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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
28/08/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	T A Guyatt
13:54	1st winter. Resting on raft near N bank.at 10:30. Key holders only.
27/08/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	5	P J Newbound
08:30	Key holders only.
20/08/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	5	P J Newbound
09:00	Key holders only.
19/08/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	7	P J Newbound
09:00	Key holders only.
17/08/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	4	P J Newbound
08:00	Key holders only.
13/08/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	4	P J Newbound
08:00	Key holders only.
09/08/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
	on Thames north of Cleeve Lock flying south at 16-20 and 16-25.
09/08/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
16:00
09/08/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
13:10	flying north up river between Swan Hotel and Cleeve Court.
07/08/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	P J Newbound
08:29	Key holders only.
06/08/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	4	P J Craig
11:30	Remaining breeding pair on Tern Island with two chicks, one of which was flying confidently.
06/08/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
08:30	Key holders only.
04/08/23	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	1	S Hughes
15:00	Fishing on the Thames.
03/08/23	Common Tern	Green Park	2	S Robertson
08:36	Green Park Village.
02/08/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
14:55
02/08/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
16:30	ad. Thames, near Swan Hotel.
01/08/23	Common Tern	Green Park	1	S Robertson
14:46	Green Park Village Lake. SU696701.
30/07/23	Common Tern	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	7	J M Clark
20:20	1 juv. Please only view from the public footpath.
30/07/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:25	ad. on weir on Thames near Swan Hotel.
29/07/23	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	6	F J Cottington
06:30	including 1st winter bird.
29/07/23	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	19	A B Merrick
08:00	Includes 4 juvs.
28/07/23	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	1	A B Tomczynski
11:00	imm. Interesting bird. Very white forehead. Wholly black bill. Legs black looking but hint of red in bright light. Blackish carpel bar. Otherwise a clean black and white looking bird. A non breeding 2nd or 1st summer bird. Didn't associate at all with the resident birds and kept returning to the same bouy.
27/07/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
17:10	ad. flying south down the Thames, north of Cleeve Lock.
26/07/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
14:57
23/07/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	P J Newbound
08:30	Key holders only.
22/07/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	3	P J Craig
10:55	Ad + 2 chicks on Tern Island.
21/07/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	3	K E Moore
15:30	hubs- fledged flying around.at least.
21/07/23	Common Tern	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
14:30	Fishing.
21/07/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
15:10	ad. on Thames at Goring Lock weir.
20/07/23	Common Tern	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	3	K P Duncan
12:50	adults.
20/07/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
11:50	ad. on Thames, by Goring Lock weir.
19/07/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	3	B Lyle
14:41
18/07/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
17:35	ad. feeding on Thames, this time north of Cleeve Lock.
18/07/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:15	ad. on Thames near Swan Hotel.
18/07/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	A B Tomczynski
06:15	Key holders only.
14/07/23	Common Tern	Green Park	1	S Robertson
08:15	Flying around Green Park Village Lake,.
12/07/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
15:33
12/07/23	Common Tern	Moor Green Lakes	3	S Huggins
07:40	Juveniles practising flying.
10/07/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	24	K P Duncan
13:17	includes four BREEDING pairs with broods of one, two, two and three chicks and a further four pairs sitting on nests.
11/07/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	A B Tomczynski
07:30	Key holders only.
10/07/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
10:00	on weir near Swan Hotel.
06/07/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:40	flying south down the Thames, north of Cleeve Lock.
02/07/23	Common Tern	Lea Farm Lake	6	F J Cottington
06:15	7 pairs, 6 chicks so far.
30/06/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	A B Tomczynski
06:30	No breeding this year it seems. Key holders only.
28/06/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	3	B Lyle
14:00
27/06/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	7	A B Merrick
19:00	chicks. At least 7 chicks in 3 broods with more birds still sitting.
18/06/23	Common Tern	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	10	K P Duncan
07:30	two pairs with two chicks each and a pair sitting on a nest on island.
18/06/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	15	K P Duncan
06:50	includes three BREEDING pairs with broods of 3, 3 and 1+ (hidden in vegetation) chicks and two pairs sitting on nests on Tern Island.
18/06/23	Common Tern	Hurst Green GP, Twyford GPs	1	A B Tomczynski
10:00
15/06/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	21	K E Moore
17:15	11 sitting on artificial island and 10 On edge of natural island.
15/06/23	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	1	M J Mitchell
07:30	Nature reserve lake.
11/06/23	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan
10:00
11/06/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
09:50	Thames, near Cleeve Court.
10/06/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
10:25	flying south down the Thames past Cleeve Court, calling.
08/06/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:40	on weir near Swan Hotel.
07/06/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:00
06/06/23	Common Tern	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
15:45
05/06/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
08:55	on Thames, between Cleeve Court and Swan Hotel.
06/06/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
09:10	on Thames, weir near Swan Hotel.
04/06/23	Common Tern	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	6	P Bright-Thomas
12:45	On near end of island in front of hide. Please only view from the public footpath.
03/06/23	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	3	K P Duncan
10:00	on buoys at Manor Farm weir.
02/06/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
08:30	Key holders only.
31/05/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:00
31/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
09:00	feeding on Thames between Cleeve Court and Swan Hotel.
30/05/23	Common Tern	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	4	G Stewart
17:16	Possibly two terns nesting on Raft along with a Black Headed Gull.
30/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
08:55	on Thames near Swan Hotel.
28/05/23	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	3	K P Duncan
08:20	includes a ringed individual (details supplied separately).
19/05/23	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan
	Fitted with a SAFRING Capetown Univ, SA Metal Ring No.4H84895 Ringed aged as an adult on 31st March 2023 at La Langue de Barbarie, SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA by HDefourny. 49 days since ringing. 4199km/NNE fronm ringing site.
28/05/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	K P Duncan
13:00	COLOUR RINGED: BLUE Ring with White code E24 Metal Ring No.ST06024 Ringed as a nestling on 6th July 2013 at Lea Farm GP, Hurst, BERKSHIRE by TGBall (R&B Ringing Group). 3613 days since ringing. 14km/SWS from ringing site. Previous sightings on 20/08/2021 and 27/08/2021 at Saint-Pair-sur-Mer, Manche, FRANCE and on 20/07/2022 at Hosehill Lake LNR.
28/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
16:15	on Thames north of Cleeve Lock.
26/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
10:15	on Thames between Swan Hotel and Cleeve Court.
25/05/23	Common Tern	Kennetmouth	2	R C Price
14:05	Around marina entrance then 1 flew along Thames towards Caversham Lock. Mainly taking insects on the wing. 1 had 2 proper dives into Thames that looked like attempts for fish.
24/05/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:30	Dead on "artificial " island, presumably Avian flu.
24/05/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:00	having difficulty finding nest site due to too many BH gulls on rafts.
22/05/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	4	P J Newbound
14:58	Key holders only.
21/05/23	Common Tern	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	4	K P Duncan
18:15	two pairs sitting on nests on island.
21/05/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	8	P J Craig
11:25	Tern Island. 10 by midday.
21/05/23	Common Tern	Maiden Erlegh Lake, Reading	1	S Lynch
08:42
20/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
09:20	flying south down the Thames past Cleeve Court.
19/05/23	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	1	K P Duncan
17:00	Fitted with a BTO Metal Ring No.SR86779 Ringed as a nestling on 16th June 2013 at Bedfont Lakes, East Bedfont, GREATER LONDON by the Runnymede Ringing Group. 3624 days since ringing. 15km WNW from ringing site. Previous sighting on 16/06/2019 also at Dorney Wetlands.
19/05/23	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	9	K P Duncan
17:00	includes two ringed individuals (details supplied separately).
17/05/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	6	K P Duncan
18:30	on Tern island.
17/05/23	Common Tern	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	4	K P Duncan
19:30
18/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
09:30	on Thames between Cleeve Court and Swan Hotel.
18/05/23	Common Tern	River Thames Meadows at Purley	2	M J Smith
15:10	Pair at Mapledurham lock, female on white post male off fishing, returning and bond feeding her.
17/05/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	18	K P Duncan
17:25
16/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
15:25	feeding on Thames near Swan Hotel.
16/05/23	Common Tern	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	2	R C Price
13:31	Just north of pits. Over this field 51.4334322, -1.0047538. Please only view from the public footpath.
15/05/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	7	M J Hubbard
18:28	On western tip of Tern Island. SU805624.
14/05/23	Common Tern	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	3	K P Duncan
18:30	on island.
14/05/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	7	K P Duncan
17:00	on Tern island.
14/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
17:00	feeding on Thames around Cleeve Lock.
13/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	3	N J Bucknell
	on Thames - 1 on weir near Swan Hotel, 10-45; 2 by weir at Cleeve Lock at 11-05.
13/05/23	Common Tern	Wraysbury GPs	3	S Neal
08:40
11/05/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	A Taylor
15:15	On raft at west end of lake, with 2 BHG.
11/05/23	Common Tern	Kennetmouth	6	R C Price
17:40	Feeding and cavorting over Thames by the marina entrance. Quite a few Mayflies about.
10/05/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	3	B Lyle
15:00
11/05/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	P J Craig
11:48	Tern Island.
10/05/23	Common Tern	Kennetmouth	1	S Huggins
08:31	Over the Thames.
09/05/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	6	P J Craig
11:48	On Tern Island.
09/05/23	Common Tern	Bottom Lane GP, Theale GPs	2	P Driver
09:48	Over.
08/05/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	9	A B Tomczynski
06:00	Key holders only.
08/05/23	Common Tern	Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River	3	K P Duncan
09:30
06/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	3	N J Bucknell
15:40	2 on weir by Swan Hotel and 1 flying north up the Thames past Cleeve Court.
06/05/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	P J Newbound
08:00	Key holders only.
05/05/23	Common Tern	Caversham, R. Thames	3	J J Kearns
12:11	At Caversham lock.
05/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
10:40	on Thames, weir near Swan Hotel.
04/05/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	2	P J Newbound
09:00	Key holders only.
04/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
15:00	on weir near Swan Hotel.
04/05/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	1	P Driver
10:02
04/05/23	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	6	M J Mitchell
08:17	Thames.
03/05/23	Common Tern	Hambleden Lock, R. Thames	2	A N Stow
20:00	Pair feeding around Hambleden weir and downstream towards ferry lane, Bucks and Berks. First seen on the 1st May.
03/05/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	45	A B Merrick
19:00
03/05/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	2	B Lyle
15:19
03/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	2	N J Bucknell
14:55	at Cleeve Lock weir.
03/05/23	Common Tern	Whistley Mill GP, Twyford GPs	2	R C Watts
11:20
03/05/23	Common Tern	Caversham, R. Thames	1	R Dryden
07:50	Flying over Reading Bridge.
03/05/23	Common Tern	Jubilee River	1	K Rhodes
11:42	Resting at the weir.
03/05/23	Common Tern	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	6	R J Godden
06:30	DEFRA have been contacted three times about the increasing numbers of dead gulls on the site, but there has been no response. In the meantime, the available advice is being monitored, including the RSPB's which currently is to leave affected birds alone. Please only view from the public bridleway.
03/05/23	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	3	M J Mitchell
07:30	Thames.
02/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	4	N J Bucknell
	two on weir near Swan Hotel at 16-55; two more on weir at Cleeve Lock.
01/05/23	Common Tern	River Thames Meadows at Purley	5	D Massie
06:30
01/05/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	10	K P Duncan
06:30
01/05/23	Common Tern	Streatley	4	N J Bucknell
	2 on "Danger" sign on weir near Swan Hotel at 11-35; 2 flying south down the Thames at 11-40.
30/04/23	Common Tern	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	3	K P Duncan
06:30
30/04/23	Common Tern	Summerleaze GP	8	G Williams
17:02
30/04/23	Common Tern	Bray GPs	1	S A Graham
08:30
30/04/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	3	P J Newbound
08:00	Key holders only.
29/04/23	Common Tern	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	2	H Wright
17:15	Pair, in flight. Please only view from the public footpath.
29/04/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	4	C McEwan
11:15	Flying round inspecting the rafts. SU6469.
29/04/23	Common Tern	Queen Mother Reservoir	7	A B Tomczynski
05:30	Key holders only.
29/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	11	M F Walford
09:49
28/04/23	Common Tern	Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham Marsh	2	G Stewart
13:10	First sighting of year on this site.
27/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	44	A B Merrick
19:45
27/04/23	Common Tern	Thames Valley Business Park	1	M J Mitchell
07:00	Thames; flying upstream.
26/04/23	Common Tern	Lower Farm GP	3	G Stewart
15:20	Seen flying around- black headed gulls taken over Tern rafts.
26/04/23	Common Tern	Oxlease Lake, Woolhampton GPs	1	A B Merrick
18:30	Heard only calling in flight.
26/04/23	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	2	P Gipson
26/04/23	Common Tern	Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs	2	J Lerpiniere
17:05
25/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	34	A B Merrick
19:30
24/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	35	A B Merrick
19:30
24/04/23	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	A B Merrick
18:30
24/04/23	Common Tern	Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	P J Craig
10:30
24/04/23	Common Tern	Green Park	1	S Robertson
08:00
24/04/23	Common Tern	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
08:00	Please only view from the public bridleway.
23/04/23	Common Tern	Whiteknights Lake, Reading	1	P Gipson
14:35	Seen w J Porter.
23/04/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	1	M Cooper
17:30
23/04/23	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	3	S A Graham
09:00	Flow West down the canal at Sheffield Bottom lock.
22/04/23	Common Tern	Bray	1	R Anstis
14:03	Flying over the Thames.
22/04/23	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
12:10
22/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	7	M F Walford
08:57
21/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	8	A B Merrick
08:00
21/04/23	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	2	M F Walford
07:30
21/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
06:51
20/04/23	Common Tern	Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes	2	M J Hubbard
13:34	Seen on posts of East Fen, occasionally commuting over Colnbrook lake & back again. SU797622.
20/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	5	M F Walford
07:49
20/04/23	Common Tern	Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs	1	M F Walford
07:32	Please only view from the public footpath.
20/04/23	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	M F Walford
07:02
18/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	6	H R Netley
13:33
18/04/23	Common Tern	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	P Driver
10:15
17/04/23	Common Tern	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	2	P J Craig
12:22	Please only view from the public bridleway.
16/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	2	N Rampton
11:53
15/04/23	Common Tern	Horseshoe Lake, Sandhurst	2	K P Duncan
13:10
15/04/23	Common Tern	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	1	R J Godden
08:00	Please only view from the public bridleway.
14/04/23	Common Tern	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	1	R Dawson
11:40	Please only view from the public bridleway.
13/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands GP, Theale GPs	1	R H Stansfield
15:21	ad. Sat on pink buoy.
13/04/23	Common Tern	New workings, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
09:20	Over Manor Lake. Please only view from the public footpath.
12/04/23	Common Tern	Moatlands Main Lake, Theale GPs	2	A B Merrick
19:15
12/04/23	Common Tern	East Fen, Moor Green Lakes	1	P J Craig
10:45	On post in middle of fen. Please only view from the public bridleway.
02/04/23	Common Tern	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	B Crathorne
11:30
01/04/23	Common Tern	Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs	1	P Brant
16:40
01/04/23	Common Tern	Woolhampton GPs	1	M J Mitchell
10:16	Main lake.

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