Hampshire bird news
Monday 25th May 2015
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25/05/15 | Teal | Bishops Dyke | 5 | I Bradshaw |
| duck with four ducklings in alder swamp. SU349043. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Raven | Bishops Waltham | 1 | P M Potts |
| flew low south mobbed by crow. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Gadwall | Badminston GP | 4 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Water Rail | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | calling from reedbed by Toms down. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Oystercatcher | Badminston GP | 3 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Mediterranean Gull | Badminston GP | 1 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | Adult. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Swift | Bilcombes Pond | 1 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | At last my first! | |||
| 25/05/15 | Skylark | Stanswood Common | 1 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Reed Warbler | Sprats Down Plantation | 1 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | singing. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Reed Warbler | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | singing in reedbed by Toms down. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Garden Warbler | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 2 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | 2 singing in scrub on Dark lane side of heath. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Dartford Warbler | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Yellowhammer | Newhouse Copse | 2 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | 1 singing. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Reed Bunting | Badminston GP | 1 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | singing. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Reed Bunting | Fields Heath, Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
| 14:00 | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Manx Shearwater | Hurst Beach | 3 | J M Clark |
| 20:20 | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Blackcap | Itchen Way | 2 | L J Amey |
| both male. Also 3 Jays in same area. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Grey Wagtail | Itchen Way | 2 | L J Amey |
| 25/05/15 | Sparrowhawk | Itchen Way | 3 | L J Amey |
| 15:06 | 1st at time stated E-W, then 2 more E-W at 1510hrs. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Cetti's Warbler | Itchen Way | 2 | L J Amey |
| 17:10 | Both HO. 2nd at 1726hrs. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Wood Warbler | Itchen Way | 1 | L J Amey |
| 16:40 | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Skylark | Itchen Way | 2 | L J Amey |
| 10:48 | Also small numbers of Swallow & Swifts. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Reed Bunting | Itchen Way | 3 | L J Amey |
| 2m 1 fm. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Bullfinch | Itchen Way | 1 | L J Amey |
| 10:58 | male. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Chiffchaff | Itchen Way | 21 | L J Amey |
| Total. Some seen. Also plenty of Sedge Warbs seen and HO. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Buzzard | Itchen Way | 5 | L J Amey |
| Total. Also male Kestrel. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Reed Warbler | Itchen Way | 1 | L J Amey |
| 09:49 | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Sedge Warbler | Bishopstoke | 2 | L J Amey |
| 09:30 | In reeds. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Grey Wagtail | Bishopstoke | 2 | L J Amey |
| 09:02 | On river near manor house. | |||
| 25/05/15 | GREATER YELLOWLEGS | Titchfield Haven | 1 | I A Smith |
| 16:00 | First seen from the road by the harbour looking into reserve. Then flew up towards the frying pan. Walked to Pumfrett hide and it then turned up on the north scrape at 16:30. Alone both times. The bird, not me. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Greylag Goose | Sholing, Southampton | 2 | I R Watts |
| 09:15 | Flying SSW. SU455119. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Corn Bunting | Over Wallop | 2 | R Sawyer |
| 15:00 | And some other interesting stuff including a melanistic Fallow Deer (is that possible?). | |||
| 25/05/15 | Barnacle Goose | Wellington Country Park | 1 | M Randall |
| 25/05/15 | Common Tern | Wellington Country Park | 2 | M Randall |
| 25/05/15 | Egyptian Goose | Wellington Country Park | 2 | M Randall |
| With young. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Red Kite | Chandlers Ford | 1 | D Lister |
| 1 moving north west over the garden this afternoon. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Sanderling | Hill Head | 14 | D Houghton |
| 25/05/15 | Yellow-legged Gull | Hill Head | 1 | D Houghton |
| 3cy. On beach from sailing club for most of the morning. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | GREATER YELLOWLEGS | Titchfield Haven | 1 | A 2 |
| 12:30 | Now on main reserve - reports on BirdGuides of it on the river by the road / in front of hides. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Cuckoo | Titchfield Haven | 3 | M Rolfe |
| 10:15 | All three flew out of a willow by the Spurgin Hide. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Greenshank | Posbrook Floods | 1 | M Rolfe |
| 08:30 | On the Bridge Street flood. | |||
| 25/05/15 | GREATER YELLOWLEGS | Posbrook Floods | 1 | M Rolfe |
| 08:40 | With at least 75 Black-tailed Godwits. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Marsh Harrier | Lower Test Marshes | 1 | S Ritchie |
| female. Showed well for 30 minutes. | ||||
| 25/05/15 | Red Kite | Havant | 6 | P N Milinets-Raby |
| 11:50 | Spiral of 6 Red Kites over back garden. Came in from the south, then after five minutes of circling around and gaining height they headed off north west in gliding flight. All had chunks missing from primary area. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Gannet | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 1 | R H Marchant |
| 06:55 | ad. Flew into Southampton Water, stayed a few minutes then returned to the Solent. SU4903. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Bar-headed Goose | Pennington Marsh | 1 | P Upton |
  | presumed escapee with Canada Geese on new pond by ancient highway near camp site. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Spoonbill | Keyhaven Lagoon | 3 | P Upton |
| 09:30 | On lagoon then flew to Butts and fed close to sea wall. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Cuckoo | Lakeside (Eastleigh) | 1 | S Ingram |
| 05:30 | male. I was woken by a rare sound in Eastleigh nowadays. Monks Way moving on to Lakeside. | |||
| 25/05/15 | Cuckoo | Swanwick Nature Reserve | 1 | B Marshall |
| 04:20 | SU504099. | |||
