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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
09/12/21	Water Rail	Watermead Lake	1	D Forder @DanFWildlife
16:43
26/11/21	Water Rail	Watermead Lake	1	D Forder @DanFWildlife
16:43
29/11/21	Water Rail	Watermead Lake	2	D Forder @DanFWildlife
16:38
27/11/21	Water Rail	Watermead Lake	2	D Forder @DanFWildlife
16:38
20/04/21	Water Rail	Stowe	1	P J Tizzard
	Heard again at Haymanger Lake.
15/04/21	Water Rail	Stowe	2	P J Tizzard
	Two again at Haymanger Lake. Ideal habitat and very likely breeding here.
13/04/21	Water Rail	Stowe	2	P J Tizzard
	Two different birds calling close to each other; presumed pair.
26/02/21	Water Rail	Stowe	1	P J Tizzard
	Heard initially, then seen as it flew a short distance.
30/12/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	3	R Cadd
07:47	Hide 1. Two (together) in LH channel, another in RH channel (all feeding).
31/12/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	S Lowe
15:30	moving between reed beds.
29/12/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	2	F J Ferguson
10:57	Briefly appeared in RH channel rooting around for food.
22/12/21	Water Rail	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	2	H Appleyard

19/12/21	Water Rail	Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	My first one here since spring, foraging in one of the reed-beds at the brook.
19/12/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	2	R Cadd
08:03	Hide 1. One feeding in each of LH and RH channels.
18/12/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	A C Bayliss
12:00	Below the cafe.
18/12/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes	2	M Wallen
09:00	Calling in north-west corner.
17/12/21	Water Rail	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	A Beolens
12:30	From viaduct hide.
17/12/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	G Alcock
11:56
15/12/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R C B'stard
19:57	Seen and heard at the feeding/viewing point below the hospice.
14/12/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	T Watts
17:14
13/12/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	S Bosher
15:50
12/12/21	Water Rail	Watermead Lake	1	A R Albrow
13:00	Crossed path in front of me (north-west of main lake).
11/12/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	R Cadd
13:28	Hide 1. RH channel.
11/12/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake South, Willen Lakes	1	M Wallen
09:45	Calling from north-west corner.
09/12/21	Water Rail	Shardeloes	1	C Sims
13:00	SU945979.
09/12/21	Water Rail	Wendover Canal	1	J C Seabrook
11:15	Watched it for 10 minutes working around on the edge of the vegetation; (surprisingly no other walkers to disturb it).
18/11/21	Water Rail	Wendover Canal	1	P Chattle
15:09	Skulking in vegetation on canal bank. SP867086.
03/12/21	Water Rail	Wendover Canal	1	P Stanford
15:45
03/12/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	P Stanford
15:15
03/12/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	S N Hunt
11:20
02/12/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	M Wallen
14:45	Squealing- lots.
24/11/21	Water Rail	Broughton, Aylesbury	2	J C Seabrook
11:30	Kingsbrook.
20/11/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	A C Bayliss
13:00	Squealing below the visitor centre.
11/11/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
16:00	calling NW side.
17/11/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	R Meardon
15:00
05/11/21	Water Rail	Willen Lakes	2	M Baker
15:15
06/11/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	3	P R Moon
11:06
04/11/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	R Cadd
06:45	Hide 1. Central channel between reedbeds.
03/11/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	T J Lewis
11:15
02/11/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	T Watts
20:54
01/11/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	2	R Cadd
06:45	Hide 1. Flew across centre channel L>R. Later, another swam R>L across LH channel.
31/10/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	N Truby
19:52
30/10/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	A C Bayliss
14:00	Squealing along the Octagon path.
30/10/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	T J Lewis
15:00
28/10/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	A C Bayliss
14:00	Squealing below the cafe.
26/10/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	3	R Cadd
07:20	Hide 1. One in each of LH & RH channels, feeding. Another heard calling from reedbed.
25/10/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	R Norris
09:30	Flew across middle channel.
23/10/21	Water Rail	Ickford	1	N Marriner
10:30
23/10/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	G Alcock
12:29
21/10/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R A Fowles
18:37	By the hide.
21/10/21	Water Rail	Dorney Common, Dorney	1	D L Cleal
14:45	Calling from the northside of the flood.
21/10/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	T J Lewis
10:30
19/10/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	A C Bayliss
14:30	Squealing near the Octagon Hide.
17/10/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	J Richardson
07:30	Seen from the hide, in the cut reeds to the right.
15/10/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	P Stanford
17:30
13/10/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	2	R Cadd
07:07	Hide 1. RH channel, together, feeding; again (same two?) in LH channel at 07:44 and at intervals thereafter.
08/10/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	G Alcock
18:06	Swam LH channel.
03/10/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
08:00	Flew across fishing swim in SW corner.
19/09/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	Z Lawrence
10:05	Heard only.
05/09/21	Water Rail	Amersham Flood Meadows	1	R G Bibby
13:33
29/08/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	2	M S Hunt
08:45
16/08/21	Water Rail	Wotton Lakes	1	J W Gearing
09:30	Please note that this is a private site.
10/08/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	5	M Wallen
16:00	A minimum of 5 birds calling in three different areas of the reed beds with much noise and interaction in one area highly likely to involve a family party.
01/08/21	Water Rail	Willen Lakes	2	A V Harding
	Calling in front of hide on N. Basin.
26/07/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	N Webber
08:00	Heard calling from reedbed in front of pagoda.
25/07/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
08:00	NE side of spit.
08/07/21	Water Rail	Wotton Lakes	1	J W Gearing
09:45	Please note that this is a private site.
25/06/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	M Wallen
10:00	Calling from north side reeds, no doubt breeding here.
11/06/21	Water Rail	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	M S Hunt
09:15
31/05/21	Water Rail	Tattenhoe, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	Nocturnal record and my first May record of Water Rail from the Tattenhoe area. 2 flight calls picked up on my sound recorder in the garden at 00.41am and another 1.53am.
07/05/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	N Webber
11:00	Very quick visit to hide due to family waiting! Excellent view of single bird along water edge.
03/05/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	M Shepherd
08:55	great views to right of hide.
01/05/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	2	T Watts
18:14	Not seen 2 here in May before. Rail chased violently by Moorhen, instead of disappearing into reeds, after chase Rail stayed in area,puffed up and cocked rail a few times, 2nd Rail appeared just inside reeds, Moorhen gave up. Took this to probably be a pair defending breeding area, not proven here before,seen with Rob Cadd ( who didn't have his video gear for once ! ).
28/04/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R C B'stard
07:54	Heard to the right of the hide.
23/04/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	R W Seekins
08:30	heard NE corner.
19/04/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	2	M Wallen
12:00	Calling and clearly at least 2 were interacting in the reeds, no doubt breeding here.
19/04/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	2	M Scott
13:33	To left of hide showing out in the open.
18/04/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	D J Bevan
06:00	Heard calling.
18/04/21	Water Rail	Stowe	2	J Rowley
08:00	calling.
17/04/21	Water Rail	Marlow GPs	1	P Roberts
17:22	In marsh with yellow gas sign in it, visible from east end of path along field to north.
15/04/21	Water Rail	Willen Lakes	1	R A Fowles
16:00	By the hospice.
13/04/21	Water Rail	Stowe	2	P J Tizzard
11:37	One bird calling in same location as noted on several occasions previously, but a second bird also calling nearby suggests perhaps there are two adjacent territories? However it could just be two members of a pair calling to each other. Neither bird moved.
12/04/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	T Watts
20:47
07/04/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	N Webber
08:30	By the inlet stream near the hospice.
03/04/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R C B'stard
23:41	Seen well by sluice.
03/04/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	G Alcock
14:41	Just called.
22/03/21	Water Rail	Floodplain Forest Nature Reserve (formerly Manor Farm)	1	M S Harvey
17:40
22/03/21	Water Rail	Eythrope	1	N Marriner
16:00
21/03/21	Water Rail	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard

19/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	2	J Newcombe
15:00
19/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	2	R W Seekins
16:00
18/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	3	J E Rose
17:00	Showing well on the sand spit.
18/03/21	Water Rail	Tattenhoe Park, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard
	My first Water Rail for the Tattenhoe area since 2019. Skulking along one of the ponds in the linear park/Tattenhoe Valley Park.
18/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	3	D L Cleal
15:00	Certainly 3 and a possible 4th further into the reeds.
18/03/21	Water Rail	Foxcote Res	1	G Alcock
12:33
18/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	3	G Smith
11:00
17/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	4	A D Bassett
13:00	Still showing well along edge of spit reeds.
17/03/21	Water Rail	Gallows Bridge	1	G Alcock
12:05	Heard possibly 2 but definitely 1. At back of main field.
17/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	3	J E Rose
17:00	But possibly 4 present showing in the open on the sand spit.
16/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	4	A D Bassett
10:00	Minimum number of birds in spit reeds.
16/03/21	Water Rail	Foxcote Res	1	R S Hill
17:00
14/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	R W Seekins
09:30
12/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	J E Rose
16:30	On front edge of Reeds on sand spit.
11/03/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	2	S Bosher
18:00	In front of the hide.
09/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
09:00	In reeds on spit.
07/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
17:00	In reeds on spit.
10/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	R W Seekins
10:00
09/03/21	Water Rail	Eythrope	1	L Marriner
21:26
09/03/21	Water Rail	Wotton Lakes	1	J W Gearing
16:21	Please note that this is a private site.
08/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	2	R W Seekins
07:30
08/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	J E Rose
17:00	Along the edge of the Reeds on the sand spit.
07/03/21	Water Rail	Gallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge	1	N Marriner
09:30
07/03/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	M Wallen
09:00	Western reeds.
07/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	D J Bevan
07:00	Feeding along western Reed bed.
06/03/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	C E Woodward
09:56
02/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
12:00	calling.
04/03/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
07:00	Calling.
02/03/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	P Stanford
16:40
02/03/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R C B'stard
18:55	Heard at the same time as one of the Cetti's.
26/02/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	J J Robertson
10:18
28/02/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	Z Lawrence
09:05	Heard only.
27/02/21	Water Rail	Gallows Bridge Farm, Gallows Bridge	1	L Marriner
11:37
26/02/21	Water Rail	Stowe	1	P J Tizzard
13:24
21/02/21	Water Rail	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	1	C Gibbs
11:40	Near the boardwalk.
21/02/21	Water Rail	Linford GPs	2	S Nichols
11:00	two birds calling around perimeter path. Please note that a permit is required for access to this site.
20/02/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	M Wallen
10:00	Calling.
21/02/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	2	J Richardson
08:45	1 just W of the hospice, 1 half in the reeds halfway down the W bank.
13/02/21	Water Rail	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	1	S Nichols
08:00	Bird seen in nature reserve area, in the mostly Frozen over feeder stream.
16/02/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	N Webber
11:00	Briefly along reed edge near hospice.
15/02/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R A Fowles
22:25
14/02/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	J Richardson
08:00	I area of open reeds and water along the W side.
25/01/21	Water Rail	Willen Lakes	3	M Baker
10:00
10/02/21	Water Rail	Wycombe Marsh	1	A Taylor
17:00	Edge of the pool on the Back Stream between the old railway embankment and the western extremity of the sewage farm housing development.
10/02/21	Water Rail	Stony Stratford	1	M Endean
08:01	Present for several weeks on Mill Race. SP784401.
02/02/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	1	A D Bassett
11:00	Calling NW side of spit.
27/01/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	1	R C B'stard
19:27	Noisy individual in North East corner.
26/01/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	R S Birch
11:00	See in old boathouse by dinghy park by Steve Hawkins. SP864095.
25/01/21	Water Rail	Olney	1	J A Lane
11:20	Calling but not seen - recording taken. SP879509.
17/01/21	Water Rail	Willen Lake North, Willen Lakes	3	M Wallen
10:00	Calling from reeds.
17/01/21	Water Rail	Linford GPs	1	R Page
11:00	Calling. Please note that a permit is required for access to this site.
12/01/21	Water Rail	Little Marlow GP	2	A D Bassett
10:00	Calling from stream on N side.
17/01/21	Water Rail	Lodge Lake	1	S Nichols
16:30	Squealing in the reed bed closest to the car park.
10/01/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	3	M Wallen
16:00	Calling from different parts of the reservoir.
10/01/21	Water Rail	Linford GPs	1	C Coppock
16:00	Calling repeatedly from pond behind the centre. SP841428. Please note that a permit is required for access to this site.
03/01/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	L Evans

03/01/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	L Evans

06/01/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	7	M Wallen
16:00	At least, calling from different parts of the res.
08/01/21	Water Rail	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	1	H Appleyard

04/01/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	P Stanford
15:50
03/01/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	E Griffiths
15:48	showing well along near edge east island this morning.
03/01/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	R Ness
12:00	East Island opposite cafe.
03/01/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	L Marriner
08:19
02/01/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	J Orchard
14:15	Seen with Mr AC Bayliss.
02/01/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	A C Bayliss
14:15	East island.
02/01/21	Water Rail	College Lake	1	B George
15:45
01/01/21	Water Rail	Weston Turville Reservoir	1	M Wallen
11:00	Calling.
01/01/21	Water Rail	Furzton Lake, Milton Keynes	1	C Gibbs
11:45
01/01/21	Water Rail	Calvert BBOWT Lake, Calvert	1	J Rowley
10:00	heard squealing from second hide.

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