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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/12/05 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A McMahon |
| 15:50 | In reeds at northern end of lake (reported by D McMahon). | |||
| 30/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | A McMahon |
| 13:15 | 1 in island reed bed from Tern hide flew to reeds on RH side of lake when 2nd disturbed it. Bird in RH reed bed visible for 2 hours - flew back to island reed bed when 2nd bird flew in and landed alongside, followed 5 mins later by second bird. (Reported by D McMahon). | |||
| 31/12/05 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | A McMahon |
| 16:15 | Both in top of reeds at northern end of lake opposite bench and to right of rushes. Birds approx 3 metres apart and one clearly visible with the naked eye. | |||
| 31/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A McMahon |
| 15:15 | Centre of island bed seen from tern hide. | |||
| 28/12/05 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P J Crowley |
| 08:45 | showing well perched in reeds. | |||
| 27/12/05 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | F J Cottington |
| 16:25 | ad. View from eastern side of lake (nearest BSL), high in reeds right of sedge area. | |||
| 27/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:00 | ad. Main island reed bed. | |||
| 27/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 16:00 | from Teal Hide. | |||
| 27/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S A Graham |
| 11:40 | Working its way across the front of the reed bed left to right, untill moved on by an inquisitive Mute Swan. | |||
| 26/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:00 | ad. Main island reed bed, showing well. | |||
| 26/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P J Crowley |
| 16:00 | flew from island in front of tern hide to right hand side of lake and showed well for 20 minutes. | |||
| 26/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M D Lenney |
| 13:00 | In reeds.Teal hide. | |||
| 25/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | B J Hollands |
| From Tern Hide. | ||||
| 24/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 4 | F J Cottington |
| 16:30 | ad. 2 different individuals Lavell's, 1 Teal Hide, 1 Tern most of the day, plus 2 at WSL, appeared high in reeds at dusk, all dark capped birds, so despite 4 being present, the 'silver crowned' bird was not seen today! | |||
| 23/12/05 | Bittern | Dinton Pastures CP | 4 | M F Walford |
| 16:35 | 2 at Lavell's + 2 at White Swan. | |||
| 22/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 15:15 | ad. from Teal Hide. | |||
| 22/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 10:20 | From Teal Hide. In edge of Phragmites. | |||
| 21/12/05 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Cropper |
| 11:30 | ||||
| 20/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T Walker |
| 11:00 | On the bank in front of the Teal hide. Showing for about 30 minutes. | |||
| 18/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | F J Cottington |
| 12:00 | ad. Two showing at the same time, 1 in Phragmites, 1 slightly further along north lake edge in reed mace. 1 then flew towards Teal scrape but returned and landed in main isl reed bed. | |||
| 17/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 16:20 | flew across to the island reedbed. | |||
| 17/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 12:00 | In, then on top of Reed Mace from Teal Hide. Different Bird, Other one still being watched from Tern Hide. | |||
| 17/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 11:00 | Near far end from Tern Hide. | |||
| 17/12/05 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | M D Lenney |
| 09:00 | 2 sat right next to each other in the middle of reedbed before one flew off and disappeared into the reedbed. | |||
| 15/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T Walker |
| 10:30 | Showing well at the far side of lake from the Tern Hide. | |||
| 13/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Reedman |
| 13:30 | In reeds at back of lake. | |||
| 12/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 12:00 | Dark Capped, at far end of lake from Tern Hide, then another from Teal Hide ( This may have beed same bird as the 1st disappeared into the reeds. | |||
| 11/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T G Ball |
| 14:45 | Showing very well in front of Teal hide. | |||
| 11/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 11:30 | ad. In reedmace on far right hand side of lake, then flew to main island. | |||
| 10/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
| Yes, 3! 2 dark capped adults showing extremely well from tern hide, plus a bird seen at WSL reedbed by fishermen and warden. | ||||
| 10/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | L R Blundell |
| 11:30 | Showing in the open on bank opposite the bench. | |||
| 08/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:00 | ad. The adult with a silver forecrown, sat in full view in the centre of the main island reed bed in line with the 'boxes' on the tern island. | |||
| 03/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | F J Cottington |
| 16:21 | ad. 1 in Phragmites close to right hand side of Tern hide, flew to main island reed bed, then 2nd bird also flew in from left 16:24. | |||
| 03/12/05 | Bittern | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 1 | T G Ball |
| 09:30 | Inflight over reed bed. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 01/12/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 12:00 | seen in flight between reedbeds (birdguides.com). | |||
| 30/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:00 | ad. Just right of main island reed bed, then flew to area in line with rh side of horizontal bar on tern island, sat and preened until too dark to see 16:30ish. | |||
| 30/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 09:00 | ad. On ice by island and by right-hand reedbed, putting on a good show. Unringed on tarsus or tibia. | |||
| 29/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Angus |
| 10:45 | Main island reed bed opposite Tern Hide. | |||
| 28/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T Firth |
| 15:50 | Was in Island reed bed then flew into reeds on right hand side of lake showing very well up in the reeds. | |||
| 27/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 11:00 | Several times during day, finally flew to main island reed bed 15:25. Possible second bird seen flying towards Teal Scrape 15:40. | |||
| 26/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:17 | ad. Flew in to main reed bed. | |||
| 26/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 16:17 | ad. flew into the island reedbed. | |||
| 25/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:45 | ad. Main island reed bed showing very well, preening and clambering around. | |||
| 24/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:10 | ad. Showing well high on branch in Phragmites on right of lake. | |||
| 23/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | J Reid |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 22/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 08:35 | Ad. In Phragmites on right hand side of lake. | |||
| 21/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T Firth |
| 14:55 | Flew across the lake and into the right hand corner of the island reed bed. | |||
| 20/11/05 | Bittern | Woolhampton GPs | 1 | Z Blackwood |
| 07:30 | In small tree just above reeds at south west corner of Rowleys lake. | |||
| 19/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 15:30 | showing very well from Teal Hide. | |||
| 19/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 15:00 | From Teal Hide, Apparently beeen visible since 13:30. I left at 16:00, moved but still visible roosting up reeds. | |||
| 17/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T Walker |
| 14:30 | Showing well from the Teal hide for approx 30 minutes. | |||
| 16/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Righelato |
| 16:00 | Showing well at Teal hide. Not ringed. | |||
| 13/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Cropper |
| 11:30 | In reedbed opposite Teal Hide (unusual location). | |||
| 12/11/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 11:15 | First seen by Jan Beever. In reeds on right side of lake, then flew into island reedbed. | |||
| 14/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | K Tubb |
| 09:00 | Showing reasonably well in reeds on right hand side of lake looking from Tern Hide. No sign of any Snipe sp. | |||
| 13/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Dawson |
| 16:15 | Good view near log pile then flew to island reedbed. | |||
| 12/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 17:00 | At far end of lake. | |||
| 10/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:40 | Ad. Flew across to main island reed bed, in view for several mins. | |||
| 07/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 15:30 | Preening up reeds in Island reedbed for at least half hour. | |||
| 06/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:59 | Ad. Flew in to reed bed stayed in view just 1 min. | |||
| 05/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 17:30 | Showing very well on the island reedbed. | |||
| 05/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | D J McCarthy |
| 11:30 | Seen on right-hand side of the right reedbed by RSPB birdwalk. | |||
| 04/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 16:50 | Showed well down right side of lake before flying into island reedbed. | |||
| 03/03/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 08:30 | In the island reedbed. | |||
| 28/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Reedman |
| 15:30 | Seen by several:showing for at least 30 mins at the back, opposite the island. | |||
| 27/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 15:02 | Ad. First seen Flying from main island reed bed to back right, landing on dead branch, showing extremely well for 10+ minutes. | |||
| 27/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T Hayward |
| 17:15 | On far bank, to the left of log pile until disturbed by fox when flew into island bed. SU783729. | |||
| 26/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 10:00 | Seen from Tern Hide. Bird was climbing down a tree at far end of lake. Fished for a while steadily moving toward log pile. 2 Roe deer a back of lake most of the day ( very frisky!). | |||
| 24/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 08:45 | Ad. Showing well at RH end of island reedbed. | |||
| 19/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 11:00 | Preening up reeds In island reedbed. | |||
| 18/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 08:00 | In the reeds behind the sunken tern raft. | |||
| 11/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:51 | Ad. Very briefly in main isl reed bed. | |||
| 11/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 08:00 | In the reeds beyond the sunken tern raft. | |||
| 09/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Hickman |
| 12:00 | Seen briefly to the right of the Island reed bed. | |||
| 08/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 08:10 | On the Island reedbed. | |||
| 05/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R J Hardie |
| 17:20 | Flew into island reedbed from other end of lake. | |||
| 03/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A N Stow |
| 16:30 | flew across to island,perched on reeds. | |||
| 02/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | K E Moore |
| 15:25 | in the reeds,behind the sunken tern raft. | |||
| 02/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 08:25 | Feeding in the reeds behind the sunken tern raft. | |||
| 01/02/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 08:20 | Feeding at the right-hand end of the island reedbed. | |||
| 31/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Slater |
| 13:20 | ||||
| 30/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 15:30 | Ad. Showed well at 15:20 caught large fish at usual feeding site on right, then flew across to island but flewback within 40 mins, showing well again at 16:15. | |||
| 30/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 29/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 15:30 | Ad. Main island reed bed working its way along edge right to left showing for over 40 mins. | |||
| 29/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M Turton |
| 09:30 | Perched on reeds at edge of island reedbed to preen. Visible for 15 minutes. | |||
| 29/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R A Haynes |
| 10:30 | Showed very well for several minutes in favoured feeding area, directly opposite Tern Hide. | |||
| 27/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:00 | Ad. Showing well feeding in right hand Phragmites area outside scrape. | |||
| 22/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 12:30 | Ad. Showing well in reeds on right outside the scrape. | |||
| 22/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:15 | ad. In right hand Phragmites reed bed, feeding and showing well til 16:40, when perched at front of reeds and flew to middle of island reed bed. | |||
| 18/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Reedman |
| 11:30 | Flew from back to island when CS work party arrived. | |||
| 16/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:30 | Ad. Just left of centre of main island reed bed, walking and feeding along edge for 10 mins. | |||
| 14/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Reedman |
| 11:30 | Mobile in reeds behind raft. | |||
| 13/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A D Bassett |
| 13:15 | ad. Showing very well again out in the open feeding along the rhs (N) lake edge just right of the tall phragmites and half dead tree stump. | |||
| 12/01/05 | Bittern | Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | K Yates |
| 15:30 | Seen very briefly in reeds @ back of Lavell's Lake. | |||
| 10/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A D Bassett |
| 13:00 | Showing extremely well out in the open, feeding along front edge of vegetation on rhs (N) edge of lake just to the right of dead tree stump. Still there when I left at 13:45. | |||
| 09/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 16:40 | Barely visible in the island reedbed. | |||
| 09/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 12:00 | ad. Again in small area of Phragmites reed beyond Tern Scrape, feeding and moving around. | |||
| 08/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 15:50 | ad. In the reeds behind the sunken raft. | |||
| 04/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Reedman |
| 16:10 | In centre of island reedbed as usual. | |||
| 04/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | N Rampton |
| 08:30 | In Reeds again behind Tern Island briefly for 5 minutes before going out of sight. | |||
| 03/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | G Randall |
| 13:30 | ||||
| 03/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:20 | Ad. Main island reed bed 4-5 feet up in reeds, preening and moving around, showing well at for 10 mins. | |||
| 03/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 12:30 | Ad. Left of Tern Scrape in small area of Phragmites reed. | |||
| 02/01/05 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 16:30 | ad. Showed very badly in the reedbed at the back of the lake for over half an hour before flying over to the island to roost. | |||