Hampshire bird news

Tuesday 3rd May 2016

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
03/05/16SwiftBishops Waltham6P M Potts
poss more. SU553174.  
03/05/16SwiftNew Alresford1A Mcveigh
21:00
No Swifts overhead. Single bird straight into the box.  
03/05/16BullfinchShorburs Greenway, Sholing1I R Watts
12:00
f.  
03/05/16CuckooFields Heath, Blackfield1J G Ross
07:00
 
03/05/16NightingaleFields Heath, Blackfield1J G Ross
07:00
singing.  
03/05/16SwiftPennington Marsh20R Coomber
20-30 over the old tip and adjacent marsh.  
03/05/16Tree PipitPennington Marsh2R Coomber
07:30
 
03/05/16Garden WarblerPennington Marsh2R Coomber
07:30
 
03/05/16DunlinPennington Marsh500R Coomber
500+ out on the shingle banks towards Keyhaven.  
03/05/16Cetti's WarblerHockley Meadows3T R Jordan
19:30
singing. Also 3 Reed W, 8 Sedge, 2 Reed Bunting, 4 Grey Wag, many hirundines.  
03/05/16KingfisherHockley Meadows1T R Jordan
19:30
 
03/05/16Willow WarblerHockley Golf Course1T R Jordan
19:00
singing.  
03/05/16FirecrestHockley Golf Course2T R Jordan
19:00
singing in wood.  
03/05/16CuckooWinchester Sewage Farm1T R Jordan
18:00
singing distantly. No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275.  
03/05/16Greylag GooseWinchester Sewage Farm2T R Jordan
18:00
No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275.  
03/05/16StonechatWinchester Sewage Farm1T R Jordan
18:00
male. water levels low again, but only waders today were two Lapwing. No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275.  
03/05/16Garden WarblerSt Catherines Hill, Winchester1T R Jordan
18:00
singing east end of plague pit valley.  
03/05/16CuckooOld Alresford1H R Cornford
20:10
first one calling.  
03/05/16WoodlarkBlack Hill, NF1A Hockey
19:00
male. SU295173.  
03/05/16CuckooYateley Common (HCC)1D Buckler
20:00
Calling. SU818590.  
03/05/16Yellow WagtailBinsted1S Mansfield
07:45
Moving North East. SU7641.  
03/05/16RedstartAlton Caker Stream1S Mansfield
18:00
male. SU7238.  
03/05/16Red KiteBurbush Hill, NF1P C Donaldson
14:20
Present again flying strongly North towards Cranesmoor. Is this the bird frequenting Blashford Lakes?  
03/05/16Common SandpiperIBM Lake (Cosham)1T Doran
07:30
first here this year for me.  
03/05/16Garden WarblerIBM Lake (Cosham)1T Doran
07:00
one of the rare days when I get 9 species of warbler here - 2 acros, 2 pylloscs, 4 sylvias and Cettis. Garden and Willow are migrants only here and Garden is the scarcest of the 9 sp.  
03/05/16SanderlingHill Head9M H Terry
Feeding on the shore at 17.30.  
03/05/16WhinchatAbbotts Ann5B Igglesden
18:30
Near turning for the farmhouse on Dunkirk lane.  
03/05/16Willow WarblerSholing, Southampton1I R Watts
09:30
Shoreburs Greenway. SU454113.  
03/05/16BlackcapSholing, Southampton7I R Watts
11:30
m. Along Sholing section of Shoreburs Greenway. SU453111.  
03/05/16SwiftBasingstoke2D Kelson
13:30
presumed pair. Morley Road. Yesterday and today; my first Basingstoke sighting, this year. SU630504.  
03/05/16PeregrineBasingstoke1D Kelson
14:00
probable female. Drifting high east, hustled by 2 noisy Herring Gulls. SU630505.  
03/05/16Sedge WarblerWinnall Moors10T R Jordan
14:00
and 3 Reed, 3 Cetti's, 4 Blackcap and 4 Chiffchaff (just lower part of reserve).  
03/05/16CuckooWinnall Moors1T R Jordan
14:00
singing.  
03/05/16BuzzardEastleigh Sewage Farm4M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16House MartinEastleigh Sewage Farm80M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16SwallowEastleigh Sewage Farm10M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16Garden WarblerEastleigh Sewage Farm1M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16WhitethroatEastleigh Sewage Farm2M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16Cetti's WarblerEastleigh Sewage Farm2M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16Reed WarblerEastleigh Sewage Farm4M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16ChiffchaffEastleigh Sewage Farm8M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16Sedge WarblerEastleigh Sewage Farm10M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16BlackcapEastleigh Sewage Farm16M J Smith
14:00
 
03/05/16GreenshankLepe, Dark Water1P F Fawkes
10:30
 
03/05/16Cetti's WarblerLepe6P F Fawkes
10:00
Six singing birds on the 'patch'.  
03/05/16GadwallLepe, Dark Water2P F Fawkes
10:00
Pair in usual place.  
03/05/16Lesser WhitethroatLepe, Stansore Point/Pools4P F Fawkes
10:00
Singing males between cafe and Drummond Estate.  
03/05/16WhinchatLepe, Dark Water1P F Fawkes
10:00
 
03/05/16Red KiteFuntley1T Codlin
13:45
drifted low west.  
03/05/16Meadow PipitPriddys Hard, Gosport3K J Ilsley
11:30
west over.  
03/05/16Lesser WhitethroatPriddys Hard, Gosport1K J Ilsley
11:30
singing at west end of reserve.  
03/05/16WhitethroatNew Alresford2J Harrington
10:30
In roadside hedges half-mile west of Pinglestone Cress beds.  
03/05/16Sedge WarblerNew Alresford1J Harrington
10:30
100 yards east of Eel House on opposite side of river to the footpath.  
03/05/16Common SandpiperBeaulieu Heath (West)1A P Pullen
08:00
Hatchet Pond. Also a pair of Great Crested grebes courtship displaying. All depends on the male Swan and dogs.  
03/05/16SpoonbillKeyhaven Marsh2N R Smart
08:30
adults feeding and preening in sunshine.  
03/05/16Arctic TernKeyhaven Lagoon3N R Smart
08:30
calling and circling before heading away west.  
03/05/16Little TernKeyhaven Lagoon1N R Smart
08:30
 
03/05/16SanderlingHill Head15A 2
07:32
 
03/05/16Little TernHill Head11A 2
07:32
At least. Lingering.  
03/05/16Arctic SkuaHill Head1A 2
07:32
Dark phase high NE - very close to sea wall.  
03/05/16Wood WarblerHolmsley Inclosure1D Barton
07:40
In song.  
03/05/16WhitethroatLakeside (Eastleigh)2S Ingram
07:45
Breed here but these were the first back this spring.  
03/05/16Sedge WarblerLakeside (Eastleigh)1S Ingram
07:45
male. Scarce here on passage.  
03/05/16WhinchatLakeside (Eastleigh)1S Ingram
07:45
male. One of a handful of spring birds that I have recorded here in 16 years.