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Saturday 16th February 2013

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
16/02/13	Chiffchaff	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	15	D Unsworth
	SU4618.
16/02/13	Kestrel	Weston Shore, Southampton	1	I R Watts
16:30	m.
16/02/13	Barn Owl	Whitsbury Down	1	A McKenna
17:00	Over the Gallops.
16/02/13	Short-eared Owl	Whitsbury Down	1	A McKenna
17:40	Over the Gallops.
16/02/13	Song Thrush	Longdown Inclosure, NF	5	D B Crespin
	birds singing everywhere, and lots of frog spawn.
16/02/13	Short-eared Owl	Hayling Island, Sinah Golf Course	1	T Lawman
17:40	Emerged at 17:40, nice and close to the gate,with excellent views,a bonus after a day of Hants dipping.
16/02/13	Russian White-fronted Goose	Tundry Pond	1	S Mansfield
15:00	Not found earlier then located in fields to n/w of pond.
16/02/13	Barnacle Goose	Tundry Pond	1	S Mansfield
15:00
16/02/13	Goosander	Tundry Pond	2	S Mansfield
11:00	male. Perhaps same as Dogmersfield Lake birds from earlier.
16/02/13	Goldeneye	Tundry Pond	1	S Mansfield
15:00	ad male.
16/02/13	Goosander	Dogmersfield Lake	2	S Mansfield
10:30	male.
16/02/13	Bewick's Swan	Harbridge	3	R A Hume
	ad.
16/02/13	Guillemot	Hayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR	1	M Gillingham

16/02/13	Great Northern Diver	Hayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR	1	M Gillingham

16/02/13	Slavonian Grebe	Hayling Bay	1	M Gillingham

16/02/13	Red-throated Diver	Hayling Bay	2	M Gillingham

16/02/13	Common Scoter	Hayling Bay	17	M Gillingham

16/02/13	Scaup	Hayling Oyster Beds (W Hayling LNR)	2	M Gillingham
	1w Male and female.
16/02/13	Black-necked Grebe	Hayling Oyster Beds (W Hayling LNR)	21	M Gillingham

16/02/13	Water Pipit	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	2	A Lewis
	including 1 on top of the old tip!
16/02/13	Common Scoter	Keyhaven	1	A Lewis
	male. flew west.
16/02/13	Slavonian Grebe	Keyhaven	2	A Lewis
	off Oxey island, flew strongly east.
16/02/13	Great Northern Diver	Keyhaven	1	A Lewis
	distant, in the outer harbour behind Hurst Spit.
16/02/13	Woodlark	Shatterford	2	A Lewis
	2 males in song.
16/02/13	Scaup	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	A Lewis
	1w male. long-stayer moved to main lagoon after being flushed by paraglider.
16/02/13	Mediterranean Gull	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	2	A Lewis
	ad. first calling birds although not in full plumage.
16/02/13	Whimbrel	Farlington Marshes	1	R T Toft
	Feeding among Oystercatchers on the Langstone side of the harbour.
16/02/13	Mediterranean Gull	Hayling Oyster Beds (W Hayling LNR)	4	R T Toft
	One in nearly full summer plumage All among Black-headed Gulls.
16/02/13	Barnacle Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	60	A Collins
	Some record shots of the geese: http://watcheroftheskies1.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/barnacle-geese.html .
16/02/13	Wigeon	Alresford Pond	8	R Watson
15:45
16/02/13	Barnacle Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	60	I R Watts
16:30	Kept 200 mtrs off-shore in a tight oval formation. Took flight at 17:15 and finally left up the Itchen at 17:23.
16/02/13	Spotted Redshank	Pennington Marsh	6	P D Winter
15:00	between Fishtail and Oxey.
16/02/13	Ruff	Lower Pennington Lane	8	P D Winter
	possibly more - 6 west of Oxey Barn, 2 on Fishtail and 5 from Lower Pennington Lane but no Tardis.
16/02/13	Raven	Redbridge	2	P D Winter
17:18	flew south over the A35.
16/02/13	Barn Owl	Titchfield Haven	1	I Kitching
17:04	Hunting over the reed-beds, off the canal footpath,at sunset.
16/02/13	Bearded Tit	Farlington Marshes	4	R Chapman
	plus in reeds near the Building.
16/02/13	Black Brant	Farlington Marshes	2	R Chapman
	or more likely 50% ones with the main brent flock. A gander, very iffy with a poor neck mark and incomplete collar. Also a separtate goose, a small bird with a very good collar, not as bright as good brant I have seen but obviously female so might be ok.
16/02/13	Water Pipit	Farlington Marshes	1	R Chapman
	in the Hayfield/West Mudlands area.
16/02/13	Great Northern Diver	Farlington Marshes	2	R Chapman
	distantly down the Harbour from the Point.
16/02/13	Slavonian Grebe	Farlington Marshes	3	R Chapman
	south of the Point.
16/02/13	Light-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	1	R Chapman
	ad. with c2000 dark-bellied brent all day.
16/02/13	Green Sandpiper	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	1	S Woolley
18:01
16/02/13	Green Sandpiper	Blashford Lakes - Ivy Lake	1	S Woolley
18:01
16/02/13	Green-winged Teal	Blashford Lakes - Ivy Lake	1	S Woolley
18:01	ad male.
16/02/13	Bittern	Blashford Lakes - Ivy Lake	2	S Woolley
18:01	From Ivy North - showing superbly!
16/02/13	Smew	Blashford Lakes - Ivy Lake	1	S Woolley
18:01	rh. from Ivy South.
16/02/13	Mediterranean Gull	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	3	S Woolley
18:01	ad. Flew south opver Tern Hide, calling.
16/02/13	Woodcock	Blashford Lakes - Snails Lake	1	S Woolley
18:01	Exactly as last night - flew over the garden presumably to Snails Lane fields to feed all night. Will be looking again tomorrow!
16/02/13	Mediterranean Gull	Nore Barn, Emsworth	6	P N Milinets-Raby
15:00	4 full summer plumaged birds at Conigar Point (looked like 2 pairs) and 2 more along the shore near Warblington. Spring is on it's way!
16/02/13	Greenshank	Nore Barn, Emsworth	1	P N Milinets-Raby
15:00	Along the shore just around the corner from Nore Barn.
16/02/13	Spotted Redshank	Nore Barn, Emsworth	1	P N Milinets-Raby
15:00	Still showing well.
16/02/13	Eider	Solent Breezes	1	S Brunton
13:30	fem. 200yds off Solent Breezes Caravan Park.
16/02/13	Knot	Hamble Estuary	1	S Brunton
12:00	Between Hook Spit & Sea Wall.
16/02/13	Sanderling	Hill Head	5	M Crutch
15:00	At least five amongst Turnstone and Dunlin flock shifting to avoid rising tide.
16/02/13	Rock Pipit	Portchester	2	C Mayhead
15:50	On drainage outfall opposite bungalow. SU614047.
16/02/13	Waxwing	Romsey	29	P J Hack
15:45	Still present in trees at the entrance to the old tyre dump at Ashfield, on the A3057 south of Romsey.
16/02/13	Purple Sandpiper	Southsea Castle	10	C Mayhead
12:50	Feeding on H.T. tide mark, but a lot of disturbance. SZ643979.
16/02/13	Yellow-legged Gull	Stokes Bay	1	I Calderwood
13:00	on lamp post along coast road.
16/02/13	Siskin	Ashurst	1	T Barnett
14:30	m. Feeding on the nyjer seeds in our garden.
16/02/13	Golden Plover	Warsash	1	B R Williams
13:00	feeding on bank.
16/02/13	Kingfisher	Warsash	1	B R Williams
13:00	on shipwreck superb view as usual camera at home.
16/02/13	Grey Plover	Warsash	20	B R Williams
13:00
16/02/13	Greenshank	Warsash	4	B R Williams
13:00
16/02/13	Blackcap	Lee-on-the-Solent	1	G Jones
12:15	male. A couple of visits this morning - as usual, seen feeding on apple. SZ576997.
16/02/13	Razorbill	Hamble Spit	1	J Taylor
	SU4805.
16/02/13	Blackcap	Sway	1	L Etheridge
10:20	male. Still paying short and infrequent visits to rear garden.
16/02/13	Hawfinch	Mercer Way, Romsey	35	J Stokes
09:00	At least 35 Hawfinch this morning feeding on the seeds under the damson bushes. 35 flew overhead at one point in small groups going one way, but there could have easily been a few more. 4 bramblings and 2 bullfinch as well. SU359217.
16/02/13	Hen Harrier	Bishops Dyke	1	B F Coates
11:15	male.
16/02/13	Great Grey Shrike	Bishops Dyke	1	B F Coates
10:50	first seen at SU338052 perched prominently on birch top. Flew several times from tree to tree and to ground. Caught a lizard which it killed and then flew towards W end of Bishops Dyke.
16/02/13	Blackcap	Titchfield Common	1	M Crutch
10:30	m. Welcome return having been absent for 3 weeks.
16/02/13	Smew	Wellington Country Park	1	J M Clark
10:50	first-winter male, flighty, but still present when I left. First there since 6/2/99. Entry fee payable.
16/02/13	Bullfinch	Ashurst	1	T Barnett
13:00	m. Feeding on nyjer seeds in our garden.
16/02/13	Waxwing	Romsey	30	N Jones
08:20	South of Romsey near Ashfield on A3057 near old tyre dump. Seen at 08:20 and still present at 12:35.
16/02/13	Common Scoter	Hill Head	2	D Houghton
	f.
16/02/13	Bar-tailed Godwit	Hill Head	9	D Houghton

16/02/13	Skylark	Winchester Sewage Farm	4	C Bespolka
10:35	Heard from SF but singing in adjacent farmland. NO sign of iceland gull which was reported on thursday. No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275.
16/02/13	Iceland Gull	Titchfield Haven	1	I Calderwood
10:30	ad. off sailing club.
16/02/13	Little Egret	Weston Shore, Southampton	2	I R Watts
09:00
16/02/13	Grey Plover	Weston Shore, Southampton	6	I R Watts
09:00
16/02/13	Turnstone	Weston Shore, Southampton	50	I R Watts
09:00
16/02/13	Oystercatcher	Weston Shore, Southampton	51	I R Watts

16/02/13	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	50	I R Watts
09:00
16/02/13	Shoveler	Weston Shore, Southampton	6	I R Watts
09:00	4m+2f.
16/02/13	Black-headed Gull	Redbridge Wharf	1	P D Winter
08:30	leucistic bird - very smart.
16/02/13	Little Grebe	Redbridge Wharf	7	P D Winter
08:30
16/02/13	Kingfisher	Redbridge Wharf	1	P D Winter
08:55
16/02/13	Dunlin	Weston Shore, Southampton	400	I R Watts
09:00
16/02/13	Great Crested Grebe	Weston Shore, Southampton	44	I R Watts
09:00
16/02/13	Hawfinch	Lakeside (Eastleigh)	1	A P Twyman
09:30
16/02/13	Bullfinch	Lakeside (Eastleigh)	3	A P Twyman
09:30	2m 1f. Feeding off buds near to railway station.
16/02/13	Siskin	Lakeside (Eastleigh)	5	A P Twyman
09:30	With redpoll and goldfinch.
16/02/13	Lesser Redpoll	Lakeside (Eastleigh)	4	A P Twyman
09:30	In mixed flock of siskin and goldfinch.
16/02/13	Bullfinch	Froxfield	5	P J Gardner
10:00	3male 2 fem. regular visitors. SU713266.
16/02/13	Lesser Redpoll	Froxfield	1	P J Gardner
10:00	on nyger feed. SU713266.
16/02/13	Marsh Tit	Froxfield	1	P J Gardner
10:00	a quick grab and thank you mam. SU713266.
16/02/13	Song Thrush	Farnborough	1	T Gray
09:56

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