Hampshire bird news

Tuesday 3rd March 2015

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
03/03/15Water RailBaffins Pond (Portsmouth)1M Stoneman
Close views at Southern end of the lake.  
03/03/15PheasantDenmead1R Daley
m. Pheasant in the garden! took nearly 30 mins to find a way out.  
03/03/15WoodcockLiphook3G D Fennemore
18:25
over A3 south of Liphook services.  
03/03/15KingfisherMonks Brook, Southampton1M J Smith
14:00
 
03/03/15TreecreeperMonks Brook, Southampton1M J Smith
14:00
 
03/03/15Great Spotted WoodpeckerMonks Brook, Southampton2M J Smith
14:00
 
03/03/15Mistle ThrushMonks Brook, Southampton2M J Smith
14:00
 
03/03/15BuzzardMonks Brook, Southampton1M J Smith
14:00
Meadow between Stoneham Way and Stoneham Lane.  
03/03/15Green WoodpeckerMonks Brook, Southampton1M J Smith
14:00
Meadow between Monks Brook and Stoneham Way.  
03/03/15Meadow PipitMonks Brook, Southampton35M J Smith
14:00
Superb views standing amid a feeding flock for 20 mins. On the grassland between Stoneham Way and Stoneham Lane.  
03/03/15RuffLower Pennington Lane1O Frampton
11:30
Lower Pennington Lane floods. SZ320928.  
03/03/15Rock PipitLower Pennington Lane2O Frampton
11:30
Feeding near the new pit W of Lower Pennington Lane car park. SZ315926.  
03/03/15RavenLower Pennington Lane1O Frampton
11:30
SZ315926.  
03/03/15Mediterranean GullLower Pennington Lane1O Frampton
11:30
ad. One with B-H Gulls on the new pit W of Lower Pennington Lane car park. SZ315926.  
03/03/15Lesser RedpollHolmsley Inclosure1O Frampton
09:00
male. Plenty of GSWs drumming across the inclosure early this morning, but no LSWs heard. (Further species totals passed-on via BirdTrack). SU226008.  
03/03/15Mediterranean GullHaslar Creek (Gosport)1P D Winter
15:00
ad.  
03/03/15Grey WagtailLepe, Dark Water1P F Fawkes
13:30
 
03/03/15Spotted RedshankLepe, Dark Water1P F Fawkes
13:00
In winter plumage.  
03/03/15Dark-bellied Brent GooseSouthsea Common166A C Smallbone
 
03/03/15Mediterranean GullSouthsea Common1A C Smallbone
ad.  
03/03/15Purple SandpiperSouthsea Castle7A C Smallbone
 
03/03/15Rock PipitSouthsea Castle1A C Smallbone
 
03/03/15Great Black-backed GullSouthsea Canoe Lake2A C Smallbone
ad probably a pair.  
03/03/15PochardBaffins Pond (Portsmouth)1A C Smallbone
male.  
03/03/15Tufted DuckBaffins Pond (Portsmouth)70A C Smallbone
 
03/03/15SURF SCOTERStokes Bay1D Stevenson
13:45
Still... off Pebbles with 1 common Scoter.  
03/03/15PintailHayling Island, Northney Common10I Mears
10:00
In old boating lake at high tide.  
03/03/15Little OwlSt Leonards1C Allen
11:30
Grabbing a few rays. SZ405981.  
03/03/15Ring-billed GullWalpole Park (Gosport)1K J Ilsley
11:05
ad. Today on field to the west of the ponds.  
03/03/15Red KiteFoxlease Meadows, Minley1E D Butler
07:55
Flying south towards Fleet/M3.  
03/03/15RedwingFoxlease Meadows, Minley100E D Butler
06:55
Feeding in paddocks adjacent to the M3.  
03/03/15Tawny OwlHighfield (Southampton)4M J Smith
00:20
3f 1m. Female calling from woodland north of Highfield Lane beside the Avenue and a second calling from The common south of Burgess Road at Avenue campus. Third calling from a private driveway heard off Welbeck Avenue. Male bird heard hooting from Bassett Crescent East, presumably on Boldrewood Campus site All within half an hour of each other. Also two foxes - one at Burgess Road service station, and a second at the bottom of Welbeck Avenue along Somerset Road .