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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
24/12/22Great Crested GrebeWhiteknights Lake, Reading2S Lynch
13:00
1m1f.  
21/12/22Great Crested GrebeWhiteknights Lake, Reading1F Hutchinson
12:00
Main lake.  
18/12/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs3S A Graham
09:30
Min: no access from Theal Station to Sheffield Bottom car park as road closed for TW work.  
17/12/22Great Crested GrebeQueen Mother Reservoir13P J Newbound
11:30
Key holders only.  
17/12/22Great Crested GrebeLittle John's Farm2S A Graham
16:46
St Mary's Island on the Thames.  
16/12/22Great Crested GrebePurley on Thames, Reading1N J Bucknell
09:50
juv. on WeBS count, now an unusual species on this site where until two years ago anything from 2-5 where regular.  
28/11/22Great Crested GrebeMoor Green Lakes11R J Godden
11:00
 
26/11/22Great Crested GrebeQueen Mother Reservoir7P J Newbound
10:00
Key holders only.  
22/11/22Great Crested GrebeNature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh11G Stewart
16:15
Pair having a practice of displaying.  
22/11/22Great Crested GrebeMoor Green Lakes14R J Godden
11:00
 
10/11/22Great Crested GrebeBray GPs37S A Graham
10:00
36 ad + juv. Min: included pair with a late Juv; if anybody is missing some from their local lake or Gp. please help yourself to the surpluss here.  
09/11/22Great Crested GrebeQueen Mother Reservoir8P J Newbound
11:00
Key holders only.  
25/10/22Great Crested GrebeWhiteknights Lake, Reading2P Gipson
16:50
 
25/10/22Great Crested GrebeBeale Park1G Sumner
14:30
No other wildfowl on lake apart from this bird .  
15/10/22Great Crested GrebeLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP5R C Watts
14:00
 
04/10/22Great Crested GrebeQueen Mother Reservoir100P J Newbound
09:30
Key holders only.  
01/10/22Great Crested GrebeBottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs4S A Graham
09:30
3 ad + f/w.  
26/09/22Great Crested GrebeNature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh10G Stewart
18:00
Mixture of adults and Juveniles.  
06/09/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs12K P Duncan
 
20/09/22Great Crested GrebeMoor Green Lakes8R J Godden
14:00
 
05/09/22Great Crested GrebeNature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh5M Stuttard
19:17
juv.  
01/09/22Great Crested GrebeQueen Mother Reservoir83P J Newbound
09:30
Key holders only.  
31/08/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP3B Lyle
14:53
 
29/08/22Great Crested GrebeColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes11K P Duncan
 
29/08/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP2B Lyle
14:52
 
08/08/22Great Crested GrebeLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP1R C Watts
12:50
On nest from Bittern Hide far end.  
07/08/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs3S A Graham
09:00
3 juv. Broods of 2 and 1.  
06/08/22Great Crested GrebeColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes18K P Duncan
09:35
 
31/07/22Great Crested GrebeColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes10K P Duncan
10:00
 
24/07/22Great Crested GrebeColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes9K P Duncan
09:15
 
15/07/22Great Crested GrebeBray Lake, Bray GPs2M Coon
14:50
1m,1f. Adults performed incubating change-over but could not see number of eggs. Also repulsing, in concert, excessively curious one of four Egyptian goose young!  
23/03/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs6K P Duncan
 
06/07/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP4B Lyle
15:32
2ads, 2 chicks.  
05/07/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP5N Cleere
09:00
Pair & 3 small, stripey chicks - first of year.  
29/06/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP2B Lyle
15:43
 
26/06/22Great Crested GrebeGreen Park2S Lynch
18:30
Nest building south end.  
25/06/22Great Crested GrebeBottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs1S A Graham
08:00
Nest located in open water at the W. end of the lake.  
18/06/22Great Crested GrebeMill Pond, Bracknell6K P Duncan
BREEDING pair with four chicks (second brood).  
06/06/22Great Crested GrebeView Island, R. Thames, Caversham1J J Kearns
12:35
 
03/06/22Great Crested GrebeMain Pit, Theale GPs8S A Graham
09:30
 
02/06/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs2S A Graham
08:30
ad & juv. Adult carrying a single chick.  
01/06/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP2B Lyle
15:00
 
30/05/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP1M Stuttard
16:00
 
28/05/22Great Crested GrebeGreen Park2S Lynch
18:00
 
24/05/22Great Crested GrebeRiver Thames Meadows at Purley3M J Smith
19:40
2 head shaking slowly pushing away 3rd bird.  
18/05/22Great Crested GrebeGreat Pond, Sunninghill CP1D Sussex
08:00
 
16/05/22Great Crested GrebeGreen Park2S Robertson
08:08
 
15/05/22Great Crested GrebeMain Pit, Theale GPs8S A Graham
09:30
Min.  
14/05/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs6S A Graham
09:00
 
08/05/22Great Crested GrebeMoatlands GP, Theale GPs6S A Graham
09:00
Again not a single Swallow or Martin.  
28/04/22Great Crested GrebeEnglemere Pond, Ascot1D Sussex
20:30
 
05/05/22Great Crested GrebeRowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs7A Taylor
15:00
 
04/05/22Great Crested GrebeWhiteknights Lake, Reading4P Gipson
18:40
Pair with 2 small chicks on water, 2+ eggs in nest did not hatch, possibly taken by Coots nesting nearby.  
03/05/22Great Crested GrebeRiver Thames Meadows at Purley4M J Smith
15:51
2 pair on Thames between Mapledurham lock and Hardwick house.  
02/05/22Great Crested GrebeEnglemere Pond, Ascot1S D Abbott
14:45
 
01/05/22Great Crested GrebeWhiteknights Lake, Reading3S Lynch
15:40
Pair plus first chick, hopefully more to come.  
25/04/22Great Crested GrebeVirginia Water4M Milne
15:08
 
23/04/22Great Crested GrebeLea Farm Lake3J E Warren
SU782733.  
23/04/22Great Crested GrebeWhite Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP3J E Warren
SU776725.  
24/04/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs3S A Graham
08:45
 
20/04/22Great Crested GrebeGreen Park2B D Clews
12:00
pair near suitable nest site.  
17/04/22Great Crested GrebeBray GPs10S A Graham
09:30
 
16/04/22Great Crested GrebeBottom Lane GP (W), Theale GPs2S A Graham
09:00
PAir nesting in reeds in the SW corner and less than 5 feet from the Coots nest.  
15/04/22Great Crested GrebeDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River9K P Duncan
 
15/04/22Great Crested GrebeStreatley1N J Bucknell
11:30
Still on Thames north of Cleeve Lock - still no sign of a mate.  
11/04/22Great Crested GrebeWhiteknights Lake, Reading2S Lynch
18:55
Pair with 4 eggs.  
10/04/22Great Crested GrebeLea Farm Lake2D Harper
10:45
1 male. 1 fem. Showing courtship display.  
10/04/22Great Crested GrebeLavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP2D Harper
09:25
 
10/04/22Great Crested GrebeMain Pit, Theale GPs7S A Graham
09:30
Min.  
07/04/22Great Crested GrebeWhiteknights Lake, Reading2P Gipson
16:00
Pr with 2 eggs in nest.  
06/04/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP2B Lyle
14:30
 
06/04/22Great Crested GrebeStreatley1N J Bucknell
12:20
present on Thames north of Cleeve Lock for about 10 days now, but only one present throughout.  
04/04/22Great Crested GrebeGreen Park1S Robertson
13:16
a rare visitor to Green Park.  
28/03/22Great Crested GrebeRiver Thames Meadows at Purley1M J Smith
15:37
On Thames, no sign of it's mate so far.  
28/03/22Great Crested GrebeRiver Thames Meadows at Purley1M J Smith
15:37
On Thames, no sign of it's mate so far.  
25/03/22Great Crested GrebeLower Culham Farm, Medmenham4J T Taylor
22:28
 
23/03/22Great Crested GrebeStreatley1N J Bucknell
15:20
on Thames north of Cleeve Lock - first this year.  
21/03/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs5M Stuttard
10:00
At least one pair.  
20/03/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs5S A Graham
08:45
Approx.  
17/03/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP1M Stuttard
17:15
 
15/03/22Great Crested GrebeHosehill Lake, Theale GPs9K P Duncan
 
10/03/22Great Crested GrebeCaversham, R. Thames2P Balasubramanian
13:00
Behind the TESCO.  
08/03/22Great Crested GrebeColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes3K P Duncan
 
05/03/22Great Crested GrebeColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes1K P Duncan
 
05/03/22Great Crested GrebeGrove Lake, Moor Green Lakes1K P Duncan
 
07/03/22Great Crested GrebeWraysbury GPs8S Neal
10:00
 
04/03/22Great Crested GrebeJubilee River2K P Duncan
below Manor Farm weir.  
03/03/22Great Crested GrebeRowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs13A E Hickman
11:00
 
02/03/22Great Crested GrebeLower Farm GP4B Lyle
15:30
 
25/02/22Great Crested GrebeWigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs9J Lerpiniere
13:48
7 in Osier Lake.  
23/02/22Great Crested GrebeColebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes2R J Godden
14:00
Pair displaying.  
11/02/22Great Crested GrebeBray Pit, Bray GPs3M Coon
14:20
In BBOWT pond. A pair seen to perform synchronised head shaking and bobbing twice in an hour. Third gooseberry bird in juvenile/eclipse plumage seemed to be ignored by pair.  
08/02/22Great Crested GrebeView Island, R. Thames, Caversham1J J Kearns
12:25
 
06/02/22Great Crested GrebeWraysbury GPs13S Neal
10:08
Across Hythe, Silverwings and Village pits.  
04/02/22Great Crested GrebeWigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs13J Lerpiniere
15:24
Osier Lake.  
18/01/22Great Crested GrebeWigmore Lane GP, Theale GPs13J Lerpiniere
15:28
Osier Lake. SU636702.  
17/01/22Great Crested GrebeStreatley1N J Bucknell
15:20
on Thames north of village.  
16/01/22Great Crested GrebeMoor Green Lakes5R C Watts
12:30
 
13/01/22Great Crested GrebeWraysbury GPs10S K Proddow
11:00
 
02/01/22Great Crested GrebeBray Pit, Bray GPs2M Coon
11:48
1m+1f. Pair performing head-bobbing courtship ritual (hence assumed sexing) despite being in eclipse or juvenile plumage.  

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