Hampshire bird news

Tuesday 21st February 2017

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
21/02/17SkylarkCrookham Village1R D Hellier
09:00
Cross Farm Ridge, singing bird.  
21/02/17Red KiteCrookham Village2R D Hellier
09:00
Fying over Cross Farm Ridge.  
21/02/17LinnetCrookham Village1R D Hellier
08:30
Bird singing from tall ash by scrub, Poulters Bridge Hill.  
21/02/17Lesser RedpollCrookham Village10R D Hellier
08:30
Zephon Common,Cross Farm about 10 trilling and feeding with siskin and goldfinches in birch and alder, been around for a few weeks.  
21/02/17Yellow-legged GullHook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash1R H Marchant
11:15
ad w/p. On shingle bar off the spit, low water. SU4805.  
21/02/17StonechatHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash3R H Marchant
09:45
ad male. Together, between scrape and meander pools, presume migrants passing through. SU4904.  
21/02/17RavenSouthampton Common5A Welch
12:20
Groups of 2 and 3 joined briefly, circling over Hawthorns Urban Wildlife Centre, the 3 then moved off west, other 2 hang around for another 10 mins or so.  
21/02/17RedwingCadnam Common2J Moseley
A pair of Redwing hopping about by the roadside at the start of the Roger Penny Way. SU287136.  
21/02/17FirecrestMark Ash Wood, NF7M Swann
Noticeable increase in no.s.  
21/02/17Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerMark Ash Wood, NF2M Swann
M +f both drumming though f very softly. She was following him at short distance. Both birds always moving south.  
21/02/17Grey WagtailBlackwater Arboretum1R Watts
15:55
SU266046.  
21/02/17NuthatchBlackwater Arboretum2R Watts
15:55
SU266046.  
21/02/17TreecreeperBlackwater Arboretum2R Watts
15:55
SU266046.  
21/02/17HawfinchBlackwater Arboretum1R Watts
15:55
Good view of one bird on top of a conifer tree.Berkshire boys. SU266046.  
21/02/17SpoonbillKeyhaven Lagoon3R Watts
11:30
Berkshire Boys. (One Great White Egret at Longham Lakes is this the Hanpshire bird ??? @ 10:15 ).  
21/02/17StarlingWinnall, Winchester20000D J Pearson
17:30
Incredible numbers coming to roost in trees around the estate; viewed from the Trade Park. Impossible to count but could easily be twice this number.  
21/02/17BuzzardLeigh Park1C Slade
10:00
over warren mobbed by gulls.  
21/02/17Mediterranean GullLeigh Park33C Slade
08:00
flying north over the warren between 08.00 and 09.30.  
21/02/17PeregrineLeigh Park1C Slade
flying south over strouden court shops (the warren).  
21/02/17Red KiteLower Test Marshes1S Clemons
12:00
Over Two Bridges before heading south.  
21/02/17Red KiteRingwood1C Chapleo
one over town centre c0850 whilst watching Waxwing.  
21/02/17WaxwingRingwood1J Gent
08:40
Blinkbonnie car park. SU148051.  
21/02/17Mediterranean GullWest Leigh, Havant2M Collins
07:00
First of the year starting the commute to surrounding fields . SU725090.