BERKSHIRE

HIGHLIGHTS: A Long-tailed Duck was at Moor Green Lakes (6th-28th). Great Grey Shrikes were at Bury Down (6th-7th) and Wishmoor Bottom (18th-26th). Up to five Waxwings were in a Bracknell garden (2nd-18th), with 12 in Wokingham (27th). DINTON PASTURES CP: Highlights included two Bitterns, a Brent Goose (11th-25th), Red-crested Pochard (3rd-6th), Ferruginous Duck (12th-26th), Water Rail (3rd-25th), four Oystercatchers, a Jack Snipe (21st-28th) and Mediterranean Gull (20th). LOWER FARM GP: There was a Shelduck (8th-10th), Oystercatcher (15th) and two Caspian Gulls (16th). MOOR GREEN LAKES: There was a Shelduck (4th-20th), three Red-crested Pochards (1st-6th), a Water Rail (1st-17th) and two Oystercatchers. THEALE GP: Highlights included a Great Northern Diver (5th), two Shelducks (7th), a Pintail (26th), three Red-crested Pochards (19th-28th), a Scaup (3rd), Smew (4th-26th) and two Oystercatchers. OTHER SITES: Three Smew were at Wraysbury GP (7th-11th). A Merlin was at Bury Down (6th). Four Jack Snipe were at Fobney Meadow (3rd). Four Water Pipits were at Queen Mother Reservoir (21st). Two Firecrests were at Finchampstead Ridges (7th-19th), with singles at Whiteknights Park, Reading (17th) and Sandhurst SF (17th). Marek Walford (www.berksbirds.co.uk)