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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
17/11/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	9	R H Stansfield
12:49	Now by motorway end in a tight group, actively diving.
17/11/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	9	J W O'Brien
	per Birdguides <<nine on Main Pit off south bank >> reported at 08:29!!!!!!
01/09/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	M F Walford
10:10	1w. In the NW corner.
01/09/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	T A Guyatt
08:50	juv/1st w/p. Around raft at NW corner of Goat Island, viewed across N bay of BSL from N bank. Seen with BTB.
29/06/18	Black-necked Grebe	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	P J Newbound
08:30	ad. Key holders only.
17/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	G Stewart
16:00
15/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	M J Dear
15:00
14/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
16:30	close to RN Duck. Looking good in early evening light.
14/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	P E Hutchins
	The pair showing well to at least late morning, remaining distant but excellent light for 'scope views.
13/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	R C Watts
11:30
13/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

13/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	H R Netley
11:25	Still With AM.
11/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
15:00
09/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	Very showy, swimming/feeding all over the pit. After 2 days absence, the questions are:- same pair, new pair or did they go to Moatlands and come back? Aaarrrgghhhh !!!!
08/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	A B Tomczynski
16:13	adults, pair. Appeared together near bouy 13. Could be the Lower Farm GP birds? The single on 4th April was present when the two BNGs were still at Lower Farm GP.
08/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
09:45	ad. S/P adult W. side nearest lock.
04/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	R Keel
12:00	S/p. Closer to hide than usual.
04/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Tomczynski
12:00	s/p. Probable new bird. Moatlands birds gone, were in WP. Near pylon island.
03/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	R Keel
16:30
03/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

02/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

01/04/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

31/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

30/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	H J Wilson
	Showing quite close today.
28/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	G Stewart
15:30	Both Coming into breeding/summer plumage.
27/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	R Keel
14:30	Summer plumage. Male with weed in bill. With MJD.
26/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	J C Morgan
13:30
25/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	H J Wilson

24/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	1	H J Wilson

22/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

21/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	G Stewart
16:15	Both coming into summer/breeding plumage.
19/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	2	A B Tomczynski
15:30	Both in winter plumage.
18/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	D Jenkins
15:30
17/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	J E Andrews
12:30
17/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

16/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	lots of displaying.
16/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	R Keel
08:15	pair. Male briefly carrying weed in bill.
15/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	displaying.
14/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	G Stewart
15:00	Both coming into breeding plumage.
13/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
	Seen at 9.50 then again at 11.55. Very mobile!
13/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	C J Forsey
13:00	Moving around island on right from sailing club.
13/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

13/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	From sailing club, near raft. Sixth time lucky!
11/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	J Taylor

11/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
	Still present.
11/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

10/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	M F Walford
10:20	Off sailing club.
09/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	are these now the longest staying berks B-N Grebes?
08/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
11:40	Still present near activity centre.
08/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Dawson
11:00	Just off sailing club.
07/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	D Mackenzie
16:30
07/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	R Keel
17:00
07/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

06/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

05/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	B T Bennett
08:20	On west side.
04/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	P Foulds
12:30	In same place as Marek saw it yesterday. Thought it was a Little Grebe but cross referred to Marek's photo from yesterday.
04/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

03/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	M F Walford
14:10
03/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere

02/03/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
	just the male seen.
28/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	G Stewart
15:15	Fairly good sightings of one Grebe coming into breeding plumage the other still in winter plumage.
28/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	pit almost frozen, so pair may relocate by tomorrow.
27/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

26/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	brief spells of display probably to re-inforce pair bond. Male now in almost full summer plumage, female still in nearly full winter plumage, although starting to colour-up.
25/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

25/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
	Far side directly opposite entrance to water sports club.
24/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	2	A V Lawson

24/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

21/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:00
20/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

18/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	brief display noted.
17/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

15/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	M J Dear

14/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

13/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	The pair still present. The moult of one (the male?) continues and it is now almost completely black faced with rufous ear tufts now showing.
12/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	M J Dear
	displaying. with RRK.
12/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	P Driver
09:40
11/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

10/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

09/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	N Cleere
	close to road again.
09/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

08/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	3	A B Tomczynski
16:18
08/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	a pair. The larger of the two (male?) moulting quite rapidly into summer plumage, the other still in winter plumage.
07/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	J Sandell

07/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	P E Hutchins
10:55	Showing very well in the north-western corner.
07/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	P E Hutchins
11:04	Towards the north-western side of the pit, north of the 'mangrove islands'.
06/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	N Cleere

06/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:00	trout lake.
05/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

05/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	N Cleere

04/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	N Cleere
	no sign of the poss Slav seen earlier.
04/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

03/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	Appear to have paired up.
03/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	A V Lawson

01/02/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
15:30	w.
31/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	3	N Cleere

31/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

29/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	2	N Cleere

29/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
11:00
28/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere

27/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	2	N Cleere
	another one has migrated over from the Trout Lake.
26/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
15:00	ad w/p. still present.
26/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	3	D Reynolds

25/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	N Cleere
	still present, quite close to spit.
23/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
	ad w/p. Split off from the other four, so all five birds still present in the area.
23/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	4	N Cleere

22/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	4	N Cleere

18/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	J Absolom
13:20	between nos 3 and 4 bouys.
18/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	R H Stansfield
15:30	Still present along the southern side of lake. Also seen by KEM.
18/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	A V Lawson

17/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	A B Tomczynski
15:00
17/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	H R Netley
09:59
15/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	4	N Cleere
	close to road again.
14/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	4	R J Burness
11:00	Scattered around the lake today.
13/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	British Airways Pit, Wraysbury GPs	1	P J Newbound
13:45
13/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	4	N Cleere

12/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	4	C McEwan
12:30	SU5066.
11/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	N Cleere
	no sign of the Slav.
10/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	R Marsh
12:30	Still present.
09/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	3	M J Dear

07/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	4	R Keel

08/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	4	T A Guyatt
11:45	Possibly all 5 birds present but never more than 4 seen on surface together in 30 mins. viewing.
07/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	P E Hutchins
13:30	Still present and showing very well - one bird again separate from the four.
07/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	E Napper
09:45
06/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	N Cleere
	one often splitting away from the other four.
05/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	R C Watts
12:10	Viewed from car by bend (car birding).
05/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	N Cleere
15:00
05/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	3	G Thornton

04/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	N Cleere

03/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	B Lyle
14:30	seen easily from car at the point where the road ends and track begins. with AL ,GJS.
03/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	N Cleere
	together, close to the road. Watched from the comfort of a warm car, out of the wind !
02/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	5	M J Dear
	With NC and KM.
01/01/18	Black-necked Grebe	Lower Farm Trout Lake	2	N Cleere
	w/p. one definite adult, the other slightly younger?