Common Scoter

Recent sightings

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
14/11/24	Common Scoter	Padworth Lane GP	1	K E Moore
15:30	drk. Please only view from the River Kennet footpath.
02/11/24	Common Scoter	Lower Farm GP	1	M J Dear
15:01	m.
02/11/24	Common Scoter	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
09:34	m.
15/10/24	Common Scoter	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
11:45	drk. on Thames, north of Cleeve Lock, just south of the Leathern Bottel, drifting slowly south down river. Watched for 10 minutes and stalked with phone camera (so another blurry small image for Marek!) before leaving it, but it was still present when I walked back at 12-45.
08/09/24	Common Scoter	Lower Farm GP	1	T A Guyatt
17:23	ad male. Still present in middle of the pit between the Tern rafts. Seen with Ian Quelch.
08/09/24	Common Scoter	Lower Farm GP	1	N Cleere
10:45	ad. m.
07/09/24	Common Scoter	Streatley	1	N J Bucknell
12:15	fem. on Thames near Cleeve Court. Seen from towpath, at about 30m at closest. As not far from home, hurried back to collect camera & lens having taken a record shot on my phone, but as focusing on it after collecting the camera, it flew off north (12-20). Walked north to try to relocate but no luck - not surprising as there was a party of noisy children & a cabin cruiser! Only second I've seen on the Thames in 53 years.
06/09/24	Common Scoter	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	M F Walford
18:32	2m+2f type. Near yellow bouy 2.
06/09/24	Common Scoter	Main Pit, Theale GPs	4	A B Tomczynski
15:53	Three more flew in. Now two male plus two female type.
06/09/24	Common Scoter	Main Pit, Theale GPs	1	R H Stansfield
15:46	Still present.

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Records

Year	Details
2023	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, female/immature, 4th November. *
2023	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, three male, 2 female, 29th August. *
2022	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, 20th October. (A B Tomczynski)
2022	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 20th August. (C D R Heard)
2022	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, adult male, 28th July. (C D R Heard)
2022	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, 2, 4th-5th July. (A B Merrick)
2022	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 30th May. (A B Tomczynski)
2021	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 7th October. (C D R Heard)
2021	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 11th September.
2021	Common Scoter, Dinton Pastures CP, 2, 9th April. (F J Cottington)
2021	Common Scoter, Wokingham, 22nd March. (P Bright-Thomas)
2021	Common Scoter, Summerleaze GP, 3rd March. (C D R Heard)
2020	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, three (including two males), 16th August. (A B Tomczynski, C D R Heard)
2020	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, 22nd May. *
2020	Common Scoter, Virginia Water, 15th May. *
2020	Common Scoter, Palmer Park, Reading, 3rd April. (F Hutchinson)
2020	Common Scoter, Emmer Green, 3, 2nd April. (A M Horscroft)
2020	Common Scoter, Palmer Park, Reading, 2nd April. (F Hutchinson)
2020	Common Scoter, Reading, 2nd April. (R Righelato)
2020	Common Scoter, Windsor, 2nd April. (D A Carter)
2020	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, two adult male and one first-winter male, 19th March. (C D R Heard)
2020	Common Scoter, Summerleaze GP, male, 19th March. (C D R Heard)
2019	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 29th December. (C D R Heard)
2019	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, five (three drakes), 28th December. (C D R Heard)
2019	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male and female, 9th July. (C D R Heard)
2019	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, three males and two females, 5th July. (C D R Heard)
2019	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 23rd-27th March. (D J Barker)
2019	Common Scoter, Lea Farm Lake, 23rd March. (B T Bennett)
2019	Common Scoter, Bray GPs, female/first-winter, 4th January. (C D R Heard)
2018	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 8th July. (C D R Heard)
2018	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 9, 7th July. (C D R Heard)
2018	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 1st July. (C D R Heard)
2018	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, 15th April. (A Merrick)
2018	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, 5, 9th April. (A Merrick)
2018	Common Scoter, Great Meadow Pond, 7, 8th April. (D J Barker)
2018	Common Scoter, Summerleaze GP, 4, 8th April. (C D R Heard)
2018	Common Scoter, Lower Farm GP, 2, 8th April. (N Cleere)
2018	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, 2, 8th April. (S A Graham)
2018	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 8, 8th April. (C D R Heard)
2018	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 3rd April. *
2018	Common Scoter, Lower Farm GP, 5, 31st March.
2018	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, 3, 31st March.
2018	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 2, 31st March. (A B Tomczynski)
2018	Common Scoter, Woolhampton GPs, 3, 25th March.
2017	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, 2, 9th August.
2017	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3, 24th July.
2017	Common Scoter, Lower Farm GP, 6, 27th June. *
2017	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 28th March to 1st April.
2017	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 3 male & 1 female, 27th March. (C D R Heard)
2016	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, three, 9th November. (K E Moore)
2016	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, female, 23rd-25th October. (A V Lawson, C McEwan, R H Stansfield)
2016	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, three males, 22nd July. (C D R Heard)
2016	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, male, 29th March. (A V Lawson, C McEwan, K E Moore)
2016	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, two males and one female, 21st March. (C D R Heard)
2016	Common Scoter, Moor Green Lakes, male, 19th March. (R C Murfitt)
2016	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, 28th February. (P Newbound)
2016	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, first-winter, 1st January to 11th February, same as Horton GPs. (C D R Heard)
2015	Common Scoter, Horton GPs, first-winter, 4th December to 7th February 2016, same as QMR. (C D R Heard)
2015	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, two males, 18th October.
2015	Common Scoter, Dinton Pastures CP, female, 10th August. (M F Walford)
2015	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, two males, 19th July. (C D R Heard)
2015	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, female, 26th May. (C D R Heard)
2015	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 17th May. (C D R Heard)
2015	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, male and female, 5th April. (N Cleere)
2015	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 1st-14th January. (C D R Heard)
2014	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, male and female/immature, 21st November. (A V Lawson, K E Moore)
2014	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 12th November. (C D R Heard)
2014	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, female, 2nd October. (C D R Heard)
2014	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, nine juveniles, 22nd September. (C D R Heard)
2014	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, seven including four males, 6th August. (C D R Heard)
2014	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, adult male, 18th July. (R Crawford)
2014	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, adult male, 14th June. (C D R Heard, M J McKee)
2013	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, female/immature, 24th November to 9th December. (C D R Heard)
2013	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 15th-18th November. (C D R Heard)
2013	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, female/immature, 15th October. (A D Bassett)
2013	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 14th September. (C D R Heard)
2013	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 9th September. (C D R Heard)
2013	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 22nd August. (C D R Heard)
2013	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, adult female, 16th August. (C D R Heard)
2013	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, three males and one one female, 3rd July. (K E Moore)
2013	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, male and female, 24th March. (M F Walford, A B Tomczynski, A V Lawson)
2013	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 6th March. (C D R Heard)
2013	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, female or first-winter, 26th January. (A B Tomczynski)
2012	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 16th-18th November. (M J McKee)
2012	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, juvenile, 30th October. (C D R Heard)
2012	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, two drakes and one female/juvenile, 26th October. (C D R Heard)
2012	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 22nd October. (C D R Heard)
2012	Common Scoter, Queen Mother Reservoir, male, 6th October. (M F Walford)
2012	Common Scoter, Theale GPs, six females, 2nd May. (R J Burness)
2012	Common Scoter, Padworth Lane GP, male, 19th March to 10th April. (K E Moore)
<2012	Common Scoter, Confidential, many records.