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03/10/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerOckwells Park, Cox Green1N Bell
07:17
In flight.  
26/09/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead1N Bell
07:15
fem. On bird feeders, eating sunflower hearts.  
22/09/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
10:42
f. On garden feeder.  
20/09/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerWaltham Place1N Bell
10:32
Spotted by Brians Clews.  
17/09/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerOdney Club, Cookham1N Bell
11:22
In tree a couple of hundred yards from Cookham weir, just across the water from the Odney Club.  
14/09/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead1N Bell
07:35
On garden fence.  
07/09/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham2J J Kearns
13:34
f & m. On garden feeders.  
03/09/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
09:46
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
01/09/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerAscot Heath1I R Oldcorn
09:50
Flying east. SU921698.  
27/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerBattlemead Common1B Reeve
19:51
 
25/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerGreat Thrift Wood, Cox Green1N Bell
06:58
For about thirty seconds, I had both a green woodpecker and a great spotted woodpecker in adjacent trees.  
24/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
09:25
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
24/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead1N Bell
07:45
On bird feeders.  
23/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
11:10
juvenile. On sunflower heart feeder in back garden.  
21/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCookham Rise1B D Clews
16:45
calling at Cookham Cricket Pitch.  
13/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1N Bell
07:04
 
13/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
10:00
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
08/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerNew workings, Moor Green Lakes1K P Duncan
07:20
Please only view from the public footpath.  
07/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerPinkneys Green, Maidenhead1B D Clews
12:00
Calling in Burchett's Green garden.  
07/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerPinkneys Green, Maidenhead1B D Clews
11:00
adults calling and at least 2 young making begging calls from nest hole in National Trust Brickworks site.  
04/08/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
10:15
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
29/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
08:56
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
28/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
10:40
juv. On sunflower heart feeder in back garden.  
25/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead3P Hickman
11:16
fem + 2 juv. At and around feeders in back garden.  
15/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerMortimer1A James
14:31
m. Regular daily visitor to peanut feeder for several weeks.  
13/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
18:40
juv. On garden feeder - daily visitor.  
13/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
09:15
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
12/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
16:04
juv. On garden feeder.  
12/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
12:47
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
08/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
09:12
juv. On garden feeder.  
03/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead3P Hickman
16:22
male, fem and juv. All three on feeder in back garden within ten minutes.  
03/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
11:18
juv. On garden feeder.  
01/07/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
11:42
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
30/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
12:40
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
29/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerBowdown Woods Nature Reserve1M J Mitchell
13:30
juv.  
28/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
14:48
juv. On seed feeder in back garden.  
26/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead2P Hickman
17:23
m and juv. Juvenile on feeder in back garden, adult male present a short time ago.  
26/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead2P Hickman
17:23
m and juv. Juvenile on feeder in back garden, adult male present a short time ago.  
25/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerMortimer1A James
19:55
m. Pecking at peanut feeder in garden continuously for over 20 mins.  
25/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
16:07
juv. On feeder in back garden.  
19/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1D J Mills
10:50
 
18/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerNorth Ascot3S D Abbott
20:18
ad/2juv. Adult with youngsters in back garden. SU905697.  
14/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
13:47
juv. On garden feeder.  
13/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerFrilsham4R Crawford
06:30
Heard calling at four different locations in High Wood.  
13/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
16:04
f. On garden feeder.  
12/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1D J Mills
11:41
brief reply to my stone on tree drumming , same area as before.  
12/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead1N Bell
07:59
Eating sunflower hearts in back garden.  
11/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham2J J Kearns
13:32
f & juv. Mum using garden feeder and feeding juvenile.  
10/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerBracknell2D A MacKenzie Dodds
08:43
In our biggest poplar, taking the emerging hornet moths from the roots of the tree (in competition with a great tit and a pair of magpies).  
09/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley2D J Mills
09:45
pair calling/feeding / drumming very noisily on hollow branch in usual territory.  
07/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerGreat Thrift Wood, Cox Green1N Bell
08:18
juv.  
07/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham2J J Kearns
08:32
m & f. On garden feeder.  
06/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerFarley Hill3R J Godden
12:00
Two adults and one juvenile.  
03/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerUpper Basildon1A Taylor
08:00
During BBS, on Adder's Lane transept. Adult bird spotted arriving at hole in oak tree after incessant calling from young occupants.  
05/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead2P Hickman
16:04
m+juv. Male and juvenile on sunflower heart feeder in back garden. Adult feeding young.  
04/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
14:16
f. On garden feeder.  
02/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerNorth Ascot2S D Abbott
18:44
ad/juv. Adult female feeding juvenile by garden feeders. SU905697.  
02/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
18:44
juv. On sunflower heart feeder in back garden.  
02/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead3N Bell
08:30
One adult male feeding suet to two juveniles on our garden bird feeders.  
02/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerBracknell2S Robertson
12:50
Adult with one young.  
02/06/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSouthcote Meadows3J E Andrews
08:49
2 juvs.  
31/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead1N Bell
08:00
Flew across garden.  
31/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead2P Hickman
08:15
m+juv. Male feeding sunflower heart seeds to young bird in back garden.  
30/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead2P Hickman
17:27
m+juv. Male feeding juvenile with sunflower heart seeds from feeder in back garden.  
27/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Star Post, Swinley Forest1R J Godden
11:00
Feeding young at a nest hole.  
27/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerWishmoor Cross, Swinley Forest1R J Godden
12:00
Feeding young at a nest hole.  
26/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerWaltham Place2D Cleal
12:15
 
20/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerEton Wick1K Jones
11:30
In my small back garden hammering away at my apple tree. Maybe after ants. First time ever in garden.  
18/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1D J Mills
12:10
single call heard only.  
17/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley2D J Mills
15:00
pair. flying together 2m apart , heading for old nesting tree.  
16/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead1N Bell
18:15
On bird feeders.  
16/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley2D J Mills
11:58
pair. heard & seen very close to 2023 nesting tree.  
15/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerTilehurst1G Sumner
15:58
One at the bottom of Dark Lane .  
10/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerGreat Thrift Wood, Cox Green1N Bell
06:50
 
10/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1D J Mills
15:40
 
09/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCliveden1N Bell
10:30
 
09/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerGreat Thrift Wood, Cox Green1N Bell
07:19
 
04/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerAston1A N Stow
16:00
Drumming.  
02/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham2J J Kearns
08:33
m & f. On garden feeder.  
01/05/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
07:56
f. On garden feeder.  
25/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
19:02
f. On garden feeder.  
24/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerFobney Meadow2R C Price
09:00
One was drumming the top of a big hollow metal cylindrical gatepost. West end of FP7.  
22/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerQuarry Wood2B D Clews
11:00
churring in Gouldings compartment.  
21/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerPadworth Lane floods1K E Moore
16:30
Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods.  
18/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
08:14
f. On garden feeder.  
12/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
07:36
f. On garden feeder.  
10/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerMaiden Erlegh Lake, Reading2S Lynch
08:30
 
05/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerThe Cowsey1R C Price
16:00
Poplars: eastern boundary.  
05/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
08:16
f. On garden feeder.  
01/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley2M S Weissler
13:10
Mating in oak tree.  
01/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1M S Weissler
11:40
 
01/04/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSwinley Park1S Robertson
13:11
Calling.  
31/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCollege Town, Sandhurst1D Howes
10:49
fem. end of garden found some nuts.  
30/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCookham Rise1B D Clews
10:00
In Broom Hill garden, per Ann Woods.  
30/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1M S Weissler
08:12
Drumming on oak tree.  
26/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerThe Cowsey1R C Price
13:00
 
26/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1M S Weissler
14:00
Drumming on oak tree.  
22/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
14:50
male. On sunflower heart feeder in back garden.  
22/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSulhamstead1P Hickman
14:50
male. On sunflower heart feeder in back garden.  
22/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
13:59
m. On garden feeder.  
22/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerFarley Hill4R J Godden
10:00
SU753654.  
21/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSilchester1A James
11:30
Heard drumming on the Common on and off for 2 hours.  
21/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerPalmer Park, Reading1M J Mitchell
07:00
Drumming in lime.  
19/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham2J J Kearns
09:17
m & f. Both male and female together in the garden this morning.  
18/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
09:05
m. On garden feeder.  
17/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1M S Weissler
16:50
In oak tree at rear of garden.  
16/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCompton Downs1R C Watts
14:30
On phone pole.  
16/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerWoodley1S Scott
10:00
Drumming along Town Lane.  
16/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerWindsor Great Park1N Bell
09:50
In Savill Garden.  
16/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerArborfield Garrison1M Scarlett
09:51
m.  
15/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCookham Dean3B D Clews
12:10
2 males and 1 female in Spring Lane woods bickering over territory.  
14/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCliveden1N Bell
10:55
 
14/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerGreat Thrift Wood, Cox Green1N Bell
07:00
 
14/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerOckwells Park, Cox Green1N Bell
06:25
 
12/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1D J Mills
12:00
doing an impression of a Christmas tree fairy at very top of deciduous tree then flew off.  
10/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham2J J Kearns
08:02
m & f. One on each of the garden feeders.  
07/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerWhite Waltham Airfield1D Cleal
12:00
On feeders.  
05/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
08:24
m. On garden feeder.  
03/03/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerThames Valley Business Park1K Sparks
15:50
drumming.  
27/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerBray Lake, Bray GPs1B Reeve
10:58
 
27/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
08:57
m. On garden feeder.  
26/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead1N Bell
10:50
On garden fence. SU877791.  
26/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSouth Lake, Woodley1K Sparks
11:00
drumming.  
26/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
12:30
m. On garden feeder.  
25/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerNorth Ascot3S D Abbott
12:09
2m/f. Male and female on feeders and another male drumming on Mill Ride. SU905697.  
25/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham2J J Kearns
09:13
m & f. A rare sight in our garden both male and female Woodpeckers on different feeders.  
23/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerDorney Wetlands, Jubilee River1N Bell
07:31
SU930795.  
20/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
09:17
m. On garden feeder.  
17/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
13:35
m. On garden feeder.  
12/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerGreat Thrift Wood, Cox Green1N Bell
10:08
SU872784.  
12/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerOckwells Park, Cox Green1N Bell
08:25
SU877790.  
11/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead1N Bell
08:50
On bird feeders. SU877791.  
07/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
16:04
m. On garden feeder.  
06/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerPadworth Lane floods1A James
13:50
f. In tree close to road, drumming. Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods.  
03/02/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerPadworth Lane floods1K E Moore
15:30
On the track N.of the Kennet and floods. Do not enter the floods. Birds are nesting on them. Keep to the hedge east of the floods.  
30/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCookham Dean2B D Clews
15:08
in Little Harwood Wood. SU865544.  
30/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerNorth Ascot2S D Abbott
13:50
m/f. SU905697.  
30/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
13:45
m. In garden apple tree.  
28/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerOckwells Park, Cox Green1N Bell
07:54
SU878785.  
28/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1D J Mills
11:00
Very loud drumming heard v near successful old nest tree.  
27/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerBracknell1S C Rider
13:37
Rare visitor to the garden.  
26/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerChapel Green1R J Godden
14:30
 
24/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSwinley Park4S Robertson
11:54
 
23/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
14:01
m. In garden smoke tree.  
22/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLower Earley1D J Mills
10:30
resident bird calling in flight.  
21/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSwinley Park1S C Rider
13:24
 
21/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
08:59
m. On garden feeder.  
20/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCalcot Mill1C Feltham
08:20
m. Drumming.  
18/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
08:48
m. On garden feeders .  
16/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
08:54
m. On garden feeder.  
15/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerArborfield1C Ezard
10:50
fem.  
14/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCookham Dean1B D Clews
10:45
In a Broom Hill garden per Ann Woods.  
14/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerMortimer1A James
08:54
fem. On garden feeder.  
13/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerSwinley Park1S C Rider
13:30
Excellent close up view feeding on a dead tree.  
13/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCox Green, Maidenhead1N Bell
14:02
In garden tree. SU877791.  
12/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
13:31
m. On garden feeders.  
11/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
08:07
m. On garden feeder.  
10/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerStrand Water, Cookham1N Bell
10:35
SU891854.  
07/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
10:04
m. On garden feeder.  
05/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLangley Mead1R C Price
11:15
 
06/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerLangley Mead1A James
16:10
Flying between trees near car park.  
06/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerMoor Green Lakes1R C Watts
13:00
Car park.  
04/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerCaversham1J J Kearns
08:55
m. On garden feeder .  
03/01/24Great Spotted WoodpeckerPurley on Thames, Reading1M J Smith
14:59
On mealworm feeder.  

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