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Friday 14th January 2022

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
14/01/22	Goosander	Padworth Lane GP	2	K E Moore
14:45	r/h.
14/01/22	White-fronted Goose	Padworth Lane GP	2	K E Moore
14:45	ad and 1w. On the lake with the normal goose flock.
14/01/22	Pink-footed Goose	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
14:45	ad. In with normal gooseflock.
14/01/22	Little Grebe	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
14:45
14/01/22	Blackcap	Maidenhead	1	B D Clews
11:55	female in garden in The Pagoda, per Sandra Storey.
14/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	27	J M Clark
16:30	9 male. Much reduced on my previous visit despite colder weather, but Grove not checked. Many hundreds of gulls roosting.
14/01/22	Tawny Owl	Greenham Common	1	E Davies
17:00	Control tower car park. In trees on western edge at dusk. Mobbed by blackbirds. Please keep to the main paths.
14/01/22	Canada Goose	Windsor Promenade	157	D Fuller
19:02	ad. an average count for this site others 4 Egyptian Goose. SU964773.
14/01/22	Mute Swan	Windsor Promenade	317	D Fuller
18:55	mainly ad with less than 10cygnets. a good count for this site. SU964773.
14/01/22	Fieldfare	Cow Down, West Ilsley	86	A B Tomczynski
18:42
14/01/22	Corn Bunting	Cow Down, West Ilsley	35	A B Tomczynski
18:42	Minimum count.
14/01/22	Woodpigeon	Cow Down, West Ilsley	1000	A B Tomczynski
18:42	Huge flock.
14/01/22	Stonechat	Cow Down, West Ilsley	5	A B Tomczynski
18:42
14/01/22	Grey Partridge	Cow Down, West Ilsley	2	A B Tomczynski
18:42
14/01/22	Brambling	Cow Down, West Ilsley	1	A B Tomczynski
18:42	m. With Chaffinch flock.
14/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	9	S Stevenson
14:40	5m/4f. SW Corner of CLS. SU804622.
14/01/22	Great White Egret	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	S Stevenson
14:23	NE corner of CLN. SU807625.
14/01/22	Raven	Whiteknights Park, Reading	1	J Porter
11:30	Heard only.
14/01/22	Siskin	Whiteknights Park, Reading	2	J Porter
11:00	fem. At least 2 with Goldfinches.
14/01/22	Red Kite	Tilehurst	30	R Crawford
08:05	At least 30 at junction of Meadway & Honey End Lane.
14/01/22	Lapwing	Thatcham Marsh	32	R Keel
15:10	Over north. SU499670.
14/01/22	Treecreeper	Thatcham Marsh	1	R Keel
15:10	SU499670.
14/01/22	Chiffchaff	Thatcham Marsh	1	R Keel
15:10	SU499670.
14/01/22	Little Owl	Burnthouse Lane floods	1	P Driver
15:11	On usual post between second and third tree.
14/01/22	Grey Wagtail	Kennet Island, Reading	2	P Driver
14:25	pair. Along Foudry brook.
14/01/22	Cetti's Warbler	Kennet Island, Reading	1	P Driver
14:25	Along Foudry Brook.
14/01/22	Chiffchaff	Kennet Island, Reading	8	P Driver
14:25	Probably more. Along Foudry brook.
14/01/22	Stonechat	Fobney Island	2	P Driver
12:30	m/f. At least. Showing very occasionally next to the old landfill south of Fobney Island. Seen with AVL.
14/01/22	Stonechat	Fobney Meadow	2	P Driver
11:00	Under the pylons.
14/01/22	Kestrel	Fobney Meadow	2	P Driver
11:30	m/f. Getting frisky in the sunshine. Seen with AVL.
14/01/22	Peregrine	Fobney Meadow	2	P Driver
11:00	m/f. On the pylons. Seen with AVL.
14/01/22	Blackcap	Summerleaze GP	1	C Carlaw
08:20	fem. SU893824.
14/01/22	Kestrel	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:30	fem. near water east of STW.
14/01/22	Snipe	Streatley	6	N J Bucknell
12:15	by (frozen) water east of STW.
14/01/22	Firecrest	Finchampstead Ridges	2	R J Godden
12:00	m. In hollies along southern boundary.
14/01/22	White-fronted Goose	Lea Farm Lake	18	F J Cottington
09:45	Visible from bottom of car park field, https://goo.gl/maps/UPV5jvQtjxcEGUUN6 but when flushed some go to Lavell's Lake, others go to Lea Farm Lake to the West. Lea Farm Lake is members only, but open to non members when a member is present. Parking is restricted and if no lay-by spot suggest paying in DAC car park opposite, or at Museum of Berkshire aviation https://goo.gl/maps/4qf8JEbik83Jjwou8 then walk NE along old Colemansmoor Road and right on Sandford Lane, then inside Lavell's East until you reach the car park field.
14/01/22	White-fronted Goose	Lea Farm, Hurst	3	M F Walford
12:28	At least 3 with Canadas from the end of the carpark field. Whole flock flushed by a light aircraft. Appeared to go down on Lea Farm Lake.
14/01/22	Little Egret	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
12:00	High in oaks along Emm Brook, downstream of Kingfisher Bridge.
14/01/22	Brambling	Englefield	1	P Driver
10:00	Very distant. Scoped from gate on the A4. Flew into stubble where skylark and other finches were feeding. Definite white rump patch, undulating flight. Only other option would be bullfinch but behaviour suggests brambling.
14/01/22	White-fronted Goose	Lea Farm, Hurst	16	D N Rimes
08:30	Min count on landfill from end of car park field. 18 counted by FJC later.
14/01/22	Linnet	Englefield	5	P Driver
09:54
14/01/22	Stonechat	Englefield	2	P Driver
09:54	m/f.
14/01/22	Mistle Thrush	Caversham	1	R C Watts
09:22	Seen in tree at bottom of Garden nice garden sighting. SU721756.
14/01/22	Peregrine	Reading	1	R C Price
07:20	Possibly 2 . At 7:20 too dark to get good look at East side. 7:20 1 South side, lower perch. 8:08 1 East side.