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Tuesday 27th
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Mixed flock 50+ Redpoll and Siskin
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Seen late morning at Hollybush Park by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map. 
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Monday 26th
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2 Little Egret. Goldcrest. Yellow-browed Warbler.
Kingfisher
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Location map
Shepherds Meadow.
Location map
All seen in the afternoon by Chris & Angela Kay
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Monday 26th
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Firecrest
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Seen in usual location in Holly bushes by Dell Road entrance, Finchampstead Ridges. Sighting via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Sunday 25th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Sunday 25th
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5 Goldfinch feeding on echinacea seed heads.
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Seen in our garden in Hawley by Adrian & Carol Humphries.
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Sunday 25th
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6 Reed Bunting at ground feeder by Colebrook Hide.
Stock Dove on new workings 1
13 Goosander (7 male, 6 red heads)
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All seen at 12 noon at Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Saturday 24th
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Yellow-browed Warbler. 4 Little Egrets
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All seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Saturday 24th
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Blackthorn in full blossom
12+ Redwing
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Hollybush Park.
Hollybush Hill.
Both sightings made in the afternoon by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map.
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Saturday 24th
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Dunlin in winter plumage.
Pintail (male) at Grove Lake
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Seen in Lapwing flock on new workings.
Both sightings at 11:30 at Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Thursday 22nd
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Thursday 22nd
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6 Reed Bunting at feeding station. 5 Greylag Goose
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All seen at 17:00 at Moor Green Lakes Nature Reserve.
All sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Thursday 22nd
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 Two sets of frogspawn, looked very fresh, perhaps laid today.
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Seen 14:00 in the stream near the culvert draining the A331 at Tongham Wood. Sighting by Alan Eggleton.
Location map
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Wednesday 21st
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Wednesday 21st
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Mass of Snowdrops
(see pictures)
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Seen at Hollybush by Christine Reeves. Location map.
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Tuesday 20th
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4 Goosander (3 male, 1 female)
1 male Pintail
Buzzard
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Seen 17:00 at Moor Green Lakes.
Colebrook Lake North
Seen west of Dell Road.
All sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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February 20th
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4 Little Egrets
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Seen about 11.30 at Hawley Meadows by Steve Bailey. Location map
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February 20th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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February 19th
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Yellow-browed Warbler.
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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February 18th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
Little Egret
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Both seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Saturday 17th
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10 Goosander, Pintail (male). 3 Goldeneye (male).
Goldeneye (male)
8 Golden Plover with Lapwings. Little Owl.
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Seen at Grove Lake, Moor Green Lakes Nature Reserve.
Seen at Horseshoe Lake.
Seen on new workings by Moor Green Lakes. All sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Friday 16th
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Fieldfare. 100+ Redwing. Kestrel. 2 Bullfinch. Pintail. Goldeneye. 8 Goosander.
Firecrest
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Seen at Moor Green Lakes Nature Reserve.
Seen around 11.30 on footpath off Dell Road, Finchampstead Ridges. All sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Friday 16th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Thursday 15th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Wednesday 14th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Tuesday 13th
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4 Siskin. 2 Pintail (male).
6 Goosander (4 male, 2 female).
Firecrest
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Seen 11:00 at Moor Green Lakes Nature Reserve.
Seen 14.30 on footpath off Dell Road, Finchampstead Ridges.
All sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Tuesday 13th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Sunday 11th
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1 male Firecrest
3 Buzzards
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Seen on path off Dell Road at Finchampstead Ridges.
Flying over Ridges.
Both sightings 11:15 via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Sunday 11th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Sunday 11th
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4 Goosander. 2 Little Egret.
1 Peregrine - flew low over Colebrook Lake North almost catching a duck. Returned at 12:20 and flew off south.
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Seen 11:00 at Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Saturday 10th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Saturday 10th
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7 Great Crested Grebe. 3 Little Egret. 2 Pintail. 12 Goosander.
2 Jay. Green Woodpecker. Great Spotted Woodpecker. 50 Redwing. Bullfinch. Sparrowhawk.
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All seen around 10:30 at Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Thursday 8th
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20 Tufted Duck. 8 Mallards.
4 Coots. 1 Cormorant
3 Roe Deer - when surprised on path they jumped over the river and ran off.
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All seen 13:00 on lake opposite Hollybush Pits
Seen 13.20 on Blackwater Valley Path at Hollybush. Sightings by Christine Reeves.
Location map.
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Wednesday 7th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Wednesday 7th
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Firecrest
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Seen (too) briefly 15:00 on sunshine side of holly hedge at Finchampstead Ridges. Sighting via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Tuesday 6th
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2 Pintail (1 male, 1 female).
2 Goldeneye (1 male, 1 female).
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Seen 14:30 at Colebrook Lake, Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Monday 5th
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2 Bullfinch (1 male, 1 female).
150 Wood Pigeon.
20 Redwing
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Seen 12 noon at Shepherd Meadows. Big flock seen wheeling round opposite The Meadows.
Seen 13:00 in Tesco car park at Sandhurst. All sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Sunday 4th
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70 Black-headed Gull at the Balancing Pond
Firecrest
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Seen at Shepherd Meadows.
Location map
Seen 16:00 in holly bush near Dell Road entrance at Finchampstead Ridges.
Both sightings via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Sunday 4th
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Sunday 4th
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29 species of birds with the highlights being a Jack Snipe,
4 Common Snipe and 3 Reed Buntings.
8 Roe Deer also seen feeding in the meadow.
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Seen between 9:40 & 10:40 at Tice's Meadow (Farnham Quarry) by Kevin Duncan.
Location map
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Saturday 3rd
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Yellow-browed Warbler
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Seen at Hawley Meadows. Sighting via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
Location map
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Friday 2nd
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20 Golden Plover. About 800 Lapwing. All in a flock on new workings. Took off 15 minutes later and the Plovers formed a separate group that were last seen heading off north-west.
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Initially seen 15:30.
Sighting via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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Thursday 1st
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900 Lapwing
2 Skylark singing just like spring.
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Seen 15:00 on new workings by Moor Green Lakes.
Seen Moor Green Lakes. Both sighting via www.berksbirds.co
Location map
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