Local patch year listing 2012
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| Pos. | Name | Description | Total | Notes | Updated |
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| 1 | L M Fuller | Needs Ore nr | 151 | Needs ore nr. Not really a patch as such but probably the place I visit most weekends. Best birds so far are nightjar today, self found long billed dowitcher, spoonbills, glossy ibis and red breasted goose! | 10/12/2012 |
| 2 | R H Marchant | Hook-with-Warsash | 148 | COASTAL (ESTUARINE) 5 x 5 Hamble Estuary east to Brownwich. Bonxies and Poms being patch mega firsts in eighteen years, and at last a long-awaited Red Kite. Crossbill on 22/8 also a patch lifer. A Kittiwake concluded the year list at 1 less than 2011 total. | 31/12/2012 |
| 3 | S Woolley | Simon Woolley | 138 | Done on a circular basis - 2.82km radius = 25km2 | 02/01/2013 |
| 4 | K Sayer | Blashford | 133 | INLAND 8x3 covering Ringwood part of the Avon Valley (mostly private) a bit of The New Forest and of course Blashford Lakes. Recent good birds include: Glossy Ibis, Great White Egret, Great Northern Diver, Red Kite & Raven. | 04/12/2012 |
| = | G Stephenson | Fleet | 133 | INLAND. 5x5 - patch as per JMC. A running total that reflects the good spring, but 5 to 10 short of a big year owing to the below average autumn. 15th Dec: Finally added Marsh Tit at about the 10th attempt. | 15/12/2012 |
| 6 | J M Clark | Fleet | 130 | INLAND 5x5 km includes Fleet Pond, Miles Hill, Basingstoke Canal and Edenbrook Country Park, adjacent to a new housing estate on the NW side of Fleet. Autumn very quiet so far, but a smart adult Arctic Tern at Fleet Pond 3/9 made up for missing one in spring. Thanks to GCS. And I fluked an Osprey flying over Miles Hill on 10/9. Very slow in Oct/Nov but 4 Waxwing over Tweseldown 2/12. | 03/12/2012 |
| 7 | N Jones | Romsey | 126 | INLAND 5 x 5 covering water meadows, river vally,woods and a tiny bit of heath. | 07/10/2012 |
| 8 | D Wallace | Brownwich and Chilling | 124 | Coastal (estuarine) 4.5 x 2.5. A small but manageable patch comprising mainly Brownwich and part of Chilling, but excluding Hook-with-Warsash. Highlights: Yellow-browed Warbler, Red-necked Grebe, Marsh Harrier, Ring Ouzel, Waxwing, Black Redstart, Great Northern Diver, Great Skua, Raven, Nightingale. | 31/12/2012 |
| 9 | T Codlin | Botley Wood/Curbridge etc | 121 | ESTUARINE AND INLAND 5X5: I have chosen this area as it includes Botley Wood, Manor Farm Museum and Curbridge, which are all my ringing sites and therefore where I spend most of my time. Highlight to date Red Kite 07/01/2012 with other goodies including Raven, Woodcock and Barn Owl | 15/12/2012 |
| 10 | G Horacek-Davis | Lower Itchen Valley | 119 | INLAND 5x5, centred on home & patch. Inc: Midanbury(Home), Townhill Pk, Allington Ln, Moorgreen Fm(Patch), IVCP, West End, parts of F'Oak/Bish'stoke, Eastleigh S.Wks & Lakeside. Best birds: Ouzel (Ta Ian!)/Blk Redstart/Pied Fly/Red Kite/Hawfinch/JSnipe/G'sander/ Mandarin/Raven/WRail/W'dcock/Merlin | 18/11/2012 |
| 11 | H R Cornford | OLD ALRESFORD | 116 | INLAND 5x5 Mostly farmland plus Alresford pond and Alresford town and watercress beds. Reed Bunting in garden, only second ever. Raven over garden & now Great Crested Grebe, latest birds, Osprey, Linnet, Spotted Flycatcher & Reed Warbler.Little Gull and at last a Yellow Wagtail that wasn't a Grey Wagtail. Great sighting of Lesser Redpoll on our niger feeder. Stonechat thanks to Dave P.Merlin over farm. Fantastic Great White Egret 1st for me in this area. | 29/12/2012 |
| 12 | J Stockwell | Andover | 114 | Fun While it lasted... Now residing in West Berks (Still Keeping a county lifelist though!) | 04/09/2012 |
| = | D J Pearson | Itchen Valley | 114 | INLAND 8X3 The Itchen valley between Easton to the west and Old Alresford to the east. The area includes the river Itchen and its tributaries, Avington Lake, Arlebury Lakes and Alresford Pond. Best birds: Smew, Dunlin, Brent Goose, Ruff, Garganey. Latest: Water Pipit, Black-tailed Godwit, Garganey. Target: 120. | 06/12/2012 |
| 14 | D Houghton | Newlands Fm/Ranvilles Lane | 113 | 3x3 INLAND. Patch ticks: Cuckoo, Cetti's Wbr, Common Sand, Osprey, Ring Ouzel and Kingfisher. Other highlights: Sibe Chiff, Black Redstart, Merlin, Brambling, White Wagtail, Shoveler, D-b Brent, Oystercatcher, Barn Owl, Whimbrel, Firecrest, Barnacle Geese, Water Pipit, Woodlark, Marsh Harrier, Woodcock and Ravens. Five additional species heard-only: Water Rail, Curlew, Little Owl, Yellow-browed Wbr and Crossbill. | 31/12/2012 |
| 15 | M Rolfe | Ranvilles Lane/Newlands Farm | 112 | Inland 3x3. Highlights: Brent Goose, Shoveler (patch tick), Gadwall, Marsh Harrier, Osprey (patch tick), Merlin, Water Rail, Oystercatcher, Woodcock, Curlew, Common Sandpiper (patch tick), Green Sandpiper, Common tern, Cuckoo, Wryneck (3rd patch record), Kingfisher (2nd patch record), Black Redstart, Ring Ouzel (patch tick), Cetti's Warbler, Siberian Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Raven, Brambling, Crossbill (patch tick), Yellowhammer. | 03/11/2012 |
| 16 | S Ingram | Eastleigh | 111 | INLAND 5x5km centred on my home square. Includes Lakeside CP, Itchen Valley CP, Eastleigh SW, North Stoneham, Hut Wood, Home Wood & Eastleigh. Waxwing, Goldeneye, Pied Fly, Oyc, Blackwit, Goosander and Hawfinch at Lakeside best birds so far. All bar 6 seen at Lakeside 1x1km square. | 29/11/2012 |
| 17 | M J Smith | Itchen/Mansbridge | 110 | Itchen from Northam Bridge to Chickenhall Viaduct. Inland patch with some tidal river. All walkable from my home in St Denys. The only Patch-lister to get a Shag this year...:-D Have missed at least 15 species through the year | 10/06/2013 |
| 18 | D Hoare | East Winchester | 108 | INLAND 6x4ish patch from the Winchester Water Meadows East to Cheesefoot Head. Includes St Catherine's Hill, Winnall Moors, and my house. Highlights so far include: Iceland Gull, Short-eared Owl, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Shelduck, singing Firecrest, Wheatear, Whinchat, Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher and Yellow Wagtail. Hawfinch a real bonus, especially as I was working at the time. Missed several including Grasshopper Warbler (usually reliable here), Goosander, Hobby, Osprey and Pied Fly. | 24/10/2012 |
| 19 | J R Waterman | jim waterman | 107 | Inland 5x5 Bishopstoke Water Meadows, Stoke Park Woods, Farmland, Wet woodlands Streams and small Ponds, Mega Birds: Summer Adult ICELAND GULL, 2 RUFF, 1 Female Stonechat.Ring Ouzel 2 Med Gulls, Hobby,Crossbill, Black Redstart, Whinchat, Barn Owl, 6 months in exceeded all expectations looking forward to Autumn Migration. Just need more Waders and Ducks GREAT FUN | 27/11/2012 |
| 20 | M Armitage | Old Alresford | 105 | INLAND 5x5km square centred on Old Alresford village in OS grid square SU5834. Mostly farmland, includes Old Alresford Pond, Abbotstone Down and watercress beds. Highlights were Brent Goose, Osprey, Dunlin, Ruff and Water Pipit. Lots missed though... | 03/01/2013 |
| 21 | T R Jordan | East Winchester | 103 | 5x5 Inland square including Winnall Moors (southern part), Winchester college watermeadows, St Catherine's Hill, Twyford Down, Winchester SF, Cheesefoot Head/Longwood Warren/Fawley Down. | 04/09/2012 |
| 22 | M Pitt | Chineham & Vyne | 101 | INLAND 5x5:Centred to include my home and the Vyne, includes farmland and copse but key site is the Vyne, Vyne Watermeadow and Morgaston Wood Highlight to date are Smew, Pintail, Jack Snipe and Water Rail. Biggest misses currently: Raven, Peregine and waders | 21/10/2012 |
| 23 | R Ford | Kingsley | 96 | INLAND 5x5, target 100sp. A mix of farmland, woodland, heathland and water-bodies. Best birds so far: Red Kite (still a novelty here), Wigeon, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Goosander and Ruff!!!! blog.digitalwildlife.co.uk | 12/10/2012 |
| 24 | Newtown | 94 | 5X5 km inland, centered on Newtown, including a short stretch of the Meon, the Forest of Bere (West Walk), the remainder mixed farmland. | 24/08/2012 | |
| 25 | J Shillitoe | Hundred Acres | 91 | 5x5 Inland. Farmland, West Walk, a bit of the Meon and a small fishing lake. | 02/01/2013 |
| 26 | M G Painter | Southampton | 90 | Includes 2.5 km of upper Itchen estuary from Northam bridge to Woodmill. | 11/12/2012 |
| = | S Keen | Sway area | 90 | 5 x 5km square. Not strictly my local patch, but includes home and a lot of incentive to get out on foot. Ninety was the bottom end of my target range, but very distracted with other stuff, should do better next year. Star bird undoubtedly the Turle Dove in June, too many easy W's missed: Woodlark, Wheatear and Whimbrel should all have been straightforward. | 31/12/2012 |
| = | S Mansfield | Alton | 90 | 8*3 at Alton. Woodland, farmland and town. A couple of ponds and a bit of river/stream. Best birds to date: Green Sandpiper (East Worldham & Alton), Crossbill and Lesser Redpoll (Chawton Park Wood), Pochard, Water Rail, Raven, Brambling (3 males in the snow 4 March), passage Redstart. All by cycle/walk. (Just found I missed entering cuckoo back in may) | 21/01/2013 |
| 29 | C Bespolka | st catherines hill and surrounding area | 88 | 10/10/2012 | |
| = | B Stalker | Charter Alley | 88 | INLAND 5x5 km. Centred on my home square. Mostly farmland with a little woodland and including Ewhurst Park lake. Highlights:Yellow Wagtail, Whinchat, Woodcock, Hen Harrier (m/f), Pochard, Wigeon, Shoveler, Egyptian Goose, Mandarin, Tawny, Barn & Little Owls. Latest:Brambling. | 28/10/2012 |
| 31 | J Dedman | Beaulieu | 86 | Inland with with stretch of tidal river, 5x5 Area centred on our garden covers Beaulieu Heath East from Beaulieu to Holbury and south to Exbury, mostly heathland and woodland with a section of Beaulieu river down to Bucklers Hard. | 12/12/2012 |
| 32 | C Rose | Four Marks | 85 | Inland, centred on my garden, mostly woodland and farmland including Chawton Wood and Old Down Wood. I will be keeping a record in my blog at http://fourmarksbirding.blogspot.com/ Most recent success have been Barn Owl and Grey Partridge. Highlights for the year, Osprey, Peregrine, Raven, Spotted Flycatcher, Willow Tit, Firecrest and Lesser Spottted Woddpecker. I have now beaten my target of 80, hoping there will be some surprises through October | 12/11/2012 |
| 33 | P M Warne | Lepe Country park | 84 | I have a few places I visit alot but if I had to choose my main one it would be Lepe. I think its a relatively under-watched place as far as I can tell from my many vistits. It includes scrub, some woodland coastal stretch and part of the river. with a couple of fields , marsh and wet meadows. | 24/08/2012 |
| 34 | M Collins | HAVANT | 83 | Inland 5X5 covering my home, leigh park gardens,Havant thicket area | 28/12/2012 |
| 35 | A Davidson | Upper Itchen Valley | 80 | Inland 3 x 7; Alresford Pond in the north to Cheriton in the south; river valley, downland-arable, parkland | 29/07/2012 |
| 36 | D Robertson | Hambledon | 79 | 5km square centred on Hambledon, farmland on South Downs, with only one area of water (local pond) so like a few others wildfowl are going to be a challenge! 13/2/12 update. Mega for the patch today, with a fly-over of two CORMORANTS! Only the second sighting in the area in 12 years. And finally, watching with optics! New binoculars making all the difference. Highlight update: singing Quail 30/7/12; Pied Flycatcher 10/8/12 | 01/01/2013 |
| 37 | D M Derrick | Bishops Sutton | 76 | INLAND 3x8 From just West of the centre of Ropley to Itchen Stoke; chiefly farmland and woodland, but including Alresford town and Old Alresford Pond. | 10/12/2012 |
| 38 | C J Thorpe | North Baddesley | 68 | CJ Thorpe and AA Thorpe.North Baddesley Village, Baddesley Common and Emer Bog . This is including Crampmoor from the bus stop at the end of the straight mile and Green Lane from the bus stop in Ampfield opposite Hillier House. Most sightings on walk home from bus stop after work plus weekends. | 04/06/2012 |
| 39 | T Carpenter | Fareham E & Portsdown | 67 | INLAND 8 by 3 centred on the Peregrine pylon at South Boarhunt. Frightening absence of standing water probably means ducks will be the rarities. Best bird Tawny Owl, heard from my bed and Common Sand and Greenshank my only two waders. | 17/06/2012 |
| 40 | T Hale | North Baddesley | 59 | INLAND. A 5Km area centered around the village of North Baddesley. A mixed area of habitats but very little water. I hope to get 100 species, but 80 is probably more likely, with a lot of help and luck! | 19/07/2012 |
| = | R Watson | Robert Watson | 59 | Centred on SE Basingstoke, mainly urban, but some country S of M3. Best findings so far : winter Chiffchaff and Pintail in Eastrop Park. Missing treecreeper, mute swan. | 09/08/2012 |
| 42 | I R Hampson | Longwater Lawn | 55 | 5 x 5 centred on Longwater Lawn. Ashurst, Lyndhurst, Beaulieu Road. Shatterford Car Park is the southern edge, Fletchwood Copse, Ashurst the northern edge. So expecting to get Hen Harrier without too much trouble, although drawn a blank so far in 2012. Concentrating on the little reported areas of Fletchwood Copse, (including my garden) Costicles and Busketts inclosures. | 10/12/2012 |
| 43 | P S Scorey | Paul Scorey | 50 | I have never done a patch list before so I will give it a go this year. My Patch will be Basingstoke town centre and the various parks within the town centre including Black dam ponds. It won't be a big list but you never can tell what will turn up. | 07/05/2012 |
| 44 | N Bray | West Wellow | 42 | Inland 5km by 5km centred on home square. Had a couple of good walks. Very few birds. Saw 4 lapwings which was expected but always good to see on 15 jan. On second jan best spectacle was a flock of starlings on a telegraph wire as the sun set and a song thrush singing in my garden. Best Surprise was first great grey shrike i have ever seen in my local area. on 22 had only my second ever little egret in local area | 29/03/2012 |
| 45 | S Wise | Liphook | 32 | Inland, LIPHOOK, Hampshire I have mostly recorded birds seen from rear upstairs window which overlooks a tall hedge of Hawthorns, Hazelnut , Blackberries, Holly with Mar - May & mid-Oct to mid - Dec away | 29/12/2012 |
