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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2014 and 31/12/2014.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
11/12/14	Mute Swan	Reading	40	S A Graham
07:50	Min. below the gasometer, E. of Reading station, appears somebody was already feeding them before dawn.
18/10/14	Mute Swan	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	7	K P Duncan

06/12/14	Mute Swan	The Wharf, Newbury	34	S A Graham
15:05
14/11/14	Mute Swan	Mill Pond, Bracknell	2	K P Duncan

01/11/14	Mute Swan	Datchet	1	K P Duncan
	COLOUR RINGED:- Blue ring with White Code T032 Metal Ring No. W20727 Ringed at Winchester College, Winchester, HAMPSHIRE on 03/10/2012 at age 1st by T H Walker. 759 days since ringing and 69km NE from ringing site. Seen on the Thames. .
17/10/14	Mute Swan	Lower Farm GP	3	P E Hutchins
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13/09/14	Mute Swan	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	30	S A Graham
13:45
01/09/14	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
23:33	Pair feeding with heads under water at night, in artificial light.
31/08/14	Mute Swan	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	10	S A Graham
10:00	3 ad + 7 juv. Party of 7 cygnets.
28/08/14	Mute Swan	A329(M)	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:30	ad. Holding up traffic on A329(M) W, being shepherded along the hard shoulder. Eventually RT officers ("Yeah, I've held a few swans") chased it into a long enough run-up that it flew eastbound down the central reservation at about 3m altitude.
25/08/14	Mute Swan	Windsor	261	K P Duncan

09/08/14	Mute Swan	Padworth Lane GP	3	S A Graham
17:45	ad + 2 juv. Adult with 2 Cygnets on the river.
24/07/14	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
	Pair. F got 3 bits of line tangled in her beak which eventually came off.
18/07/14	Mute Swan	Reading	10	S A Graham
09:00	2 ad + 8 juv. W. of the weir, W. of the Oracle center.
25/06/14	Mute Swan	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	5	P Gipson
	Pr + 3 cygnets.
22/06/14	Mute Swan	Moatlands Taxi Pit, Theale GPs	6	S A Graham
09:30	2 ad + 4 juv. Pair with 4 cygnets.
15/06/14	Mute Swan	Kennetmouth	80	P Gipson
	In two groups of c.40.
14/06/14	Mute Swan	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	23	S A Graham
15:00	23 ad.
10/06/14	Mute Swan	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	5	G Stewart
15:30
10/06/14	Mute Swan	Green Park	5	S A Graham
07:25	2 ad + 3 juv. Pair with 3 cygnets at the N. end of the lake, bird still incubating on nest adjacent to Brook drive still.
28/05/14	Mute Swan	Eton Wick	12	D Cleal
	The pair nesting in the reed bed of the Roundmoor ditch have hatched 5 cygnets with one abandoned egg still in the nest. Water level back up to that of the winter floods with virtually no exposed mud left.
22/05/14	Mute Swan	Green Park	1	S A Graham
07:45	Occupied nest along the brook opposite Brook drive.
20/05/14	Mute Swan	Eton Wick	7	K P Duncan
	BREEDING pair have hatched 5 cygnets, a sixth egg remained unhatched.
20/05/14	Mute Swan	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	5	S Day
20:30	2 ad + 3 cygnets.
14/05/14	Mute Swan	Moor Green Lakes	8	R F Milligan
09:25	m&f with 6 small cygnets, Tern Island, CLN. S/W G Duffus.
13/05/14	Mute Swan	Reading	75	R Righelato
	On the Kennet at New Town, where they are fed by local residents. A large flock for this time of year.. SU729719.
18/04/14	Mute Swan	Fobney Meadow	2	A Absolom
16:00	m\f with 7 cygnets Holy Brook.
18/04/14	Mute Swan	Freeman's Marsh	1	S A Graham
10:00	Occupied nest.
17/04/14	Mute Swan	Fobney Island	3	R Righelato
	One pair and a single bird.
10/04/14	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
	Pair, one died during day from suspected botulism.
10/04/14	Mute Swan	Burnthouse Lane GP (S), Pingewood GPs	16	M Hunt
13:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
30/03/14	Mute Swan	Eton Wick	2	K P Duncan
	pair. BREEDING pair have laid two eggs so far.
29/03/14	Mute Swan	Eton Wick	2	K P Duncan
	pair. BREEDING pair sitting on a nest along Roundmoor Ditch.
29/03/14	Mute Swan	Fobney Meadow	5	D R Turner
07:50	Five were photographed together with a pair clearly mating.
25/03/14	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
18:41	Pair nest-building, or at least going through the motions.
13/03/14	Mute Swan	Padworth Lane GP	22	K E Moore
14:15
08/03/14	Mute Swan	Englefield	48	R Crawford
08:40	In damp field.
13/02/14	Mute Swan	Englefield	49	R Crawford
15:30	Feeding in fields.
17/01/14	Mute Swan	Fobney Island	2	R Righelato

22/01/14	Mute Swan	Beenham	23	M Terry
13:00
17/01/14	Mute Swan	Widbrook Common	7	D Cleal

13/01/14	Mute Swan	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
	"Pair" engaging in unusually early mating and courtship on middle lake. The similarity of their head size, knob size, body size, and bill colour suggested both may be male - female generally looks smaller alongside male. Sexes not certain - see photos.
05/01/14	Mute Swan	Beenham	3	S A Graham
12:30	2 ad + juv. No sign of Whooper(s) reported as intermittently present prior to Xmas per local resident.
04/01/14	Mute Swan	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	A Rymer
11:00	Pair, Swimming and feeding on path by exit to layby .