and present to 13:45 at least. Also 3 Brambling present with the waxwing for a while.
07/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	5	T Sweetland
07:50	Still present.
06/11/10	Waxwing	World's End	5	C Gent
14:40	feeding again behind shops, then flew W, presumably to another feeding station.
06/11/10	Waxwing	Worldsend Hill, Swinley Park	5	T Sweetland
13:00	Present in trees between the shops and Worlds End Hill in Forest Park until 13:20 when flew in the direction of the Warren. Probably still in the area as there are loads of berries about.