Hampshire bird news

Sunday 28th April 2024

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
28/04/24Sand MartinWinchester Sewage Farm20F Matthews
08:00
Huge flock of around 100 hirundines. Roughly 50 Swallows, 20 Sand and 20 House Martin. Also 2 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler. No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275.  
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatHockley Golf Course1F Matthews
08:20
singing male.  
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatSt Catherines Hill, Winchester1F Matthews
08:30
singing male .  
28/04/24Short-eared OwlHill Head1A Robjohns
10:39
Flew west along the sea wall, mobbed by gulls.  
28/04/24Great Crested GrebeWeston Sailing Club10I R Watts
06:30
 
28/04/24RavenWeston Shore, Southampton1I R Watts
08:30
Over jetty.  
28/04/24Common SandpiperWeston Shore, Southampton1I R Watts
08:30
North of jetty.  
28/04/24Dark-bellied Brent GooseWeston Shore, Southampton36I R Watts
08:30
North of jetty.  
28/04/24Dark-bellied Brent GooseWeston Sailing Club10I R Watts
07:53
Over Hythe side.  
28/04/24Sandwich TernWeston Sailing Club5I R Watts
07:00
 
28/04/24TurnstoneWeston Sailing Club10I R Watts
06:30
 
28/04/24Black-throated DiverWeston Sailing Club1I R Watts
06:30
 
28/04/24Great Northern DiverWeston Sailing Club2I R Watts
07:28
 
28/04/24WhimbrelWeston Sailing Club1I R Watts
07:00
Flew up Southampton water.  
28/04/24Common TernWeston Sailing Club24I R Watts
07:00
Flew up Hythe Shore in 2 groups then back again 10 minutes later.  
28/04/24Arctic TernWeston Sailing Club1I R Watts
06:58
Flew down Southampton Water.  
28/04/24Common SandpiperNormandy Marsh/Lagoon1S Keen
08:50
 
28/04/24EiderNormandy Marsh/Lagoon5S Keen
08:50
 
28/04/24SanderlingNormandy Marsh/Lagoon1S Keen
08:40
On mud offshore.  
28/04/24SpoonbillNormandy Marsh/Lagoon1S Keen
08:40
 
28/04/24PochardNormandy Marsh/Lagoon2S Keen
08:30
m.  
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatPicket Twenty1D J Piper
08:22
In the tall hedges by the sport's pavilion.  
28/04/24WhimbrelHill Head1M J Palmer
06:45
Off HH sailing club on shore.  
28/04/24CuckooValley Park, Chandlers Ford1R J Jacobs
06:30
male.