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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2012 and 31/12/2012.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
10/09/12	Nightjar	Greenham Common	1	P E Hutchins
06:00	Showing well to the south of the silos / compound area - being almost continuously chased by a decent sized bat! Please keep to the main paths.
09/08/12	Nightjar	Padworth Common	2	T G Ball
21:00	Adult male and at least 1 female/immature seen.
24/07/12	Nightjar	Lower Star Post, Swinley Forest	3	P Bright-Thomas
21:30	2m. Two churring males, and a third bird.
24/07/12	Nightjar	Caesar's Camp, Swinley Forest	2	P Bright-Thomas
22:00	m + f. Male churring at N end, female around S end.
05/07/12	Nightjar	Bucklebury Common	1	G Stewart
21:50	One seen flying and two heard calling.Seen with Bob Lyle.
04/07/12	Nightjar	Peckmoor Copse, Greenham Common	1	P E Hutchins
22:10	Showing well over this, adjacent woodland and heath but none heard to churr by this time.
30/06/12	Nightjar	Snelsmore Common	1	S A Graham
21:40	Flow low over the watch tower calling once, then settled down to churring from a distant pine stand.
27/06/12	Nightjar	Upper Bucklebury	1	B Lyle
22:05	3 heard only one seen at close range.
27/06/12	Nightjar	Greenham Common	2	P E Hutchins
21:43	male. Both seen superbly, one settled, one in flight. About the compound and adjacent heath. Please keep to the main paths.
26/06/12	Nightjar	Snelsmore Common	3	M J Taylor
22:00	2-3m, 1f. 2, prob 3 males churring.
25/06/12	Nightjar	Greenham Common	3	M J Dear
21:40	Please keep to the main paths.
23/06/12	Nightjar	Greenham Common	3	S A Graham
21:40	3m. Two m. and a prob. f Peckmoor Copse, S. of the bunker complex, third m. W of bunker complex, despite the intermittent heavy rain. Please keep to the main paths.
22/06/12	Nightjar	Roundoak Piece	2	P Hickman
22:05	male. At least two calling (probably three) in and around fenced area including one regularly perched on posts on east side.
18/06/12	Nightjar	Bucklebury Common	1	G Stewart
21:55	Two heard calling at same time and two heard wing clapping, only 1 bird seen flying and perching in tree.
09/06/12	Nightjar	Stockcross	3	S A Graham
21:31	2m + f. Two churring males Naider plantation, followed by the distant sound of wing clapping and then a female in feeding flight.
06/06/12	Nightjar	Roundoak Piece	3	C McEwan
21:45	Stunning views. 1 flew 2 ft above our heads while another perched on a fencepost 6 ft away and preened for 5 minutes.
04/06/12	Nightjar	Hut Hill, Swinley Forest	1	S D Abbott
21:35	m. One churring male in the same tree as per the last three years - unfortunately only a brief display flight.
02/06/12	Nightjar	Padworth Common	1	T G Ball
04:30	male. Churring at dawn.
29/05/12	Nightjar	Gorrick Plantation	3	P Kendall
	3 birds churring from 2145; in flight 2205.
26/05/12	Nightjar	Roundoak Piece	6	R H Stansfield
21:25	Also seen by BTB, KEM, AVL and BM.
24/05/12	Nightjar	Gorrick Plantation	2	I D Paine
	one seen and at least 2 heard last night. Seen and heard with Eddie Napper.
23/05/12	Nightjar	Roundoak Piece	4	R Collins
21:32	Minimum count seen with P Driver + 6 Woodcock.
22/05/12	Nightjar	Caesar's Camp, Swinley Forest	1	P Bright-Thomas
21:45	m. At least one churring in trees on W side of CC, even landed on track within 10 feet of me.
22/05/12	Nightjar	Hut Hill, Swinley Forest	1	P Bright-Thomas
21:30	m. Landed on track when I was only 50m from burger van car park. Excellent!
15/05/12	Nightjar	Hut Hill, Swinley Forest	1	M S Whitaker
21:45	male. Having waited for over an hour to hear churring gave up and walking back to the car was greeted by a bird flying close and giving the characteristic 'kewick' call.
12/05/12	Nightjar	Roundoak Piece	1	P Driver
21:45	no sight or sound.
28/04/12	Nightjar	Sandleford Park		P E Hutchins
05:30	None noted to this time.
26/04/12	Nightjar	Sandleford Park		P E Hutchins
21:20	No birds being noted by this time.
25/04/12	Nightjar	Sandleford Park		P E Hutchins
21:10	No evidence of birds being present to this time - increasingly poor weather after this.