Hampshire bird news

Saturday 10th October 2015

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
10/10/15SkylarkPig Bush, NF7S Ingram
10:30
 
10/10/15SwallowPig Bush, NF4S Ingram
10:30
 
10/10/15Sedge WarblerBrownwich1M Edgeller
 
10/10/15Short-eared OwlFarlington Marshes1D Cox
12:15
point field.  
10/10/15WigeonEast Worldham1S Mansfield
f.  
10/10/15Meadow PipitLadies Walk/Bere Hill Farm52M Randall
2 groups and others moving about, There was probably more than I counted though.  
10/10/15ChiffchaffLadies Walk/Bere Hill Farm6M Randall
1 Singing.  
10/10/15SwallowLadies Walk/Bere Hill Farm5M Randall
 
10/10/15RedwingLadies Walk/Bere Hill Farm2M Randall
 
10/10/15CormorantLadies Walk/Bere Hill Farm1M Randall
Flew over.  
10/10/15Red KiteDownton1I Sibsey
09:00
flew over A338 close to the roadside florist, mobbed by jackdaws and rooks. SU167205.  
10/10/15Ring OuzelLeaden Hall, NF1C Rose
16:00
fem. Very elusive, last seen heading west well away from the site.  
10/10/15LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERFishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh1C Rose
 
10/10/15KnotNormandy Marsh/Lagoon3C Rose
 
10/10/15Spotted RedshankNormandy Marsh/Lagoon4C Rose
 
10/10/15Ringed PloverNormandy Marsh/Lagoon499C Rose
at least maybe more!  
10/10/15PeregrinePennington Marsh1C Rose
 
10/10/15PintailPennington Marsh6C Rose
 
10/10/15Marsh HarrierPennington Marsh1C Rose
 
10/10/15SnipeHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash1S Brunton
12:15
Links Scrape.  
10/10/15RavenHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash2S Brunton
13:15
NW over Cowes Lane footpath.  
10/10/15ChiffchaffHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash12S Brunton
13:15
 
10/10/15DunlinHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash1S Brunton
12:15
Links Scrape.  
10/10/15Dartford WarblerHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash2S Brunton
11:30
One between Meander Pools & Links Scrape, one by Meander Pools at 13:00.  
10/10/15WheatearHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash2S Brunton
11:30
Between Meander Pools & Links Scrape.  
10/10/15Sandwich TernHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash1S Brunton
11:10
 
10/10/15FirecrestHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash1S Brunton
10:15
At the foreshore end of Cowes Lane, half way along the footpath leading to the shore.  
10/10/15Ring-necked ParakeetHartley Wintney2J Norton
10:09
Flew N over the M3 as I was heading east towards Fleet services. Taplin's Farm, S of Hartley Wintney. SU767550.  
10/10/15Red KiteRomsey2R Abrahams
nr the abbey. Being mobbed by 15 or so rooks and jackdaws. SU349214.  
10/10/15KingfisherRomsey World of Water1R Abrahams
 
10/10/15CrossbillWest End1L M Fuller
16:49
One flew over calling over torridge gardens heading towards riverside park.  
10/10/15Golden PloverNewton Stacey60M Clay
14:30
One flock of at least 60-70 in the large field on the right as you come down Newton Hill.  
10/10/15Dartford WarblerCutty Brow1D J Piper
16:46
male. SU4143.  
10/10/15StonechatCutty Brow2D J Piper
16:11
One Male, one Female. SU4143.  
10/10/15Short-eared OwlHayling Island, Sinah Common1G Stephenson
10:30
W out at sea 10.30. Highlight of today's vis mig http://www.trektellen.org/count/view/1612/20151010.  
10/10/15FirecrestDibden Purlieu2R Chapman
or possibly 3 in my front hedge this afternoon, blistering views to within 2m.  
10/10/15Lesser RedpollDibden Purlieu1R Chapman
over the garden heading S.  
10/10/15RedwingDibden Purlieu1R Chapman
at least in trees near my garden this morning, my first this autumn.  
10/10/15SwallowHill Head10A 2
09:30
At least. Small passage.  
10/10/15SwallowSholing, Southampton1I R Watts
12:04
Going east. SU455119.  
10/10/15OspreyLangstone Harbour1R Tofts
13:45
Perched on Bakers Island, seen from Broadmarsh.  
10/10/15SiskinTitchfield Haven4A 2
08:30
At least. Landed in trees by West Hide. Many more finches passing over E.  
10/10/15DunlinHill Head1A 2
08:30
With Ringed Plover.  
10/10/15WheatearHill Head1A 2
08:30
still by chalets.  
10/10/15WryneckFishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh1M Ison
12:25
Flushed from bushes by footpath.  
10/10/15RedwingTrigpoint Hill, Timsbury29D Thelwell
18NE, 11 SW.  
10/10/15HawfinchTrigpoint Hill, Timsbury1D Thelwell
south.  
10/10/15Ring OuzelTrigpoint Hill, Timsbury1D Thelwell
north east.  
10/10/15PeregrineSt Marys Church, Southampton1M G Painter
09:30
Additional to the one on Dock Head.  
10/10/15PeregrineSouthampton Eastern Docks1I R Watts
09:30
f. On Dock Head.  
10/10/15Rock PipitWeston Shore, Southampton1I R Watts
09:15
 
10/10/15WheatearWeston Shore, Southampton1I R Watts
09:15
juv. Along shore by "cliffs".....still present at 10:00.  
10/10/15Common TernWeston Shore, Southampton2I R Watts
08:15
juv and ad. juv 08:15 mid-channel in feeding gull flock. adult....09:30.....around SF.  
10/10/15TurnstoneWeston Shore, Southampton35I R Watts
07:15
 
10/10/15BlackcapChandlers Ford1D Lister
male. First return to the garden this autumn,feeding on suet.  
10/10/15Ring OuzelLeaden Hall, NF3R T Toft
One male and two of indeterminate sex between about 8.30 am and 9 am. No sign of any others after an hour or more of searching. Perhaps not surprising, considering the thick, early morning mist.  
10/10/15Black-headed GullRiverside Park, Southampton950M J Smith
07:00
Good numbers (mixed gulls) this morning coming up river with the sunrise.  
10/10/15Grey WagtailRiverside Park, Southampton2M J Smith
07:00
 
10/10/15Little GrebeRiverside Park, Southampton4M J Smith
07:00
Between The Glimpse and the University rowing club.  
10/10/15Common SandpiperRiverside Park, Southampton2M J Smith
07:00
 
10/10/15KingfisherRiverside Park, Southampton2M J Smith
07:00
 
10/10/15Cetti's WarblerRiverside Park, Southampton2M J Smith
07:00
One beside the inlet south of Compost Corner. Twenty minutes later another bird singing further up, on the other side of the River by University Rowing Club. Of course possibly the same bird?