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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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31/12/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | F J Cottington |
11:45 | 1st W, but advanced moult coming into 1st S. | |||
30/12/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 1863 | P E Hutchins |
16:33 | Minimum count by this time - as is usual here, all but a 'handful' being adults. | |||
28/12/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | N Cleere | |
13:00 | A good turnover of colour ringed birds during past 2 weeks incl. birds from west country, Guernsey, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Some of these birds have also spent time in France and Spain. Oldest was ringed as an adult in 1999. | |||
23/12/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 910 | P E Hutchins |
15:55 | Minimum count - almost all being adults. | |||
20/12/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 3 | R F Milligan |
11:35 | 1xAW 2x 3rd W. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
19/12/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 5 | R Marsh |
10:30 | ||||
10/12/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Crookham Common | 28 | R Gilham |
14:00 | Please keep to the main paths. | |||
09/12/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
13:20 | ad. On the shingle island. | |||
04/12/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 1300 | S A Graham |
16:20 | Approx. c900 at the Gp. and c400 Tl. Three prob. H Gull present. | |||
26/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 900 | S A Graham |
15:00 | Approx. c400 Gp and c500 Tl. | |||
25/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 1 | P E Hutchins |
15:50 | ad. | |||
21/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 32 | R F Milligan |
11:25 | 16xAW, 8x3rdW, 7x2ndW, 1x1stW, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
19/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Crookham Common | 2 | P E Hutchins |
07:41 | One south-east at this time with an adult then present on the pools from 08:52. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
18/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm Trout Lake | 400 | S A Graham |
16:30 | Approx in addition to the Gp. | |||
18/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 700 | S A Graham |
16:30 | Approx. with c4 Gray Gulls, one certainly a H.Gull. | |||
16/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 4000 | B Lyle |
15:45 | probably more. | |||
12/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | South Lake, Woodley | 2 | P E Hutchins |
14:50 | ad & 1w. | |||
12/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading | 1 | P E Hutchins |
14:15 | adult. | |||
09/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 61 | R F Milligan |
11:50 | 41xAW, 13x3rdW, 3x2ndW and 4x1stW, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
07/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 32 | R F Milligan |
11:24 | 18xAW, 10x3rdW, 4x1stW, on the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
04/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 390 | S A Graham |
16:00 | Subdued pre-roost gathering with no grey-backed Gulls present. | |||
01/11/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 53 | R F Milligan |
12:20 | 34xAW, 12x3rdW, 3x2ndW, 4x1stW, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
28/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 16 | R F Milligan |
10:40 | 8xAW, 6x2ndW, 2x1st W, on the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
27/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 3 | R F Milligan |
11:20 | 1x AW 2x 1st W. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
25/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Crookham Common | 28 | R Gilham |
15:45 | Mainly adults including one colour ringed bird. (BL-BZ in white on a red ring, left leg). Details: (metal ring GR36517) 02/06/2011 Havergate Island, Orford, Suffolk - RINGED AS NESTING ADULT. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
24/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 28 | R F Milligan |
11:30 | 24 Adults, 2 3rd W & 2 1st W, on the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
22/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 550 | S A Graham |
16:40 | Approx. count; also c3 ad H.Gull. | |||
18/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
11:15 | Adult W, with Common and BH gulls, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
15/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 500 | S A Graham |
17:20 | Minimum count with c2 prob. H.Gull. | |||
14/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
09:45 | ad. With J.W. & Alan Rymer. | |||
14/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R F Milligan |
10:20 | At the diggings, S/W G&C Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
13/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 2 | R Marsh |
13:40 | ||||
11/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 25 | R F Milligan |
11:40 | On the diggings, S/W G&C Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
09/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2000 | J M Clark |
18:00 | roosting. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
07/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
10:10 | ad. On the island, then moved to Tern raft. | |||
07/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
11:45 | Adult, winter plumage, on the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
04/10/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 2 | R Marsh |
08:15 | ||||
29/09/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 18 | R F Milligan |
11:40 | 15 adult & 3 1st w at western end of the diggings. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
28/09/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
10:45 | 3rd winter? On the island. I assume it was same bird flew over to Lavell's later as it came from LFGP direction. | |||
27/09/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Crookham Common | 3 | M Hunt |
Please keep to the main paths. | ||||
23/09/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 3 | R F Milligan |
11:20 | Western end of the diggings, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
22/09/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Bury Down | 150 | R Marsh |
2 good sized flocks seen dropping onto nearby fields. Not as many as last time we visited this site but a lot more were seen on the ploughed fields as we travelled north into Oxon. | ||||
21/09/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | South Lake, Woodley | 1 | P E Hutchins |
11:47 | 1w. | |||
19/09/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 8 | R F Milligan |
10:35 | On the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
16/09/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 5 | R F Milligan |
10:50 | On the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
09/09/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
10:40 | On North bank of the diggings. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
31/08/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Queen Mother Reservoir | 3 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:00 | ad + 2j. Two juveniles begging food from an adult. Key holders only. | |||
28/08/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 80 | J M Clark |
20:30 | flew across to Hants side to roost. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
19/08/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Bury Down | 150 | R Marsh |
09:20 | At least, could have been 200. The line of them seemed endless as they flew over from the direction of Didcot > W. Ilsley village. Lot's of ploughed fields in the area to choose from. | |||
16/08/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs | 1 | P E Hutchins |
15:02 | ad. Circling over the area north of the pits. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
11/08/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 4 | G J King |
Please only view from the public footpath. | ||||
10/08/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Woodley | 1 | R Marsh |
07:40 | On the roof of our house on my return. | |||
09/08/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 1 | P E Hutchins |
06:54 | adult. The first bird in to the site. | |||
06/08/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Woodley | 7 | J C Langridge |
On Bulmershe playing fields this morning. | ||||
03/08/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 5 | R F Milligan |
10:30 | 4 adults, 1 juv. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
31/07/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 60 | S A Graham |
11:30 | ||||
29/07/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Woolhampton GPs | 1 | P E Hutchins |
16:54 | An adult west, eventually, at this time. | |||
15/07/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 9 | R F Milligan |
12:30 | Adults and juveniles. One flying 50yds away in the air which caught a large insect (dragonfly perhaps) which it ate, behaviour that we had not seen before. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
14/07/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 5 | R Marsh |
09:40 | 3 ad, 2 juv. Also 1 x Common Tern, Little Grebe, Lapwings. | |||
14/07/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R F Milligan |
10:45 | Resting on the diggings, with 21 Black Headed Gulls, adult and juv. and 2 Common Terns. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
11/07/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 7 | R F Milligan |
11:16 | Resting and preening on the gravel islands. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
02/07/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs | 1 | P E Hutchins |
16:30 | adult. Present with 30 Black-headed Gull late afternoon. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
02/07/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
11:20 | Brief visit. Most of the BH Gulls have now fledged & loafing on island. With the better view that provided we found 1 Common Tern chick has survived on L/H raft, still being fed. No C.T. chicks fledged yet from R/H raft that we can see but some are close to flying. | |||
26/06/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 51 | S A Graham |
16:30 | Majority adults. | |||
19/05/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
12:45 | 1st s. taking an interest in BHG nests on Tern Island but was soon driven away. S/W G Duffus. | |||
02/05/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | R C Watts |
17:55 | ||||
02/05/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
08:10 | Bathing next to island, with 2 x Herring Gull close by. | |||
25/04/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Greenham Common | 1 | P E Hutchins |
08:23 | North at this time with two Black-headed Gull on the pits on leaving. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
13/04/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 6 | F J Cottington |
07:30 | On far landfill briefly. | |||
12/04/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | R Marsh |
11:40 | On the island opp. sailing club. Also 3x Greylag Geese and a hybrid that looked like a Barnyard Goose x Greylag. | |||
07/04/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:00 | Immatures S. | |||
03/03/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | A Rymer |
14:00 | ||||
25/02/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 5 | R F Milligan |
11:23 | With small number of Common and Black Headed Gulls. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
22/02/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 6 | R Marsh |
Also 2 Common Gulls. | ||||
20/02/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs | 900 | P Bright-Thomas |
15:30 | Over 600 counted, est remainder. | |||
08/02/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | R Marsh |
10:20 | Amongst a big # of BH Gulls. | |||
06/02/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 1000 | N Cleere |
15:00 | 1000+. | |||
04/02/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Barkham | 4 | P Bright-Thomas |
3ad + 1fw. On Langley Common. SU774664. | ||||
01/02/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Reading | 4 | A V Lawson |
13:00 | Circling over the town centre. | |||
01/02/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:30 | ad. | |||
23/01/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 1000 | N Cleere |
15:30 | 1000+. | |||
22/01/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 1986 | P E Hutchins |
17:00 | At least this many to the roost by this time, the last in only a short time prior to this. Also in the roost were 2 Herring, 15 Common and 194 Black-headed Gull. Also on site were 133 Lapwing, 24 Tufted Duck, 18 Pochard, single Great Crested and Little Grebe, 2 Grey Heron and 24 Cormorant, a Red Kite moving high north at 15:37. | |||
21/01/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 1219 | P E Hutchins |
16:46 | At least this many noted on the pit by this time, again there being less than a handful of immature birds. Also three Common and 67 Black-headed Gull, 35 Lapwing, a Little Grebe, a Buzzard south-west, then south, at 15:34 and two Snipe north-east at 16:14. | |||
20/01/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 1478 | P E Hutchins |
16:38 | At least this many in by this time, all but a handful being adult / near-adult birds. Also present were 42 Black-headed Gull and 231 Lapwing. | |||
18/01/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Main Pit, Theale GPs | 2800 | R Crawford |
16:40 | ||||
14/01/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 414 | P E Hutchins |
16:39 | At least this many present on leaving the site, many of the birds having been flushed up to three times in the previous 31 minutes. 83 Black-headed Gull were also present at thie time. | |||
12/01/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Reading | 4 | A V Lawson |
10:00 | in flooded meadow of Richfield avenue, with 100+ Black Headed gulls. | |||
01/01/11 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Lower Farm GP | 250 | S A Graham |
15:30 | Gathered on ice but slowly drifting E. to the TL. |