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You searched for all sightings of Water Rail reported between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2024.
| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/09/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 4 | R C Price |
| 17:00 | Heard. At least. Between marsh and footpath. | |||
| 21/09/24 | Water Rail | Searles Farm Lane GP, Burghfield GPs | 1 | D Andrews |
| 09:22 | Seen with J ANDREWS. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 18/09/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 19:00 | Heard between marsh and footpath. | |||
| 17/09/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 3 | R C Price |
| 15:00 | Heard west end of marsh. | |||
| 15/09/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 12:20 | Heard south side of marsh. | |||
| 09/09/24 | Water Rail | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | R C Watts |
| 18:50 | ||||
| 07/09/24 | Water Rail | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 13:31 | Calling. | |||
| 04/09/24 | Water Rail | Sonning Meadows | 1 | R C Watts |
| 10:50 | Seen from seat near bridge swimming from berks to oxon side into reeds and disappearing. | |||
| 04/09/24 | Water Rail | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | R Sajdak |
| 16:57 | On the spit bittern hide came out twice. | |||
| 04/09/24 | Water Rail | Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | P J Craig |
| 09:00 | On scrape to left of hide. | |||
| 30/08/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Island | 2 | A James |
| 18:00 | Heard. Also Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler. | |||
| 27/08/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 3 | R C Price |
| 16:20 | Heard from Footpath 7. 1 flew above vegetation briefly before dropping back down. | |||
| 05/08/24 | Water Rail | Rowneys Predator Lake, Woolhampton GPs | 1 | A James |
13:10 | Heard only, North edge of lake. | |||
| 04/08/24 | Water Rail | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 2 | G Stephenson |
| 07:45 | Adult on muddy pool to left of bailey bridge gate, another calling from reed edged pool about 75m west of that. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 27/07/24 | Water Rail | New workings, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | R J Godden |
| 09:15 | One juv showing occasionally at back of pool viewed from Bailey bridge looking half left. Seen with PJC and KPD. Please only view from the public footpath. | |||
| 06/06/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 12:30 | Heard near footpath west of marsh. | |||
| 04/05/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 12:57 | Heard . West end of FP7. | |||
| 22/04/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 10:20 | Heard once west of marsh. | |||
| 21/04/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 14:30 | Heard. | |||
| 19/04/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 15:00 | Heard west of FP7. | |||
| 16/04/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 14:45 | Heard west of marsh. | |||
| 14/04/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 17:10 | Heard briefly nr. marsh. | |||
| 13/04/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 17:50 | Heard nr. marsh. | |||
| 07/04/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 17:30 | Heard nr. dsmntld rlwy, pylon 3. | |||
| 07/04/24 | Water Rail | Newbury | 1 | N Cleere |
| 14:00 | corpse under the Peregrine site. Further overlooked corpses include another woodcock, 2 redwing, a starling and a female blackbird. | |||
| 03/04/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 12:35 | Heard. East end of FP7. | |||
| 25/03/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 3 | R C Price |
| 16:00 | Heard along footpath 7. | |||
| 21/03/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 15:15 | Heard east of Boardwalk. | |||
| 18/03/24 | Water Rail | Newbury | 1 | C Foster |
| 19:30 | Heard calling over our garden. SU462669. | |||
| 27/02/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 2 | R C Price |
| 17:00 | Calling.One by footpath 7 west gate, one by east gate. | |||
| 27/02/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Island | 1 | R C Price |
| 16:00 | Calling. West end. | |||
| 22/02/24 | Water Rail | Marsh Meadow, Cookham | 1 | B D Clews |
| 21:44 | Calling from wetland near railway bridge (and responding to mimic calls). SU890865. | |||
| 19/02/24 | Water Rail | Eton Wick | 1 | D Cleal |
| 15:14 | Seen creeping through sedges from the gap, viewed from Dorney Common. | |||
| 18/02/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 3 | R C Price |
| 15:30 | 2 calling at base of south side of dsmntld rlwy embankment nr. pylon 2. 1 nr. pylon 3. | |||
| 17/02/24 | Water Rail | Saltney Mead | 2 | M Winkworth |
| 14:06 | Calling along the Brook. | |||
| 11/02/24 | Water Rail | Padworth Lane GP | 1 | K E Moore |
| 15:30 | Heard in the Drain. Please only view from the River Kennet footpath. | |||
| 11/02/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 11:45 | Heard . Some Teal,Gadwall,Shoveler,Wigeon on marsh. Starting to disperse to open water beyond the marsh. Footpath 7 water now well over welly height. | |||
| 09/02/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | R C Price |
| 12:00 | Heard east of marsh. Footpath 7 back up to ‘good luck’ welly levels. | |||
| 07/02/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Meadow | 1 | A Absolom |
| 12:04 | Calling. | |||
| 04/02/24 | Water Rail | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | M F Walford |
| 16:27 | Calling. From Teal Hide. | |||
| 04/02/24 | Water Rail | Fobney Island | 1 | A Kydd |
| 09:00 | Heard only. | |||
| 24/01/24 | Water Rail | Eton Wick | 1 | D Cleal |
| 15:00 | ||||
| 22/01/24 | Water Rail | Sandhurst | 1 | R J Godden |
| 07:30 | On balancing pond at Sandhurst Recreation Ground. | |||
| 21/01/24 | Water Rail | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | S A Graham |
| 09:30 | Squealed from reeds on W. side. | |||
| 20/01/24 | Water Rail | Dorney Wetlands, Jubilee River | 1 | S Kujawa |
| 09:40 | SU941790. | |||
| 18/01/24 | Water Rail | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | S Hurdle |
| 15:00 | Seen from Bittern Hide. Under the bird feeders. SU783729. | |||
| 13/01/24 | Water Rail | White Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 2 | M F Walford |
| 16:41 | Calling. | |||
| 10/01/24 | Water Rail | Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes | 1 | P J Craig |
| 10:30 | Along edge of reeds to right of hide. | |||
| 04/01/24 | Water Rail | Langley Mead | 1 | R C Price |
| 08:15 | North east section. | |||
| 03/01/24 | Water Rail | Hosehill Lake, Theale GPs | 1 | K P Duncan |
| 10:15 | showed well in the revitalised 'pool' opposite the boat. | |||
| 01/01/24 | Water Rail | Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP | 1 | M F Walford |
| 16:01 | Calling. | |||
| 01/01/24 | Water Rail | Thatcham Marsh | 1 | R Keel |
| 11:46 | Heard only. SU504667. | |||