Hampshire bird news
Monday 24th November 2014
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24/11/14 | Meadow Pipit | Bramshot Farm, Fleet | 15 | E D Butler |
| 07:40 | Flushed from near the track. SU830558. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Shelduck | Warblington | 10 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Teal | Langstone Mill Pond | 38 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | In the partially flooded horse Paddock north of the pond. Plus 16 Moorhen. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Wigeon | Langstone Mill Pond | 1 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Juv on the pond. Getting tame and coming to bread after being present for over two weeks. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Kingfisher | Langstone Mill Pond | 1 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Great Crested Grebe | Warblington | 1 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Goldeneye | Warblington | 1 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Male Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Skylark | Warblington | 11 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | In one flock heading west. Three other calls heard going over, but not seen. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Grey Plover | Warblington | 7 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Golden Plover | Warblington | 1 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Just the one Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Greenshank | Warblington | 6 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Lapwing | Warblington | 58 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Warblington | 2 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Black-tailed Godwit | Warblington | 67 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Dunlin | Warblington | 274 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 10:00 | Off Pook Lane ahead of incoming tide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Red-breasted Merganser | Farlington Marshes | 22 | J Roberts |
| 12:30 | In three groupes. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Green Sandpiper | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | P D Winter |
| 16:00 | on water's edge in front of Lapwing Hide. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Starling | Hythe | 1000 | I R Watts |
| 16:00 | a flock of 1000+ up over Hythe but viewed from Weston Shore. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Turnstone | Weston Shore, Southampton | 43 | I R Watts |
| 15:30 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Ringed Plover | Weston Shore, Southampton | 31 | I R Watts |
| 15:30 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Carrion Crow | Weston Shore, Southampton | 280 | I R Watts |
| 16:00 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Snipe | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 11 | E Bennett |
| 24/11/14 | Peregrine | Southsea | 1 | M F Wearing |
| 16:10 | St Jude's Church spire. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Purple Sandpiper | Southsea Castle | 9 | M F Wearing |
| 15:30 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Shag | Southsea Castle | 1 | M F Wearing |
| 15:30 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Rock Pipit | Southsea Castle | 2 | M F Wearing |
| 15:30 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Kingfisher | Hilsea Lines (Portsmouth) | 1 | M F Wearing |
| 10:30 | Regular around the pools either side of the railway bridge. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Yellow-legged Gull | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 9 | P D Winter |
| 16:00 | ad. probably missed a few. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Meadow Pipit | Hayling Island, Sinah Common | 1 | A C Smallbone |
| SZ695995. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Chiffchaff | Hayling Island, Sinah Common | 2 | A C Smallbone |
| SZ695995. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Stonechat | Hayling Island, Sinah Common | 3 | A C Smallbone |
| m & f + 1 imm. SZ695995. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Sanderling | Hayling Island, West Lane | 24 | A C Smallbone |
| SZ687997. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Sanderling | Hayling Island, West Lane | 40 | A C Smallbone |
| SZ705988. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Stonechat | Hayling Island, Sandy Point NR | 2 | A C Smallbone |
| m & f. SZ748982. Authorised access only. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Black Swan | Brownwich Pond | 2 | A D Tindale |
| 09:00 | SU5103. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Kingfisher | Brownwich Pond | 1 | A D Tindale |
| 09:00 | NW corner. Oblivious to its presence until it flew along the western side of the pond to the far end. SU5103. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Gadwall | Brownwich Pond | 4 | A D Tindale |
| 09:00 | 3 male and fem. SU5103. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Bullfinch | Brownwich Pond | 1 | A D Tindale |
| 09:00 | Calling. SU5103. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Kingfisher | Millers Pond, Southampton | 1 | M G Painter |
| 11:00 | Male. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Water Rail | IBM Lake (Cosham) | 1 | L J Amey |
| 12:47 | Seen very briefly emerging from reeds at western end of site at 100m before skulking back into reeds. Decided to keep eyes on, then at 1342hrs it re-emerged. Good views for 20mins. I moved position and scoped it from 60m, until i lost it among the reeds. A first for me. 1st record at this sight? . | |||
| 24/11/14 | Kingfisher | IBM Lake (Cosham) | 2 | L J Amey |
| 12:30 | Single bird seen at 1230hrs and multiple sightings thereafter (presumably the same bird) until 1353hrs when a pair were seen together at western end. 1334hrs a low flying buzzard being harassed by a gull and a crow. Headed north. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Cetti's Warbler | IBM Lake (Cosham) | 2 | L J Amey |
| 12:21 | Both HO calling to each other at Western end of site. 2 Common Gulls noted among BH Gulls. Also male Kestrel at 1214hrs. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Bullfinch | Holmsley Passage | 2 | J Pleasance |
| 15:00 | 1m,1f. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Fieldfare | Holmsley Passage | 40 | J Pleasance |
| 15:00 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Lesser Redpoll | Holmsley Passage | 8 | J Pleasance |
| 15:00 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Common Scoter | Brownwich | 1 | B Rackett |
| 13:00 | From same spot as the grebes but much further out. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Great Crested Grebe | Brownwich | 114 | B Rackett |
| 13:00 | All bar 2 together in a group. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Long-tailed Duck | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | R Chapman |
| imm. from Tern hide at lunchtime. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Great White Egret | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | R Chapman |
| ad. from Tern hide at lunchtime. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | FRANKLIN'S GULL | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | P D Winter |
| 14:40 | showing well from Lapwing Hide but sun starting to be a problem at 14:55. Still showing 16:15 when I left. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Rock Pipit | Southsea Castle | 1 | O Frampton |
| 13:25 | Also seen near the castle. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Purple Sandpiper | Southsea Castle | 12 | O Frampton |
| 13:25 | Usual spot, just behind the castle. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Bearded Tit | Farlington Marshes | 7 | O Frampton |
| 12:50 | Very difficult to see without a scope. On edge of reedbed, viewed from the western sea wall. SU682040. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Dartford Warbler | Fritham Plain, NF | 2 | R Tulloch |
| 12:20 | Flitting about in and on bushes next to the gravel track across the plain. Flock of redwing and fieldfare also very much in evidence in berry bushes all across the plain. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Great Crested Grebe | Brownwich | 93 | D Wallace |
| 10:20 | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Common Scoter | Brownwich | 1 | D Wallace |
| 10:20 | Male. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Firecrest | West Wellow | 1 | D Munts |
| 10:15 | m. SU287193. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Woodpigeon | Itchen Wood | 1000 | R Bryant |
| 09:35 | vast numbers of woodpigeons feeding on frosty field of cereal crop, huge numbers perched in surrounding trees. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Redwing | Hassock Copse, Northington | 3 | R Bryant |
| 09:25 | with fieldfares in crown of trees. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Fieldfare | Hassock Copse, Northington | 13 | R Bryant |
| 09:25 | Perching in tree-tops. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Bullfinch | Crookham Village | 4 | R D Hellier |
| 08:00 | Fusney Copse Moor calling from blackthorn scrub. | |||
| 24/11/14 | Little Egret | Crookham Village | 1 | R D Hellier |
| Fusney Copse Moor, bird flying north up HART VALLEY. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Water Rail | Crookham Village | 2 | R D Hellier |
| FUSNEY COPSE MOOR... in DW field in sedge patches along old course of RIVER HART, I bird flew up and started calling second bird calling back about 50 metres away as liitle egret flew over. REFUGEES FROM EDENBROOK SANGS ? 3 km north. | ||||
| 24/11/14 | Dartford Warbler | Crookham Village | 2 | R D Hellier |
| 08:00 | FUSNEY COPSE MOOR.. PROPOSED SANGS (field of dreams) south of canal,birds active in 3 hectares of frosted fleabane with 6+wren, much calling and dueting plus occasional good views. Hope the birds survive the hunting barn owl here. The SANGS would trash a very special bird assemblage here that responds to wet rough habitat, large scale and lack of disturbance. | |||
