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Hampshire bird news

Friday 6th May 2016

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
06/05/16	Spotted Flycatcher	Southampton Common	1	A Welch
14:30
06/05/16	Cetti's Warbler	St Cross, Winchester	1	T R Jordan
	SU479275.
06/05/16	Little Grebe	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	1	J Blithe
06/05/16	Little Egret	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	1	J Blithe
06/05/16	Stonechat	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	2	J Blithe
	m & f.
06/05/16	Lapwing	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	2	J Blithe
06/05/16	Common Scoter	Stokes Bay	1	D Stevenson
19:10	West.
06/05/16	Arctic Skua	Stokes Bay	1	D Stevenson
19:10	East at 19:07.
06/05/16	Long-tailed Duck	Hurst Beach	1	A Lewis
	male. east past beach mid morning, full adult male in "summer plumage" with full tail, not regular bird which lives at Iley Point, photo.
06/05/16	Shoveler	Hurst Beach	1	A Lewis
	male. east.
06/05/16	Tufted Duck	Hurst Beach	2	A Lewis
	pair. east early am.
06/05/16	Marsh Harrier	Hurst Beach	1	A Lewis
	probably imm. male, flew east through Solent, photo.
06/05/16	Short-eared Owl	Hurst Beach	1	A Lewis
	far out in Bay, flew north towards Hengistbury, early am.
06/05/16	Grey Plover	Hurst Beach	2	A Lewis
	east.
06/05/16	Bar-tailed Godwit	Hurst Beach	6	A Lewis
	4,1,1, all east.
06/05/16	Common Sandpiper	Hurst Beach	1	A Lewis
06/05/16	Sanderling	Hurst Beach	2	A Lewis
	east, others saw a few more.
06/05/16	Dunlin	Hurst Beach	110	A Lewis
	small flocks and odd birds east throughout day.
06/05/16	Greenshank	Hurst Beach	1	A Lewis
	east early am.
06/05/16	Whimbrel	Hurst Beach	46	A Lewis
	very slow in the morning but some flocks in pm.
06/05/16	Pomarine Skua	Hurst Beach	2	A Lewis
	probably a pair, picked up by RH at about 13.15 failed to get through Narrows, drifted off, tried again at 16.20 and again at 17.35 but left to south-west, photo.
06/05/16	Arctic Skua	Hurst Beach	3	A Lewis
	pale phase adults east at 11.05, photo.
06/05/16	Black Tern	Hurst Beach	6	A Lewis
	1, 5.
06/05/16	Sandwich Tern	Hurst Beach	40	A Lewis
	approx 40 migrants in flocks east but also feeding birds in addition.
06/05/16	Arctic Tern	Hurst Beach	1	A Lewis
	at least, east with Common Tern flock this pm.
06/05/16	Common Tern	Hurst Beach	271	A Lewis
	seawatch, 05:20-18:00; these my personal totals, part of the day with MM, MC, DR and others.
06/05/16	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe	62	R Chapman
	Strictly 50 at Darkwater outflow and 12 in the Beaulieu river mouth.
06/05/16	Cuckoo	Rockbourne	1	D Bass
19:20	the home patch bird has finally turned up-the latest date in last 20 years.
06/05/16	Tawny Owl	Catisfield	1	A 2
21:17	calling again tonight. Heard from the Timbers but fairly faint.
06/05/16	Cuckoo	Newton Valence	1	J Harrington
19:30
06/05/16	Swallow	Exbury	5	J Thurnell-read
17:10	Over fields off Summer Lane.
06/05/16	Buzzard	Beaulieu Heath (East)	4	J Thurnell-read
17:20	3+1 circling low over heath near road. SZ354997.
06/05/16	Whimbrel	Hill Head	8	A 2
	East. 7 went behind over the river. Sea watch 1530-1840.
06/05/16	Arctic Tern	Hill Head	1	A 2
18:38	At least. Flew onto reserve, then back out again.
06/05/16	Black Tern	Hill Head	2	A 2
17:23	East. Sea watch 1530-1840.
06/05/16	Red Kite	Lymington	1	R A Hume
	circling low over the town centre.
06/05/16	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	Chandlers Ford	1	C Harris
18:00	m. I can't believe this - I'm sitting at my computer in my garden office watching it attacking the apple tree [feeding not drilling] not 2 yards away. SU424221.
06/05/16	Arctic Skua	Hill Head	1	T Carpenter
15:05	distant, east, presumed dark phase Arctic, should be able to get a tie up.
06/05/16	Swift	Ringwood	2	J Garrad
06/05/16	Red Kite	Longslade Bottom, NF	1	J Garrad
09:55	First time I've seen a Red Kite in this area (lived here 3.5 years).
06/05/16	Hobby	Stokes Bay	1	J Norton
	Came in some time after 10am.
06/05/16	Bar-tailed Godwit	Titchfield Haven	5	R Tofts
	South scrape.
06/05/16	Hobby	Titchfield Haven	1	R Tofts
	Distant.
06/05/16	Lesser Whitethroat	Cutty Brow	1	D J Piper
17:45	Singing Male.
06/05/16	Red Kite	Basingstoke Town Centre	1	L J Amey
16:10	3 birds circling very high East. Could only confirm the one Red Kite though as no bins!
06/05/16	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Stokes Bay	2	K J Ilsley
	persevered from 3.30-4 but nothing seen on seawatch.
06/05/16	Raven	Martin Down	3	I Sibsey
	SU054186.
06/05/16	Willow Warbler	Martin Down	1	I Sibsey
	SU054186.
06/05/16	Bullfinch	Martin Down	5	I Sibsey
	SU054186.
06/05/16	Lesser Whitethroat	Martin Down	9	I Sibsey
	7 singing males , one pair in suitable nesting site. SU054186.
06/05/16	Whitethroat	Martin Down	40	I Sibsey
	SU054186.
06/05/16	Reed Bunting	Martin Down	1	I Sibsey
	singing male. SU054186.
06/05/16	Cuckoo	Martin Down	4	I Sibsey
	only one bird persisted in singing through to 10:30ish. SU054186.
06/05/16	Grey Partridge	Martin Down	1	I Sibsey
	SU054186.
06/05/16	Red-legged Partridge	Martin Down	2	I Sibsey
	SU054186.
06/05/16	Corn Bunting	Martin Down	4	I Sibsey
	all sing males. SU054186.
06/05/16	Turtle Dove	Martin Down	19	I Sibsey
	includes 11 S/M. SU054186.
06/05/16	Green Sandpiper	The Vyne Lake	1	J Meikle
10:00	Mobile around lake. SU634569.
06/05/16	Common Sandpiper	The Vyne Lake	1	J Meikle
10:00	One at least .On lawn-edge initially then mobile around lake. SU635569.
06/05/16	Spotted Flycatcher	Lower Test Marshes	1	S Clemons
09:30	Near Salmon Leap bridge.
06/05/16	Willow Warbler	Hook Valley (Warsash)	1	R H Marchant
10:30	m. Still singing by the roadbridge since 15th April, (don't think a mate's going to turn up here though!). SU4905.
06/05/16	Sedge Warbler	Hook Lake, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
10:00	m. Singing by ditch between Ford's Field scrape and seawall SU490053 (new arrival). SU4905.
06/05/16	Little Ringed Plover	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
09:20	Flew in, circled scrape and flew back NW. SU4904.
06/05/16	Common Sandpiper	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
08:50	In ditch by scrape then flew to ditch at back of scrape. SU4904.
06/05/16	Whimbrel	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
08:00	Flew NW along foreshore, seen later on Spit 10:00. SU4904.
06/05/16	Knot	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
08:00	s/p. Flew NW along links with a Redshank. SU4904.
06/05/16	Bar-tailed Godwit	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
07:45	s/p. Flew NW along links, dropping towards beach (not relocated). SU4904.
06/05/16	Greenshank	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	5	R H Marchant
07:35	On links scrape then 4 flew N and 1 E. SU4904.
06/05/16	Sanderling	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	7	R H Marchant
09:45	4 partial s/p, 1 w/p on shingle by the spit then flew N towards R Hamble 07:00, later 2 partial s/p on Links beach 09:45. SU4805.
06/05/16	Redstart	Woolmer Pond Cottage	1	J Harrington
10:15	Male in Cottage garden.
06/05/16	Garden Warbler	Greatham	1	J Harrington
10:00	Singing and showing well on the path out to Woolmer Pond, just (10 yards) north of the A325 Greatham roundabout.
06/05/16	Pomarine Skua	Stokes Bay	5	T Carpenter
06:25	pretty certain but very distant and couldn't see spoons. First two birds at least pale phase. While I was watching these 50 yds away Mark Rolfe was watching Black Terns which I missed and vice versa.
06/05/16	Yellow Wagtail	Stokes Bay	1	M Rolfe
06:15
06/05/16	Starling	Havant	6	T Bickerton
09:30	both. 3 breeding pairs in eves in one street. SU715071.
06/05/16	Black Tern	Stokes Bay	4	M Rolfe
06:25	Flew east at 06:25 and then presumably the same birds flew back west at 06:45.
06/05/16	House Martin	Stokes Bay	3	J Norton
	Or so in, plus at least 20-30 Swallows, but no swifts today.
06/05/16	Common Tern	Stokes Bay	147	J Norton
	East between 0630 and 1030, E2-3 wind.
06/05/16	Sandwich Tern	Stokes Bay	45	J Norton
	East between 0630 and 1030, E2-3 wind.
06/05/16	Meadow Pipit	Stokes Bay	1	J Norton
	in.
06/05/16	Marsh Harrier	Stokes Bay	1	J Norton
	Female E through the Solent at 0839.
06/05/16	Common Scoter	Stokes Bay	61	J Norton
	6, 2, 5, 10, 22, 16 E, all bar about 6 or 7 were males inc. the entire flock of 22.
06/05/16	Whimbrel	Weston Shore, Southampton	6	I R Watts
07:00
06/05/16	Turnstone	Weston Shore, Southampton	6	I R Watts
09:00
06/05/16	Common Sandpiper	Weston Shore, Southampton	1	I R Watts
09:00
06/05/16	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	25	I R Watts
06:15
06/05/16	Common Tern	Weston Shore, Southampton	120	I R Watts
06:15
06/05/16	Skylark	Martin Down	1	R T Toft
	6. At least that number. Probably a lot more, given the intensity of singing.
06/05/16	Buzzard	Martin Down	1	R T Toft
	Posting this only because it was a very pale bird and flying with a flap/glide motion. Breast off-white and completely unmarked. Appeared to have a couple of dark, vertical stripes on underwing. Grey-brown above. Couldn't see much else because of the bright light. It was probably a Common Buzzard, but worth looking out for in case it wasn't!!!
06/05/16	Lesser Whitethroat	Martin Down	3	R T Toft
	At least three birds singing but only one seen.
06/05/16	Grey Partridge	Martin Down	2	R T Toft
	In flight.
06/05/16	Turtle Dove	Martin Down	3	R T Toft
	At least three birds singing and showing in scrub between the Sillens Lane end of Martin Down up to the ridge.
06/05/16	Bar-tailed Godwit	Hill Head	1	A 2
	fem. on beach by chalets until 0630.
06/05/16	Common Sandpiper	Hill Head	1	A 2
	Harbour area.
06/05/16	Common Sandpiper	Fleet Pond	3	W G Legge
06:00
06/05/16	Little Gull	Fleet Pond	1	W G Legge
06:00	1s. Still present. First found by GCS late yesterday.

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