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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
24/09/23	Common Tern	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	1	M Haberfield
12:00	Flew through heading towards boating lake - almost missed it as was scanning reeds with bins looking for the bittern (which I didn't see).
28/08/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes	1	M S Hunt
09:30
27/08/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
08:30	Adult flew in briefly.
23/08/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP		J E Rose
10:30	All seem to have left the site. Two reported yesterday.
22/08/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	4	H Appleyard
	At least this number present, including a juvenile. Seen on MK Natural History Society visit.
20/08/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	M Haberfield
09:45
19/08/23	Common Tern	Caldecotte Lake	2	H Appleyard
	ad and juv. Seen at the south lake.
19/08/23	Common Tern	College Lake	1	A C Bayliss
	Adult. The three raft juveniles that moved to the west island have now flown.
19/08/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	13	A D Bassett
07:00	6ad, 7juv slight increase from yesterday.
18/08/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	10	A D Bassett
07:00	5ad, 5juv.
18/08/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	8	J E Rose
15:30	At least still but difficult to count.
17/08/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	13	J E Rose
17:00	Including several juveniles.
17/08/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	8	A D Bassett
07:15	Only 8 birds left on site, including 2 juvs.
14/08/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	P Gibbs
09:34
12/08/23	Common Tern	College Lake	6	A C Bayliss
	Including 3 raft juveniles now on the west island.
10/08/23	Common Tern	College Lake	3	A C Bayliss
	No youngsters on the raft now. Three in juvenile plumage have made it across to the west island and are being regularly fed. Hopefully the other two are around somewhere.
09/08/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
11:29
09/08/23	Common Tern	Olney	1	R Norris
09:00	At the Mill.
08/08/23	Common Tern	College Lake	3	A C Bayliss
	Two chicks on the raft, one coming into juvenile plumage with dark cap now evident. Following on seeing one on the water on Friday, today another chick swam strongly towards the bank making three seen. One also swimming from the west island towards the raft so possibly four around.
08/08/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
11:04
07/08/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	2	E J Reed

05/08/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
15:51
05/08/23	Common Tern	College Lake	4	A C Bayliss
	Four chicks remain on the tern raft.
05/08/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	M Wallen
08:30	ad.
05/08/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes	1	M Wallen
08:30	ad.
04/08/23	Common Tern	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard

03/08/23	Common Tern	Dorney Lake, Dorney	1	D L Cleal
14:00
03/08/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	15	J E Rose
13:30	Approx. Still 2 well grown chicks on the long raft.
03/08/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	N Webber
09:00
03/08/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	4	N Webber
08:00
03/08/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
09:51
02/08/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	J C Seabrook
13:00	ad. At dam end.
02/08/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	15	J E Rose
08:15	Approx incl at least 2 juvs still on rafts.
21/07/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
12/07/23	Common Tern	Newton Leys	1	J Baker
08:00
11/07/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
06/07/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
01/08/23	Common Tern	College Lake	2	E Griffiths
15:38	2 chicks visible and active on raft.
31/07/23	Common Tern	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	2	J J Robertson
12:45
31/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	J Rowley
13:00	ad.
30/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gomersall
11:30	ad. On dam and flying around res:.
29/07/23	Common Tern	College Lake	11	A C Bayliss
	Five chicks seen today on the tern raft. All a good size and beng regularly fed with small fish. Some wing stretching and flight hopping.
29/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
06:54
27/07/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	15	J E Rose
11:00	Approx. Invl at least 3 juvs still ln the rafts.
26/07/23	Common Tern	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	4	M Haberfield
20:24	ad. Flying around over the bund and perched on posts in front of Otter Hide.
23/07/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	2	M Wallen
08:30	ad.
25/07/23	Common Tern	Old Wolverton, Stony Stratford	1	R A Fowles
20:21
25/07/23	Common Tern	College Lake	10	A C Bayliss
	Including 4 good sized downy chicks on the tern raft.
24/07/23	Common Tern	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	2	H Appleyard
	Pair lingering and fishing around the lake, aggressively mobbing a Sparrowhawk at one point with lots of calling and dive-bombing.
23/07/23	Common Tern	Gayhurst Quarry	1	R Norris
08:00
23/07/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	3	R A Fowles
17:35
22/07/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	5	I Williams
10:00
22/07/23	Common Tern	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	5	R S Hill
11:45	Adults.
21/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
09:00
20/07/23	Common Tern	Dorney Lake, Dorney	3	D L Cleal
13:00
18/07/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R A Fowles
16:54
18/07/23	Common Tern	College Lake	5	A C Bayliss
	Marsh youngsters. At least 4 downy chicks on the tern raft and a juvenile on the west island spit.
18/07/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	4	P Gibbs
10:34
17/07/23	Common Tern	Dorney Common, Dorney	1	D L Cleal
11:00
17/07/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	P Gibbs
10:28
16/07/23	Common Tern	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard

16/07/23	Common Tern	Gayhurst Quarry	2	R Norris
08:00	Down to 2 birds as all the nests have been flooded out.
16/07/23	Common Tern	College Lake	7	E Griffiths
15:52	5 adult, 2 chicks. Terns have recently bred on the small raft left of main hide: 2 small chicks seen and another bird possibly sitting. Adults chasing off Buzzard, Little Egret.
16/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	2	P Gomersall
07:00	ad. Briefly on L/H raft.
15/07/23	Common Tern	College Lake	11	A C Bayliss
	Juvenile on the west island spit. Four active nests on the tern raft still. Three downy chicks now evident but hatching has coincided with atrocious wet weather and two looked to be really struggling. The third was slightly bigger and being fed fish. The adults are still sitting and hopefully hatching will occur in better conditions next week. .
15/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	3	P Woodham
10:14	Just arrived, now sitting on LH raft, moved on a BHG, not happy though!
14/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	4	J Rowley
17:45	ad. One pair visited now deserted left hand raft (from hide) twice including one bird presenting a small fish to the other. Presumably too late for a breeding attempt.
14/07/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	17	E Griffiths
18:33	12 adult, 5 juv/chicks. 2 downy chicks on raft, one larger chick; 2 flying juvs on spit, 9 adults sat on rafts.
14/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	4	R S Hill
09:00
14/07/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	M Sleet
09:41
13/07/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	4	R A Fowles
16:16
12/07/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	4	B Tunnicliffe
08:57	ad. SSNR 4 adults had a go at a passing Carrion Crow. At least two went down to the island carrying small fish. Impossible to see anything on the island - but it would seem that there are a couple of nests.
11/07/23	Common Tern	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	2	H Appleyard

11/07/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	25	J E Rose
11:00	Approx incl 4 fledglings on the sand spit. Also 5 chicks on the long raft and 4 on the small raft. Unable to view the large raft clearly.
10/07/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	6	R A Fowles
23:07
10/07/23	Common Tern	Weston Turville Reservoir	9	P Stanford
17:00
09/07/23	Common Tern	College Lake	5	E Griffiths
10:07	4 adults, 1 juv.
09/07/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	3	M Haberfield
10:00	ad.
09/07/23	Common Tern	Weston Turville Reservoir	10	J C Seabrook
08:45	At least 2 immatures being fed by adults.
08/07/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	30	J E Rose
17:00	Approx kncl 5 juvs that have made their way to the sand spit from the rafts.
08/07/23	Common Tern	College Lake	11	A C Bayliss
	Most of the colony has left now with just one juvenile and attending adults on the west island and the 4 pairs still sitting on the tern raft.
05/07/23	Common Tern	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	7	M Haberfield
17:00	ad. Observed on the bund, flying around the lakes and perched on posts.
05/07/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	20	J E Rose
17:30	Approx. 1 fledgling on the sand spit and several on the rafts will fledge soon. A lot of activity following the deaths due to Avian Flu a few weeks ago.
05/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
08:29
03/07/23	Common Tern	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	2	H Appleyard

03/07/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	24	D J Bevan
21:21	4 Juv.
03/07/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
09:16
29/06/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
27/06/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
08/06/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	3	J Baker
07:45
06/06/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
02/07/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	20	J E Rose
10:30	Approx. The rafts busy with breeding birds but numbers down due to bird flu. Several small young on the rafts as well as c3 ready to leave the rafts. 1 on the water.
01/07/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	R D Andrews
17:45
01/07/23	Common Tern	College Lake	27	A C Bayliss
	Including seven youngsters, some with flight. Four pairs still sitting on the Tern raft after starting to nest there right at the end of the season.
29/06/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
09:01
28/06/23	Common Tern	Dorney Lake, Dorney	2	D L Cleal
13:15
28/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	3	R A Fowles
14:50
26/06/23	Common Tern	Tongwell	1	M S Hunt
13:20
26/06/23	Common Tern	Emberton	1	M S Hunt
10:30
26/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R A Fowles
14:48
26/06/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	15	J E Rose
09:00	Adults at least plus 5 chicks on the rafts and one in the water.
26/06/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	5	E J Reed
	No sign of any young, but viewing remains difficult.
25/06/23	Common Tern	College Lake	1	E Griffiths
16:10	juv. One flying juvenile in front Octagon hide. Hurrah! Breeding success despite the avian flu..
24/06/23	Common Tern	College Lake	37	A C Bayliss
	Including 7 youngsters from the east island colony now at the water's edge. Right at the end of breeding season 4 pairs have started nesting on the new Tern raft and are sitting on eggs.
24/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	2	M Wallen
07:30	Adults, no breeding here.
24/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes	1	M Wallen
07:30
23/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R A Fowles
22:24
22/06/23	Common Tern	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	2	H Appleyard
	Pair resting and preening. One eventually went off to hunt, offering fish to the other, which it declined.
22/06/23	Common Tern	Caldecotte Lake	2	R A Fowles
15:02	On the raft North arm webs.
22/06/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	P Gibbs
10:26
22/06/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
09:30
21/06/23	Common Tern	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	6	M Haberfield
17:00	ad. 6 common tern present. at least one pair - observed carrying fish and delivering to partner.
21/06/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	5	B Tunnicliffe
08:23	ad. SSNR - flying around, calling.
20/06/23	Common Tern	College Lake	4	A C Bayliss
	Four youngsters now showing along the water's edge. Adults still going into the nests with fish so hopefully more to come.
19/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R A Fowles
14:03	Webs.
19/06/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
09:19
18/06/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	25	J E Rose
10:00	At least 25 adults still on site despite the Bird Flu infection.
18/06/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	2	P Gomersall
12:28	ad. Feeding around res:.
17/06/23	Common Tern	Linford GPs	1	C Harris
12:17	Please note that a permit is required for access to this site.
15/06/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	1	E J Reed

14/06/23	Common Tern	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	R S Birch
06:30	Fishing. SP858096.
13/06/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	19	E Griffiths
12:13	16 adult, 3 chicks. 8 birds sitting on rafts, alive and well, another 8 flying or on spit, 3 chicks, one being fed by an adult.
11/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	2	M Wallen
09:00	ad. No breeding here again.
11/06/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	2	E J Reed

10/06/23	Common Tern	College Lake	20	A C Bayliss
	Some active nests still but no chicks seen as yet.
10/06/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	2	R A Fowles
16:56	Could not see any sign of nesting.
09/06/23	Common Tern	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	4	M Sleet
09:30	Flying.
09/06/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	3	E J Reed
	I saw no sign of breeding, but viewing the island is very difficult due to the vegetation.
08/06/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	17	J E Rose
11:25	5 ad on small raft. 4 ad on large raft. 6 ad and 1 small chick on long raft.
07/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	11	R A Fowles
15:30
06/06/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	20	J E Rose
12:30	Approx aduts plus at least 3 young. Also 6 dead Terns on the large raft, 2 or 3 on the long raft and 1 on the small rafts. Clearly Bird Flu and will be reported to DEFRA shortly.
04/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes	6	M Wallen
08:30
04/06/23	Common Tern	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	4	M Wallen
08:30	No signs of breeding.
04/06/23	Common Tern	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	2	H Appleyard
	My 5th Common Tern record for the Tattenhoe area (1st in June). Pair flying not much higher than rooftop level to the east/northeast. One of them calling.
02/06/23	Common Tern	College Lake	20	A C Bayliss
	Ten active nests still with fish being brought in.
01/06/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	1	B Tunnicliffe
08:07	just 1 - no sign of breeding activity.
30/05/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
24/05/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
17:30
23/05/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
16/05/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
17:30
12/05/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
11/05/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
03/05/23	Common Tern	Horton Wharf	1	J Baker
07:45
01/06/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	25	J E Rose
10:50	Approx mainly on the rafts. At least 2 chicks and 3 dead adults.
01/06/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gomersall
10:34	ad. Flying around res:.
31/05/23	Common Tern	Dorney Common, Dorney	2	D L Cleal
13:30	Loafing with a dozen BHG.
31/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	5	P Gibbs
15:30
30/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	2	P Gomersall
13:15	ad. 1 in raft other flying around.
30/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
10:10
28/05/23	Common Tern	Linford Reserve, Linford GPs	3	R S Hill
17:40
28/05/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	4	E J Reed

28/05/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	30	J E Rose
08:30	Approx present. One or two fluffy chicks seen. No more dead Terns seen. Three dead Terns remain on the rafts.
27/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
07:49
26/05/23	Common Tern	JR - A4 to Marsh Lane, Jubilee River	1	M Milne
13:50	Overhead.
26/05/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	6	B Tunnicliffe
10:10	around island on SSNR.
26/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	2	P Gibbs
09:04
25/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	2	P Gibbs
08:57
24/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	2	P Gibbs
09:04
23/05/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	4	E J Reed

23/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
08:58	Very sickly looking individual sat on the dam.
22/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	2	P Gibbs
06:47
21/05/23	Common Tern	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	J C Seabrook
08:40
21/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	2	P Gomersall
13:16	ad. On dam wall.
21/05/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	3	A D Bassett
08:00	Dead birds on rafts.
18/05/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	45	A D Bassett
13:00	Including 2 dead birds on the rafts. Assumed HPAI victims.
19/05/23	Common Tern	Sherington	1	W Bush
08:12
20/05/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	3	B Tunnicliffe
09:04	on SSNR.
19/05/23	Common Tern	College Lake	8	R D Andrews
10:30
19/05/23	Common Tern	College Lake	10	A C Bayliss
	At least 10 active nests.
19/05/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	1	E J Reed

19/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	2	P Gomersall
11:36	ad. Flew past hide.
18/05/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	4	B Tunnicliffe
08:20	On SSNR around island.
18/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	3	P Gibbs
09:18	3 on the gantry, but 2 more dead on the dam.
17/05/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	4	E J Reed
	Flying around he island and making a lot of noise.
17/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	6	P Gibbs
09:09
15/05/23	Common Tern	Dorney Common, Dorney	6	D L Cleal
12:00	2 flew in and settled with the handful of BHG present, then 4 more put in an appearance before returning to Berks.
16/05/23	Common Tern	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	2	T Watts
16:23
24/04/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	14	R W Seekins
09:30
05/05/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	39	R W Seekins
16:00
11/05/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	20	R W Seekins
08:40
16/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	3	P Gibbs
09:07
15/05/23	Common Tern	Dorney Lake, Dorney	2	D L Cleal
12:50
15/05/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	12	J E Rose
11:00	At least feeding along the Thames.
15/05/23	Common Tern	Calvert Sailing Lake, Calvert	2	T Watts
15:37
15/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	5	P Gibbs
08:28
14/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	4	P Gomersall
12:30	ad. Flying around res:.
14/05/23	Common Tern	Stony Stratford	1	E J Reed

14/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	5	P Gibbs
06:58
13/05/23	Common Tern	College Lake	14	A C Bayliss
	Number of sitting birds.
13/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	5	P Gibbs
17:17
12/05/23	Common Tern	Emberton	1	A Harrell
15:30
12/05/23	Common Tern	Little Marlow GP	30	J E Rose
17:00	At least incl at least 20 sitting birds.
12/05/23	Common Tern	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	2	H Appleyard

12/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	13	P Gibbs
16:21
12/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	8	J Rowley
12:30	hawking low over the water but none near the rafts, or showing any interest.
12/05/23	Common Tern	Hyde Lane	1	R S Hill
08:00
12/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	1	P Gibbs
08:55
11/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	6	P Gomersall
11:47	ad. All around res:.
11/05/23	Common Tern	Foxcote Res	4	P Gibbs
09:04

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