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

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
30/12/12	Waxwing	Peacock Farm, Bracknell	19	L R Blundell
15:30	In bush opposite Peacock Farm pub. SU8367.
30/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	34	J Rose
	Feeding on Rose Hips close to the southern end of the western bridge. At one point they fed in a low bush at the N end of this bridge and allowed very close approach.
30/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell	71	D A MacKenzie Dodds
08:00	Same place (Wykery Copse onto Wykery Copse Green, Peacock Lane & leaning lady roundabout). Watched for over an hour. Quite flighty at dawn. Exact count from photo later at home. Couple of photos at http://www.dmackdimages.co.uk/blog/2012/12/seventy-one-how-apt.
29/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell	55	I D Paine
11:50	on trees in Peacock Lane by roundabout turning for Wokingham. Flew off towards estate.
29/12/12	Waxwing	Jennet's Park, Bracknell	55	M Terry
09:07	55+ mobile around the Wykery Copse green.
28/12/12	Waxwing	Grazeley	6	E Napper
10:45	Heard and then seen briefly on berries at jct of Mortimer Road and Bloomfield Hatch Lane.
28/12/12	Waxwing	Emmer Green	20	P E Hutchins
12:03	Still about Buckingham Drive to this time, when flushed westwards by a Sparrowhawk. Oherwise, very mobile but repeatedly coming back to the 2nd tree after the roundabout, on heading north, and lingering in the top of this for some time.
27/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	30	D Cleal
	Circa 30 about 160 yds short of the weir. They were popular with several photographers and I was so busy giving views through my scope to a family passing by, I forgot to get an accurate count! Very confiding.
27/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell	51	M Hunt
	On Peacock Lane at Wykery Copse Grid SU849686 feeding on roadside rosehips, precise number counted from photo.
27/12/12	Waxwing	Emmer Green	20	M F Walford
10:50	At the top of oaks behind Buckingham Drive before being flushed by a Red Kite and flew east.
26/12/12	Waxwing	Earley	12	T Alexander
13:00	on berries at community centre by wokingham rad. SU746712.
26/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	28	P Driver
12:00	very confiding along the path near second bridge, brightening many families constitutionals.
26/12/12	Waxwing	Emmer Green	19	D White
	Usual place on Buckingham Drive.
25/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	29	B Crathorne
13:00	Feeding on rose hips.
23/12/12	Waxwing	Whiteknights Park, Reading	1	P Gipson
13:48	Tree nr Windsor Hall, flew S towards Pepper Lane.
23/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	27	B Reeve
09:00
21/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	12	R Marsh
14:50	Received a text from Geoff Emmett saying he saw 12+ Waxwings, in tree tops opposite the petrol station at the junction of Henley Rd & Lower Henley Rd.
21/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	25	A Cooper
10:30	feeding on hawthorn berries.
21/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	30	S Brown
	Feeding on Hawthorne near river. SU930794.
21/12/12	Waxwing	Crowthorne	20	I Twyford
	Mobile along Merryman Drive close to Heathlake.
20/12/12	Waxwing	Emmer Green	5	A M Horscroft
15:00	Still present 15.00 till 15.30 at least, in trees opposite Buckingham Drive.
20/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	20	T Warwick
09:15	Flock of 20-25 sitting in large tree outside Screwfix exactly as described by earlier posters on this site. Occasional sorties to feed on the still plentiful berries opposite, but they are easily disturbed. SU805679.
19/12/12	Waxwing	Emmer Green	5	M F Walford
13:50	on berries on Buckingham Drive near the Esso garage on the Peppard Road (per Hugh Netley).
19/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	24	T Keene
11:15	Perched in the oak outside Screwfix and making occasional sorties into the rowans on the other side of the road. They seemed easily spooked by passers-by and lorries.
18/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	22	P J Crowley
14:30	Flock in tree outside Screwfix in Molly MIllar's Lane, feeding on berries on small trees on opposite side of road.
18/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	20	J Beever
11:00	From car park walk along path and birds were feeding on hips in area before 1st bridge.
18/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	24	S Dimond
12:00	On Molly Millar's Lane still by Screwfix. Accurate count.
17/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	20	D Beever
14:45
17/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	10	N G Giles
13:00	I work close-by and these have been seen in the tree for last few days feeding on berries. Postcode RG41 2RX. Located adjacent to Screwfix.
17/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	10	D Ord
12:30	Still lots of berries on trees opposite so they may stay here a while. SU8067.
16/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	10	P Bright-Thomas
14:30	Around 10 still at top of tree outside Screwfix on Molly Millar's Lane. There are berries remaining on the rowans opposite, good chance they'll be back tomorrow morning.
16/12/12	Waxwing	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	20	R Ness
10:00	West of 1st bridge for an hour but flushed by Sparrowhawk and did not return.
16/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	11	P Burden
10:15	At least 11 sitting in large oak tree next to Screwfix on Molly Millars Lane.
16/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	13	D A MacKenzie Dodds
09:00	Still there, feeding on two wee rowans, by screwfix, molly millars lane. Disappeared for 15 mins or so (spooked by a crow) but soon returned and watched for an hour or so. Still quite a few berries left. A few photos at the link. http://www.dmackdimages.co.uk/blog/2012/12/more-waxwings.
15/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	13	G Randall
12:30	On molly millars lane, by screwfix.
15/12/12	Waxwing	Wokingham	4	P Bright-Thomas
10:30	On Molly Millars Lane, by Screwfix. Feeding on berries by large blue and grey office building.
14/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	30	J Bishop
09:00	Meadow way, Caversham again (off Amersham Road, near Red Cow pub). This time sticking to the East side of the estate. 30 is an approx number. Sitting on TV masts and dropping down to feed on berries. Very active and flighty. .
13/12/12	Waxwing	Pangbourne	12	S Harley
10:15	Again in tree behind Star pub.
12/12/12	Waxwing	Pangbourne	12	R Gilham
14:36	Still present in trees behind The Star. (Per PEH).
12/12/12	Waxwing	Pangbourne	12	P E Hutchins
13:24	Present and showing very well in the trees behind The Star, just east of Pangbourne Place.
12/12/12	Waxwing	Pangbourne	11	K Booth Jones
12:30	Resting in tree behind The Star pub.
11/12/12	Waxwing	Reading	15	D Flack
15:15	In the bushes/shrubs near Black Boy roundabout (on the right hand side,when coming down Shinfield Road from town), a group of about 12 perched together and then 3 slightly separated from the group.
11/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell	9	M Jones
14:00	Sorry you missed them, Michael. They were up to 9 when I saw them again at 14:00. They appeared to do a circuit which took them out of sight for about 40mins; into Wickery Copse. Then out they came again onto #6's TV aerial. I spoke to the owner and said that us birders would do our best not to disturb her. SU849686.
11/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell		M Hunt
	No sign at 13:00hrs or again at 15:30.
11/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell	8	P Bright-Thomas
09:15	Peacock Lane/Butler Drive. Noted taking frost crystals from roof ridge (presumably as water), and also possibly removing grit from cement on chimney stack.
11/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell	8	M Jones
10:00	Sitting ontop of a TV aerial, then circling across the road (take care!) to feed on the berries. See photos. SU849686.
11/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell	8	M Hunt
	Corner of Butler drive, flew east at 09:40.
11/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell	8	C Gent
	still present 9:30 this morning.
10/12/12	Waxwing	Bracknell	6	M Hunt
14:55	On aerial of No. 6 Butler Drive, Jennetts Park. Near to Peacock Farm PH. Feeding on berries outside No.2 and across the main road. After walking round JennettsPk/Southern Inds/Twin Bridges every day for six weeks I walked past them and my wife found them first!
08/12/12	Waxwing	Hungerford	39	R Gilham
15:32	At Middleton's Close. (Per PEH).
08/12/12	Waxwing	Hungerford	30	P E Hutchins
13:00	Minimum count of birds still present at this time (per one of my postmen!). Still in trees about the A4 / A338 junction at the eastern end of the town.
08/12/12	Waxwing	Hungerford	30	C Burch
11:15	Large flock, present in tree by Cottrell Close on A4.
08/12/12	Waxwing	Hungerford	39	P Bysh
09:10	In and around Middleton's Close right by the road next to the Shell Garage.
07/12/12	Waxwing	Maidenhead	12	B Crathorne
15:30	Flying over Maidenhead golf course at dusk heading west towards Shoppenhangers Rd near Desborough School.
03/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham		J Bishop
13:30	No sign at Meadow Way for around half an hour when I checked back at 13:30, briefly checked the surrounding area too.
03/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	28	C Foster
11:30	Still on meadow way. Very flighty, mobile.
03/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	33	R Dryden
08:35	Maximum count along Meadow Way, it had dropped to 29 when I left. Not many berries left. SU727745.
03/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	20	J Bishop
09:00	Flock still present at Meadow Way this morning, 20 was an approx count as I running late! Seemed a lot more scittish than the last couple of days.
02/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	22	S Dimond
15:00	On Meadow Way. One has clearly gone AWOL since this morning.
02/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	23	R C Watts
08:20	From 08:20 till 10:40 still . Feeding on Mountain Ash Berrys in Meadow Way . seen with Richard Sajdak.Richard Marsh. D Seward and G Finch.
02/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	23	R Marsh
09:15	Still at Meadow Way, # increased since yesterday and berry stocks depleted. Seen with: R Sajdak, R Watts, D Seward, G Finch.
01/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	13	P E Hutchins
13:07	Still present and showing well in trees on the southern side of Meadow Way, dropping to feed on an ornamental Mountain Ash to the west of the refuse bin 'compound'.
01/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	15	R Marsh
11:55	Still there, per Richard Sajdak. Meadow Way, off Amersham Rd.
01/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	13	J Bishop
11:30	Still present at 11:30. Meadow Way housing estate, Caversham. Moving between row of trees on south-west edge of estate and waste ground south of estate. Some photos here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jgvljgiz2kwvya2/qARzL27wcu .
01/12/12	Waxwing	Caversham	17	R Righelato
	reported by Jake Bishop this morning on west side of Meadow Way.
15/11/12	Waxwing	Moss End	11	L R Blundell
15:45	Over high. Not starlings and did not look like thrushes.
20/02/12	Waxwing	Winnersh	30	R Addison
17:00	c30 flew across the A329M just north of the M4 junction, heading SW-ish. I had a quick check along the A329 from Winnersh Triangle up to Sainsburys where the flock was last year but no sign.
17/02/12	Waxwing	The Wharf, Newbury	6	T Bunce
13:20	Seen beside the A339. Traffic was slow at the time. No more than 20 ft from the car. Looked like they were pecking crab apples in small tree beside the road. Possibly more than 6.