Hampshire bird news

Wednesday 23rd April 2014

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
23/04/14	Lesser Whitethroat	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	2	D J Pearson
	Both singing, one seen well.
23/04/14	Whimbrel	Alton	2	S Mansfield
11:30	Flying over west Alton caling. Seen by my wife Lyn.
23/04/14	Sparrowhawk	Sway	1	L Etheridge
	fem. In rear garden.19:15 hrs. Nearly had male blackcap for dinner.
23/04/14	Blackcap	Sway	1	L Etheridge
	male. In rear garden. Nearly caught by sparrowhawk.
23/04/14	Little Tern	Hayling Bay, Sandy Point	1	P N Milinets-Raby
14:55	Heading east during sea watch 2:55pm to 4:25pm. South wind, spitting with light rain, heavy rain when finished. Just the one bird seen.
23/04/14	Arctic Tern	Hayling Bay, Sandy Point	2	P N Milinets-Raby
14:55	Heading east during sea watch 2:55pm to 4:25pm. South wind, spitting with light rain, heavy rain when finished. With a small group of 12 Common Terns.
23/04/14	Arctic Skua	Hayling Bay, Sandy Point	1	P N Milinets-Raby
14:55	Heading east during sea watch 2:55pm to 4:25pm. South wind, spitting with light rain, heavy rain when finished. Dark phase at 4:12pm. Middle distance, giving good views.
23/04/14	Great Skua	Hayling Bay, Sandy Point	4	P N Milinets-Raby
14:55	Heading east during sea watch 2:55pm to 4:25pm. South wind, spitting with light rain, heavy rain when finished. A group of three at 3:45pm (at height), then a single at 3:50pm low over the sea.
23/04/14	Gannet	Hayling Bay, Sandy Point	2	P N Milinets-Raby
14:55	Heading east during sea watch 2:55pm to 4:25pm. South wind, spitting with light rain, heavy rain when finished. Two singles.
23/04/14	Whimbrel	Hayling Bay, Sandy Point	11	P N Milinets-Raby
14:55	Heading east during sea watch 2:55pm to 4:25pm. South wind, spitting with light rain, heavy rain when finished. All in one flock of 11.
23/04/14	Common Tern	Hayling Bay, Sandy Point	208	P N Milinets-Raby
14:55	Heading east during sea watch 2:55pm to 4:25pm. South wind, spitting with light rain, heavy rain when finished. Most of the terns flew through in the first 25 minutes. Flocks of 37, 27, 20 and a long line of 92!
23/04/14	Sandwich Tern	Hayling Bay, Sandy Point	37	P N Milinets-Raby
14:55	Heading east during sea watch 2:55pm to 4:25pm. South wind, spitting with light rain, heavy rain when finished. Two flocks of 8, plus dribs & drabs.
23/04/14	Woodlark	Woolmer Pond Cottage	2	P Boult

23/04/14	Swallow	Woolmer Pond Cottage	2	P Boult

23/04/14	Marsh Tit	Woolmer Pond Cottage	1	P Boult
	Singing.
23/04/14	Mediterranean Gull	Weston Shore, Southampton	2	M G Painter
09:00	2 Adult summer north.
23/04/14	Sedge Warbler	Broughton	1	C Burch
10:00	heard only, from reedbeds south of Broughton village, heading to Houghton.
23/04/14	Arctic Tern	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	16	R Chapman
16:30	at least in a total of 40-42 birds that included at least 22 common tern. It seems some 30 had gone since late morning.
23/04/14	Arctic Skua	Hill Head	2	D J Ryves
	E on seawatch 14:00-15:30 with GB & MP.
23/04/14	Black Tern	Hill Head	1	D J Ryves
	E on seawatch 14:00-15:30 with GB & MP.
23/04/14	Common Tern	Stokes Bay	200	D Stevenson
16:15	200+ commics between 15:00 and 16:15.
23/04/14	Arctic Skua	Stokes Bay	1	D Stevenson
15:47	Dark morph.
23/04/14	Little Tern	Stokes Bay	4	D Stevenson
15:40	3 + 1 @ 16:05.
23/04/14	Black-tailed Godwit	Titchfield Haven	24	A 2
	Meadow & Knight Bank Hide.
23/04/14	Black-tailed Godwit	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	10	A 2
	Maybe more. Bridge Street Floods.
23/04/14	Marsh Harrier	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	1	A 2
	Probably same as before. Seen as walking along canal path by the reserve.
23/04/14	Whitethroat	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	2	A 2
	At least 2 seen & singing along the canal path. One was by the reserve, the other was nearer Bridge Street.
23/04/14	Wigeon	Titchfield Haven	1	A 2
	Male. Seen from both Meadow & Knights Band Hides.
23/04/14	Marsh Harrier	Titchfield Haven	1	A 2
	First seen from Meadow Hide, then sat on fence post in front of Knights Bank Hide.
23/04/14	Cuckoo	Lower Test Marshes	1	P D Winter
14:25	in low flight over reeds.
23/04/14	Green Sandpiper	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	1	D Wallace
15:15	Still in first field north of Posbrook Flood. With KM.
23/04/14	Lesser Whitethroat	Posbrook	1	D Wallace
14:40	With AR and KM.
23/04/14	Cuckoo	Lower Test Marshes	1	I R Watts
12:30	Calling near to Bell crossing.
23/04/14	Lesser Whitethroat	Lower Test Marshes	1	I R Watts
13:00	Near Bell crossing.
23/04/14	Great Skua	Stokes Bay	3	D Stevenson
15:20	Flew high east through Solent.
23/04/14	Common Scoter	Stokes Bay	2	D Stevenson
15:10	On the sea... M & F. Probably birds from this am.
23/04/14	House Martin	Woolmer Pond	20	R Ford
	With other hirundines.
23/04/14	Wheatear	Woolmer Pond Cottage	1	R Ford
	m.
23/04/14	Ring Ouzel	Woolmer Pond Cottage	1	R Ford
14:00	Please only view from the gate due to ground nesting birds.
23/04/14	Reed Warbler	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	4	M Crutch
10:30	m. Along Christmas House path and by end of Cowes Lane footpath.
23/04/14	Wheatear	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	M Crutch
10:30	m. Nothing like Mr Marchant's foray yesterday!
23/04/14	Whitethroat	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	7	M Crutch
10:30	m.
23/04/14	Common Tern	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	4	M Crutch
10:30	Along Southampton Water.
23/04/14	Great Northern Diver	Stokes Bay	1	K J Ilsley
	w.p. bird came in from west distant and high and eventually close over beach.
23/04/14	Marsh Harrier	Stokes Bay	1	K J Ilsley
	fem. heading west over Solent and out towards Fawley.
23/04/14	Wheatear	Stokes Bay	1	K J Ilsley
	fem. in off then on beach.
23/04/14	Common Tern	Stokes Bay	61	K J Ilsley
	Total count of common/commics on seawtch.
23/04/14	Arctic Tern	Stokes Bay	4	K J Ilsley
	east together.
23/04/14	Swallow	Stokes Bay	2	K J Ilsley
	in off.
23/04/14	Common Scoter	Stokes Bay	7	K J Ilsley
	5 east 2 west.
23/04/14	Mediterranean Gull	Stokes Bay	1	K J Ilsley
	1st year around beach.
23/04/14	Sandwich Tern	Stokes Bay	15	K J Ilsley
	passing on seawatch 0615-0915.
23/04/14	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Stokes Bay	3	K J Ilsley
	east.
23/04/14	Arctic Tern	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	45	R Chapman
	Perhaps as many as 60, c75 terns in all, I counted at least 45 Arctic and some were common, mostly flying about at all distances in drizzle, a very fine sight.
23/04/14	Common Sandpiper	Riverside Park, Southampton	4	T W Bunday
09:30	Between SW and beech.
23/04/14	Sedge Warbler	Lower Test Marshes	1	J Brandsma
09:00	song flight at Bonemill crossing.
23/04/14	Reed Warbler	Lower Test Marshes	2	J Brandsma
09:00
23/04/14	Cuckoo	Lower Test Marshes	1	J Brandsma
09:00	m. in treetop along Mill Lane.
23/04/14	Cetti's Warbler	Lower Test Marshes	3	J Brandsma
09:00
23/04/14	Whimbrel	Hook (Warsash)	4	D Wallace
09:30	Still in field south of Workmans Lane. Thanks, Bob.
23/04/14	Little Owl	Hook (Warsash)	1	D Wallace
09:15	Usual spot by Beam Cottage.
23/04/14	Lesser Whitethroat	Woolmer Pond Cottage	2	A Stocker
09:00
23/04/14	Ring Ouzel	Woolmer Pond Cottage	1	A Stocker
09:00	male. 50m North of cottage, showing well.

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