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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2023 and 31/12/2023.
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/09/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1 | A B Merrick |
| 18:00 | Flycatching from hedgerow bordering pools field. | |||
| 05/09/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | F J Cottington |
| 09:35 | On hedgerow on edge of landfill by Lea Farm/Chocoholics, loosely associating with about 4 Blackcap, 1 Whitethroat & 1 Lesser Whitethroat. | |||
| 06/09/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Greenham Common | 1 | M J Dear |
| 10:00 | ||||
| 03/09/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1 | A B Merrick |
| 11:30 | Flycatching along roadside hedgerow bordering pools field opposite 'The Abbots'. | |||
| 28/08/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M S Shaw |
| 11:51 | Seen in the carpark field half way up a bush on the fence line. | |||
| 27/08/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | The Holies, Streatley | 5 | M J Mitchell |
| 10:30 | SU589801. | |||
| 25/08/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Sulhamstead Abbots | 1 | A B Merrick |
| 17:45 | Flycatching along east end of fence line of field and copse beyond Abbots Farm pools. | |||
| 25/08/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R Dawson |
| 12:45 | At NE corner of STW on dead branches in oak. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 18/08/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Moatlands GP, Theale GPs | 2 | A B Merrick |
| 16:00 | Just south of bridge over River Kennet. | |||
| 09/08/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 3 | B Lyle |
| 10:30 | family group. | |||
| 02/08/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 3 | R Dawson |
| 10:57 | At least 2 probably more in birches at the grey box. Update: now 3 all together, adult and 2 juveniles. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 29/07/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 1 | B Lyle |
| 11:34 | ||||
| 23/07/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield Church | 2 | S Huggins |
| 13:55 | 1 ad, 1 juv (possibly more; very flighty and hard to count amongst juvenile tits). | |||
| 21/07/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield Church | 5 | R C Price |
| 17:15 | In Oaks east of church, and hedgerow. 2 ad. 3 juv. being fed by ads. and occasionally catching insects themselves. Ads. often flying down to mown grass to catch insects. | |||
| 17/07/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Aston | 6 | A N Stow |
| 19:15 | Family party. | |||
| 14/07/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Windsor Great Park | 1 | D Sussex |
| 10:00 | bird sitting on nest on a garden shed in the village. | |||
| 07/07/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Bowdown Woods Nature Reserve | 1 | P Brant |
| 11:41 | ||||
| 06/07/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield Church | 4 | R Hanson |
| 18:30 | m+f + 2 chicks. M&F feeding 2 chicks in nest with mix of damselflies and butterflies/moths. | |||
| 06/07/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Streatley | 3 | N J Bucknell |
| 16:30 | two adults, one juv. in canopy of trees by Ridgeway, c450 yards west of Rectory Road carpark, one adult feeding young, possibly more around as difficult to pick up in wind-blown canopy. | |||
| 29/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 2 | B Lyle |
| 10:50 | ||||
| 28/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Streatley | 2 | R Dawson |
 | Both heard and sound id'd with Merlin but not seen. One just W of the row of cottages towards the end of Rectory Road. The second approx 100 yards up the Ridgeway from the car park at the end. | |||
| 26/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Frilsham | 1 | J Blunt |
| 21:30 | ||||
| 24/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 5 | B Lyle |
| 09:00 | nest box empty, presumed fledged early am. The chicks were well advanced. | |||
| 20/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 2 | B Lyle |
| 12:34 | 3,possibly 4 chicks in nest box being fed continuously. | |||
| 18/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Shottesbrooke | 1 | R Dawson |
| 12:25 | Heard then seen high up approx half way along avenue of trees running between Shottesbrooke House and Butcher's Lane. Another or the same bird heard and sound id'd in trees next to converted church on BL. I've heard and sound id'd SFs around this area for a few years but have never been 100% confident. SU840777. | |||
| 16/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Windsor Great Park | 1 | D Sussex |
| 16:00 | Using a 'swallow cup' nest box on a building near large gardens in the Park. Same location as one was seen in May. | |||
| 15/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 2 | B Lyle |
| 11:24 | taking food to nestbox and chasing away a jay that has got too close. | |||
| 12/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 2 | B Lyle |
| 09:27 | taking food to nest box. | |||
| 10/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Woolhampton GPs | 1 | R Crawford |
| 07:15 | In large oak by old works entrance. | |||
| 09/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swinley Forest | 1 | H Wright |
| 21:15 | Calling and seen. Between upper star post and Caesars camp. | |||
| 09/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Streatley | 1 | N J Bucknell |
| 08:50 | on wires by cottages near west end of Rectory Road. | |||
| 09/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield | 1 | C McEwan |
| 08:45 | Flycatching from the partially dead tree at the front of the Churchyard. SU7464. | |||
| 06/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Windsor Great Park | 1 | D Sussex |
| 10:00 | on edge of the park near the golf course. Pretty sure i saw also one not far away in a large garden at The Village in WGP mid May but wasn't 100% so didn't submit at the time. | |||
| 06/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 1 | B Lyle |
| 11:26 | bird sitting in nest box. | |||
| 04/06/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 1 | B Lyle |
| 13:09 | ||||
| 31/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield Church | 1 | R Dawson |
| 12:30 | Low in trees along the river footpath. | |||
| 30/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Winter Hill Road NT woods | 1 | M Copland |
| 11:00 | SU862835. | |||
| 29/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield Church | 2 | T Walker |
| 15:30 | m & f. Showing in the trees behind the church. | |||
| 28/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield Church | 2 | R Addison |
| 14:15 | Still around the church but surprisingly hard to find! Also several Blackcap, Chiffs, Goldcrest and at least 125 Red Kites following the plough in the field immediately east of the church. SU730648. | |||
| 27/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield Church | 2 | M Scarlett |
| 13:41 | One caught a fly in true flycatcher fashion whilst I was watching. | |||
| 25/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Bowdown Woods Nature Reserve | 1 | A B Merrick |
| 19:00 | ||||
| 25/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield Church | 1 | D W Hampton |
| 15:00 | Possibly 2. In Yew by Church door. Carrying nesting material. | |||
| 24/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Swallowfield Church | 1 | B T Bennett |
| 09:23 | Around church. | |||
| 23/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Upper Bucklebury | 1 | B Lyle |
| 08:40 | exploring nest box. | |||
| 21/05/23 | Spotted Flycatcher | Crookham Common | 1 | M J Mitchell |
| 13:04 | SU521641. | |||