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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
10/10/10	Common Tern	Wraysbury GPs	1	M Hunt
09:00
28/09/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	5	K E Moore
14:00	inc 1 ad.
16/09/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
13:30	ad.
16/09/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
07:20	juv.
15/09/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
07:00	juv.
15/09/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
08:55	Ad + juv.
13/09/10	Common Tern	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	B M Archer
07:30	Flying over, heading south. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/09/10	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	M F Walford
	juv. Key holders only.
10/09/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
07:30
08/09/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	P Gipson
17:55
08/09/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
08:50	juvs.
06/09/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
11:45	Juv. flew on to raft - with A. Berryman.
03/09/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
09:10	2 juv.
30/08/10	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	M F Walford
	Key holders only.
28/08/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
17:30
28/08/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	3	R Marsh
10:10	Pr adults + 1 juv. on raft. None seen on island.
27/08/10	Common Tern	Fobney Meadow	1	P Gipson
15:10
27/08/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
08:50	2 juvs, 1 unfledged on shingle isl.
24/08/10	Common Tern	Green Park	1	P Gipson
13:20
23/08/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	13	F J Cottington
14:30	+ flock of 20+ flew thru South at 15:26.
22/08/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
15:30	2-3 singles during two-hour period.
20/08/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
19:00	Late for this site.
19/08/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	11	F J Cottington
09:30	1-2 juvs.
15/08/10	Common Tern	South Lake, Woodley	2	P Gipson
15:50	1 caught and carried off fish (to Lea Farm Reserve?).
15/08/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
19:30	Late in year for this site.
14/08/10	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	3	K P Duncan

11/08/10	Common Tern	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:00	ad. Low S.
10/08/10	Common Tern	Summerleaze GP	3	D Cleal
	2 juvs.
10/08/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	25	F J Cottington
08:20	Minimum 25 young, including 3 fully fledged on floating raft.
09/08/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
19:15	Ad heading off towards Lea Farm Reserve with a fish.
09/08/10	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	1	R Dryden
13:30
08/08/10	Common Tern	South Lake, Woodley	1	P Gipson

08/08/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson

07/08/10	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	T G Ball
16:20
07/08/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	28	T G Ball
16:00
06/08/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	20	F J Cottington
10:00	At least 20 chicks, obviously creating high demand for food from adults, around 5 adults remain to protect the young from Jackdaws - seem to be just about holding the fort.
05/08/10	Common Tern	Green Park	1	P Gipson
17:00	Ad, 1 (same?) later near Fobney Lock.
04/08/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	16	F J Cottington
09:15	At least 16 chicks, only 1-2 under a week old, the rest half way to fledging.
01/08/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
18:00	Heading off towards Lea Farm GP, chased by B h Gull so probably carrying a fish. Adult singles still regular here, no juvs yet.
01/08/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	1	A Rymer
16:00	On shigle island.
28/07/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake		F J Cottington
07:40	16+ young chicks on shingle isl.
24/07/10	Common Tern	Fobney Meadow	1	A Absolom
19:30	fishing along the holy brook.
21/07/10	Common Tern	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	6	B M Archer
07:30	2 juv. Please only view from the public footpath.
19/07/10	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	10	R H Stansfield
18:00	9 ad's + 1 Juv (colour ringed on right leg, looked like green over white).
19/07/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	4	T Bunce
20:45
17/07/10	Common Tern	Maidenhead	1	S D Abbott
19:00	By Maidenhead bridge.
17/07/10	Common Tern	Green Park	2	P Gipson
	Also in song 2 Sedge Warblers, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff. 1 Brown Argus, 1 Fox.
14/07/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	5	P Bright-Thomas
20:30	2 ad + 3 j. On new workings, one juv already with plain grey mantle.
14/07/10	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P Bright-Thomas
13:30	ad. W. Key holders only.
14/07/10	Common Tern	Lower Denford	2	R G Hardy
	Pair along the canal.
13/07/10	Common Tern	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	4	M Sklar
11:45	1 adult with 3 fledged young. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/07/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake		F J Cottington
18:00	5 fledged young, 2 with rings SR47127 & SR47134 rung at Moor Green 2nd July (per Tim Ball), 5 about to fledge on shingle island, c15 hatched young currently.
13/07/10	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	5	K E Moore
16:00	on the island.
12/07/10	Common Tern	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
19:15	Heading N.
12/07/10	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	12	R Collins
19:15
12/07/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	5	R Marsh
15:10	At least 5 fledged juv's seen.
12/07/10	Common Tern	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:15	ad. Heading NW with quite large prey item.
11/07/10	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	T G Ball
10:45
11/07/10	Common Tern	Woose Hill	2	E Napper
07:00	Over garden flying NW calling. One with a fish in its beak.
09/07/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake		F J Cottington
10:45	The two juveniles from the floating raft have fledged. 24-29 pairs on shingle isl, 11+ young.
03/07/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	15	T G Ball
11:00	15 chicks ringed, appropriate number of adults also present.
01/07/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	30	F J Cottington
20:30	16 or more pairs sitting or with young shingle island.
30/06/10	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	8	K E Moore
13:30	alternating between Hosehill and Theale Main. One had BTO type metal ring on its right leg.
29/06/10	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	10	M Sklar
08:45	Including 3 young.
29/06/10	Common Tern	Fobney Meadow	1	A Absolom
19:30	feeding along holy brook.
24/06/10	Common Tern	Hamstead Marshall	1	R G Hardy

24/06/10	Common Tern	Hungerford	1	S D Abbott
13:00	Over Hungerford train station heading west.
24/06/10	Common Tern	Lower Denford	1	R G Hardy
	Hawking along the canal.
22/06/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes		B M Archer
07:00	At least 5 chicks now.
20/06/10	Common Tern	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
16:00	Pair.
19/06/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	7	R Marsh
10:15	2 chicks on raft, 5 smaller chicks on shingle island. A large dog fox was seen wandering among the corvids on the far bank.
19/06/10	Common Tern	Padworth Lane GP	4	R J Burness
11:00	Pair with 2 just-hatched young on the small shingle island.
19/06/10	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes		B M Archer
08:00	juv. 2 chicks on waters edge, probably more in the foliage on the island.
18/06/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	23	F J Cottington
14:15	Colony seems to be growing, now have 16 or more birds sitting on shingle island, 1 with chick, more pairs displaying and mating, 2 chicks still on floating island.
16/06/10	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	1	R Dryden
13:30
15/06/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	3	T Bunce
18:30
15/06/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
10:00	Chicks only a few days old on raft, being fed by adults. Still 20+ adults sitting on island.
13/06/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
	Singles daily.
13/06/10	Common Tern	Mapledurham Lock	3	C Burch
12:00
13/06/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	8	R H Stansfield
11:30	ad. Feeding over lake.
13/06/10	Common Tern	Padworth Lane GP	4	R Crawford
05:25
10/06/10	Common Tern	Lower Denford	2	R G Hardy
	Pair hawking along the canal.
10/06/10	Common Tern	Loddon Nature Reserve, Twyford GPs	5	R C Watts
11:10	over island and on.
08/06/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	10	M Sklar
12:30	Tern island. Probably more concealed by vegetation.
07/06/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	13	F J Cottington
13:00	At least 9 sitting, possibly 10.
05/06/10	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	2	C Burch
12:50	Adult feeding juvenille that was perched on Water depth marker by Hide. Also present, 1 GC Grebe, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Pochard.
04/06/10	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	4	C Burch
10:00	Perched on 'tern raft' then flying around lake looking for food.
01/06/10	Common Tern	Loddon Nature Reserve, Twyford GPs	20	A D Bassett
15:00	About 10 pairs nesting on island.
27/05/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	20	M Sklar
10:00	CLN.
22/05/10	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	4	J E Andrews
14:00	Trying to get on raft, but 2 Cormorant kept waiving sticks at them!!!! Also 2 m Pochard.
22/05/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	12	F J Cottington
05:00	Colony now beginning to develop, 4-6 pairs displaying, 30 birds reported roosting last night.
21/05/10	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Dryden
13:20
21/05/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	18	M Sklar
10:45
20/05/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	8	F J Cottington
07:35	At least 4 pairs prospecting shingle island, plus sitting bird on floating island.
18/05/10	Common Tern	Greenham Common	2	R Crawford
06:20	Please keep to the main paths.
19/05/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
13:30	Pair on floating island with the BH Gulls.
18/05/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	2	D Dowling
09:00
17/05/10	Common Tern	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	2	J Baker
18:00	Pair. Food caught on the same lake was exchanged several times.
16/05/10	Common Tern	Jubilee River	2	K Jones
16:00	On island just to west of M4 bridge. Looks like they were nesting.
15/05/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	D Flack
11:10	on the main lake for about 5 minutes.
14/05/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	10	M Sklar
13:20	CLN.
12/05/10	Common Tern	Padworth Lane GP	7	P E Hutchins
20:00	Also a Redshank, Cormorant and four Greylag, two being goslings, present.
12/05/10	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	14	B M Archer
07:00
11/05/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	6	M Sklar
10:45	CLN. 10 seen at 12:30. 1 pair observed copulating.
11/05/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	7	P Bright-Thomas
06:30	On tern island close to hide ... BH gulls in the low tens.
10/05/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	2	T Bunce
20:00
09/05/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	5	M Sklar
10:15	CLN.
06/05/10	Common Tern	Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Angus

06/05/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	4	R C Watts
11:45
06/05/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	7	M Sklar
10:30
06/05/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	2	P Bright-Thomas
07:30	On CLN.
05/05/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	2	T Bunce
20:00
04/05/10	Common Tern	Thatcham GPs	12	G Stewart
	On Tern Raft at Discovery Centre.
04/05/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	2	T Bunce
19:45
02/05/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	20	P Driver
16:53	and 1 lrp, from M4 end.
02/05/10	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	2	P Driver
16:17	many swift and swallow, not much else.
02/05/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP		R C Watts
11:10
01/05/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	R J Burness
09:00
01/05/10	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	1	J Chivers
08:30
30/04/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	7	M Sklar
09:30	On and around tern island.
30/04/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	10	P Bright-Thomas
19:05	Peak count, fewer when the rain had ended.
29/04/10	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	4	A Cooper
19:30
29/04/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	11	R Marsh
11:00
29/04/10	Common Tern	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh
09:30
28/04/10	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	D Harris
14:00
28/04/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	2	T Bunce
19:30
28/04/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	8	R Marsh
10:50
28/04/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	10	F J Cottington
14:36
27/04/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	10	F J Cottington
12:45	4 BSL, 6+ over Lea Farm GP to Sandford, could have been up to 14.
27/04/10	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	M Sklar
09:00	Pair, 1 offering fish to the other. Total of 5 birds at 11:30.
26/04/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	1	K E Moore
10:30	single flew through.
26/04/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	6	K E Moore
09:00
26/04/10	Common Tern	Wraysbury Scrub	2	S King
14:00
26/04/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	7	F J Cottington
14:00	A few birds moving thru, 1-2 with longish tail streamers, none seen well enough to claim Arctic.
26/04/10	Common Tern	South Lake, Woodley	3	J C Langridge
09:00
26/04/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	7	R Marsh
11:40
25/04/10	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
	1st here this year.
26/04/10	Common Tern	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
07:45	Low E, 3rd garden record.
25/04/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
15:30	Tern Island.
25/04/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:00	Dropped in briefly with 5 Black-headed Gulls.
25/04/10	Common Tern	Dinton Pastures CP	4	N Rampton
08:30	On Black Swan Lake aswell as House Martin and Swallows.
24/04/10	Common Tern	Thatcham Marsh	5	S A Graham
16:00	Also male Red-crested Pochard. presumably later seen at Lf.
24/04/10	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	3	N Cleere
16:50	seen with SG.
24/04/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	18	K E Moore
15:00	resting on and off the sailing club raft , whilst being harassed by windsurfers and yachts.
24/04/10	Common Tern	Jubilee River	2	R Marsh
11:30	Back & forth over river.
24/04/10	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	K P Duncan
11:30
24/04/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	2	G Randall
10:00
23/04/10	Common Tern	Slough SF	1	K P Duncan
06:30
23/04/10	Common Tern	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	M F Walford
13:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
23/04/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
11:00	Also 2 Teal and approx. 30 Tufted Ducks.
22/04/10	Common Tern	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	R Angus
11:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
22/04/10	Common Tern	Green Park	1	N Rampton
16:50	Flew through alongLongwater Lake towards Reading Relief Road.
22/04/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	1	K E Moore
12:00	flew straight through to the west.
22/04/10	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	R Dryden
13:20
22/04/10	Common Tern	Dinton Pastures CP	3	R Reedman
10:00	On Black Swan Lake.
21/04/10	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	M Sklar
12:45	Tried to settle on Tern island but chased off by BH gulls. Then seen by the hide.
21/04/10	Common Tern	Thatcham Marsh	1	A E Hickman
	On tern raft.
21/04/10	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	1	M G McCarthy
13:00
21/04/10	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	3	J Chivers
10:00
21/04/10	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	B M Archer
06:00
20/04/10	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	T Alexander
08:00
20/04/10	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
09:00	Seen flying over lake at 9:00 and 10:45 this morning. Being harrassed by a crow on later sighting. .
19/04/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	R J Burness
11:30
17/04/10	Common Tern	Thatcham GPs	2	R Keel
19:00
14/04/10	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	K E Moore
14:45
11/04/10	Common Tern	Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
	Couldn't see Little Gull this evening.
06/04/10	Common Tern	Thatcham GPs	1	G Stewart
	First tern seen at Discovery Centre this year.
06/04/10	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	K Spring
13:30
24/03/10	Common Tern	Lower Denford	1	R G Hardy
13:50	Along the river.