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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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22/08/10 | Nightjar | Padworth Common | 2 | T G Ball |
05:30 | fem/imm flushed from the road in the village at 05:25 and male churring briefly on the Common at 06:00. | |||
13/08/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 2 | P Gipson |
21:00 | 1 churring in the cool, misty, autumnal conditions. | |||
20/07/10 | Nightjar | Swinley Forest | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
21:30 | m + f. Male churring inside the camp, and a female seen on W side. SU863655. | |||
20/07/10 | Nightjar | Swinley Forest | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
21:30 | m. Another churring male. SU866641. | |||
20/07/10 | Nightjar | Swinley Forest | 3 | P Bright-Thomas |
21:30 | m. At least 3 churring males, 2 within 30m of each other (including wing-clapping) and another 100m S. SU870639. | |||
10/07/10 | Nightjar | Snelsmore Common | 1 | S A Graham |
22:00 | Calling loudly in the vicinity of the watch tower. | |||
08/07/10 | Nightjar | Snelsmore Common | 3 | R G Hardy |
22:15 | Two churring males, then one male and a female flew overhead together, with lots of clapping and churring. | |||
06/07/10 | Nightjar | Snelsmore Common | 1 | P Bysh |
22:40 | male. heard singing briefly, then flew round calling. | |||
03/07/10 | Nightjar | Windsor Great Park | 1 | R M Haydon |
00:30 | Churring plus 'frog' call heard. | |||
02/07/10 | Nightjar | Hut Hill, Swinley Forest | 3 | R Fuge |
21:30 | 2 seen well.. 1 other heard. | |||
02/07/10 | Nightjar | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 2 | A E Little |
03:30 | heard several calling. seen two flying between the trees. too dark to see the sex. also noticed quite a few glow worms on the rides. | |||
28/06/10 | Nightjar | Decoy Heath | 2 | P Driver |
21:51 | m, f. The f came to check me out then settled clucking at me from the cross bar of nearby telegraph pole (distraction?). m churring and wing-clapping, also flying very close. No sign of any competition. | |||
27/06/10 | Nightjar | Hut Hill, Swinley Forest | 1 | S D Abbott |
21:45 | m. Plenty of churring and good views in flight. | |||
23/06/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 3 | P Driver |
22:00 | m. two churring males seen and a third male heard on the Piece also roding Woodcock and Tawny Owl seen and Hobby heard. More Nightjar across the Hants border in what's left of Hundred Acre Piece. | |||
21/06/10 | Nightjar | Swinley Forest | 1 | R Parsons |
22:30 | m. B. | |||
21/06/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 3 | J C Langridge |
21:45 | ||||
17/06/10 | Nightjar | Snelsmore Common | 1 | M J Dear |
22:00 | ||||
13/06/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 3 | P Driver |
22:10 | 1 fem seen very well, 2 churring males ignoring the rain, also 1 Woodcock over during a quick visit. | |||
09/06/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 4 | P Driver |
21:50 | minimum count - 3 separate churring males seen/heard and 1 female seen before rain stopped play. | |||
31/05/10 | Nightjar | Greenham Common | 1 | P E Hutchins |
20:46 | Noted 'singing' from this time, to the west of all fenced off areas. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
30/05/10 | Nightjar | Greenham Common | 2 | I Saunders |
21:30 | Westernmost end (heather and scrub west of fenced-off silos). Churring birds, possibly one taking flight. SU482648. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
30/05/10 | Nightjar | Greenham Common | 2 | S A Graham |
22:05 | Churring males W. and SE. of the bunker complex. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
30/05/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 5 | P Driver |
21:40 | including 4 churring males - 3 m on the main open area (which is being fenced-off) and one churring on the smaller clearing E of Silver Lane. | |||
27/05/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 3 | P Driver |
21:40 | at least one female seen but only two churring males seen and heard - one on the small clearing to the west of the main open area. | |||
27/05/10 | Nightjar | Gorrick Plantation | 3 | M Sklar |
21:30 | All churring, 1 seen high up in conifer. | |||
24/05/10 | Nightjar | Swinley Brickpits, Swinley Forest | 2 | P Mannion |
21:15 | 2 churring, and another seen though perhaps one of the original two. | |||
24/05/10 | Nightjar | Snelsmore Common | 2 | P J Orr |
22:00 | Churring from East of lookout tower finally started up, after I was already half eaten by midges. | |||
24/05/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 4 | P Driver |
21:25 | 3m, 1f. 3 separate churring males and at least 1 female seen, cuckoo, 2 woodcock (and a whole lot of bloodthirsty gnats). | |||
22/05/10 | Nightjar | Nalder Plantation | 1 | S A Graham |
21:35 | Churring and also seen in flight. | |||
22/05/10 | Nightjar | Gorrick Plantation | 6 | M Sklar |
21:30 | Heard over a half-hour period, calling and churring. 1 male seen wing clapping and diving to the ground. | |||
20/05/10 | Nightjar | Gorrick Plantation | 1 | E Napper |
21:15 | At least 2 churring males. | |||
20/05/10 | Nightjar | Padworth Common | 5 | R C Watts |
Five birds on Wednesday night with 2 woodcock see Wednesday sightings 21:10 pm. | ||||
19/05/10 | Nightjar | Padworth Common | 5 | R C Watts |
21:10 | We saw three birds and heard two more .good views above our head and perch in fir tree. | |||
19/05/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 4 | R Crawford |
21:20 | ||||
15/05/10 | Nightjar | Roundoak Piece | 2 | P Driver |
21:11 | At least 2, one m churring intermittently and wing clapping, another 'kooick'ing from the other end of the clearing. | |||
12/05/10 | Nightjar | Mortimer | 1 | D W Kelson |
21:30 | m. In Benyon's Inclosure, off Welshman's Rd. Mortimer West End. SU623639. | |||
10/05/10 | Nightjar | Padworth Common | 1 | T G Ball |
21:00 | Heard and seen briefly, per K J Tucker. | |||
27/04/10 | Nightjar | Caesar's Camp, Swinley Forest | 1 | C Gent |
21:00 | fem. hawking but not calling my earliest ever no woodcock despite perfect conditions presumably a consequence of the bad winter MYSTERY BIRD - I also thought silver-backed needletail based on drawing, habitat and flight description!!! |