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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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29/12/21 | Great White Egret | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Murfitt |
14:30 | Opposite grey box. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
28/12/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | K E Moore |
14:45 | On both E.and N. shores. | |||
26/12/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | K E Moore |
15:30 | Initially on E.side and then flew to N.bank. | |||
23/12/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | K E Moore |
15:00 | On E.edge and walked round to N.edge. | |||
19/12/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
13:05 | On N shore. | |||
18/12/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | K E Moore |
14:45 | Seen with Richard Collins Flying W. to E.and landed on E.edge. | |||
15/12/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J C Morgan |
10:30 | on 8. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
13/12/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | K E Moore |
15:30 | ||||
12/12/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | A B Merrick |
09:00 | ||||
10/12/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | K E Moore |
16:15 | Initially seen on E.edge,then flew to just W.of second beach.The large yellow dagger bill was a bit of a giveaway on an all white Grey Heron sized bird. | |||
08/12/21 | Great White Egret | Reading | 1 | A B Tomczynski |
11:03 | Driving west along Vastern Road, by Railway station, saw large egret flying SW over road low enough for me to see yellow bill and black feet. Still visible when I turned south on IDR. Then seen again after railway bridge being Mobbed by Herring gull which was obviously smaller. | |||
04/12/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Reedman |
08:45 | On bund. | |||
03/12/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S K Proddow |
13:45 | ||||
30/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | B Crathorne |
15:00 | ||||
30/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | L R Blundell |
12:25 | In front of Bittern hide. | |||
28/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R C Watts |
11:30 | ||||
24/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | B T Bennett |
10:50 | On scrape. | |||
20/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
11:00 | ad. seen with MJD. | |||
18/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
11:15 | Around the scrape at Bittern hide. | |||
17/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | B T Bennett |
09:23 | On scrape. | |||
16/11/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J C Morgan |
10:15 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
16/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S K Proddow |
10:45 | On bund. | |||
15/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Marsh |
11:15 | On the bund in front of Bittern hide. | |||
15/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | B Crathorne |
09:45 | From Bittern Hide then flew off and seen 10 mins later from Teal Hide. | |||
14/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | D A MacKenzie Dodds |
16:10 | Thanks to the chaps in the bittern hide for the use of the telescope and help in general for my (99 year list) son. | |||
14/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
08:40 | On Tern scrape. | |||
13/11/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
16:30 | Fishing on N shore from Bittern hide. | |||
12/11/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J M Clark |
12:30 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
09/11/21 | Great White Egret | Kennet and Avon Canal | 3 | M Kalveitis |
Seen from towpath between Hungerford Bridge and Dunn Mill Lock. SU345683. | ||||
02/11/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J D Savage |
16:10 | With a couple of grey herons in a dead tree behind the pond with multiple islands. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
30/10/21 | Great White Egret | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | J E Warren |
Pics on Berks Ornithological Club Facebook page. SU781733. | ||||
31/10/21 | Great White Egret | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | D Broadbridge |
15:46 | ||||
19/10/21 | Great White Egret | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R F Milligan |
09:50 | CLN. | |||
19/10/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 2 | J C Morgan |
10:30 | Seen with RD. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
18/10/21 | Great White Egret | Lea Farm Lake | 1 | A B Tomczynski |
11:00 | One of the three still present today. | |||
17/10/21 | Great White Egret | Lea Farm Lake | 3 | F J Cottington |
13:45 | First notified by Peter Scudamore, present all afternoon. Video at https://youtu.be/j8YqmcQVsNs. | |||
17/10/21 | Great White Egret | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R J Godden |
09:30 | CLN. | |||
15/10/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Murfitt |
10:00 | On Tern island then flew to Plover island. | |||
12/10/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 3 | N Cleere |
10:15 | ad. back again. | |||
10/10/21 | Great White Egret | Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | E Charlson |
12:25 | ||||
08/10/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | D East |
15:30 | seen later on Grove Lake. | |||
04/10/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 2 | J C Morgan |
10:00 | Seen with RD. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
03/10/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J C Morgan |
08:45 | on pit 6. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
02/10/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 3 | N Cleere |
10:00 | ad. highest count at site. | |||
01/10/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J D Savage |
17:20 | In one of the dead trees at the west end of the lake with islands. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
29/09/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
15:40 | ||||
29/09/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | R F Milligan |
12:15 | s/w CG. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
25/09/21 | Great White Egret | Newbury town centre | 2 | K G White |
06:35 | Flying over the Wharf west along the Kennet. SU472671. | |||
24/09/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | I Quelch |
16:30 | ||||
22/09/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 2 | G Stewart |
15:30 | ||||
18/09/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10:25 | ad. | |||
10/09/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J C Morgan |
10:30 | on 5 seen with RD. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
08/09/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
17:00 | ||||
08/09/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J C Morgan |
10:00 | on 7 flew off along river towards mgl. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
07/09/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10:30 | ad. | |||
05/09/21 | Great White Egret | Newbury BT Exchange | 2 | K G White |
06:55 | 2 birds just flown past BT low along the Kennet going west. SU474669. | |||
03/09/21 | Great White Egret | Newbury BT Exchange | 1 | K G White |
06:48 | Commuting West past BT following R.Kennet. SU474669. | |||
02/09/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10:20 | ad. | |||
01/09/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
15:30 | ||||
31/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10:18 | ad. | |||
30/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 2 | N Cleere |
10:00 | ad. | |||
27/08/21 | Great White Egret | Newbury | 1 | C Foster |
18:50 | Flying east. Seen by Rebecca Foster from our garden by the K&A canal. SU461670. | |||
28/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
09:40 | ad. | |||
27/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 2 | N Cleere |
09:40 | ad. | |||
26/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 2 | N Cleere |
09:00 | ad. | |||
25/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
15:35 | ||||
25/08/21 | Great White Egret | Newbury BT Exchange | 1 | K G White |
07:01 | Just flown past BT exchange following R.Kennet going west. SU474669. | |||
24/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 2 | N Cleere |
10:00 | ad. | |||
22/08/21 | Great White Egret | Beale Park | 1 | J Lerpiniere |
09:27 | SU629781. | |||
24/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 2 | R Collins |
08:34 | ||||
22/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
08:40 | ad. | |||
21/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
09:30 | ad. | |||
16/08/21 | Great White Egret | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
18:15 | first seen flying south down the Thames just north of Cleeve Lock at a height of about 40ft, then seen on the ground by the marina at Cleeve Court at 18-33. It was gone when I returned shortly to photograph it. Grey Heron size, all yellow bill and all dark legs and feet all noted - first for Streatley. | |||
11/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
16:30 | ||||
11/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | R Keel |
10:37 | SU499663. | |||
09/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | M J Dear |
08:26 | ||||
07/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
09:30 | ad. | |||
05/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10:15 | ad. | |||
04/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | B Lyle |
15:37 | ||||
03/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10:30 | ad. | |||
01/08/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J C Morgan |
08:45 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
01/08/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | M J Dear |
08:02 | ||||
30/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm Trout Lake | 1 | D Andrews |
11:47 | ||||
29/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | I Quelch |
15:00 | ||||
28/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
15:15 | ||||
28/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10:00 | ad. | |||
27/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | M J Dear |
09:02 | ||||
26/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
10:30 | ad. | |||
25/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | M J Dear |
08:33 | ||||
24/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
09:34 | ad. flew off east at this time. | |||
22/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | G Stewart |
13:30 | ||||
22/07/21 | Great White Egret | Lower Farm GP | 1 | N Cleere |
09:30 | ad. | |||
15/06/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J D Savage |
19:00 | Flew in from the west. Visited the lake with multiple islands for a couple of minutes then parked itself in a dead tree at the back. Still there at 19:20. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
02/06/21 | Great White Egret | Fobney Meadow | 1 | S Robertson |
07:58 | Flying over, heading north east. | |||
31/05/21 | Great White Egret | Speen, Newbury | 1 | I Quelch |
11:00 | 200 yards west of water treatment works in stream. SU459674. | |||
18/05/21 | Great White Egret | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | M Winkworth |
19:00 | Still this evening inside the fence near wooded area at Spring Farm observed from path alongside the Thames. | |||
12/05/21 | Great White Egret | Pangbourne STW | 1 | M Winkworth |
19:30 | Just over the fence into Spring Farm, observed from footpath next to Sulham Brook. | |||
04/05/21 | Great White Egret | Sheffield Bottom | 1 | A B Merrick |
17:58 | Fishing in small pond to north of canal halfway between Sheffield Bottom and Garston locks viewed from canal path. | |||
30/04/21 | Great White Egret | Main Pit, Theale GPs | 1 | A B Merrick |
06:37 | In flight south then west with progress impeded by pylon lines. | |||
27/04/21 | Great White Egret | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | A B Merrick |
20:26 | Over from the west and joined by 3 vocal Grey Herons. Couldn't determine for sure whether it was in the Main Pit roost. | |||
19/04/21 | Great White Egret | Newbury | 1 | C Foster |
20:00 | Marshy area between the leisure centre and the old railway line. Flew in to roost at about this time. SU459673. | |||
17/04/21 | Great White Egret | Speen, Newbury | 1 | B Hotchkis |
20:37 | immature/non-breeding/winter. Between old railway and Northcroft Leisure Centre. All yellow bill hence not sure whether immature, non-breeding or winter plumage. Seen initially in water, then in tree. | |||
16/04/21 | Great White Egret | Bottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs | 1 | A B Merrick |
08:33 | Flew up from margins and flew west and not relocated. Also, 1 Little Egret. | |||
10/04/21 | Great White Egret | Bottom Lane GP, Theale GPs | 1 | A B Merrick |
10:58 | Flew from Bottom Lane east towards Hosehill. | |||
09/04/21 | Great White Egret | Bucklebury | 1 | D Reynolds |
15:00 | Flew up from river bank and was immediately overhead. Then flew north west along Pang valley and not seen again. Four Little Egrets were found near Frilsham in the search to relocate it. | |||
09/04/21 | Great White Egret | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | R Addison |
14:43 | Flew west over the lake and lost to view over Bottom lane area. | |||
02/04/21 | Great White Egret | Battlemead Common | 1 | B D Clews |
15:00 | per John Lloyd Parry. | |||
31/03/21 | Great White Egret | Crookham Pools, Crookham Common | 1 | C Worgan |
09:15 | ||||
23/03/21 | Great White Egret | Temple | 1 | A D Bassett |
12:00 | Wintering bird still. From Bradenham Lane along stream. | |||
24/03/21 | Great White Egret | Battlemead Common | 1 | D Fuller |
12:11 | ad. Seen on seasonal flood then walked into reed bed and not seen again. SU906836. | |||
22/03/21 | Great White Egret | Bisham | 1 | S Akkaraju |
08:00 | Off Bradenham Lane. SU842842. | |||
20/03/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J C Morgan |
09:30 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
12/03/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | M Cooper |
18:00 | CLN. | |||
12/03/21 | Great White Egret | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | M J Smith |
15:18 | Remarkably still present, favouring ditch by bridge near whale bone sculpture, view from Thames path just west of Oratory school boat house. Head poking from ditch today, record shot taken. | |||
12/03/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J M Clark |
11:45 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
09/03/21 | Great White Egret | Temple | 1 | S Akkaraju |
09:32 | SU840840. | |||
09/03/21 | Great White Egret | Spencers Wood | 1 | D A Carter |
07:08 | Flying slowly over Lamb Lane this morning. | |||
08/03/21 | Great White Egret | Purley on Thames, Reading | 1 | M J Smith |
16:09 | Distant views by the whale bone sculpture near to Springs Farm house, record shot taken. | |||
08/03/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Addison |
15:26 | In the far East corner of CLN. | |||
06/03/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Murfitt |
07:47 | N bank. | |||
27/02/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane floods | 1 | C McEwan |
15:43 | SU6167. | |||
26/02/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane floods | 1 | K E Moore |
15:10 | In far SE corner of floods. | |||
26/02/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane floods | 1 | M J Dear |
15:30 | ||||
24/02/21 | Great White Egret | Temple | 1 | M F Walford |
The Bucks bird has crossed the river to Temple Fields (per Dave Bevan). | ||||
23/02/21 | Great White Egret | Saltney Mead | 1 | A Taylor |
15:15 | On Springs Farm, just east of Sul brook and Saltney Mead. In horse paddock and also standing on surrounding fence for a time. | |||
22/02/21 | Great White Egret | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | M J Smith |
15:00 | Still present NW corner Spring Farm favouring drainage ditch near small copse, very camera shy, spooked by estate worker exercising dogs and flew to tall trees at Hardwick Hall, north of Thames. | |||
21/02/21 | Great White Egret | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | A Taylor |
12:20 | Preening in small tree by ditch on Springs Farm at far side of meadow opposite rowing club. | |||
20/02/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
16:45 | NW corner. | |||
20/02/21 | Great White Egret | Battlemead Common | 1 | B D Clews |
14:00 | ||||
20/02/21 | Great White Egret | River Thames Meadows at Purley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
09:40 | on ditch parallel to Thames at Springs Farm, on far side of field opposite the boathouse/rowing club. With 2 Grey Herons for easy size comparison, but other features easy to see (leg & bill colour). Still there at 11 am. | |||
19/02/21 | Great White Egret | Bradfield | 1 | G Salt |
14:15 | Fields just north east of Bradfield College. SU606730. | |||
15/02/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | M Cooper |
15:30 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
14/02/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J C Morgan |
10:30 | Possibly two seen with RD. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
12/02/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | M Cooper |
17:15 | ||||
11/02/21 | Great White Egret | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R J Godden |
14:00 | On CLN. | |||
05/02/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | M Cooper |
15:50 | CLN. | |||
01/02/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J M Clark |
10:00 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
31/01/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J C Morgan |
09:00 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
28/01/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | K E Moore |
15:00 | ||||
26/01/21 | Great White Egret | Hungerford | 1 | C Burch |
14:00 | In the field, opposite and slightly east of Hungerford Garden Centre on A4. Visible as I drove past. | |||
25/01/21 | Great White Egret | Fobney Meadow | 1 | S Robertson |
13:15 | ||||
25/01/21 | Great White Egret | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R J Godden |
10:30 | On Plover Island, then flew off west. | |||
22/01/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 2 | J Needes |
12:45 | Peched high in different trees beyond the Western end of FHF. First time I have seen more than one in this area. Seen with EC. Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
17/01/21 | Great White Egret | Bottom Lane GP, Theale GPs | 1 | P Hickman |
08:52 | Flew over heading west. | |||
15/01/21 | Great White Egret | Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R J Godden |
09:00 | CLN. | |||
15/01/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | P Hickman |
09:55 | Flew from southern edge of pit to northern side. | |||
14/01/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | E Charlson |
13:13 | Flew in from direction of East Fen, stayed a few minutes, then flew back. Was close to a Little Egret, so could easily compare size and colouration. | |||
13/01/21 | Great White Egret | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | K E Moore |
14:00 | Flew from second beach and went west and landed in flooded woods. | |||
09/01/21 | Great White Egret | Moor Green Lakes | 2 | R J Godden |
08:15 | CLN. | |||
04/01/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | R J Godden |
10:30 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
02/01/21 | Great White Egret | Englefield | 1 | R Holder |
15:00 | Flew from River Pang direction over road South whilst I was driving. SU620733. | |||
03/01/21 | Great White Egret | Fleethill Farm | 1 | J M Clark |
11:00 | Private site, view only from footpath. | |||
02/01/21 | Great White Egret | Englefield | 1 | R Holder |
15:00 | Flew from River Pang direction over road South whilst I was driving. SU620733. | |||
02/01/21 | Great White Egret | Englefield | 1 | R Holder |
15:00 | Flew from River Pang direction over road South whilst I was driving. SU620733. | |||
02/01/21 | Great White Egret | Englefield | 1 | R Holder |
15:00 | Flew from River Pang direction over road South whilst I was driving. SU620733. | |||
01/01/21 | Great White Egret | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | T A Guyatt |
09:01 | ad win. Standing on the N island in CLN at 09:00. |