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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2016 and 31/12/2016.

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
15/12/16Mute SwanThe Wharf, Newbury34S A Graham
12:00
34 ad. Rather low count of birds, but I no-longer make regular visits to newb to comment further.  
05/11/16Mute SwanFleethill Farm28J M Clark
15:30
6 fw. Private site, view only from footpath.  
30/10/16Mute SwanFleethill Farm25J M Clark
11:30
4 fw. Private site, view only from footpath.  
28/10/16Mute SwanWoose Hill2P Bright-Thomas
08:20
ad. Low NW, 3rd garden record.  
22/10/16Mute SwanCheapside6M S Whitaker
13:15
2 ad., 4 juv. Family party on Great Pond. S/W Joanna Whitaker.  
17/10/16Mute SwanSummerleaze GP13B D Clews
14:30
 
02/10/16Mute SwanDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River23S A Graham
07:00
21 ad + 2 f/w.  
04/09/16Mute SwanFleethill Farm18J M Clark
11:30
ads. Private site, view only from footpath.  
28/08/16Mute SwanFreeman's Marsh7S A Graham
10:30
2 ad + 5 juv. Family party.  
24/07/16Mute SwanBray GPs3S A Graham
07:45
2 ad + 1 juv. Pair with 1 Cygnet on the 'Quiet lake'.  
12/07/16Mute SwanReading5S Scott
07:45
Two adults and three cygnets on the Kennet and Avon Canal near the Prudential Building.  
26/06/16Mute SwanBray GPs4S A Graham
09:00
2 ad + 2 juv. Pair with 2 Cygnets.  
22/06/16Mute SwanRowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs3P E Hutchins
a pair and one cygnet.  
12/06/16Mute SwanSandford Lake, Dinton Pastures CP4F J Cottington
09:45
Pair + 2 cygnets.  
08/06/16Mute SwanWindsor Promenade251D Fuller
flock is mainly ad. The flock has some of last years cygnets plus a pair with four cygnets just a few weeks old. SU865772.  
02/06/16Mute SwanGreen Park13B D Clews
14:00
2 family parties with 5 and 4 cygnets.  
26/05/16Mute SwanThatcham Marsh8R Keel
Pair with six cygnets on stream halfway between railway and canal.  
26/05/16Mute SwanGreen Park7S A Graham
11:07
2 ad + 5 juv. Pair with 5 cygnets at the very SW end of the lake complex. No confirmation of rptd Egyptian Goose brood earlier in season.  
23/05/16Mute SwanLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP2P Scudamore
12:15
Pair have abandoned nest.  
13/05/16Mute SwanWhiteknights Lake, Reading6P Gipson
Pair plus 4 chicks hatched yesterday; a fifth egg probably did not hatch. Pair Magpies going right up to nest, despite parents present.  
12/05/16Mute SwanWhiteknights Lake, Reading3D Flack
14:45
2 ad, 1 cygnet. At least 1 cygnet hatched, looked like a fairly recent hatchling and often hiding in the wings of the adult.  
02/05/16Mute SwanDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1S A Graham
09:30
One nesting bird visible.  
01/05/16Mute SwanFreeman's Marsh1S A Graham
11:00
Occupied nest.  
24/04/16Mute SwanBray GPs1S A Graham
09:00
Occupied nest E. side opposite wooden bridge.  
23/04/16Mute SwanBottom Lane Floods (S), Theale GPs27S A Graham
14:00
 
17/04/16Mute SwanFobney Island3G Turner
20:00
Engaged in quite a brutal fight lasting a good 30 minutes. http://berksbirds.co.uk/show_photo.asp?speciestype=2&photo_id=10727.  
03/04/16Mute SwanMaiden Erlegh Lake, Reading3P Gipson
Pair nesting, yet tolerating the presence of a young bird from last year. I think this is unusual.  
31/03/16Mute SwanWhiteknights Lake, Reading2P Gipson
Pair nesting, laid first egg yesterday afternoon.  
27/03/16Mute SwanDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River6K P Duncan
 
25/03/16Mute SwanWhiteknights Lake, Reading2P Gipson
18:51
Pair, female building nest at dusk.  
23/03/16Mute SwanGreen Park1S A Graham
07:35
m. At the SW end of the lake complex mercilessly pursuing the Canada Geese, and driving them away.  
09/03/16Mute SwanBisham31D Cleal
Feeding in fields east of the Thames.  
09/02/16Mute SwanThe Wharf, Newbury62C Burch
09:10
One loaf isn't going to go far!  
09/01/16Mute SwanThe Wharf, Newbury63S A Graham
14:00
58 ad + 5 f/w. Approx.  
08/01/16Mute SwanCharvil2M S Whitaker
16:00
pair. Both in and around pond near Newlands Farm, Loddon Drive but a few hundred metres apart, maybe they had a tiff.