Hampshire bird news
Thursday 5th May 2016
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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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05/05/16 | Turtle Dove | Chalton | 1 | P N Milinets-Raby |
13:15 | Purring bird in the scrub on the western slope of the Down. SU704208. | |||
05/05/16 | Swift | Bishops Waltham | 8 | P M Potts |
over village nice to have them back. SU553175. | ||||
05/05/16 | Mandarin Duck | Avington Lake/Park | 1 | D J Pearson |
16:30 | male. On the lake. | |||
05/05/16 | Buzzard | Bickton | 20 | R M Webb |
16:30 | Arrived back home yesterday afternoon to a group of 20 birds thermaling above our house. I've not seen so many together in Hampshire before. I'd hoped that last weekend's Black Kite might have been amongst them but no...Probably attracted together by a recently ploughed field across the road near the Hyde turnoff which had a good gull flock today too. | |||
05/05/16 | Cuckoo | Newton Valence | 1 | J Harrington |
20:40 | Record from yesterday evening. Bird calling distantly. First I have heard here this year. | |||
05/05/16 | Arctic Skua | Titchfield Haven | 1 | M J Palmer |
20:15 | Light Phase, East. | |||
05/05/16 | Goldcrest | Old Alresford | 3 | H R Cornford |
06:45 | SU5934. | |||
05/05/16 | Skylark | Old Alresford | 6 | H R Cornford |
06:45 | at the least possibly many more singing. SU5934. | |||
05/05/16 | Linnet | Old Alresford | 3 | H R Cornford |
06:45 | 1 singing others feeding. | |||
05/05/16 | Yellowhammer | Old Alresford | 4 | H R Cornford |
06:45 | in hedgerows and on wires. | |||
05/05/16 | Whitethroat | Old Alresford | 6 | H R Cornford |
06:45 | in various parts of farm. | |||
05/05/16 | Blackcap | Old Alresford | 2 | H R Cornford |
06:45 | In hedgerows on farm. | |||
05/05/16 | Tree Pipit | Browndown South | 2 | I A Smith |
19:30 | Singing mid heathland. | |||
05/05/16 | Dartford Warbler | Browndown South | 2 | I A Smith |
19:30 | ||||
05/05/16 | Lesser Whitethroat | Browndown South | 2 | I A Smith |
20:15 | ||||
05/05/16 | Pomarine Skua | Browndown South | 1 | I A Smith |
20:15 | Flew over my head mid Browndown whilst trying to photograph Lesser Whitethroat. | |||
05/05/16 | Whimbrel | Hill Head | 1 | M Edgeller |
East at 18:45. | ||||
05/05/16 | Arctic Tern | Hill Head | 1 | M Edgeller |
East @ 19:20. | ||||
05/05/16 | Pomarine Skua | Hill Head | 1 | M Edgeller |
Spoonless l/p east @ 19:15. | ||||
05/05/16 | Black Tern | Hill Head | 42 | M Edgeller |
East 18:30-20:00 incl flock of 21 @18:57. | ||||
05/05/16 | Whimbrel | Hill Head | 1 | A 2 |
East between 1500 & 1600. Picked out by Ivor McPherson. | ||||
05/05/16 | Swift | Alresford Pond | 20 | S Mansfield |
16:00 | ||||
05/05/16 | Kingfisher | Alresford Pond | 1 | S Mansfield |
16:00 | ||||
05/05/16 | Shelduck | Alresford Pond | 1 | S Mansfield |
15:30 | pr + 7 small shelducklings + 2 ad. | |||
05/05/16 | Teal | Alresford Pond | 2 | S Mansfield |
15:30 | pair. | |||
05/05/16 | Pochard | Alresford Pond | 1 | S Mansfield |
15:30 | male. | |||
05/05/16 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Alresford Pond | 8 | S Mansfield |
15:30 | ad. | |||
05/05/16 | Herring Gull | Alresford Pond | 1 | S Mansfield |
15:30 | ad. | |||
05/05/16 | Black Tern | Posbrook Floods | 5 | M H Terry |
Still present at 19.15. | ||||
05/05/16 | Cuckoo | Fishlake Meadows | 3 | R T Toft |
Three males together and one unseen 'bubbling' female. | ||||
05/05/16 | Sandwich Tern | Stokes Bay | 5 | J Norton |
18:43 | E between 1745 and 1855. | |||
05/05/16 | Common Tern | Stokes Bay | 15 | J Norton |
18:43 | E between 1745 and 1855. | |||
05/05/16 | Black Tern | Stokes Bay | 2 | J Norton |
18:43 | East at 1823 with 12 Commons. | |||
05/05/16 | Little Gull | Stokes Bay | 1 | J Norton |
18:43 | 1st yr E at 18:43. | |||
05/05/16 | House Martin | Shirley, Southampton | 4 | M J Smith |
15:00 | ||||
05/05/16 | Garden Warbler | Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | L J Amey |
14:52 | Seen briefly in bushes, then confirmed by calling. | |||
05/05/16 | Dartford Warbler | Keyhaven Marsh | 2 | L J Amey |
1 seen at car park 1345hrs. 2nd seen briefly on gorse, then heard at 1430hrs, 700m west of car park. | ||||
05/05/16 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Keyhaven Lagoon | 1 | L J Amey |
13:38 | Solitary bird offshore, then flew off W-E. | |||
05/05/16 | House Martin | Keyhaven Lagoon | 1 | L J Amey |
12:31 | N-S over lagoon. | |||
05/05/16 | Eider | Keyhaven Lagoon | 2 | L J Amey |
11:45 | pr. Offshore, close in on grass island. | |||
05/05/16 | Common Tern | Keyhaven Lagoon | 10 | L J Amey |
At least. Over lagoon and offshore. | ||||
05/05/16 | Water Pipit | Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | L J Amey |
09:30 | On gorse by track. Not quite in summer plume. | |||
05/05/16 | Cuckoo | Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | L J Amey |
09:30 | S-N up track toward car park. | |||
05/05/16 | Little Tern | Keyhaven Lagoon | 9 | L J Amey |
1, 2 W-E 0915hrs. 2,2,2 W-E 1055hrs. Excellent close views of them diving. | ||||
05/05/16 | Arctic Tern | Hill Head | 1 | A 2 |
East, at least. Between 1500 & 1600. Picked out by Ivor McPherson. | ||||
05/05/16 | Little Tern | Hill Head | 4 | A 2 |
17:14 | East. Seawatch 1400-1717. | |||
05/05/16 | Greenshank | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 13 | S Ingram |
15:15 | Flew east. Probably one of the more unusual records today. Note all records today from Cut Bridge involved other observers during various points to day. CA MPM TP SP SK MC NM RW et al. | |||
05/05/16 | Little Gull | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 1 | S Ingram |
13:15 | 2cy. East. | |||
05/05/16 | Great Northern Diver | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 1 | S Ingram |
09:47 | ||||
05/05/16 | Black Tern | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 33 | S Ingram |
09:10 | East. 6at0915/5bay1130-1300/6at1420/16at1450+12at1510 thought to have involved circulating birds I. E. 16 max. | |||
05/05/16 | Arctic Skua | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 8 | S Ingram |
07:16 | East. PP0716/DP1118/PP1142/PP1209/2PP+DP1410/ PP1500HRS. | |||
05/05/16 | Pomarine Skua | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 6 | S Ingram |
12:35 | East into Solent ...and through?? | |||
05/05/16 | Grey Plover | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 23 | S Ingram |
05:30 | East 0530-1600hrs. | |||
05/05/16 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 16 | S Ingram |
05:30 | East 0530-1600hrs. | |||
05/05/16 | Dunlin | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 8 | S Ingram |
05:30 | East 0530-1600hrs. | |||
05/05/16 | Wheatear | Pamber Forest | 1 | J Meikle |
fem. On what locals call Silchester Common. SU617622. | ||||
05/05/16 | Mediterranean Gull | Keyhaven Lagoon | 8 | L J Amey |
Total. | ||||
05/05/16 | Gadwall | Keyhaven Lagoon | 2 | L J Amey |
08:55 | pr. | |||
05/05/16 | Meadow Pipit | Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | L J Amey |
08:55 | ||||
05/05/16 | Lesser Whitethroat | Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | L J Amey |
08:55 | ||||
05/05/16 | Reed Bunting | Keyhaven Marsh | 15 | L J Amey |
10m 5fm. At least. | ||||
05/05/16 | Skylark | Keyhaven Marsh | 10 | L J Amey |
At least. | ||||
05/05/16 | Whitethroat | Keyhaven Marsh | 30 | L J Amey |
At least seen. | ||||
05/05/16 | Cetti's Warbler | Keyhaven Marsh | 10 | L J Amey |
At least - all Heard Only. | ||||
05/05/16 | Spoonbill | Keyhaven Lagoon | 2 | L J Amey |
1 on lagoon at 0822hrs the 2nd flying in from the west later on. | ||||
05/05/16 | Linnet | Keyhaven Marsh | 15 | L J Amey |
At least total seen. | ||||
05/05/16 | Pomarine Skua | Hill Head | 3 | A 2 |
17:03 | ad. Pale phase - east close in past Rainbow Bar. Seawatch 1400-1717. | |||
05/05/16 | Little Gull | Hill Head | 2 | A 2 |
16:45 | ad sum + imm. Both East close in past Rainbow Bar. Sea watch 1400-1717 (others stayed even later). Imm at 1642 & ad at 1645. | |||
05/05/16 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 1 | A 2 |
16:32 | East. Pale phase close in past Rainbow bar. | |||
05/05/16 | Black Tern | Hill Head | 7 | A 2 |
15:07 | Minimum. Feeding out by Rainbow bar, then 5 seen flying into the reserve before heading east. Possibly 12+. | |||
05/05/16 | Greenshank | Fleet Pond | 1 | W G Legge |
Feeding in the islands off Fugelmere at 5:45pm. | ||||
05/05/16 | Sparrowhawk | Basingstoke | 1 | D A Levy |
11:47 | male. Derwent Road,Kempshott. Sat on the garden fence for a few seconds only,scared 3 Goldfinches off the feeders. SU646509. | |||
05/05/16 | Arctic Tern | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 2 | S Ingram |
05:30 | 2 close in I'd as this species. One calling. | |||
05/05/16 | Common Tern | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 190 | S Ingram |
05:30 | East 0530-1600hrs. | |||
05/05/16 | Shoveler | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 3 | S Ingram |
05:30 | 2m+f. On sea first thing. | |||
05/05/16 | Sanderling | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 20 | S Ingram |
05:30 | East 0530-1600 max 15. | |||
05/05/16 | Dark-bellied Brent Goose | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 8 | S Ingram |
05:30 | East 0530-1600hrs. 2+6. | |||
05/05/16 | Common Scoter | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 35 | S Ingram |
05:30 | Max flock. | |||
05/05/16 | Gannet | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 12 | S Ingram |
05:30 | Max flock. | |||
05/05/16 | Whimbrel | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 26 | S Ingram |
05:30 | East 0530-1600hrs. | |||
05/05/16 | Swift | Twyford | 8 | D Lister |
Close to village. | ||||
05/05/16 | Firecrest | Hiltingbury | 2 | D Lister |
male. Two singing males at lakes. | ||||
05/05/16 | Hobby | Basingstoke | 1 | M Lambden |
Seen following a large flock of Swifts going north. SU615491. | ||||
05/05/16 | Black Tern | Posbrook Floods | 5 | L Hatfield |
14:45 | Until 15:15 at least. | |||
05/05/16 | Swift | Sholing, Southampton | 7 | I R Watts |
16:00 | ||||
05/05/16 | Nightingale | Casbrook Common | 1 | R L Lee |
11:30 | ||||
05/05/16 | Lesser Whitethroat | Casbrook Common | 1 | R L Lee |
10:15 | chasing one of the Cuckoos. | |||
05/05/16 | Cuckoo | Casbrook Common | 2 | R L Lee |
10:15 | ||||
05/05/16 | Meadow Pipit | Lee-on-the-Solent | 2 | K J Ilsley |
in off. | ||||
05/05/16 | Sanderling | Lee-on-the-Solent | 5 | K J Ilsley |
west. | ||||
05/05/16 | Arctic Tern | Lee-on-the-Solent | 1 | K J Ilsley |
close to beach east about 0745. | ||||
05/05/16 | Sandwich Tern | Lee-on-the-Solent | 16 | K J Ilsley |
05/05/16 | Common Tern | Lee-on-the-Solent | 18 | K J Ilsley |
0710-0830. | ||||
05/05/16 | Reed Bunting | Alver Valley | 1 | K J Ilsley |
06:45 | singing in reeds adjacent to Lee on Solent road. | |||
05/05/16 | Snipe | Fleet Pond | 1 | W G Legge |
06:30 | Circled and dropped in. Also 1 Hobby briefly and 8 Swift. | |||
05/05/16 | Common Sandpiper | Fleet Pond | 1 | W G Legge |
06:30 | ||||
05/05/16 | Blackcap | Fleet Pond | 12 | W G Legge |
06:30 | 9+ males in song and 3 females seen while undertaking a circuit of the Pond. | |||
05/05/16 | Garden Warbler | Fleet Pond | 6 | W G Legge |
06:30 | 2 pairs and 2 others in song while undertaking a circuit of the Pond. | |||
05/05/16 | Garden Warbler | Holbury | 1 | A P Pullen |
13:00 | Disused pit off Charleston Road I believe this belongs to Esso. Several Blackcap and Whitethroat. | |||
05/05/16 | Cuckoo | East Boldre | 1 | A P Pullen |
08:00 | Rowes Lane East End. | |||
05/05/16 | Red Kite | East Boldre | 1 | A P Pullen |
08:00 | East End, Rowes Lane low around cottages. | |||
05/05/16 | Little Owl | Bucklers Hard | 1 | A P Pullen |
08:00 | ||||
05/05/16 | Cuckoo | Winchester Sewage Farm | 1 | T R Jordan |
fem. Heard bubbling then flew past me. No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275. | ||||
05/05/16 | Garden Warbler | Winchester College Water Meadows | 2 | T R Jordan |
Singing from woodland along Garnier road, usual area for this species. | ||||
05/05/16 | Lesser Whitethroat | Twyford Down | 2 | T R Jordan |
Now two singing at the Dongas. | ||||
05/05/16 | Lesser Whitethroat | St Catherines Hill, Winchester | 1 | T R Jordan |
Singing south side of plague pit valley. | ||||
05/05/16 | Stonechat | Winchester Sewage Farm | 1 | T R Jordan |
male. The male is present every day. I think the female has either been predated or has dumped him. No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275. | ||||
05/05/16 | Shelduck | Winchester Sewage Farm | 1 | T R Jordan |
No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275. | ||||
05/05/16 | White Wagtail | Winchester Sewage Farm | 1 | T R Jordan |
No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275. | ||||
05/05/16 | Peregrine | Wildgrounds (Gosport) | 1 | I Calderwood |
11:05 | east. | |||
05/05/16 | Hobby | Woolmer Pond | 1 | J Harrington |
12:30 | Brief flight views low over the pond but then disappeared from view behind tree-line. | |||
05/05/16 | Garden Warbler | Woolmer Pond | 1 | J Harrington |
12:30 | Opposite side of track to car park. Brief snatches of song and being constantly interrupted by Robin, Willow Warbler and at least two Chiffchaffs. | |||
05/05/16 | Wheatear | Farlington Marshes | 1 | J Harrington |
10:00 | ||||
05/05/16 | Little Tern | Farlington Marshes | 3 | J Harrington |
10:00 | Fishing around the lagoon area. | |||
05/05/16 | Black Tern | Hayling Bay, Sandy Point | 10 | R Ford |
13:10 | East. | |||
05/05/16 | Cuckoo | Dean Hill (Hampshire) | 1 | E Farmer |
13:00 | Heard only. | |||
05/05/16 | Whitethroat | Walworth Industrial Estate, Andover | 6 | T Lee |
12:20 | Singing beautifully. SU377470. | |||
05/05/16 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 1 | D Wallace |
11:56 | Pale-phase in-off giving good close views before veering east over the river. With RL. | |||
05/05/16 | Black Tern | Hayling Bay, Sandy Point | 9 | R Ford |
11:38 | East. | |||
05/05/16 | Common Sandpiper | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 1 | R H Marchant |
09:30 | Flew from ditch to scrape, stayed for 5 minutes only. SU4904. | |||
05/05/16 | Cuckoo | Hook Lake, Hook-with-Warsash | 1 | R H Marchant |
08:40 | m. SU4805. | |||
05/05/16 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Hill Head | 2 | R H Marchant |
06:55 | w/p on shoreline by Meon toilet block , joined by s/p 07:35, both flew E. SU5202. | |||
05/05/16 | Knot | Hill Head | 2 | R H Marchant |
06:55 | s/p. On shoreline until 07:30. SU5202. | |||
05/05/16 | Gannet | Hill Head | 1 | R H Marchant |
06:30 | West. SU5100. | |||
05/05/16 | Lapwing | Totford | 2 | R Bryant |
10:45 | whooping calls, flying over cattle pastures along the bottom of the Candover Valley at Totford. | |||
05/05/16 | Red Kite | Totford | 1 | R Bryant |
10:45 | floating above Kites Hill, Totford. | |||
05/05/16 | Swift | Totford | 8 | R Bryant |
10:45 | cruising around the skies above the Woolpack Inn. | |||
05/05/16 | Whitethroat | Peartree Green LNR, Southampton | 3 | I R Watts |
10:30 | m. Territories. | |||
05/05/16 | Great Crested Grebe | Weston Shore, Southampton | 10 | I R Watts |
08:00 | ||||
05/05/16 | Curlew | Weston Shore, Southampton | 1 | I R Watts |
08:00 | Still present 08:50. | |||
05/05/16 | Turnstone | Weston Shore, Southampton | 3 | I R Watts |
08:45 | ||||
05/05/16 | Ringed Plover | Weston Shore, Southampton | 2 | I R Watts |
09:00 | ||||
05/05/16 | Common Tern | Weston Shore, Southampton | 100 | I R Watts |
06:00 | Spread between Fawley and Dock Head. | |||
05/05/16 | Great Black-backed Gull | Weston Shore, Southampton | 8 | I R Watts |
06:00 | 6 ad+ 2 1s. | |||
05/05/16 | Dark-bellied Brent Goose | Weston Shore, Southampton | 46 | I R Watts |
06:15 | Flew to Dibden Bay 09:00. | |||
05/05/16 | Gadwall | Weston Shore, Southampton | 1 | I R Watts |
06:05 | m. flew north. | |||
05/05/16 | Whimbrel | Weston Shore, Southampton | 6 | I R Watts |
08:20 | ||||
05/05/16 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Weston Shore, Southampton | 1 | I R Watts |
08:50 | fem. Non-breeding plumage. | |||
05/05/16 | Swallow | Stokes Bay | 10 | J Norton |
or so in, relatively only a trickle. | ||||
05/05/16 | House Martin | Stokes Bay | 1 | J Norton |
in. | ||||
05/05/16 | Swift | Stokes Bay | 10 | J Norton |
or so, came in. | ||||
05/05/16 | Shelduck | Stokes Bay | 3 | J Norton |
east. | ||||
05/05/16 | Whimbrel | Stokes Bay | 1 | J Norton |
east. | ||||
05/05/16 | Sanderling | Stokes Bay | 5 | J Norton |
2E, 3E, 5W. | ||||
05/05/16 | Dark-bellied Brent Goose | Stokes Bay | 2 | J Norton |
east at 0706. | ||||
05/05/16 | Little Tern | Stokes Bay | 1 | J Norton |
east. | ||||
05/05/16 | Common Tern | Stokes Bay | 132 | J Norton |
East between 0625 and 1000 in F2-3 E wind (total updated 6/5 to include later time). All definitely Common apart from two seen before I arrived by TC which could have been Arctics. Including two first-summers? with white foreheads and brownish wings. | ||||
05/05/16 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Hill Head | 1 | A 2 |
05:40 | on beach, poss young/non-breeding bird as no summer plumage. | |||
05/05/16 | Dunlin | Hill Head | 26 | A 2 |
05:40 | Flying east/on beach between 0540 & 0730. | |||
05/05/16 | Grey Plover | Hill Head | 3 | A 2 |
05:40 | ad sum. 2 flew onto reserve, 1 stayed on beach. | |||
05/05/16 | Sandwich Tern | Stokes Bay | 44 | J Norton |
East between 0625 and 0915. | ||||
05/05/16 | Tawny Owl | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
08:30 | ||||
05/05/16 | Swift | Toms Down | 1 | J G Ross |
08:30 | my first of year. | |||
05/05/16 | Nightingale | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
08:30 | giving it all its got singing wise! | |||
05/05/16 | Sedge Warbler | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
08:30 | This is my first ever singing on my patch, only 2 previous records both in autumn. In reedbed behind Mopley pond between Toms down and fields heath. | |||
05/05/16 | Reed Warbler | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
08:30 | ||||
05/05/16 | Garden Warbler | Mopley Pond | 1 | J G Ross |
08:30 | singing. | |||
05/05/16 | Garden Warbler | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 3 | J G Ross |
08:30 | all singing. | |||
05/05/16 | Lesser Whitethroat | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
08:30 | singing. | |||
05/05/16 | Firecrest | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
08:30 | singing. | |||
05/05/16 | Yellowhammer | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
08:30 | male. singing. | |||
05/05/16 | Swift | Farnborough | 5 | M Guinane |
08:30 | My first of the year. | |||
05/05/16 | Swift | Forton, Longparish | 12 | D J Piper |
09:54 | ||||
05/05/16 | Lapwing | Badminston GP | 3 | S Bevis |
07:30 | Over horse field between Mopley and Badminston GP - wonderful vocal and aerobatic display. | |||
05/05/16 | Garden Warbler | Cutty Brow | 1 | D J Piper |
08:14 | male. | |||
05/05/16 | Cuckoo | Hale | 1 | A Hockey |
07:30 | Cuckooing. |