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Sunday 28th April 2024

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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
28/04/24FirecrestWonston2D Murdoch
13:32
Now 2 singing mm in village! Colonised at last.  
28/04/24RedstartHook Links, Hook-with-Warsash1P J Honeysett
10:00
male in breeding plumage showed very briefly, but grey back and orange tail showed clearly.  
28/04/24HobbyFishlake Meadows1A S Rhodes
19:00
 
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatTwyford Down1F Matthews
the Dongas, singing.  
28/04/24Common SandpiperChilcomb1T R Jordan
Heard flying over just after dusk.  
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatMagdalen Hill Down1T R Jordan
 
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatSt Catherines Hill, Winchester1T R Jordan
 
28/04/24Marsh TitLongwood Warren1T R Jordan
Bushy Copse.  
28/04/24Yellow WagtailLongwood Warren1T R Jordan
Male. Flying around calling, kept landing in rapeseed plot.  
28/04/24Corn BuntingLongwood Warren1T R Jordan
 
28/04/24WheatearLongwood Warren1T R Jordan
 
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatChilcomb1T R Jordan
On the footpath between Highcliffe and Chilcomb, in hedge by sports ground. SU499288.  
28/04/24Great Crested GrebeButts Bay, Pennington16O Haisell
15:45
 
28/04/24Spotted RedshankLower Pennington Lane1R Coomber
16:40
 
28/04/24White WagtailLower Pennington Lane1R Coomber
16:40
 
28/04/24PintailLower Pennington Lane2R Coomber
16:40
a pair.  
28/04/24DunlinLower Pennington Lane30R Coomber
16:40
 
28/04/24Common SandpiperLower Pennington Lane1R Coomber
16:40
 
28/04/24SpoonbillLower Pennington Lane3R Coomber
16:40
 
28/04/24Little EgretBickton5R M Webb
19:00
All overhead southbound.  
28/04/24Common TernBickton4R M Webb
19:00
Probably 6 hawking noisily over the fish ponds this evening.  
28/04/24Lesser RedpollWherwell1T E Parsons
08:30
Still visiting feeders early in the morning.  
28/04/24CuckooPig Bush, NF2P C Donaldson
18:15
Male calling from Oak trees adjacent to the car park for about 10 minutes. A female flew from the same area low over the heath towards Beaulieu Road Station. Also about 10 Swallows hawking over the heath.  
28/04/24Common SandpiperRipley Farm Reservoir1K May
20:16
On reservoir.  
28/04/24RedstartRipley Farm Reservoir1K May
20:16
Male in hedge along track.  
28/04/24Song ThrushValley Park, Chandlers Ford2A Murdock
19:11
1 carrying food. SU420199.  
28/04/24FirecrestValley Park, Chandlers Ford1A Murdock
19:11
male. In the oak trees in the park at the western end of Pennard Way. SU420199.  
28/04/24WheatearHartley Wintney1P Rowse
18:12
In SU75N. Scarce here.  
28/04/24FirecrestSir Harold Hillier Gardens (Romsey)6C Hocking
12:00
 
28/04/24GoosanderSherfield-on-Loddon5S Craven
16:30
Female with a brood of four on the River Loddon. SU686578.  
28/04/24FirecrestFishlake Meadows3A Lester
15:00
males.  
28/04/24Garden WarblerFishlake Meadows2A Lester
15:00
at least.  
28/04/24BitternFishlake Meadows1A Lester
15:00
at least one booming male.  
28/04/24GreenshankFishlake Meadows1A Lester
15:00
North end floods.  
28/04/24Little EgretFishlake Meadows9A Lester
15:00
floods north end.  
28/04/24SwallowFishlake Meadows25A Lester
15:00
north.  
28/04/24House MartinFishlake Meadows15A Lester
15:00
north.  
28/04/24Sand MartinFishlake Meadows150A Lester
15:00
north.  
28/04/24SwiftFishlake Meadows65A Lester
15:00
rapidly north.  
28/04/24HobbyFishlake Meadows7A Lester
15:00
Hawking then north.  
28/04/24White WagtailFishlake Meadows1A Lester
15:00
North end floods with c15 pied Wagtail and 3 grey Wagtail.  
28/04/24Yellow WagtailFishlake Meadows2A Lester
15:00
female type, north end floods.  
28/04/24IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFFFishlake Meadows1A Lester
15:00
putative still singing from willows 200m North of stone Bridge.  
28/04/24FirecrestBordon Inclosure, Bordon1R Ford
16:58
SU801362.  
28/04/24OspreyHulbert Road, Bedhampton1S Hooper
16:00
Circling high and drifting slowly from East to North-West. First seen at about 15.55, and still in view at 16.03 over Havant Hypermarket. SU700073.  
28/04/24FirecrestBordon Inclosure, Bordon1R Ford
16:23
 
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatOverton1J Edwards
16:09
male. Near Tidgrove Warren Farm.  
28/04/24WheatearWorkman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash9B E Smith
14:30
TLC field.  
28/04/24OspreyLangstone Harbour1T Doran
14:00
On the Long Island fence line.  
28/04/24WheatearBlackhamsley Hill1S Keen
14:00
f. South of hill towards Marlpit Oak.  
28/04/24WheatearLower Test Marshes5S Clemons
1m/4f. f at Testwood Park, 3f north of old bridge, m on gate at north end.  
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatLower Test Marshes3S Clemons
Two singing, one silent.  
28/04/24Willow WarblerLower Test Marshes13S Clemons
Across the site a.m.  
28/04/24WhitethroatLower Test Marshes31S Clemons
Across the site a.m. Several singing, but most picking about in brambles and low sedgy areas.  
28/04/24Yellow-legged GullSarisbury Green1D E Swensson
12:55
ad. Adult feeding on the green with 4 adult Herring gulls.  
28/04/24WheatearWorkman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash1D Wallace
10:50
Main horse field; wellingtons essential.  
28/04/24Egyptian GooseWorkman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash6D Wallace
10:42
Pair with 4 young by TLC for Horses pond.  
28/04/24Sand MartinWinchester Sewage Farm20F Matthews
08:00
Huge flock of around 100 hirundines. Roughly 50 Swallows, 20 Sand and 20 House Martin. Also 2 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler. No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275.  
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatHockley Golf Course1F Matthews
08:20
singing male.  
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatSt Catherines Hill, Winchester1F Matthews
08:30
singing male .  
28/04/24Short-eared OwlHill Head1A Robjohns
10:39
Flew west along the sea wall, mobbed by gulls.  
28/04/24Great Crested GrebeWeston Sailing Club10I R Watts
06:30
 
28/04/24RavenWeston Shore, Southampton1I R Watts
08:30
Over jetty.  
28/04/24Common SandpiperWeston Shore, Southampton1I R Watts
08:30
North of jetty.  
28/04/24Dark-bellied Brent GooseWeston Shore, Southampton36I R Watts
08:30
North of jetty.  
28/04/24Dark-bellied Brent GooseWeston Sailing Club10I R Watts
07:53
Over Hythe side.  
28/04/24Sandwich TernWeston Sailing Club5I R Watts
07:00
 
28/04/24TurnstoneWeston Sailing Club10I R Watts
06:30
 
28/04/24Black-throated DiverWeston Sailing Club1I R Watts
06:30
 
28/04/24Great Northern DiverWeston Sailing Club2I R Watts
07:28
 
28/04/24WhimbrelWeston Sailing Club1I R Watts
07:00
Flew up Southampton water.  
28/04/24Common TernWeston Sailing Club24I R Watts
07:00
Flew up Hythe Shore in 2 groups then back again 10 minutes later.  
28/04/24Arctic TernWeston Sailing Club1I R Watts
06:58
Flew down Southampton Water.  
28/04/24Common SandpiperNormandy Marsh/Lagoon1S Keen
08:50
 
28/04/24EiderNormandy Marsh/Lagoon5S Keen
08:50
 
28/04/24SanderlingNormandy Marsh/Lagoon1S Keen
08:40
On mud offshore.  
28/04/24SpoonbillNormandy Marsh/Lagoon1S Keen
08:40
 
28/04/24PochardNormandy Marsh/Lagoon2S Keen
08:30
m.  
28/04/24Lesser WhitethroatPicket Twenty1D J Piper
08:22
In the tall hedges by the sport's pavilion.  
28/04/24WhimbrelHill Head1M J Palmer
06:45
Off HH sailing club on shore.  
28/04/24CuckooValley Park, Chandlers Ford1R J Jacobs
06:30
male.  
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