Merlin

Recent sightings of Merlin

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
13/02/21	Merlin	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:20	male. flying low and fast northwards over Streatley Farm, causing consternation amongst the Woodpigeons.
12/12/20	Merlin	Cox Green, Maidenhead	1	J Sandell
12:45	Hunting in field by M4.
05/12/20	Merlin	Frost Folly, Warfield	1	D A MacKenzie Dodds
16:10	f. Reasonably good views of a female (we think) low and fast over the low ground twice... shouted at by two massive crows. A first for me, at this site.
04/11/20	Merlin	Washmore Hill	1	A B Tomczynski
13:00
25/10/20	Merlin	Englefield	1	R Crawford
08:30	f. Perched in middle of field SE of gate by bend in road, easily viewable if present.
20/09/20	Merlin	Cow Down, West Ilsley	1	A B Tomczynski
08:30	imm. Seen in scope flying towards me and land in a hawthorn tree c 100m away. Great scope view. Later flew off strongly west into oxon.
14/03/20	Merlin	Burghfield	1	A B Tomczynski
16:00	male. Seen from end of Folly Lane west of Burghfield near Trash Green. Disturbed from hedge whilst driving. Stopped and saw it fly across large field and land high in a tall tree where scoped. Blue back and tail. Dark grey outer wing/primaries and black broad tail band in flight. Orangey peach breast streaked/blotched dark. Face and cheeks pale greyish, pale whitish throat. Bright yellow legs. In flight very fast small raptor with swept back wings with wing tips same length as tail. SU655685.
01/03/20	Merlin	Compton Downs	1	N J Bucknell
10:25	fem. flying WNW over Ridgeway, just north of junction with Churn Road, low over fields.
29/01/20	Merlin	Bury Down	1	P Brant
17:13
04/01/20	Merlin	Compton Downs	1	R Righelato
19:29	Hunting along disused railway line.

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.