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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2018 and 31/12/2018.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
14/10/18	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	M F Walford
13:15	Key holders only.
07/10/18	Swallow	Englefield	1	J E Andrews
10:30
29/09/18	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh

26/09/18	Swallow	Compton Downs	26	N J Bucknell
11:10	flying SW over Ridgeway.
25/09/18	Swallow	Crookham Pools, Crookham Common	4	R Keel
11:00	Feeding, then off south with 1 House Martin and 1 Sand Martin.
23/09/18	Swallow	Roden Downs	16	N J Bucknell
16:10	flying around feeding over grazing sheep.
19/09/18	Swallow	Southcote Meadows	500	A V Lawson
	at least steady passage south for over an hour. Many more at Fobney Island and Smallmead.
21/09/18	Swallow	Dinton Pastures CP	1	I D Paine
17:00	Over the golf course. SU783718.
21/09/18	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	12	R Marsh
	At least, over car park field.
19/09/18	Swallow	Garth Meadow, Bracknell	6	D A MacKenzie Dodds
11:00	All heading south as best they could, low and through the 40mph gusts.
17/09/18	Swallow	Crookham Common	40	R Keel
11:15	Heading south. Please keep to the main paths.
16/09/18	Swallow	Binfield	9	D A MacKenzie Dodds
09:50	All moving south, lowish at speed, over Kings Academy site of Binfield Football Club. SU849706.
16/09/18	Swallow	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	2	S A Graham
09:30	Going low S.
11/09/18	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	4	R F Milligan
09:20	Low over CLN. S/W TC & MH.
09/09/18	Swallow	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
16:50	Flew from south-east in westerly direction.over horse pasture.
05/09/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	20	B Lyle
16:00
07/09/18	Swallow	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	9	M Hunt

03/09/18	Swallow	Winkfield	150	F Hughes
08:30	Mixed group with house martins.Flying south-east,calling.
31/08/18	Swallow	Wokingham	6	S Stevenson
18:00	Still about. SU810674.
02/09/18	Swallow	Walbury Hill	40	S A Graham
08:45	40. Flocks of c15 and c25 S.
01/09/18	Swallow	Winkfield	6	F Hughes
14:40	flying over horse paddock.
01/09/18	Swallow	Greenham Common	4	E Napper
08:30	Flew over. Please keep to the main paths.
28/08/18	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	15	R F Milligan
11:10	Approx count of mixed flock. Mainly Swallow and HM, with one SM. N/E end of CLN. All sightings S/W TC. Please only view from the public footpath.
27/08/18	Swallow	Bottom Lane Floods (S), Theale GPs	40	S A Graham
09:45	Min mixed with House Martins over grazing field to the W. and N.
26/08/18	Swallow	Cock Marsh	40	B Crathorne
08:30
26/08/18	Swallow	Freeman's Marsh	50	S A Graham
10:00	Approx. Swallows and H.Martin's swarming around a single small tree by the canal at the onset of the rain.
25/08/18	Swallow	Winkfield	6	F Hughes
17:00	Small mixed flock of swallows and house martins,minimum of 10 in all. Also a Small Copper butterfly along dampish ditch with lots of dock.
25/08/18	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	100	R Murfitt
08:30	At least - many landing on soil piles at infill. Please only view from the public footpath.
25/08/18	Swallow	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	20	R Crawford
07:45
23/08/18	Swallow	Fobney Meadow	12	A V Lawson

23/08/18	Swallow	Winkfield	6	F Hughes
14:15	paddock and small lake behind houses.2 adults and 4 juveniles without tail streamers skimming for insects.
22/08/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	1	G Stewart
15:45	15 -20 Swallows seen at various times together with the odd House Martins and Sand Martins.
19/08/18	Swallow	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	50	J E Andrews
08:30	low over sailing lake. Please only view from the public footpath.
19/08/18	Swallow	Wellbottom Down	40	S A Graham
09:30	Approx. A low gravel embankment is being run across the gallops to the E.
11/08/18	Swallow	Odney Club, Cookham	4	B D Clews
15:00	feeding young under the beams of Ferry Bridge.
11/08/18	Swallow	Winkfield	5	F Hughes
10:40	In horse paddock .Pickingg insects off pond.Also 8 Egyptia Geese-2 adults,6 juveniles.
05/08/18	Swallow	Winkfield	25	F Hughes
20:25	Heading south high.
13/07/18	Swallow	Strand Water, Cookham	25	B D Clews
13:00	incl juvs, probably from stables nest site.
07/07/18	Swallow	Compton	79	N J Bucknell
11:20	all pale throated juveniles without tails streamers - 73 on overhead wires (actually Churn Farm, Oxon side of Ridgeway) & another about six in bushes on Berks side.
06/07/18	Swallow	The Bell Inn, Aldworth	40	M J Amphlett
20:45	<40> birds overflew, S. SU555796.
06/07/18	Swallow	Fobney Island	6	S Lynch
08:00	Next to fobney lock. SU704711.
10/06/18	Swallow	Twyford	4	P D Hadfield
	flying over wheat field , along house hederow. SU797768.
07/06/18	Swallow	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
11:40	Nuptown-hawking low.
28/05/18	Swallow	Winkfield	5	F Hughes
10:45	Nuptown Some perched, some hawking.
23/05/18	Swallow	Fobney Island	1	M Turton
	feeding over the lakes.
22/05/18	Swallow	Eton Wick	2	K Jones
10:00	Over allotments and prospecting disused stabled at NE edge of village .
20/05/18	Swallow	Winkfield	3	F Hughes
10:00	2 on telegraph wires preening primary feathers and resting.1hawking overhead.At last!!.
18/05/18	Swallow	Lower Star Post, Swinley Forest	1	M Hunt
10:20
17/05/18	Swallow	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
12:10	Hawking insects in Crouch Lane.Still very scarce in this area.
13/05/18	Swallow	Windsor Great Park	1	J C Soane
	SU954706.
06/05/18	Swallow	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
11:30	In lanes around Nuptown.First we have seen this year apart from 4 flying high over house during last week.
03/05/18	Swallow	Shurlock Row	2	R Alliss
	Close to their usual nesting site.
01/05/18	Swallow	Winter Hill, Cookham Dean	1	B D Clews
15:30	just a single individual.
30/04/18	Swallow	Newbury	75	A E Hickman
17:45	Feeding low over Northcroft park on swarms of small flies. Smaller numbers of House and Sand Martins and a few Swifts with them. Whole flock about 100 birds.
30/04/18	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	300	E Napper
09:00	At least 300-500 Hirundine's feeding low over the lake. Mostly Swallows with at least 100 perched on the Sailing club pontoons . Also House and Sand Martins.
29/04/18	Swallow	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	15	R Keel
18:30
29/04/18	Swallow	Billingbear Park GC	6	D A MacKenzie Dodds
17:00	Poor things. Fresh over from Africa to find temperatures below 8Â°C and a biting north-easterly wind. If these swallows had got any lower over the lake in their vain bid to find flying insects this afternoon, they'd have needed fins!
29/04/18	Swallow	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	100	R J Burness
10:00	Just a few House Martins and Sand Martins.
29/04/18	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	500	R J Burness
10:40	A reasonable estimate. A few Sand Martins and House Martins.
29/04/18	Swallow	Bray GPs	70	S A Graham
10:00	Approx. with a single Sand Martin.
28/04/18	Swallow	Woolhampton GPs	200	M J Mitchell
08:30
28/04/18	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	800	R Crawford
07:15
27/04/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	300	N Cleere

23/04/18	Swallow	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	7	J E Andrews
17:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
23/04/18	Swallow	Hyde Farm, Pinkneys Green	2	B D Clews
10:00	just 2 birds all morning.
22/04/18	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	G Randall
14:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
21/04/18	Swallow	Strand Water, Cookham	1	S M Meads
11:30	Perched on tv aerial of house in Strande Lane.
21/04/18	Swallow	Strand Water, Cookham	1	S M Meads
10:40	Flying over paddocks.
21/04/18	Swallow	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
08:50	following Swifts.
20/04/18	Swallow	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	B D Clews
13:30	Just a single individual.
20/04/18	Swallow	Winkfield	1	F Hughes
06:35	Heading south-east,direct flight.1st this year here.5 days later than previous years.
17/04/18	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	25	R F Milligan
09:47	Mixed flock with House Martin, feeding over the main lake. Please only view from the public footpath.
16/04/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	1	C J Forsey
13:00
13/04/18	Swallow	Woolhampton GPs	5	R C Watts

12/04/18	Swallow	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	6	P E Hutchins
	Minimum count of birds over the lake in increasingly inclement weather mid-evening.
12/04/18	Swallow	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	50	J E Andrews
16:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
11/04/18	Swallow	Woolhampton GPs	30	M J Mitchell
11:30
10/04/18	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	20	G Duffus
11:00	Approx. over main lake and perching on dead branches on main spit. S/W TR. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/04/18	Swallow	Newbury	13	A E Hickman
17:35	SU460673.
09/04/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	75	N Cleere
	75.
08/04/18	Swallow	Padworth Lane GP	10	K E Moore
14:40	at least.
08/04/18	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	6	F Hutchinson
	Flying above the lake.
08/04/18	Swallow	Lower Padworth	3	P Driver
	Looking damp on a wire at the recycling centre.
08/04/18	Swallow	Streatley	6	N J Bucknell
	flying north between 10:30 and 10:50 - contrast dozens flying north up Severn Valley (and of Sand Martins), when I was Worcestershire yesterday.
08/04/18	Swallow	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	50	J E Andrews
09:30	small flocks moving through. Please only view from the public footpath.
08/04/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	50	N Cleere
	50+. All hirundines going straight through north in small flocks.
07/04/18	Swallow	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
08:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
07/04/18	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	L R Blundell
09:20	Heading north.
07/04/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	20	N Cleere
09:55
06/04/18	Swallow	Padworth	1	G Sumner
	My first this year. SU620660.
05/04/18	Swallow	Eddington	5	K Taylor
18:45	Low above the bridge over the river Kennet. My first sighting this year. SU340690.
04/04/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
15:45
04/04/18	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	M Hunt
10:15	over the grey box. Please only view from the public footpath.
04/04/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	2	R Keel
12:00
04/04/18	Swallow	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	R Dawson

04/04/18	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	Over landfill.
03/04/18	Swallow	Lower Farm Trout Lake	1	R Keel
16:00	Over west.
03/04/18	Swallow	Eton Wick	1	K Rhodes
01:00	Flying east.
03/04/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
	seen by IW.
02/04/18	Swallow	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
16:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
02/04/18	Swallow	Woolhampton GPs	8	M J Mitchell
15:45	High over Kennet; appeared to move W.
31/03/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	2	B J Hollands
17:45
27/02/18	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
	north. Seen/claimed by R.Hicks sat next to me, but I missed it !!!!!