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Saturday 13th April 2024

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
13/04/24	Coot	Fobney Island	16	R C Price
17:20	East section. 3 pairs + 3 groups of chicks (2,3,5).
13/04/24	Sand Martin	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
17:50	Over marsh.
13/04/24	Sedge Warbler	Fobney Meadow	4	R C Price
17:50	Singing. 3 along FP7 hedge from west of marsh to west end of path. 1 nr. boardwalk.
13/04/24	Greenfinch	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
17:50	Singing.
13/04/24	Cetti's Warbler	Fobney Meadow	4	R C Price
17:50	Singing.
13/04/24	Reed Bunting	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:50	Male.
13/04/24	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:50	Heard nr. marsh.
13/04/24	Gadwall	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:50	Male.
13/04/24	Teal	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
17:50	Around marsh.
13/04/24	Shoveler	Fobney Meadow	12	R C Price
17:50	Very active flying around marsh. Males on flood performing head bobbing display.
13/04/24	Kestrel	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:50
13/04/24	Tree Pipit	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
04:16	(Nocmig recording) single call, clear and well defined.
13/04/24	Siskin	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
13:10	m. On feeder in back garden.
13/04/24	Whitethroat	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	1	R H Stansfield
17:20	Singing along first field hedge. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	1	R H Stansfield
17:20	ad. Singing in hedge on north side of first field. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Lapwing	Bottom Lane Floods (S), Theale GPs	2	S A Graham
09:30	Approx. water now receding but its left a muddy morass on the far side from the canal.
13/04/24	Willow Warbler	Bottom Lane Floods (S), Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
09:30	In song by swing bridge.
13/04/24	Willow Warbler	Thames Valley Business Park	1	S Hughes
15:30
13/04/24	Cetti's Warbler	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
15:17
13/04/24	Nightingale	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
15:17
13/04/24	Swallow	Eton Wick	1	K Rhodes
15:03	Just flew over garden.
13/04/24	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
14:51
13/04/24	Cetti's Warbler	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
14:29
13/04/24	Oystercatcher	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
14:29
13/04/24	House Martin	Thatcham	2	R C Davies
13:24	Feeding over Dunstan Park.
13/04/24	Redstart	Lower Star Post, Swinley Forest	1	R Dawson
11:30	Singing male in and around the copse to the E of LSP.
13/04/24	Common Crossbill	Lower Star Post, Swinley Forest	2	R Dawson
11:15	Flew over calling.
13/04/24	Curlew	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
09:38	Flew in from North - seen from new Landfill View Point, dropped and assumed to land, then seen flying low South over Lavell's 09:47.
13/04/24	Common Sandpiper	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	R H Stansfield
13:10	On island. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Cetti's Warbler	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	3	M F Walford
12:44
13/04/24	Nightingale	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
12:44
13/04/24	Common Tern	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
12:16	Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Little Gull	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	J E Andrews
12:16	1w. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Nightingale	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	S Watcham
11:34	Under the pylon.
13/04/24	Swallow	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	5	J E Andrews
11:24	Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Garden Warbler	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
11:24	Singing and seen. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Reed Warbler	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
11:17	Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Sparrowhawk	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
11:17	Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Reed Warbler	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	R Holder
10:46	Dragonfly pond.
13/04/24	Wheatear	Queen Mother Reservoir	3	P J Newbound
09:00	Key holders only.
13/04/24	Common Sandpiper	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
09:00	Flew off. Key holders only.
13/04/24	Little Egret	Saltney Mead	1	M Winkworth
10:04	Through the fence to Spring Farm.
13/04/24	Great White Egret	Saltney Mead	1	M Winkworth
10:02	Still through the fence to Spring Farm.
13/04/24	Chiffchaff	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:53	male. brief call.
13/04/24	Raven	Stratfield Mortimer	2	J Margetts
09:46	Cronking top of oak tree bottom of the garden flew off south.
13/04/24	Common Sandpiper	Newbury	1	C Foster
08:00	1 still present on the floods in Northcroft Park. SU463674.
13/04/24	Little Gull	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
09:00	1w. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Nightingale	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	R Holder
08:58	Heard by pylon.
13/04/24	Lesser Redpoll	Sulhamstead	7	P Hickman
08:50	At least seven on feeders in back garden.
13/04/24	Cetti's Warbler	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	R Holder
08:49
13/04/24	Common Sandpiper	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	R Holder
08:45	On main island.
13/04/24	Nightingale	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	J E Andrews
08:12	Additional at cottage lane end. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Lesser Redpoll	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	J E Andrews
08:07	Singing, cottage lane end, just past yellow gate along concrete rd. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Blackcap	Emmer Green	1	A B Tomczynski
07:15	male. In garden same time as Lesser redpoll and Siskin.
13/04/24	Siskin	Emmer Green	1	A B Tomczynski
07:15	fem. First this winter/spring. On feeder with male Lesser Redpoll. Interesting why these two species have just appeared this month.
13/04/24	Cuckoo	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
07:42	Calling distantly so along canal. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Whitethroat	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
07:39	Cottage lane end. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Little Gull	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs		J E Andrews
07:36	No sign so far. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Oystercatcher	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
07:36	Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Lesser Whitethroat	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
07:36	Singing. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Willow Warbler	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	3	J E Andrews
07:33	Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/24	Nightingale	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	8	J E Andrews
07:33	Real hard work, most singing weakly, no gusto or power . Please only view from the public footpath.