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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
17/12/22	Brambling	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
07:36	Recorded, two very clear calls (temperatures still sub-zero).
13/12/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	T Pointer
15:15	Drinking from water bath. SU715771.
12/12/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	T Pointer
13:17	In hedge in back garden. SU715771.
28/11/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	T Pointer
08:27	male. On feeder in back garden. SU716770.
14/11/22	Brambling	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
07:35	Grounded bird calling many times, recorded.
12/11/22	Brambling	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
08:31	Recorded, first of autumn.
28/10/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
13:54	f. First of this winter on garden feeders. SU905697.
25/10/22	Brambling	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
10:00	f. Key holders only.
24/04/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
14:00	m. Single hanging about with the Goldfinches. SU905697.
23/04/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
09:15	m. On garden feeder. SU905697.
17/04/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
09:55	m. On garden feeders. SU905697.
15/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	15	D Andrews
08:30	Minimum seen with J ANDREWS. Please only view from the public footpath.
14/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	6	J E Andrews
17:15	fem. Please keep to the footpath, seen with D.Andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
14/04/22	Brambling	Ashmore Green	1	M Stuttard
09:32	m. I thought finally they'd moved on, but just spotted a male in the back garden.
14/04/22	Brambling	Burghfield GPs	22	R Crawford
07:30	Canal side, probably the same flock as Searles Lane as no birds there this morning.
13/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	7	D Andrews
13:43	Please only view from the public footpath.
13/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	12	R Crawford
07:00	Probably more, lots calling. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	6	J E Andrews
14:27	2 male. View only from public footpath. Please only view from the public footpath.
10/04/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	D White
13:42	male. Still visiting garden.
10/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	10	J E Andrews
09:28	Contact calls and 1 in song, very vocal. Please only view from the public footpath.
09/04/22	Brambling	North Ascot	15	S D Abbott
08:48	On garden feeders.
09/04/22	Brambling	Swinley Forest	21	S Robertson
15:35	Mixed flock with Goldfinch.
09/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	R H Stansfield
13:38	f. At west end car park. No sign of yesterday's red-necked grebe on any of the usual lakes and keeping to public rights of way! Please only view from the public footpath.
08/04/22	Brambling	Buckler's Forest	10	J Carson
07:30	Maybe 2 flocks of 10+ in the treetops across the park.
08/04/22	Brambling	Ashmore Green	6	M Stuttard
09:27	At least 6 birds still spending most of the day at the feeders in my garden, now including the one close to the house.
08/04/22	Brambling	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	A B Merrick
08:20	F&H spit.
07/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	J E Andrews
15:30	fem. Seen with D.Andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
07/04/22	Brambling	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	5	E Charlson
12:59	Between footpath and river.
07/04/22	Brambling	North Ascot	15	S D Abbott
12:43	Mobile flock on and around garden feeders.
07/04/22	Brambling	Moss End	1	L R Blundell
08:00	In the garden.
07/04/22	Brambling	Thames Valley Business Park	1	M J Mitchell
07:44	f. By Thames in the nature reserve.
05/04/22	Brambling	North Ascot	10	S D Abbott
12:00	6m/4f. On garden feeders - numbers growing slowly.
05/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	7	J E Andrews
16:08	2 male. All along footpath for a change, 1 male stunning full breeding plumage, other male not so advanced seen with D.Andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
05/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	7	D Andrews
15:51	Seen with J andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
05/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	S Robertson
13:00	Please only view from the public footpath.
05/04/22	Brambling	Crowthorne	20	J Carson
07:10	Approx count. On junction of Frensham Road and Belmont Road. SU837649.
05/04/22	Brambling	Sandhurst	20	R J Godden
08:30	Noisy flock of approx 20 high up in trees at School Hill Copse. SU832621.
04/04/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	2	A B Tomczynski
09:20	m, f. Still hanging around visiting the garden occasionally. And 2 Stock Doves daily in the morning.
04/04/22	Brambling	Ashmore Green	6	M Stuttard
07:30	At bird feeders.
03/04/22	Brambling	Swinley Forest	50	D Sussex
08:45	estimated number, probably underestimate. in trees at Forest Pond near The Look Out.
03/04/22	Brambling	North Ascot	5	S D Abbott
14:50	2m/3f.
03/04/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	3	J E Andrews
09:39	fem. By layby. Please only view from the public footpath.
02/04/22	Brambling	Little Sandhurst, Sandhurst	20	D Sussex
08:00	School Hill woods - very noisy flock in tree tops . Hard to count so estimate 20+.
01/04/22	Brambling	North Ascot	8	S D Abbott
16:05	On garden feeders. SU905697.
31/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	8	S D Abbott
18:00	Predominantly males.
31/03/22	Brambling	Reading	2	J Bishop
08:45	m + f. On our garden feeders, East Reading.
31/03/22	Brambling	Ashmore Green	3	M Stuttard
09:36	On bird feeders.
30/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	8	S D Abbott
07:30	On garden feeders. SU905697.
30/03/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	5	J E Andrews
15:35	1 male seen with D Andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
29/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	3	S D Abbott
07:30
28/03/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	J E Andrews
16:35	Nice well marked male, 1 female seen with D.Andrews. Please only view from the public footpath.
27/03/22	Brambling	Hampstead Norreys	1	M Stuttard
15:10
27/03/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	2	D Reynolds
17:43
26/03/22	Brambling	Swinley Forest	1	C Sawdy
11:00	SU866653.
26/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	5	S D Abbott
10:00	4m/f.
25/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	4	S D Abbott
12:01	3m/1f. On garden feeders. SU905697.
23/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	4	S D Abbott
12:15	3m/1f. On garden feeders. SU905697.
21/03/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	2	D White
15:40	2f. Still visiting garden daily.
21/03/22	Brambling	Searle's Farm Lane GP (E), Burghfield GPs	3	R Sajdak
12:31	In the trees by the gate. Please only view from the public footpath.
20/03/22	Brambling	Boxford	2	C Burch
15:39	Pair, under the feeders with a couple of chaffinch. Clearing up what the blue tits spill.
20/03/22	Brambling	Searle's Farm Lane GP (W), Burghfield GPs	1	N J Bucknell
11:35	male. in vegetation near Pingewood Road.
19/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	5	S D Abbott
17:05	SU905697.
19/03/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	7	J E Andrews
09:39	2 male. May be more. Please only view from the public footpath.
18/03/22	Brambling	Moor Green Lakes	1	R Dawson
12:00	f. In tree just W of where footpath from car park meets the riverside path.
17/03/22	Brambling	Old Warren, Fawley	1	D Cleal
12:00	1 male with the Chaffinch.
18/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	12	S D Abbott
07:15	Predominantly males on and under garden feeders. SU905697.
17/03/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	5	D Reynolds
14:54	At least.
17/03/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	S Robertson
13:36	Female. Please only view from the public footpath.
16/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	6	S D Abbott
12:30	4m/2f. On garden feeders. SU905697.
16/03/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	S Robertson
12:18	with Siskin maybe more light very bad. Please only view from the public footpath.
16/03/22	Brambling	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
07:56	f. Under feeders in back garden.
15/03/22	Brambling	Sulhamstead	2	P Hickman
16:15	fem. Under feeders in back garden.
15/03/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	3	J E Andrews
09:21	Along footpath. Please only view from the public footpath.
15/03/22	Brambling	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
08:25	f. Under feeders in back garden.
14/03/22	Brambling	Hurst	1	P O'Neill
11:45	male. With small Chaffinch flock, Lines Road.
14/03/22	Brambling	Burnthouse Lane GP, Pingewood GPs	1	S Robertson
12:35	male. Please only view from the public footpath.
13/03/22	Brambling	Pangbourne STW	1	M Winkworth
16:15	In with a large Chaffinch flock near the railway bank.
12/03/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	20	D Reynolds
15:29	Estimated numbers, more every day but hard to count.
12/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	10	S D Abbott
15:00	6m/4f. Numbers building every day in garden - mobile flock with other finches.
12/03/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	M F Walford
10:10	Flock flew up off the road. Probably more than two birds. Please only view from the public footpath.
11/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	8	S D Abbott
12:00
11/03/22	Brambling	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
10:05	f. Under feeders in back garden.
10/03/22	Brambling	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
13:15	On sunflower heart feeder in back garden.
10/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	5	S D Abbott
12:45	SU905697.
10/03/22	Brambling	Sulham Wood, Sulham	2	R Collins
13:15	at least 2 males in mixed flock of finches.
10/03/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	6	B Lyle
15:48	first of this winter here even though they feed regularly 200 mtrs away.
10/03/22	Brambling	Ashmore Green	1	M Stuttard
10:30	m.
08/03/22	Brambling	Pound Copse, Arborfield	2	P Kendall
11:30	m+f. Flocking with chaffinches, moving from game strip to hedge trees.
08/03/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	4	D Reynolds
12:18
08/03/22	Brambling	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	3	J E Andrews
10:30	i male. Male very scruffy. Please only view from the public footpath.
07/03/22	Brambling	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
10:05	f. Under feeders in back garden.
06/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	6	S D Abbott
13:15	5m/f. On and under garden feeders. SU905697.
06/03/22	Brambling	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
08:30	f. Under feeders in back garden.
05/03/22	Brambling	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
14:29	f. In neighbours apple tree.
04/03/22	Brambling	Sulhamstead	1	P Hickman
12:50	f. Under feeders in back garden. First visit this year.
04/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	4	S D Abbott
08:50	3m/f. SU905697.
03/03/22	Brambling	Hampstead Norreys	1250	R Crawford
11:00	At least 250 flew up from a weedy field on the edge of Haw Farm Airfield but possibly double this number were present, whilst an estimated 1,000 birds were later seen in tops of trees in an isolated copse about a mile away.
03/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	3	S D Abbott
12:30	2m/f. On garden feeders.
03/03/22	Brambling	Burghfield GPs	2	S Robertson
12:22
03/03/22	Brambling	Ashmore Green	2	M Stuttard
10:08	On the feeder in my garden, with the Chaffinches and Goldfinches. Quite nervous, so difficult to photograph...
02/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	3	S D Abbott
16:13	2m/f.
02/03/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	4	D Reynolds
09:31	At least.
01/03/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
12:30	f.
28/02/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	11	D Reynolds
13:10	Max count ever at feeders. Eating huge quantities of sunflower hearts.
26/02/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	3	A B Tomczynski
08:10	male. Feeding together under feeder.
26/02/22	Brambling	Rushall Farm, Bradfield	2	A B Merrick
11:15	m,f.
24/02/22	Brambling	Pangbourne	2	A Taylor
13:00	1m, 1f. Occasional garden visitors with up to 5 chaffinches for the last 4 weeks. Unlike the chaffinches, they sometimes perch on and feed direct from the sunflower heart feeder, more like the goldfinches and greenfinches.
24/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	2	S D Abbott
08:45	m.
23/02/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	4	D Reynolds
14:36
23/02/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	4	T Pointer
14:03	3M and 1F sitting in old apple tree in back garden. SU717771.
23/02/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	2	T Pointer
10:05	male. At least 2 may be 3 or 4. Significant ncrease in chaffinch numbers over the past 2 weeks. SU717771.
22/02/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	5	D Reynolds
12:46	Numbers creeping up, on feeders.
21/02/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	3	D Reynolds
09:22	On feeder.
20/02/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	3	A B Tomczynski
17:56	male. In garden together at feeders.
20/02/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	1	D Reynolds
14:15
19/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	3	S D Abbott
13:30	2m/f. On garden feeders. SU905697.
19/02/22	Brambling	Searle's Farm Lane GP (N), Burghfield GPs	1	A B Merrick
09:30	f. Within grounds of new house. Please only view from the public footpath.
18/02/22	Brambling	Ashmore Green	1	M Stuttard
10:50	On bird feeder in my garden.
18/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
10:45	m/f. On garden feeders. SU905697.
18/02/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	A B Tomczynski
08:45	male. In my garden. Different to yesterday's birds as more advanced into SP.
17/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	2	S D Abbott
13:30	m/f. On garden feeders. SU905697.
17/02/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	2	A B Tomczynski
08:50	male. In my garden this morning. Highest Goldfinch count yesterday of 44. Obviously hooked on sunflower hearts!
17/02/22	Brambling	Basildon Park	45	M J Dear
12:11
16/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
08:45	f. On garden feeders. SU905697.
15/02/22	Brambling	Ashdale Park Finchampstead	1	J B Sheridan
14:16	m. Under garden feeders. SU816648.
14/02/22	Brambling	Wellington College	3	H Wright
09:48	One male, two female. In tree by feeders. Also approx 6 siskin and 6 goldfinches. SU835633.
13/02/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	A B Tomczynski
12:30	male. Appeared on feeders in my garden. Third record this year. Previously a female on Jan 19th and 22nd.
12/02/22	Brambling	Mortimer	20	P Driver
16:08	Est. Mixed in with huge flock of Linnets on footpath, field and phone lines between Butlers Lands farm and St Mary's church. West side of railway.
12/02/22	Brambling	Cookham Rise	1	B D Clews
10:15	on feeders near shopping parade, per Barry Weare.
12/02/22	Brambling	Upper Bucklebury	3	D Reynolds
10:01	On our feeders.
11/02/22	Brambling	Fence Wood	1	A B Tomczynski
11:00	High in tree tops with siskins and chaffinches.
10/02/22	Brambling	Woodley	1	D N Rimes
09:15	1w m. First record of the winter in my garden.
10/02/22	Brambling	Searle's Farm Lane GP (W), Burghfield GPs	2	R Dawson
10:00	f. Again in the copse just past the new house.
08/02/22	Brambling	Mortimer	5	P Driver
14:31	3m, 2f. Update: five birds with chaffinches and greenfiches in tall holly and hazel trees left of path through to the second part of St Mary's church graveyard. (Watched from next to the church door).
08/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
08:45	m. On garden feeders. SU905697.
07/02/22	Brambling	Englefield	1	R Crawford
08:30
07/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
08:50	m. On garden feeders. SU905697.
06/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
15:40	m. Struck our bedroom window and fell stunned onto the drive - seems ok and has now moved into cover. See photo. SU905697.
05/02/22	Brambling	Sheep Down (West Ilsley)	2	R J Godden
15:30	Possibly more in mixed finch flock on edge of wood below Sheep Down viewed distantly from track towards West Ilsley.
05/02/22	Brambling	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	F J Cottington
08:35	One gave about 4 rising song notes above feeders, but I never saw it.
02/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	3	S D Abbott
08:45	2m/f. On garden feeders. SU905697.
01/02/22	Brambling	Stratfield Mortimer	1	A B Tomczynski
13:30	m. In church cemetery.
01/02/22	Brambling	North Ascot	1	S D Abbott
08:30	m. On garden feeders - first of this winter. SU905697.
30/01/22	Brambling	North Lake, South Hill Park, Bracknell	2	J E Warren
	Big Garden Birdwatch count. SU869670.
29/01/22	Brambling	Pangbourne	1	A Taylor
14:00	m. With male chaffinch on grass under feeders in garden. First record here for over 9 years.
29/01/22	Brambling	Frost Folly	1	R Dawson
10:27	m. In large mixed finch flock in stubble field to N of FF. Possibly more...
28/01/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	2	T Pointer
08:07	Back garden in apple tree. Also present female chaffinch without the orange for comparison. SU717771.
26/01/22	Brambling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	P Kendall
11:00	In trees over the feeders, with m+f Chaffinch.
25/01/22	Brambling	Aston	2	A B Tomczynski
14:30	With Chaffinch flock of about 80 birds.
25/01/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	2	D White
12:54	In garden.
23/01/22	Brambling	Searle's Farm Lane GP (W), Burghfield GPs	1	R Dawson
10:30	f. Low in tree just past the new house.
23/01/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	T Pointer
14:54	Back garden. SU717771.
23/01/22	Brambling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	J E Andrews
14:24	Seen with D.Andrews.
22/01/22	Brambling	Hungerford	1	L Staves
09:06	male. On ground under bird feeders in garden. SU3368.
22/01/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	T Pointer
15:55	Definitely a brambling in the back garden but not sure if male or female. SU717771.
22/01/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	A B Tomczynski
14:39	f. On feeder.
21/01/22	Brambling	Upper Basildon	500	L Ellams
16:04	Probably nearer a thousand birds. Same site as reported yesterday by Richard. There was shooting nearby so the birds were very skittish. Taking off in large flocks, before settling again in either the field or trees. There's a signposted byway on the right hand side of the road before you hit the Upper Basildon signs coming up from Pangbourne village. Follow that through a couple of fields and then you should spot them. Also meadow pipits, grey and pied wags on a large dung pile in one of the neighbouring farmer fields.
20/01/22	Brambling	Upper Basildon	300	R Crawford
15:30	At least, probably many more, in weedy field west of Lower Bowden between Barnard's Copse and Berry Copse. Linnets also present and total number of finches are likely to add up to many hundreds. SU615764.
19/01/22	Brambling	Emmer Green	1	A B Tomczynski
21:39	f. In garden - first this year.
19/01/22	Brambling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	P Driver
15:17	m. At the feeding station.
18/01/22	Brambling	Basildon Park	10	M J Dear
13:02
17/01/22	Brambling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	P Hickman
14:45	m. At the feeding station.
17/01/22	Brambling	Aston	2	B Crathorne
11:30	At least 2 in a flock of approx 80 chaffinch.
16/01/22	Brambling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	C McEwan
14:20	male. At the feeding station under small nyjer feeder and new stump feeder. SU6469.
16/01/22	Brambling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	S A Graham
15:46	m. Hesitant visitor, favouring wood pile to the left of the feeder.
15/01/22	Brambling	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	R Holder
11:45	Feeding Station.
14/01/22	Brambling	Cow Down, West Ilsley	1	A B Tomczynski
18:42	m. With Chaffinch flock.
14/01/22	Brambling	Englefield	1	P Driver
10:00	Very distant. Scoped from gate on the A4. Flew into stubble where skylark and other finches were feeding. Definite white rump patch, undulating flight. Only other option would be bullfinch but behaviour suggests brambling.
13/01/22	Brambling	Swinley Forest	1	S Robertson
15:25
12/01/22	Brambling	Englefield	1	R Crawford
09:00	Possibly more present.
04/01/22	Brambling	Boyn Hill	1	B Crathorne
11:30	fem. On the seed feeder in the garden with 4 Chaffinch.