Mike Smith

Location: Purley on Thames

Recent sightings

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
26/04/24	Garden Warbler	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	M J Smith
15:03	Singing briefly in same bushes as Lesser Whitethroat before flying towards Spring Farm.
26/04/24	Lesser Whitethroat	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	M J Smith
15:03	Singing in "starling bushes" east of Sulbrook joining the Thames.
24/04/24	Cuckoo	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	M J Smith
19:30	male. Heard calling from Purley allotments, somewhere between Field farm and Mapledurham Lock, after 5 mins moved about 500 metres West and recalled, bird unlikely to stay.
24/04/24	Grey Wagtail	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	M J Smith
16:30	Flew from new fish pass and downstream over Mapledurham lock.
24/04/24	Swallow	River Thames Meadows at Purley	2	M J Smith
16:00	Hawking insects over Mapledurham lock & weir.
24/04/24	Goosander	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	M J Smith
16:00	male. Pylon field Thames West of Mapledurham Lock, also a large (dog?) Otter swimming fast down stream towards Mapledurham Mill weir, first sighting of Otter since March last year.
17/04/24	Cetti's Warbler	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	M J Smith
15:24	Singing opposite oratory rowing club, Berks bank. SU652773.
11/04/24	Common Sandpiper	Saltney Mead	1	M J Smith
14:30	In basin where Sulbrook meets the Thames, flew upstream towards Pangbourne. First on my Thames patch for many years.
05/04/24	Chiffchaff	Purley on Thames, Reading	3	M J Smith
14:17	A third bird now arrived, still 2 alive in my hedgeline.
05/04/24	Chiffchaff	Purley on Thames, Reading	2	M J Smith
13:37	2 birds in my hedgeline and chasing each other about, sadly 1 has just been chased into a house window.

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