Marsh Harrier

Recent sightings of Marsh Harrier

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
27/08/21	Marsh Harrier	Sheep Down (West Ilsley)	1	A B Tomczynski
15:30	juv. Smart individual quartering field in Oxon and crossing into Berks occasionally before moving off west.
22/08/21	Marsh Harrier	Roden Downs	1	A B Merrick
12:00	ad male. to the west of the big house being renovated on the down.
13/05/21	Marsh Harrier	Woodley	1	F J Cottington
07:44	fem. Over Headley Road East, heading SE towards DP at about 300+ feet. Initially seen while driving, I stopped in the industrial estate and scoped it as it headed and looked to be dropping, lost sight of it as it entered DP airspace around or south of aviation museum.
30/12/19	Marsh Harrier	Lea Farm Lake	1	F J Cottington
08:23	f/juv. Seen flying in from North of Lavell's at dusk last night, went over Sandford, then over DAC end of BSL, turned back towards Sandford but lost behind trees. Today picked it up coming in from North over Lodge Wood about 300ft up, it reached about Lea Farm buildings, then turned back and headed away North 08:26.
07/09/19	Marsh Harrier	M4 J10	1	M Hunt
16:18	Possible but definitely a harrier species.
15/08/19	Marsh Harrier	Roden Downs	1	P Bright-Thomas
20:15	juv. Picked up in Oxon, but came to just N of Ridgeway by wood.
13/08/19	Marsh Harrier	Aldworth	1	R H Stansfield
14:02	juv. still around to west of Starveall cottage, from gate overlooking field.
12/08/19	Marsh Harrier	Aldworth	1	A B Tomczynski
16:47	juv. Seen hunting over fields west of Starveall on and off until 17:22hrs when it drifted off west over Roden Down. Always distant. SU541822.
15/02/19	Marsh Harrier	Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve	1	D Wright
13:19	imm. Pushed down into field behind lake at far end of the reserve by Red Kites.
28/09/18	Marsh Harrier	Newbury	1	C Foster
17:15	Seen in silhouette against bright sky through window, so not absolutely 100% sure of size. Flying west, just south of canal west of Newbury. Noticeably long tail, long wings, quick shallow flaps interspersed with short glides. Mostly obscured by the sun by the time I got on to it outside, but could see well-raised wings during glides on the receding bird. SU462670.

Past records of Marsh Harrier

Year	Details
2020	Great Meadow Pond, juvenile female, 20th September to 1st November. *
2020	Great Meadow Pond, juvenile, 30th August. *
2020	Lea Farm Lake, 6th January. *
2019	Lea Farm Lake, 30th December. *
2019	Aldworth, 12th-15th August. *
2019	Dinton Pastures CP, 5th August. *
2019	Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 31st July. *
2019	Windsor Great Park, 23rd July. *
2019	East Berks, adut female, 22nd May. *
2019	Woolhampton GPs, 13th April. *
2019	Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve, 15th February. *
2018	Woolhampton GPs, 11th August. *
2018	Queen Mother Reservoir, 2nd June. *
2018	Woolhampton GPs, 5th May. *
2018	Datchet, 2nd April. *
2018	Moor Green Lakes, 3rd March. *
2017	Lea Farm Lake, 26th September. *
2017	Compton Downs, 1st-3rd September. *
2017	Aldworth, 2, 26th August. *
2017	Lambourn, juvenile, 14th August to 1st September. *
2017	Southcote, Reading, 19th April. *
2017	Dinton Pastures CP, 30th March. *
<2017	Confidential, many records.