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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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21/12/21 | Mute Swan | Datchet | 1 | K P Duncan |
Fitted with a BTO Metal Ring No.W39327 Female ringed aged as 2nd year on 25th January 2015 at Alperton, GREATER LONDON by PJBelman. 2522 days since ringing. 21km/WSW from ringing site. Previous sightings on 04/01/2020 and 15/11/2020 also on River Thames at Datchet. | ||||
17/12/21 | Mute Swan | Datchet Common GP | 1 | A E Hickman |
09:43 | Yesterday 16/12/21. Immature found dead in the water during bird survey. LIKELY TO BE AVIAN FLU VICTIM. Collected by 'Swan Support' charity which luckily are based in Datchet so were able to respond very quickly. Will be sent off for analysis by DEFRA. | |||
20/08/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 13 | K P Duncan |
30/11/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | A E Hickman |
15:26 | POSSIBLE AVIAN FLU. What looks like a sickly immature bird is currently on the main footpath opposite the Fox and Hounds pub car park. As it may be infected with Avian Flu, DEFRA have been informed. Autopsy results from three swans collected by DEFRA last Thursday have yet to come back. Please do not touch it or go near it. Another immature on the lake also looks like it may be sick as well as an adult. BBOWT have also been informed. | |||
26/11/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 4 | A B Merrick |
09:00 | All dead in the margins. 3 along south bank between Sand Martin bank and island and 1 SW corner of island. | |||
25/11/21 | Mute Swan | Windsor Promenade | 231 | D Fuller |
19:45 | ad bar 5 cygnets. lower than normal but others probably feeding in fields OTHERS 3 adult winter Common Gulls. SU965772. | |||
17/11/21 | Mute Swan | Moatlands GP, Theale GPs | 11 | A E Hickman |
12:30 | ||||
14/11/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 63 | K P Duncan |
06/11/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 43 | S A Graham |
09:30 | Min. | |||
14/10/21 | Mute Swan | Windsor Promenade | 245 | D Fuller |
20:09 | mainly ad but 21 cygnets. a fairly low count for this site. SU965772. | |||
07/10/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 57 | K P Duncan |
06/10/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 59 | K P Duncan |
19/09/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 37 | K P Duncan |
18/09/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 24 | S A Graham |
09:00 | Approx. | |||
17/09/21 | Mute Swan | Windsor Promenade | 274 | D Fuller |
20:16 | all ad except for 7 cygnets. a low count for this site. SU965771. | |||
13/09/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 33 | K P Duncan |
18:30 | ||||
06/09/21 | Mute Swan | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 9 | P Gipson |
19:15 | Pr + 5 juvs + intruding pair. Latter arrived 27th August. Remarkably, the intruding pair were only about 20 metres from the family party and the parents made no attempt to drive them away, having tolerated them on the lake for over a week. | |||
06/08/21 | Mute Swan | Purley on Thames, Reading | 2 | A Taylor |
13:00 | 1 adult, 1 juvenile. On lake west of Purley Hall. Only one cygnet seen on several visits since nest was vacated. | |||
27/07/21 | Mute Swan | Windsor Promenade | 304 | D Fuller |
19:36 | all ad apart from 3 cygnets. very few young. SU965772. | |||
17/07/21 | Mute Swan | Mill Pond, Bracknell | 7 | J E Warren |
2 adults with 5 cygnets. SU857682. | ||||
03/07/21 | Mute Swan | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10:00 | pair with 4 small cygnets. I suspect the first nesting attempt was a failure. | |||
24/06/21 | Mute Swan | Bagnor | 4 | B Lyle |
1 ad 3 cygnets. opp. Blackbird PH. | ||||
24/06/21 | Mute Swan | Windsor Promenade | 386 | D Fuller |
13:07 | maily ad. only 5 cygnets seen a record count for me at this site. SU965771. | |||
22/06/21 | Mute Swan | Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs | 6 | K G White |
11:30 | 2 ad plus 4 cygnets. SU567661. | |||
07/06/21 | Mute Swan | Windsor | 2 | H R Lawrence |
14:14 | babies. SU958773. | |||
30/05/21 | Mute Swan | Purley on Thames, Reading | 3 | A Taylor |
17:00 | 2 adult, 1 cygnet. On lake just west of Purley Hall. | |||
31/05/21 | Mute Swan | Eton Wick | 6 | K P Duncan |
BREEDING pair No.2 have hatched four cygnets along the Roundmoor Ditch. | ||||
29/05/21 | Mute Swan | Prince of Wales Pond, Windsor Great Park | 4 | K P Duncan |
BREEDING pair with two cygnets. | ||||
27/05/21 | Mute Swan | Mill Pond, Bracknell | 8 | K P Duncan |
BREEDING pair with six cygnets. | ||||
25/05/21 | Mute Swan | Boulters Lock, R. Thames, Maidenhead | 8 | R C Watts |
12:30 | m/f. With six cygnets 🦢. | |||
25/05/21 | Mute Swan | Green Park | 19 | B D Clews |
12:30 | 2 family groups with 7 and 8 cygnets respectively. | |||
17/05/21 | Mute Swan | Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs | 3 | A Taylor |
11:30 | 1 adult, 2 very small cygnets. On nest in reeds on main spit. Only two cygnets just visible, but maybe others concealed about the adult. | |||
16/05/21 | Mute Swan | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 1 | K P Duncan |
female. Fitted with a BTO Metal Ring No.W42662 Ringed aged as at least 2 years on 20th February 2017 on the River Thames at Windsor, BERKSHIRE by the Edward Grey Institute. 1546 days since ringing. 4km/WNW from ringing site. Previous sighting on 03/02/2018 on Jubilee River (BUCKS) and at Dorney Wetlands on 28/03/2020. | ||||
16/05/21 | Mute Swan | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 1 | K P Duncan |
male. fitted with a BTO Metal Ring No.W26586 Ringed aged as definitely hatched during 2010 on 22nd July 2010 on the River Thames at Mapledurham Lock, OXFORDSHIRE by the Edward Grey Institute. 3951 days since ringing. 27km/E from ringing site. Previous sightings on 03/02/2018 and 11/03/2020 on the Jubilee River (BUCKS). Paired with ringed female W42662 and they have nine cygnets. | ||||
16/05/21 | Mute Swan | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 11 | K P Duncan |
BREEDING pair No.1 with nine cygnets. Both parents ringed (details supplied separately). | ||||
11/05/21 | Mute Swan | Eton Wick | 9 | K P Duncan |
BREEDING pair have hatched seven cygnets on flood just off Roundmoor Ditch. | ||||
09/05/21 | Mute Swan | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 3 | P Gipson |
17:30 | First of 12 eggs hatched this afternoon between 17.00 and 18.00. | |||
07/05/21 | Mute Swan | Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs | 3 | J Lerpiniere |
14:27 | One on nest. SU6370. | |||
06/05/21 | Mute Swan | Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs | 1 | A Taylor |
15:15 | Sitting on nest on spit at south-west corner of lake. | |||
05/05/21 | Mute Swan | Purley on Thames, Reading | 2 | A Taylor |
13:15 | On lake just west of Purley Hall, one on large nest by barrier across canal section. | |||
01/05/21 | Mute Swan | Moor Green Lakes | 11 | M Green |
12:00 | Breeding pair with 9 cygnets. | |||
29/04/21 | Mute Swan | Windsor promenade | 308 | D Fuller |
20:04 | mainly ad but some of last years juv. a good count for this site so must have recovered from the flu virus. Also 149 Canada Goose, 5 Egyptian Goose and 2 Greylag Goose. SU965774. | |||
29/04/21 | Mute Swan | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 11 | K P Duncan |
BREEDING pair with nine cygnets. | ||||
28/04/21 | Mute Swan | Moor Green Lakes | 10 | R J Godden |
07:00 | Adult with 9 cygnets in front of hide. | |||
26/04/21 | Mute Swan | Southcote Meadows | 2 | S Wearing |
08:00 | pair. Building a nest next to Holy Brook. | |||
25/04/21 | Mute Swan | Twyford GPs | 1 | P D Hadfield |
18:18 | ||||
23/04/21 | Mute Swan | Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh | 13 | G Stewart |
15:50 | Numbers of swans present have ranged from 11 to 18 over the last five weeks or so. | |||
20/04/21 | Mute Swan | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 1 | K P Duncan |
Fitted with a BTO Metal Ring No.W42686 Ringed as definitely hatched during 2017 on 23rd July 2017 on the River Thames at Marlow, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE by the Edward Grey Institute. 1367 days since ringing. 11km/SE from ringing site. | ||||
20/04/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 18 | R Holder |
06:06 | ||||
16/04/21 | Mute Swan | Woose Hill | 2 | P Bright-Thomas |
07:45 | SE over garden. | |||
13/04/21 | Mute Swan | Padworth Lane GP | 40 | K E Moore |
14:15 | ||||
07/04/21 | Mute Swan | Aldermaston | 2 | A E Hickman |
10:45 | Adult on nest next to river amongst extensive bankside willow scrub. Second bird on river nearby. | |||
06/04/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 31 | K P Duncan |
21:35 | ||||
04/04/21 | Mute Swan | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
19:42 | Low N over garden. | |||
04/04/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 20 | R Hanson |
10:45 | ||||
15/03/21 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 31 | K P Duncan |
02/04/21 | Mute Swan | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 33 | K P Duncan |
02/04/21 | Mute Swan | Little John's Farm | 1 | S A Graham |
14:00 | Cow lane: nesting in ditch west of the track. | |||
25/03/21 | Mute Swan | Eton Wick | 2 | K P Duncan |
BREEDING pair sitting on a nest on the edge of the flood. | ||||
17/03/21 | Mute Swan | Mill Pond, Bracknell | 3 | M Green |
12:00 | One nesting. | |||
18/03/21 | Mute Swan | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 2 | P Gipson |
17:00 | Pair laid 1st egg today. | |||
14/03/21 | Mute Swan | Padworth Lane floods | 8 | R C Watts |
10:15 | ||||
05/03/21 | Mute Swan | Burghfield Mill GP, Theale GPs | 15 | C Feltham |
07:20 | m/f. SU666706. | |||
02/03/21 | Mute Swan | Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh | 9 | G Stewart |
16:30 | Group of 3, 4 & 2. | |||
01/03/21 | Mute Swan | Windsor | 156 | B D Clews |
09:00 | counted between Eton Bridge and the Leisure Centre by Janet Foley. | |||
18/02/21 | Mute Swan | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
09:45 | ad. High W (wingbeats heard through open window, but did see it). | |||
08/02/21 | Mute Swan | Jubilee River | 1 | K Rhodes |
18:54 | Dead unfortunately, have contacted Swan Support. | |||
30/01/21 | Mute Swan | Windsor Promenade | 231 | D Fuller |
19:47 | mixture. Not aged or sexed as it was torrential rain Two Egyptian Goose there. SU965773. | |||
09/01/21 | Mute Swan | Fobney Island | 3 | R Holder |
14:05 | 2 ad 1 juv. | |||
05/01/21 | Mute Swan | Savernake Lake, Bracknell | 2 | J Crouch |
11:15 | 2 juveniles still here. | |||
01/01/21 | Mute Swan | Savernake Lake, Bracknell | 2 | J E Warren |
SU885679. |