Hen Harrier

Recent sightings

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
13/10/24Hen HarrierEast Garston Down1A B Merrick
13:15
juv. Seen a couple of times in flight.  
17/09/24Hen HarrierRoden Downs1P Brant
11:11
Ringtail flying being mobbed by crows.  
14/09/24Hen HarrierRoden Downs1A B Merrick
09:40
ringtail. Also Marsh Harrier just over border in Oxon.  
29/08/24Hen HarrierRoden Downs1A B Tomczynski
10:00
ringtail. Flying low purposefully NW across stubble field. Not relocated after lost behind trees.  

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Records

YearDetails
2023Hen Harrier, Compton Downs, female/immature, 23rd November to 8th December. *
2022Hen Harrier, East Garston Down, 26th December. (A B Merrick)
2022Hen Harrier, Lambourn, adult male and ringtail, 17th March. (C D R Heard)
2022Hen Harrier, Old Warren, Fawley, 6th March. (A E D Hickman)
2022Hen Harrier, Lambourn Downs, 16th-18th January. *
2021Hen Harrier, Lambourn, 13th October. (C D R Heard)
2021Hen Harrier, Compton Downs, 22nd August to 5th September. (A B Merrick)
2021Hen Harrier, Confidential, 15th-19th June. (A B Tomczynski)
2021Hen Harrier, Lambourn Downs, adult male, 6th January. (A E D Hickman)
2020Hen Harrier, Bury Down, 20th November. *
2020Hen Harrier, Farnborough, 18th October to 20th December. (G D Scholey)
2020Hen Harrier, Bury Down, 12th February. (N J Bucknell)
2020Hen Harrier, Lambourn, ring-tail, 24th January. (C D R Heard)
2020Hen Harrier, Roden Downs, 2nd-5th January. (A B Tomczynski)
2019Hen Harrier, Lambourn, ringtail, 13th-19th November. (C D R Heard)
2019Hen Harrier, Aldworth, 10th November to 30th December. (N J Bucknell)
2019Hen Harrier, Lambourn Downs, 6th-26th February. (C D R Heard)
2019Hen Harrier, Bury Down, 28th January. *
2019Hen Harrier, Combe Hill, 8th January. (D J Barker)
2018Hen Harrier, Brightwalton Common, 23rd December. *
2018Hen Harrier, Lambourn, 4th December. (C D R Heard)
2018Hen Harrier, Eastbury Down, 22nd October to 13th December. (J Thomas)
2018Hen Harrier, Burghfield GPs, 12th April. *
2018Hen Harrier, Combe Wood, 6th March. (P J Newbound)
2018Hen Harrier, Bury Down, 16th February. *
2018Hen Harrier, East Garston Down, 7th January. (A B Tomczynski)
2017Hen Harrier, Wishmoor Bottom, 3rd October. *
2017Hen Harrier, Bury Down, 10th April. (A B Tomczynski)
2017Hen Harrier, Silwood Park, 8th-10th April. *
2017Hen Harrier, Lambourn, male, 7th February to 13th March. (C D R Heard)
2017Hen Harrier, Lambourn, 18th January. (C D R Heard)
2017Hen Harrier, Cow Down, West Ilsley, 5th January. (J C Morgan)
2016Hen Harrier, Lambourn, two adult males, 22nd December, one of the birds from Nov 11th. (C D R Heard)
2016Hen Harrier, Welford, ring-tail, 5th December. (G D Scholey)
2016Hen Harrier, Lambourn, adult male, 11th November. (C D R Heard)
2016Hen Harrier, Combe Gibbet, ring-tail, 9th October. (M S F Whitaker)
2016Hen Harrier, West Berks, second-winter male, 1st September.
2016Hen Harrier, West Berks, first-summer male, 21st July. (C D R Heard)
2016Hen Harrier, Compton Downs, ring-tail, 7th February. (N J Bucknell)
2016Hen Harrier, Bury Down, ring-tail, 12th-19th January. (A B Tomczynski)
2015Hen Harrier, Brimpton GP, adult male, 28th November. (G E Wilson)
2015Hen Harrier, Bury Down, ring-tail, 4th November to 12th December. (R Righelato)
2015Hen Harrier, Queen Mother Reservoir, adult male, 4th April. (M J McKee)
2014Hen Harrier, Walbury Hill, ring-tail, 24th November. (I Weston)
2014Hen Harrier, Jealott's Hill, 11th January. (K Creed)
2014Hen Harrier, Bury Down, ring-tail, 10th January to 5th March. (B D Clews, D Fuller)
2014Hen Harrier, Bury Down, adult female, 4th September. (R Ness)
2013Hen Harrier, Bury Down, 28th November. (Birdguides)
2013Hen Harrier, Jubilee River, ring-tail, 15th November. (N Hammat)
2013Hen Harrier, Wishmoor Bottom, ring-tail, 20th April. (R C Murfit)
2013Hen Harrier, Wraysbury, female, 28th January, same as QMR. (S L Fisher)
2013Hen Harrier, Queen Mother Reservoir, female, 27th January. (N Rampton)
2012Hen Harrier, Bury Down, ring-tail, 1st December. (M J Taylor)
2012Hen Harrier, Walbury Hill, ring-tail, 18th October. (J E Andrews)
2012Hen Harrier, Wellbottom Down, 24th March. (G D Scholey)
2012Hen Harrier, Bury Down, adult male, 3rd February to 2nd March. (R Righelato)
2012Hen Harrier, Bury Down, female, 23rd January to 20th March. (R J Burness)
<2012Hen Harrier, Confidential.