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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 14:30 | Flew from right of island reedbed to centre of reedbed above "goalpost" onTern Island. Sat in reeds for a minute then climbed dow and disappeared. | |||
| 30/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M J Taylor |
| 13:00 | Very brief view in island reedbed, 2nd "T-bar" from RH end. | |||
| 28/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:40 | Still present, seen on and off for 45 mins, none at WSL at dusk. | |||
| 28/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S C Smith |
| still there at midday when i left. | ||||
| 28/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 10:30 | Right side of island reedbed above rightmost post of Tern island. | |||
| 26/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:20 | Still on main island reed bed in view for over half an hour before moving off to right hand end and back. | |||
| 26/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Carson |
| 12:25 | showing very well opposite Tern Hide for at least 30 mins. | |||
| 14/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S C Smith |
| flew from reeds right of big island south. did not return as of midday. | ||||
| 12/12/06 | Bittern | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | R Crawford |
| 16:20 | In reedbed by pond. | |||
| 12/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S C Smith |
| 09/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:10 | Usual bird left of Phragmites on right hand side of lake, on and off for an hour. | |||
| 09/12/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:10 | Very hard to see half way up reeds about 1 third way along right hand end. | |||
| 09/12/06 | Bittern | Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | M F Walford |
| 16:16 | one on the island at Lavells at the same time as Fraser had one at White Swan. | |||
| 08/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | D J Mills |
| 11:55 | Teal hide : initially seen in water at far side behind line of reeds then moved forward for a few good views at base of large willow bush, then moved left to right just inside reeds edge until lost from view at 12:20. | |||
| 06/12/06 | Bittern | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
| 09:45 | possible. Not seen, but loud calls from reeds just in front of hide sounded heron-like (but not Grey Heron) and from a large bird ! | |||
| 05/12/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:16 | Seen flying around lake and landed in middle of island reed bed - just when you think it's gone... | |||
| 12/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:42 | ad. Flew in from Teal Scrape direction, just in view for about a minute. Gave excellent views next to Teak Scrape all day. | |||
| 12/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 10:30 | ad. Showing very well from Teal Hide in reeds to right of scrape, still present 12:00. | |||
| 10/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:25 | ad. Showed very well for 20 mins at front left on main island reed bed, moving right before dissappearing. | |||
| 10/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 09:20 | At front of island reedbed for several minutes. First-year? | |||
| 09/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 16:33 | Climbed reeds on Main Island, displayed for a minute or so and then flew deep into the new growth where is appears to roost. | |||
| 09/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Burden |
| 15:45 | ||||
| 09/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S C Smith |
| middle of main island close to the front of the reeds for about 15 seconds, seen by three people. | ||||
| 04/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 16:35 | After just standing ignoring everyone with its back to the hide. It flew from the right side reedbed into the island reedbed and disappeared from view, not to reappear before dark. | |||
| 04/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 14:47 | Flew from the island reedbed to the reeds just beyond Tern Scrape. Still there at 15:30 but very hard to see. | |||
| 03/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S C Smith |
| on the big island flew left to right, good views in front of reeds. | ||||
| 02/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | C Robson |
| 16:45 | As per A.R. | |||
| 02/11/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 16:20 | Stuck its head out of the Island reedbed to swear at a magpie, at 16:45 it climbed onto reedtops and gave a good show, stretching and flapping. | |||
| 31/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 16:50 | Flew into Island Reedbed from Teal Hide end of the lake. Report in log of a Bittern being seen from Teal hide earlier in the day!. | |||
| 28/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 17:55 | This very elusive bird climbed the reeds and into view for the first time today ( at least, no other reports ). | |||
| 27/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 17:45 | Climbed reeds on main Island and perched on top over left edge of Tern island. I left hide at 18:00 and it was still there in same place. | |||
| 25/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 17:00 | Perched atop reeds above tern island 'crossbar', stayed 15 minutes then flew to roost in the new reeds above centre of tern island. | |||
| 25/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 08:50 | Flew from Island Reedbed to Phragmites on right of lake. | |||
| 23/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:45 | ad. In middle of main island reedbed high up, working its way to the new Phragmites growth, partially visible til at least 18:10. | |||
| 19/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 17:30 | Flew down length of lake from behind/left of hide into island reedbed. Sat high in reeds behind centre of Tern Island. | |||
| 19/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M S Whitaker |
| 16:45 | Showing well in island reedbed then flew off south. | |||
| 15/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 10:30 | Feeding in main Island reedbed, just to left of box on Tern island. | |||
| 14/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:30 | ad. Showed briefly in main island reed bed. | |||
| 13/10/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 18:30 | ad. Our first autumn returning bird, seen flying into main island reed bed, landed at right hand end, and made it's way left until it settled, roughly in line with horizontal bar on the tern island. Stayed in view flapping and preening for 15 minutes! Excellent! | |||
| 01/04/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | B J Hollands |
| 31/03/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T G Ball |
| 08:00 | Island reed bed. | |||
| 30/03/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 15:00 | Island reedbed. | |||
| 30/03/06 | Bittern | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | M F Walford |
| Birdguides.com. | ||||
| 29/03/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 08:00 | in the reeds to the left of Tern Scrape. | |||
| 28/03/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 16:00 | ad. Fishing and in view for an hour. | |||
| 28/03/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| RH side of original reedbed on island from Tern hide. | ||||
| 27/03/06 | Bittern | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 09:15 | Flushed from close to the viewing platform. | |||
| 23/03/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | C Jones |
| 14:00 | Showing well in front of fenced-off part of reed bed. | |||
| 18/03/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 18:10 | ad. Still in the reedbed at the northern end of the lake. | |||
| 16/03/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:55 | ad. Still present in Phragmites. | |||
| 12/03/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 17:55 | ad. In the reedbed at the northern end. Probably the last bird left on the park and due to leave any day now. | |||
| 10/03/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:55 | ad. Still 1 bird at dusk. | |||
| 04/03/06 | Bittern | Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | P Gipson |
| 17:55 | All 3 appeared in reedbed at north end of White Swan Lake between 17.50-17.55. | |||
| 05/03/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | F J Cottington |
| 18:00 | ad. Still present at North end of lake in right hand secion of Phragmites. | |||
| 04/03/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Cameron |
| 12:30 | ||||
| 03/03/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | F J Cottington |
| 18:15 | ad. Arrived a little too late, but 2 still present, neither easy to see. | |||
| 03/03/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:55 | ad. High in the middle of island reeds. | |||
| 03/03/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 08:00 | in the island reedbed. | |||
| 27/02/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
| 17:55 | ad. Still present, one might be the adult with a silver forecrown? | |||
| 23/02/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
| 17:25 | ad. Gratefully, still 3 here, no sign at Lavell's since around 12th. | |||
| 20/02/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M Wright |
| 15:00 | In reeds at NW corner of lake. | |||
| 17/02/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | F J Cottington |
| 17:40 | ad. In usual place on right hand side of reed bed, just beyond first wooden platform on right. 1 report of 1 bird from Lavell's today. | |||
| 16/02/06 | Bittern | Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | R Righelato |
| 1 on Lavell's Lake, 2 on White Swan Lake. | ||||
| 11/02/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 10:00 | High in Island Reed Bed. | |||
| 10/02/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
| 17:30 | ad. Again in Phragmites reeds right of sedge gap. 2 showing well, 3rd much trickier to see. | |||
| 10/02/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 15:30 | In Phragmites on right of lake from Tern Hide. | |||
| 09/02/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
| 17:30 | ad. Still present at dusk, high in Phragmites area right of dark green sedge/reed. | |||
| 09/02/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S Hughes |
| from Teal hide - great view in bright sunshine, far right of reed bed. | ||||
| 08/02/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 16:30 | Perched on new reedbed fence, then flew to RH side Phragnites and fed untill too dark to see. | |||
| 08/02/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 08:15 | Island reedbed. | |||
| 07/02/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A N Stow |
| 16:30 | Flew into main island reedbed. | |||
| 06/02/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P J Newbound |
| 16:00 | Island Reedbed. | |||
| 04/02/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Rymer |
| 12:00 | Island reedbed. Came out to show off for the RSPB Birdwalk! | |||
| 02/02/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:45 | ad. In main island reeds. | |||
| 31/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T Firth |
| 15:30 | In full view perched on the fence in front of the of the new reed bed on the main island. | |||
| 31/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 09:10 | Bird in island reedbed, left of post ... brownish throat stripe, matt black crown. | |||
| 29/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 4 | F J Cottington |
| 16:30 | ad. 1 ad main island reed bed, 3 all in view at same time White Swan Lake at 16:30. Silver crowned bird not amongst them, so 5 are still present! | |||
| 27/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A Slater |
| 11:00 | ||||
| 24/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 09:15 | Island reedbed, one up high, had silvery fore-crown, other low and to right. | |||
| 22/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | C Jones |
| 12:15 | From tern hide. | |||
| 21/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 17:00 | ad. In reeds on main island in dying light. | |||
| 21/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | D J Mills |
| 10:10 | ad. Fishing (swallowed what appeared to be a jack pike) then roosted in reeds for 20 mins before going back into body of reedbed. | |||
| 21/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 11:30 | ad. Perched high in main island reed bed. | |||
| 19/01/06 | Bittern | Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M Simmonds |
| 12:00 | From Tern Hide - flew from wired enclosure to right side of water into reeds. | |||
| 16/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:00 | ad. In Phrgamites on right hand side. | |||
| 14/01/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | F J Cottington |
| 16:15 | Still in reed bed at WSL, showing very well viewed from E side. 1 bird is paler. | |||
| 14/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 15:00 | ad. Main Island reed bed. | |||
| 13/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 10:15 | Climbing in reedmace on RHS, past the phragmites bed. | |||
| 12/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | K Tubb |
| 08:50 | Island reed bed. Also Siskin on feeders by hide. | |||
| 11/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:30 | ad. Showing well in reed mace on far right of lake. | |||
| 08/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R C Watts |
| 14:30 | From teal hide on show for at least 30 minutes. | |||
| 07/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | F J Cottington |
| 15:30 | ad. Showing well in right hand side of lake. 1 caught and eat an enormous Pike! | |||
| 06/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Hickman |
| 15:55 | Perched high in reeds (above fence level) to the right end of island seen from Tern hide. Gave full views for 25 minutes. | |||
| 06/01/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | D J Mills |
| 16:05 | 1 dark cap, other unsure. Dark cap bird preening half way up reeds by waters edge when bird 2 walked below and appeared to attempt to join bird 1, 1st bird chased off other bird for about 20 ft. Both disappeared into body of the reedbed. | |||
| 06/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M J Taylor |
| 12:50 | Showed briefly in island reed bed, from Tern Hide. | |||
| 05/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 13:45 | ad. Very far right hand side. Also seen at dusk 16:30. | |||
| 05/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Reedman |
| 15:00 | On island reed bed. | |||
| 04/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 14:04 | ad. High in Phragmites to right of scrape, despite digging work on main island for new reed expansion. | |||
| 03/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A McMahon |
| 10:35 | Seen from teal hide in open for 25 minutes on flattened reeds at left hand side of the bed. | |||
| 03/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A McMahon |
| 09:25 | Showing for 20 mins fishing across front of island bed seen from tern hide. | |||
| 03/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Gipson |
| 15:45 | ||||
| 02/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | R C Watts |
| 09:35 | 2 birds one at 9.35 one at 9.50 from tern hide. | |||
| 02/01/06 | Bittern | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | A McMahon |
| 16:10 | Roosting in reedbeds at northern end of lake. Very clear views. | |||
| 02/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | A McMahon |
| 13:15 | Righthand reed bed. | |||
| 02/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | J Goodey |
| 12:30 | from tern hide. | |||
| 01/01/06 | Bittern | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 13:00 | from Tern Hide. | |||