31/12/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Ashlett Mill Pond | 30 | J G Ross |
12:00
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16/12/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Normandy Marsh/Lagoon | 38 | J G Ross |
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06/12/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield - Bridge Street Floods | 1 | A Robjohns |
09:20
| SU540058. |
02/12/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield Abbey | 79 | M Rolfe |
14:30
| Plus a Lapwing (scarce north of the village), 5 Wigeon and 4 Teal. |
27/11/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Fawley Refinery | 2 | J G Ross |
12:15
| Very high tide, hundreds of Wigeon, couldn't count them. Private site. No public access. |
26/11/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield Abbey | 102 | M Rolfe |
09:30
| Flood south of Fishers Hill. |
21/11/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Bury Marshes | 137 | S Clemons |
11:00
| Mainly at southern end. |
20/11/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Fawley Refinery | 1 | J G Ross |
13:00
| In outfall channel, only 3rd in refinery this year! Private site. No public access. |
17/11/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Eling Great Marsh | 60 | P Villiers |
10:30
| Covers both Redbridge and Eling channels and down to Bury Marsh. |
05/11/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Ashlett Creek | 66 | J G Ross |
13:00
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31/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash | 8 | R Wright |
10:30
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28/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Pennington Marsh | 510 | P Durnell |
12:02
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27/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Lower Test Marshes | 10 | S Clemons |
10:15
| Flock flew south. |
26/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 78 | J Faithfull |
09:30
| On the scrape. |
07/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Sturt Pond, Milford-on-Sea | 133 | K P Duncan |
08:30
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09/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 80 | G B Langley |
09:15
| SU683042. |
08/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Exbury | 3 | J G Ross |
12:30
| Gilbury hard. |
07/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Warsash | 50 | K Emmott |
16:00
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07/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Emsworth | 80 | P Villiers |
15:00
| Approx count - on low tide mud near quay. |
01/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Point | 41 | I R Watts |
08:30
| Either side of Maritime College. |
01/10/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Oxleys Coppice, Fareham | 2 | M Rolfe |
11:15
| Seen flying west over the garden. |
28/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Lake, Hook-with-Warsash | 50 | R Hankey |
11:15
| Two groups 50+ and 20+. |
26/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Chichester Harbour, Emsworth Channel | 62 | N Foster |
14:30
| On the mud of Emsworth shore at low water. |
24/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Point | 82 | I R Watts |
10:00
| Either side of the Maritime College pier. |
18/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake | 1 | S Clemons |
15:50
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16/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Fareham Creek | 50 | A Robjohns |
13:40
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14/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Point | 56 | I R Watts |
19:00
| Either side of Maritime College. |
12/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 90 | G Foyle |
12:30
| Around scrape area. |
05/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Bunny Meadows (Warsash) | 105 | I R Watts |
15:00
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04/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Normandy Marsh/Lagoon | 26 | J Coates |
21:31
| feeding just off shore. SZ3394. |
03/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 111 | J Faithfull |
08:00
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02/09/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Posbrook Floods | 32 | M Rolfe |
11:30
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28/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Woolston, Southampton | 1 | M Caponi |
18:28
| By sewage works. Flew towards cafe 19.05. SU435100. |
26/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Point | 59 | I R Watts |
11:00
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24/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Fawley Refinery | 1 | J G Ross |
12:15
| In outfall channel. Private site. No public access. |
22/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Budds Farm Sewage Farm | 100 | C Slade |
12:00
| On flooded field with bar tailed. |
18/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Point | 36 | I R Watts |
17:30
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18/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Fawley Refinery | 1 | J G Ross |
12:15
| On salt marsh, first I have recorded in refinery this year. Private site. No public access. |
17/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Badminston Common | 16 | J G Ross |
19:00
| Flock flying east. I very rarely get wader flocks flying over this patch. |
17/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 100 | C Slade |
09:00
| Approx count. |
16/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Calshot | 19 | J G Ross |
19:00
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10/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Budds Farm Sewage Farm | 72 | C Slade |
11:00
| On flooded field pool by breach. |
06/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 2 | N CROOK |
| juv. L. l. limosa The large long billed presumed female bird found by Jason on 28/7 was still present along the stream during early afternoon. Today there were several L.
l. icelandica juvenile birds amongst the many adult icelandica for comparison. Later in the evening Jason saw it and another L. l. limosa fly down and land along the stream after I had unsuccessfully tried showing the original bird to two birders. After arriving at the spot I watched the two birds fly up together and fly to the lake. The new bird was noticeably smaller, presumably a male but was almost identical in plumage. It had a little marking on at least one of it's tertials, but very reduced compared to the nearby L. l. Icelandica. |
06/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Jetty Lagoon, Pennington | 245 | J G Ross |
| Total between Avon flood and Lymington, majority on jetty Lagoon. |
06/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 85 | R H Marchant |
16:30
| Links scrape, shingle bars still showing despite recent rains but no mud now on meander pools. |
02/08/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Calshot | 19 | J G Ross |
19:00
| On low tide. |
29/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 1 | N CROOK |
| juv. L. l. limosa subspecies known as Continental or Western black-tailed godwit. Still present along the stream from last night when my brother Jason first spotted it while we were talking to T. Doran. A big godwit with long legs, a big long neck and a very long bill noticeably longer than the many nearby icelandica Black-tailed godwit. Compared to the icelandica birds, it was a plain looking bird and had much reduced colour on the head and underparts. The mantle, scapular and covert feathers were plainer and more uniform but were scalloped with thin pale edges. The tertials lacked patterning except for thin pale edges. I will post some poor record shots. |
29/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 66 | I R Watts |
17:30
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28/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Point | 38 | I R Watts |
17:00
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27/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Calshot | 13 | J G Ross |
19:00
| Roosting on marsh at high tide. |
26/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 118 | S Brunton |
07:50
| Links Scrape. |
24/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 58 | J W Hibberd |
15:15
| ad. several large groups on the scrape. SU493047. |
23/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Lake, Hook-with-Warsash | 52 | G B Langley |
16:05
| SU489048. |
21/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Point | 34 | I R Watts |
18:00
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21/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Pennington Marsh | 85 | A Lester |
10:30
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16/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Estuary | 30 | I R Watts |
08:00
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10/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Lake, Hook-with-Warsash | 20 | D M Light |
16:27
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07/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 138 | P A Gammage |
17:30
| lake and stream. |
02/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Keyhaven Lagoon | 200 | O Haisell |
10:30
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02/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Keyhaven Lagoon | 200 | O Haisell |
10:30
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02/07/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield Haven | 86 | M Rolfe |
09:00
| South scrape. |
18/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 56 | P A Gammage |
16:30
| stream. |
18/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield - Bridge Street Floods | 3 | M Rolfe |
07:30
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15/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield Haven | 40 | B F Coates |
11:15
| a tight flock of at least 40 birds was flushed from the North Scrape, wheeled and settled back hidden behind tall vegetation and out of sight from South Scrape hide. |
11/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Posbrook Floods | 45 | M Rolfe |
07:00
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10/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield - Bridge Street Floods | 49 | A Robjohns |
07:52
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06/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash | 1 | S Brunton |
09:15
| Links Scrape. |
06/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield - Bridge Street Floods | 12 | J W Hibberd |
10:45
| ad. Flock feeding in River Meon. SU543054. |
04/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 67 | N CROOK |
| Lake, including 2 stonking breeding plumaged adults which were not present yesterday. Perhaps the failed breeders are already starting to return. |
04/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Fishlake Meadows | 2 | D Thelwell |
19:30
| sum plum. pair, circled for 4-5 mins and headed south. |
03/06/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 52 | N CROOK |
| Lake. |
27/05/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | K J Simpson |
14:28
| On gull island on far side of ibsley water. |
17/05/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 74 | D Lister |
11:00
| Some in Summer p!umage. |
07/05/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 30 | K Sayer |
11:30
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05/05/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 17 | J M Clark |
15:00
| |
03/05/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Normandy Marsh/Lagoon | 58 | K P Duncan |
10:00
| |
03/05/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 120 | R Howell |
12:28
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28/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 54 | R Howell |
12:52
| SU148089. |
27/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | South Moor, Langstone Harbour | 1 | D Wheatley |
11:30
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22/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Normandy Marsh/Lagoon | 70 | G Burchall |
01:15
| SZ331940. |
21/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Ibsley | 9 | H Miller |
16:22
| Flying north up river. SU148097. |
18/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Fawley Pier | 170 | S Keen |
18:00
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16/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Point | 25 | I R Watts |
12:30
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14/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 126 | P A Gammage |
18:30
| stream. |
05/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 150 | R M Webb |
19:00
| reasonable guess of 2 tightly packed flocks on the islands in gloomy light. About half of these had flown off to the south in groups of up to 30 by the time I left. |
06/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 134 | R Howell |
13:53
| SU149089. |
05/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Farlington Marshes | 20 | N A Buckle |
11:30
| Many in Summer plumage. |
04/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 99 | K May |
12:41
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02/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Point | 20 | I R Watts |
08:00
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01/04/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Lepe, Stansore Point/Pools | 1 | J G Ross |
14:30
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27/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 92 | O Frampton |
15:00
| On islands in NW corner. |
26/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Lepe, Stansore Point/Pools | 3 | J G Ross |
14:00
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26/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 50 | K J Simpson |
11:30
| c50. |
25/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 60 | T D Chapman |
11:51
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24/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 60 | R Howell |
11:58
| SU148087. |
22/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 60 | E Brett |
11:50
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19/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield Abbey | 1 | M Rolfe |
08:30
| Plus one snipe. |
18/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 40 | A Lewis |
16:00
| esimate. |
15/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Lepe, Stansore Point/Pools | 2 | P F Fawkes |
10:00
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13/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Sweare Deep, Chichester Harbour | 194 | P N Milinets-Raby |
09:30
| On the low tide mud of Sweare Deep. One with colour rings G//R + BR//-. |
12/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Weston Shore, Southampton | 3 | I R Watts |
07:30
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13/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 9 | R Howell |
14:26
| SU148085. |
12/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield Abbey | 35 | M Rolfe |
08:15
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10/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Nore Barn, Emsworth | 98 | N Foster |
16:30
| Feeding on mud with receding tide. A few starting to show breeding colour. |
09/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Lower Test Marshes | 2 | J Sheppard |
14:32
| On elevated grass near to McDonald's as tide receding. |
09/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Posbrook | 116 | A Robjohns |
08:23
| SU537050. |
05/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 7 | R M Webb |
17:15
| Maybe just 4, but this number initially flew in then lost against the background of the distant islands. A further 3 then circled the area and also flew in at 5.15. |
04/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 4 | A Lewis |
16:30
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04/03/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 16 | J G Ross |
12:00
| |
25/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 8 | K I Tubb |
12:00
| |
24/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Badnam Creek (River Hamble) | 10 | G Foyle |
14:15
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24/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Sweare Deep, Chichester Harbour | 34 | P N Milinets-Raby |
09:30
| Better numbers than a week ago.. |
15/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Sturt Pond, Milford-on-Sea | 16 | K P Duncan |
14:00
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13/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Nore Barn, Emsworth | 24 | P N Milinets-Raby |
07:45
| Poor numbers this winter. |
12/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Ashlett Mill Pond | 53 | J G Ross |
12:30
| |
11/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Pennington Marsh | 5 | G Mintram |
13:24
| |
10/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Hamble Common | 14 | G Foyle |
12:30
| In estuary mudflats by Hamble Point Marina. |
09/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 3 | R Howell |
15:46
| SU148089. |
05/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | A Lewis |
16:00
| same bird as yesterday presumably. |
04/02/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water | 1 | A Lewis |
15:00
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30/01/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Posbrook Floods | 30 | C Slade |
13:57
| |
29/01/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Titchfield Abbey | 133 | M Rolfe |
09:30
| |
22/01/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Lower Test Marshes | 30 | P D Winter |
12:35
| in flight for 5 minutes. SU3613. |
15/01/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Posbrook Floods | 296 | M Rolfe |
10:45
| The 4 Glossy Ibis nearby. |
11/01/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Posbrook Floods | 321 | A Lester |
12:30
| a good site count. |
04/01/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Bury Marshes | 100 | P D Winter |
14:45
| at least - at the southern end of Bury. SU3811. |
02/01/23 | Black-tailed Godwit | Lower Test Marshes | 1 | P Villiers |
10:45
| Unusual sighting - single and on north side of A35. |