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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
10/10/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
17:50	1w.
09/10/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
	1w.
08/10/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
	1w.
07/10/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
17:30	1w.
07/10/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	N Cleere
08:40	imm. (I prefer immature rather than 1st winter). Sandwich Tern appeared to have departed by this time.
07/10/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	R Dryden
13:30	1w. No sign of the Sarnie though.
20/09/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
18:00	ad+juv.
17/09/11	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	M F Walford
	juv. With the Black Terns. Key holders only.
16/09/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	14	M F Walford
18:00	Possible Arctics amongst them but didn't have enough time to check carefully.
15/09/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	1	R Marsh
	1 ad, 1 juv. On the rafts.
11/09/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
16:40
10/09/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford

09/09/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
17:30
08/09/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	M F Walford
18:30	2ad+1juv.
08/09/11	Common Tern	Hurst Green GP, Twyford GPs	8	A D Bassett
12:00	5 juv, 3 ad on exposed spit.
07/09/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	R Crawford
07:50
06/09/11	Common Tern	Hurst Green GP, Twyford GPs	6	A D Bassett
	2 adults feeding 4 juveniles on the small spit.
06/09/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
14:30	juv. On left hand island.
01/09/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	5	M F Walford
18:15	4ad+1juv.
29/08/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	M F Walford

27/08/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
	ad.
26/08/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
19:00
26/08/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	10	M F Walford
17:30	A flock of 8 came into to join the 2 already present.
25/08/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
19:00	ad.
25/08/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	M F Walford
18:10	including one already moulted into winter plumage.
23/08/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
19:00	ad.
23/08/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	7	M F Walford
18:15	6ad+1juv.
22/08/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	3	M F Walford
18:45	2ad+1juv.
22/08/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	5	M F Walford
18:10
20/08/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	6	M F Walford

20/08/11	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	3	M F Walford
	Key holders only.
18/08/11	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	2	R Gilham
09:30
18/08/11	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	4	M J McKee
09:00	Key holders only.
15/08/11	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P E Hutchins
13:50	adult. Seen to head off west from the southern part of the reservoir at this time. Key holders only.
14/08/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	3	M F Walford
18:00
14/08/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
17:45
12/08/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	7	M F Walford
18:00
12/08/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	M F Walford
17:30
09/08/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	14	M F Walford
19:10
09/08/11	Common Tern	Padworth Lane GP	3	P E Hutchins
07:52	adults. Vocal and very active, moving off from the pit by this time.
08/08/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	R C Watts
19:40
08/08/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	9	R Marsh
12:50	juvs. Still on the 2 rafts.
03/08/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	20	F J Cottington
14:15	Various adults and fledged juvs, + still 2, poss 3 broods not yet fledged, on rafts.
01/08/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	14	R Crawford
06:10
29/07/11	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	2	P E Hutchins
16:15	Adults - vocal and active about the whole of the main pit.
27/07/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	24	R Crawford
06:30
26/07/11	Common Tern	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	G J King
	Please only view from the public footpath.
23/07/11	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
17:30	stayed 5 mins abd then flew off.
23/07/11	Common Tern	Fobney Meadow	1	P Gipson
	Fishing along Kennet.
22/07/11	Common Tern	Hungerford	1	S D Abbott
13:00	Heading west along the canal.
22/07/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	10	R Crawford
06:20
19/07/11	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	5	R Gilham
13:44	3 adult, 2 juv.
19/07/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	2	B M Archer
08:00
11/07/11	Common Tern	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
11:16	Resting on a small gravel island. S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/07/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	5	A Rymer
12:00	3 ad, 2 juv. Both youngsters from floating platform now flying but landing back on platform.
07/07/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	R Marsh
14:00	2 ad, 2 juv. 2 BH Gulls landed on raft and 1 of the chicks flew up to join parents mobbing them. 2nd chick cowered in the corner until Gulls were seen off.
04/07/11	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	7	K E Moore
14:00	4 ad and 3 juv. 3 young, on one of the 'tern/gull' rafts being fed by one pair,the other pair noisily looking on.
04/07/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	R Marsh
10:30	2 ad, 2 juv. Raft at Bittern hide. Only seen 1 juv for about a week, so amazed to see 2nd today. Both being fed well.
02/07/11	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	T G Ball
14:00	Rather suprisigly the pair that are breeding on one of the rafts have managed to hatch at least 1 chick.
30/06/11	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	3	P Gipson
20:05	ad. 1-2 regularly since May.
29/06/11	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	2	R Gilham
14:00
27/06/11	Common Tern	Reading	1	B Dickinson
19:30	Flying low along the canal in a westerly direction. SU715730.
23/06/11	Common Tern	Waterloo Meadows	4	A V Lawson
14:00	fishing quite successfully in the canal.
21/06/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	A Rymer
15:00	2 ad, " juve. Delighted to see two chicks on the Tern raft. I was convinced a BHG had killed them. They look to have doubled their size since last week when I saw them attacked!
20/06/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	R Marsh
12:05	2 ad, 1 juv. On the raft. Only 1 adult there at 1st, calling continuously. 2nd arrived after c15 mins, looking exhausted. Later told by another observer that 1 Tern had a 10 min. battle with a BH Gull just before I arrived.
18/06/11	Common Tern	Loddon Nature Reserve, Twyford GPs	6	R Marsh
11:15	At least 1 dropping onto island with food.
18/06/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	A Rymer
11:00	2 ad 2 chicks. One Black Headed Gull came and kept returning and pecking and throwing the Tern chicks around. After Fifteen minures of this the chicks had stopped moving.
14/06/11	Common Tern	Langley, Slough	1	P Bright-Thomas
13:30	W along canal spur towards slough, work patch tick.
12/06/11	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	5	S D Abbott
13:00
12/06/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	5	R Marsh
12:40	Pair on raft with 3 chicks. Wet but enjoyable FOLL monthly walk today, 49 species recorded.
12/06/11	Common Tern	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh
09:45	Dropping in to overgrown island with fish, can't see nesting birds but assume at least 3 still sitting.
12/06/11	Common Tern	Earley	1	M Terry
12:10	Over Silverdale Road. Heading to Maiden Erlegh Lake?
11/06/11	Common Tern	Thatcham Marsh	17	S A Graham
15:30	16 ad + 1 juv. Single small chick seen on raft, perhaps 5 pairs nesting.
10/06/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	11	A Rymer
14:45	ad. A few still sitting on eggs, most now brooding new chicks. One adult very aggressive with chicks, pecking and even picking up chicks in its bill.
10/06/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	5	R Marsh
09:40	2 ad. + 3 chicks. Getting well fed, on the new raft.
09/06/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	5	A Rymer
14:30	2 ad, 3 chicks. On Tern raft.
08/06/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	12	A Rymer
	ad+2young. About 12/13 seem to be sitting on the newest raft. The first two youngsters, can be seen when raft swings around to show them behind the "door". At least Seven BH Gull chicks on this raft too.
06/06/11	Common Tern	Wraysbury GPs	2	M Hunt

05/06/11	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	H Whitall
17:00
04/06/11	Common Tern	Loddon Nature Reserve, Twyford GPs	8	R Marsh
08:50	At least this # on/around the island, with 2 or more sitting on nests in the nettles.
31/05/11	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	4	R Marsh
14:30
29/05/11	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	P Clarke
10:00
28/05/11	Common Tern	Loddon Nature Reserve, Twyford GPs	2	R Marsh
10:15	1 bird seemed to be sat on a nest on the island, as it didn't move in 40 mins. The other was more active over lake, dropping in on island occasionally.
23/05/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	11	F J Cottington
14:00	At least 11 birds sitting on right hand tern raft.
17/05/11	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	18	B M Archer
07:00	At least 10 nests.
16/05/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	9	R Marsh
10:30	Settling in on the new raft.
13/05/11	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	4	R Angus
12:30
13/05/11	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	8	R Angus
10:30
14/05/11	Common Tern	Slough	5	A Cooper
	no sign of roseate tern at 09;30 or 14;30.
14/05/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	1	A Rymer
12:00	Ringed Common Tern. Orange on left leg. Metal ring on right leg. Being presented with a small pike by mate.
13/05/11	Common Tern	Eton	5	S King
12:00
12/05/11	Common Tern	Eton	9	S D Abbott
14:05
12/05/11	Common Tern	Eton	3	R M Haydon
12:00	With the roseate.
11/05/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	8	R Marsh
13:00	Frantic activity, squabbling amongst themselves as well as with BH Gulls and Jackdaws. 2 appear to be building nest on new raft, the old one is well populated with BH Gulls.
11/05/11	Common Tern	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh
12:10	Also seen: LBB Gulls - 2 adult + 2 imm. Herring Gull, BH Gulls (2 pairs on nests).
10/05/11	Common Tern	Twyford GPs	15	J C Langridge
10:00	On the island.
10/05/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	20	B M Archer
06:30	All on the Island - number has increased recently.
09/05/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	R Marsh
10:25	2 of them seen on new raft in front of Bittern hide for at least 10 mins.
08/05/11	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	D Flack

08/05/11	Common Tern	Thatcham Marsh	1	S A Graham
12:00	Only one incubating adult on the raft, not helped by the presence of a ungainly Cormorant.
07/05/11	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	13	S A Graham
16:30	Swarming around the Tern raft at one point.
05/05/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	3	R Marsh

05/05/11	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs		R C Watts
11:50
04/05/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	60	P Bright-Thomas
21:00	Several counts of 48-51 on island mostly in pairs, with other birds in the air at all times.
04/05/11	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	7	R Gilham
14:30
03/05/11	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	P E Hutchins
18:58	Lingering for just a few minutes.
03/05/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	8	M F Walford
18:17	No sign of Arctic.
02/05/11	Common Tern	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	8	R C Watts
17:55
02/05/11	Common Tern	Maidenhead	1	S D Abbott
14:00
02/05/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	10	R F Milligan
11:20	CLN. S/W G Duffus.
02/05/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
10:05	Seen on 1 of the 2 rafts now adorning the lake. At least 6 x BH Gulls also on raft. 2 x Stock Doves on landfill.
01/05/11	Common Tern	Jubilee River	2	K Jones
14:00
01/05/11	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	M F Walford
	Key holders only.
01/05/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	M F Walford

01/05/11	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	10	B M Archer
08:00	Taking up nest sites outside the fenced area.
29/04/11	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	2	P E Hutchins
19:50	Present to at least this time.
29/04/11	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	2	R Gilham
16:00
29/04/11	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	50	I D Paine
17:30	Approx number in two groups feeding along the Thames.One near the town and the other towards Sonning Lock.
29/04/11	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	10	A V Lawson
18:31	At least ten feeding in the Thames.
28/04/11	Common Tern	Padworth Lane GP	2	R Gilham
16:00
27/04/11	Common Tern	Dinton Pastures CP	9	K Tubb
05:30
26/04/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	34	F J Cottington
20:20	All on shingle island, noisy with with courtship and pre nesting activity.
26/04/11	Common Tern	Hungerford Marsh	2	S D Abbott
12:40	Over east at a very leisurely pace.
24/04/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	3	M Sklar
07:30	CLN.
26/04/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
09:05
24/04/11	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	D A MacKenzie Dodds
06:30
24/04/11	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	4	W Morgan
08:30
23/04/11	Common Tern	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
19:25	>N, GYT.
23/04/11	Common Tern	Dinton Pastures CP	3	I D Paine
19:00	Chasing each other high over Black Swan.
23/04/11	Common Tern	Boulters Lock, R. Thames, Maidenhead	2	M Hemmings
06:30
23/04/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	4	B Reeve
11:30
23/04/11	Common Tern	White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	B Reeve
11:00
23/04/11	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	B J Hollands

22/04/11	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan
15:00
22/04/11	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	M Turton
09:30
22/04/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	3	R Marsh
11:50
22/04/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	4	A Berryman
	On CLN, mainly on Tern Island.
22/04/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
11:05	Sitting on top of posts on north side of CLN.
21/04/11	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
18:00
21/04/11	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	4	R Crawford
19:30
21/04/11	Common Tern	Burghfield GPs	1	R Crawford
06:30
21/04/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	P Bright-Thomas
19:00	north twds Lea Farm GP.
21/04/11	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	A Cooper

20/04/11	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	1	R Gilham
13:20	Flew South East, came back around 1 hour later and stayed for 5mins.
20/04/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	3	F J Cottington
10:10
19/04/11	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	B M Archer
07:30	A pair mating on Tern Island.
19/04/11	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	2	P E Hutchins
08:30	Including a ringed bird. Also present were three Egyptian Geese, a pair of Shelduck, two pair of Gadwall, five Teal, two pair, nine pochard (seven drake), five Great Crested and two Little Grebe. At least nine Lapwing were about the area.
19/04/11	Common Tern	Thatcham Marsh	1	P E Hutchins
07:51	In at this time with a second in at 07:53. 16+ Sand Martin and a Black Swan also present.
19/04/11	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	4	M J McKee
08:30	Key holders only.
17/04/11	Common Tern	Thatcham Marsh	3	M J Dear
12:00
17/04/11	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	3	S A Graham
14:30	Two birds inspecting the Tern raft.
17/04/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	2	T G Ball

17/04/11	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
12:25	Sat on rail in front of hide.
16/04/11	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	P E Hutchins
18:00	Also two drake Mandarin, a Redshank, five Teal, nine Black-headed Gull and ten Cormorant about North.
16/04/11	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	F Try
15:00	On scrap on East Marsh.
16/04/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	8	K Tubb
13:30
15/04/11	Common Tern	Padworth Lane GP	2	R H Stansfield
15:00
15/04/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
11:40	CLN on Tern Island.
15/04/11	Common Tern	Thatcham Marsh	1	J Chivers
08:30	Over T,N,D,C. lake.
13/04/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	K E Moore

12/04/11	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R H Stansfield
15:30	Sat on Tern island.
12/04/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	H Whitall
13:00	On a buoy in the lake.
12/04/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
12:30
11/04/11	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	A M Horscroft
14:30
11/04/11	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan
	flew thru.
10/04/11	Common Tern	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
11:00	Over quite high, then W.
09/04/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	2	R Murfitt
12:30	Colebrook lake North.
09/04/11	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
10:30
06/04/11	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	1	B M Archer
09:00	CLN - per NS - Avocet still there at 09:00.