Hampshire bird news
Thursday 26th November 2015
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26/11/15 | Hawfinch | Farley Mount | 1 | T R Jordan |
| 12:00 | two in flight on the edge of West Wood. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Chiffchaff | Gosport | 1 | J Norton |
| Feeding on Tree Mallow in front garden of friend's house. SU607006. | ||||
| 26/11/15 | Sparrowhawk | Old Alresford | 1 | H R Cornford |
| 13:45 | male. In and through the garden twice in the space of half hour. first time perched on top of feeder for a few seconds. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Blackcap | Old Alresford | 1 | H R Cornford |
| 13:30 | male. first one in the garden this Autumn. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Goldcrest | Old Alresford | 2 | H R Cornford |
| 08:30 | 1 ad 1 juv. preening and insect hunting in the garden. Didn't notice me about 1 metre away. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Marsh Harrier | Lower Test Marshes | 1 | S Hartill |
| 13:00 | fem. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Lesser Redpoll | Holmsley | 30 | M J Smith |
| 15:00 | Large flock along the old railway walk west of the Tea Rooms. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Great Grey Shrike | Longmoor Inclosure | 1 | M Lawn |
| SU7830. | ||||
| 26/11/15 | Velvet Scoter | Langstone Harbour | 1 | D Houghton |
| m. Viewed from Hayling Oysterbeds, per Alan Butler. | ||||
| 26/11/15 | Chiffchaff | Farlington Marshes | 2 | S Chalmers |
| 15:00 | At the top of the loop trail near Peter's Pond. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Egyptian Goose | St Leonards | 12 | M Rafter |
| 12:00 | Flying W. SZ407984. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Blackbird | Catisfield | 10 | A 2 |
| 06:45 | or so. Seemed to be many more than usual as I walked to the bus stop, an influx? | |||
| 26/11/15 | Marsh Tit | The Vyne Lake | 1 | J Meikle |
| In scrub south just south of old bridge - not seen one at The Vyne for a while. SU633568. | ||||
| 26/11/15 | Great Crested Grebe | Brownwich | 245 | D Wallace |
| 14:25 | A big increase in numbers this week. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Water Rail | The Vyne Lake | 1 | J Meikle |
| 15:00 | In shallow fringe, just south west of old bridge. SU633567. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Short-eared Owl | Farlington Marshes | 5 | R Skinner |
| 12:00 | Two in the point with three in the main marsh. All seen within a few mins. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Goldeneye | Langstone Harbour | 3 | R Skinner |
| 12:00 | 1 male 2 fem. Looking East from FM Point, over the top of Long Island, towards the Oysterbeds. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Pintail | Farlington Marshes | 31 | R Skinner |
| 12:00 | Around the Deeps HT Roost. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Red-breasted Merganser | Langstone Harbour | 13 | R Skinner |
| 11:30 | Out in the center of the harbour. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Common Gull | Farlington Marshes | 7 | R Skinner |
| 11:30 | Hightide Lake. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Pintail | Farlington Marshes | 30 | R Skinner |
| 11:30 | Hightide lake roost. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Snipe | Farlington Marshes | 13 | R Skinner |
| 11:30 | Lake. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Water Rail | Farlington Marshes | 1 | R Skinner |
| 11:30 | At the back of the lake/edge of the reedbed. Very brief chance view. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Avocet | Farlington Marshes | 33 | R Skinner |
| 11:30 | Hightide Lake. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Bearded Tit | Hook Lake, Hook-with-Warsash | 2 | R H Marchant |
| 11:40 | In the reedbed alongside Christmas House footpath. SU4805. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Snipe | Lepe, Stansore Point/Pools | 12 | P F Fawkes |
| 09:00 | In flight having been disturbed. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Guillemot | Lepe | 1 | P F Fawkes |
| 11:00 | Very close to the shore off the sluice gates (same bird as on Tuesday?). | |||
| 26/11/15 | Red-throated Diver | Lepe | 1 | P F Fawkes |
| 11:00 | On the water for most of the morning off the sluice gates (at one time with Great Northern Diver). | |||
| 26/11/15 | Great Northern Diver | Lepe | 1 | P F Fawkes |
| 11:00 | On the water between Gypsy Lane and the sluice gates for most of the morning and at one time with Red-throated Diver. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Common Scoter | Lepe | 2 | P F Fawkes |
| 10:00 | f. On the water mid-Solent off the sluice gates for most of the morning. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Eider | Lepe | 8 | P F Fawkes |
| 10:00 | 6m, 2f flew west through the Solent. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Great Crested Grebe | Lepe | 23 | P F Fawkes |
| 10:00 | On the Solent between Gypsy Lane and Stansore Point. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Sparrowhawk | Rooksbury Mill (Andover) | 1 | R Gilham |
| 14:15 | f. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Ring-necked Duck | Rooksbury Mill (Andover) | 2 | R Gilham |
| 14:15 | Still present on main lake. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Woodcock | Chawton | 1 | * Naturetrek Team |
| 12:45 | one flushed in nearby wood. SU712376. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Kingfisher | Riverside Park, Southampton | 1 | T W Bunday |
| 10:13 | Flew S past beach. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Black Redstart | Calshot Spit | 1 | A S Rhodes |
| 08:00 | 1 on the RNLI building. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Ring-necked Duck | Rooksbury Mill (Andover) | 2 | D Stevenson |
| 11:45 | Still present on main lake. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Dunlin | Weston Shore, Southampton | 92 | I R Watts |
| 08:30 | ||||
| 26/11/15 | Rock Pipit | Weston Shore, Southampton | 1 | I R Watts |
| 09:45 | Near jetty. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Stonechat | Weston Shore, Southampton | 3 | I R Watts |
| 10:15 | 2m+1f. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Fieldfare | Weston Shore, Southampton | 41 | I R Watts |
| 07:45 | 35 ->w 07:45 then 6 later. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Great Crested Grebe | Weston Shore, Southampton | 44 | I R Watts |
| 07:15 | ||||
| 26/11/15 | Red-throated Diver | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 1 | R H Marchant |
| 10:20 | moulting ad or 2nd yr. NW up Southampton Water past meander pools circled off scrape when seen by JF, turned and dropped onto water. Later drifted SE back past meander pools 10:55 and at 11:15 flew high NW up Soton Water circled off scrape returning high to the Solent. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Glossy Ibis | Shawford | 4 | K Betton |
08:00 | Reported to me by observer on a train who saw them flying at treetop height over the Itchen Valley at about this point. ID not confirmed, but possibly worth looking for. Access to this part of the valley is limited but there are a few footpaths which afford views. SU472242. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Red-throated Diver | Titchfield Haven | 1 | D Stevenson |
| 09:35 | Distantly towards Cowes (on the sea) Picked up by I Calderwood. | |||
| 26/11/15 | Ring-necked Duck | Rooksbury Mill (Andover) | 2 | C Burch |
| 09:00 | Still present. Main lake. With tufties. | |||
