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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/10/23 | Mute Swan | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 17 | S A Graham |
| 10:30 | Min - wooden bridge closed for repair, 2 frogmen in the water at the other carrying out an inspection and repair of the concrete supports. | |||
| 22/10/23 | Mute Swan | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 10 | R C Watts |
| 10:30 | Plus. | |||
| 14/10/23 | Mute Swan | Woose Hill | 4 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 08:45 | ad. Low E along Emm Brook, highest garden count. | |||
| 12/10/23 | Mute Swan | Widbrook Common | 6 | B Reeve |
| 13:30 | Flying overhead. | |||
| 23/07/23 | Mute Swan | Main Pit, Theale GPs | 3 | S A Graham |
| 09:00 | 2 ad plus 1 juv. Sheffield Bottom car park: - pair with a single Cygnet on the canal, Swan Upping on Thames has since rptd a 40% decline in Cygnets this season. | |||
| 23/07/23 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 2 | S A Graham |
| 09:00 | 2 ad. Sadly no sign of the last Cygnet. | |||
| 16/07/23 | Mute Swan | Bray Pit, Bray GPs | 3 | S A Graham |
| 08:30 | 2 ad + juv. Single Cygnet. | |||
| 15/07/23 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 3 | S A Graham |
| 08:30 | 2 ad + juv. Just a single Cygnet. | |||
| 10/07/23 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 7 | K P Duncan |
| 13:17 | BREEDING pair with five cygnets. | |||
| 02/07/23 | Mute Swan | Lea Farm Lake | 3 | F J Cottington |
| 06:15 | Sadly the family of 4 cygnets is suddenly down to 1. | |||
| 25/06/23 | Mute Swan | Odney Club, Cookham | 3 | B D Clews |
| 11:20 | 2 ad and just one surviving juv. | |||
| 25/06/23 | Mute Swan | Streatley | 10 | N J Bucknell |
| 2 pairs, 6 cygnets. pairs on Thames north of Goring Lock this year with broods - one at Cleeve Court (3 out of 6 hatched have survived so far), another with 3 at Withy Mead. | ||||
| 16/06/23 | Mute Swan | Pangbourne Meadow | 7 | A Taylor |
| 11:15 | pair + 5 cygnets. On Thames but close to Oxfordshire bank. Nest site unknown. | |||
| 16/06/23 | Mute Swan | Pangbourne Meadow | 7 | A Taylor |
| 11:15 | pair + 5 cygnets. On Thames but close to Oxfordshire bank. Nest site unknown. | |||
| 16/06/23 | Mute Swan | Eton Wick | 8 | D Cleal |
| 11:30 | The pair that had a nest just into Berks now have 6 cygnets circa 3 weeks old. | |||
| 11/06/23 | Mute Swan | Eton Wick | 7 | K P Duncan |
| 10:00 | BREEDING pair have hatched five cygnets. | |||
| 07/06/23 | Mute Swan | Lower Farm GP | 6 | B Lyle |
| 15:00 | 2 ads 4 cygs 1 less than last week. | |||
| 31/05/23 | Mute Swan | Lower Farm GP | 7 | B Lyle |
| 15:00 | inc 5 cygnets. | |||
| 28/05/23 | Mute Swan | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 6 | P Gipson |
| 14:30 | 2 pairs + 2 chicks. The pair with 14 eggs only hatched 6 chicks, probably because the nest got flooded. Second pair on nest, no sign of chicks. | |||
| 28/05/23 | Mute Swan | Widbrook Common | 1 | B D Clews |
| 11:30 | on nest on East Widbrook. | |||
| 24/05/23 | Mute Swan | Lower Farm GP | 7 | B Lyle |
| 15:00 | 2 adults 5 cygnets. | |||
| 15/05/23 | Mute Swan | Reading | 9 | S Scott |
| 11:37 | Two adults and seven cygnets on the canal near to the Prudential Building. | |||
| 14/05/23 | Mute Swan | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | K P Duncan |
| 16:00 | BREEDING pair still sitting on a nest. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 14/05/23 | Mute Swan | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 8 | K P Duncan |
| 17:00 | BREEDING pair with six cygnets. | |||
| 13/05/23 | Mute Swan | Great Shefford | 1 | B Lyle |
| 10:00 | ||||
| 10/05/23 | Mute Swan | Lower Farm GP | 1 | B Lyle |
| 15:00 | ||||
| 11/05/23 | Mute Swan | Thames Valley Business Park | 4 | M J Mitchell |
| 07:30 | 2 ad, 2 juv. Pair and two small cygnets on nature reserve lake. | |||
| 03/05/23 | Mute Swan | Lower Farm GP | 1 | B Lyle |
| 15:19 | ||||
| 02/05/23 | Mute Swan | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 14:00 | On marsh. | |||
| 26/04/23 | Mute Swan | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | K P Duncan |
| 19:30 | BREEDING pair sitting on a nest. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 30/04/23 | Mute Swan | Bray GPs | 1 | S A Graham |
| 08:30 | Nesting in creek on the east side. | |||
| 29/04/23 | Mute Swan | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 09:15 | Flew off marsh. | |||
| 25/04/23 | Mute Swan | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 12:50 | On marsh. Both ad. Been here for many weeks. No sign that they're nesting/incubating. | |||
| 25/04/23 | Mute Swan | Fobney Island | 2 | R Dryden |
| 08:30 | m,f. | |||
| 22/04/23 | Mute Swan | Eton Wick | 2 | D Cleal |
| 11:45 | Nesting & defending the Flood from 2 pairs on the Bucks side. | |||
| 25/03/23 | Mute Swan | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 3 | K P Duncan |
| 17:00 | includes BREEDING pair sitting on nest on Snipe Island. | |||
| 16/04/23 | Mute Swan | Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst | 2 | K P Duncan |
| 07:05 | BREEDING pair sitting on a nest. | |||
| 15/04/23 | Mute Swan | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 4 | P Gipson |
| 2 pairs, 1 having nest with 14 eggs - world record? Pic uploaded. | ||||
| 12/04/23 | Mute Swan | Eton Wick | 5 | D Cleal |
| 11:20 | Very aggressive male chasing another pair who wee reluctant to leave the area, eventually settling on Dorney Common, far enough away for the male to lose interest. His mate mostly stayed on the Common but did fly to back him up. A fith, presumably female was totally ignored.. | |||
| 06/04/23 | Mute Swan | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 4 | P Gipson |
| 19:00 | 2 pairs, 1 with nest. The 13th/14th egg was laid this evening - BTO website states maximum clutch size of 12 based on 686 clutches. | |||
| 02/04/23 | Mute Swan | Little John's Farm | 9 | S A Graham |
| 09:00 | On floods opp. Thames. | |||
| 29/03/23 | Mute Swan | Lower Farm GP | 2 | B Lyle |
| 14:43 | ||||
| 16/03/23 | Mute Swan | Whiteknights Lake, Reading | 2 | P Gipson |
| 16:00 | One egg in nest. | |||
| 04/03/23 | Mute Swan | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | S A Graham |
| 09:00 | Virtualy no wildfowl and much reduced numbers of Coots. | |||
| 26/02/23 | Mute Swan | Ufton Green | 9 | M Stuttard |
| 12:45 | Feeding in field. | |||
| 12/02/23 | Mute Swan | Caversham, R. Thames | 96 | K P Duncan |
| 06/02/23 | Mute Swan | Woose Hill | 1 | P Bright-Thomas |
| 23:56 | Recording, identified from wingbeats. First audio-only and nocturnal record. | |||
| 21/01/23 | Mute Swan | Caversham, R. Thames | 1 | K P Duncan |
| Fitted with a BTO Metal Ring No.W32680 Ringed as definitely hatched during 2015 on 22nd July 2015 on the River Thames at Marsh Lock, Henley-on-Thames, OXFORDSHIRE by the Edward Grey Institute. 2740 days since ringing. 9km/SW from ringing site. | ||||
| 09/02/23 | Mute Swan | Mapledurham Lock | 1 | M J Smith |
| 16:34 | male. White ring black alphanumeric; A4Z, previously reported at Scours Lane marina last year, per Chris Perrins was ringed as a breeding Cob Swan Upping 2021. | |||
| 21/01/23 | Mute Swan | Caversham, R. Thames | 1 | K P Duncan |
| Fitted with a BTO Metal Ring No.W48650 Ringed as definitely hatched during 2021 on 20th July 2021 on the River Thames at Marlow, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE by the Edward Grey Institute. 550 days since ringing. 20km/WSW from ringing site. | ||||
| 30/01/23 | Mute Swan | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 09:50 | On marsh. | |||
| 28/01/23 | Mute Swan | Padworth Lane floods | 57 | A B Merrick |
| 10:00 | 55 on fields, 2 on river. | |||
| 04/01/23 | Mute Swan | Lower Farm GP | 1 | B Lyle |
| 14:51 | ||||
| 02/01/23 | Mute Swan | Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst | 28 | K P Duncan |
| 09:00 | ||||