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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2020 and 31/12/2020.

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
03/10/20CuckooGreenham Common1A E Hickman
16:30
juv. Aldernbridge heath. Very unexpected! Appeared to have an injured right leg unfortunately. Probably the latest Cuckoo I've seen. SU490642. Please keep to the main paths.  
22/06/20CuckooWhitmoor Bog1S D Abbott
15:30
m. Briefly calling near the heathland reptile area. SU895688.  
19/06/20CuckooJubilee River1N Bass
10:30
SU9479.  
16/06/20CuckooSwinley Forest1D Sussex
21:20
seen & heard at Gormoor near the Look Out.  
09/06/20CuckooNature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh1M J Dear
09:27
 
09/06/20CuckooSwinley Forest1B Reeve
10:30
 
09/06/20CuckooArthur Newbery Park, Tilehurst1C J Forsey
09:54
Calling for about 30 seconds ..not seen yet!  
08/06/20CuckooThatcham Marsh1M J Dear
09:36
 
08/06/20CuckooWoolhampton GPs1R Crawford
06:10
 
07/06/20CuckooNewbury town centre1K G White
06:19
male. Heard singing for over 10 minutes to the west of town centre from Sainsbury's car park in calm conditions & gentle westerly breeze, and while there is no traffic noise. SU472669.  
05/06/20CuckooSwinley Park1S Robertson
11:15
Female.  
31/05/20CuckooArthur Jacob Nature Reserve1D Panchaud
08:15
Calling and seen perching in tops of trees towards Colne Brook.  
02/06/20CuckooWoolhampton GPs1M J Mitchell
07:30
f. Bubbling call. Between river and canal.  
29/05/20CuckooWoolhampton GPs3M J Mitchell
07:00
2m, 1f.  
29/05/20CuckooSwinley Park1J Crouch
07:30
Early morning calling in regular tree.  
28/05/20CuckooSwinley Park1S D Abbott
21:25
Calling briefly to the south.  
28/05/20CuckooSwinley Park1S Robertson
11:32
 
28/05/20CuckooSwinley Forest1D Sussex
07:00
east of lower star post.  
27/05/20CuckooSwinley Park1J Crouch
18:30
 
27/05/20CuckooUpper Bucklebury1D Reynolds
16:00
 
27/05/20CuckooWoolhampton GPs1L R Blundell
11:00
Kennet side of the main lake.  
27/05/20CuckooCold Ash1R Rudgley
07:20
Heard calling.  
26/05/20CuckooSwinley Park1J Crouch
18:30
 
23/05/20CuckooNew workings, Moor Green Lakes1R J Godden
07:00
Please only view from the public footpath.  
22/05/20CuckooNature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh1G Stewart
12:30
Heard calling briefing from reed beds.  
21/05/20CuckooFobney Meadow1A Absolom
13:36
 
21/05/20CuckooLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP1R C Watts
10:44
 
21/05/20CuckooLea Farm Lake1R Dawson
11:15
Calling just N of old bridge past LFL.  
21/05/20CuckooHorseshoe Lake, Sandhurst1D Sussex
08:25
 
20/05/20CuckooArthur Jacob Nature Reserve1D Panchaud
08:40
Calling from western edge.  
20/05/20CuckooThatcham Marsh2R Keel
07:45
Calling together from opposite directions.  
16/05/20CuckooCookham Dean1B D Clews
07:00
Calling nearby, per Stephen Runnacles.  
16/05/20CuckooWildmoor Heath Nature Reserve1R Dawson
12:00
m. Calling.  
19/05/20CuckooUfton Court1P Hickman
08:45
m. East of Ufton Court.  
17/05/20CuckooWoodhurst Park, Bracknell1S C Rider
11:15
Calling from woods adjacent new housing development. SU858711.  
19/05/20CuckooNew workings, Moor Green Lakes1R J Godden
06:50
Upsetting the reed warblers by Manor Lake, and ranging around the New Workings. Please only view from the public footpath.  
18/05/20CuckooDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1B Crathorne
10:00
Calling.  
18/05/20CuckooForest Park, Bracknell1T Sweetland
07:30
Singing near my garden this morning. Nice to wake up to.  
17/05/20CuckooBillingbear Park GC2D A MacKenzie Dodds
18:44
Certainly two if not three males calling from various parts of the old course this evening. A real hotspot for cuckoos each spring, this golf course.  
17/05/20CuckooWildmoor Heath Nature Reserve1D Tainton
12:56
 
17/05/20CuckooMoss End1L R Blundell
13:49
Calling towards Bracknell STW.  
17/05/20CuckooWarfield1R Parsons
13:00
Again calling. This time at the east end of warfield street.  
17/05/20CuckooWishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest1M Cooper
11:30
m. Calling, flew from the top of the hill towards the Kings Ride entrance.  
16/05/20CuckooWishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest1P J Newbound
08:00
 
16/05/20CuckooK&A Canal, Guyer's Lock3M J Taylor
10:00
3 calling along canal between here and Chamberhouse.  
15/05/20CuckooPaices Wood1J Lerpiniere
16:12
SU5863.  
16/05/20CuckooRushall Farm, Bradfield1J Lerpiniere
16:12
Regularly heard. SU5872.  
15/05/20CuckooWarfield1R Parsons
10:30
Heard. In trees by memorial ground. First I have heard in Warfield for many years.  
15/05/20CuckooCold Ash1R Rudgley
20:15
Heard at Fishers lane. SU501704.  
15/05/20CuckooBottom Lane GP (E), Theale GPs1M Turton
Heard from canal towpath west of the road bridge.  
15/05/20CuckooThatcham Marsh1R Keel
16:03
SU519661.  
15/05/20CuckooFobney Meadow1S Lynch
09:00
 
15/05/20CuckooThatcham Marsh3M J Dear
09:21
2 males chasing each other around and a bubbling female.  
14/05/20CuckooUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
18:00
heard only.  
12/05/20CuckooSwinley Park1S D Abbott
15:00
m. Heard and then watched at the top of a tall pine for about 20 minutes - north of golf course.  
12/05/20CuckooBottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs1C McEwan
15:00
Calling somewhere near Brewery Cottages. SU6469.  
12/05/20CuckooBrimpton GP2K G White
04:00
male. 2 Cuckoos joined in with the Nightingales....before it was light. And they were flying around as their locations changed constantly.  
12/05/20CuckooKings academy, Binfield 1D A MacKenzie Dodds
07:00
There always used to be cuckoos at the old Blue Mountain Golf Course, so it was lovely to hear one calling exactly 7 times from the scrub surrounding the old driving range this morning at 7am precisely. A literal cuckoo clock. SU849709.  
10/05/20CuckooWildmoor Heath Nature Reserve1D Sussex
06:45
 
10/05/20CuckooSwinley Park1R Parsons
11:22
Near golf course.  
09/05/20CuckooSwinley Forest1J E Warren
ad male. By Rapley Farm. SU891648.  
09/05/20CuckooUfton Nervet1P Hickman
20:58
Flew over Church Plantation.  
09/05/20CuckooUfton Nervet Woods1P Hickman
20:43
Heard distantly from Church plantation.  
09/05/20CuckooGarden, Lower Basildon1A Gardiner
17:38
Heard only. No it wasn’t a collared Dove! SU610786.  
09/05/20CuckooEmmbrook1P O'Neill
09:15
Heard calling from Eamer Crescent per J Fletcher.  
09/05/20CuckooPangbourne1A Taylor
08:30
Heard from our garden, calling over the Pang meadows.  
08/05/20CuckooWoolhampton GPs2B Lyle
12:00
no swallows, swift or martins about.  
08/05/20CuckooShinfield1M Terry
07:30
Calling near Old House Farm.  
08/05/20CuckooField Farm GP, Theale GPs1R Crawford
06:55
May possibly have been the Moatlands bird from earlier.  
08/05/20CuckooSouthcote, Reading1R Crawford
06:45
 
08/05/20CuckooMoatlands GP, Theale GPs1R Crawford
06:15
 
07/05/20CuckooDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1B Crathorne
10:30
 
06/05/20CuckooCaesar's Camp, Swinley Forest1L Wall
11:19
m. flying ove rand calling.  
06/05/20CuckooBottom Lane GP, Theale GPs1R Crawford
09:30
 
06/05/20CuckooBucklebury Common1D Reynolds
08:45
 
02/05/20CuckooRushall Farm, Bradfield1J Lerpiniere
10:59
male. Singing on 1st, displaying on 2nd. Per Liz Butcher. SU5772.  
20/04/20CuckooFobney Island1J Lerpiniere
10:57
Singing.  
05/05/20CuckooCaesar's Camp, Swinley Forest1L Wall
20:00
Heard calling.  
05/05/20CuckooFarley Hill1D W Hampton
15:00
Calling.  
04/05/20CuckooSwinley Park1J Crouch
19:00
Calling numerous times.  
03/05/20CuckooRowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs1A Taylor
15:30
Calling persistently from various points near the SW area of the lake.  
03/05/20CuckooSulhamstead1P Hickman
19:30
Heard distantly from my garden.  
03/05/20CuckooRowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs2K G White
06:55
male. 2 singing males wandering round the southern edge of the lake and over solar panel farm.  
03/05/20CuckooFinchampstead1R Murfitt
13:40
m. Heard from garden as gave about ten calls - in direction of Silverstock bog.  
03/05/20CuckooMoatlands Taxi Pit, Theale GPs1C McEwan
06:45
SU6670.  
02/05/20CuckooSouthcote Meadows1J Lerpiniere
16:25
Heard. SU6771.  
02/05/20CuckooCaversham, Chiltern Road1J J Kearns
11:10
Heard and then seen as it flew. Up at the allotments. Wonderful. .  
02/05/20CuckooShurlock Row1R Alliss
10:54
Calling from SW for about the 10th day.  
02/05/20CuckooSonning1M J Mitchell
07:15
m. Calling beside Thames about half a mile N of Sonning.  
01/05/20CuckooStanford End1D W Hampton
13:18
Calling.  
01/05/20CuckooThatcham Marsh3M J Dear
10:01
 
30/04/20CuckooThames Valley Business Park1M J Mitchell
06:30
m. Calling from regular perch at top of willow on Oxfordshire side opposite SU743746.  
29/04/20CuckooShurlock Row1R Alliss
11:54
From north of the village then moving to the west.  
29/04/20CuckooSouthcote Lock, K&A Canal, Reading1R Crawford
09:40
Calling.  
27/04/20CuckooFobney Meadow1R C Price
14:00
Cuckoo'ing from the tops of Plane trees along Holy Brook south of dsmntld rlwy.  
16/04/20CuckooWhiteknights Park, Reading1S Lynch
08:30
Heared from ice house.per R Lynch on dog walk.  
27/04/20CuckooNorth Ascot1S D Abbott
19:30
Calling on Mill Ride golf course - fairly mobile.  
27/04/20CuckooUpper Bucklebury1B Lyle
17:05
 
27/04/20CuckooFobney Island1S Robertson
13:21
Heard only.  
27/04/20CuckooCrookham Common1M J Dear
08:03
Please keep to the main paths.  
27/04/20CuckooThames Valley Business Park1M J Mitchell
06:24
m. Calling.  
26/04/20CuckooJubilee River1R Bampfield
17:00
 
25/04/20CuckooFobney Island1R Righelato
15:56
Probably more than one male calling over the meadows to the north of Fobney Island.  
24/04/20CuckooWhite Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP1K Daly
16:20
Heard - not seen! Was calling for at least 15 minutes on and off.  
26/04/20CuckooSwinley Park1A Luscombe
11:30
Calling repeatedly in plantation where Lime Avenue bisects Windsor Ride. Seen intermittently.  
26/04/20CuckooShurlock Row1R Alliss
11:24
calling almost constantly west of the village.  
26/04/20CuckooMain Pit, Theale GPs1R Crawford
06:30
Calling.  
25/04/20CuckooWhiteknights Lake, Reading1P Gipson
19:57
Male on top of tree near Wessex Hall.  
25/04/20CuckooWhistley Green2J C Morgan
18:45
heard but not seen.  
25/04/20CuckooWishmoor Bottom, Swinley Forest1M Callaghan
17:36
Seen within 100 metres for 15 minutes. Frequent calling.  
25/04/20CuckooJubilee River1I Davidson
13:03
male. First seen flying west over wetland, then heard and seen further down the river.  
25/04/20CuckooCrookham Common1M J Dear
08:18
And green winged orchid. Please keep to the main paths.  
25/04/20CuckooShurlock Row1R Alliss
10:27
distant, west of the village.  
24/04/20CuckooSouthcote Meadows1D Andrews
07:34
male. Really close view 20feet away in dead tree.  
24/04/20CuckooBattlemead Common1M Vogel
06:30
Heard but not seen.  
24/04/20CuckooShurlock Row1R Alliss
10:53
Calling from north of the village.  
24/04/20CuckooFobney Meadow1A Absolom
09:27
 
23/04/20CuckooUfton Nervet1P Hickman
18:45
Heard calling from the direction of Poors allotment from my garden.  
23/04/20CuckooThames Valley Business Park1M J Mitchell
07:03
m. Perched on overhead wires on Oxfordshire side before flying south over Thames into Berks, calling.  
22/04/20CuckooSouthcote Meadows1A V Lawson
 
22/04/20CuckooShurlock Row1R Alliss
10:31
Calling to the NW of the village.  
22/04/20CuckooThames Valley Business Park1M J Mitchell
07:08
m.  
21/04/20CuckooMortimer1P Driver
20:00
m. Heard calling from East of the railway then seen flying over St Mary's churchyard.  
19/04/20CuckooCrookham Common1M J Dear
09:03
Please keep to the main paths.  
19/04/20CuckooShurlock Row1R Alliss
10:12
Calling briefly from the Hurst direction about 9.30.  
17/04/20CuckooLea Farm Lake1F J Cottington
05:30
 
16/04/20CuckooThatcham Marsh1R Keel
11:45
Calling.  
15/04/20CuckooNature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh1R Keel
11:11
Calling. SU506669.  
14/04/20CuckooWhistley Green2J C Morgan
18:00
Seen from roadbridge in trees on opposite bank.  
14/04/20CuckooLower Farm Trout Lake1R Keel
09:06
Calling. SU499661.  
13/04/20CuckooWhistley Green1J C Morgan
18:00
Calling but not seen.  
12/04/20CuckooThatcham Marsh1N Dalton
15:20
Calling sporadically. SU5066.  
12/04/20CuckooMortimer1A Harvey
14:30
heard only.  
05/04/20CuckooWindsor1D A Carter
08:50
Heard calling from willows riverside park.