Paul Matthews

Location: Blackfield

Recent sightings

Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
12/04/24	House Martin	Exbury	4	P Matthews
12:26	Prospecting nest sites around the clock tower in the village.
05/04/24	Little Gull	Stone Point, Lepe	1	P Matthews
11:20	with black headed gulls, heading east.
03/04/24	Whitethroat	Lepe	1	P Matthews
14:30	One calling from hedgerows around field,1/2 mile north of Lepe beach.
03/04/24	Redstart	Mark Ash Wood, NF	1	P Matthews
10:26	male. possible tree pipit in same area.Heard a brief call but unable to locate. several chiffchaff and blackcap singing and still a few brambling calling.
22/03/24	Black Redstart	Calshot Spit	1	P Matthews
10:00	fem. In kids play area.
26/02/24	Brambling	Mark Ash Wood, NF	12	P Matthews
10:55	probably many more, in with very mobile chaffinch flock. One firecrest also.
26/02/24	White-tailed Eagle	Dibden Purlieu	1	P Matthews
11:53	over "heath roundabout".
23/02/24	Mediterranean Gull	Lepe, Stansore Point/Pools	5	P Matthews
11:15	At rest with bh gulls,3 Egyptian geese,12 curlew, 8 snipe and 1 greenshank.
16/02/24	Black Redstart	Calshot Spit	1	P Matthews
09:30	fem. In small boatyard by sopwith hanger and outdoor swimming pool. Moving between ground and boats so can be hard to find. Re found 45mins later. It seems to like gravel patch in front of line of pale blue boats.