Hampshire bird news
Saturday 30th August 2014
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30/08/14 | Greenshank | Langstone Mill Pond | 1 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 19:10 | off shore on the low tide mud (G - R/BRtag - ). | |||
| 30/08/14 | Black-tailed Godwit | Langstone Mill Pond | 41 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 19:10 | off shore on the low tide mud. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Swallow | Langstone Mill Pond | 400 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 19:10 | 400+ in huge flock, eventually dropping in to roost. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Little Egret | Langstone Mill Pond | 195 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 19:10 | 7:10pm - 46 already roosting in trees. 7:10pm to 7:30pm - 6 flew in 7:30pm to 7:40pm - 10 flew in 7:40pm to 7:55pm (sunset) - 34 flew in 7:55pm to 8:34pm - 99 flew in to roost. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Curlew | Weston Shore, Southampton | 35 | M G Painter |
| 08:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Mute Swan | Bursledon | 3 | M G Painter |
| 11:00 | 2 adults and 1 FL. On Hamble river. SU492098. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Mute Swan | Hamble Estuary | 5 | M G Painter |
| 11:00 | 2 adults + 3 FL. Next to Hamble ferry jetty. SU484066. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Oystercatcher | Weston Shore, Southampton | 60 | M G Painter |
| 08:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Whinchat | Fishlake Meadows | 1 | N Jones |
| 17:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Lapwing | Drayton Farm WCB | 23 | S Mansfield |
| In adjacent field. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Pied Wagtail | Drayton Farm WCB | 45 | S Mansfield |
| 30/08/14 | Yellow Wagtail | Drayton Farm WCB | 2 | S Mansfield |
| 17:00 | All 3 wagtails next to each other on wires. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Green Sandpiper | Drayton Farm WCB | 2 | S Mansfield |
| 17:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Kingfisher | Alresford Pond | 1 | S Mansfield |
| 16:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Sand Martin | Alresford Pond | 20 | S Mansfield |
| 16:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Green Sandpiper | Alresford Pond | 1 | S Mansfield |
| 16:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Black-tailed Godwit | Alresford Pond | 2 | S Mansfield |
| 16:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Wryneck | Mill Field LNR, Old Basing | 2 | P E Hutchins |
| One present for the second day, remaining elusive (per JKA) plus a further bird at a private and inaccessible site in the north of the Borough. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Common Sandpiper | Farlington Marshes | 1 | L J Amey |
| 19:04 | Seen on sea wall between marshes and Eastern Rd bridge. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Cetti's Warbler | Farlington Marshes | 1 | L J Amey |
| 18:14 | Heard only. NB. Speaking to other birders earlier, they claimed the following:Peregrine, Water Rail, Jack Snipe and Spotted Redshank today. Not seen by me though! :C. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Curlew Sandpiper | Farlington Marshes | 1 | L J Amey |
| 17:10 | Seen from track 400m W of info hut, looking toward lagoon. In winter plumage amongst redshank & Black-tailed GW. Again various coloured rings seen on these birds. (Thanks again to Martin & Jane for this one)! | |||
| 30/08/14 | Ruff | Farlington Marshes | 1 | L J Amey |
| 17:00 | male. Seen from track 400m W of info hut. Looking toward lagoon. In winter plumage. Thanks to Martin & Jane (visitors from the Midlands). | |||
| 30/08/14 | Cetti's Warbler | Farlington Marshes | 1 | L J Amey |
| 16:50 | Heard only. On track 400m W of info hut. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Sparrowhawk | Farlington Marshes | 1 | L J Amey |
| 16:30 | Flying fairly low W-E. Seen from track 400m W of info hut. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Teal | Farlington Marshes | 10 | L J Amey |
| 16:03 | From viewing point near info hut. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Gadwall | Farlington Marshes | 40 | L J Amey |
| 16:03 | Seen from viewing point near info hut. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Yellow Wagtail | Farlington Marshes | 40 | L J Amey |
| 15:26 | Seen from area of pillbox. In field amongst cattle. One large flock of 25 the rest in 2's & 4's. Plenty of females in winter plumage. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Grey Plover | Farlington Marshes | 40 | L J Amey |
| 14:46 | Seen from Eastern sea wall on small island. Many in summer plumage. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Common Tern | Farlington Marshes | 1 | L J Amey |
| 14:46 | Seen on small island from Eastern sea wall. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Starling | Farlington Marshes | 1000 | L J Amey |
| 14:25 | Conservative est. Seen from Southern sea wall. Fascinating murmeration. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Little Egret | Farlington Marshes | 22 | L J Amey |
| 14:21 | Seen from Southern sea wall on island in harbour. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Grey Plover | Farlington Marshes | 40 | L J Amey |
| 14:13 | Seen from Southern sea wall. Small island in harbour. Most still in summer plumage. Seen with 40 Oystercatcher. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Whinchat | Farlington Marshes | 1 | L J Amey |
| 14:08 | fm. Seen from Southern sea wall looking N. On fence wire. Scoped. Thanks to group of birders who pointed this out! | |||
| 30/08/14 | Wigeon | Farlington Marshes | 5 | L J Amey |
| 13:26 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Teal | Farlington Marshes | 40 | L J Amey |
| 13:26 | West sea wall in area of small lagoon. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Redshank | Farlington Marshes | 200 | L J Amey |
| 13:17 | Seen from West sea wall in area of small lagoon. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Knot | Farlington Marshes | 2 | L J Amey |
| 13:17 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Grey Plover | Farlington Marshes | 30 | L J Amey |
| 13:17 | Seen from west sea wall looking into small lagoon. Most still in summer plumage. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Redshank | Ports Creek | 400 | L J Amey |
| 12:39 | From Eastern Rd bridge. East side on flats. (tide out). | |||
| 30/08/14 | Redshank | Ports Creek | 5 | L J Amey |
| 12:20 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Black-tailed Godwit | Ports Creek | 30 | L J Amey |
| 12:20 | Some with rings eg. Red on each leg, yellow on each leg, orange on one leg & red on other. Don't know if these are worth noting or not? | |||
| 30/08/14 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Butts Bay, Pennington | 1 | A Lewis |
| over calling. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Common Sandpiper | Lower Pennington Lane | 1 | A Lewis |
| usual bird on pool on tip. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Sanderling | Butts Bay, Pennington | 4 | A Lewis |
| on Oxey Island at low tide. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Wigeon | Butts Lagoon, Pennington | 4 | A Lewis |
| new arrivals. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Common Tern | Milford on Sea | 300 | A Lewis |
| very distant fishing flocks of terns after dawn to 8am; otherwise very little happening on the sea early at least. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Garganey | Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | A Lewis |
| see photo, lower bp not checked so more could be present. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Wheatear | Lower Pennington Lane | 2 | A Lewis |
| 2 on back Shoveler Pools, 2 on the sea wall. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Yellow Wagtail | Oxey Marsh | 20 | A Lewis |
| with cattle mid morning plus a few over Butts Lagoon - sounds like I should have carried on to Normandy. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Yellow Wagtail | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 12 | R H Marchant |
| 17:50 | Into roost in reed bed by scrape. SU4904. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Kittiwake | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 1 | R H Marchant |
| 17:40 | juv. Mobile up and down Southampton Water for at least 15 mins. SU4804. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Dartford Warbler | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 1 | R H Marchant |
| 17:00 | In gorse circa 250m east of scrape. SU4904. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Ringed Plover | Hurst Castle | 200 | R Chapman |
| plus, roosting on shingle north of the castle. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Wigeon | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 3 | S Brunton |
| 13:10 | 2 drake, 1 fema;e. Links Scrape. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Wheatear | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 2 | S Brunton |
| 12:30 | On shingle beach by Links Scrape, still present at 15:30. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Swallow | Fort Nelson, Portsdown Hill | 50 | C Mayhead |
| 13:45 | Same as whinchat,large numbers appeared all moving South on a broad front, together with Sand Martin. SU607074. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Pied Wagtail | Fort Nelson, Portsdown Hill | 10 | C Mayhead |
| 13:30 | In horse paddock at rear of fort. SU607074. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Whinchat | Fort Nelson, Portsdown Hill | 18 | C Mayhead |
| 13:30 | Fields on North slope of Portsdown hill,visible movement South, no birds around then 4 appeared on fence line,they moved off South then 10 appeared, they moved off south then another 4 arrived,all within1/2 hour. SU607074. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Wheatear | Badminston GP | 1 | J G Ross |
| 13:00 | In horse field at Spatsdown. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Whinchat | Badminston GP | 2 | J G Ross |
| 13:00 | Same as Redstarts. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Redstart | Badminston GP | 4 | J G Ross |
| 13:00 | On footpath between Bilcombes pond and Fields Farm. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Swift | Southampton Common | 10 | D Holland |
| 17:30 | A loose flock of feeding Swifts, passing through with Swallows and House Martins. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Greenshank | Woolmer Pond | 1 | A Stocker |
| 11:00 | Circuited pond calling then flew SW. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Yellow Wagtail | Woolmer Pond | 1 | A Stocker |
| 17:30 | Over S calling. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Spotted Flycatcher | Woolmer Pond | 3 | A Stocker |
| 09:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Sand Martin | Hook (Warsash) | 150 | S Copsey |
| 09:00 | Approx numbers, west over scrape in one hour. | |||
| 30/08/14 | House Martin | Hook (Warsash) | 60 | S Copsey |
| 09:00 | Approx numbers, west over scrape in one hour. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Swallow | Hook (Warsash) | 100 | S Copsey |
| 09:00 | Approx numbers west over scrape in one hour. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Common Sandpiper | Hook (Warsash) | 1 | S Copsey |
| 09:00 | Scrape. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Green Sandpiper | Hook (Warsash) | 1 | S Copsey |
| 09:00 | Meander Pools, picked up as it flew past the scrape by John Faithful. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Goldfinch | Hook (Warsash) | 250 | S Copsey |
| 09:00 | 2 large flocks, in Hook Park and behind Beam Cottage, many juveniles within flocks. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Yellow Wagtail | Hook (Warsash) | 12 | S Copsey |
| 09:00 | Behind Beam Cottage, with cattle before flying off towards Hook Park. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Whinchat | Hook (Warsash) | 6 | S Copsey |
| 09:00 | 3 along the links, 3 behind Beam Cottage. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Firecrest | Hook (Warsash) | 2 | S Copsey |
| Opposite Bridge House. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Spotted Flycatcher | Hook (Warsash) | 2 | S Copsey |
| 1 in Hook Pk, 1 from the road bridge. | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Black-tailed Godwit | HMS Sultan polo field, Gosport | 7 | K J Ilsley |
| 13:45 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Swift | Cherque (Gosport) | 2 | K J Ilsley |
| 13:30 | to north of Noah lake with a few hirundines. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Grasshopper Warbler | Titchfield Haven | 2 | R Sawyer |
| 11:30 | Sorry have to mention this, 2 ringed today at Titchfield Haven, thank you Barley Birder. This is a Hampshire lifer for me and finally I have got to see a whole one 29 years after seeing the rear half of one at Radipole - great bird! | |||
| 30/08/14 | Yellow Wagtail | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 4 | R Sawyer |
| 11:30 | Two by Chilling substation and two by main scrape. Probably loads more. Saw two Clouded Yellows here too. Nice to have a chat with Rod. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Whinchat | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 2 | R Sawyer |
| 12:00 | In the brambles behind the main scrape directly in line with the left hand depth gauge. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Whinchat | Lower Test Marshes | 4 | D Holland |
| 09:45 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Common Tern | Weston Shore, Southampton | 100 | I R Watts |
| 10:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Black Tern | Weston Shore, Southampton | 1 | I R Watts |
| 10:00 | First seen by Ian Pibworth about 08:00. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Ruff | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | I Sibsey |
| 10:35 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Green Sandpiper | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | I Sibsey |
| 09:15 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Wood Sandpiper | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | I Sibsey |
| 08:15 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Dunlin | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | I Sibsey |
| 07:40 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Ringed Plover | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 2 | I Sibsey |
| 07:40 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Common Sandpiper | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | I Sibsey |
| 07:40 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Spotted Flycatcher | Nursling | 1 | S Clemons |
| 10:30 | In the garden for several minutes. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Osprey | Oxey Marsh | 1 | M Ward |
| 08:45 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Yellow Wagtail | Normandy Marsh/Lagoon | 91 | M Ward |
| 07:00 | The largest count of grounded birds I have had here. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Redstart | Longwood Warren | 1 | D J Pearson |
| 10:00 | juv. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Whinchat | Cutty Brow | 2 | D J Piper |
| 08:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Green Sandpiper | Longparish Watercress Beds | 6 | D J Piper |
| 08:00 | ||||
| 30/08/14 | Manx Shearwater | Weston Shore, Southampton | 1 | A Collins |
| 10:05 | Seen from Weston Sailing Club 9.30 feeding amongst tern flock. Lost track of bird at 10.05. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Ringed Plover | Lepe | 44 | P F Fawkes |
| 07:30 | Beach between sluice and café. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Whinchat | Lepe | 1 | P F Fawkes |
| 07:30 | Stansore Point. Also, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Wheatear, 1 Redstart. | |||
| 30/08/14 | Manx Shearwater | Weston Shore, Southampton | 1 | M J Palmer |
| Showing but distant per Andy Collins . | ||||
