Berkshire bird news

Wednesday 8th May 2024

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
08/05/24	Woodcock	Roundoak Piece	3	P Hickman
20:50	Three birds seen flying east in 90 seconds. Eight sightings between 20:49 and 20:57 on survey.
08/05/24	Nightjar	Roundoak Piece	1	P Hickman
20:59	m. To the east side outside the 'fenced off' area. Only one bird present.
08/05/24	Common Tern	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	10	K P Duncan
16:40	on island.
08/05/24	Cuckoo	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
19:45	male. calling.
08/05/24	Woodcock	Swinley Park	2	S D Abbott
21:26	One chasing the other. SU899681.
08/05/24	Nightjar	Swinley Park	1	S D Abbott
21:15	m. Very brief churring. SU898679.
08/05/24	Tufted Duck	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	3	S Lynch
08:30	2m1f. 1 m trying to drive the other male away from the female.
08/05/24	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
20:30	normal observations from rear garden - feeding & heading roughly westwards (1st time obs 2024 - also local Bat (pip Sp) @ 21:00) on usual route.
08/05/24	Hobby	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	H Wright
20:37	Making repeated circuits low.over West Fem. Please only view from the public footpath.
08/05/24	Cuckoo	Roundoak Piece	1	P Hickman
20:25	Near the Oval Pond.
08/05/24	Reed Bunting	Fobney Island	1	R C Price
14:00	Singing from scrub south of zigzag weir.
08/05/24	Sparrowhawk	Fobney Island	1	R C Price
14:00	Soaring.
08/05/24	Gadwall	Fobney Island	1	R C Price
14:00	Male on island. Chased off by Coot.
08/05/24	Little Egret	Fobney Island	1	R C Price
14:00	West section then east.
08/05/24	Kestrel	Fobney Island	1	R C Price
14:00	Hawking insects with B-h Gulls. Seen them doing this more than usual this spring.
08/05/24	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Island	1	R C Price
14:00	Male. On canal north of island.
08/05/24	Whitethroat	Fobney Island	4	R C Price
14:00	Singing from scrub south of river.
08/05/24	Cetti's Warbler	Fobney Island	3	R C Price
14:00	Singing.
08/05/24	Reed Warbler	Fobney Island	2	R C Price
14:00	1 east section, 1 west.
08/05/24	Blackcap	Fobney Island	4	R C Price
14:00	Singing.
08/05/24	Garden Warbler	Fobney Island	6	R C Price
14:00	Singing . 5 along path south of river. 1 from hedge north side of island.
08/05/24	Lesser Redpoll	Wellington College	2	H Wright
18:07	Still occasionally turning up at feeders. Later than previous years.
08/05/24	Sparrowhawk	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
17:51	f. Soaring with Kites over Dark Lane .
08/05/24	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
16:00	On pylon south of Shortheath Lane for a long time.
08/05/24	Hobby	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
11:30	High above Finch Pond. Please only view from the public footpath.
08/05/24	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	1	G Stewart
15:40
08/05/24	Little Egret	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:15	on ground water flood, east of Streatley STW.
08/05/24	Nightingale	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M S Shaw
14:31	Possibly 3 as saw two then another in full view singing.
08/05/24	Swift	Wokingham	10	P O'Neill
13:15	At least 10, high over the town centre.
08/05/24	Common Tern	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
12:00
08/05/24	Linnet	Great Thrift Wood, Cox Green	2	N Bell
07:21	1 male, 1 fem.
08/05/24	Whitethroat	Great Thrift Wood, Cox Green	2	N Bell
07:05
08/05/24	Whitethroat	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	N Bell
06:44
08/05/24	Cuckoo	Dewe Lane	2	M S Shaw
11:38	male. 2 calling at the junction of Dewe Lane and Mill Road. One seen at the top of a tree with other in flight over my head. SU669699.
08/05/24	Hobby	Crookham Pools, Crookham Common	1	A E Hickman
09:50
08/05/24	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	K Rhodes
10:42	Resting on the buoys.
08/05/24	Raven	Upper Bucklebury	2	B Lyle
10:42	lots of cronking, heading south.
08/05/24	Cuckoo	Fobney Meadow	1	A Absolom
08:59
08/05/24	Cuckoo	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
07:05
08/05/24	Nightingale	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
07:05
08/05/24	Cetti's Warbler	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
06:45