28/8/12 Juvenile under Padworth Common 

 refuge SU618644 (JL) 

 19/9/12 Female under Decoy Heath refuge 

 SU611634 (JL) 



19/9/12 Female under Padworth Common 

 refuge SU618645 (JL) 



BATS 



Pipistrellus pipistrellus Common 

 Pipistrelle 



24/9/12 One hunting outside Cholsey kitchen 

 window at 6.40 AM (RR) 

 24/10/12 A late sighting of one flying around 

 Cholsey garden. (TR) 



Pipistrellus pygmaeus Soprano Pipistrelle 



8/9/12 One at Aldermaston Wharf SU610667 

 (GS) 



Myotis daubentonii Daubenton's 



8/9/12 Six at Aldermaston Wharf SU6 10667 

 (GS) 



Nyctalus noctula Noctule 



1/9/12 One being chased by two 

 Sparrowhawks (TR) 



5/9/12 to 8/9/12 Three or four near Cholsey 

 sewage works SU591872 (TR/RR) 



INSECTIVORES 



Erinaceus europaeus Hedgehog 



14/4/12 Road kill at Theale SU636715 (JL) 

 24/4/12 Road kill at Southcote SU696724 (JL) 

 24/5/12 Two under log piles at Great Shefford 

 SU383753 (JL) 



25/5/12 One, possibly dead, beside M4 at 



Yattendon SU546739 (JL) 



18/7/12 One at Englefield SU625718 (JL) 



24/7/12 One heard in Cholsey garden 



(TR/RR) 



6/8/12 Road kill at Purley SU651762 (JL) 

 1/9/12 Road kill at Tidmarsh SU634746 (JL) 

 17/9/12 Road kill at Moulsford SU592835 (JL) 



Sorex araneus Common Shrew 



25/2/12 Adult under refuge at Paices Wood 

 SU583636 (JL) 



5/5/12 One under refuge at Hosehill LNR 

 SU648694 (JL) 



21/7/12 One under refuge at Hosehill LNR 

 SU651697 (JL) 



23/8/12 to 30/9/12 Total of 3 sightings at 

 Cholsey site (TR) 



20/9/12 One dead on path at Decoy Heath 

 SU612634 (TR) 



17/10/12 One at Ipsden Heath SU662859 

 (RB) 



Sorex minutes Pigmy Shrew 



15/3/12 One at Cholsey site (TR) 



Neomys fodiens Water Shrew 



21/3/12 Adult under refuge at Paices Wood 

 SU583636 (JL) 



Talpa europaea Mole 



Flooded fields probably kept moles on the 

 move in search of dryer ground. (TR) 



CARNIVORES 



Meles meles Badger 



22/1/12 One at Newell Green SU867714 



(GC) 



10/2/12 Tracks in snow at Basildon Park 

 SU606784 (JH) 



27/2/12 Adult road kill at Lower Basildon 

 SU599795 (JL) 



14/3/12 Adult road kill on M4 bridge at 



Tidmarsh SU632735 (JL) 



13/4/12 Adult road kill at Englefield SU626711 



(JL) 



15/4/12 Active sett at Clayfield Copse 

 SU729771 (JL) 



27/5/12 Road kill at Aldermaston SU612686 

 (JL) 



27/8/12 Road kill at Purley SU648761 (JL) 

 4/9/12 Road kill at Padworth Common 

 SU615642 (JL) 



Sept/Oct 2012 Not seen but plenty of scats & 

 digs in Cholsey meadow. (TR/RR) 

 15/10/12 Road kill at Englefield SU636724 

 (JL) 



Mustela nivalis Weasel 



13/1/12 One crossing road at Upton 

 SU515864 (TR) 



4/4/1 2 One at Theale SU629704 (GC) 

 17/5/12 One crossing road at South Moreton 

 SU565881 (RR) 



Mustela erminea Stoat 



2/4/12 One near Juniper Valley SU550843 

 (TR) 



Mustela putorius Polecat 



25/2/12 Adult road kill at Pangbourne 

 SU622773 (JL) 



23/8/12 Road kill at Avington SU378673 (JL) 



Mustela vison American Mink 



22/3/12 One by Thames near pill box 

 SU607862 (CS) 



15/6/12 Female swimming at Fobney, & 

 probable juv. On bank SU702710 (JL) 



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