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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2019 and 31/12/2019.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
30/12/19	Starling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	100	K E Moore
16:00	the flock was beginning,couldn’t wait to see outcome.
29/12/19	Starling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	300	K E Moore
16:30	After a mini-murmuration of aerobatic display,they all tried to roost in reedbed immediate to west of gull viewing platform ,onehelluva racket ,but approx 50 birds flew off-they could not all fit in. .
27/12/19	Starling	Winkfield	50	F Hughes
11:00	In top of oak tree alongside polo pitch,having a community sing song.
07/12/19	Starling	Winkfield	150	F Hughes
10:30	Feeding on wet horse pasture.
20/11/19	Starling	Lower Farm GP	400	B Lyle
16:15	2 groups of 200 over car park.
28/10/19	Starling	Calcot, Reading	41	L G Evans
17:46
24/10/19	Starling	Englefield	1000	R Crawford
17:30	Huge flock feeding in harrowed field.
22/10/19	Starling	Waltham St Lawrence	500	S K Proddow
16:00	Field north of church.
05/10/19	Starling	Reading	120	S A Graham
18:30	Approx. dropping down into a tree outside the TSB, unsure if that was their final destination for the night. SU711734.
08/09/19	Starling	Crookham Common	20	R C Watts
16:30	Plus. Please keep to the main paths.
06/09/19	Starling	Sonning Meadows	20	R C Watts
10:45	Plus.
17/08/19	Starling	Churn Farm (Oxon)	415	N J Bucknell
09:45	flock on stubble east of old railway line.
14/08/19	Starling	Cookham Rise	200	B D Clews
17:30	roosting on and off during the day opposite our Broomhill garden.
02/08/19	Starling	Eton Wick	50	K Rhodes
19:36	Approx count, catching flying ants on the wing.
30/07/19	Starling	Bird Hills GC	8	D A MacKenzie Dodds
15:04	Spooked by female hawk by 9th green.
24/07/19	Starling	M4 J11	100	G Brown
21:36	collected on wires before dusk, it's been a good breeding season, loads of juv visiting feeders. SU713687.
08/07/19	Starling	Eton Wick	300	K Jones
20:18	Roosting on the TV aerials of Inkerman At. SU945787.
06/07/19	Starling	Thatcham	30	R C Davies
16:48	About 80% juveniles enjoying the birdbath in the garden.
26/06/19	Starling	Woodley	57	R Marsh
	juv's. Highest number of young Starlings I've ever counted in our garden. A couple of hours after this count we had to cut one free from a fat ball feeder, as it had managed to get trapped inside the feeder with head protruding from one side and tail from the other. I wouldn't have thought this possible if I hadn't witnessed it myself!
14/06/19	Starling	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	50	R F Milligan
11:50	Flew from a tree at Pine Peninsular heading west. All sightings S/W TR&RD. Please only view from the public footpath.
14/06/19	Starling	Newbury Town Centre	2	K G White
08:00	ad. taking food every 4 minutes to a cavity in the BT hardware on the 7th floor roof ! This is their second brood there, as they were doing the same on the 10th May, observed while monitoring the BT Exchange Perregrines. SU471670.
03/06/19	Starling	Pangbourne	18	A Taylor
16:00	4 adult, 14 juv. All perched on our neighbour's TV aerial.
26/05/19	Starling	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	6	G R Farrell
10:49	2 adult and 4 (very noisy) young. First young starling in garden for 8 years.
24/05/19	Starling	Pangbourne	11	A Taylor
13:30	2 adult, 9 juv. All on and around our garden feeders at the same time, but only really interested in the fat balls.
18/05/19	Starling	Winkfield	20	F Hughes
08:00	Usual bunch of adults and juveniles with2 house sparrows ,2 siskins and 8 goldfinches on feeders in garden.
17/05/19	Starling	Winkfield	20	F Hughes
09:30	At least 10 adults and 10 juveniles, maybe more on mealworms with 2 house sparrows{pair},in garden.
14/05/19	Starling	Cookham Rise	6	B D Clews
11:00	First young being fed in garden.
15/05/19	Starling	Winkfield	22	F Hughes
08:00	15 adults,7 juvenile on tray of mealworms.Also pair of siskins,8 goldfinches and 1 bedraggled blue tit carrying away wet mealworms to nest in neighbour'sgarden.
12/05/19	Starling	North Ascot	7	S D Abbott
13:30	ad/6juv. 6 juveniles being fed on fat feeders by one parent.
11/05/19	Starling	Winkfield	12	F Hughes
07:00	In garden 8 adults feeding 4 juveniles .
10/05/19	Starling	Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead	2	G R Farrell
10:16	Returned to my garden (in the middle of a housing estate) after a 6 years absence.
09/05/19	Starling	Winkfield	2	F Hughes
09:00	Pair taking food from garden to nest in neighbour's garden.
09/05/19	Starling	Upper Bucklebury	4	B Lyle
09:10	2 ad 2 juv. rare visitor to garden.
22/03/19	Starling	Cookham Rise	1	B D Clews
11:00	presumed male in full display mode. Throat feathers raised, slow circular wing movements, right outside last year's nesting hole. First time seen this season. Not sure he has secured a mate yet though.
10/03/19	Starling	Compton Downs	500	N J Bucknell
15:10	among sheep north of Ridgeway.
09/03/19	Starling	Winkfield	200	F Hughes
10:30	On horse pasture.At least 200, put up by peregrine.
17/02/19	Starling	Aldermaston	250	R Crawford
10:40
11/02/19	Starling	Reading	200	J Lerpiniere
	Murmuration over Broad Street probably 2 or 3 hundred by 16:40.
10/02/19	Starling	Compton	650	N J Bucknell
15:00	near old railway line, with about 50 Fieldfare.
30/01/19	Starling	Churn Farm (Oxon)	470	N J Bucknell
14:35	on stubble west of old railway.
27/01/19	Starling	Churn Farm (Oxon)	300	N J Bucknell
10:40	flock on grazed stubble west of old railway line.
25/01/19	Starling	Queen Mother Reservoir	50	B D Clews
10:00	'murmuring' together in eastern hedgerow. Key holders only.
02/01/19	Starling	North Ascot	2	S D Abbott
12:00	Nest building in a cavity in the neighbours roof.
01/01/19	Starling	Compton Downs	350	N J Bucknell
10:50	on galllops and stubble.