RECORDER'S REPORT FOR VERTEBRATES 2012 



Tony Rayner 



My grateful thanks to all those who have contributed to this report. Once again special thanks 

 are due to Rod D'Ayala, Jan Hasler and John Lerpiniere for their unrivalled input. Note also Alan 

 Parfitt's impressive toad count and conservation work at Hambleden. Where the location is not 

 stated, the records relate to Red Cow, Cholsey SU592868. 



BIRDS 



1 Exceptional local record 



Ciconia ciconia White Stork 



26/4/12 Six in wheat field on Cholsey Hill 

 SU581877 (TW/TR) 



2 Seen/heard on local RDNHS field 

 trips or in members' gardens) 



Pandion haliaetus Osprey 



12/5/12 One harassed by a Red Kite at 

 Hamstead Marshall SU413655 (JC/TM) 



Faico subbuteo Hobby 



26/5/12 One at Hartslock SU618793 

 (CR/MSt) 



28/7/12 Unspecified number hunting 

 dragonflies at Medmenham SU808840 (CB) 

 25/8/12 One at Little Wittenham SU570955 

 (MS) 



Cuculus canorus Cuckoo 



26/5/12 One at Hartslock SU6179 (CR/MSt) 



Psittacula krameh Ring-necked Parakeet 



15/12/12 30 at Mill End, nr Henley SU780852 

 (CB) 



>4s/o flammeus Short-eared Owl 



15/2/12 Three at Churn SU533830 (MS) 



Tardus philomelos Song Thrush 



28/4/12 One at Harefield Copse, Tilehurst 

 SU6572 (RG) 



26/5/12 One at Hartslock SU6179 (CR/MSt) 



Carduelis flammea Lesser Redpoll 



21/12/12 Four in Cholsey garden feeding on 

 nyger seed (TR/RR) 



Miliaria calandra Corn Bunting 

 15/2/12 Unspecified number at Churn 

 SU5282 (MS) 



FISH 



No records received 



AMPHIBIANS 



Bufo bufo Common Toad 



Feb/Mar 7,500 adults collected and carried 

 across road at Oaken Wood Hambleden. 

 New pond planned to reduce road crossings 

 (AP) 



28/2/12 One under snake sheet in Cholsey 

 garden (TR) 



28/2/12 Adult shedding spawn in school pond 

 SU662753 (JL) 



14/3/12 20+ at Rushall Manor Farm 

 SU584724 (JH) 



24/3/12 Spawn at Ufton Nervet SU632673 

 (JH) 



10/5/12 Adult on Cholsey drive (TR) 



12/5/12 Tadpoles in Cholsey pond (TR/RR) 



29/5/12 One in Cholsey garden (TR) 



17/6/12 Adult under Broadmoor Bottom 



refuge SU856628 (JL) 



19/7/12 Immature at Burghfield SU647686 



(JL) 



13/9/12 Three found in Cholsey meadow 

 when haymaking (TR) 



12/10/12 One found in Cholsey meadow (TR) 



Triturus vulgaris Smooth Newt 



Just a few sightings of singletons in Cholsey 

 pond due to lack of open 

 water (TR) 



2/6/12 Nine at Sutton Courtenay EC 

 education pond SU501918 (Rd'A) 



Triturus cristatus cristatus Great Crested 

 Newt 



2/6/12 Nine at Sutton Courtenay EC inci 3 at 

 SU501918 and 6 at SU501917 (Rd'A) 



Rana temporaria Common Frog 



20/1/12 Adult in Tilehurst garden SU665743 

 (JL) 



15/2/12 Spawn in Tilehurst garden SU666742 

 (JH) 



7/3/12 70+ in Tilehurst garden SU666742 

 (JH) 



24/3/12 Spawn at Ufton Nervet SU632673 

 (JH) 



19/5/12 Immature at Hogmoor Copse 

 SU634740 (JL) 



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