Hampshire bird news

Wednesday 30th July 2014

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
30/07/14DunlinWarblington21P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
Off Pook Lane.  
30/07/14Bar-tailed GodwitWarblington1P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
Bright summer plumage. First returning bird.  
30/07/14TurnstoneWarblington1P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
Off Pook Lane.  
30/07/14Black-tailed GodwitWarblington5P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
Off Pook Lane. 2 in summer plumage (low tide).  
30/07/14SnipeWarblington2P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
Flew off the salt marsh at Conigar Point and flew inland - unusual sighting.  
30/07/14TealWarblington13P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
Off Conigar Point (all in eclipse plumage).  
30/07/14GreenshankWarblington11P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
5 off Conigar Point (G - R/BBtag -) and 6 off Pook Lane (low tide count).  
30/07/14Grey PloverWarblington9P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
4 off Conigar Point and 5 off Pook Lane (low tide).  
30/07/14Common GullWarblington19P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
all ad. 5 off Conigar Point and 14 off Pook Lane.  
30/07/14Lesser WhitethroatWarblington1P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
Juv. In hedgerow behind Conigar Point.  
30/07/14ChiffchaffWarblington5P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
Only a few migrants seen this morning. 2+ in Tamarisk Hedge at Conigar Point and 3+ along the hedgerow behind Conigar Point.  
30/07/14Reed WarblerWarblington1P N Milinets-Raby
07:30
Migrant seen along the hedge by castle Farm with 1+ Chiffchaff and Whitethroat.  
30/07/14SwiftTitchfield Common9M Crutch
20:30
Conservative count for the Abshot Road squadron..somewhat down on 27 last Friday though!  
30/07/14WheatearHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash2M Crutch
20:30
juv + m. On the usual fencelines east of the scrape.  
30/07/14Black TernLymington1A Lester
09:00
Still in summer plumage from ferry to IOW heading east.  
30/07/14Yellow-legged GullRedbridge2A Lester
16:00
Adult and third year.  
30/07/14Common SandpiperRedbridge2A Lester
16:00
 
30/07/14Spotted RedshankNormandy Marsh/Lagoon3A Lester
14:00
2 winter plumaged and one summer plumaged.  
30/07/14GreenshankNormandy Marsh/Lagoon8A Lester
14:00
 
30/07/14PeregrineSouthsea2G Spencer
17:00
Two highly vocal birds on the spire of St Jude's Church. Have only seem them once in the last three months so this could be a return.  
30/07/14Common SandpiperLower Test Marshes3R Sawyer
Two running round the island chasing each other clockwise then got bored and went anticlockwise, quite amusing.  
30/07/14Green SandpiperLower Test Marshes11R Sawyer
From the metal hide / oven. Some serious blue dragonflies over the scrape, I assume they are hawkers but which flavour?  
30/07/14Red KiteTitchfield1M G Painter
11:55
Soaring and moving east just south of Titchfield village.  
30/07/14Common SandpiperLepe5P F Fawkes
07:30
Small party came in from off the Solent, landed along tide line by the sluice and then departed West towards Beaulieu River.  
30/07/14KnotLepe3P F Fawkes
07:30
adults sp. Feeding along tide line opposite sluice.  
30/07/14LapwingSwarraton Water Meadows2R Bryant
08:45
pair of lapwings foraging with jackdaws.  
30/07/14House MartinBedhampton12J Badnell
08:30
In an area I have not seen them in before.  
30/07/14Common SandpiperRiverside Park, Southampton1I R Watts
08:00
 
30/07/14KingfisherRiverside Park, Southampton1I R Watts
08:00