Hampshire bird news
Saturday 18th April 2015
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Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
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18/04/15 | Stock Dove | Hunton | 1 | D Murdoch |
breeding in owl box - per J. Holt. | ||||
18/04/15 | Marsh Tit | Netherton Bottom | 2 | D Murdoch |
Pair of Marsh Tits but no Willow Tits. | ||||
18/04/15 | Green Sandpiper | Faccombe | 1 | D Murdoch |
16:00 | 1 on almost dry neglected pond heavily shaded by trees - weird. SU390580. | |||
18/04/15 | Egyptian Goose | Needs Ore | 2 | S Ingram |
Permit holders only. | ||||
18/04/15 | Greenshank | Needs Ore | 1 | S Ingram |
Permit holders only. | ||||
18/04/15 | Whitethroat | Browndown South | 1 | J Norton |
Newly arrived summer breeder. | ||||
18/04/15 | Willow Warbler | Browndown South | 1 | J Norton |
Migrant singing. | ||||
18/04/15 | Dark-bellied Brent Goose | Netley | 49 | T H Walker |
18:40 | on tide edge just before entrance to Royal Victoria Country Park. SU456080. | |||
18/04/15 | Barn Owl | Forton, Longparish | 1 | M Clay |
22:30 | Screeching out in the meadows. | |||
18/04/15 | Woodcock | Forton, Longparish | 1 | M Clay |
21:00 | Roding over the garden. | |||
18/04/15 | Wood Warbler | Old Alresford | 1 | M Armitage |
07:30 | Along Colden Lane. | |||
18/04/15 | House Martin | New Alresford | 6 | M Armitage |
17:30 | ||||
18/04/15 | Marsh Tit | Netherton Bottom | 2 | D Murdoch |
A pair calling in the coppice woodland by the roadside. No sign of any Willow Tits. SU3855. | ||||
18/04/15 | Red Kite | Netherton Bottom | 3 | D Murdoch |
Why is this species rated as 'scarce' in Hampshire? Its a common bird in the north - there were half-a-dozen just over the border in Berkshire. It really is as common as Buzzard. SU3855. | ||||
18/04/15 | Green Sandpiper | Faccombe | 1 | D Murdoch |
On a tiny forgotten village pond completely shaded out by trees in the middle of nowhere with a bit of mud along the edge on a chalk downland ridge. Weird. MY WIFE WISHES ME TO MAKE IT 100% CLEAR THAT SHE SPOTTED THIS BIRD. SU391579. | ||||
18/04/15 | Red Kite | Havant | 1 | M Collins |
16:00 | Drifted north over my garden ,on exactly the date as one did last year. SU725089. | |||
18/04/15 | Stock Dove | Hayling Island, Northney | 32 | I Mears |
18:00 | Feeding in pea fields. | |||
18/04/15 | Peregrine | Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Spotted Redshank | Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Marsh Tit | Manor Farm CP | 1 | M G Painter |
09:40 | Heard. | |||
18/04/15 | Common Sandpiper | Riverside Park, Southampton | 2 | M G Painter |
08:30 | ||||
18/04/15 | Black Swan | Centurion Business Park, Southampton | 2 | M G Painter |
08:00 | Pair. | |||
18/04/15 | Rook | Hoglands Park, Southampton | 3 | M G Painter |
07:30 | Only 2 nests now appear to be in use. | |||
18/04/15 | Reed Warbler | Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh | 2 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Marsh Harrier | Keyhaven Marsh | 2 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Dartford Warbler | Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Whitethroat | Keyhaven Marsh | 6 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Keyhaven Lagoon | 1 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Ruff | Keyhaven Lagoon | 1 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Little Tern | Keyhaven Lagoon | 1 | C J Thorpe |
18/04/15 | Pintail | Farlington Marshes | 1 | A 2 |
Leucistic? Picture on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/amythebirder/status/589470849209655297. | ||||
18/04/15 | Sandwich Tern | Langstone Harbour | 2 | A 2 |
close to the seawall. | ||||
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Langstone Harbour | 1 | A 2 |
Flew over head during flight count. | ||||
18/04/15 | Little Tern | Langstone Harbour | 1 | A 2 |
Flying around harbour during flight count. | ||||
18/04/15 | House Martin | Farlington Marshes | 1 | A 2 |
Thanks to Graham for pointing it out as it flew overhead! Most dogs today were off the leads too & 1 went off path, under fence & flushed birds in the ditch. Also 2 owl species about? | ||||
18/04/15 | Turtle Dove | Blashford Lakes - Centre | 2 | R Tofts |
14:30 | Heading west. | |||
18/04/15 | Red Kite | Ringwood | 1 | J Smallwood |
13:30 | Flying North. | |||
18/04/15 | Reed Warbler | Fleet Pond | 3 | S Mansfield |
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Fleet Pond | 4 | S Mansfield |
18/04/15 | House Martin | Edenbrook CP, Fleet | 4 | S Mansfield |
18/04/15 | Egyptian Goose | Edenbrook CP, Fleet | 6 | S Mansfield |
Pair + 4 small juv. | ||||
18/04/15 | Great Crested Grebe | Edenbrook CP, Fleet | 1 | S Mansfield |
18/04/15 | Sedge Warbler | Edenbrook CP, Fleet | 1 | S Mansfield |
18/04/15 | Garden Warbler | Edenbrook CP, Fleet | 1 | S Mansfield |
18/04/15 | Blackcap | Riverside Park, Southampton | 8 | M J Smith |
16:00 | At least. Singing birds every couple of 100 metres between The Glimpse, Mansbridge and Monks Brook. | |||
18/04/15 | Egyptian Goose | Tundry Pond | 14 | S Mansfield |
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Tundry Pond | 2 | S Mansfield |
18/04/15 | Yellow Wagtail | Tundry Pond | 1 | S Mansfield |
f. With cattle. | ||||
18/04/15 | Whimbrel | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 1 | S Ingram |
07:45 | Flew east in 2 hours. | |||
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 1 | S Ingram |
09:00 | Flew east in 2 hours. | |||
18/04/15 | Little Tern | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 1 | S Ingram |
09:00 | Flew east in 2hrs. | |||
18/04/15 | Common Scoter | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 16 | S Ingram |
09:00 | 14 + 2 in bay. | |||
18/04/15 | Fulmar | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 3 | S Ingram |
09:00 | All South towards IOW about same time. Others seen distantly going other way - so minimum count. | |||
18/04/15 | Spoonbill | Avon Flood, Keyhaven | 2 | A Davidson |
10:15 | ||||
18/04/15 | Swift | Titchfield Haven | 1 | M Rolfe |
10:00 | ||||
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Titchfield Haven | 17 | M Rolfe |
09:00 | East including a flock of 13. | |||
18/04/15 | Cuckoo | Titchfield Haven Canal Path | 1 | M Rolfe |
11:00 | Heard briefly. | |||
18/04/15 | Reed Warbler | Titchfield Haven Canal Path | 3 | M Rolfe |
11:00 | ||||
18/04/15 | Whitethroat | Ranvilles Lane | 7 | M Rolfe |
07:00 | ||||
18/04/15 | Blackcap | Odiham | 1 | P S Scorey |
09:00 | One male lurking at the back of newlynds farm pond, a bonus as I was watching a house sparrow and he popped up into view. | |||
18/04/15 | Cuckoo | Micheldever Woods | 2 | D M Derrick |
13:15 | ||||
18/04/15 | Swallow | Stokes Bay | 10 | M Edgeller |
'In off' 07:50-09:15hrs. | ||||
18/04/15 | Whimbrel | Stokes Bay | 2 | M Edgeller |
East. | ||||
18/04/15 | Fulmar | Stokes Bay | 4 | M Edgeller |
West at 0830hrs. | ||||
18/04/15 | Sparrowhawk | Stokes Bay | 1 | M Edgeller |
East offshore at 08:27hrs. | ||||
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 10 | P D Winter |
18/04/15 | Redshank | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 2 | P D Winter |
18/04/15 | Peregrine | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | P D Winter |
10:15 | came in with prey and eat it on gull island. | |||
18/04/15 | Red Kite | Ibsley | 1 | P D Winter |
09:25 | to the west, moving slowly north. | |||
18/04/15 | Reed Bunting | Ibsley | 3 | P D Winter |
08:30 | male. | |||
18/04/15 | Stonechat | Ibsley | 2 | P D Winter |
08:30 | male. | |||
18/04/15 | Cetti's Warbler | Ibsley | 1 | P D Winter |
08:30 | male. | |||
18/04/15 | Cuckoo | Ibsley | 1 | P D Winter |
08:30 | male. | |||
18/04/15 | Dartford Warbler | Hag Hill | 1 | J Garrad |
11:00 | ||||
18/04/15 | Bullfinch | Hag Hill | 2 | J Garrad |
08:00 | ||||
18/04/15 | Cuckoo | Hag Hill | 1 | J Garrad |
08:00 | ||||
18/04/15 | Lesser Whitethroat | Lower Test Marshes | 1 | D Holland |
Singing by the entrance to the Echo Offices on Test Lane. | ||||
18/04/15 | Dark-bellied Brent Goose | Weston Shore, Southampton | 21 | I R Watts |
08:30 | ||||
18/04/15 | Whimbrel | Weston Shore, Southampton | 2 | I R Watts |
08:30 | 3 seen previously. | |||
18/04/15 | Sandwich Tern | Weston Shore, Southampton | 2 | I R Watts |
08:30 | ||||
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Weston Shore, Southampton | 8 | I R Watts |
08:30 | Flew up Soton Water then back down. | |||
18/04/15 | Turnstone | Weston Shore, Southampton | 14 | I R Watts |
09:30 | ||||
18/04/15 | Willow Warbler | Longparish | 1 | D J Piper |
singing male. At the Cleeves. | ||||
18/04/15 | Whitethroat | Longparish | 1 | D J Piper |
singing male. Just up from Vale Farm going towards the Cleeves. | ||||
18/04/15 | Peregrine | Southsea | 1 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | Watched a female bird attack a Gull by one of the Forts within the Solent, then land on the Fort. | |||
18/04/15 | Swallow | Southsea | 9 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | Up to 9 birds seen flying in off the sea; largest number being 4 birds together. | |||
18/04/15 | Fulmar | Southsea | 2 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | Two together mid Solent heading west. | |||
18/04/15 | Grey Heron | Southsea | 1 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | Single bird flew mid Solent heading east. | |||
18/04/15 | Swift | Southsea | 1 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | Another first of the year, flew in off sea literally seconds after the House Martin. | |||
18/04/15 | House Martin | Southsea | 1 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | Our first of the year, flew in off sea. | |||
18/04/15 | Sandwich Tern | Southsea | 10 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | At least 10 heading east. | |||
18/04/15 | Whimbrel | Southsea | 8 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | Four single birds and two pairs. All heading east bar one. | |||
18/04/15 | Red-breasted Merganser | Southsea | 2 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | fem. Two females flying together west. | |||
18/04/15 | Common Tern | Southsea | 20 | J J Goodridge |
07:00 | 3 flocks of Commic Terns, all distant birds : 6,7 and 6 all heading east over Solent during 3hr seawatch. | |||
18/04/15 | Tree Pipit | Lepe | 1 | P F Fawkes |
06:30 | Flew over Dark Water calling. | |||
18/04/15 | Blackcap | Lepe | 10 | P F Fawkes |
08:00 | Singing males on the patch; 75 percent of area covered. | |||
18/04/15 | Mediterranean Gull | Lepe | 2 | P F Fawkes |
08:00 | Some intimate behaviour! | |||
18/04/15 | Gadwall | Lepe | 3 | P F Fawkes |
08:00 | Pair on the Dark Water. | |||
18/04/15 | Lesser Whitethroat | Lepe | 1 | P F Fawkes |
08:00 | Stansore Pt. Singing. | |||
18/04/15 | Whimbrel | Lepe | 2 | P F Fawkes |
08:00 | East past Stansore Pt. | |||
18/04/15 | Marsh Harrier | Lepe | 1 | P F Fawkes |
08:00 | Flew East past Stansore Pt keeping to the middle of the Solent. | |||
18/04/15 | Whimbrel | Inchmery | 1 | R Chapman |
on saltmarsh. | ||||
18/04/15 | Light-bellied Brent Goose | Lepe | 1 | R Chapman |
ad. | ||||
18/04/15 | Dark-bellied Brent Goose | Lepe | 195 | R Chapman |
on the shore. |