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Sunday 16th January 2022

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
16/01/22	Mistle Thrush	Whiteknights Park, Reading	4	J Porter
02:45	In trees near the island in the lake.
16/01/22	Gadwall	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	7	J Porter
02:45	3 pairs and a lone male.
16/01/22	Blackcap	Earley	2	R Reedman
14:00	m. Male first since New Year. Female a daily visitor to feeders since before a Christmas. SU744697.
16/01/22	Grey Partridge	Frost Folly	6	D A MacKenzie Dodds
17:00	(Unsurprisingly) well down on this time last year. Heard and then seen (& counted) with thermal camera.
16/01/22	Siberian Chiffchaff	Chapel Green	1	P Bright-Thomas
15:00	From track S from Luckley Rd/Ludgrove, opposite N end of open field on far side of railway; short arched whistle call similar to tristis heard several times (as on 3rd Jan), Phylloscopus warbler briefly seen in silhouette.
16/01/22	Raven	Chapel Green	2	P Bright-Thomas
15:00	One flying S over cattle fields, and another over track in Parakeet tree before also flying S.
16/01/22	Barn Owl	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P Bright-Thomas
16:45	Flew along N side of CLN then over open area at E end.
16/01/22	Goosander	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	23	P Bright-Thomas
16:45	7m + 16f. Mostly around W end of Plover Island.
16/01/22	Great White Egret	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P Bright-Thomas
16:35	ad. On N shore E of plover island.
16/01/22	Little Egret	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	P Bright-Thomas
16:35
16/01/22	Kingfisher	Eton Wick	1	K P Duncan
	along Roundmoor Ditch.
16/01/22	Snipe	Eton Wick	12	K P Duncan
	on the flood.
16/01/22	Snipe	Slough SF	7	K P Duncan

16/01/22	Little Egret	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
16:10
16/01/22	Gadwall	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	4	P Gipson
16:10	2 pairs.
16/01/22	Long-tailed Tit	North Town, Maidenhead	2	G Williams
16:26
16/01/22	Redwing	North Town, Maidenhead	1	G Williams
16:26
16/01/22	Kestrel	North Town, Maidenhead	1	G Williams
16:26
16/01/22	Egyptian Goose	Moor Green Lakes	2	R C Watts
12:30	All birds seen between 12:30 and 14:15.
16/01/22	Nuthatch	Moor Green Lakes	1	R C Watts
12:30	Heard only.
16/01/22	Reed Bunting	Moor Green Lakes	1	R C Watts
12:30	On feeders.
16/01/22	Grey Heron	Moor Green Lakes	1	R C Watts
12:30
16/01/22	Mallard	Moor Green Lakes	15	R C Watts
12:30	Plus.
16/01/22	Tufted Duck	Moor Green Lakes	20	R C Watts
12:30	Plus.
16/01/22	Great Crested Grebe	Moor Green Lakes	5	R C Watts
12:30
16/01/22	Little Egret	Moor Green Lakes	1	R C Watts
12:30
16/01/22	Long-tailed Tit	Moor Green Lakes	5	R C Watts
12:30
16/01/22	Goldfinch	Moor Green Lakes	1	R C Watts
12:30
16/01/22	Goosander	Moor Green Lakes	12	R C Watts
12:30	7m/5f.
16/01/22	Kestrel	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
15:30	at Streatley Farm.
16/01/22	Greylag Goose	Streatley	170	N J Bucknell
15:15	at Streatley Farm.
16/01/22	Lapwing	Streatley	5	N J Bucknell
15:15	at Streatley Farm.
16/01/22	Water Rail	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
14:15	in riverside vegetation just north of Swan Hotel.
16/01/22	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Bottom Lane GP, Theale GPs	3	C McEwan
15:20	In the large Oak opposite Brewary Cottages. SU6469.
16/01/22	Marsh Tit	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	C McEwan
14:20	On small sunflower feeder at the feeding station. SU6469.
16/01/22	Brambling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	C McEwan
14:20	male. At the feeding station under small nyjer feeder and new stump feeder. SU6469.
16/01/22	Brambling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
15:46	m. Hesitant visitor, favouring wood pile to the left of the feeder.
16/01/22	Marsh Tit	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
15:46	Briefly at feeding station.
16/01/22	Coot	Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs	72	S A Graham
15:46	Approx.
16/01/22	Red-crested Pochard	Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
15:46	3 m.
16/01/22	Grey Heron	Bottom Lane GP (E), Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
15:46
16/01/22	Little Egret	Bottom Lane GP (E), Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
15:46
16/01/22	Little Egret	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	M F Walford
15:40
16/01/22	White-fronted Goose	Hurst	18	F J Cottington
12:52	Flew in from DP direction, landed, fed, but flushed in under 10 minutes by a dog walker - flew fast SW over Dunt Lane, but lost behind trees and not relocated at BSL video here https://youtu.be/irPCih06yVo. SU790727.
16/01/22	Sparrowhawk	Emmer Green	1	T Pointer
14:13	Back garden. Suddenly all the pigeons fled as sparrowhawk landed on garden fence. One pigeon flew into living room window and killed itself but sparrowhawk hasn't taken it. SU717771.
16/01/22	Grey Partridge	Englefield	5	P Driver
13:55	On the track between Milehouse Farm and airstrip. Viewed from gate next to A4.
16/01/22	Grey Wagtail	Eton Wick	1	B Crathorne
11:30
16/01/22	Cetti's Warbler	Eton Wick	4	B Crathorne
11:30
16/01/22	Snipe	Eton Wick	2	B Crathorne
11:30
16/01/22	Chiffchaff	Eton Wick	5	B Crathorne
11:30
16/01/22	Blackcap	Summerleaze GP	1	C Carlaw
10:27	fem. SU893824.
16/01/22	Yellowhammer	Summerleaze GP	2	C Carlaw
10:27	SU889829.
16/01/22	Fieldfare	Summerleaze GP	25	C Carlaw
10:27	SU889829.
16/01/22	Egyptian Goose	Summerleaze GP	4	C Carlaw
10:27	SU889829.
16/01/22	Meadow Pipit	Woolhampton GPs	6	M J Mitchell
10:00	Solar farm.
16/01/22	Sparrowhawk	Woolhampton GPs	1	M J Mitchell
10:00	f.
16/01/22	Reed Bunting	Woolhampton GPs	3	M J Mitchell
10:00	With linnet flock.
16/01/22	Chaffinch	Woolhampton GPs	50	M J Mitchell
10:00	With linnet flock.
16/01/22	Linnet	Woolhampton GPs	250	M J Mitchell
10:00	In field SE of main pit.
16/01/22	Little Owl	Burnthouse Lane floods	1	M F Walford
12:43	On a fence post along the usual hedge.
16/01/22	Corn Bunting	Churn Farm (Oxon)	1	N J Bucknell
11:30	singing near old university outstation.
16/01/22	Fieldfare	Churn Farm (Oxon)	250	N J Bucknell
11:35	south of concrete road.
16/01/22	Stonechat	Churn Farm (Oxon)	3	N J Bucknell
	2 male, 1 fem. one male by old university outstation, pair at west end of concrete road.
16/01/22	Kestrel	Compton Downs	1	N J Bucknell
11:00	over Compton Gallops.
16/01/22	Corn Bunting	Compton Downs	5	N J Bucknell
10:40	by track to East Ilsley - 2 signing.
16/01/22	Stonechat	Compton Downs	2	N J Bucknell
10:40	pair. on triangular field NW of junction of Ridgeway and track to East Ilsley.
16/01/22	Blackcap	Earley	2	R H Stansfield
11:47	m. On my garden feeder. First of the year!
16/01/22	Little Egret	Fleethill Farm	1	J Carson
11:15	Private site, view only from footpath.
16/01/22	Reed Bunting	Fleethill Farm	1	J Carson
11:15	Private site, view only from footpath.
16/01/22	Stonechat	Fleethill Farm	1	J Carson
11:15	Private site, view only from footpath.
16/01/22	Teal	Fleethill Farm	7	J Carson
11:15	Private site, view only from footpath.
16/01/22	Goosander	Fleethill Farm	9	J Carson
11:15	1m+8f, across the lakes. Private site, view only from footpath.
16/01/22	Great White Egret	Fleethill Farm	1	J Carson
11:10	Flew off from one of the near lakes, looks like over to the lakes can't see from track. Private site, view only from footpath.
16/01/22	Egyptian Goose	Reading	2	R C Price
10:53	Grazing on the Oracle (metal O) roundabout under the IDR.
16/01/22	Mistle Thrush	Emmer Green	1	T Pointer
10:27	Back garden. SU717771.
16/01/22	Nuthatch	Wraysbury GPs	1	S Neal
10:09
16/01/22	Little Egret	Hythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs	1	S Neal
09:58
16/01/22	Redwing	Wraysbury GPs	5	S Neal
09:58
16/01/22	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Chapel Green	1	R J Godden
08:30
16/01/22	Nuthatch	Chapel Green	3	R J Godden
08:30
16/01/22	Ring-necked Parakeet	Chapel Green	2	R J Godden
08:30
16/01/22	Stock Dove	Chapel Green	1	R J Godden
08:30
16/01/22	Bullfinch	Chapel Green	2	R J Godden
08:30
16/01/22	Raven	Chapel Green	2	R J Godden
08:30
16/01/22	Cetti's Warbler	Hythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs	1	S Neal
09:09
16/01/22	Chiffchaff	Wraysbury GPs	1	S Neal
09:07
16/01/22	Goldcrest	Wraysbury GPs	2	S Neal
09:07
16/01/22	Gadwall	Hythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs	4	S Neal
08:58
16/01/22	Little Egret	Village Pit, Wraysbury GPs	2	S Neal
08:56
16/01/22	Red Kite	Hythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs	1	S Neal
08:56
16/01/22	Goldeneye	Hythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs	13	S Neal
08:27	Hythe Lake.
16/01/22	Goosander	Hythe Pit, Wraysbury GPs	2	S Neal
08:27	Hythe Lake, m+ f.