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September 2008 Wildlife Sightings

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Monday 29th

Kingfisher near hide on Colebrook Lake North. 

6 Snipe.  

Seen 15:50.

Seen 15:00. Sightings at Moor Green Lakes via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Sunday 28th

2 Green Sandpiper. Yellow-legged Gull with Lesser Black-backed Gulls, seen on new workings.

Egyptian Goose on Colebrook Lake North. 3 Wigeon on scrape west of hide at Colebrook Lake North.
 

All seen 16:00 at Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Friday 26th

Sparrow Hawk  

Seen at 17:00 at Snaky Lane by   Chris & Angela Kay.
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Friday 26th

54 Wigeon.

Buzzard.  

Snipe. 3 Green Sandpiper. 6 Little Grebe.

Seen on Colebrook Lake at 16.45.

Seen 15:00.

Seen 14:00. All sightings at Moor Green Lakes via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Friday 26th

Honey Buzzard

Seen at Tice's Meadow, Farnham Quarry 14:25-14:40 then flew south. Sightings via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
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Thursday 25th

Song Thrush. Green Woodpecker. Kestrel. 4 Green Sandpiper. 

Common Gull with Black-headed Gulls. 13 Mistle Thrush with about 50 Starlings. 225 Lapwings. 2 Green Sandpiper. Redshank.

 

All seen 18:00 at Moor Green Lakes.

All seen at 15:00 on new workings by Moor Green Lakes.
Sightings via
www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Wednesday 24th

Tawny Owl in roadside hedge. Also lots of toads attempting to cross the roads this evening.

Snipe. Green Woodpecker. Gadwall, (male). Kestrel. 2 Green Sandpiper.

Kingfisher. 2 Chiffchaff (heard).
30 Wigeon – at least 20 on Horseshoe Lakesand 10+ on Grove Lake all in eclipse.  

Seen 22:30 Grove Lake.

 

Seen 14:30. 
 

Seen around 12 noon.
All sightings at Moor Green Lakes via
www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Tuesday 23rd

Green Sandpiper on new working. 

Hobby. 5 Siskin by the river. 

Seen 11:30.

Seen 12:30. Sightings at Moor Green Lakes via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Monday 22nd

3 Snipe 

6 Siskin

Seen 15:25 on new workings.

Seen 14:35. All seen at Moor Green Lakes via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Sunday 21st

187 Lapwing. 1 Common Sandpiper. 2 Green Sandpiper all on new workings. Little Owl on log pile by trees on new workings.

2 Buzzard. 2 Hobby on new workings. 

1 Egyptian Goose. 3 Gadwall. 6 Teal. 10 Pochard. 1 Snipe. I Kestrel. 

Seen 11:00


 

Seen 14:17
 

Seen 15:30. All sightings  at Moor Green Lakes via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Friday 19th

Hobby

Seen 15:40 at Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Friday 19th

Little Egret

Seen at Tice's Meadow, Farnham Quarry/Tongham Pool. Sightings via www.sbclub.ukonline.co.uk
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Thursday 18th

1 Dunlin. 3 Green Sandpiper.
1 Common Sandpipe.r 2 Snipe.

All seen 15:00 on new workings at Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Wednesday 17th

Pair Tawney Owls duetting just west of George & Dragon pub

Seen 21:15 at Farley Hill. Sighting via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Wednesday 17th

4 Pintail. 12+ Pochard. 4 Gadwell. Single female Teal. 20+ Wigeon. Egyptian Goose. Small flock of Siskin.

Seen in the morning at Moor Green Lakes by Chris & Angela Kay. Location map Location map  

Tuesday 16th

17 Pochard at Colebrook Lake

223 Lapwing on new workings   

14:00.

15:00. Sightings at Moor Green Lakes via www.berksbirds.co.uk Location map Location map

Saturday 13th

2 Grey Wagtail.
Little Owl in paddock in NW corner of Lakes. 

Both seen 9:30 at Horseshoe Lakes. Sighting via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Friday 12th

Whinchat.
Stonechat – first of the Autumn.

Both seen 15:45 in scrub west of Colebrook Lake North, Moor Green Lakes. Sighting

Tuesday 9th

3 Common Sandpiper. 3 Green Sandpiper.

All seen 15:00 on the new workings by Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co.uk Location map Location map

Sunday 7th

Pintail (male). Ringed Plover. 5 Common Sandpiper. 4 Green Sandpiper.

All seen around 12:30 on the New workings by Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Sunday 7th

Kingfisher

Seen late morning at ‘Monet’s Bridge, by Hollybush Hill. by Chris & Angela Kay.
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Saturday 6th

Kingfisher

Seen early afternoon at Snaky Lane by Chris & Angela Kay.  Location map Location map

Wednesday 3rd

8 Common Sandpiper. 8 Green Sandpiper.

All seen in the afternoon at new workings by Moor Green Lakes. Sightings via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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Monday 1st

215 Lapwing. 1 Pintail.

15 Teal. 2 Ringed Plover.

Seen 15:00.

Seen 06.45.  All sightings at new workings by Moor Green Lakes via www.berksbirds.co.uk
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