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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
25/12/21	Buzzard	Aston	1	B Crathorne
11:00
21/12/21	Buzzard	Shurlock Row	1	R Alliss
16:10
13/12/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	1	S Hughes
15:15
13/12/21	Buzzard	Swallowfield Church	1	J T Taylor

11/12/21	Buzzard	Sandleford A339	1	K G White
07:46	Flying low up the A339. SU474647.
09/12/21	Buzzard	High Wood, Earley	2	D Tainton
12:54
10/12/21	Buzzard	Bracknell	1	D A MacKenzie Dodds
10:26	First time a buzzard has come INTO and perched IN our garden. Quite a sight. The jays didn't appreciate it. Two poor photos taken with pocket camera through a dirty kitchen window in the gallery of this site. https://www.berksbirds.co.uk/show_photo.asp?status_id=8&speciestype=2&includesensitive=&gallery_id=1&photo_id=16368&pos=2&total=8973 and https://www.berksbirds.co.uk/show_photo.asp?status_id=8&speciestype=2&includesensitive=&gallery_id=1&photo_id=16369&pos=1&total=8973 .
03/12/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
15:00	The usual 2 in tree at back of marsh. 1 Chocolate head & white breast and belly. The other with lighter head, and white underparts with streaking on flank.
24/11/21	Buzzard	Aston	1	J J Kearns
11:25
22/11/21	Buzzard	Cock Marsh	1	J Rose
11:00
20/11/21	Buzzard	Maidenhead town centre	2	K G White
11:30	Disagreement between 2 birds over gardens. SU885816.
20/11/21	Buzzard	Battlemead Common	2	D Fuller
12:52	ad. 2 sitting close together in Black Poplar trees. SU906838.
18/11/21	Buzzard	Holyport	1	S K Proddow
09:43	Field behind Hearne drive.
14/11/21	Buzzard	Basildon Park	2	J J Kearns
10:45
13/11/21	Buzzard	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	5	C McEwan
09:00	Circling and calling above the East Meadow. SU6569.
09/11/21	Buzzard	Swallowfield Church	3	J T Taylor
13:14
06/11/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
06:50	In tree line at back of marsh.
03/11/21	Buzzard	Hindhay Farm, Pinkneys Green	4	B D Clews
11:30	On ground On fresh tillage.
23/10/21	Buzzard	Eton Wick	1	K Jones
11:45	SU946786.
21/10/21	Buzzard	May's Farm, Three Mile Cross	1	S Lynch
14:30
12/10/21	Buzzard	Caversham	1	J J Kearns
12:10	Over Henley Road Allotments .
08/10/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
17:00	In trees at back of marsh.
08/10/21	Buzzard	Battlemead Common	2	D Fuller
17:33	both ad. soaring over the common. SU906839.
04/10/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
13:30	In pylon 2.
03/10/21	Buzzard	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	S Lynch
09:30	Over top lake into wilderness.
01/10/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	A V Lawson
18:00
25/09/21	Buzzard	Woose Hill	1	E Napper
12:00	Flying from trees near Dragonfly Bridge.
25/09/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	R Dryden
09:00	With a very full crop.
24/09/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	3	A V Lawson
10:00
24/09/21	Buzzard	Battlemead Common	4	D Fuller
14:59	all ad. Four above newly cut hat seen from towpath towards Cookham. SU906836.
23/09/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
16:10	1 in pylon 2.
16/09/21	Buzzard	Eton Wick	2	K Rhodes
12:27	First low over village calling and being mobbed by gulls , joined by second bird then both gained height and drifted off east.
11/09/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
16:15	In Pylon 2.
08/09/21	Buzzard	May's Farm, Three Mile Cross	1	S Lynch
12:30
07/09/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
16:00	in pylon 2.
05/09/21	Buzzard	Emmbrook	14	P O'Neill
16:00	adult, juv. Group of 11, mostly juvenile, high up east of Twyford Rd then drifting SW over Queens Rd by which time they were practically invisible to the naked eye. 3 more 'local' individuals at lower level over the A329M.
04/09/21	Buzzard	Compton	1	D Reynolds
15:40
01/09/21	Buzzard	Compton	4	R C Watts
11:55
19/08/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
12:30	In 2nd pylon.
12/08/21	Buzzard	Odney Club, Cookham	2	B D Clews
10:00	circling and calling.
10/08/21	Buzzard	Hurley	2	B Crathorne
14:00
04/08/21	Buzzard	Fleethill Farm	1	R F Milligan
11:54	f, perched at the top of a dead tree. Private site, view only from footpath.
02/08/21	Buzzard	Widbrook Common	2	B D Clews
11:30
22/07/21	Buzzard	Lower Caversham	2	R Sajdak
10:41	Circling high over my garden.
16/07/21	Buzzard	Sulhamstead Abbots	2	P Hickman
08:50	One with a rabbit. Harassed by two Crows.
16/07/21	Buzzard	Maidenhead Thicket	1	W Hollway
07:58
03/07/21	Buzzard	Maidenhead Thicket	1	B D Clews
11:30	Calling from unseen perch.
01/07/21	Buzzard	World's End	1	J T Taylor
09:13
27/06/21	Buzzard	Swallowfield Park	1	J T Taylor
10:04
26/06/21	Buzzard	Wokingham	1	S Stevenson
07:50	Very pale specimen. Perched on fence post by Wokingham Equestrian Centre. SU810675.
23/06/21	Buzzard	Ockwells Park, Cox Green	1	B D Clews
07:19
16/06/21	Buzzard	Thurle Down	2	B Lyle
11:00
15/06/21	Buzzard	Wokingham	1	P O'Neill
08:45	juv. Circling over Wokingham town centre.
15/06/21	Buzzard	Swallowfield Park	1	J T Taylor
09:04
14/06/21	Buzzard	Cock Marsh	1	J Rose
09:30	Soaring.
12/06/21	Buzzard	Bray	1	R Anstis
16:48	Flying over the Thames.
05/06/21	Buzzard	Maidenhead Thicket	1	B D Clews
11:30	in diving display flight.
05/06/21	Buzzard	Swinley Forest	1	J E Warren
	by boundary of Rapley Farm. SU891650.
03/06/21	Buzzard	Cabbage Hill, Newell Green	2	M Green
13:00	Chasing a bird above woods at bottom of the hill.
30/05/21	Buzzard	Tilehurst	2	G Sumner
15:45	Displaying. SU647737.
30/05/21	Buzzard	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
12:34	Over heading east . SU660746.
26/05/21	Buzzard	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
14:27	Over garden . More frequent than previous years . SU660746.
26/05/21	Buzzard	Battlemead Common	1	D Fuller
14:04	ad. soaring above common. SU907836.
25/05/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	2	S Lynch
13:00
23/05/21	Buzzard	Wishmoor Cross, Swinley Forest	1	R J Godden
15:00
19/05/21	Buzzard	Newbury Racecourse	2	D Edwards
17:45	Circling high over east end of Racecourse.
19/05/21	Buzzard	Kennetmouth	4	R C Price
12:30
18/05/21	Buzzard	Caversham	2	R C Watts
10:35	Over Emmer Green.
12/05/21	Buzzard	Shurlock Row	2	R Alliss
11:01
05/05/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
08:45
01/05/21	Buzzard	Cock Marsh	1	J Rose
10:00
30/04/21	Buzzard	Kennetmouth	4	R C Price
10:39	Soaring together N of gasometer.
27/04/21	Buzzard	Cookham Dean Common	1	T Firth
11:30	Form the footpath by Park Farm in close company with a Red Kite.
27/04/21	Buzzard	Maidenhead Thicket	1	B Crathorne
12:00
27/04/21	Buzzard	Woolley Firs, Woolley Green	1	B Crathorne
11:30
27/04/21	Buzzard	Holybrook Linear Park, Calcot	1	C Feltham
07:05	in a tree, waiting to come down to a calf carcass. SU664712.
24/04/21	Buzzard	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
12:25	Low over garden and heavily mobbed by a Carrion Crow. SU905697.
22/04/21	Buzzard	High Wood, Earley	1	D Tainton
17:55
21/04/21	Buzzard	River Thames Meadows at Purley	5	M J Smith
18:00	5 buzzard and 17 Red Kites spiralling over Mapledurham lock......too much for the local crows to cope with!
20/04/21	Buzzard	Cookham Dean	1	B D Clews
12:15	Pale phase type Pigeon House Wood.
18/04/21	Buzzard	Waltham St Lawrence	1	S K Proddow
10:43	Turkey pens.
17/04/21	Buzzard	Bowsey Hill Wood	1	B Crathorne
10:30
16/04/21	Buzzard	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	4	R J Godden
11:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
15/04/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	1	K Sparks
11:25	perched.
15/04/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	J J Kearns
15:50
14/04/21	Buzzard	Charvil CP	1	K Sparks
10:03	circling low.
13/04/21	Buzzard	Earley	2	C G Bass
11:25	Soaring on thermal with 4 Herring Gulls and 2 Red Kites. SU745713.
12/04/21	Buzzard	Park Farm, Cookham Dean	1	B Crathorne
15:00
12/04/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	1	K Sparks
12:18	heard.
11/04/21	Buzzard	Little John's Farm	2	S A Graham
14:30	Xow lane: one chocolate brown dark phase the other creamy white pale phase.
11/04/21	Buzzard	Sonning Meadows	2	K Sparks
10:21	circling together.
09/04/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	1	K Sparks
17:06
09/04/21	Buzzard	Whiteknights Park, Reading	3	R Williams
14:38	Wheeling over tree tops. SU738715.
09/04/21	Buzzard	Earley	1	R Reedman
15:30	Soaring with half a dozen Red Kites. Clearly my Buzzard day! SU743712.
09/04/21	Buzzard	Shinfield	1	R Reedman
12:35	Just south of Technology park. SU738683.
09/04/21	Buzzard	Arborfield	1	R Reedman
12:30	Just south of the new bypass. SU758657.
09/04/21	Buzzard	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	R Reedman
12:15	SU805624.
09/04/21	Buzzard	Caversham	1	J J Kearns
10:46	Flying low over Henley Road Allotments.
09/04/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	D Andrews
08:03
07/04/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	1	K Sparks
17:04	flew from perch on lowish branch into willow thicket.
07/04/21	Buzzard	Maidenhead	2	B Crathorne
15:30	Golf course.
07/04/21	Buzzard	Lower Culham Farm, Medmenham	2	J Rose
10:00
05/04/21	Buzzard	Caversham	1	J J Kearns
16:26	Over garden being harried by 3 Herring Gulls.
04/04/21	Buzzard	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	4	R Reedman
12:05	All four together for a while before two drifted NW. SU736720.
01/04/21	Buzzard	Furze Platt	1	T Firth
19:08	Over our garden today unusual sight in these parts but joining the usual bunch of lunchtime Red Kites I think someone is feeding them nearby!
01/04/21	Buzzard	Bray	1	R Anstis
13:37	Soaring over the Thames.
01/04/21	Buzzard	Swinley Park	2	J Crouch
11:30
31/03/21	Buzzard	Battlemead Common	1	D Fuller
12:54	ad. sat in tree. SU901836.
30/03/21	Buzzard	Newland Farm, Charvil	3	K Sparks
11:35	circling together.
31/03/21	Buzzard	Furze Platt	3	B D Clews
10:00	Odney Club.
30/03/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	3	R C Price
11:10	Flying quite low all in a row, east along footpath 7. 1 a darker bird than the usual 2. Later, the usual 2 in pylon 2.
29/03/21	Buzzard	Earley	5	S Lynch
16:26	High over heading west. SU736708.
29/03/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	C McEwan
14:30	SU7071.
29/03/21	Buzzard	High Wood, Earley	3	D Tainton
13:00	2 seen over Highwood, then 3rd (possibly one of the previous birds seen) over School Drive.
28/03/21	Buzzard	Mortimer	2	K G White
09:39	one doing flight display. SU636653.
27/03/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
10:30	Sometimes together in pylon 2.
25/03/21	Buzzard	Ashley Hill	2	B Crathorne
11:00	Calling and display.
24/03/21	Buzzard	Bray Lake, Bray GPs	1	B Crathorne
12:30
24/03/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	1	K Sparks
11:43	dark individual flying over from the river.
23/03/21	Buzzard	Park Farm, Cookham Dean	1	B Crathorne
15:00
22/03/21	Buzzard	Swinley Park	1	J Crouch
15:30
22/03/21	Buzzard	Wokingham	5	P Bright-Thomas
13:00	Circling and displaying somewhere over Wokingham town centre, or beyond.
22/03/21	Buzzard	Whiteknights Park, Reading	2	R Reedman
12:10	pr. Sightings have been frequent in the area over the past few weeks. SU737715.
22/03/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
13:10	Often in pylon 2.
22/03/21	Buzzard	Battlemead Common	2	D Fuller
12:57	2 ad a pair. two birds flying close together maybe a breeding pair? SU908836.
21/03/21	Buzzard	Lower Earley	1	D J Mills
09:00	Soaring high in the thermals above back garden , 3 Red Kites flying above but no interaction.
21/03/21	Buzzard	High Wood, Earley	1	D Tainton
14:00
21/03/21	Buzzard	Earley	3	L Garner-Langham
12:30	Soaring together before one split off and flew away by itself.
19/03/21	Buzzard	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	2	B Crathorne
11:30
18/03/21	Buzzard	Earley	2	K Sparks
11:20	Soaring on updraughts with 8 Red Kite. After gaining height, one drifted off NE, the other E.
18/03/21	Buzzard	May's Farm, Three Mile Cross	1	S Lynch
09:30
17/03/21	Buzzard	Earley	3	L Garner-Langham
15:00	Soaring together over the allotment.
16/03/21	Buzzard	River Thames Meadows at Purley	4	M J Smith
14:30	2 pair interacting over Thames opposite Hardwick stables.
11/03/21	Buzzard	Hurley	1	B Crathorne
12:00
10/03/21	Buzzard	North Ascot	2	S D Abbott
08:30	Been around in the vicinity for last week.
09/03/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
11:00	One on pylon 3.
09/03/21	Buzzard	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	B Crathorne
09:30
08/03/21	Buzzard	River Loddon	2	D Tainton
18:59	SU783737.
08/03/21	Buzzard	Wokingham	4	P O'Neill
13:30	Over Forest Road/Twyford Road area.
07/03/21	Buzzard	Hurley	1	B Crathorne
10:00
05/03/21	Buzzard	Moor Copse	5	D Massie
10:00	Attending half eaten roe deer in middle of open field.
06/03/21	Buzzard	Ralph's Ride, Bracknell	1	J E Warren
23:44	Presumed Common. Was only seen in silolette high up thermal-ling. SU880688.
06/03/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
13:30
06/03/21	Buzzard	Bray	1	R Anstis
11:27	Soaring over the Thames.
05/03/21	Buzzard	Hyde Farm, Pinkneys Green	1	B Crathorne
12:30
05/03/21	Buzzard	Earley	1	K Sparks
10:16	Soaring high overhead.
27/02/21	Buzzard	Tilehurst	1	J Lerpiniere
14:15	Flying slowly east to Reading. SU665742.
26/02/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
12:50	Attempted? mating briefly on pylon 2.
28/02/21	Buzzard	Hall Place, Burchett's Green	1	B Crathorne
11:00
27/02/21	Buzzard	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
14:00	Soaring with 18 Red Kites. SU660746.
27/02/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	3	K Sparks
12:01	Soaring together overhead. Two adults and one mewing juvenile/immature with pale underwing with black carpal comma and no terminal band on tail.
26/02/21	Buzzard	Waltham Place	2	B D Clews
11:30	circling and calling, but also a dead immature on the ground, presumed one of the 2 reared on site last year. (Photographed by Jacob Brooks).
26/02/21	Buzzard	North Ascot	2	S D Abbott
13:00	Pair in the thermals over garden.
26/02/21	Buzzard	Boyn Hill	2	B Crathorne
10:00	Over our garden, calling.
25/02/21	Buzzard	Wildmoor Heath Nature Reserve	1	B Crathorne
12:00
24/02/21	Buzzard	Lower Caversham	1	R Sajdak
11:21	Circling over my garden not bothered by kites at all.
23/02/21	Buzzard	Shurlock Row	1	R Alliss
17:38	Flying wth the kites.
23/02/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	1	K Sparks
11:42	calling.
23/02/21	Buzzard	Palmer Park, Reading	1	M J Mitchell
10:36	Being chased off by two crows.
21/02/21	Buzzard	Temple Farm, Hurley	3	B Crathorne
10:30
20/02/21	Buzzard	Pearmans Copse, Lower Earley	1	A Booth
10:15	SU736693.
20/02/21	Buzzard	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
11:15	In swooping flight over garden.
19/02/21	Buzzard	Charvil	2	K Sparks
15:56	on field W of Milestone Ave.
18/02/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	2	R C Price
14:00	On pylon 2.
16/02/21	Buzzard	Earley	3	L Garner-Langham
12:15	2 perched in trees, one flying overhead, all at the allotment.
16/02/21	Buzzard	Binfield	1	D Mackenzie
20:45	Often on fence beside new excavations on King's Academy field. SU849706.
15/02/21	Buzzard	Castle Royle GC	1	B Crathorne
12:00
15/02/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	1	K Sparks
11:29	heard.
13/02/21	Buzzard	Windsor Great Park	1	M Green
13:00
11/02/21	Buzzard	High Wood, Earley	1	D Tainton
15:22
11/02/21	Buzzard	North Ascot	3	S D Abbott
12:30	Some courtship and interference from a third bird and a number of corvids.
10/02/21	Buzzard	Temple GC	2	B Crathorne
11:00
08/02/21	Buzzard	Caversham	1	R C Watts
15:10	SU721755.
08/02/21	Buzzard	High Wood, Earley	1	D Tainton
14:44
05/02/21	Buzzard	Earley	2	L Garner-Langham
12:05	Flying together over the allotment.
06/02/21	Buzzard	Tilehurst	2	G Sumner
14:25	Circling and calling. SU663745.
06/02/21	Buzzard	Temple Farm, Hurley	1	B Crathorne
14:30
06/02/21	Buzzard	Martin's Heron, Bracknell	1	J Crouch
12:35	Circling high above railway station.
05/02/21	Buzzard	High Wood, Earley	1	D Tainton
11:00
03/02/21	Buzzard	Earley	2	L Garner-Langham
12:15	Chasing each other over the allotment.
31/01/21	Buzzard	High Wood, Earley	1	D Tainton
11:30
27/01/21	Buzzard	High Wood, Earley	1	D Tainton
10:29
28/01/21	Buzzard	Battlemead Common	1	B D Clews
12:00
28/01/21	Buzzard	Whiteknights Park, Reading	3	S Lynch
14:05	1 seen in dead tree by icehouse then 2 flew out of the wood by earley gate 10 mins later.
28/01/21	Buzzard	Temple GC	2	B Crathorne
12:30
28/01/21	Buzzard	Ashley Hill	1	B Crathorne
11:30
25/01/21	Buzzard	Earley	1	L Garner-Langham
12:15	With the Kites over the allotment.
25/01/21	Buzzard	Tilehurst	1	G Sumner
13:28	Soaring with the Kites.
25/01/21	Buzzard	Wokingham	1	S Stevenson
08:20	In dead tree in Ludgrove School grounds, calling. SU817670.
24/01/21	Buzzard	Maidenhead Thicket	1	B Crathorne
11:30
23/01/21	Buzzard	Quarry Wood	2	B D Clews
11:47
22/01/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
12:30	In top of dead tree. Back of marsh.
22/01/21	Buzzard	Thames Valley Business Park	1	K Sparks
11:54	Soaring on thermal.
21/01/21	Buzzard	Temple	4	B Crathorne
10:30
19/01/21	Buzzard	Fobney Island	1	C Ezard
16:00	SU696713.
17/01/21	Buzzard	Whiteknights Park, Reading	2	S Lynch
10:00	in wilderness.
16/01/21	Buzzard	Fobney Meadow	1	R C Price
16:00
16/01/21	Buzzard	Temple	5	B Crathorne
15:00	Bradenham Lane plus 5 Red Kite.
16/01/21	Buzzard	Wokingham	1	S Stevenson
08:14	Over the Lucas Almshouses. SU810676.
15/01/21	Buzzard	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	K Sparks
13:06