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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
25/09/12	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	J E Andrews
09:00	flying with huge mixed hirrundine flock, departed by 09:15.
02/09/12	Swift	Moatlands Car Park Pit, Theale GPs	3	J E Andrews
11:50
01/09/12	Swift	Bracknell	3	D A MacKenzie Dodds
15:30	High heading south. Joined by three buzzards.
30/08/12	Swift	Reading	1	S Hughes
11:00	single bird low over Oxford Road.
30/08/12	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	M Price
06:45
29/08/12	Swift	Lower Farm GP	3	G Stewart
15:30
29/08/12	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	8	R Crawford
16:15
27/08/12	Swift	Lower Farm GP	10	S A Graham
12:30
26/08/12	Swift	Moatlands Car Park Pit, Theale GPs	2	J E Andrews
11:30
25/08/12	Swift	Woose Hill	3	P Bright-Thomas
10:00	Over S.
23/08/12	Swift	Bracknell	2	D A MacKenzie Dodds
17:30	Flying south, at height. Lets hope for FAR better next year eh? http://tinyurl.com/cle6dlz .
20/08/12	Swift	Reading	1	R Josey
11:00	Single over the town, stayed around for over an hour.
18/08/12	Swift	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	Low E.
18/08/12	Swift	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	Low E.
18/08/12	Swift	Lower Earley	3	D J Mills
08:10	feeding low over Leisure C Car park.
16/08/12	Swift	Reading	1	P E Hutchins
14:00	Minimum count of birds heard over Addington Road.
17/08/12	Swift	Thatcham	3	R Keel
	Heading lazily south.
16/08/12	Swift	Reading	2	D Pottinger
16:10	flying over I.D.R.
16/08/12	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	F J Cottington
09:40	Over around sailing club (MAC).
15/08/12	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	7	F J Cottington
09:35	SE.
14/08/12	Swift	Lower Earley	5	D J Mills
20:10	calling & circling high in almost clear sky for at least 10 mins.
12/08/12	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	3	F J Cottington
07:46	SE.
09/08/12	Swift	Thatcham	5	R Keel
	Heading SSE.
08/08/12	Swift	Reading	4	S White
21:00	Few still screaming over Bedford Road.
08/08/12	Swift	Tilehurst	1	R Josey
12:00	Single feeding around the Prospect Park - Honeyend Lane - Asda car park area, circled feeding for a couple of hours before heading off south around 1400.
08/08/12	Swift	Lower Earley	2	D J Mills
07:55	Flying low & straight NW bound !
05/08/12	Swift	Thatcham	5	R Keel
	Heading south.
05/08/12	Swift	Fobney Meadow	1	A Absolom
10:45
04/08/12	Swift	Lower Earley	6	D J Mills
17:55	same as before :-circling low under cloud at edge of weather front.
04/08/12	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	13	F J Cottington
05:15	Overhead.
03/08/12	Swift	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
07:30	Low S.
03/08/12	Swift	Lower Earley	9	D J Mills
08:30	circling & calling low below dark clouds at edge of weather front - first for 2 weeks on daily ASDA circular walk.
31/07/12	Swift	Winkfield	8	S D Abbott
20:30	Small group feeding over church - first I have seen in the area for a number of days.
29/07/12	Swift	Lower Farm GP	7	P E Hutchins
08:52	Maximum count noted.
29/07/12	Swift	Crookham Common	12	P E Hutchins
08:16	Nine south at 08:12 with a further three at this time. Please keep to the main paths.
29/07/12	Swift	Englefield	2	P E Hutchins
12:40	Singles through at this time and 12:46.
29/07/12	Swift	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	6	K P Duncan

28/07/12	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	5	F J Cottington
16:30	High up.
26/07/12	Swift	Reading	7	S A Graham
20:35	Small party over Lundy lane at dusk.
27/07/12	Swift	Newbury	10	I Fewtrell-Smith
09:15	Approx, over Northbrook Street.
27/07/12	Swift	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:00	Only a single in 20 mins, and that one was going N!
26/07/12	Swift	Reading	2	S A Graham
18:00	Just 2 or 3 left along Wantage and the Oxford rd, the swarms of 8-10 birds having apparently departed overnight.
21/07/12	Swift	Woose Hill	40	P Bright-Thomas
15:00	Peak count, in tight pursuit, but count reached twenty several times throughout the day.
22/07/12	Swift	Ascot, Mill Ride	2	S D Abbott
17:00	Heading south - the only ones seen all day in the area.
20/07/12	Swift	Caversham, Chiltern Road	15	R C Watts
21:05	15 plus birds.
15/07/12	Swift	Windsor Great Park	1	M Hunt
	Plenty seen flying around feeding with Sand Martins and Swallows.
14/07/12	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	50	F J Cottington
13:30	Approx over landfill.
12/07/12	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	30	R Marsh
07:55	At least, over lake and golf course.
10/07/12	Swift	Woodley	100	F J Cottington
16:50	Approximate, quite high up around 1000ft, drifting South, best numbers I have seen in area all year.
10/07/12	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	5	R Marsh
10:45
09/07/12	Swift	Wokingham	8	P Bright-Thomas
10:30	Low over Oxford Road screaming.
09/07/12	Swift	Reading	16	S A Graham
06:45	Swarming over the Bedford Street junction, W. of Cheap street.
07/07/12	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	4	G J King
	Please only view from the public footpath.
07/07/12	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	14	F J Cottington
13:00
04/07/12	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	6	R Marsh
08:05	+ 3 House Martin. More of both seen later at Lea Fm GP.
03/07/12	Swift	Shurlock Row	6	R Alliss
09:00	Circling but drifting south.
01/07/12	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	250	R Crawford
10:00	At least.
29/06/12	Swift	Streatley	5	R Marsh

29/06/12	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	8	R Marsh

27/06/12	Swift	Woodley	3	R Marsh
13:05	Screaming over back garden as I got home, heard then seen. Straight through > Loddon Bridge Rd.
24/06/12	Swift	Southridge Farm, Stichens Green	20	P Bright-Thomas
10:30	A lot more feeding over crops than usual.
16/06/12	Swift	Hare Hatch	2	R Marsh
11:30	Flying W. over Sheeplands farm shop.
16/06/12	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	R Marsh
10:10	High over W. area of lake.
14/06/12	Swift	Reading	1	S A Graham
06:45	Disappeared into the eves of a house at the bottom of Wantage Rd.
08/06/12	Swift	Padworth	60	G Sumner
14:30	Feeding low over field opposite depot.
08/06/12	Swift	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	80	R Crawford
19:30	At least.
08/06/12	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	500	R Crawford
19:00	At least.
05/06/12	Swift	Lower Earley	5	J Deasy
19:30	over hse.
31/05/12	Swift	Lower Farm GP	120	P E Hutchins
15:35	Minimum count.
31/05/12	Swift	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	200	M J Dear
15:00
31/05/12	Swift	Lower Farm GP	100	R Marsh
08:20	At least.
29/05/12	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	2	R Marsh
10:00	With L.S.
23/05/12	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	4	R Marsh
08:15
14/05/12	Swift	Lower Farm GP	10	P E Hutchins
06:14	Maximum count noted.
12/05/12	Swift	Ascot, Mill Ride	19	S D Abbott
14:30	Over south.
11/05/12	Swift	Thames Valley Business Park	200	R Dryden
13:30	Approximate count - feeding over meadow, river and GP in Oxon.
11/05/12	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	40	R F Milligan
12:01	Probably more, with approx. 6 House Martins and 1 Sand Martin feeding over East Fen and Manor Farm, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/05/12	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	5	R Marsh
10:45
10/05/12	Swift	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	20	R F Milligan
12:25	Probably more, over East Fen and Honey Field, S/W G Duffus. Please only view from the public footpath.
10/05/12	Swift	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	6	R Marsh
11:50	Over the car park field.
08/05/12	Swift	Lower Earley	24	D J Mills
	Over ASDA - first this year on round trip for papers.
08/05/12	Swift	Lower Farm GP	1	P E Hutchins
06:12	The first of the day.
07/05/12	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	100	R Crawford
19:47	At least.
07/05/12	Swift	Lea Farm Lake	4	R Marsh
08:30
07/05/12	Swift	Queen Mother Reservoir	4	P E Hutchins
08:20	Total through by this time with a further 27 just south of the site at 07:31. Key holders only.
06/05/12	Swift	Queen Mother Reservoir	4	P E Hutchins
08:09	In with the largest Swallow flock noted. Key holders only.
05/05/12	Swift	Jealott's Hill	1	K Creed
17:40	Over Tickleback row with 1 House martin.
05/05/12	Swift	Wraysbury GPs	30	R J Dale

05/05/12	Swift	Queen Mother Reservoir	8	P E Hutchins
08:30	North by this time. Key holders only.
04/05/12	Swift	Queen Mother Reservoir	100	P E Hutchins
09:15	Minimum count. Key holders only.
04/05/12	Swift	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	80	P E Hutchins
10:50	Minimum count.
04/05/12	Swift	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	20	J Hewitt
18:00	At least 20 Swift. Also there were over 45 Swallow and about 10-15 House Martins. Also 2 Whitethroats and a Nuthatch going into box on oak tree between car park and paddock.
02/05/12	Swift	Charvil Lake, Twyford GPs	5	R Marsh
12:45	Mixture of at least 30 other Hirundines present.
02/05/12	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	6	R F Milligan
09:35	Approx, with 4 Swallows, feeding over CLN,S/W G Duffus.
02/05/12	Swift	Earley	8	S Charnley
08:00
01/05/12	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	10	R F Milligan
09:40	CLN, with about 10 House Martins, 6 Swallows and 1 Sand Martin, S/W G Duffus.
01/05/12	Swift	Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
08:10	Circling over the woods by the Aviation museum.
01/05/12	Swift	Ascot Heath	1	R J Dale

30/04/12	Swift	Maidenhead	1	J E Mitchell
20:00
30/04/12	Swift	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
18:45	Heading south-east, into the wind.
30/04/12	Swift	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
17:10	Over Westwood Rd.
30/04/12	Swift	Woolhampton GPs	4	P E Hutchins
13:42
30/04/12	Swift	Moor Copse	1	M Turton

30/04/12	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	12	R F Milligan
09:45	Feeding over CLN, S/W G Duffus.
30/04/12	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R Marsh
08:20	Over the car park > N. 2 more seen later circling over Lavell's\Lea Farm from Teal hide.
30/04/12	Swift	Bracknell	1	J Foster
08:50	Heading south west across southern industrial estate near BMW.
30/04/12	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	10	G J King

29/04/12	Swift	Langley, Slough	1	P Bright-Thomas
19:15	Flying low over centre of Langley.
29/04/12	Swift	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
16:00
29/04/12	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	50	R C Watts
	plus.
29/04/12	Swift	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	15	B Crathorne
16:00
29/04/12	Swift	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	S A Graham
16:30
29/04/12	Swift	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	P E Hutchins
10:19	Key holders only.
28/04/12	Swift	Pangbourne STW	50	L Garner-Langham
	Approx. All swooping around the filter beds and over the site.
28/04/12	Swift	Thatcham	2	R Keel
14:00	Over the house.
28/04/12	Swift	Dinton Pastures CP	7	M J Mitchell
09:00	Over WSL, heading N.
27/04/12	Swift		2	R C Price
19:30
27/04/12	Swift	Bracknell	2	D A MacKenzie Dodds
	At last I've seen them! Four days later than normal and I'm desperately trying to call them down into my newly built "swift palace" but no joy yet. May take years in this neck of the woods so no videos yet. :-(.
27/04/12	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	P E Hutchins
13:05
27/04/12	Swift	Woolhampton GPs	5	P E Hutchins
12:05	In after showers.
27/04/12	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	5	R F Milligan
09:35	Feeding over CLN.
27/04/12	Swift	Slough SF	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:30	Over M4.
27/04/12	Swift	Hungerford	7	S D Abbott
08:45	Over the Kennet - good to see them back.
26/04/12	Swift	Lower Farm GP	2	P E Hutchins
20:10	Maximum count at any one time, probably three birds present towards dusk however.
25/04/12	Swift	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	8	P Bright-Thomas
19:00	Feeding over BSL in blasting southerlies, after strong rain most of they day.
26/04/12	Swift	Moor Green Lakes	14	R F Milligan
09:50	4 seen over CLN and later at 10.45, at Manor Lake, approx. 10 feeding with smaller number of Swallows and House Martins, S/W G Duffus.
25/04/12	Swift	Burghfield Mill GP, Theale GPs	7	R Crawford
19:40
25/04/12	Swift	Sandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	4	R Righelato
16:30
24/04/12	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	8	P E Hutchins
17:19	Minimum count, primarily over the eastern end of the pit. With RG.
24/04/12	Swift	Field Farm Landfill	2	R H Stansfield
17:00	Heading west.
24/04/12	Swift	Main Pit, Theale GPs	10	R H Stansfield
14:20	At least, over lake.
24/04/12	Swift	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	1	P E Hutchins
07:55	Low and north, straight through.
20/04/12	Swift	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	2	N Rampton
16:32	Flying around gravel pits. Also Green Sandpiper, 2x Snipe,Redshank. Please only view from the public footpath.
10/04/12	Swift	Hungerford	1	R M Haydon
20:00	??? Sounded like one by the town hall. Not seen.