Hampshire bird news

Friday 12th April 2024

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
12/04/24	White Wagtail	Oxey Marsh	1	A S Rhodes
09:00
12/04/24	Cuckoo	Martin Down	1	L Harris
10:26	Heard in a nearby wood at Grim's Ditch.
12/04/24	Wheatear	Ipley, NF	1	T D Chapman
17:34
12/04/24	Cuckoo	Ipley, NF	1	T D Chapman
18:00
12/04/24	Great Grey Shrike	Tidpit Down	1	L Harris
12:26	Perched on a post on farmland. SU083321.
12/04/24	Woodcock	Woolmer Forest	2	J F Smith
20:30	Roding ,observed from Liphook rd,whitehill.
12/04/24	Lapwing	Blackmoor	2	J F Smith
14:30	Displaying in next field. SU771339.
12/04/24	Woodlark	Blackmoor	1	J F Smith
14:30	Overhead singing. SU771339.
12/04/24	Skylark	Blackmoor	5	J F Smith
14:30	Good to hear them singing all round me. SU771339.
12/04/24	Swallow	Blackmoor	1	J F Smith
14:30	My first of 2024. SU771339.
12/04/24	Great Crested Grebe	Lepe	5	J G Ross
19:00
12/04/24	Teal	Lepe, Dark Water	4	J G Ross
19:00
12/04/24	Redshank	Lepe, Dark Water	17	J G Ross
19:00
12/04/24	Greenshank	Lepe, Dark Water	1	J G Ross
19:00
12/04/24	Sparrowhawk	Lepe, Dark Water	1	J G Ross
19:00
12/04/24	Cetti's Warbler	Stanswood Common	1	J G Ross
15:15	Heard calling along Stanswood road.
12/04/24	Shelduck	Badminston GP	5	J G Ross
15:15
12/04/24	Gadwall	Badminston GP	4	J G Ross
15:15
12/04/24	Teal	Badminston GP	7	J G Ross
15:15
12/04/24	Oystercatcher	Badminston GP	2	J G Ross
15:15
12/04/24	Great Black-backed Gull	Badminston GP	15	J G Ross
15:15
12/04/24	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Badminston GP	5	J G Ross
15:15
12/04/24	Cormorant	Badminston GP	1	J G Ross
15:15
12/04/24	Cetti's Warbler	Badminston GP	2	J G Ross
15:15
12/04/24	Reed Warbler	Badminston GP	2	J G Ross
15:15
12/04/24	Short-eared Owl	Newtown	1	C Harrison
19:40	Shoot Hill. Initially, seen from car, perched on hedge. Pulled over, watched hunting over fields to east of road. SU616118.
12/04/24	Blackcap	Deanlane End	1	J Simons
14:30	male.
12/04/24	Swallow	Deanlane End	6	J Simons
14:30	singing.
12/04/24	Common Tern	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	2	K Emmott
15:34	Fishing in stream and in sea.
12/04/24	Eider	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	2	K Emmott
15:34	m/f. In the Solent.
12/04/24	Great Crested Grebe	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	10	K Emmott
15:34	In the sea.
12/04/24	Stock Dove	Dilton Farm (Brockenhurst)	96	M Daniel
22:14
12/04/24	Shelduck	Dilton Farm (Brockenhurst)	2	M Daniel
22:14	Pair on remnant flood by farm.
12/04/24	Wheatear	Dilton Farm (Brockenhurst)	1	M Daniel
22:14
12/04/24	Wheatear	Hockley Golf Course	1	T R Jordan

12/04/24	Egyptian Goose	Heath Pond (Petersfield)	42	K P Duncan
12:45
12/04/24	Willow Warbler	West Wood, Netley	1	I R Watts
17:30
12/04/24	Bullfinch	West Wood, Netley	1	I R Watts
17:30	m.
12/04/24	Blackcap	West Wood, Netley	6	I R Watts
17:30	5m1f.
12/04/24	Stock Dove	West Wood, Netley	5	I R Watts
17:30
12/04/24	Sandwich Tern	Weston Shore, Southampton	2	I R Watts
18:25
12/04/24	House Martin	Alton Kings Pond	4	K P Duncan
08:30
12/04/24	Swallow	Alresford Pond	50	P S Scorey
18:15	Only my second sighting so far this year, nice group of at least 50 with 20 or so sand martin.
12/04/24	Osprey	Park lane Bedhampton	1	N Wall
19:51	Overhead Being mobbed by two herring gulls flying north. SU704074.
12/04/24	Cuckoo	Itchen Stoke	1	D J Pearson
16:38	Heard calling a couple of times. SU569325.
12/04/24	Swallow	Farlington Marshes	1	P A Gammage
17:00
12/04/24	Wheatear	Farlington Marshes	1	P A Gammage
17:00	male. North of the lake.
12/04/24	Osprey	Farlington Marshes	1	P A Gammage
17:20	Circling to the NE before drifting N up the A3M.
12/04/24	Stonechat	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	2	I Kitching
	m/f.
12/04/24	Blackcap	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	I Kitching
	Singing in scrub,Cowes Ln footpath.
12/04/24	Swallow	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	2	I Kitching

12/04/24	Wheatear	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	I Kitching
	m. TLC field,NW corner.
12/04/24	Whitethroat	Testwood Park	1	P Villiers
15:15	In scrub at top end near Whetrans Copse.
12/04/24	Great Black-backed Gull	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	2	P Villiers
13:15	Pair occupying nest platform opposite Heron Hide.
12/04/24	Little Egret	Testwood Lakes	13	P Villiers
13:15	7 at Meadow Lake plus 6 in fields north of main lake.
12/04/24	Egyptian Goose	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	2	P Villiers
12:30	ad + juv.
12/04/24	Little Gull	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	O Haisell
16:00	imm.
12/04/24	Common Tern	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	O Haisell
16:00
12/04/24	Little Tern	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	O Haisell
16:00	pos 2.
12/04/24	Siskin	Chandlers Ford	3	D Lister
16:00	With Redpolls.
12/04/24	Common Redpoll	Chandlers Ford	1	D Lister
16:00	Feeding on its own today in the garden.
12/04/24	Lesser Redpoll	Chandlers Ford	4	D Lister
16:00	With Siskin.
12/04/24	Great White Egret	Testwood Lakes	1	R Broadway
12:45	In flooded field north of M27 (seen from eastbound carriageway).
12/04/24	Osprey	Shawford Down	1	G Pullin
17:00	Circling from Brambridge area then across to Itchen Viaduct area following the river.
12/04/24	Redstart	Coopers Hill, NF	1	R Broadway
09:20	male.
12/04/24	Woodlark	Ashley Bottom, NF	2	R Broadway
08:20
12/04/24	Willow Warbler	Pitts Wood Inclosure	1	R Broadway
08:15
12/04/24	Cuckoo	Lodge Hill, NF	1	R Broadway
08:00	male. Heard calling.
12/04/24	Woodlark	Lodge Hill, NF	1	R Broadway
08:00
12/04/24	Cuckoo	Fishlake Meadows	1	M Crane
	male. And perched and calling.
12/04/24	Yellowhammer	Old Winchester Hill	26	D G Mills
07:30	Pairs and small parties across the reserve.
12/04/24	Willow Warbler	Old Winchester Hill	1	D G Mills
07:30	These days, an occasional, no-longer-annual spring passage migrant.
12/04/24	Great Grey Shrike	Bransbury Common	1	J Morton
12:30
12/04/24	Bullfinch	Meon Valley Trail	2	J Morton
10:00	1M 1F.
12/04/24	Blackcap	Meon Valley Trail	6	J Morton
10:00	6 seen, and many more heard. Place was alive with them.
12/04/24	Chiffchaff	Fort Widley	2	P A Gammage
08:15
12/04/24	Blackcap	Fort Widley	1	P A Gammage
08:15
12/04/24	Swallow	Fort Widley	1	P A Gammage
08:15
12/04/24	Willow Warbler	Fort Widley	1	P A Gammage
08:15
12/04/24	Red-legged Partridge	Pigeon House Farm (Widley)	1	P A Gammage
08:00	dispatched on the ground by an immature goshawk before being taken off north.
12/04/24	Blackcap	Lower Test Marshes	19	S Clemons
	m. Singing around the reserve a.m.
12/04/24	Buzzard	Fishlake Meadows	5	D Lister
10:00
12/04/24	Willow Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	1	D Lister
10:00
12/04/24	Water Rail	Fishlake Meadows	2	D Lister
10:00
12/04/24	Common Tern	Fishlake Meadows	1	D Lister
10:00
12/04/24	Treecreeper	Fishlake Meadows	1	D Lister
10:00
12/04/24	Teal	Fishlake Meadows	24	D Lister
10:00	Very flighty.
12/04/24	Great White Egret	Fishlake Meadows	1	D Lister
10:00
12/04/24	Sedge Warbler	Lower Test Marshes	1	A Nieuwkerk
10:30	Near the wooden bridge.
12/04/24	Great White Egret	Testwood Lakes	1	A Nieuwkerk
13:30	Seen from the screens.
12/04/24	Sandwich Tern	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	1	P C Donaldson
10:00	Flying East down the Solent. Also a rather late staying single Brent Goose in the flooded fields to the South of LPLane.
12/04/24	Mediterranean Gull	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	2	P C Donaldson
10:00	Flying East over the old tip and calling.
12/04/24	Common Tern	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	2	P C Donaldson
10:00	One fishing in the ditch between Fishtail Lagoon and the old tip. The other, probably the bird seen by PD, very dark billed, perched on the main island in the centre of Fishtail.
12/04/24	Whitethroat	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	1	P C Donaldson
10:00	At least four in bushes bordering the perimeter of the old tip. Also one very vociferous Reed Warbler singing from gorse bushes to the South of Jetty Lagoon. Six Cetti's Warblers singing from bushes around the perimeter of the old tip.
12/04/24	Little Gull	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	2	P C Donaldson
10:00	Definitely two as in same scope sighting. Both 2nd CY.
12/04/24	Great Grey Shrike	Bransbury Common	1	N A Buckle
15:09
12/04/24	Long-tailed Tit	Royal Victoria CP, Netley	6	R Durkin
11:20	In woods rear of Chapel.
12/04/24	Nuthatch	Royal Victoria CP, Netley	1	R Durkin
12:00	Near Cafe.
12/04/24	Great Northern Diver	Weston Shore, Southampton	1	S Hartill
13:15	Off dock head.
12/04/24	House Martin	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	2	P D Winter
14:10	with a few Sand Martins.
12/04/24	Wigeon	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	1	A D Tindale
11:40	Lone male. Plus the occasional Swallow and single Peacock Butterly.
12/04/24	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	5	A D Tindale
11:40
12/04/24	Common Sandpiper	Hook-with-Warsash	1	A D Tindale
09:45	Showing very well in flooded field / paddock in front of Hook Farm Cottages.
12/04/24	Great White Egret	Bransbury Common	1	A J Dickety
08:00	Flew north.
12/04/24	Great Grey Shrike	Bransbury Common	1	A J Dickety
07:45	Showed really well on central bushes. West of the Ford.
12/04/24	Cuckoo	Hartley Wintney	1	P Rowse
07:00	Heard for first time this year. Very same day as last year.
12/04/24	Redstart	Pig Bush, NF	2	A B Tew
09:45
12/04/24	Willow Warbler	Noar Hill	1	M Lawn
	singing male. Quite a rare bird in the Selborne area: I don't expect it will stay. SU738324.
12/04/24	Whitethroat	Noar Hill	1	M Lawn
	singing male. SU7431.
12/04/24	White-tailed Eagle	Weston Sailing Club	1	S Hartill
13:01	juv. Soaring over Fawley, Southampton water for 20 minutes being pursued by gulls.
12/04/24	Wood Warbler	Holmsley Passage	1	M Swann
09:00	Male singing. SU225009.
12/04/24	Meadow Pipit	Farlington Marshes	4	R Wright
10:30
12/04/24	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	4	R Wright
10:30	Near the new gravel islands on Deep Water lagoon.
12/04/24	Black-tailed Godwit	Farlington Marshes	5	R Wright
10:30
12/04/24	Redshank	Farlington Marshes	6	R Wright
10:30
12/04/24	Peregrine	Farlington Marshes	1	R Wright
10:30	Relatively high above lakes nearest south wall having disturbed the resting Black-headed Gulls. Seen with two other birders, yet to check if I managed to get photograph as in moved through light cloud.
12/04/24	House Martin	Exbury	4	P Matthews
12:26	Prospecting nest sites around the clock tower in the village.
12/04/24	Corn Bunting	Gander Down	1	N Wiley
12:05	12pm on south Down way.
12/04/24	Reed Warbler	Lepe, Dark Water	1	P F Fawkes
08:00
12/04/24	Mediterranean Gull	Lepe	25	P F Fawkes
08:00	Past cafe flying east.
12/04/24	Shag	Lepe	1	P F Fawkes
08:00
12/04/24	Raven	Gander Down	2	N Wiley
11:31	11.25am.
12/04/24	Raven	Cheriton	1	N Wiley
10:40	10.30am.
12/04/24	Cuckoo	Whiteley Pastures	1	A Robjohns
07:59
12/04/24	Brambling	Mark Ash Wood, NF	1	S Curson
09:53	male. At least one male in almost full summer plumage. Probably 4 or 5 more, but not seen properly so ID of those others not certain.
12/04/24	Marsh Tit	Mark Ash Wood, NF	2	S Curson
09:53
12/04/24	Redstart	Mark Ash Wood, NF	4	S Curson
09:53	male. Singing.
12/04/24	Grasshopper Warbler	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	P Durnell
09:21	Calling in garden of Sandpipers on Normandy Lane. Several Willow Warbler and Whitethroat also singing.
12/04/24	Whitethroat	Bury Court Farm	3	P J Beresford
09:17	m. Heard and seen during survey. SU781456.
12/04/24	White-tailed Eagle	Southampton Eastern Docks	1	A Wallen
07:35	flew over grain silos up the test towards testwood and broadlands.

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