Hampshire bird news
Saturday 28th May 2016
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/05/16 | Red Kite | Lakeside (Eastleigh) | 1 | S Ingram |
| 12:30 | Flew east. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Raven | Meon Valley Trail | 1 | S G Hatch |
| 15:45 | Heard only whilst on the old railway line. SU556104. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Cetti's Warbler | Wickham | 1 | S G Hatch |
| 15:30 | Heard calling from the direction of the River Meon whilst walking along the old railway line. SU560104. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Cuckoo | Wickham | 1 | S G Hatch |
| 16:00 | Male heard calling from the old railway line. Sounded to be near to Knowle. SU558101. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Black-tailed Godwit | Posbrook Floods | 80 | I R Watts |
| 08:30 | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Wigeon | Posbrook Floods | 1 | I R Watts |
| 08:30 | f. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Hobby | Titchfield Haven | 1 | I R Watts |
| 14:00 | North of Meadow hide. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Sanderling | Hill Head | 5 | A 2 |
| 28/05/16 | Turnstone | Hill Head | 22 | A 2 |
| 28/05/16 | Little Tern | Hill Head | 3 | A 2 |
| 28/05/16 | Red Kite | Romsey | 1 | E Pratt |
| 15:00 | circled south then back northwards, then disappeared when disturbed by helicopter. SU370221. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Whimbrel | Hill Head | 11 | A 2 |
| 18:30 | Flew east. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Grey Wagtail | Chandlers Ford | 1 | D Lister |
| male. Singing at Monks brook crossing. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Firecrest | Chandlers Ford | 1 | D Lister |
| male. In usual habitat at lakes. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Chiffchaff | Noar Hill | 1 | C J Thorpe |
| 28/05/16 | Yellowhammer | Noar Hill | 4 | C J Thorpe |
| 28/05/16 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Noar Hill | 1 | C J Thorpe |
| 28/05/16 | Buzzard | Noar Hill | 2 | C J Thorpe |
| 28/05/16 | Red Kite | Noar Hill | 1 | C J Thorpe |
| 28/05/16 | Swift | Aldershot | 11 | R Stephens |
| 15:00 | Most seen so far in this area. SU874504. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Red Kite | Kingston (Avon valley) | 1 | R A Hume |
| 28/05/16 | Green Woodpecker | West End | 1 | R Durkin |
| 15:45 | Looking for food in a grave in the Old Burial Ground, top of West End Road. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Redstart | Canadian War Memorial | 1 | R T Toft |
| male. In oak tree on open heath on other side of the road. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Tree Pipit | Canadian War Memorial | 1 | R T Toft |
| Singing in tree on other side of the road. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Crossbill | Bolderwood, NF | 1 | R T Toft |
| male. On a bush in the forest not far from car park. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Linnet | Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office | 20 | S Ritchie |
| At least. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Treecreeper | Lower Pennington Lane | 1 | Y Holloway |
| 12:00 | Walking back from Lower Pennington Marshes, on the road South of the Chequers pub, in one of the oak trees there was a Treecreeper. It had flown across in front of me, and landed on the tree trunk, then shimmied up and round behind the trunk before I could get camera focused! SZ322935. | |||
| 28/05/16 | House Martin | Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office | 3 | S Ritchie |
| Over meadows. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Buzzard | Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office | 2 | S Ritchie |
| 28/05/16 | Kestrel | Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office | 1 | S Ritchie |
| 28/05/16 | Nuthatch | Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office | 5 | S Ritchie |
| Adults and 3 juveniles. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Hobby | Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office | 1 | S Ritchie |
| 28/05/16 | Firecrest | Barrow Moor, NF | 5 | D Taylor |
| At least this many singing males in small area just off road. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Woodlark | Barrow Moor, NF | 2 | D Taylor |
| Around clear fell opposite car park. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Redstart | Barrow Moor, NF | 2 | D Taylor |
| Singing males. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Tree Pipit | Barrow Moor, NF | 2 | D Taylor |
| Pair on territory. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Bullfinch | Holmsley Passage | 2 | D Taylor |
| A pair. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Snipe | Holmsley Passage | 1 | D Taylor |
| Flew over road and then settled close to it. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Lesser Redpoll | Holmsley Passage | 1 | D Taylor |
| Heard. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Spotted Flycatcher | Holmsley Inclosure | 2 | D Taylor |
| Single birds on separate territories. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Redstart | Holmsley Inclosure | 6 | D Taylor |
| At least six singing males. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Crossbill | Holmsley Inclosure | 1 | D Taylor |
| Heard singing and calling. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Wood Warbler | Holmsley Inclosure | 1 | D Taylor |
| Heard singing. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Red Kite | Mansbridge (River Itchen) | 1 | J L Painton |
| 12:10 | drifting over garden. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Red Kite | Locks Heath | 1 | R H Marchant |
| 12:35 | Drifting NW over the garden, a rather scruffy individual presumably in moult, but a nice sight while cleaning the windows (might have to do them more often!). SU5106. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Red Kite | Havant | 1 | R P Clay |
| 12:00 | 1 drifted East. SU711074. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Cuckoo | Titchfield Haven | 1 | A 2 |
| m. At least. One sat in a tree by Pumfrett/West hide at 1010. One then seen flying across the back of the meadow about half an hour later. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Firecrest | Titchfield Haven | 1 | A 2 |
| 10:30 | m. Oringally singing close to the sailing club, then not far from the east entrance. Still present at 1130. | |||
| 28/05/16 | Dunlin | Pennington Marsh | 9 | S Keen |
| Slim pickings on the migrant wader front now; otherwise just singles of Grey Plover and Turnstone. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Shoveler | Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | S Keen |
| m. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Pintail | Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | S Keen |
| f. Couldn't locate either males today. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Yellow Wagtail | Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh | 1 | S Keen |
| Late migrant over. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Little Owl | Keyhaven | 1 | M Halligan |
| Vidle van farm. | ||||
| 28/05/16 | Great Crested Grebe | Hill Head | 2 | N Allen |
| 08:09 | Hunting c50 yds from tide line. | |||
