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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
17/08/15NightjarGorrick Plantation1P Bright-Thomas
21:00
m. Churring briefly, but not repeated and no other signs.  
01/08/15NightjarRoundoak Piece3A Taylor
21:30
Two churring and a third in flight simultaneously.  
20/07/15NightjarWishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest1M Hunt
13:53
churring.  
16/07/15NightjarForest Park, Bracknell1T Sweetland
03:00
Awoken this morning by a churring bird, probably somewhere in Swinley Forest.  
09/07/15NightjarSwinley Forest2S D Abbott
21:30
Churring males. One flew around my head for a minute or so and then settled on a nearby branch. SU893681.  
09/07/15NightjarCaesar's Camp, Swinley Forest2M Hunt
21:22
Churring and wing clapping in good light.  
06/07/15NightjarBucklebury Common1G Stewart
22:00
Seen flying a couple of times, heard Churring and calling. Seen with Bob Lyle, Mike Gurr and Alan Lindsay.  
01/07/15NightjarSwinley Forest4T Sweetland
churring.  
30/06/15NightjarBucklebury Common2G Stewart
22:15
One seen flying a couple of times overhead and one heard churring and calling while flying-Seen with Bob Lyle.  
29/06/15NightjarMortimer Common1P Driver
10:40
m. churring, in the E corner of Pickling Yard Plantation (but probably just over the County boundary).  
29/06/15NightjarWishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest3B D Clews
15:00
churring at 22.00 last night in small area around SU870630. SU870630.  
28/06/15NightjarMortimer1P Driver
22:00
m. First time I've heard a churring Nightjar from my back garden. Sound carried on the breeze from direction of Holden's Firs.  
24/06/15NightjarWildmoor Heath Nature Reserve1R J Godden
22:00
Churring briefly.  
20/06/15NightjarCaesar's Camp, Swinley Forest7B D Clews
00:01
counted last night. At least 5 males among them.  
18/06/15NightjarBucklebury Common3G Stewart
21:55
Again only a brief glimpse of one Nightjar flying, but heard three simultaneously calling and churring.  
12/06/15NightjarCrookham Common1P Scudamore
21:40
Good views then just kept churring without showing itself. Please keep to the main paths.  
12/06/15NightjarBucklebury Common2G Stewart
21:40
Another brief glimpse of Nightjar flying and calling. 2 heard churring simultaneously. No Wing clapping heard as yet.  
11/06/15NightjarSwinley Forest4T Sweetland
3+ Churring birds and a female, in an area east of Bracknell.  
11/06/15NightjarSwinley Forest3P Bright-Thomas
22:00
Churring in separate areas of the forest.  
11/06/15NightjarWishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest1P Bright-Thomas
22:00
Churring.  
07/06/15NightjarLapland UK1M S Whitaker
21:55
fem. Flew very close by several times, a few soft calls but no churring or displaying so presumed female. In young conifer plantation. SU897685.  
04/06/15NightjarSwinley Forest3R Dawson
21:30
3 around Hut Hill/Caesars Camp area.  
04/06/15NightjarBucklebury Common1G Stewart
21:45
Seen perched in tree and churring and briefly seen flying.  
04/06/15NightjarPeckmoor Copse, Greenham Common2M J Dear
with rrk.  
02/06/15NightjarAldernbridge Gully, Greenham Common2R Gilham
21:38
1m,1f. Male, heard only from 21:47. SU491641.  
31/05/15NightjarSwinley Park2M S Whitaker
21:45
male. Both churring simultaneously in large clearing east of sewage works. One seen clearly perched along a branch at close range. SU893676.  
30/05/15NightjarBucklebury Common2G Stewart
21:25
Two heard "churring" simultaneously, only a very brief glimpse of a single Nightjar. No Woodcock seen or heard tonight.  
28/05/15NightjarHut Hill, Swinley Forest2M S Whitaker
22:20
male. After a slow start eventually found one over towards Caesar's Camp and another on a hill top just north of path from car park. Disturbance through fires, replanting and fresh clearance seems to have made this area less attractive to this species than some years ago.  
28/05/15NightjarRoundoak Piece2R C Watts
Late news from last night saw 2 Birds and heard at least another two Birds. Seen with. R.S .A.A M.A A. And J.A. From. 9:15 - 10:45. .  
26/05/15NightjarCrowthorne Wood1M I'Anson
21:35
 
25/05/15NightjarCrowthorne Wood3M I'Anson
21:15
Pair seen and another heard only.  
25/05/15NightjarSwinley Forest3S D Abbott
21:10
2m/f. 2 churring males in the clearings south of Lapland UK. One definite pair as a female bird flew up to one of the males in a tree. Both descended to the ground with plenty of wing clapping.  
24/05/15NightjarPadworth Common1S A Graham
22:00
Churring just south of the main road.  
24/05/15NightjarRoundoak Piece3S A Graham
21:25
Two trying to drown out each other churring in the main plantation, with a 3rd calling far to the NNE.  
23/05/15NightjarPadworth Common3T G Ball
Displaying just around dawn - 2 were in a place where none were seen or heard on Thursday.  
21/05/15NightjarPadworth Common2T G Ball
21:15
Males displaying.  
20/05/15NightjarGorrick Plantation1P Kendall
21:25
Heard and seen 21:25 - 21:50. No sign of more than the one.  
20/05/15NightjarRoundoak Piece4R H Stansfield
21:30
one sat on tree branch in good light.  
17/05/15NightjarGorrick Plantation1E Napper
m. .  
17/05/15NightjarSwinley Forest1S A Graham
08:45
Churring distantly to the NW of the concrete underpass. First time I've heared such in the day. SU857645.  
16/05/15NightjarGreenham Common1D W Kelson
male. Singing. Please keep to the main paths.  
16/05/15NightjarGorrick Plantation1E Napper
21:15
male.  
12/05/15NightjarButtersteep Hill, Swinley Forest3M S Whitaker
20:55
2m, 1f. Churring heard from several locations but from two simultaneously with a third bird calling at the same time. Two birds seen together (pair?). SU906662.  
12/05/15NightjarRoundoak Piece2R Collins
21:00
Seen with JA.  
11/05/15NightjarRoundoak Piece4R Crawford
21:05
Male flying around calling, three others churring, two close, one distant.  
10/05/15NightjarRoundoak Piece1P Brant
21:10
 
07/05/15NightjarRoundoak Piece1P Driver
21:10
m. at least one seen and heard churring, observed by JC Morgan and S Day.  

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