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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
05/05/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
05:59	Recorded.
30/12/21	Raven	Emmbrook	1	P O'Neill
11:30	Heading S>N over Eamer Crescent.
28/12/21	Raven	Cookham Rise	1	B D Clews
10:00	Struggling towards Bisham Woods into high head-wind.
25/12/21	Raven	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
11:45	flying in from Moulsford.
21/12/21	Raven	Emmer Green	2	A B Tomczynski
11:00	Over garden calling.
14/12/21	Raven	Lower Caversham	1	R Sajdak
09:45	Plus green woodpecker male and female blackcap six redwing and mistle thrush all in my garden this morning.
13/12/21	Raven	Warfield	1	S C Rider
11:05	calling. SU859719.
13/12/21	Raven	Moor Green Lakes	2	R F Milligan
10:35	E>W across CLN kronking.
11/12/21	Raven	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
11:00	Calling from west end of landfill. Please only view from the public footpath.
10/12/21	Raven	Arthur Newbery Park, Tilehurst	1	J Lerpiniere
12:02	Over. SU669747.
09/12/21	Raven	High Wood, Earley	1	D Tainton
12:54	Flew over allotments and into Highwood.
10/12/21	Raven	Buckler's Forest	1	J Carson
10:39	Gliding around overhead.
09/12/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
09:55	Croncking south of Shortheath Lane.
09/12/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
09:55	Croncking south of Shortheath Lane.
08/12/21	Raven	University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus)	2	C Foster
10:00	One flying low past the library, another unseen calling in the distance.
04/12/21	Raven	Reading	1	S A Graham
10:00	Oxford Rd: flow low W. calling and barrel rolling. SU696735.
28/11/21	Raven	Ashley Hill	1	B Crathorne
11:00
24/11/21	Raven	Battlemead Common	1	D Fuller
13:50	ad. Flew across from Clivenden woods over the common and further west. SU906838.
23/11/21	Raven	Englefield	1	R Crawford
17:34
23/11/21	Raven	Woose Hill	2	P Bright-Thomas
07:45	>N, to the East (towards Barkham Road).
22/11/21	Raven	Combe Gibbet	5	K G White
14:59	Soaring on the updrafts. SU369620.
21/11/21	Raven	Wokingham	2	R C Price
10:00	Clifton Road. Drifting NW kronking occasionally.
21/11/21	Raven	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
11:15	flying over from East, calling over Streatley Farm.
19/11/21	Raven	Sonning Farm	1	E Napper
14:29	Flying from field.
15/11/21	Raven	Lower Caversham	1	R Sajdak
12:11	Chased by 2crows making lots of noise plus green woodpecker great spotted woodpecker and male blackcap in my garden l would like to add that 2 years ago l had pair of sparrows in my garden so l made few nest boxes and started feeding them on regular basis this morning l counted 43 of them.
14/11/21	Raven	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
13:20	Cronking and flying north east as per last garden sighting - seem to be resident locally. SU904698.
14/11/21	Raven	Combe Gibbet	4	S A Graham
09:30	Min. in amongst Red Kite and Jackdaws over N. slope so might have been a dead sheep carcass present.
13/11/21	Raven	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
07:24	Flying north over lake calling.
08/11/21	Raven	Sonning Meadows	1	R C Watts
11:25	SU759761.
06/11/21	Raven	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
07:10	On top of pylon 5 then flew south.
07/11/21	Raven	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
08:30	Over lake south calling and back north later.
07/11/21	Raven	Sonning Meadows	2	P O'Neill
11:30	Over Sonning Meadows.
03/11/21	Raven	Hindhay Farm, Pinkneys Green	2	B D Clews
11:30	Soaring high and calling.
02/11/21	Raven	Battlemead Common	1	B D Clews
11:00	In the area for about 1 hour, calling regularly and seen circling Distant Wellingtonia.
30/10/21	Raven	Lea Farm Lake	1	J E Warren
	SU781733.
30/10/21	Raven	Tilehurst	1	J Lerpiniere
15:03	SU6674.
29/10/21	Raven	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
09:15	East of landfill, drifting South.
25/10/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
10:31	Recorded, four brief calls.
25/10/21	Raven	Fleethill Farm	3	J D Savage
15:25	Pair over heading south at 15:25. Previously a single over heading south at 14:11. Private site, view only from footpath.
23/10/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:56	Recorded, clear calls.
23/10/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
10:40	Croncking distantly.
23/10/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
10:40	Croncking distantly.
22/10/21	Raven	Lea Farm Lake	1	B Crathorne
10:30	Over calling.
21/10/21	Raven	May's Farm, Three Mile Cross	1	S Lynch
14:30
19/10/21	Raven	Fleethill Farm	2	J C Morgan
10:30	seen with RD. Private site, view only from footpath.
17/10/21	Raven	Seven Barrows	1	J Lerpiniere
09:53	Over.
15/10/21	Raven	Remenham Hill	2	A B Tomczynski
13:00
14/10/21	Raven	Woose Hill	2	E Napper
10:30	Heading NW calling.
11/10/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
09:25	On top of pylon south of Shortheath Lane then flew south.
10/10/21	Raven	Wokingham	2	J D Savage
11:50	Pair flew SW over Tescos car park, one calling briefly. SU809677.
09/10/21	Raven	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
14:00	Well North.
08/10/21	Raven	Wargrave	1	M J Hubbard
16:43	Over Cronking headed due West. SU777779.
08/10/21	Raven	Reading	1	R Righelato
15:34	Flew low over my garden calling this morning.
05/10/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
11:35	Flew south from Shortheath Lane.
26/09/21	Raven	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
14:20	Flying east at about 100ft and cronking - nice to see from the garden. SU904698.
25/09/21	Raven	South Lake, Woodley	1	D Tainton
16:46	Flew over Kronking School Drive. SU760721.
22/09/21	Raven	Fobney Meadow	2	A V Lawson
09:00
23/09/21	Raven	Walbury Hill	24	A Bolton
14:25	Using the strong updraught to show off to each other - spectacular! Buzzards, Kites, Kestrel and Meadow Pipits also present. SU370615.
22/09/21	Raven	Greenham Common	1	M Norman
10:00	Flying along N edge of the common. SU503647. Please keep to the main paths.
20/09/21	Raven	Burnt Hill	2	R C Price
13:30	Flying south over the M4.
20/09/21	Raven	Holyport	2	S K Proddow
10:00	Over allotments.
20/09/21	Raven	Thatcham town centre	1	K G White
11:52	flying east high over the market Square cronking all the while. SU517673.
20/09/21	Raven	Fobney Meadow	1	A Absolom
09:34
20/09/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
09:28	Flew over heading west.
20/09/21	Raven	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
07:30	Please only view from the public footpath.
18/09/21	Raven	May's Farm, Three Mile Cross	1	S Lynch
18:30	SU724677.
16/09/21	Raven	Greenham Common	1	R C Watts
12:30	Please keep to the main paths.
15/09/21	Raven	Roden Downs	2	N J Bucknell
16:20	flew in from East over Lowbury Hill, Also Peregrine at Blewbury Down, Oxon.
15/09/21	Raven	Compton Downs	1	N J Bucknell
15:05	by track to Churn.
15/09/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	2	P Hickman
09:45	Pair on pylon south of Shortheath Lane. One bird displaying submissive posture.
15/09/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:04	Low SW calling.
13/09/21	Raven	Ashley Hill Forest	2	R J Godden
13:00	Two heard overhead.
13/09/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	E Napper
14:13	Seen and heard heading West.
12/09/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
12:45	Heard passing to N (not seen).
12/09/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
12:45	Heard to N.
11/09/21	Raven	May's Farm, Three Mile Cross	1	S Lynch
17:00	Over low cronking.
11/09/21	Raven	Crookham Common	2	R Keel
14:33	SU514644. Please keep to the main paths.
10/09/21	Raven	Upper Bucklebury	2	B Lyle
16:43	heading S W.
10/09/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	3	P Hickman
12:20	Two close together on highest point of pylon just south of Shortheath Lane. Mutual grooming. Flew south when a third bird came over.
08/09/21	Raven	Waltham Place	2	B D Clews
12:00	calling.
07/09/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
18:42	One, probably two, Raven circling N of Emm Brook and calling.
07/09/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	E Napper
12:00	Heard cronking flying over.
02/09/21	Raven	Woodley	1	B N Pavey
11:55	Alerted by cronking, looked up to see a single bird circling directly overhead allowing excellent view of the diagnostic tail shape. Departed west towards Woodford Park, still cronking. SU767737.
01/09/21	Raven	Compton	1	R C Watts
11:55
30/08/21	Raven	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	6	S A Graham
09:00	Min.
29/08/21	Raven	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	5	S A Graham
08:30	Approx.
29/08/21	Raven	West Woodhay Down	5	S A Graham
08:30	Min.
28/08/21	Raven	Cow Down, West Ilsley	1	A B Tomczynski
13:00
28/08/21	Raven	Walbury Hill	10	D Reynolds
11:50
26/08/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
07:43	Low SW, seen and recorded. Being heard several times per week at present, usually about this time.
24/08/21	Raven	Emmbrook	1	P O'Neill
18:45	Cronking. Heading SW over Eamer Crescent.
23/08/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P O'Neill
17:45	Heading W over Blagrove Lane.
23/08/21	Raven	Crookham Common	1	R Keel
13:00	Feeding on rabbit carcass. SU504645. Please keep to the main paths.
22/08/21	Raven	Wigmoreash Pond, Inkpen Hill	9	S A Graham
08:45
22/08/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	E Napper
07:37	Heard and then seen heading NE towards Dinton Pastures.
22/08/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
07:33	On the pylon just south of Shortheath Lane.
10/08/21	Raven	Fobney Meadow	4	A V Lawson
10:00
18/08/21	Raven	Cleeve Hill, Lambourn Woodlands	5	J Lerpiniere
11:42	Circling together.
19/08/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:23	Heard only, low close croaking coming from east.
16/08/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
06:15	Sound recorded, as seen by Eddie Napper: https://soundcloud.com/user-687297346-876251406/20210816_raven0001b_closehighshortcallsasseenbyeddienapper.
16/08/21	Raven	Waltham Place	2	B D Clews
13:30	In Giant Sequoia, calling persistently.
16/08/21	Raven	Park Farm, Cookham Dean	1	B Crathorne
14:30
16/08/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
18:45	SW over house.
16/08/21	Raven	Woose Hill	2	E Napper
06:15	Seen and heard cronking heading East.
15/08/21	Raven	Sonning Meadows	2	A B Tomczynski
15:00	Flying around calling a lot and then sat on fence posts.
14/08/21	Raven	Stichens Green	1	J Lerpiniere
13:39	SU5979.
15/08/21	Raven	Rushall Farm, Bradfield	1	J Lerpiniere
13:39	SU580927.
14/08/21	Raven	Crookham Pools, Crookham Common	2	A B Merrick
07:00	Over.
11/08/21	Raven	Fleethill Farm	2	R F Milligan
11:50	Flying w to e. Private site, view only from footpath.
10/08/21	Raven	River Thames Meadows at Purley	1	M J Smith
11:30	Cronking from the ground?, couldn’t see it flying around, from field between Purley allotments and the River Thames.
10/08/21	Raven	Fleethill Farm	2	J C Morgan
11:00	Seen with RD. Private site, view only from footpath.
10/08/21	Raven	Woose Hill	2	E Napper
09:13	Calling as they flew over my garden heading West.
07/08/21	Raven	Upper Bucklebury	7	N Cleere
07:00	southwest in groups of 1 or 2 within 1 minute of each other.
05/08/21	Raven	Chaddleworth	1	B Lyle
11:00	west berks golf course.
31/07/21	Raven	Caversham	2	R C Watts
15:30	Calling on roof of Waitrose seen from car park.
31/07/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
14:50	On pylon north of Shortheath Lane.
27/07/21	Raven	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R C Watts
11:30	Over.
26/07/21	Raven	Binfield	4	D Mackenzie
09:15	Flying over Temple Way cronking heading south west. SU853702.
18/07/21	Raven	Watts Bank	1	J Lerpiniere
19:06
17/07/21	Raven	Emmer Green	4	H R Netley
11:49	Over garden.
11/07/21	Raven	Ashley Hill	1	B Crathorne
13:00
08/07/21	Raven	Lea Farm Lake	2	F J Cottington
14:50	Over car park field and roughly parallel with Emm brook low WNW calling.
06/07/21	Raven	Caversham	2	R C Watts
11:25	Birds seen from Waitrose/car park on the roof calling dropped down to path picked something up and flew towards the river.
01/07/21	Raven	Swinley Forest	1	M J Hubbard
09:50	From Yesterday evening 30/06....Over cronking.
26/06/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	E Napper
08:57	Flying high W, cronking as I'm hanging out my washing.
23/06/21	Raven	Lambourn Woodlands	1	J Lerpiniere
11:50	SU327773.
21/06/21	Raven	Cookham Rise	1	B D Clews
15:15	Overhead, probably from nearby nesting site.
20/06/21	Raven	Wargrave	1	M J Hubbard
10:39	Flew over garden cronking loudly heading due west.
15/06/21	Raven	Fobney Meadow	1	L Ellams
14:38
11/06/21	Raven	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	B D Clews
10:30	flying over rookery, to much consternation!
11/06/21	Raven	Emmer Green	1	M F Walford
14:35	2. Over the garden calling. First of the year.
08/06/21	Raven	Chapel Green	1	R J Godden
11:00	Overhead and perched on a pylon near railway.
05/06/21	Raven	Swinley Forest	2	J E Warren
	by boundary with Rapley Farm. SU891650.
02/06/21	Raven	Bucklebury	2	D Sussex
13:30	pair in woods by Briff Lane.
30/05/21	Raven	Park Farm, Cookham Dean	1	B Crathorne
08:00
26/05/21	Raven	Lambourn Woodlands	3	J Lerpiniere
15:02	SU3376.
25/05/21	Raven	Boulters Lock, R. Thames, Maidenhead	1	R C Watts
12:30	Over Calling.
24/05/21	Raven	Winter Hill, Cookham Dean	1	B Crathorne
12:30
19/05/21	Raven	Goring	1	R C Watts
10:45	Nice walk along the Ridgeway all birds seen.
19/05/21	Raven	Rushall Farm, Bradfield	1	J Lerpiniere
15:54	Croaking. SU585733.
18/05/21	Raven	Cock Marsh	1	J Rose
10:30	Flying over Cockmarsh and then towards Winter Hill.
10/05/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:28	Heard over garden.
07/05/21	Raven	Charvil CP	1	D Tainton
16:49	Flew over Loddon Nature Reserve lake Kronking.
07/05/21	Raven	Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs	1	J Lerpiniere
14:13	SU634700.
06/05/21	Raven	Englefield	1	R Crawford
08:30
03/05/21	Raven	Bowdown Woods Nature Reserve	1	B D Clews
09:15	heard.
03/05/21	Raven	Crookham Pools, Crookham Common	1	R Gilham
12:00	Over south.
02/05/21	Raven	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
14:30	Saw at least one cranking overhead.
02/05/21	Raven	Lambourn Woodlands	2	J Lerpiniere
13:47	Mobile and noisy, suspect a family. SU3276.
01/05/21	Raven	Southridge Farm, Stichens Green	1	P Bright-Thomas
07:00	Over calling.
27/04/21	Raven	Holybrook Linear Park, Calcot	1	C Feltham
07:05	on calf carcass. SU664712.
26/04/21	Raven	Remenham	1	A N Stow
17:30
26/04/21	Raven	Theale Lakes Business Park	2	M Terry
13:05	Over south, mobbed by crows.
24/04/21	Raven	Lower Culham Farm, Medmenham	1	B Crathorne
14:30	Flying over calling.
20/04/21	Raven	Rushall Farm, Bradfield	1	J Lerpiniere
09:40
18/04/21	Raven	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	1	P Brant
14:15
18/04/21	Raven	Seven Barrows	2	J Lerpiniere
16:13
17/04/21	Raven	Bowsey Hill Wood	1	B Crathorne
10:30	Calling.
16/04/21	Raven	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
11:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
15/04/21	Raven	Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
09:30	One flew over CLN.
14/04/21	Raven	Park Farm, Cookham Dean	2	B Crathorne
10:00	Calling from Park Wood.
11/04/21	Raven	Bucklebury	1	T Jennings
10:30	SU535711.
11/04/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
11:50	Flew to pylon south of Shortheath Lane. Very vocal.
11/04/21	Raven	Lambourn Woodlands	1	J Lerpiniere
13:05	SU3277.
11/04/21	Raven	Tilehurst	1	R Collins
12:15	High to SW of garden.
10/04/21	Raven	Field Farm GP, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
10:00	Displaying overhead.
10/04/21	Raven	Finchampstead	1	R Murfitt
09:00	In fields north of Queens Oak.
09/04/21	Raven	Crookham Common	1	R Keel
17:00	Over S. Please keep to the main paths.
09/04/21	Raven	Finchampstead	4	R Murfitt
12:00	Circling over our garden calling.
07/04/21	Raven	Lower Culham Farm, Medmenham	4	J Rose
10:00	2 in Bucks flew over the meadows crossed the river and joined two on the Berks side.
04/04/21	Raven	Ashley Hill	1	B Crathorne
15:00
04/04/21	Raven	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
13:00	Over STW. Please only view from the public footpath.
01/04/21	Raven	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	R C Watts
15:30	Over calling.
28/03/21	Raven	Farley Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
13:00	Displaying over hill.
27/03/21	Raven	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R Murfitt
09:00	Flew south at west end. Please only view from the public footpath.
25/03/21	Raven	Crookham Common	1	R Keel
16:30	Over west. Please keep to the main paths.
25/03/21	Raven	Hurley	1	B Crathorne
11:00
23/03/21	Raven	Winter Hill, Cookham Dean	1	B Crathorne
16:00
21/03/21	Raven	Lower Earley	1	M Terry
10:05	Flying S>N parallel to Lower Earley Way. Garden tick, garden mega!
20/03/21	Raven	Walbury Hill	2	N J Bucknell
16:20	to east of the hill.
20/03/21	Raven	Wokingham	1	R C Watts
10:20	SU807673.
19/03/21	Raven	Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs	2	J Lerpiniere
13:38	Two over heading SSW one croaking, same thing happened on my last visit there.
14/03/21	Raven	Farley Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
13:00	One calling from tree at top of hill.
12/03/21	Raven	Ashmore Green	1	C Stewart
12:40	Perched in apple tree in back garden for 10 mins. An amazing sight when so close up. Maybe the same bird heard cronking over the fields several mornings this week .
08/03/21	Raven	Ashley Hill	1	B Crathorne
14:30
08/03/21	Raven	North Ascot	2	S D Abbott
11:00	Pair over Mill Ride Golf Course.
06/03/21	Raven	Boyn Hill	1	B Crathorne
16:00	Over the garden, calling.
05/03/21	Raven	Wigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs	1	J Lerpiniere
12:58	Over carrying food.
04/03/21	Raven	Caversham	1	R C Watts
13:45	Caversham Court .
03/03/21	Raven	Jubilee River	1	B Crathorne
11:30
03/03/21	Raven	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
13:30	Seen north of Sandy Lane with plenty of cronking from this individual being mobbed by three crows. Maybe one of the pair spotted recently on Mill Ride Golf Course.
02/03/21	Raven	Park Farm, Cookham Dean	1	B Crathorne
15:30
02/03/21	Raven	High Wood, Earley	1	D Tainton
15:33	Crinkling away mobbed by a Carrion Crow. Most of its tail was missing.
01/03/21	Raven	Chapel Green	1	P Bright-Thomas
13:30	Flying towards Gray's Farm 800m to south (heard first).
09/01/21	Raven	Brock Hill, Winkfield Row	1	S D Abbott
14:00	Only one brief cronk but did not expect to see this species this far east. However recent confirmation of a pair on Mill Ride Golf Course makes me think this may have been one of the pair.
28/02/21	Raven	Mill Ride Golf Course	2	T Rogers
16:30	pair. Pair at visible nest in tall Scots Pine. SU912707.
28/02/21	Raven	Gorrick Plantation	1	R Dawson
11:15	Calling from the top of a pine in the NW corner.
27/02/21	Raven	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
11:00	Heard then seen E over Emm Brook.
27/02/21	Raven	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
11:15	Flew over towards Shortheath Lane. Croncking.
25/02/21	Raven	Sulhamstead Abbots	1	P Hickman
15:35	Confrontation with a Buzzard near Whites Hill.