Hampshire bird news

Saturday 2nd July 2016

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
02/07/16SwiftRedenham Park4M Ison
11:00
Heading south.1st record in 6 years of watching this site.  
02/07/16Sand MartinAlton Caker Stream2S Mansfield
Rare here. Wanderers frpm kingsley ?.  
02/07/16KingfisherAlton Caker Stream2S Mansfield
 
02/07/16SwiftChawton75S Mansfield
Drifting west towards 4 marks.  
02/07/16SwiftTurf Hill Inclosure, NF1R Tulloch
solitary bird flying very straight, due south - fed up with our summer?  
02/07/16Barn OwlMartin Down1T Standish
20:50
Watched it hunting. SU041189.  
02/07/16SwiftMartin Down9T Standish
20:30
At least. SU046190.  
02/07/16Turtle DoveMartin Down1T Standish
20:00
1 seen whilst another heard calling. SU046190.  
02/07/16Egyptian GooseFox Lane Gravel Pit, Eversley92J M Clark
92 too many!  
02/07/16SwallowSouthampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office4S Ritchie
 
02/07/16SparrowhawkSouthampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office1S Ritchie
 
02/07/16House MartinSouthampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office10S Ritchie
 
02/07/16Mediterranean GullKings Worthy20W Simcox
ad. High over the garden drifting west,and calling.  
02/07/16Great Spotted WoodpeckerSouthampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office1S Ritchie
 
02/07/16BuzzardSouthampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office2S Ritchie
 
02/07/16BuzzardSouthampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office1S Ritchie
 
02/07/16LinnetSouthampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office20S Ritchie
At least.  
02/07/16SwiftSouthampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office60S Ritchie
Hunting over woods.  
02/07/16KestrelSouthampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office3S Ritchie
I juv and adults.  
02/07/16SwiftFour Marks2C Rose
Over house and garden this afternoon. Mega here, probably birds leaving Alton, heading south.  
02/07/16KingfisherRiverside Park, Southampton1M J Smith
15:00
Being harassed by Magpies at The Glimpse. First I have seen here for a while.  
02/07/16Little EgretRiverside Park, Southampton1M J Smith
15:00
Flying up river as the tide fell.  
02/07/16Little EgretBadminston GP1J G Ross
14:00
 
02/07/16RedstartFields Heath, Blackfield1J G Ross
14:00
First sign of autumn passage or just dispersal?  
02/07/16Lesser WhitethroatBadminston Common1J G Ross
14:00
singing.  
02/07/16Dartford WarblerFields Heath, Blackfield1J G Ross
14:00
ON gorse by mobile phone mast disguised as a tree!  
02/07/16FirecrestSprats Down1J G Ross
14:00
singing.  
02/07/16Common SandpiperRooksbury Mill (Andover)1D J Piper
16:00
Sitting on the weed islands scattered around Mill Lake. Very mobile.  
02/07/16Great White EgretHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash1R H Marchant
09:30
ad. Non-breeding, unringed. Dropped onto links scrape 09:30, probably from pasture to the north of scrape to where it returned 10:00. Flew from there towards Hook Lake 10:15 but seen by Mike Hesk c.10:40 by Cowes Lane reedbed before flying to meander pools where it stayed to 11:10 at least. Last seen E over Cowes Lane 11:35 so maybe returning to Cowes Lane reedbed or heading off to Titchfield Haven. SU4904.  
02/07/16Light-bellied Brent GooseHill Head1A 2
07:15
Flew east.  
02/07/16GannetHill Head2A 2
07:15
At least.  
02/07/16Green SandpiperTitchfield Haven1A 2
Not seen. Calling by Meadow hide. A.  
02/07/16Ringed PloverWeston Shore, Southampton2I R Watts
06:20
Flew to Hythe.  
02/07/16Common TernWeston Shore, Southampton60I R Watts
06:15
By jetty.  
02/07/16CurlewWeston Shore, Southampton12I R Watts
06:30
 
02/07/16Carrion CrowWeston Shore, Southampton180I R Watts
07:00
 
02/07/16GannetWeston Shore, Southampton5I R Watts
07:20