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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2010 and 31/12/2010.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
28/12/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	1000	F J Cottington
12:15	Huge flock with many feeding on landfill, but frequently returning to lake.
27/12/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	650	F J Cottington
11:30	Good numbers still.
26/12/10	Wigeon	Datchet	1	K P Duncan
	on the Thames.
26/12/10	Wigeon	Wraysbury GPs	130	J M Clark
14:00	all Kingsmead Island.
26/12/10	Wigeon	Fobney Meadow	4	A Absolom
15:00	on holy brook+ 1 shoveler duck seen with d.p.
24/12/10	Wigeon	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	250	N Cleere
11:45	250+.
22/12/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	250	R Marsh
10:00	250 - 300. Hard to get an accurate count with so many species tightly packed together. Also 150+ Teal, 100 x Canada Geese, 1 x Common Gull, 6 x Mute Swan and 1 x Lapwing.
21/12/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	800	R Righelato
12:00	800-1000.
20/12/10	Wigeon	Woodley Airfield	40	F J Cottington
23:02	40-50 flew low W over my garden.
20/12/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	200	F J Cottington
11:15	Guestimate.
19/12/10	Wigeon	Lower Farm Trout Lake	200	N Cleere
11:00	+.
18/12/10	Wigeon	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	500	J E Andrews
08:30	also 80+ Pochard,100+ Tufties in 3 small areas of water. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/12/10	Wigeon	Queen Mother Reservoir	5	M J McKee
09:15	Key holders only.
12/12/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	200	A Rymer
11:30	Two large flocks grazing on landfill.
09/12/10	Wigeon	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	538	R Crawford
16:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
09/12/10	Wigeon	Moor Green Lakes	44	R F Milligan
11:20
09/12/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	370	F J Cottington
12:45
08/12/10	Wigeon	White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	14	F J Cottington
12:15
07/12/10	Wigeon	Twyford GPs	50	L R Blundell
15:15	50+ wigeon, few tufty and gadwall, 1 little grebe.
06/12/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	250	F J Cottington
12:45	Plus 12 WSL, 1 Sandford.
06/12/10	Wigeon	Cock Marsh	20	P J Newbound
09:30
04/12/10	Wigeon	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	12	R Collins
15:30
02/12/10	Wigeon	Woolhampton GPs	2	T Bunce
14:30	1m 1f.
30/11/10	Wigeon	Twyford GPs	100	A D Bassett
12:30	Estimate.
30/11/10	Wigeon	Loddon Nature Reserve, Twyford GPs	143	A D Bassett
12:30	At least.
30/11/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	100	F J Cottington
14:15	Quite a number more left before I arrived due to sheep farmer arriving.
29/11/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	110	R Marsh
11:30	Approx. count - on landfill. Also 60+ Teal on lake.
22/11/10	Wigeon	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	14	K P Duncan

17/11/10	Wigeon	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	45	M Sklar
12:30	Approx.
17/11/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	36	R Marsh
09:40	Also 60 x Starling on landfill and 280 x Canada Geese arrived on lake.
13/11/10	Wigeon	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	179	J E Andrews
09:00	Also 130 Gadwall, 98 Mute Swan. Please only view from the public footpath.
05/11/10	Wigeon	Woodley	6	J C Langridge
	Ashenbury Park lake.
06/11/10	Wigeon	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	50	F J Cottington
16:50	1 on bund, 40-50 flew in from Twyford pits direction, probably due to fireworks and a large bonfire NW of Lodge Wood maybe Lands End area. Also 7 more Shoveler, 20+ Tufted Duck, 30 Gadwall.
03/11/10	Wigeon	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	30	M Sklar
11:00	Minimum count.
31/10/10	Wigeon	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	249	J E Andrews
08:15	also 67 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler, 110 Mute Swan, and 4 Pochard. Please only view from the public footpath.
28/10/10	Wigeon	Moor Green Lakes	79	J M Clark
	+ 15 on Hants side.
28/10/10	Wigeon	Moor Green Lakes	100	A Berryman
	Probably more .... poss 150.
27/10/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	22	R Marsh
09:00
26/10/10	Wigeon	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	A Berryman

16/10/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	23	A Berryman
13:00	mixed sex.
15/10/10	Wigeon	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	149	R Crawford
15:40	Please only view from the public footpath.
15/10/10	Wigeon	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	17	K P Duncan

12/10/10	Wigeon	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	12	M Sklar
11:30	North lake.
12/10/10	Wigeon	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	12	M Sklar
10:30	South lake.
12/10/10	Wigeon	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	56	M Sklar
10:30
10/10/10	Wigeon	Thatcham GPs	4	G Stewart
	Discovery centre pit-first time I have seen Wigeon on this pit in over 10 years watching here.
07/10/10	Wigeon	Moor Green Lakes	25	R F Milligan
16:25	m. and f.
03/10/10	Wigeon	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	103	J E Andrews
08:45	Also 46 Gadwall, 55 Mute Swan. Please only view from the public footpath.
01/10/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	39	F J Cottington
12:30	Several in SW corner feeding in vegetation.
30/09/10	Wigeon	Moor Green Lakes	6	R F Milligan
15:50
26/09/10	Wigeon	Woodley	1	R C Watts
12:15	Ashenbury Park lake Waingels Road.
25/09/10	Wigeon	Moor Green Lakes	4	A Berryman
15:00	On tern island. All males.
24/09/10	Wigeon	Lower Farm GP	4	A E Hickman
12:30
21/09/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	4	F J Cottington
09:05
20/09/10	Wigeon	Moor Green Lakes	6	R F Milligan
15:35	m and f.
20/09/10	Wigeon	Jubilee River	5	G Randall
12:30
18/09/10	Wigeon	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	5	K P Duncan

16/09/10	Wigeon	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	15	R C Watts

16/09/10	Wigeon	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	17	R Crawford
08:30
13/09/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	26	F J Cottington
08:15
11/09/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	10	R Marsh
10:30
10/09/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	11	F J Cottington
08:00
09/09/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	7	R Marsh
12:00	Wheatear reported in hide log @ 10.00 today by BM.
07/09/10	Wigeon	Hurst Green GP, Twyford GPs	3	A D Bassett

07/09/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	6	R Marsh
15:05
06/09/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	4	R Marsh
10:20
03/09/10	Wigeon	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	4	K E Moore
13:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
03/09/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	7	F J Cottington
09:40
31/08/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	3	A D Bassett
15:45	Ruff (juv probably female) and Green Sand still present.
30/08/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	2	D P Nash
17:00	pair on the far edge from the hide. suspected immediately from russet colour and white flashes. Most identifiable when male went ashore to groom and revealed large area of white belly under his basically russet upper parts. Seems a bit early for returning birds?
29/08/10	Wigeon	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	5	R H Stansfield
17:30	Numbers increasing every day.
28/08/10	Wigeon	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	R H Stansfield
17:30
28/08/10	Wigeon	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
16:30
28/08/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
10:10	m. Eclipse. Among flock of Can. Geese near right edge of lake.
26/08/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
11:05	m. Eclipse plumage.
18/08/10	Wigeon	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
06:50
22/07/10	Wigeon	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
15:00	Eclipse male.
19/06/10	Wigeon	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	T G Ball
08:55	m+f.
18/06/10	Wigeon	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes		B M Archer
06:30	pair.
29/05/10	Wigeon	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	1	K E Moore
11:00	fem. Please only view from the public footpath.
21/05/10	Wigeon	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
06:50	m.
20/05/10	Wigeon	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
13:30	drk.
14/05/10	Wigeon	Slough SF	1	K P Duncan
17:00	fem.
20/04/10	Wigeon	Woolhampton GPs	1	N Cleere
09:10	drake.
18/04/10	Wigeon	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
08:00	ad male. also 4 Gadwall. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/10	Wigeon	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	2	P Driver
07:30	duck and drake. Please only view from the public footpath.
07/04/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
07:30	pair.
03/04/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	11	F J Cottington
17:45
01/04/10	Wigeon	Eversley GP	17	J M Clark
19:30
01/04/10	Wigeon	Woolhampton GPs	1	N Cleere
08:30	m.
29/03/10	Wigeon	Woolhampton GPs	1	M Hunt
13:30	On the smaller pond.
29/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	20	F J Cottington
14:30
29/03/10	Wigeon	Borough Marsh	3	R Dryden
13:00	2m/1f.
28/03/10	Wigeon	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	18	J E Andrews
09:15	Almost empty of ducks, also 8 Pochard and 3 Egyptian Goose. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/03/10	Wigeon	Moor Green Lakes	25	P Bysh
13:30
20/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	90	F J Cottington
10:00	Approx.
18/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	70	F J Cottington
16:15
16/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	150	F J Cottington
08:30
15/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	90	F J Cottington
17:15	Flushed by farmer in 4x4 and dog running along lake edge. Most returned after they left.
13/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	110	F J Cottington
06:10
13/03/10	Wigeon	Woolhampton GPs	13	K G White
07:15
12/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	147	F J Cottington
08:10	141 on lake, plus 6 over N.
11/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	100	A Rymer
08:00	100+.
10/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	70	F J Cottington
08:20
07/03/10	Wigeon	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	S Hunt
18:00	seen here http://apps.facebook.com/birdwatching/sighting?yozu.
08/03/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	95	F J Cottington
08:20
07/03/10	Wigeon	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	K P Duncan
17:00
03/03/10	Wigeon	Dinton Pastures CP	1	S King
15:00
27/02/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	70	F J Cottington
11:30	All flushed from SE corner by jogger, who now knows not to go there.
21/02/10	Wigeon	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	90	P Bright-Thomas
11:00	On E pit, quite a good count for recent years. Please only view from the public footpath.
20/02/10	Wigeon	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	8	K P Duncan

18/02/10	Wigeon	Berrys Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	A J Packer
12:15	m/f.
13/02/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	50	F J Cottington
09:45	Approx.
12/02/10	Wigeon	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP		G Rowing
16:00
09/02/10	Wigeon	Wraysbury GPs	164	J M Clark
	also 60 MS, 4 Teal, 653 Coot, 19 GCG, 1 Little Grebe.
07/02/10	Wigeon	Burnthouse Lane GP (N), Pingewood GPs	100	R J Burness
09:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
31/01/10	Wigeon	Loddon Nature Reserve, Twyford GPs	400	R Righelato
13:00
05/02/10	Wigeon	Loddon Nature Reserve, Twyford GPs	200	R Righelato
15:00
05/02/10	Wigeon	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	312	B M Archer
15:00
02/02/10	Wigeon	Yateley	83	J M Clark
	on gravel pits.
01/02/10	Wigeon	Eversley GP	327	J M Clark

02/02/10	Wigeon	Eversley GP	412	J M Clark
16:00
02/02/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	208	A D Bassett
14:00	Min count.
02/02/10	Wigeon	Loddon Nature Reserve, Twyford GPs	290	A D Bassett
10:00	Min count, undoubtedly more. Lake semi frozen.
01/02/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	100	F J Cottington
08:15	Approx.
31/01/10	Wigeon	Lower Farm GP	150	N Cleere
15:00	+. GP not 99.9% frozen - more like 85%.
31/01/10	Wigeon	Lea Farm Lake	102	F J Cottington
12:00
31/01/10	Wigeon	Lower Farm GP	50	S A Graham
11:00	Approx. count with the Gp 99.9% frozen; lesser numbers of other ducks, but no Mallard.
30/01/10	Wigeon	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	7	K P Duncan

24/01/10	Wigeon	Lower Farm GP	100	N Cleere
11:00	at least.
17/01/10	Wigeon	Lower Farm GP	27	S A Graham
13:30	There is still a thin layer of ice over much of the Gp.
17/01/10	Wigeon	Woolhampton GPs	4	K G White
10:30
10/01/10	Wigeon	Lower Farm GP	84	S A Graham
12:00	Fourteen on the ice before three flocks parachuted in, perhaps another dozen flying onto the Tl.
02/01/10	Wigeon	Lower Farm GP	90	S A Graham
15:00	Earlier count of c105 per log book.