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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23/12/15 | Merlin | Bray GPs | 1 | J W O'Brien |
| Flashing the tit/finch flock along the motorway shore. | ||||
| 24/12/15 | Merlin | Bury Down | 1 | D N Rimes |
| 15:10 | f. Flew low south viewed from gateway on Bury Lane. | |||
| 20/12/15 | Merlin | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
| 15:20 | fem. flew in from west at Streatley Farm, pursuing and harrying Redwing. Flew across the river, and caught the Redwing in flight. Then chased off by Kestrel, still carrying Redwing. | |||
| 09/12/15 | Merlin | Bury Down | 1 | R Righelato |
| 25/11/15 | Merlin | Compton Downs | 1 | A Graham |
| Successfully hunting Linnet. | ||||
| 22/10/15 | Merlin | Queen Mother Reservoir | 1 | P J Newbound |
| 09:00 | f/juv. Key holders only. | |||
| 20/10/15 | Merlin | Bottle Lane, Cold Harbour | 1 | P J Newbound |
| 17:00 | m. | |||
| 05/09/15 | Merlin | Bury Down | 1 | A B Tomczynski |
| 09:00 | female/imm. | |||
| 15/03/15 | Merlin | Sheep Down (West Ilsley) | 1 | R H Stansfield |
| 11:45 | fem. Had a go at two skylarks and then flew off low south. | |||
| 04/03/15 | Merlin | West Ilsley | 1 | A V Lawson |
| f. perched on fence post along Catmore road then hunting over adjacent fields. | ||||
| 02/03/15 | Merlin | Brightwalton | 1 | S Collier |
| fem. Half way down the track in the Pheasant shoot field. SU429794. | ||||
| 01/03/15 | Merlin | Remenham | 1 | M S Whitaker |
08:30 | Small hawk with scythe-shaped wings seen briefly in silhouette flying rapidly from game strip (by TS hedge) south over Remenham Lane. Footnote, having looked over past records from this location the possible species ID has been recorded on several occasions increasing the chances of this indeed being a Merlin. | |||
| 21/02/15 | Merlin | Theale | 1 | K Creed |
| a/m. flew along the road about a foot above the tarmac and landed in tree 30 feet in front of me. SU630705. | ||||
| 10/02/15 | Merlin | Lambourn Woodlands | 1 | D J Mills |
| 10:15 | fem. flying up from bank next to M4 London bound. SU309758. | |||
| 12/01/15 | Merlin | Chieveley | 1 | P Foulds |
| 07:30 | After J13 on M4 westbound, flying North to South and very low over M4. | |||
| 08/01/15 | Merlin | East Garston Down | 1 | A B Tomczynski |
| 16:00 | male. Perched and in flight. SU362786. | |||
| 02/01/15 | Merlin | Bury Down | 1 | R H Stansfield |
| 13:35 | m. Flew west across the road in front of the car. I had time to stop the car and get my bins on the bird, seeing the slaty blue back as it flew away low over the field. | |||