Merlin

Recent sightings of Merlin

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
27/12/21	Merlin	Lavell's Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	1	B Crathorne
13:15	fem. Perched on flattened area of reeds opposite Bittern Hide. With no scope, too distant to be 100% certain of id but very probable.
15/12/21	Merlin	Lower Farm GP	1	B Lyle
15:16	POSSIBLE only saw for one second as it passed in front of hide 1 metre above ground. Right size and jizz.
20/11/21	Merlin	Roden Downs	1	N J Bucknell
15:45	fem. grey/brown female flying fast & low across the Ridgeway, "buzzing" a Buzzard on a post en route.
02/11/21	Merlin	Cow Down, West Ilsley	1	A B Tomczynski
16:15	fem. Scoped, perched on hawthorn in scrub area then flew to attack something.

Past records of Merlin

Year	Details
2020	Woolley Down, 19th December. *
2020	Cox Green, Maidenhead, 12th December. *
2020	Sandhurst GPs, 10th December. *
2020	Theale, 5th December. *
2020	Frost Folly, Warfield, 5th December. *
2020	South Fawley, 4th November. *
2020	Englefield, 25th October. *
2020	Cow Down, West Ilsley, 20th September. *
2020	Lavell's Lake, 8th August. *
2020	Burghfield, 14th March. *
2020	Compton Downs, 1st March. *
2020	Streatley, 4th February. *
2020	Bury Down, 29th January. *
2020	Great Shefford, 17th January. *
2020	Compton Downs, 4th January. *
2020	Aldworth, 2nd January. *
2019	Aldworth, 2, 30th December. *
2019	Woolley Down, 29th December. *
2019	Roden Downs, 23rd December. *
2019	Bury Down, 18th December. *
2019	Parkfarm Down, Upper Lambourn, 18th December. *
2019	Walbury Hill, 21st October. *
2019	Reading, 21st October. *
2019	Queen Mother Reservoir, 9th October. *
2019	Marsh Benham, 10th April. *
2019	Brimpton GP, male, 18th March. *
2019	Berkshire Downs at Aldworth, 15th February. *
2019	Englefield, 27th January. *
2018	Eastbury, 31st December. *
2018	Roden Downs, 2nd November. *
2018	Weathercock Hill, 5th October. *
2018	Wargrave, 18th February. *
2018	M4 J8/9, 9th February. *
2018	Cow Down, West Ilsley, 10th-25th January. *
2017	Bury Down, 7th December. *
2017	Stanmore, 3rd December. *
2017	Cold Harbour, Knowl Hill, 6th November. *
2017	Remenham Hill, 2nd November. *
2017	Winnersh, 2nd November. *
2017	Streatley, 22nd October. *
2017	Lower Farm GP, 5th-7th October. *
2017	Queen Mother Reservoir, female/juvenile, 21st September. *
2017	Sandford Farm, 24th May. *
2017	Combe, 8th April. *
2017	Queen Mother Reservoir, 22nd March. *
2017	Lower Farm GP, 2nd March. *
2017	Queen Mother Reservoir, 2nd March. *
2017	Lambourn, 9th February. *
2017	Cow Down, West Ilsley, 6th February. *
2017	Lilley, 28th January. *
2017	Lambourn, 18th January. *
2017	Bury Down, 17th January. *
<2017	Confidential.