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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2015 and 31/12/2015.

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
28/12/15	Mandarin Duck	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
11:45	m, flew W to S/E across the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath.
30/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Arborfield Garrison	2	D Murdoch
	1 pair very elusive. first time i have seen them on the Garrison Lake - many visits in 2014. SU772658.
07/11/15	Mandarin Duck	Prospect Park	30	A V Lawson
	Numbers have doubled overnight.
28/10/15	Mandarin Duck	Reading	1	S Scott
16:00	On the canal behind the prison.
27/10/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	6	P W Johnstone
14:45	3m 3 f.
27/10/15	Mandarin Duck	Sandford Farm	5	N Edwards
08:30	2 m.3 f. Feeding on Old River Loddon. Neil Edwards. SU780743. This site is private.
03/10/15	Mandarin Duck	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
10:00
04/10/15	Mandarin Duck	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	5	J E Andrews
08:15	3 male. roosting on island, min count. Please only view from the public footpath.
01/10/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	4	R Murfitt
18:00	Over New Workings.
27/09/15	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Island	2	J Lerpiniere
	juv. on river. SU7071.
22/09/15	Mandarin Duck	Crookham	23	K G White
12:30	mixed. 23 birds exploded from the vegetation in the river shallows. Fabulous. SU540637.
22/09/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	4	P W Johnstone
15:00
21/09/15	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	1	M F Walford
06:45	drk.
13/09/15	Mandarin Duck	Burghfield GPs	3	N J Bucknell
	on WeBS count.
13/09/15	Mandarin Duck	Pangbourne	4	N J Bucknell
08:50	2 drakes, 2 duck. at Shooter's Hill.
06/09/15	Mandarin Duck	Sandford Farm	1	N Edwards
09:00	fem. Feeding on the Old River Loddon. SU780743. This site is private.
04/09/15	Mandarin Duck	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	25	J E Andrews
07:30	7 males, 18 females/eclipse plumage. mostly on island, roosting. Please only view from the public footpath.
04/09/15	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	1	M F Walford
06:35	drk.
31/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Streatley	6	N J Bucknell
14:20	1 drake, 5 female/imm. on water east of STW.
23/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	16	J E Andrews
09:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
20/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
16:15	fem.
20/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	1	A V Lawson
	Please only view from the public footpath.
17/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead	1	S K Proddow
13:00	f. On the Cut.
16/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
11:30	juv. on water east of STW.
15/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Lower Basildon	1	N J Bucknell
16:00	male. on river south of Gatehampton Bridge.
15/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Streatley	6	N J Bucknell
15:10	on water east of STW.
10/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
20:00	1 female, 1 juv. on Thames.
09/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Datchet	3	K P Duncan
	on River Thames.
02/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	4	J E Andrews
08:30	ecl plumage. Please only view from the public footpath.
01/08/15	Mandarin Duck	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:20	juv. on water east of STW.
30/07/15	Mandarin Duck	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
19:50	fem or juv. too far away to tell! seen without binoculars walking back from station.
29/07/15	Mandarin Duck	Burghfield Mill GP, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
12:00	juv.
27/07/15	Mandarin Duck	Aston	5	A N Stow
	Ad F with 4 juv.
11/07/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	3	P Gipson
	F + 2 new chicks, also seen yesterday.
10/07/15	Mandarin Duck	Odney Club, Cookham	1	B D Clews
12:00	female.
04/07/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
	2 juveniles, now independent of mother, apparently the only survivors this year.
04/07/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	H Brownlow
07:00	fem.
02/07/15	Mandarin Duck	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	1	K E Moore
14:00	imm. on edge of main pool. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/06/15	Mandarin Duck	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	6	M Hunt
10:55	female with 5 young on the river.
08/06/15	Mandarin Duck	Sonning	8	M S Whitaker
19:30	1 fem, 7 juv. Well grown juveniles on Berks side of the river above the lock.
08/06/15	Mandarin Duck	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
11:40	m&f, far side of the main lake. Please only view from the public footpath.
07/06/15	Mandarin Duck	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
09:00	f + 2 juv. Female with 2 ducklings by the swing bridge. Reported to have started with 7 but just 2 have survived.
01/06/15	Mandarin Duck	White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh
11:25	m./f.
29/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P W Johnstone
27/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	6	P W Johnstone
15:30	No sign of young ....5 males 1 female .
27/05/15	Mandarin Duck	White Place Farm, Cookham	1	B D Clews
09:15	female on 9 eggs in Little Owl box.
27/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Aldermaston	8	R Crawford
05:20	Eight males gathered around a bird feeder in a riverside garden.
26/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Sonning	8	S Hughes
	Pair with 6 ducklings.
24/05/15	Mandarin Duck	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	10	A Stoney
14:30	1 pr, 8 male. pr on water, 8 male grouped in adjacent field. West of Longwater Rd. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Padworth Common	2	T G Ball
	Pair.
22/05/15	Mandarin Duck	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
11:30	m&f, flew across the diggings, E to W. Please only view from the public footpath.
15/05/15	Mandarin Duck	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
12:20	m, West Fen. Please only view from the public footpath.
14/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	2	M F Walford
07:20	drk. dropped in.
13/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Burghfield GPs	5	R Crawford
05:45	m.
11/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Eton Wick	5	A Walker
15:00	One female with four really young chicks days old ) opposite Bray studios. SU918780.
08/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	8	P Gipson
	Female + 7 new chicks, main lake.
07/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	1	M F Walford
07:19	drk. Dropped in behind the island.
05/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A V Lawson
	m. sat on an owl box.
02/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Sonning Lock, R. Thames, Sonning	4	R C Watts
13:30
01/05/15	Mandarin Duck	Woolhampton GPs	2	S N White
17:00	Pair on the river.
27/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Boulters Lock, R. Thames, Maidenhead	2	A Graham
	1m 1f. SU901824.
27/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	3	P W Johnstone
15:00	Only ever see 3 together.
27/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
09:50	m&f, CLN.
26/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
09:10	drk.
22/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Holyport	2	S K Proddow
17:30	pair. In my garden Hearne Drive.
21/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	7	J E Andrews
07:00	6 male. Please only view from the public footpath.
21/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	7	R Murfitt
18:00	6 males -mostly along river.
20/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Aston	3	A N Stow
19:00	2m & 1f flying towards Remenham along backwater.
19/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	M S Whitaker
20:00	pair. On the lake.
15/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Pangbourne	1	N J Bucknell
07:30	drk. seen from Shooters Hill.
19/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	3	R Murfitt
11:00	male and pair.
19/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	2	C McEwan
09:50	Please only view from the public footpath.
14/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Paices Wood	1	J Lerpiniere
	SU585636.
19/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	1	S Ricks
07:10	m. Please only view from the public footpath.
18/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Dinton Pastures CP	2	M F Walford
	m+f. Heron's Water.
18/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Dinton Pastures CP	2	P J Crowley
11:00	m,f. On Heron's Water.
15/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	L Garner-Langham
	m.
13/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	1	R F Milligan
10:30	m, CLN.
11/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	2	R Righelato
	Pair flew from Fobney Island to floods.
11/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	2	R Dryden
17:00	m/f. Pair flying around my Scout hut off Kiln Road.
11/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Searle's Farm Lane GP (N), Burghfield GPs	2	R H Stansfield
17:05	drk + fem. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Holyport	2	S K Proddow
18:00	pair. In garden hearne drive.
11/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Prospect Park	1	G Sumner
16:00	2m+f. On pond .
11/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	3	P W Johnstone
08:45
05/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Purley on Thames, Reading	2	A Taylor
17:00	1m, 1f. On lake just west of Purley Hall.
09/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh
13:10	m/f. Dropped in to the Emmbrook, spotted by FJC as we stood in the car park.
08/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Brimpton Road GP	2	G Stewart
15:30	Pair.
08/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	P Foulds
18:00	male.
06/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Woolhampton GPs	1	G Thornton
	male.
06/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
09:30	1m at CLN, m&f flew east across main lake at the diggings later at 10.36.
05/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Review Ground, Windsor Great Park	1	K P Duncan
	drk.
04/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	K P Duncan
	drk.
05/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Twyford	5	J C Morgan
	3 males 2 f. SU792750.
04/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
14:30	m + f. Pleasant surprise.
03/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Dinton Pastures CP	2	M F Walford
	m+f. Heron's Water.
03/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Sandford Farm	2	N Edwards
09:30	1 male 1female. On Old River Loddon looking for nest site. Neil Edwards. SU780743. This site is private.
02/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Herschel Park, Slough	4	B D Clews
11:00	2 drk 2 fem.
02/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	2	R H Stansfield
12:10	drk + fem. Flew in from the south, circled twice calling and landed on pool beside railway, but out of my sight. Please only view from the public footpath.
02/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	10	R Dawson
	7m, 3f.
01/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Reading	1	S Hughes
	m. Behind Blakes Lock.
01/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Decoy Heath	3	J Lerpiniere
	SU6163.
01/04/15	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	1	M F Walford
06:55	drk. Flew across the lake left to right.
30/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
09:20	2m, 1f, CLN.
30/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	L Seward
	fm. by green bridge.
28/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	M F Walford
	m+f. On the Loddon near the green bridge.
28/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	4	R Murfitt
09:30	Pair on CLN, 2 males on Grove.
28/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	J E Andrews
09:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
28/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh
08:30	Pair still on Loddon across from green bridge.
27/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
10:17	m&f, CLN.
26/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	3	R Dawson
15:30	2m, 1f. Pair on the Loddon just before green bridge, and another male further downstream at old conveyor bridge.
25/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Englefield	2	R Crawford
14:40	Pair in drainage ditch.
25/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Burghfield Mill GP, Theale GPs	7	J E Andrews
09:30	all males.
24/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh
12:50	m/f. Swam under Willow which has fallen across R. Loddon near green bridge, then seen preening on far bank through branches. Seen again in same area on return trip.
23/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M Terry
12:30	m. Dabbling close to the east side of the island. P/T.
20/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Great Thrift Wood, Cox Green	2	M Coon
14:45	1m 1f. Flew away from stream rather later and more reluctantly than several mallard. SU872784.
14/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Pangbourne	2	A Taylor
17:00	1m, 1f. Among mallards at the public feeding station!
12/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	5	J M Clark
18:00	flew over at dusk.
09/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A V Lawson
	m.
08/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	2	R J Godden
07:00
07/03/15	Mandarin Duck	Padworth Common	2	K E Moore
16:15	a pair. on flooded area ,opposite main entrance to BBOWT Car Park.
28/02/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	1	P Kendall
11:30	m. Just out of the water on north bank of Grove Lake, close to the west end.
27/02/15	Mandarin Duck	Pangbourne	2	A Taylor
17:00	1m, 1f.
22/02/15	Mandarin Duck	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	8	M Terry
	5m 3f. Also wood duck.
15/02/15	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	3	R J Godden
09:00	2m, 1f. Grove Lake.
08/02/15	Mandarin Duck	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	2	K G White
11:30	pr. nest prospecting along R.Kennet opp Rowney Predator Lake.
03/02/15	Mandarin Duck	Paices Wood	1	J Lerpiniere
	SU5863.
02/02/15	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	10	R C Watts
14:15	6m / 4f. On duck pond.
01/02/15	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	11	R C Watts
12:50	7m / 4f. On duck pond. being fed along with the mallards.
27/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	2	R C Watts
12:30	2m. Seen by. D.W . On the pond.
26/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	3	P W Johnstone
14:30	On the middle lake.
25/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	B J Hollands
	m. Seen early with Mallards.
21/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	5	A M Horscroft
14:00	3x male 2x fem. SU732784.
20/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Caversham, R. Thames	2	H R Netley
10:00	pair. on small creek along the Warren.
18/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	2	H R Netley
08:00	pair on duck pond for third day.
17/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	D A Carter
	ad male. On river.
15/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	2	D W Hampton
11:00	male. On the island.
15/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P W Johnstone
14:50	On middle lake.
15/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Sonning	3	R C Watts
12:00	m / 2f. Between Lock. And Bridge. close in.
12/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	1	P Boult
	male.
10/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	6	R C Watts
12:55	2 m / 4 f. On island.
08/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	11	R H Stansfield
13:00	6 drk + 5 fem. On island.
08/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Bottom Lane GP (E), Theale GPs	3	K E Moore
14:15	2 drakes/1 fem.
03/01/15	Mandarin Duck	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	2	J C Morgan
11:00

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