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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2021 and 31/12/2021.

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
26/12/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	12	R Dryden
16:02	7m 5f.
24/12/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	4	A Absolom
15:03	3 m/1 f. Holy brook.
11/12/21	Mandarin Duck	Savernake Lake, Bracknell	3	D A MacKenzie Dodds
09:51	m. They're back on the pond...
08/12/21	Mandarin Duck	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
14:44	m.
12/11/21	Mandarin Duck	Fleethill Farm	7	J M Clark
12:30	Private site, view only from footpath.
10/11/21	Mandarin Duck	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:33	m.
30/10/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
17:01	One male seen lurking under overhanging branches on north side of island with possible female.
25/10/21	Mandarin Duck	Windsor Great Park	2	D Sussex
11:00	pair on pond in woods.
17/10/21	Mandarin Duck	Searle's Farm Lane GP (E), Burghfield GPs	1	N J Bucknell
10:20	drk. Please only view from the public footpath.
08/10/21	Mandarin Duck	River Thames Maidenhead	2	D Fuller
17:29	male and fem ad. very close to Berkshire bank and seen from the towpath. SU907836.
08/10/21	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	15	S Lynch
09:30	Approx 15 to 20 on main lake.
04/10/21	Mandarin Duck	River thames Maidenhead	1	D Fuller
13:05	ad male. swimming along the Thames as seen from towpath. SU905829.
03/10/21	Mandarin Duck	Fleethill Farm	1	J C Morgan
08:45	f. flew up from river. Private site, view only from footpath.
24/09/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
17:50	Female.
20/09/21	Mandarin Duck	Green Park	4	S Robertson
12:47	Female/Juv.
17/09/21	Mandarin Duck	Towpath River Thames Maidenhead	1	D Fuller
20:28	male in ecl. on its own. SU906830.
13/09/21	Mandarin Duck	Fleethill Farm	3	J M Clark
16:00	along river. Private site, view only from footpath.
10/09/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
18:05	Female.
17/08/21	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	1	M F Walford
13:08	fem.
13/08/21	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	1	A B Tomczynski
15:00	juv.
08/08/21	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	3	F J Cottington
07:30	juv.
04/08/21	Mandarin Duck	Searle's Farm Lane GP (W), Burghfield GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:45	juv.
04/08/21	Mandarin Duck	Searle's Farm Lane GP (N), Burghfield GPs	3	A B Merrick
19:30	1 ad drk, 2 ad fem. drake in eclipse and presumably the females too. Also, 3 male Lesser Emperor dragonflies hawking over the west end at this time. Please only view from the public footpath.
03/08/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
19:20	Two Females.
03/08/21	Mandarin Duck	Bottom Lane GP (E), Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:45	ad drk. in eclipse plumage, predominantly red bill with dark mottling.
03/08/21	Mandarin Duck	Fleethill Farm	3	J M Clark
16:00	Private site, view only from footpath.
03/08/21	Mandarin Duck	Bray	3	R Anstis
08:57	On the lawn.
31/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
18:00	Female.
29/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	J J Kearns
12:06	f.
27/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:00	drk. on island, eclipse plumage.
23/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	3	G Stewart
17:05	Females or male in Eclipse???
22/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	13	A B Merrick
19:00	mix of males and females in eclipse, some unable to fly.
21/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
21:30	Undoubtedly the male seen on previous occasions but light poor. Grazing on waterside plants on island as usual.
20/07/21	Mandarin Duck	River Thames towpath Maidenhead	3	D Fuller
18:01	fem with 2 juv. by Berkshire banlk. SU907836.
20/07/21	Mandarin Duck	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	4	A Stoney
08:55	4 young on the river. Please only view from the public footpath.
18/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
12:00	male. On island. A closer look today appears to show a male in full eclipse plumage. Bill dusky red and blue secondaries quite prominent.
17/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
11:00	On island.
17/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	9	R Reedman
12:00	f/juv. All female/fully grown juv types, but no sign of any eclipse males. Emerged from island cover while someone was at the feeding platform, but some vey shy.
15/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
19:15	on the island.
16/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Towpath River Thames Maidenhead	3	D Fuller
20:24	all fem. 3 swimming close together near Berks bank. SU907836.
07/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	3	F J Cottington
05:50	Juvs.
02/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
18:10	Male in eclipse.
02/07/21	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	3	F J Cottington
05:15	juv.
26/06/21	Mandarin Duck	Sonning Lock, R. Thames, Sonning	8	S Harman
19:30	8 juvenile female Mandarin ducks on the river bank. SU741746.
29/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	B D Clews
07:30	male.
22/06/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	4	R C Price
16:59	1 fem 3 ducklings. Holy Brook just north of dsmntld rlwy.
05/06/21	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Park, Reading	9	P Gipson
17:50	Female + 8 chicks, 3-4 weeks old? On a pool in The Wilderness. No broods seen on the lake this season.
03/06/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	9	A Absolom
20:46	8/m 1/f. All in my back garden.
01/06/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
19:29	male. Very obligingly feeding on scraps on concrete launching slab just in front of centre.
31/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Sonning Lock, R. Thames, Sonning	8	R C Price
13:31	1 fem. 7 ducklings. 1 nearly lost to a swan.
26/05/21	Mandarin Duck	River Thames towpath Maidenhead	3	D Fuller
14:01	2 male and a fem. swimming along Berkshire bank. SU907834.
25/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Fleethill Farm	1	J M Clark
13:00	male. Private site, view only from footpath.
24/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	S Lynch
18:30	m. Middle lake.
25/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Boulters Lock, R. Thames, Maidenhead	3	R C Watts
12:30	m.
22/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
16:30	male. Seen initially on lake and then seen later adjacent to Concrete launching strip.
22/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
11:30	m. CLN.
21/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Padworth Lane GP	1	M F Walford
10:20	drk. On the river.
19/05/21	Mandarin Duck	River Thames	4	D Fuller
11:54	3 male and 1 fem ad birds. all together swimming along bank. SU906836.
18/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	1	G Stewart
17:00	Male.
12/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:37	Male. On the marsh. First time I’ve seen a Mandarin on the marsh.
08/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	10	A Absolom
09:18	9/m 1/ f. Holy brook.
06/05/21	Mandarin Duck	River Thames Maidenhead	1	D Fuller
17:42	ad male. feeding very close to Berkshire bank. SU908836.
06/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	1	T Callister
15:30	f. On owl box by Manor Lake. Later saw M & F ducks on river nearby.
03/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	9	A Absolom
18:45	4/m5/f. Holy brook.
02/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	2	K G White
07:00	Two single males flew in separately, one from the south and one from the east about half an hour apart. SU568661.
02/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	2	B Dickinson
15:00	Male and female on the stream. SU804622.
02/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	2	R J Godden
07:00	Pair on R. Blackwater near Grove Lake.
01/05/21	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	2	M Green
12:00	m&f on blackwater river.
28/04/21	Mandarin Duck	River Thames Maidenhead	5	D Fuller
16:19	male. 5 adult males swimming together possibly non breeders. SU908837.
28/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Thatcham Marsh	1	R Keel
07:30	male. Over north. With MJD.
26/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Remenham	2	A N Stow
17:30	m&f.
26/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Three Mile Cross	2	B Dickinson
18:34	male and fem. Flew low over May's Farm. SU720681.
26/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Purley on Thames, Reading	1	L Ellams
13:14	male. On river, near mad duck cafe.
26/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Southcote Lock, K&A Canal, Reading	1	S Wearing
09:35	male. SU695713.
25/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Woolhampton GPs	2	M J Dear
16:14
24/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Savernake Lake, Bracknell	3	D A MacKenzie Dodds
09:55	m. Three drakes on the Savernake Lake. I assume these are escapees from a collection or similar? Half expecting to see them alongside a Baikal teal or a Carolina wood duck or something. Not sure I should even report this sighting. Two terrapins sunbathing on a log in the lake too. A strange place indeed. .
22/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Lower Padworth, Padworth Lane	1	G Sumner
16:00	male. Heading downstream on river. SU609674.
23/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Southcote Meadows	2	R Crawford
10:15	On the canal.
22/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Bradfield Southend	1	J Lerpiniere
16:52	Flew from wooded stream along ride. SU5970.
17/04/21	Mandarin Duck	River Thames Maidenhead	2	D Fuller
17:52	pair ad. pair together on the thames. SU907836.
15/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	2	M F Walford
13:08	drk.
13/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
16:30	Flew in about 4.30pm and only stayed a short while.
10/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	2	K G White
07:31	pair. SU568663.
09/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Thames Valley Business Park	2	K Sparks
17:02	A pair in flooded area at eastern end.
09/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
15:30	Flew in and stayed for some time but not seen later on walk.
09/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Boulters Lock, R. Thames, Maidenhead	2	I Davidson
17:34	1m, 1f. By Boulter's Hotel.
09/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Boulters Lock, R. Thames, Maidenhead	2	I Davidson
17:32	pair. Next to Boulter's hotel.
09/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	P Hickman
14:50	Pair on north lakep. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Pangbourne STW	2	M Winkworth
14:22	M & F close in on the Thames at Saltney Mead.
08/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Thames Valley Business Park	2	M J Mitchell
08:00	pair.
04/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Battlemead Common	1	D Fuller
18:57	ad male. Flying over seasonal flood. SU905837.
03/04/21	Mandarin Duck	Pangbourne Meadow	2	A Taylor
16:00	1m, 1f. On Thames near Berkshire bank just downstream from toll bridge.
31/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	2	A Taylor
11:00	1m, 1f.
31/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	1	M F Walford
12:25	drk.
29/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	3	M F Walford
17:54	2m+1f.
29/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Warfield	2	R Dawson
	m+f. On the stream SE of the church.
29/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Nuptown	2	R Dawson
	m+f.
24/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	2	P Bright-Thomas
17:30	Landed on meadows.
24/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	2	M F Walford
18:36	drk.
24/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	2	H R Netley
18:13	Over house.
24/03/21	Mandarin Duck	River Thames Maidenhead	1	D Fuller
12:16	ad male. swimming near Berks bank for the third day. SU905836.
23/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	1	M F Walford
18:04	drk.
22/03/21	Mandarin Duck	River Thames Maidenhead	1	D Fuller
13:00	ad male. Swimming close to Berkshire bank. SU908836.
20/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
07:30	pair. flew over calling.
11/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	7	C Garrett
15:50	male & femail.
11/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	K Sparks
15:57	male.
03/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	6	M F Walford
13:29	4m+2f.
01/03/21	Mandarin Duck	Dinton Pastures CP	1	S Robertson
08:00	male. M.
28/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Binfield	2	D A MacKenzie Dodds
07:16	mf. Pair investigating a barn owl roost site at dawn this morning. Nowhere that near any significant body of water, mind.
23/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
12:30	Male and female. Near brick path copse.
23/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	7	C Garrett
14:56	m.
23/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	13	M F Walford
12:47	8m+5f.
22/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
09:00	m. CLN.
22/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	11	M F Walford
12:36	8m+3f.
19/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	14	M F Walford
13:53	9m+5f.
18/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	12	M F Walford
13:04	7m+5f.
16/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	10	M F Walford
13:23	6m+4f.
15/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	11	C Garrett
11:11	m & f.
15/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	18	D White
10:17	12 male and at least 6 fem.
12/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	11	M F Walford
12:45	7m+4f.
06/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	4	G Sumner
10:35	3m. On pond. SU720764.
03/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Fobney Meadow	4	A V Lawson
10:00
03/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	5	M F Walford
13:51	drk. On the pond.
02/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	7	M F Walford
13:02	4m+3f. On the pond.
01/02/21	Mandarin Duck	Fleethill Farm	6	J M Clark
10:00	Private site, view only from footpath.
31/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green Pond	9	R C Watts
11:40	5m/4f.
28/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	6	M F Walford
13:42	3m+3f. On the pond.
25/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
09:00	f.
24/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	10	M F Walford
11:55	5m+5f. On the pond.
15/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	K Sparks
13:02	1m, 1f.
11/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Savernake Lake, Bracknell	4	D East
11:05	2 m. 2 f.
08/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	3	M F Walford
12:50	drk. On the pond.
07/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Emmer Green	5	M F Walford
12:35	4m+1f. On the pond.
05/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Savernake Lake, Bracknell	2	J Crouch
11:15	1m, 1f.
02/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Prospect Park	2	S A Graham
13:30	m + f.
02/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Caversham Park	3	R C Watts
11:12	m/f. 2 male and 1 female on island on duck pond.
01/01/21	Mandarin Duck	Savernake Lake, Bracknell	1	J E Warren
	NONE much to my disappointment. SU885679.