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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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31/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 50 | T G Ball |
At least 50 present. 25 caught and ringed including several confusing intergrades with Mealy Redpoll. | ||||
27/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Lane GP | 4 | P Driver |
in mixed feeding flock on the alders. | ||||
23/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Warfield | 3 | M S Whitaker |
09:50 | Loosely associating with mixed tit/Goldcrest flock in Hayley Green Wood. Wheezing Siskin calls heard also. | |||
19/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Paices Wood | 1 | T G Ball |
10:00 | ad male. Just one in amongst the Siskins. | |||
18/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Bracknell | 68 | J Cooper |
13:45 | Feeding on niger seed in my 20 and 10 port feeders, and more birds on the ground. | |||
16/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sulhamstead | 4 | P Hickman |
14:30 | On front garden niger feeder. | |||
12/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sulhamstead | 3 | P Hickman |
09:20 | On front garden niger feeder. | |||
12/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Bracknell | 1 | D East |
10:30 | On niger seed feeder. | |||
10/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Ascot | 1 | P A Cohen |
On the feeders, along with 10 Goldfinches, 6 Chaffinches and 2 Greenfinches. Busy! | ||||
10/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 2 | T G Ball |
07/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sulhamstead | 1 | P Hickman |
08:30 | On front garden feeder with a Goldfinch. | |||
02/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sulhamstead | 1 | P Hickman |
12:16 | On front garden feeder. | |||
01/12/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sulhamstead | 1 | P Hickman |
14:30 | On front garden feeder with Goldfinch. First one this winter. | |||
24/11/11 | Lesser Redpoll | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 5 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:00 | Along riverside close to sewage works; no sigh Great Grey Shrike. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
20/11/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | T G Ball |
Adult male caught, previously ringed somewhere else in the UK. | ||||
18/11/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:30 | Over Teal Hide. | |||
13/11/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | T G Ball |
16:00 | ad male. | |||
12/11/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 5 | T G Ball |
16:00 | ||||
09/11/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 15 | R F Milligan |
10:20 | In trees alongside footpath to the CLN hide, S/W G Duffus. | |||
07/11/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 3 | R F Milligan |
10:20 | CLN, S/W G Duffus. | |||
01/11/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 80 | R F Milligan |
13:05 | Probably more, flushed from Birch trees around footpath to CLN hide by a Sparrowhawk. S/W G Duffus. | |||
31/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 30 | R F Milligan |
12:40 | Probably more, feeding in birch trees alongside the footpath near the feeding station. S/W G Duffus. | |||
30/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Horton Field Pits | 1 | K P Duncan |
TQ022761. | ||||
24/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 16 | P E Hutchins |
15:46 | A minimum count that included a flock of nine at 15:55, in the trees about the stream, east of the bridge. | |||
24/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 15 | R F Milligan |
12:15 | Feeding on Tern Island. | |||
22/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 30 | T G Ball |
30+, 27 caught and ringed including a re-trap from last December showing at least some have a bit of winter site fidelity. | ||||
22/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Crowthorne Wood | 2 | R J Godden |
14:00 | ||||
21/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Ascot Heath | 17 | R J Dale |
Over SW 0750-0940h. | ||||
19/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
10:45 | Singles West. | |||
18/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:45 | Low over S, chasing each other. | |||
15/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:30 | Over heard only. | |||
15/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R J Godden |
11:00 | In bushes at junction of Cricket Hill and Lower Sandhurst Road. | |||
14/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:30 | Heard over. | |||
08/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
11:45 | Over low calling. | |||
07/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
13:55 | 2 then 1 more over West from car park direction. | |||
05/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Swinley Forest | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:15 | Over. | |||
05/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Crowthorne Wood | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:45 | Over. | |||
05/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 3 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:30 | Low S. | |||
04/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:00 | S over lake. | |||
01/10/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 3 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:30 | Over S, my first of the autumn. | |||
30/09/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | G Duffus |
High in willow by river at west end of Horseshoe. | ||||
26/09/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
12:15 | Along backwater over old sluice area. | |||
17/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 30 | T G Ball |
30-40 present briefly. | ||||
13/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 100 | M Hunt |
c100. | ||||
11/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 1 | M Hunt |
10/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 4 | T G Ball |
All caught - 1 control (ringed previously eleswhere in UK). | ||||
08/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Frilsham | 18 | R Crawford |
07:15 | ||||
08/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:00 | m. Singing, over E. | |||
07/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 50 | M Hunt |
Minimum count. | ||||
07/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 16 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:00 | Groups of 6 + 9 with singing males and at least one male heard over. Loads! | |||
07/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | West Woodhay Down | 2 | P E Hutchins |
06:48 | In Larch to the north of the most easterly of the viewing areas / car park. Bullfinch and good numbers of Linnet also being in the area. | |||
06/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sandhurst | 1 | R J Godden |
18:00 | On feeder in our garden. | |||
06/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 1 | T G Ball |
10:00 | 1w. Caught and ringed - 15th in garden since 9 March plus 1 control (ringed at Lavell's Lake in Oct 2007). | |||
06/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Swinley Forest | 5 | P Bright-Thomas |
10:00 | m. At least 5 sinigng males over Hut Hill, Caesar's Camp and south. | |||
06/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:00 | m. Singing over. | |||
05/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
10:30 | On footpath next to river. S/W G Duffus. | |||
05/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Bracknell | 1 | D F Callam |
14:00 | 1w. First record for my garden which is close to town centre. Feeding on niger for over ten minutes. Thought it could have been Common but not enough details observed. | |||
05/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth | 30 | G Sumner |
09:11 | Heading East over Silver Lane. | |||
04/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 1 | T G Ball |
15:45 | On feeder. | |||
03/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Paices Wood | 10 | T G Ball |
Less than 10 present 4 caught and ringed. | ||||
02/04/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
17:40 | Over. | |||
30/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Ockwells Park, Cox Green | 1 | J Apperley |
08:00 | On feeder in garden. | |||
31/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 5 | G Duffus |
12:30 | ||||
30/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wildmoor Heath Nature Reserve | 11 | R Gilham |
11:00 | ||||
30/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:30 | m. Singing, over W. | |||
27/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Swinley Forest | 1 | S D Abbott |
Near Blane's Lane. | ||||
29/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs | 14 | R J Burness |
08:45 | Flying around the car park. No sign of any BNGs on the lake. | |||
26/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Swinley Forest | 20 | J O'Brien |
16:27 | 20-30 in a noisy canopy flock. | |||
25/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead | 2 | P J Newbound |
11:30 | ||||
23/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 10 | T G Ball |
10:00 | Probably this number present during day - frequently visiting feeders and 6 new birds ringed this morning. | |||
22/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Greenham Common | 20 | S G Percival |
10:30 | Mixture of Mealy and Lesser Redpolls on trees skirting pond when on path to the common on side of feeders site. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
21/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 2 | T G Ball |
At least 2 present - one bird looked good for Mealy I even got scope out to check it on the feeder but when caught and ringed it had a bit too much buff and was only a Lesser. | ||||
21/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:45 | pr? Singing male + one other over NW. | |||
20/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 3 | F J Cottington |
06:55 | Over. | |||
18/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 2 | T G Ball |
At least 2 unringed birds seen. | ||||
18/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Maidenhead | 3 | C M Sayers |
09:00 | 3 redpolls were feeding on niger seed from a bird feeder. | |||
18/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead | 1 | P J Newbound |
13:50 | ||||
18/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
12:25 | Seen in the Alder with Siskins. Above path from S/F hide to WSL reedbed. | |||
18/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:30 | Over W, male singing. | |||
17/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth | 20 | G Sumner |
14:30 | Feeding in birch trees. | |||
16/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | I D Paine |
15:30 | On feeders at Bittern Hide. | |||
15/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 3 | M Hunt |
14/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 1 | T G Ball |
Caught and ringed - 1 of the earlier Bramblings now has a ring as well. | ||||
14/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 4 | P J Crowley |
09:00 | along river by Horseshoe and Grove Lakes. | |||
13/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wishmoor Cross, Swinley Forest | 13 | R C Watts |
08:50 | Mobile. | |||
13/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest | 3 | M S Whitaker |
10:30 | Feeding in a bush with a Goldfinch. | |||
13/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 2 | T G Ball |
11:30 | Ad male with ring from somewhere else in UK, ad female ringed. | |||
12/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 1 | T G Ball |
15:30 | ||||
11/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:00 | Over Teal hide. | |||
10/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 9 | R Marsh |
09:50 | 6 fem. Flew to trees around edge of lake from hedge along Sandford lane. | |||
10/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sandhurst | 4 | R J Godden |
08:30 | In our garden. | |||
09/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 2 | T G Ball |
13:00 | ||||
08/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 25 | T Alexander |
08:00 | at least. | |||
07/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:30 | m. Singing male over several times. | |||
07/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 1 | T G Ball |
on nijer. | ||||
06/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | A Rymer |
11:00 | In hedgerow just before Bittern Hide, one very pale bird with bright wingbar. | |||
06/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Paices Wood | 10 | T G Ball |
10 - 20, 6 caught and ringed. | ||||
05/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wokingham | 18 | P Bright-Thomas |
10:30 | flock in birch just off Barkham Road behind hospital. | |||
04/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 1 | T G Ball |
13:30 | In garden. | |||
04/03/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
08:00 | Garden year-tick. | |||
27/02/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 80 | T G Ball |
at least. 44 caught, quite a few are now getting very bleached and superficialy looking very like Mealies - we had 3 or 4 birds in the hand that could have potentially been called Mealies in the field but were normal sized with buff cheeks and ear coverts. | ||||
21/02/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sandhurst | 2 | R J Godden |
08:00 | Feeding in silver birch in the garden. | |||
20/02/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | T G Ball |
08:00 | 2 adult males caught and ringed. | |||
18/02/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 5 | R F Milligan |
12:10 | In trees along river. S/W G Duffus. | |||
12/02/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wokingham | 4 | C Dodington |
09:30 | On niger seed feeder in garden in central Wokingham. SU815685. | |||
08/02/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | T Alexander |
07:30 | ||||
06/02/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 10 | T G Ball |
Very few around today, probably only 10-15 and just 3 Lessers caught. | ||||
05/02/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Greenham Common | 7 | P Strong |
14:50 | All on niger seed feeders. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
02/02/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sandhurst | 2 | L Thorn |
10:30 | In my garden feeding on Nyger. | |||
31/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Wokingham | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:45 | Low over Waitrose car park. SU800685. | |||
30/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Finchampstead | 1 | R Murfitt |
12:00 | At sunflower feeder in garden. | |||
30/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | T G Ball |
08:15 | None seen in Siskin focks but 2 caught and ringed. | |||
29/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caesar's Camp, Swinley Forest | 27 | P E Hutchins |
14:38 | Up to this many noted between this time and 16:28, the largest group being of ten. Several, including a group of four, were seen to be drinking from puddles in the east - west path in the belt of rhododendron. Also noted in the area were up to 11 Nuthatch, three Treecreeper and three Great Spotted Woodpecker. | |||
29/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Greenham Common | 50 | N Cleere |
09:45 | 50+ around feeders. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
29/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Ascot, Mill Ride | 3 | S D Abbott |
12:40 | Also first garden sighting this winter - turning into a bumper day but unfortunately this lot outside my garden birdwatch hour. | |||
24/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Greenham Common | 8 | R Crawford |
15:40 | Please keep to the main paths. | |||
24/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 3 | R Gilham |
15:50 | Seen, with 2 Siskin, in birch trees near hide on Colebrook Lake North. | |||
22/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
15:30 | Over Limmerhill Lane with brief song. | |||
23/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Great Hollands, Bracknell | 4 | B Reeve |
11:00 | ||||
22/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 100 | T G Ball |
At least 100 present - 37 ringed plus 1 with a UK ring from somewhere else, No Siskins seen or caught. | ||||
18/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caversham Heights, Reading | 1 | T G Ball |
15:00 | Seen briefly, first of the winter. The Blackcap from earlier now has a ring on and was a 1st year male. | |||
18/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Caesar's Camp, Swinley Forest | 100 | P J Crowley |
08:30 | at least 100 counted feeding on birches at the north end of the camp. | |||
15/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Moor Green Lakes | 50 | B M Archer |
12:00 | 50+. | |||
15/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 60 | P Driver |
12:10 | Feeding on the alders along R Blackwater. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
13/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Greenham Common | 21 | P E Hutchins |
12:10 | Noted as one flock as they left the usual area. No sign of any Mealy Redpoll in two short looks late morning / early afternoon; one however having been seen earlier in the day. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
10/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Greenham Common | 50 | N Cleere |
08:00 | 50+ around feeders. Please keep to the main paths. | |||
09/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 12 | K E Moore |
14:30 | approx.On South side.Picked up by RHS first. | |||
04/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 4 | T Alexander |
11:00 | ||||
03/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Sulhamstead | 1 | P Hickman |
14:45 | On front garden feeder with Goldfinches. | |||
03/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Swinley Forest | 30 | T Sweetland |
12:30 | At east 30 present with a similar number of Siskin. Very mobile. | |||
02/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Padworth Common | 80 | T G Ball |
15:00 | 80 -100 of which 42 caught and ringed, a lot of colour variation in the birds caught, several birds made us look twice and would have been very confusing in the field. | |||
02/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Bracknell | 1 | D East |
11:00 | ||||
02/01/11 | Lesser Redpoll | Greenham Common | 2 | S A Graham |
14:00 | Two on feeders at the back of the Cntrl. tower. Please keep to the main paths. |