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Saturday 20th December 2014

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
20/12/14	Lapwing	Dibden Bay	150	I R Watts
08:30	Seen in flight from Weston Shore.
20/12/14	Dunlin	Hythe, Shore Road	400	I R Watts
08:00	Viewed in flight from Weston Shore.
20/12/14	Kestrel	Weston Shore, Southampton	1	I R Watts
08:00	m.
20/12/14	Redwing	Crookham Village	60	R D Hellier
13:30	chased through ZEPHON COMMON oak and birch woods by female sparrowhawk.
20/12/14	Dartford Warbler	Crookham Village	1	R D Hellier
13:00	1 male. good views on barbed wire fence at fusney copse moor in fleabane, present for at least 5 weeks with 15 wrens, 9 song thrush.
20/12/14	Red-breasted Merganser	Farlington Marshes	2	M Jones
	in the river near the road bridge into Portsmouth. See photos.
20/12/14	Purple Sandpiper	Southsea Castle	1	M Jones
	Only 1 seen. See photos.
20/12/14	Little Grebe	Farlington Marshes	3	M Jones
	in the river near the road bridge into Portsmouth. See photos.
20/12/14	Avocet	Farlington Marshes	37	M Jones
	See photos.
20/12/14	Spotted Redshank	Farlington Marshes	1	T Doran
12:00	In high tide roost with Redshanks on the lake.
20/12/14	Avocet	Langstone Harbour	39	T Doran
15:45	Counted at low tide from Eastern Road. Most I have seen here.
20/12/14	Barn Owl	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	1	C Mayhead
15:45	Hunting over fields to west of path. SU542055.
20/12/14	Reed Bunting	Badger Farm Winchester	1	R Broadway
	ad male. First of the season in the garden.
20/12/14	Golden Plover	Abbotstone Village	100	R Broadway
	Distant flock wheeling over ploughed field between Abbotstone and Old Alresford.
20/12/14	Red Kite	Abbotstone Village	2	R Broadway
	Definitely 2, possibly 3.
20/12/14	Green Sandpiper	Lower Test Marshes	2	C Rose
	Seen from hide as well as Kingfisher.
20/12/14	Chiffchaff	Lower Test Marshes	1	C Rose
	Very active in willows by railway line.
20/12/14	Chiffchaff	Testwood Lakes	2	C Rose
	In the trees behind the Bronze Age Hut.
20/12/14	Sparrowhawk	Furze Hill, NF	1	M J Bennett
	male.
20/12/14	Hen Harrier	Broomy Plain, NF	1	M J Bennett
15:45	ad male.
20/12/14	Merlin	Slufters Inclosure, NF	1	M J Bennett
	male.
20/12/14	Goosander	Cadmans Pool, NF	7	M J Bennett

20/12/14	Goosander	Blashford Lakes - Kingfisher Lake	2	M King
12:00	fem. SU153062. Strictly private with no access permitted. Very limited viewing is available from the footpath along western edge leading north from the end of Hurst Road, a culdesac off A338.
20/12/14	Ferruginous Duck	Blashford Lakes - Kingfisher Lake	1	M King
12:00	a garden tick. SU153062. Strictly private with no access permitted. Very limited viewing is available from the footpath along western edge leading north from the end of Hurst Road, a culdesac off A338.
20/12/14	Barn Owl	Bransbury Common	3	E D Butler
16:00	No sign of any SEOs before 16:40-16:45. Barn Owls more than compensated for this though.
20/12/14	Great Grey Shrike	Bransbury Common	1	E D Butler
15:00	Until 16:15. Largely perched distantly on the common, but at one point it landed just 30ft away before darting off in pursuit of a bird, possibly a Meadow Pipit.
20/12/14	Cormorant	Hythe, Shore Road	50	R Chapman
	collecting to roost on walkway.
20/12/14	Gadwall	Hythe, Shore Road	1	R Chapman
	drk. with the wigeon.
20/12/14	Wigeon	Hythe, Shore Road	279	R Chapman

20/12/14	Great Crested Grebe	Hythe, Shore Road	164	R Chapman
	gathering to roost.
20/12/14	Black Redstart	Calshot	1	B Gwynn
15:00	Castle & front of sunderland hangar.
20/12/14	Black Redstart	Copnor, Portsmouth	1	T Duke
09:30	male. this bird has been visiting for about two weeks now, most days about 9.30am. feeding from palm tree in garden thats got seed pods hanging. great to watch this little bird hover close to tree then pick the seed and fly off all in secs. returns a few times then gone for the day.100% postive identification. SU656140.
20/12/14	Black Redstart	Portchester Castle	1	M H Terry
	1st w/f. Seen within the Keep at noon.
20/12/14	Reed Bunting	Lower Test Marshes	2	P D Winter
11:30	fem. near the Mere.
20/12/14	Stonechat	Lower Test Marshes	1	P D Winter
11:00
20/12/14	Water Pipit	Lower Test Marshes	3	P D Winter
11:00	on 5 bar gate at SU 36396 13804.
20/12/14	Snipe	Lower Test Marshes	8	P D Winter
10:30	SU363137.
20/12/14	Green Sandpiper	Lower Test Marshes	2	P D Winter
10:30	SU363137.
20/12/14	Reed Bunting	Lower Test Marshes	2	P D Winter
10:30	fem. SU363137.
20/12/14	Common Sandpiper	Redbridge	2	P D Winter
12:50
20/12/14	Kingfisher	Redbridge Wharf	1	P D Winter
09:30
20/12/14	Little Grebe	Redbridge Wharf	16	P D Winter
09:30
20/12/14	CACKLING GOOSE	Redbridge Wharf	1	P D Winter
09:30	and on the marsh at Lower Test 12:30.
20/12/14	Firecrest	Hook Park	1	R H Marchant
12:10	male. In brambles just north of kissing gate. SU498051.
20/12/14	Stonechat	Hook (Warsash)	4	R H Marchant
11:10	Pair in paddock by Chilling sub-station 11:10 + pair in sedge field by pylons 11:35. SU5004.
20/12/14	Chiffchaff	Hook (Warsash)	2	R H Marchant
09:15	1 in tamarisks at western end of Christmas House footpath 09:15, 2nd bird in Workman's Lane 11:55.
20/12/14	Goldfinch	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	20	B Hall
10:20	Count approximate. A large, noisy group moving from treetop to treetop along the canal. SU540038.
20/12/14	Sparrowhawk	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	1	B Hall
10:40	Glimpsed briefly as it popped over the hedge, crossed the canal and vanished from view in westerly direction. SU540038.
20/12/14	Marsh Harrier	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	1	B Hall
10:45	Seen soaring quite high over the east bank of the Meon Valley. SU540038.
20/12/14	Pintail	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	21	B Hall
10:30	Most dabbling busily on east side of flooded field, mixed with a similar number of Canada Geese and a couple of Shovelers. SU540038.
20/12/14	Kingfisher	Centurion Business Park, Southampton	1	M G Painter

20/12/14	Yellow-legged Gull	Centurion Business Park, Southampton	1	M G Painter
	Adult. Probably some 1cys as well.
20/12/14	Firecrest	Holy Saviour Church, Bitterne, Southampton	1	M G Painter
	Male (?). SU452129.

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