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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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30/12/12 | Waxwing | Peacock Farm, Bracknell | 19 | L R Blundell |
15:30 | In bush opposite Peacock Farm pub. SU8367. | |||
30/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 34 | J Rose |
Feeding on Rose Hips close to the southern end of the western bridge. At one point they fed in a low bush at the N end of this bridge and allowed very close approach. | ||||
30/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | 71 | D A MacKenzie Dodds |
08:00 | Same place (Wykery Copse onto Wykery Copse Green, Peacock Lane & leaning lady roundabout). Watched for over an hour. Quite flighty at dawn. Exact count from photo later at home. Couple of photos at http://www.dmackdimages.co.uk/blog/2012/12/seventy-one-how-apt. | |||
29/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | 55 | I D Paine |
11:50 | on trees in Peacock Lane by roundabout turning for Wokingham. Flew off towards estate. | |||
29/12/12 | Waxwing | Jennet's Park, Bracknell | 55 | M Terry |
09:07 | 55+ mobile around the Wykery Copse green. | |||
28/12/12 | Waxwing | Grazeley | 6 | E Napper |
10:45 | Heard and then seen briefly on berries at jct of Mortimer Road and Bloomfield Hatch Lane. | |||
28/12/12 | Waxwing | Emmer Green | 20 | P E Hutchins |
12:03 | Still about Buckingham Drive to this time, when flushed westwards by a Sparrowhawk. Oherwise, very mobile but repeatedly coming back to the 2nd tree after the roundabout, on heading north, and lingering in the top of this for some time. | |||
27/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 30 | D Cleal |
Circa 30 about 160 yds short of the weir. They were popular with several photographers and I was so busy giving views through my scope to a family passing by, I forgot to get an accurate count! Very confiding. | ||||
27/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | 51 | M Hunt |
On Peacock Lane at Wykery Copse Grid SU849686 feeding on roadside rosehips, precise number counted from photo. | ||||
27/12/12 | Waxwing | Emmer Green | 20 | M F Walford |
10:50 | At the top of oaks behind Buckingham Drive before being flushed by a Red Kite and flew east. | |||
26/12/12 | Waxwing | Earley | 12 | T Alexander |
13:00 | on berries at community centre by wokingham rad. SU746712. | |||
26/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 28 | P Driver |
12:00 | very confiding along the path near second bridge, brightening many families constitutionals. | |||
26/12/12 | Waxwing | Emmer Green | 19 | D White |
Usual place on Buckingham Drive. | ||||
25/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 29 | B Crathorne |
13:00 | Feeding on rose hips. | |||
23/12/12 | Waxwing | Whiteknights Park, Reading | 1 | P Gipson |
13:48 | Tree nr Windsor Hall, flew S towards Pepper Lane. | |||
23/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 27 | B Reeve |
09:00 | ||||
21/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 12 | R Marsh |
14:50 | Received a text from Geoff Emmett saying he saw 12+ Waxwings, in tree tops opposite the petrol station at the junction of Henley Rd & Lower Henley Rd. | |||
21/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 25 | A Cooper |
10:30 | feeding on hawthorn berries. | |||
21/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 30 | S Brown |
Feeding on Hawthorne near river. SU930794. | ||||
21/12/12 | Waxwing | Crowthorne | 20 | I Twyford |
Mobile along Merryman Drive close to Heathlake. | ||||
20/12/12 | Waxwing | Emmer Green | 5 | A M Horscroft |
15:00 | Still present 15.00 till 15.30 at least, in trees opposite Buckingham Drive. | |||
20/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 20 | T Warwick |
09:15 | Flock of 20-25 sitting in large tree outside Screwfix exactly as described by earlier posters on this site. Occasional sorties to feed on the still plentiful berries opposite, but they are easily disturbed. SU805679. | |||
19/12/12 | Waxwing | Emmer Green | 5 | M F Walford |
13:50 | on berries on Buckingham Drive near the Esso garage on the Peppard Road (per Hugh Netley). | |||
19/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 24 | T Keene |
11:15 | Perched in the oak outside Screwfix and making occasional sorties into the rowans on the other side of the road. They seemed easily spooked by passers-by and lorries. | |||
18/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 22 | P J Crowley |
14:30 | Flock in tree outside Screwfix in Molly MIllar's Lane, feeding on berries on small trees on opposite side of road. | |||
18/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 20 | J Beever |
11:00 | From car park walk along path and birds were feeding on hips in area before 1st bridge. | |||
18/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 24 | S Dimond |
12:00 | On Molly Millar's Lane still by Screwfix. Accurate count. | |||
17/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 20 | D Beever |
14:45 | ||||
17/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 10 | N G Giles |
13:00 | I work close-by and these have been seen in the tree for last few days feeding on berries. Postcode RG41 2RX. Located adjacent to Screwfix. | |||
17/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 10 | D Ord |
12:30 | Still lots of berries on trees opposite so they may stay here a while. SU8067. | |||
16/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 10 | P Bright-Thomas |
14:30 | Around 10 still at top of tree outside Screwfix on Molly Millar's Lane. There are berries remaining on the rowans opposite, good chance they'll be back tomorrow morning. | |||
16/12/12 | Waxwing | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 20 | R Ness |
10:00 | West of 1st bridge for an hour but flushed by Sparrowhawk and did not return. | |||
16/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 11 | P Burden |
10:15 | At least 11 sitting in large oak tree next to Screwfix on Molly Millars Lane. | |||
16/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 13 | D A MacKenzie Dodds |
09:00 | Still there, feeding on two wee rowans, by screwfix, molly millars lane. Disappeared for 15 mins or so (spooked by a crow) but soon returned and watched for an hour or so. Still quite a few berries left. A few photos at the link. http://www.dmackdimages.co.uk/blog/2012/12/more-waxwings. | |||
15/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 13 | G Randall |
12:30 | On molly millars lane, by screwfix. | |||
15/12/12 | Waxwing | Wokingham | 4 | P Bright-Thomas |
10:30 | On Molly Millars Lane, by Screwfix. Feeding on berries by large blue and grey office building. | |||
14/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 30 | J Bishop |
09:00 | Meadow way, Caversham again (off Amersham Road, near Red Cow pub). This time sticking to the East side of the estate. 30 is an approx number. Sitting on TV masts and dropping down to feed on berries. Very active and flighty. . | |||
13/12/12 | Waxwing | Pangbourne | 12 | S Harley |
10:15 | Again in tree behind Star pub. | |||
12/12/12 | Waxwing | Pangbourne | 12 | R Gilham |
14:36 | Still present in trees behind The Star. (Per PEH). | |||
12/12/12 | Waxwing | Pangbourne | 12 | P E Hutchins |
13:24 | Present and showing very well in the trees behind The Star, just east of Pangbourne Place. | |||
12/12/12 | Waxwing | Pangbourne | 11 | K Booth Jones |
12:30 | Resting in tree behind The Star pub. | |||
11/12/12 | Waxwing | Reading | 15 | D Flack |
15:15 | In the bushes/shrubs near Black Boy roundabout (on the right hand side,when coming down Shinfield Road from town), a group of about 12 perched together and then 3 slightly separated from the group. | |||
11/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | 9 | M Jones |
14:00 | Sorry you missed them, Michael. They were up to 9 when I saw them again at 14:00. They appeared to do a circuit which took them out of sight for about 40mins; into Wickery Copse. Then out they came again onto #6's TV aerial. I spoke to the owner and said that us birders would do our best not to disturb her. SU849686. | |||
11/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | M Hunt | |
No sign at 13:00hrs or again at 15:30. | ||||
11/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | 8 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:15 | Peacock Lane/Butler Drive. Noted taking frost crystals from roof ridge (presumably as water), and also possibly removing grit from cement on chimney stack. | |||
11/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | 8 | M Jones |
10:00 | Sitting ontop of a TV aerial, then circling across the road (take care!) to feed on the berries. See photos. SU849686. | |||
11/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | 8 | M Hunt |
Corner of Butler drive, flew east at 09:40. | ||||
11/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | 8 | C Gent |
still present 9:30 this morning. | ||||
10/12/12 | Waxwing | Bracknell | 6 | M Hunt |
14:55 | On aerial of No. 6 Butler Drive, Jennetts Park. Near to Peacock Farm PH. Feeding on berries outside No.2 and across the main road. After walking round JennettsPk/Southern Inds/Twin Bridges every day for six weeks I walked past them and my wife found them first! | |||
08/12/12 | Waxwing | Hungerford | 39 | R Gilham |
15:32 | At Middleton's Close. (Per PEH). | |||
08/12/12 | Waxwing | Hungerford | 30 | P E Hutchins |
13:00 | Minimum count of birds still present at this time (per one of my postmen!). Still in trees about the A4 / A338 junction at the eastern end of the town. | |||
08/12/12 | Waxwing | Hungerford | 30 | C Burch |
11:15 | Large flock, present in tree by Cottrell Close on A4. | |||
08/12/12 | Waxwing | Hungerford | 39 | P Bysh |
09:10 | In and around Middleton's Close right by the road next to the Shell Garage. | |||
07/12/12 | Waxwing | Maidenhead | 12 | B Crathorne |
15:30 | Flying over Maidenhead golf course at dusk heading west towards Shoppenhangers Rd near Desborough School. | |||
03/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | J Bishop | |
13:30 | No sign at Meadow Way for around half an hour when I checked back at 13:30, briefly checked the surrounding area too. | |||
03/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 28 | C Foster |
11:30 | Still on meadow way. Very flighty, mobile. | |||
03/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 33 | R Dryden |
08:35 | Maximum count along Meadow Way, it had dropped to 29 when I left. Not many berries left. SU727745. | |||
03/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 20 | J Bishop |
09:00 | Flock still present at Meadow Way this morning, 20 was an approx count as I running late! Seemed a lot more scittish than the last couple of days. | |||
02/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 22 | S Dimond |
15:00 | On Meadow Way. One has clearly gone AWOL since this morning. | |||
02/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 23 | R C Watts |
08:20 | From 08:20 till 10:40 still . Feeding on Mountain Ash Berrys in Meadow Way . seen with Richard Sajdak.Richard Marsh. D Seward and G Finch. | |||
02/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 23 | R Marsh |
09:15 | Still at Meadow Way, # increased since yesterday and berry stocks depleted. Seen with: R Sajdak, R Watts, D Seward, G Finch. | |||
01/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 13 | P E Hutchins |
13:07 | Still present and showing well in trees on the southern side of Meadow Way, dropping to feed on an ornamental Mountain Ash to the west of the refuse bin 'compound'. | |||
01/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 15 | R Marsh |
11:55 | Still there, per Richard Sajdak. Meadow Way, off Amersham Rd. | |||
01/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 13 | J Bishop |
11:30 | Still present at 11:30. Meadow Way housing estate, Caversham. Moving between row of trees on south-west edge of estate and waste ground south of estate. Some photos here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jgvljgiz2kwvya2/qARzL27wcu . | |||
01/12/12 | Waxwing | Caversham | 17 | R Righelato |
reported by Jake Bishop this morning on west side of Meadow Way. | ||||
15/11/12 | Waxwing | Moss End | 11 | L R Blundell |
15:45 | Over high. Not starlings and did not look like thrushes. | |||
20/02/12 | Waxwing | Winnersh | 30 | R Addison |
17:00 | c30 flew across the A329M just north of the M4 junction, heading SW-ish. I had a quick check along the A329 from Winnersh Triangle up to Sainsburys where the flock was last year but no sign. | |||
17/02/12 | Waxwing | The Wharf, Newbury | 6 | T Bunce |
13:20 | Seen beside the A339. Traffic was slow at the time. No more than 20 ft from the car. Looked like they were pecking crab apples in small tree beside the road. Possibly more than 6. |