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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
05/11/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	3	S Day
15:10
29/10/12	Swallow	Warfield	2	L R Blundell
11:40	Over south from Frost Folly car park.
28/10/12	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	M F Walford
	Key holders only.
28/10/12	Swallow	Eton	2	R C Watts
11:50	Flew from Berks over river into Bucks in to Dorney Lakes over Eton Rowing Club Building ( Two Late Birds).
28/10/12	Swallow	Speen Moor Plantations	3	M Price
10:30	Feeding low over fields between Speen Moor Plantation and Kennet & Avon Canal. SU452668.
27/10/12	Swallow	Eton Wick	1	K P Duncan
16:00	fed over flood for at least 10min.
27/10/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	4	R Marsh
	2 perched on each of the Tern rafts. Flew off E. together.
26/10/12	Swallow	Maidenhead	1	B Crathorne
14:15	Flying low over golf course heading south west.
24/10/12	Swallow	Loddon Bridge	1	S Day
12:00	Sat on TV aerial on the George.
23/10/12	Swallow	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	6	G Stewart
15:45	Feeding above/over trees between Discovery Centre lake and adjacent lake to the east.
21/10/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
10:30	SE over car park.
21/10/12	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	M F Walford
	Key holders only.
21/10/12	Swallow	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	High S.
20/10/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	3	R J Dale
09:00	Flew S, 0900h.
19/10/12	Swallow	Remenham	2	P Bright-Thomas
09:30	Low over FP.
17/10/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
09:00	SE over car park.
16/10/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	30	N Cleere
	30+. Also 4 Little Egret, 6 Snipe and the Cape Shelduck.
16/10/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	F J Cottington
08:00	Over landfill, then 3 more low SE over LFGP later.
15/10/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	20	N Cleere

15/10/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	1	R J Dale
08:30	Flew S.
14/10/12	Swallow	Aston	4	S K Proddow
11:00
14/10/12	Swallow	Englefield	2	R Crawford
16:50
14/10/12	Swallow	Lowbury Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
15:00	N into Oxon.
13/10/12	Swallow	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
08:30	SW at dawn.
13/10/12	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
09:00
12/10/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	4	R Marsh
09:40
11/10/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	9	F J Cottington
09:00	East.
11/10/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	8	R J Dale
07:30	SE, 0730-0930h.
07/10/12	Swallow	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
12:00	Also House Martins still feeding young at nest in Moulsford (Oxon).
10/10/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	14	R J Dale
07:15	S, 0715-0815h.
09/10/12	Swallow	Bracknell	7	D A MacKenzie Dodds
16:00	flying due east with martins.
09/10/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	100	F J Cottington
09:10	Groups of 3-7 then quite a big flock of around 70-100 all SE.
09/10/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	30	F J Cottington
08:20	SE.
09/10/12	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	6	R F Milligan
10:28	Flying across the diggings, heading S/E. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/10/12	Swallow	Ruscombe	3	P Bright-Thomas
09:15	Low S.
08/10/12	Swallow	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	10	A V Lawson
16:00
08/10/12	Swallow	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A V Lawson
12:00
08/10/12	Swallow	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	10	M Terry
15:45	Through S low under the mist & fog.
08/10/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	10	N Cleere
	10+ S/SE in ones and twos. Also, Cape Shelduck still knocking around. Snipe down to 2 and Little Egret down to 2 or 3.
07/10/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	3	F J Cottington
10:30	Barely visible in mist.
06/10/12	Swallow	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	J E Andrews
08:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
05/10/12	Swallow	Englefield	3	P E Hutchins
09:20	A single NE at this time, two W at 09:22.
04/10/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	100	A V Lawson
	large flock over Main pit and Moatlands with House Martins.
04/10/12	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	150	F J Cottington
08:00	5-10 thru South every 3-5 mins.
03/10/12	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	200	F J Cottington
07:35	Approx.
03/10/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	315	R J Dale
07:30	Flew S, 0730-0845h.
03/10/12	Swallow	Crookham Common	13	P E Hutchins
07:49	Total moving south by this time. Please keep to the main paths.
02/10/12	Swallow	Bracknell	12	D A MacKenzie Dodds
16:00	Flying south through garden with Martins.
02/10/12	Swallow	Englefield	18	R Crawford
08:50	Flying west.
01/10/12	Swallow	Freeman's Marsh	66	P E Hutchins
10:10	Total through by this time plus mixed flocks totalling 61+.
30/09/12	Swallow	Sulham Wood, Sulham	2	P Doctor
12:15
30/09/12	Swallow	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	100	J E Andrews
08:15	small waves on passage in 1 hour count. Please only view from the public footpath.
29/09/12	Swallow	Thatcham	45	R Keel
10:00	Over south in several groups.
29/09/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	150	F J Cottington
10:30	Steady passage in groups of 10-30 SE.
28/09/12	Swallow	Remenham	50	R C Watts
11:40	Swallows and House Martins mixed flock over fields. 50 plus birds.
28/09/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	1466	R J Dale
07:15	Flew S 0715-0900h.
28/09/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	300	F J Cottington
07:20	Thru SE in 1.5 hours.
27/09/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	500	F J Cottington
17:00	Difficult to count as so many spread over wide area, maybe as many as 1000 over DP & landfill.
27/09/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	150	F J Cottington
13:00	Mostly over landfill.
27/09/12	Swallow	Englefield	185	R Crawford
08:10	Low over fields SE.
27/09/12	Swallow	Eton Wick	7	N Sluman
	Flock of 4, a single, then 2 more heading south.
27/09/12	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
08:30	Contrast from yesterdays 200-300.
26/09/12	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	250	F J Cottington
09:00	Moving E/SE.
25/09/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	50	T Harden
	Lots over lake all morning along with House Martins.
25/09/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	100	J E Andrews
09:00
25/09/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	271	R J Dale
07:10	Flew SE 0710-0810h.
24/09/12	Swallow	Fobney Meadow	100	A V Lawson
	large number feeding over the meadows west of Rose Kiln lane as far as Southcote lock in heavy rain.
24/09/12	Swallow	Green Park	3	S A Graham
09:30	Feeding over the car park in thick mist and rain.
24/09/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	22	R J Dale
08:30	Flew E, 0810-0900h.
23/09/12	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	60	P Bright-Thomas
13:30	Most low over water in heavy rain, others with 20+ House Martin close to tree line. Please only view from the public footpath.
23/09/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	600	N Cleere
	600+ east in pulses of 10-50 birds before the rain started, after which movement stopped and subsequent birds halted to feed over the pit.
23/09/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	30	R J Dale
08:00	Flew SE, 0800-0930h.
21/09/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh

20/09/12	Swallow	Crookham Common	7	P E Hutchins
16:37	Loose groups of three and four noted moving north by this time. Please keep to the main paths.
20/09/12	Swallow	Englefield	22	R Crawford
08:30	Flew SW.
19/09/12	Swallow	Fobney Island	5	A V Lawson

19/09/12	Swallow	Bracknell	8	D A MacKenzie Dodds
18:31	All flying low and west through garden.
18/09/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	M Terry
18:12	Over car park field E>W.
18/09/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	30	F J Cottington
08:00	Over S in groups of 4-5.
17/09/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	20	R J Dale
08:30	Flew SW 0830-0930h.
15/09/12	Swallow	Bracknell	1	D A MacKenzie Dodds
14:00	Young. Flying west. Low.
09/09/12	Swallow	Ascot, Mill Ride	12	S D Abbott
16:30	Over south.
09/09/12	Swallow	Bracknell STW	5	D A MacKenzie Dodds
08:30	On wires down bottle lane. been there all summer but now with young, ready to leave.
09/09/12	Swallow	West Ilsley	3	I Fewtrell-Smith
09:30	Over house.
07/09/12	Swallow	Crookham Common	22	P E Hutchins
17:22	Maximum count noted. Please keep to the main paths.
06/09/12	Swallow	Farley Hill	100	P Bright-Thomas
20:00	Est, apparently disturbed from roost in hedgerow.
04/09/12	Swallow	Moss End	24	L R Blundell
09:00	On lines outside the house.
03/09/12	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	21	R C Watts
09:30	over. Key holders only.
02/09/12	Swallow	West Ilsley	16	I Fewtrell-Smith
	At least, feeding very low in churchyard with a handful of House Martins higher.
02/09/12	Swallow	Ascot Heath	106	R J Dale
08:00	Flew S/SW 0700-0800h.
02/09/12	Swallow	Warfield	6	D A MacKenzie Dodds
12:30	At least 6- on wires that I first saw them on in the spring. Feels like yesterday...
31/08/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	4	R Marsh

30/08/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	L Seward
10:30
29/08/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	30	R Crawford
16:15
25/08/12	Swallow	Compton Downs	2	P E Hutchins
17:06	West along The Ridgeway.
22/08/12	Swallow	Wokefield Park	10	W Brown
09:00	flying low over golf course. SU6765.
21/08/12	Swallow	Combe Gibbet	12	S D Abbott
13:30	In two groups - all heading south.
19/08/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	4	R Marsh
	Over.
19/08/12	Swallow	Woose Hill	4	P Bright-Thomas
07:00	ad. High S, also House Martin heard.
18/08/12	Swallow	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	Low S.
12/08/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
10:50
02/08/12	Swallow	Hurst	15	R Marsh
12:15	At least, swooping low over a field on Lines Rd. SU795723.
29/07/12	Swallow	Marsh Benham	100	M J Dear
	at least.feeding over fields. SU6643.
19/07/12	Swallow	Finchampstead	2	S C Smith
	field, by car park.
10/07/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
10:45	First I've seen for quite a while, thanks to Bert May who spotted them. Low over landfill.
07/07/12	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	20	G J King
	Please only view from the public footpath.
27/06/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	1	P E Hutchins
20:38	male. A bird with a feather atttached to the end of the left-hand tail streamer - appearing like a Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo in flight!
21/06/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	2	P E Hutchins
16:05	Maximum count noted.
18/06/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	4	P E Hutchins
15:18	Maximum count noted.
21/05/12	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	30	R F Milligan
10:00	Approx. count, feeding over Manor Lake, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
16/05/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	1	L Seward
09:00	house martin 30+. sand martin30+.swifts 60+.
15/05/12	Swallow	Grazeley	2	P E Hutchins
17:16	About the churchyard.
15/05/12	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	20	R F Milligan
09:50	Approx count, feeding over Manor Lake, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
15/05/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	23	R Marsh
08:00	At least.
14/05/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	15	R Marsh
08:20	Often seen perching on reeds at the edge of the island.
14/05/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	10	R F Milligan
10:43	Feeding over CLN, with 1 House Martin, S/W G Duffus.
14/05/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	7	P E Hutchins
06:05	Minimum count of birds with other hirundines.
11/05/12	Swallow	Woolhampton GPs	1	P E Hutchins
18:18
11/05/12	Swallow	Brimpton GP	5	P E Hutchins
19:47	The only gathering noted. SU568652.
07/05/12	Swallow	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	50	L Garner-Langham
	Rough count, over lake and perching.
10/05/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	115	P E Hutchins
06:05	Minimum count of birds in from the 'east' and heading off south-west.
08/05/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	300	R Crawford
06:30	At least.
07/05/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	700	R Crawford
19:47	At least.
07/05/12	Swallow	Horton	38	P E Hutchins
06:07	34 gathered on the same wires as yesterday morning, four a little further east.
07/05/12	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	19	P E Hutchins
08:32	Through by this time, all north excepting three S at 08:04. Key holders only.
06/05/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1000	R Righelato
09:30	1000+ hirundines; approx 80% Swallows; 10% House Martins; 10% Sand Martins.
06/05/12	Swallow	Horton	120	P E Hutchins
06:12	Minimum count of birds on roadside wires, just west of the church.
06/05/12	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	49	P E Hutchins
08:18	Minimum count through; five of these heading south, otherwise all to the north. Key holders only.
05/05/12	Swallow	Dreadnought Reach	30	S Hughes
14:45
05/05/12	Swallow	Wraysbury GPs	150	R J Dale
	150+ mostly feeding over pits, some moving through N.
05/05/12	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	41	P E Hutchins
08:30	Through north by this time. Key holders only.
05/05/12	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	150	R Marsh
06:25	At least. The small jetty was 1/3 covered in them, with more circling the lake.
04/05/12	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	48	P E Hutchins
08:05	Minimum count noted moving through by this time. Key holders only.
04/05/12	Swallow	Borough Marsh	8	R Dryden
13:00
04/05/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	100	F J Cottington
06:07
03/05/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	6	R F Milligan
10:35	Feeding with about the same number of House Martins over CLN, S/W G Duffus.
02/05/12	Swallow	Spencers Wood	10	G Brown
	today all have returned to last years nest sites in numbers and gone into frantic build mode :>.
30/04/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	6	G J King

29/04/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs		R C Watts

25/04/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	300	R Crawford

27/04/12	Swallow	Englefield	2	P E Hutchins
12:45
27/04/12	Swallow	Woolhampton GPs	21	P E Hutchins
12:20	Minimum count of birds by this time.
27/04/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	7	R F Milligan
09:15	Feeding over CLN.
26/04/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	24	P E Hutchins
20:10	Minimum count.
24/04/12	Swallow	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	44	P E Hutchins
09:00	Minimum count.
23/04/12	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	P E Hutchins
09:19	Singles north at this time and 10:14. Key holders only.
23/04/12	Swallow	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	15	S Day
15:00	Southern end of lake.
23/04/12	Swallow	Hungerford	2	S D Abbott
14:00	Heading east down the railway line.
23/04/12	Swallow	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	60	G Stewart

23/04/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	12	R F Milligan
09:36	Probably more, with about the same no. of House Martins and 2 Sand Martins, feeding over CLN, S/W G Duffus.
22/04/12	Swallow	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	P E Hutchins
14:48	Minimum count noted.
22/04/12	Swallow	Bradfield	1	B Lyle
11:30	heading north.
22/04/12	Swallow	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	R Josey
17:00	High over.
21/04/12	Swallow	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	40	P E Hutchins
18:31	Minimum count.
21/04/12	Swallow	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	J Hewitt
16:00	Feeding on Colebrook in front of viewing screen. Also 2 more more on New Workings at about 16.30.
20/04/12	Swallow	Walbury Hill	1	P E Hutchins
17:31	Low over the car parking area.
20/04/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	20	R F Milligan
12:40	Possibly more, with about the same number of Sand Martins and 2 House Martins, S/W G Duffus .
20/04/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	8	L Seward
10:00
19/04/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	11	P E Hutchins
16:18	Minimum count.
19/04/12	Swallow	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	R Marsh
15:10
19/04/12	Swallow	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	5	C McEwan
15:10
19/04/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	30	R F Milligan
09:24	Probably more, feeding over CLN with 2 House Martins, S/W G Duffus.
18/04/12	Swallow	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	15	B M Archer
15:00	feeding over the lakes. Please only view from the public footpath.
18/04/12	Swallow	Dinton Pastures CP	10	P J Crowley
09:00	10 at least low over water at bottom end of Black Swan Lake.
17/04/12	Swallow	Padworth Lane GP	8	P E Hutchins
15:00	Minimum count through by this time (45 minutes).
10/04/12	Swallow	Pangbourne	4	S Brown

16/04/12	Swallow	Ruscombe	2	S Brown
16:00	SU798767.
17/04/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	30	R F Milligan
09:30	Probably more, with 2 House Martin and approx. 10 Sand Martin, CLN, S/W G Duffus.
17/04/12	Swallow	Easthampstead Park	3	M Hunt
	heading east.
16/04/12	Swallow	Sulham	2	W Brown
09:15	at riding stables jcn sulham lane and little heath road.
16/04/12	Swallow	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	W Morgan

15/04/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	6	M J Mitchell
13:30
15/04/12	Swallow	Woolhampton GPs	5	P E Hutchins
08:25	Minimum count by this time.
14/04/12	Swallow	Winkfield	1	S D Abbott
15:00
15/04/12	Swallow	Spencers Wood	1	G Brown
	still only 1, but has now decided to patch up one of last years nests in case.
14/04/12	Swallow	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	5	G Stewart
17:30	No Common Tern today.
14/04/12	Swallow	Woolhampton GPs	60	R Gilham
16:00	at least...
14/04/12	Swallow	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	8	R Gilham
11:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
14/04/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
	Across the Loddon.
14/04/12	Swallow	Lea Farm, Hurst	2	K Creed

14/04/12	Swallow	Winnersh	4	R Angus
07:00
14/04/12	Swallow	Spencers Wood	14	N Rampton
07:58	Flying low around field next to my garden briefly before flying up over neighbouring houses.
13/04/12	Swallow	Combe Gibbet	1	P E Hutchins
17:55	North-east.
13/04/12	Swallow	Crookham Common	8	R Gilham
13:00	Please keep to the main paths.
13/04/12	Swallow	Spencers Wood	1	G Brown
	still only a single returner to the stables so far this year.
13/04/12	Swallow	Cow Down, West Ilsley	1	K Tubb
12:00	Flew through.
12/04/12	Swallow	Thatcham Marsh	5	P E Hutchins
19:19	In from the south / south-west to the south-west corner of Thatcham Lake.
12/04/12	Swallow	Langley, Slough	3	A Cooper
	st marys rd heading nw.
12/04/12	Swallow	Shinfield Grange	3	J Bishop
12:00	Circling around on and off for a couple of hours. Suspect returning to a usual nesting site here. SU740688.
12/04/12	Swallow	Lea Farm Lake	3	R Marsh
09:40
12/04/12	Swallow	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	3	W Morgan

12/04/12	Swallow	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
10:20	CLN.
12/04/12	Swallow	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	M J McKee
08:30	Key holders only.
11/04/12	Swallow	Padworth Lane GP	6	P E Hutchins
17:40	Minimum count early evening.
10/04/12	Swallow	Burghfield Common	3	T Bunce
13:00	Summer?
10/04/12	Swallow	Lower Farm GP	10	P E Hutchins
18:07	Minimum count through, from17:07.
09/04/12	Swallow	Padworth Lane GP	4	K E Moore
15:00	at least.
08/04/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	R Crawford
08:00
08/04/12	Swallow	Woolhampton GPs	3	S N White
07:00
07/04/12	Swallow	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	P E Hutchins
17:25	Minimum count.