Berkshire bird news

Monday 12th February 2024

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
12/02/24	Greenfinch	Upper Bucklebury	1	B Lyle
14:21
12/02/24	Snipe	Padworth Lane floods	50	K E Moore
15:30	Counted,all told prob.70 All on the emergent vegetation. Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods.
12/02/24	Lapwing	Padworth Lane floods	400	K E Moore
15:30	Usual flock ,with water receding,more rroom. Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods.
12/02/24	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	K E Moore
13:50	On the artificial island,poking above water.
12/02/24	Oystercatcher	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	K E Moore
14:00	1 on Sailing club lawn,2 on Oyc Island.
12/02/24	Raven	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
14:00	Kronking as it finally landed on square topped pylon on edge of Hosehill.Cane in from main pit .
12/02/24	Fieldfare	Aldermaston Wharf	1	A Kydd
14:55
12/02/24	Lapwing	Sonning Meadows	50	A B Tomczynski
15:00	Counted. Along with hundreds of gulls on extensive flooding. Highest since 2014 a local person told me.
12/02/24	Chiffchaff	Sonning Meadows	1	A B Tomczynski
14:15
12/02/24	Stonechat	Sonning Meadows	3	A B Tomczynski
14:15	1m, 2f.
12/02/24	Chiffchaff	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
14:25	at Streatley STW.
12/02/24	Firecrest	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
14:25	at Streatley STW.
12/02/24	Reed Bunting	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R Reedman
11:10	m. on hide feeders.
12/02/24	Little Egret	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R Reedman
11:00	Near side of CLN.
12/02/24	Great White Egret	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R Reedman
11:00	Eastern side of CLN.
12/02/24	Buzzard	Cock Marsh	2	B Crathorne
14:15
12/02/24	Lapwing	Cock Marsh	65	B Crathorne
14:15
12/02/24	Grey Wagtail	Woolhampton Lock	1	A James
12:50	Lakes not accessible on foot from the Row Barge car park without waders. Limited access to Oxlease Lake possible from the canal.
12/02/24	Peregrine	Newbury	1	A James
11:30	Flying round BT tower being very vocal with a Red Kite, then hunting in area.
12/02/24	Goldfinch	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	2	N Bell
09:33	SU873782.
12/02/24	Snipe	Lower Farm GP	6	D Andrews
12:44	Seen with J andrews mjd.
12/02/24	Ring-necked Parakeet	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	2	N Bell
09:32	SU873785.
12/02/24	Starling	West Ilsley	1200	N J Bucknell
11:15	estimated count of flock flying west, north of village.
12/02/24	Fieldfare	West Ilsley	150	N J Bucknell
11:00	mostly in flock flying west of village.
12/02/24	Corn Bunting	West Ilsley	1	N J Bucknell
10:55	at south end of track from Sheep Down.
12/02/24	Stonechat	West Ilsley	2	N J Bucknell
10:55	pair. at south end of track from Sheep Down.
12/02/24	Raven	Sheep Down (West Ilsley)	2	N J Bucknell
10:35
12/02/24	Stonechat	Sheep Down (West Ilsley)	4	N J Bucknell
	3 males, 1 fem. 2 males, 1 female by Ridgeway at 10-25; another male down track to West Ilsley at 10-45.
12/02/24	Corn Bunting	Bury Down	8	N J Bucknell
	by Ridgeway -7 west of carparks, 10-00 to 10-15; one east of them at 11-55, most singing.
12/02/24	Stonechat	Bury Down	4	N J Bucknell
	2 pairs. on Ridgeway one west of carparks at 09-50, another east of them at 12-00.
12/02/24	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Great Thrift Wood, Cox Green	1	N Bell
10:08	SU872784.
12/02/24	Kingfisher	Great Thrift Wood, Cox Green	1	N Bell
10:15	Flew across Thrift Lane along the Cut tributary. SU872784.
12/02/24	Wren	Great Thrift Wood, Cox Green	1	N Bell
10:07	SU872785.
12/02/24	Song Thrush	Great Thrift Wood, Cox Green	2	N Bell
10:03	SU872785.
12/02/24	Goldcrest	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	N Bell
09:37	SU872783.
12/02/24	Long-tailed Tit	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	3	N Bell
09:31	SU872784.
12/02/24	Stonechat	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	2	N Bell
09:20	1 male, 1 fem. SU879785.
12/02/24	Chaffinch	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	N Bell
09:01	fem. SU879785.
12/02/24	Reed Bunting	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	3	N Bell
08:54	1 male, 2 fem. SU878786.
12/02/24	Cormorant	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	N Bell
08:51	SU878786.
12/02/24	Redwing	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	4	N Bell
08:51	SU878786.
12/02/24	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	N Bell
08:25	SU877790.
12/02/24	Linnet	Wargrave	100	M J Hubbard
11:28	+ in oaks & field of rough pasture off Blakes Road by Kings Farm Corner in Upper Wargrave. SU798788.
12/02/24	Sparrowhawk	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
11:11	m. Being mobbed by a crow over Dark Lane.
12/02/24	Buzzard	Emmer Green	2	T Pointer
10:54	Soaring high on a thermal. SU717771.
12/02/24	Wigeon	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	37	D Andrews
09:53	Please only view from the public footpath.
12/02/24	Pochard	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	70	D Andrews
09:52	Please only view from the public footpath.
12/02/24	Cetti's Warbler	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	D Andrews
09:46	Please only view from the public footpath.
12/02/24	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	3	D Andrews
09:46	Please only view from the public footpath.
12/02/24	Goldeneye	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	D Andrews
09:46	Male seen WITH J ANDREWS . Please only view from the public footpath.
12/02/24	Cetti's Warbler	Thames Valley Business Park	1	M J Mitchell
08:00
12/02/24	Grey Wagtail	Thames Valley Business Park	1	M J Mitchell
08:00	Paths flooded in many places.
12/02/24	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	8	A Absolom
08:09	On floods from matalan c p.