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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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28/10/14 | Hobby | Lower Farm GP | 1 | J Chivers |
09:00 | ||||
25/09/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Dawson |
16:30 | CLS. | |||
24/09/14 | Hobby | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
24/09/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
12:01 | Hawking over Manor Farm/Honey Field. S/W GD&TR. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
22/09/14 | Hobby | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
19/09/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Dawson |
15:15 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
18/09/14 | Hobby | Barkham | 1 | S D Bee |
07:00 | Over garden - new tick. | |||
15/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
14/09/14 | Hobby | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | M F Walford |
14/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R C Watts |
12:55 | Seen from Bittern Hide. | |||
14/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
13/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | S Day |
12/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | A Rymer |
12:30 | High over car park. | |||
12/09/14 | Hobby | Queen Mother Reservoir | 1 | P J Newbound |
16:00 | Key holders only. | |||
11/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
14:30 | ad. Very good views over car park. | |||
11/09/14 | Hobby | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10/09/14 | Hobby | Lower Farm GP | 2 | G Stewart |
15:00 | Seen for good hour and half, catching dragonflies and also perching in trees in NW corner. Seen with Bob Lyle & Mike Gurr. | |||
10/09/14 | Hobby | Lower Farm GP | 2 | B Lyle |
14:45 | still there at 16.15. s.w GJS ,MG. | |||
10/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | R Marsh |
11:50 | High over, along with several Buzzards. | |||
10/09/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | P Kendall |
12:00 | ad+juv. Hawking low over East Fen, very good views from the bridleway. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
09/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
14:15 | ||||
08/09/14 | Hobby | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 1 | J C Morgan |
13:00 | ||||
07/09/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Murfitt |
09:30 | Hunting insects low over New Workings. | |||
07/09/14 | Hobby | Padworth Common | 1 | T G Ball |
08:00 | Flying west without pausing. | |||
07/09/14 | Hobby | Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S Day |
12:40 | ||||
06/09/14 | Hobby | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
16:00 | ||||
06/09/14 | Hobby | Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
06/09/14 | Hobby | Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Jinks |
12:30 | Hunting dragonflies. Great views from the hide. | |||
05/09/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 3 | R F Milligan |
11:25 | Manor Farm/Honey Field. S/W GD & TR. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
05/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | L Seward |
08:35 | ||||
04/09/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 3 | R Jinks |
Hunting over diggings. Please only view from the public footpath. | ||||
04/09/14 | Hobby | Greenham Common | 1 | M J Dear |
Please keep to the main paths. | ||||
04/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
11:15 | High over drifting NE. | |||
03/09/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | P Boult |
Please only view from the public footpath. | ||||
03/09/14 | Hobby | Fairview Avenue, Earley | 1 | M S Whitaker |
20:30 | As dusk was falling I was alerted to a high-pitched screaming in the sky and saw the silhouette of a bird of prey which I thought most likely to be a Hobby. The screaming stopped when it dropped an item which I later realised was a bat it had caught. | |||
03/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
16:20 | ad. Still patrolling area. | |||
03/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | J C Morgan |
19:00 | ||||
03/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
11:30 | 2 briefly over landfill, probably male and female, then 2 different females over Lavell's airspace. | |||
03/09/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
11:05 | Hunting across the diggings. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
03/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | R Marsh |
High over car park field. | ||||
02/09/14 | Hobby | Wraysbury GPs | 1 | C Lamsdell |
02/09/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
10:20 | ||||
02/09/14 | Hobby | Twyford | 1 | R C Davies |
10:20 | ||||
02/09/14 | Hobby | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | M F Walford |
07:00 | ||||
01/09/14 | Hobby | Cabbage Hill, Newell Green | 1 | M Kettell |
12:45 | Hunting. SU858716. | |||
01/09/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | G Duffus |
09:20 | In tall dead tree by Honey Field. Mobbed by jays and a crow. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
31/08/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R Murfitt |
10:45 | Over New Workings catching insects - one mobbed by Kestrel and one also mobbed a Buzzard. | |||
31/08/14 | Hobby | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | C McEwan |
14:15 | Chasing House Martins and Dragonflies! | |||
31/08/14 | Hobby | Lower Farm GP | 2 | N Cleere |
adult & immature catching dragonflys. | ||||
30/08/14 | Hobby | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
11:30 | ||||
30/08/14 | Hobby | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 1 | D A Carter |
30/08/14 | Hobby | Remenham Hill | 1 | A B Tomczynski |
09:30 | ad. See on ground then flew close by and spooked Whinchats. | |||
30/08/14 | Hobby | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:00 | N over Woosehill. | |||
28/08/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R F Milligan |
12:30 | Hawking dragonflies over the diggings. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
27/08/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Murfitt |
19:30 | ||||
25/08/14 | Hobby | Queen Mother Reservoir | 1 | M J McKee |
08:50 | Key holders only. | |||
24/08/14 | Hobby | Sheep Down (West Ilsley) | 1 | A B Tomczynski |
16:00 | SU496823. | |||
24/08/14 | Hobby | Crookham Common | 1 | R Gilham |
12:50 | Heading east along line of old runway. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
23/08/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Murfitt |
10:00 | flew over CLN. | |||
22/08/14 | Hobby | Tilehurst | 1 | G Sumner |
18:30 | Briefly over Fairford Rd then east. | |||
18/08/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
12:15 | m, hawking over Honey Field/West Fen and Manor Farm. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
13/08/14 | Hobby | Thatcham | 1 | M J Dear |
10/08/14 | Hobby | Bracknell | 1 | M Hunt |
15:10 | Jennett's CP. | |||
09/08/14 | Hobby | Dedworth, Windsor | 2 | D A Carter |
Never seen Hobbys in conjunction with each other trying to catch prey,but these two certainly were. There victim,a Swift. 1st bird had a go for 30seconds or so,was then joined by a second bird,they attacked one after the other,went on for 5 min above me at considerable height. The Swift escaped. SU940770. | ||||
07/08/14 | Hobby | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | A V Lawson |
09:00 | ||||
07/08/14 | Hobby | Green Park | 1 | S A Graham |
14:25 | Soaring over the SW. end of the lake, may have stirred up a large flock of Gulls doing so. | |||
04/08/14 | Hobby | Moss End | 1 | L R Blundell |
14:00 | ||||
04/08/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R F Milligan |
12:20 | Dell/Honey Field. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
03/08/14 | Hobby | Woolhampton GPs | 2 | R Dawson |
16:00 | ||||
02/08/14 | Hobby | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
17:20 | with 12 Swifts north of village. | |||
30/07/14 | Hobby | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:00 | ad. Over garden, GYT. | |||
25/07/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Murfitt |
18:00 | Circling and catching insects in flight about 30 feet above Colebrook Lake South. | |||
25/07/14 | Hobby | Eton Wick | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
19:45 | Over heading into Berks. | |||
24/07/14 | Hobby | Bothampstead | 1 | B Lyle |
11:30 | flying with c20 hirudines. | |||
16/07/14 | Hobby | Eton Wick | 1 | D Cleal |
Being mobbed by Hirundines over the village. | ||||
12/07/14 | Hobby | Thatcham | 1 | M J Dear |
09/07/14 | Hobby | Bottom Lane GP, Theale GPs | 2 | M Terry |
12:10 | Mobbing female sparrowhawk(? large brown hawk) over the GP. Buzzard rising in the background. | |||
08/07/14 | Hobby | Greenham Common | 1 | K Clay |
11:45 | Hawking over Crookham Pools. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
07/07/14 | Hobby | Bisham | 2 | B Crathorne |
13:00 | Male and female seen mobbing a red kite near Bisham. | |||
01/07/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
10:40 | Flew low across Dell Field and West Fen and then east. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
30/06/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | M Kelly |
f. | ||||
27/06/14 | Hobby | Southcote Meadows | 1 | A V Lawson |
09:00 | ||||
22/06/14 | Hobby | Moatlands GP, Theale GPs | 1 | S A Graham |
09:30 | Soaring over field to the E. | |||
20/06/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R F Milligan |
10:56 | Manor Farm and Dell Field. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
18/06/14 | Hobby | Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | B May |
14:15 | hunting over Lea Farm. Members only. | |||
16/06/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 3 | M Hunt |
15:15 | All sat together on the obvious dead tree, and a Red Admiral. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
15/06/14 | Hobby | Tilehurst | 1 | W Brown |
12:00 | Being mobed by swifts. | |||
11/06/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
11:30 | Spotted by Alan Rymer, flying along boundary between Lavell's & Lea Farm landfill. | |||
10/06/14 | Hobby | Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs | 1 | K E Moore |
11:30 | hawking for dragonflies.Seen with TGB. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
09/06/14 | Hobby | Woolley Firs, Woolley Green | 1 | C McEwan |
10:30 | SU8579. | |||
08/06/14 | Hobby | Moss End | 1 | L R Blundell |
12:00 | ||||
07/06/14 | Hobby | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
15:10 | south of Cleeve Court, and again at 15:50 north of Cleeve Lock. | |||
06/06/14 | Hobby | Lower Earley | 1 | R Reedman |
11:30 | Past Hillside school fast and low. Swifts aloft. | |||
06/06/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R F Milligan |
12:40 | 1 perched in the middle dead tree, Manor Farm, from where it flew high east and was joined by a second bird. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
03/06/14 | Hobby | Maidenhead | 1 | S K Proddow |
13:00 | Flew over Braywick Road towards Golf Course. | |||
31/05/14 | Hobby | Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | R Jinks |
13:30 | Hunting quite high over second bridge past Lea Farm. | |||
31/05/14 | Hobby | Bracknell | 1 | D A MacKenzie Dodds |
06:46 | Dashed through garden East at high speed, 10 feet off ground. Good view. Unmistakeable. VERY lucky to see that. (Through garden in 2 secs whilst I was watching the goldcrests below). | |||
30/05/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
10:50 | Perched in the middle dead tree. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
29/05/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
10:30 | Flew across Manor Lake heading east. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
25/05/14 | Hobby | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 7 | J E Andrews |
10:00 | 1 at 9 a.m. with 7 all together hunting high with Swifts. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
25/05/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | P Kendall |
11:00 | 1. Moving through, off to NW. Again at 12:00, over Manor Field. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
25/05/14 | Hobby | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 1 | D A Carter |
22/05/14 | Hobby | Southcote Meadows | 2 | A V Lawson |
20:00 | hawking for Mayflies. | |||
21/05/14 | Hobby | Main Pit, Theale GPs | 2 | A V Lawson |
10:00 | ||||
21/05/14 | Hobby | Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs | 2 | A V Lawson |
09:00 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
21/05/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 3 | P Kendall |
11:20 | High, drifted off to east. | |||
20/05/14 | Hobby | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 1 | J C Morgan |
15:00 | ||||
19/05/14 | Hobby | Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs | 2 | M J Dear |
With DC. Please only view from the public footpath. | ||||
18/05/14 | Hobby | Roundoak Piece | 1 | P Hickman |
21:00 | Flew into pine on east side of enclosure then perched in pine on west side before flying west. | |||
18/05/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
11:47 | Flew in high from the north and then drifted east. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
16/05/14 | Hobby | Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
14:15 | Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
14/05/14 | Hobby | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 3 | A V Lawson |
10:00 | ||||
14/05/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R F Milligan |
11:55 | Flying around the workings, male bird landing in the fallen dead tree. S/W GD & BA. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
13/05/14 | Hobby | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 2 | A V Lawson |
12:00 | ||||
13/05/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R C Davies |
16:00 | ||||
13/05/14 | Hobby | Main Pit, Theale GPs | 2 | T G Ball |
12:30 | ||||
09/05/14 | Hobby | Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs | 1 | S N White |
20:45 | ||||
12/05/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R F Milligan |
12:23 | Manor Farm. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
12/05/14 | Hobby | Thames Valley Business Park | 1 | R Dryden |
13:00 | Along the Thames. | |||
11/05/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | G J King |
11/05/14 | Hobby | Padworth Lane GP | 2 | S Ricks |
13:03 | Flew through. One caught a hirundine. | |||
11/05/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R J Godden |
06:30 | ||||
10/05/14 | Hobby | Burnthouse Lane floods | 1 | R Gilham |
11:50 | ||||
10/05/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
09:38 | Flew along western edge of CLN heading south. S/W R Murfitt. | |||
09/05/14 | Hobby | Fobney Island | 1 | P Gipson |
16:57 | ||||
09/05/14 | Hobby | Reading | 1 | R C Watts |
15:10 | m. Hobby along river Thames catching insects over the warren area and the Thames path Good views close in see all the markings on face /body. | |||
08/05/14 | Hobby | Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | B May |
13:00 | over Lea Farm. Members only. | |||
07/05/14 | Hobby | Fobney Island | 2 | A V Lawson |
06/05/14 | Hobby | Bottom Lane GP, Theale GPs | 2 | M Terry |
11:57 | Finally! Circling over Bottom Lane GP in a generally Northward direction. y/t #birdingfrommydesk. | |||
05/05/14 | Hobby | Thatcham | 1 | R Keel |
14:00 | Over low, second day running. | |||
05/05/14 | Hobby | Moatlands GP, Theale GPs | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
17:30 | Seen from Theale Main with ABT. | |||
04/05/14 | Hobby | Reading | 1 | S A Graham |
20:45 | Shown ground, hawking for insects after dusk. | |||
04/05/14 | Hobby | Thatcham | 1 | R Keel |
14:00 | High over garden. | |||
04/05/14 | Hobby | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | P Kendall |
11:05 | Over New Workings for 5 mins. Also seen more distant at 11:30 (1 bird) and 12:00 (2). Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
03/05/14 | Hobby | Woolhampton GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
03/05/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | J C Morgan |
29/04/14 | Hobby | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R J Godden |
06:00 | ||||
27/04/14 | Hobby | Thatcham Marsh | 1 | R Gilham |
18:30 | Low over marsh near rail crossing. | |||
27/04/14 | Hobby | Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
24/04/14 | Hobby | Cippenham, Slough | 1 | K P Duncan |
South over ASDA heading towards the Jubilee River. | ||||
24/04/14 | Hobby | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
14:45 | Over high East. | |||
24/04/14 | Hobby | Victoria Park, Newbury | 1 | G Farnell |
Heading low over the Robinhood against sunlight. Appeared too slight and thin winged for Kes. | ||||
21/04/14 | Hobby | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | F J Cottington |
07:25 | Along hedgerow very low North. | |||
20/04/14 | Hobby | Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | J C Morgan |
19:30 | ||||
18/04/14 | Hobby | Poundgreen | 1 | K E Moore |
13:45 | over top of large field , opp.Electric Station,just s.of Burnthuse Lane. Hobby and male Kestrel squabbling aprx 50 ft up. SU6867. | |||
18/04/14 | Hobby | Woolhampton GPs | 1 | M Hunt |
17/04/14 | Hobby | Moor Copse | 1 | B Crathorne |
10:15 | Observed harrying a buzzard! | |||
16/04/14 | Hobby | Thatcham Marsh | 1 | K Spring |
13:30 |