Common Scoter

Recent sightings of Common Scoter

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
09/04/21	Common Scoter	Black Swan Lake, Dinton Pastures CP	2	F J Cottington
07:46	Pair circling lake at about 300-400ft, headed SW, but turned back and off ENE.
15/05/20	Common Scoter	Virginia Water	1	T Donegan
13:18	male. From path on south side of lake, with a male Tufted Duck. Also Hobby and Buzzard over.
03/04/20	Common Scoter	Palmer Park, Reading	1	F Hutchinson
00:01	Another flock recorded just after midnight - directly over my house by the sound of it!
02/04/20	Common Scoter	Emmer Green, Reading	3	A M Horscroft
23:35	Calls clearly heard from garden at 23:35pm, unknown how many birds involved but a small flock I would think. Birds were heading approximately Eastbound.
02/04/20	Common Scoter	Reading	1	R Righelato
23:00	Heard from my garden (alerted by Finley Hutchinson who lives nearby). Probably flying over south end of Hamilton Road. Number unknown.
02/04/20	Common Scoter	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
22:19	Nocturnal recording, multiple calls (heard even over jet noise).
02/04/20	Common Scoter	Windsor	1	D A Carter
22:10	Heard common scoters calling over willows riverside park at 22:10. Didn’t sound as though there were many, but quite audible. Flying west to East.
02/04/20	Common Scoter	Palmer Park, Reading	1	F Hutchinson
22:00	Heard distantly from the garden pretty much all evening. Confirmed from recording.
31/03/20	Common Scoter	Woose Hill	1	P Bright-Thomas
21:40	Nocturnal recording, many calls (part of a large movement on nights of 30th and 31st, with over 500 recordings across England).
29/12/19	Common Scoter	Queen Mother Reservoir	1	P J Newbound
09:17	ad m. 5 reported in log yesterday. Permit holders only.

Past records of Common Scoter

Year	Details
2020	Queen Mother Reservoir, 3, 16th August. *
2020	Theale GPs, 22nd May. *
2020	Virginia Water, 15th May. *
2020	Palmer Park, Reading, 3rd April. *
2020	Emmer Green, Reading, 3, 2nd April. *
2020	Windsor, 2nd April. *
2020	Palmer Park, Reading, 2nd April. *
2020	Reading, 2nd April. *
2019	Queen Mother Reservoir, 29th December. *
2019	Queen Mother Reservoir, five (three drakes), 28th December. *
2019	Queen Mother Reservoir, male and female, 9th July. *
2019	Queen Mother Reservoir, three males and two females, 5th July. *
2019	Lea Farm Lake, 23rd March. *
2019	Queen Mother Reservoir, 23rd-27th March. *
2019	Bray GPs, female/first-winter, 4th January. *
2018	Queen Mother Reservoir, 8th July. *
2018	Queen Mother Reservoir, 9, 7th July. *
2018	Queen Mother Reservoir, 1st July. *
2018	Theale GPs, 15th April. *
2018	Theale GPs, 5, 9th April. *
2018	Great Meadow Pond, 7, 8th April. *
2018	Lower Farm GP, 2, 8th April. *
2018	Queen Mother Reservoir, 8, 8th April. *
2018	Theale GPs, 2, 8th April. *
2018	Summerleaze GP, 4, 8th April. *
2018	Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 3rd April. *
2018	Theale GPs, 3, 31st March. *
2018	Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 31st March. *
2018	Lower Farm GP, 5, 31st March. *
2018	Woolhampton GPs, 3, 25th March. *
2017	Theale GPs, 2, 9th August. *
2017	Queen Mother Reservoir, 3, 24th July. *
2017	Lower Farm GP, 6, 27th June. *
2017	Queen Mother Reservoir, 28th March to 1st April. *
2017	Queen Mother Reservoir, 3 male & 1 female, 27th March. *
<2017	Confidential, many records.