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

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
30/12/19Tawny OwlSpeen Moor Plantations1S A Graham
15:00
Calling after dusk.  
30/12/19Tawny OwlUpper Bucklebury2B Lyle
18:15
at least.  
29/12/19Tawny OwlBinfield2D A MacKenzie Dodds
16:45
f. In big trees surrounding the "barn owl field", southwest of the village. Both female ...or if not female, pretending very hard to be so. Me and my eldest went a-owl-hunting at dusk and this was our second of three spp.  
28/12/19Tawny OwlEarley2R H Stansfield
03:10
m. Hooting for over an hour! Kept me awake but nice to hear. Recorded.  
27/12/19Tawny OwlWinkfield1F Hughes
06:30
Hooting outside house.  
27/12/19Tawny OwlUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
05:00
 
25/12/19Tawny OwlWinkfield1F Hughes
06:10
Screeching in tree in garden.  
22/12/19Tawny OwlNorth Ascot2S D Abbott
01:00
Two possibly three birds on Sandy Lane. Heard most nights over last three weeks.  
18/12/19Tawny OwlUfton Court1P Hickman
00:08
East of the lane opposite Ufton Court.  
04/12/19Tawny OwlGreenham1B Lyle
22:00
Heard by car park Greenham Church after NDOC AGM.  
25/11/19Tawny OwlWoose Hill1E Napper
05:00
Calling to the rear of Morrisons.  
24/11/19Tawny OwlLower Caversham2R Sajdak
06:35
In my garden.  
18/11/19Tawny OwlNorth Ascot1S D Abbott
00:15
In usual group of trees on Sandy Lane.  
18/11/19Tawny OwlEarley2R H Stansfield
00:46
Heard duetting from my bedroom window.  
05/11/19Tawny OwlNorth Ascot2S D Abbott
22:10
m/f. Pair calling along Mill Ride plus possibly a third bird calling from the golf course.  
30/10/19Tawny OwlBattlemead Common1D Fuller
10:54
Calling at 10.30. SU908836.  
28/10/19Tawny OwlUpper Bucklebury2B Lyle
15:30
 
28/10/19Tawny OwlNorth Ascot1S D Abbott
00:05
Along Sandy Lane every night for last week.  
28/10/19Tawny OwlWoose Hill1E Napper
04:27
fem. Calling to rear of Morrisons.  
27/10/19Tawny OwlFernhurst road, calcot1C Feltham
04:05
Calling from our front garden, even though there are no large trees in the immediate area. SU662716.  
20/10/19Tawny OwlLower Caversham1R Sajdak
19:23
Seating on my roof calling.  
16/10/19Tawny OwlWinkfield2F Hughes
00:50
Pair calling to each other in trees near Windsor Forest heard.Also heard several Redwings calling overhead going west.  
16/10/19Tawny OwlUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
20:08
 
14/10/19Tawny OwlWokingham1S Stevenson
20:17
Calling. I have lived in my town centre home in Wokingham for 16 years and this is the first time I have heard one within earshot of the house.  
12/10/19Tawny OwlWinkfield2F Hughes
00:30
Possible pair hooting and shrieking heard over tree-lined fields.Heard again at 05.00.  
10/10/19Tawny OwlNorth Ascot1S D Abbott
00:15
Calling from trees in Sandy Lane.  
03/10/19Tawny OwlCookham Dean1L Ahlgren
08:00
Flew back to roost in large garden conifer tree on Church Road. SU867847.  
09/10/19Tawny OwlEarley1S Lynch
06:30
m. Calling from sibley park woods per RL. SU738707.  
08/10/19Tawny OwlCookham Rise1B D Clews
15:00
seen on ground on Strand Lane very early this morning before being disturbed (per Barbara Brown).  
30/09/19Tawny OwlCalcot, Reading1C McEwan
23:09
Calling in Linear Park area. SU6671.  
30/09/19Tawny OwlTilehurst2R Crawford
05:37
One calling from my garden, another responding in the distance.  
27/09/19Tawny OwlNew Lane Hill, Tilehurst1T G Ball
02:30
Calling loudly but briefly in our or a neighbours garden which is Mandeville Close so only a little off New Lane Hill.  
26/09/19Tawny OwlEmmbrook1P O'Neill
05:15
fem. Calling in Eamer Crescent/Matthews Green Farm area.  
23/09/19Tawny OwlBasildon Park1M J Dear
11:56
 
19/09/19Tawny OwlLower Caversham1R Sajdak
05:40
Calling in my garden.  
07/09/19Tawny OwlEnglefield1S A Graham
15:05
Roadkill on A4. SU625702.  
01/09/19Tawny OwlWoose Hill1E Napper
03:56
Heard calling for 10mins.  
30/08/19Tawny OwlSouth Hill Park, Bracknell1J E Warren
23:10
Heard calling from my flat. SU870668.  
28/08/19Tawny OwlCaversham, Chiltern Road1R C Watts
Heard calling from the BBC field last night first for a long time. 21:45 pm.  
27/08/19Tawny OwlCookham Rise2B D Clews
05:00
Outside Station Road address calling from adjacent telegraph poles, per Barry Weare.  
26/08/19Tawny OwlUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
23:47
heard only opp. house.  
20/08/19Tawny OwlWillows Riverside Park1D A Carter
22:10
One flew above me lit up underneath by the light from my moth trap. There has been two birds at this sight calling regularly for the past two months. SU933771.  
08/08/19Tawny OwlWinkfield1F Hughes
03:00
Shrieking in tree outside bedroom window.  
02/08/19Tawny OwlFootpath between Sulham Court Church and Tidmarsh1M Kalveitis
15:30
SU643574.  
02/08/19Tawny OwlMaidenhead2B D Clews
00:05
male and female calling to each other in Summerleaze Road, per Fiona Tattersall.  
02/08/19Tawny OwlMaidenhead2B D Clews
00:05
male and female calling to each other in Summerleaze Road, per Fiona Tattersall.  
25/07/19Tawny OwlTilehurst1R Crawford
03:00
My garden, calling for long periods throughout the night.  
18/07/19Tawny OwlNewbury1M Gardner
23:33
3. heard calling in mature trees near Andover Road.  
12/07/19Tawny OwlOld Windsor1R M Haydon
21:40
2, possibly 3 branchers. SU984725.  
04/07/19Tawny OwlBoveney Lock, R. Thames, Eton Wick1K Rhodes
12:55
I was alerted by a very vocal group of long tailed tits then spotted the owl in a small tree by the lock.  
26/06/19Tawny OwlColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes1R Murfitt
09:00
ad. Dead on footpath by Colebrook Lake South.  
14/06/19Tawny OwlCaesar's Camp, Swinley Forest1R Dawson
21:40
Calling from some way off.  
16/06/19Tawny OwlLower Caversham4R Sajdak
00:10
2adults and 2 young calling to each other in my garden.  
28/05/19Tawny OwlWildmoor Heath Nature Reserve2D Sussex
21:45
pair. pair heard in woods.  
30/05/19Tawny OwlTilehurst1R Crawford
22:10
Calling from oak in my garden, first time since early January.  
28/05/19Tawny OwlMill Lane, Blacknest2R M Haydon
22:00
Young branchers. First I've heard this year. SU956690.  
26/05/19Tawny OwlWinkfield Row1F Hughes
01:00
Briefly calling from tree in neighbour's garden.  
22/05/19Tawny OwlWhiteknights Park, Reading1P Gipson
20:00
One, probably more, well-fledged juv in a different part of the campus from the 3 juvs I reported earlier this month.  
20/05/19Tawny OwlUfton Nervet1P Hickman
21:59
Calling from near Poors allotment.  
19/05/19Tawny OwlBattlemead Common1B D Clews
14:30
Believed this species by size, glimpsed in dense tree-line being chased by 4 Blackbirds, 2 Jays, 3 Ring-necked Parakeets, 2 Jackdaw, a Magpie and a Crow.  
19/05/19Tawny OwlQuarry Wood1B D Clews
13:00
Perched quietly but mobbed by 3 Blackbirds until disturbed.  
18/05/19Tawny OwlUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
17:55
heard only.  
12/05/19Tawny OwlSheepdrove Organic Farm1J Lerpiniere
09:44
Heard.  
06/05/19Tawny OwlUfton Nervet1P Hickman
21:03
Calling from near Poors allotment.  
04/05/19Tawny OwlRoundoak Piece1P Hickman
20:46
Calling from north west of the enclosure.  
26/04/19Tawny OwlWhiteknights Park, Reading2P Gipson
20:20
At least two well-fledged juvs. Added: 3 juvs confirmed 2/5.  
21/04/19Tawny OwlElton 1N J Bucknell
15:35
in tree being mobbed by Blackbirds. SU402748.  
21/04/19Tawny OwlSheepdrove Organic Farm1J Lerpiniere
15:44
heard. SU358819.  
17/04/19Tawny OwlSulham Wood, Sulham1R Crawford
22:42
 
17/04/19Tawny OwlNorth Ascot1S D Abbott
00:10
Calling along Sandy Lane.  
07/04/19Tawny OwlHolyport1S K Proddow
05:15
 
06/04/19Tawny OwlLower Caversham1R Sajdak
05:45
On the tree in my garden.  
29/03/19Tawny OwlUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
10:00
heard only.  
26/03/19Tawny OwlBracknell2D A MacKenzie Dodds
22:50
m. 2 males in prolonged loud vocal territorial dispute near Priestwood square again.  
24/03/19Tawny OwlWinkfield1F Hughes
11:00
Windsor Forest-Hooting in dense woodland.Some sunlight through leafless trees.  
22/03/19Tawny OwlHampstead Norreys1B Lyle
11:00
heard only.  
18/03/19Tawny OwlFobney Meadow2R C Price
17:00
Each at a different site in the area.  
18/03/19Tawny OwlUfton Court1P Hickman
19:55
m. Calling from tree in the field east of Ufton Court and north of Green Lane.  
17/03/19Tawny OwlLower Caversham1R Sajdak
19:13
Hooting in my garden in oak tree.  
11/03/19Tawny OwlWindsor Great Park9R M Haydon
18:50
At least, hootin' and a'hollerin' around the park over the next 2 hours.  
08/03/19Tawny OwlWinkfield1F Hughes
01:30
Heard passing over angry chattering noise.  
01/03/19Tawny OwlWokingham1S Stevenson
21:30
In tree south of railway line. Two owl species on a 45 minute dog walk! SU813678.  
14/02/19Tawny OwlLittle Sandhurst, Sandhurst3D Sussex
14:11
regular hooting and calling in winter. at least 3 birds heard on one occasion.  
02/01/19Tawny OwlWildmoor Heath Nature Reserve1D Sussex
07:11
hooting at dawn.  
01/03/19Tawny OwlHorseshoe Lake, Sandhurst3D Sussex
21:07
lots hooting after dark.  
01/03/19Tawny OwlMoneyrow Green1S K Proddow
19:00
Calling.  
26/02/19Tawny OwlBasildon Park1R Crawford
12:55
Calling.  
26/02/19Tawny OwlPinkneys Green, Maidenhead1B Reeve
15:57
Compton elms pinkneys green.  
26/02/19Tawny OwlCookham Dean1B D Clews
00:30
calling in a Job's Lane garden, several times also over recent days, per Heather Bateson.  
24/02/19Tawny OwlWoose Hill1P Bright-Thomas
21:50
m. Calling from west, towards Limmerhill.  
20/02/19Tawny OwlMy garden Maidenhead1D Fuller
13:00
male calling. Heard at 21.34 from my garen yesterday 19/02/19. SU900833.  
17/02/19Tawny OwlEmmbrook2P O'Neill
04:30
male and fem. In tree close to Forest Lodge apartments on Old Forest Road. Initially female calling then male responding.  
14/02/19Tawny OwlLittle Sandhurst, Sandhurst2D Sussex
18:01
male and fem. male and female calling at dusk. Seem to be plenty in the local area.  
15/02/19Tawny OwlNorth Ascot2S D Abbott
05:00
Duet on Mill Ride - an early start to the day unfortunately...  
15/02/19Tawny OwlLower Caversham1R Sajdak
06:40
In my garden at last.  
14/02/19Tawny OwlMaidenhead2B D Clews
09:00
report of two birds (male and female) calling most evenings recently in Summerleaze Road near the sailing club per Fiona Tattersall.  
13/02/19Tawny OwlMy garden Islet Road Maidenhead1D Fuller
19:25
on the evenings of 11th and 12th a bird calling in trees at the bottom of my garden not yet seen. SU900833.  
12/02/19Tawny OwlWinkfield1F Hughes
02:00
Heard hooting very close in trees outside bedroom window.  
11/02/19Tawny OwlBracknell2D A MacKenzie Dodds
23:23
m. Two Male owls loudly battling for territorial rights by the sound of it, near Priestwood square .  
10/02/19Tawny OwlCrowthorne1J Carson
23:10
New Wokingham Road, about 20yrds from roundabout with Nine Mile Ride. Landed but flew off quickly, disturbed by me braking alongside to have a look.  
04/02/19Tawny OwlWinkfield1F Hughes
22:55
Heard hooting in garden ash tree about 2 yards from window for 10 minutes then heard for 5 minutes in trees 200 yards west.  
03/02/19Tawny OwlBracknell1D J Mills
15:16
Flying across road by Ambulance Station from one tree to another (via my wife , driving towards centre).  
31/01/19Tawny OwlUpper Bucklebury2N Cleere
11:30
calling against each other mid morning.  
28/01/19Tawny OwlFinchampstead Ridges1P Bright-Thomas
20:40
Heard calling, probably female, on E side of woods.  
25/01/19Tawny OwlChapel Green2S Stevenson
21:04
Hooting at each other. SU810674.  
22/01/19Tawny OwlSonning1M Turton
21:00
Calling from trees on Sonning Lane by Blue Coat School. SU754750.  
24/01/19Tawny OwlCrowthorne1P J Crowley
22:40
Female calling. SU839648.  
10/01/19Tawny OwlTilehurst2R Crawford
07:10
Intense duet occurring between calling birds 100 metres apart either side of my garden in City Road.  
09/01/19Tawny OwlFobney Meadow2A Absolom
22:21
Calling.  
09/01/19Tawny OwlNorth Ascot2S D Abbott
00:20
Brief duet followed by a fair bit of screeching on Sandy Lane.  
06/01/19Tawny OwlEmmbrook1P O'Neill
21:45
male. Calling from trees on/near railway embankment Old Forest Road.  
06/01/19Tawny OwlTilehurst1R Crawford
04:25
The now-regular vocal bird in my garden.  
02/01/19Tawny OwlEastbury1M J Dear
17:01
With rrk.  
02/01/19Tawny OwlMoor Green Lakes1M Hunt
16:55
In tree right overhead walking back to car park.  
02/01/19Tawny OwlTilehurst2R Crawford
07:15
One calling from large oak in my garden, the other responding from grounds of Pegasus Court.  
01/01/19Tawny OwlStreatley1A Taylor
13:00
Hooting in broad daylight from woodland strip at Stonefield Shaw. SU576809.