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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
27/08/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	2	R Keel
07:15	Over racecourse.
27/08/18	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	M F Walford
10:10
26/08/18	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	A B Tomczynski
17:00	High over east end.
26/08/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	4	R Keel

24/08/18	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
17:00	seen with D.Andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
20/08/18	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
10:00	feeding low over back garden.
19/08/18	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	12	J E Andrews
08:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
18/08/18	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	J E Andrews
09:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
17/08/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere

14/08/18	Swift	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	5	K P Duncan

12/08/18	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	5	S A Graham
09:30	Min: W. side low over the tree's.
11/08/18	Swift	Thatcham	1	R Keel
14:00	Heading south.
10/08/18	Swift	Hungerford	5	R C Davies
13:45	Feeding low over the Kennett after the heavy rain.
04/08/18	Swift	Reading	1	S A Graham
20:15	Lundy lane: Last continuous record before I went away for a few days. Appears to have been a wind ranging laggard. SU690733.
08/08/18	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
	Flying to NW.
06/08/18	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:05	High, flying Northwards.
05/08/18	Swift	Pangbourne	3	A Taylor
21:00	Low over meadow by R. Pang just south of village.
03/08/18	Swift	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:00	high (briefly).
03/08/18	Swift	Pangbourne	6	A Taylor
09:15	Low-flying screaming party over south of village.
02/08/18	Swift	Thatcham	40	R Keel
10:30	Approx, circling and screaming high over garden.
01/08/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	4	B Lyle
16:00
01/08/18	Swift	Pangbourne	10	A Taylor
20:30	Less frequently, and in smaller numbers, seen over the village during the last few days, but 10 flying together this evening.
01/08/18	Swift	Wokingham	7	S Stevenson
	The seven swifts circling over my house for the summer appear to have departed south. Not seen since weekend. SU814684.
31/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	4	D J Mills
20:45	over garden - none in usual area for several days.
31/07/18	Swift	Fobney Meadow	5	A Absolom
20:00
29/07/18	Swift	Reading	3	S A Graham
18:45	Lundy lane. SU690733.
28/07/18	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	130	R Crawford
19:40
27/07/18	Swift	Reading	2	S A Graham
20:45	Lundy lane: just 2 high to the E. at dusk. SU690733.
26/07/18	Swift	Cow Down, West Ilsley	70	A B Tomczynski
11:05	A tight flock flying purposefully in a south west direction from over Cow Down when picked up, to-and over Old Down. Minimum count. Presumably migrating? Can’t recall seeing this before in Berks.
25/07/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	20	B Lyle
16:00
26/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	15	D J Mills
08:15	still same number in same area.
25/07/18	Swift	Newbury Business Park	35	M J Taylor
08:15	35. up high.
25/07/18	Swift	North Ascot	50	S D Abbott
19:00	At least this number drifting south but very high up.
24/07/18	Swift	Reading	3	S A Graham
20:35	3. Lundy lane: very high, calling sporadically. SU691734.
22/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	15	D J Mills
08:05	same as Saturday.
03/07/18	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	3	J E Andrews
08:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
19/07/18	Swift	Newbury	31	M Gardner
	over st georges ave.
20/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	20	D J Mills
08:45	similar numbers on Weds & Thurs.
18/07/18	Swift	Reading	12	S A Graham
20:40	Lundy lane: A bit more activity this evening. SU690733.
18/07/18	Swift	Winkfield	20	F Hughes
07:00	At mother-in-laws house Dedworth Windsor.At least 20 in tight ball around eaves.Later,by 11.00am up under cloud base.
18/07/18	Swift	Reading	30	S Scott
07:50	Approximate count feeding and screeching high up. SU719731.
17/07/18	Swift	Reading	5	S A Graham
20:35	Lundy lane: best count this evening, high overhead with limited screaming. SU690733.
17/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
08:35	quietly feeding & slowly drifting South on the wind.
16/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	35	D J Mills
08:35	still screaming around opp Leisure C.
16/07/18	Swift	Woose Hill	6	P Bright-Thomas
07:45	Over S.
15/07/18	Swift	Crowthorne	7	P J Crowley
09:00	7 flying around over the town, and increase of 2 over the 5 that have been flying around for the last month.
15/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	45	D J Mills
14:15
15/07/18	Swift	Reading	14	S A Graham
11:45	Waverley Rd: Min swarming around the known nesting site. SU689733.
14/07/18	Swift	Maidenhead	5	S M Meads
21:00	Over garden calling.
14/07/18	Swift	Reading	14	S A Graham
10:00	Forbury Gardens: Approx. SU717736.
14/07/18	Swift	Reading	1	S A Graham
08:45	1. Wilson Rd: entering gap under roof slates at the top of the road, opposite the site they were evicted from a few years ago by Starlings. SU691734.
14/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	60	D J Mills
08:15	minimum count.
13/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	25	D J Mills
08:00	Tight , low & screaming over normal area.
13/07/18	Swift	Reading	25	S A Graham
06:45	Oxford Rd: Min. high overhead in a tight ball screaming. SU691737.
12/07/18	Swift	Thatcham	60	R Keel
09:30	Screaming over garden. Conservative estimate. SU502674.
10/07/18	Swift	Newbury	25	M Gardner
21:30	seen from Enborne Road, some screaming.
11/07/18	Swift	Winkfield	20	F Hughes
09:35	In Dedworth,Windsor-at my mother-in-laws house.In a tight bunch low over roof top,screaming.Numbers 3 times last weeks numbers.One pecking at outer feathers of low Red Kite who was not bothered!
10/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	25	D J Mills
08:20	more spread out than before , odd screams.
09/07/18	Swift	Reading	20	S A Graham
06:55	Reading West Station: Minimum in a tight ball rocketing over the house tops. SU701734.
09/07/18	Swift	Reading	25	S Scott
07:45	Approximate count of a large group circling and screaming over South Street. SU720732.
08/07/18	Swift	Maidenhead	40	S M Meads
21:15	Screaming over St Marks allotment in tight group then splitting up and then grouping together again.Great sight,observed this for 15 minutes .
07/07/18	Swift	Keep Hatch	5	R Dawson
21:10	Small screaming group just above roof-top height.
08/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	25	D J Mills
08:05	Tight group roof height & below - some screeming.
06/07/18	Swift	Reading	20	S A Graham
20:00	Lundy lake: Approx. tight screaming swam at dusk, prosumably recent fledged Juv. SU691733.
06/07/18	Swift	Fobney Island	10	S Lynch
08:00	Next to fobney lock. SU704711.
05/07/18	Swift	Reading	12	S A Graham
20:00	12. Lundy lane: Approx. at dusk. SU691733.
05/07/18	Swift	Caversham, Chiltern Road	15	R C Watts
21:30	15 plus birds screening roof top height.
05/07/18	Swift	Lower Earley	15	D J Mills
09:00	Tight screaming group , flying low around usual area opp Sports C.
05/07/18	Swift	Eton Wick	12	K Jones
21:00	Gone up from 4 yesterday so assume fledging happened today.
05/07/18	Swift	Pangbourne	12	A Taylor
	Maximum number seen airborne at any one time above the village.
01/07/18	Swift	Wokingham	10	P O'Neill
14:00	Town centre, fittingly above Swift House.
01/07/18	Swift	Maidenhead	1	B Clark
	Nesting in eaves of neighbour's roof.
30/06/18	Swift	College Town, Sandhurst	4	J Goodey
11:30
29/06/18	Swift	Bracknell	5	D A MacKenzie Dodds
21:57	The latest in the day (just... night really) that I've ever seen a low screaming party round here... Almost 10pm!
28/06/18	Swift	Winkfield	7	F Hughes
07:00	Fast speed and screaming around mother-in-laws roof and gutters in Dedworth,Windsor.Have been there for at least 40 years.
28/06/18	Swift	Winkfield	7	F Hughes
11:00	Flyingand screaming around buildings at bottom of Peascod Street ,Windsor 27th June.[Website not working yesterday].
26/06/18	Swift	Thatcham	1	G Stewart
20:30	15 to 20 Flying around over Station Road between Kennet School and Station. Just a big gathering no screeching yet!!!!
27/06/18	Swift	Berkshire Brewery, Reading	25	P Driver
	Minimum count. Over the old brewery and Simmons St/Fobney st apartments.
26/06/18	Swift	Kidwell's Park, Maidenhead	4	G R Farrell
	At least 4, screeching and flying up Castle Hill.
26/06/18	Swift	Lower Earley	25	D J Mills
08:20
25/06/18	Swift	Lower Earley	7	D J Mills
09:00	tight group flying low & screeming near Leisure C (usual spot).
24/06/18	Swift	Reading	12	S A Graham
11:00	Waverley Rd: Min. swarming around a know nesting site. SU689734.
24/06/18	Swift	Lower Earley	11	D J Mills
09:00	usual area , up from 6 yesterday.
23/06/18	Swift	Maidenhead	9	S M Meads
20:30	Screaming around allotment in St.Marks Road area.
22/06/18	Swift	Reading	8	S A Graham
20:25	Approx. I hope other's are incubating, but still well down on previous summers. SU691733.
22/06/18	Swift	Lower Earley	12	D J Mills
08:10	feeding above usual site - some screaming.
22/06/18	Swift	Fobney Meadow	50	A V Lawson
	at least.
22/06/18	Swift	Eton Wick	9	K Rhodes
	Feeding over fields just north of the village.
21/06/18	Swift	Cookham Dean	16	B D Clews
17:30	swooping between houses near local church.
21/06/18	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
08:10	also Wed 4 , Tue 11 & Mon 3 - very little screaming.
17/06/18	Swift	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	60	S A Graham
09:00	Approx. swarming over footpath before dispersing, later counted c43 on my retrun.
17/06/18	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	130	R Crawford
09:40
17/06/18	Swift	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	40	R Crawford
09:15
17/06/18	Swift	Greenham Common	6	I Quelch
	Just south of control tower. Please keep to the main paths.
15/06/18	Swift	Forest Park, Bracknell	2	J Crouch
20:30	First seen this summer.
14/06/18	Swift	Reading	7	S A Graham
20:30	Lundy Lane: Approx. at dusk, there is a lot of activity in the vicinity of a former nest site at the top of Wilson Rd which was taken over by Starlings a few years ago. SU692734.
10/06/18	Swift	Reading	20	S Scott
20:20	Approximate number. Highest number for this site for the year so far. SU719731.
02/06/18	Swift	Reading		S Scott
20:20	Highest count over this site this summer. SU719731.
10/06/18	Swift	Twyford	3	P D Hadfield
	flying over wheat field. SU797768.
09/06/18	Swift	Lower Earley	18	D J Mills
08:15	tight feeding group normal area - also 11 above garden at 20:00 yesterday , very unusual before Autumn.
08/06/18	Swift	Lower Earley	10	D J Mills
11:55	apart from 11 on last Sunday a typical day is zero or a couple at most!
08/06/18	Swift	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	70	R Crawford
07:50
07/06/18	Swift	Winkfield	3	F Hughes
12:00	At Dedworth Windsor.
06/06/18	Swift	Emmbrook	1	P O'Neill
16:30	Just the single Swift, no Swallows and no House Martins.
05/06/18	Swift	Knowl Hill Common	4	B D Clews
19:30	SU825793.
03/06/18	Swift	Woose Hill	6	P Bright-Thomas
13:00	Reappeared periodically. Typical post-arrival max for last few years.
29/05/18	Swift	Hungerford	3	M Gardner
12:00	above the canal.
01/06/18	Swift	Newbury	5	M Gardner
17:45	Bartholomew Street.
01/06/18	Swift	Great Hollands, Bracknell	10	M Hunt
21:25	screaming over.
31/05/18	Swift	Cookham Dean	13	B D Clews
09:30	together, per Stephen Runnacles.
30/05/18	Swift	Winkfield	7	F Hughes
11:00	At mother-in-laws house in Dedworth,Windsor.Screaming over house.Have nested there for at least 40 years.Also sparrowhawk and hobby overhead.
28/05/18	Swift	Forbury Gardens, Reading	15	D W Hampton
09:00	Highest count I have seen here this year. SU717736.
27/05/18	Swift	Reading	14	S A Graham
14:45	Wilson Rd: better numbers swarming around the known nesting site. SU693734.
27/05/18	Swift	Reading	8	S A Graham
11:30	Waverlet Rd: approx swarming around a known nesting site. SU689734.
27/05/18	Swift	Lower Earley	15	D J Mills
09:10	some screaming.
25/05/18	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
09:00	together with some screaming.
25/05/18	Swift	Wokingham	4	S Stevenson
	Circling house. Disappointing numbers returning this year. Count of 4 well down on previous years. SU8168.
25/05/18	Swift	Thatcham	1	B Lyle
11:00	at level crossing.
24/05/18	Swift	Cookham Rise	3	B D Clews
09:00	occasionally inspecting nest box under eaves, for first time, per Derek Fry.
23/05/18	Swift	Fobney Island	3	M Turton
	feeding over the water.
23/05/18	Swift	Palmer Park, Reading	12	F Hutchinson
16:00	At least, screaming overhead.
22/05/18	Swift	Palmer Park, Reading	2	F Hutchinson
12:30	2. First nesting pair I have seen this year on road by Palmer park. Edit: Apologies, I am withdrawing this claim as I have not seen them enter the nest site once since.
23/05/18	Swift	Swallowfield Church	3	R C Watts
11:00	Over.
23/05/18	Swift	Lower Earley	12	D J Mills
08:00	tight group.
22/05/18	Swift	Reading	8	S A Graham
20:30	Lundy lane: Approx. at dusk. SU691733.
22/05/18	Swift	Pangbourne	7	A Taylor
17:00	max. count over village so far this year. No house martins yet, not even at regular nest site on poilice station.
19/05/18	Swift	Newbury	3	M Gardner
	near the usual nest site at the school in Enborne Road.
21/05/18	Swift	Reading	6	S A Graham
06:30	Wilson Rd: Swarming around a known nest site, but no obvious activity at 3 other annual sites. SU693734.
20/05/18	Swift	Eton Wick	5	K Jones
21:00
20/05/18	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
08:40
19/05/18	Swift	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	9	F Hutchinson
10:00	Min. 7 screaming overhead + 2 drinking from the lake.
18/05/18	Swift	Woose Hill	4	P Bright-Thomas
19:15	Feeding over Barkham Road.
18/05/18	Swift	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	6	M Gardner
	over the lake.
18/05/18	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
10:00	Loose group with some screaming - most I have seen in a very poor year so far. No Blackcaps seen/heard all week.
18/05/18	Swift	Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest	1	M Hunt
07:20	over north.
18/05/18	Swift	Wokingham	15	P O'Neill
14:00	Nice to see so many over Wokingham town centre.
13/05/18	Swift	Strand Water, Cookham	6	B D Clews
15:00	overhead.
13/05/18	Swift	Bray GPs	2	S A Graham
09:30
11/05/18	Swift	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	M J Smith
	Hawking insects over Thames. SU657775.
11/05/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	60	N Cleere
	60+.
10/05/18	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	27	R Crawford

10/05/18	Swift	Winkfield	3	F Hughes
	amendment previous entry-NOT Pacific swift-computer error.They were the usual common swift.[Apus apus].
10/05/18	Swift	Winkfield	3	F Hughes
	Seen above traffic lights in Alma Road Windsor,chasing and screaming.
10/05/18	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	30	R F Milligan
	Mainly Swift with a few Swallow and House Martin, East Fen. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/05/18	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	30	R F Milligan
	East Fen. Mainly Swift with a few House Martin and Swallow. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/05/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	25	N Cleere
	25 + is the largest arrival so far this spring !
09/05/18	Swift	Great Hollands, Bracknell	4	M Hunt

08/05/18	Swift	Winter Hill Golf Club	2	B D Clews

08/05/18	Swift	Eddington	8	K Taylor
	There were probably more. They seemed to be back in force. SU341690.
08/05/18	Swift	Green Park	2	S D Abbott

08/05/18	Swift	Emmbrook	3	P O'Neill
	2 + 1 over Old Forest Road Meadows.
08/05/18	Swift	Arthur Newbery Park, Tilehurst	2	C J Forsey
	Back home for 2018 :).
07/05/18	Swift	Newbury Football Club Ground	3	C J Forsey
	Heading north over floodlights.
07/05/18	Swift	Palmer Park, Reading	5	F Hutchinson
	At least 5 screaming overhead.
07/05/18	Swift	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas

07/05/18	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
	feeding above roof height.
07/05/18	Swift	Bracknell	1	D Mackenzie
	First of the year over Bay Road Bullbrook this morning.
07/05/18	Swift	Caversham, Chiltern Road	2	R C Watts
	One day late . Last year 6th May 4 birds .thanks Richard.
04/05/18	Swift	Reading	5	S A Graham
20:00	Lundy lane: High overhead at dusk. SU691733.
02/05/18	Swift	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
15:00	first of the year here.
05/05/18	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
09:00	Screaming in tight line , roof level opp Leisure centre.
04/05/18	Swift	Braywick Nature Centre, Maidenhead	2	B D Clews
16:00	Circling above.
03/05/18	Swift	Palmer Park, Reading	4	F Hutchinson
19:30	Flying around high over the park.
03/05/18	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	10	R F Milligan
09:31	Feeding over CLN.
02/05/18	Swift	Hungerford	30	R C Davies
	possibly more. over the Kennett.
01/05/18	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	5	S M Meads
15:00
01/05/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	10	N Cleere
12:30
01/05/18	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	3	R F Milligan
09:26	With a few House Martin and Swallow, feeding at CLN.
30/04/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	1	R Keel
14:00
30/04/18	Swift	Woolhampton GPs	2	R Keel
15:00
30/04/18	Swift	Reading	1	S Scott
10:15	Low over Sidmouth Street/South Street. Welcome back! SU720732.
28/04/18	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	10	P Kendall
15:45	Moving through, over the CLN hide.
28/04/18	Swift	Newbury	7	C Foster
14:50	SU461671.
27/04/18	Swift	Summerleaze GP	20	D Cleal
	Feeding over the pit.
27/04/18	Swift	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	R Keel

27/04/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	4	R Keel

26/04/18	Swift	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	2	K E Moore
15:30
26/04/18	Swift	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	12	G Stewart
15:45	Minimum of 12 could have been a few more.
26/04/18	Swift	Thatcham Marsh	16	M J Dear

25/04/18	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R Murfitt
18:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
25/04/18	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	K E Moore
14:00
25/04/18	Swift	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	1	K E Moore
13:15	low over going West. Please only view from the public footpath.
25/04/18	Swift	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	5	R Dawson

25/04/18	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	M F Walford
07:10
24/04/18	Swift	Berkshire Brewery, Reading	1	C J Forsey
15:00	Bit far off heading towards Berkley avenue but my 1st 2018.
23/04/18	Swift	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	50	J E Andrews
17:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
23/04/18	Swift	Lands End Lake, Twyford GPs	1	E Napper
12:30	With Hirundines.
23/04/18	Swift	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
09:45	maybe 2 with NC.
22/04/18	Swift	Southcote Meadows	5	P Driver
10:25	Seen with AVL.
21/04/18	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	J Taylor

21/04/18	Swift	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
08:50	flying low over Toby Carvery.
21/04/18	Swift	Caversham	20	R C Watts
06:30	Seen by Richard Sajdak all seen between 06:30 and 07:15 from his garden.
20/04/18	Swift	Newbury	6	C Foster
19:00	Heading north. I haven't seen a swallow yet! SU462670.
20/04/18	Swift	Newbury	2	A E Hickman
19:25	First of the year, not my earliest ever but pretty close. SU463669.
20/04/18	Swift	Eton Wick	1	K Rhodes
12:00	High over , heading west.