Hampshire bird news
Friday 12th February 2016
Submit | Map view | Search | Previous Day | Next Day | Today
| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/02/16 | Great Crested Grebe | Centurion Business Park, Southampton | 5 | I R Watts |
| 12:30 | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Black Swan | Riverside Park, Southampton | 7 | I R Watts |
| 13:00 | 2 ad + 5 cygnets. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Common Sandpiper | St Denys, Southampton | 1 | I R Watts |
| 12:30 | Horseshoe road bridge. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Yellow-legged Gull | Centurion Business Park, Southampton | 4 | I R Watts |
| 12:30 | 2ad + 2 1st w. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Great Northern Diver | St Denys, Southampton | 1 | I R Watts |
| 12:30 | 1st w. Close in by Horseshoe road bridge. SU430135. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Tawny Owl | Bordon | 1 | R Ford |
| 11:30 | Male hooting. SU794360. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Stock Dove | Blashford Lakes - Ivy Lake | 1 | R A Hume |
| Feeding on sunflower seed feeder by the woodland hide - has been around for a while apparently but I've not seen this before! | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Pintail | Calshot Spit | 8 | J Scamell |
| 11:30 | male and fem. SU477024. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Pintail | Calshot Spit | 18 | J Scamell |
| male and fem. SU477024. | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Slavonian Grebe | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | R A Hume |
| 12/02/16 | Black-necked Grebe | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 2 | R A Hume |
| 12/02/16 | Caspian Gull | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | R A Hume |
| 1st year. Sorry, didn't see the earlier ones so I can't say which this was, if any, or if it is new - a very pale one, bill with paler brown base, not especially long-legged. Found by Yoav Perlman from Israel . . . | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Mediterranean Gull | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 6 | R A Hume |
| At least 5 adults 1 1st year. | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Goosander | Blashford Lakes - Kingfisher Lake | 2 | R A Hume |
| This is really to say that if you haven't seen the Ferruginous Duck yet, go soon, as the lake will soon be hidden behind a tall screen along the whole of the fence, so the great unwashed public can't get to see it. Strictly private with no access permitted. Very limited viewing is available from the footpath along western edge leading north from the end of Hurst Road, a culdesac off A338. | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Egyptian Goose | Harbridge | 7 | R A Hume |
| 12/02/16 | Great Grey Shrike | Broomy Plain, NF | 1 | S Dennett |
| 11:22 | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Red-breasted Merganser | Keyhaven | 3 | N Papps |
| 11:30 | 2 ad 1 juv. Only a few yards away from sea wall of car park - sadly I had left my camera in the car when I popped over to the loo! | |||
| 12/02/16 | Eider | Keyhaven | 2 | J Harrington |
| 12:00 | Pair, In amongst moored boats in the harbour area. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | J Harrington |
| 11:00 | On mudflats offshore from Fishtail. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Spoonbill | Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | J Harrington |
| 11:00 | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Spotted Redshank | Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh | 9 | J Harrington |
| 11:00 | No sign of LB Dowitcher up to 1230 at least. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Barn Owl | Titchfield Haven Canal Path | 1 | S Brunton |
| 14:40 | Still in split tree. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 1 | S Brunton |
| 13:00 | Links Scrape with Black-tailed Godwits. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Great Northern Diver | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 2 | S Brunton |
| 12:20 | Superb views of one between Hook Spit & sea wall & another off Chilling Substation at 13:40. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Dartford Warbler | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 1 | S Brunton |
| 11:40 | m. In gorse between Cowes Lane footpath & Meander Pools. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Eider | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 2 | S Brunton |
| 11:20 | drk. Off Chilling Substation, near Green Triangle. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Little Grebe | Anglesey Lake Gosport | 8 | P D Winter |
| 11:30 | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Red-breasted Merganser | Anglesey Lake Gosport | 1 | P D Winter |
| 11:30 | male. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Mediterranean Gull | Walpole Park (Gosport) | 1 | P D Winter |
| 14:15 | ad. not coming to bread. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Black Swan | Hill Head | 1 | P D Winter |
| 14:40 | in harbour at high tide. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Knot | Hill Head | 2 | P D Winter |
| 10:30 | on the shingle island just offshore. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Sanderling | Hill Head | 3 | P D Winter |
| 10:30 | on the shingle island just offshore. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Shag | Hill Head | 1 | P D Winter |
| 10:30 | not too far out. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Pochard | Fishlake Meadows | 14 | P Lord |
| 8 m, 6 f from roadside viewpoint. Best count so far this year. | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Pochard | Baffins Pond (Portsmouth) | 1 | R Tofts |
| male. | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Crossbill | West Walk (Wickham) | 10 | R Tofts |
| Possibly a few more still in carpark but not as obliging as earlier in the week. | ||||
| 12/02/16 | Siskin | Chandlers Ford | 2 | A P Holding |
| 09:00 | 2 m. on feeders in garden. SU442212. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Brambling | Straight Mile, Romsey | 50 | N Jones |
| 12:30 | Coming to black sunflower seeds. | |||
| 12/02/16 | Siskin | Straight Mile, Romsey | 100 | N Jones |
| 12:30 | Minimum count on feeders and in trees. | |||
