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

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
31/05/21	Water Rail	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
23:59	Two calls (recorded).
31/12/21	Water Rail	Thatcham Marsh	2	R Keel
16:30	Heard only.
26/12/21	Water Rail	Thatcham Marsh	2	M J Dear
16:28
26/12/21	Water Rail	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R Murfitt
15:40	Heard calling from scrape.
24/12/21	Water Rail	Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
09:16	Feeding on vegetation visible from Bridge at ford.
22/12/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
14:25	Calling.
20/12/21	Water Rail	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S K Proddow
13:00
18/12/21	Water Rail	Battlemead Common	1	B D Clews
12:30	calling near radio mast.
17/12/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	A B Merrick
09:00	All heard, 1 seen.
10/12/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
15:15	Squealing in small reed bed between the boat And gull viewpoint.
05/12/21	Water Rail	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P Bright-Thomas
16:25	At least one heard as I departed.
03/12/21	Water Rail	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	S K Proddow
13:45
25/11/21	Water Rail	Saltney Mead	1	M J Smith
14:12	Called twice from deep cover near Sulbrook exit into the Thames.
21/11/21	Water Rail	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	P Bright-Thomas
16:15	Heard from screen at E end.
19/11/21	Water Rail	Moor Green Lakes	2	R J Godden
11:00	One sharming near hide, another calling by Manor Lake.
15/11/21	Water Rail	Eton Wick	2	D Cleal
14:30	Heard.
15/11/21	Water Rail	Eton Wick	1	P Kendall
14:30	Showed well for several minutes, from the path by Jubilee River.
14/11/21	Water Rail	Eton Wick	2	B Crathorne
13:30
13/11/21	Water Rail	Eton Wick	1	M F Walford
14:41
12/11/21	Water Rail	Eton Wick	2	K P Duncan
	still present, showing well on exposed mud on flood. Viewed from footpath along Jubilee River.
11/11/21	Water Rail	Thatcham Marsh	1	R Keel
14:30	Squealing. SU157661.
11/11/21	Water Rail	Eton Wick	4	D Cleal
14:45	The water level has fallen to its lowest level in over a year, resulting in a fair bit of mud being exposed. 2 Water Rails were giving good views on the mud as viewed from the path along the Jubilee River with 2 more calling from the west end adjacent to Dorney Common.
08/11/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	D Andrews
17:00
06/11/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
06:50	Calling between footpath 7 and marsh.
26/10/21	Water Rail	Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
09:59	Crossing road by Ford.
25/10/21	Water Rail	Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
09:00	Flew in front of CLN hide. Seen with TR and RFM.
16/10/21	Water Rail	Eton Wick	1	M F Walford
14:12
15/10/21	Water Rail	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	J Carson
13:00	In front of hide. Disappeared quickly back into the reeds.
13/10/21	Water Rail	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	B Crathorne
13:00
10/10/21	Water Rail	Eton Wick	1	D Cleal
15:00	'Screaming'.
08/10/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:00	Calling between marsh and footpath 7.
05/10/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	A V Lawson
09:30	Calling.
03/10/21	Water Rail	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
08:30	Cut reed at back of Tern scrape.
30/09/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	2	A V Lawson
10:00	Heard.
24/09/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	A V Lawson
10:00	Calling.
22/09/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	A V Lawson
09:00
23/09/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
16:10	Calling by footpath 7.
11/09/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
14:30	Calling by Footpath 7, once.
05/09/21	Water Rail	Fleethill Farm	1	J C Morgan
10:00	on first lake feeding on edge of reeds. Private site, view only from footpath.
04/09/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	2	A V Lawson
10:48	At least two. Calling.
13/08/21	Water Rail	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	1	M F Walford
10:59	Calling.
01/08/21	Water Rail	Eton Wick	1	S A Graham
08:40	Feeding in the open at the eastern end of the exposed mud.
29/04/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
14:45	Calling west of marsh near the 3 willows.
30/04/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
17:45	Calling. South side of marsh.
25/04/21	Water Rail	Southcote Meadows	2	J E Andrews
05:20	both calling.
23/04/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	M F Walford
14:47	Singing.
13/04/21	Water Rail	Remenham	1	A N Stow
18:30	Calling from a pond on private land. SU774850.
01/04/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	2	A V Lawson
09:00	Calling.
31/03/21	Water Rail	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
02:50	Recorded over.
27/03/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
08:30	Calling v near Footpath 7.
25/03/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	D Reynolds
15:30
24/03/21	Water Rail	Fobney Island	1	P Bright-Thomas
17:30	Calling from W end.
14/03/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
15:00	Calling nr. Marsh.
09/03/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K E Moore
15:30	Near the boat.
09/03/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
11:00	Calling.
08/03/21	Water Rail	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	P Bright-Thomas
09:00	From Teal Hide, heard from island, then seen.
06/03/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
13:30	On marsh. East end, calling.
28/02/21	Water Rail	Pangbourne STW	1	M Winkworth
14:18	The same area whilst watching the Chiffchaffs.
27/02/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	C McEwan
09:45	Screaming in reedbed by viewing screen. SU6469.
21/02/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	S Watcham
11:25	In the reeds by the boat. SU649698.
14/02/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	P Hickman
08:45	In reed bed near boat.
11/02/21	Water Rail	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
16:00
11/02/21	Water Rail	Thatcham Marsh	1	R Keel
15:53	Squealing. SU505665.
06/02/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R Holder
08:15
30/01/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	L Ellams
16:40	Amongst reeds right of bamboo hide.
28/01/21	Water Rail	Battlemead Common	1	B D Clews
12:00	calling.
21/01/21	Water Rail	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	K E Moore
15:00	One heard only,another seen well and heard by pool on edge of reeds opposite the boat.
21/01/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	3	R C Price
11:30	Calling nr. Footpath 7.
21/01/21	Water Rail	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	M Cooper
16:00
19/01/21	Water Rail	Fobney Island	1	C Ezard
16:24	Good view as it moved around between 30-50 yds away. Watched it for 5 mins in the dusk. SU702711.
18/01/21	Water Rail	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
16:15	In front of hide.
16/01/21	Water Rail	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
15:30	Calling briefly by footpath 7.
08/01/21	Water Rail	Moatlands Car Park Pit, Theale GPs	2	R Crawford
11:00	Squealing.
01/01/21	Water Rail	Sandhurst memorial lake	1	P Bamford
16:53	possibly two, feeding in-between the inlet stream and the main outlet. SU842609.
01/01/21	Water Rail	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	R Murfitt
10:30	Calling from Manor lake reeds. Please only view from the public footpath.