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DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
26/12/23Black RedstartLee-on-the Solent Airfield1M J Palmer
15:30
imm. On roof of house Courageous Road.  
25/12/23Black RedstartDaedalus Airfield1A D Tindale
09:35
Female type at QEII Platinum Jubilee Park. Feeding on landscaped bank from car park (on left hand side as you walk north). Also Stonechat.  
17/12/23Black RedstartRomsey1J I Hilton
10:54
Female type still present for 4th day on Whitenap but very intermittent.  
14/12/23Black RedstartMiddle Wallop Airfield1K J Simpson
13:15
Female type this afternoon.  
14/12/23Black RedstartRomsey1J I Hilton
10:30
Female/juv type garden/rockery for a few minutes, then lost. Unusual here but third time in 40 years.  
11/12/23Black RedstartDaedalus Airfield1A Robjohns
08:08
 
08/12/23Black RedstartCalshot Spit1P Matthews
11:48
f. On Castle walls.  
05/12/23Black RedstartBarton Meadows LNR1G Mintram
12:00
 
03/12/23Black RedstartSouthsea Castle1D Brown
14:48
male. On the rocks/boulders to the east of the castle. SZ644980.  
01/12/23Black RedstartBassett, Southampton1P Pearson
18:29
male. Garden record (first in 20 years) Feeding repeatedly on cordyline berries, also pair of Blackcap.  
28/11/23Black RedstartBarton on Sea1S Keen
First seen Becton Bunny 0840, pushed west by Stonechats, then again around eastmost car park 0900 before flying to undercliff.  
26/11/23Black RedstartSouthsea Castle1E Parkes
10:14
m.  
23/11/23Black RedstartEastney Point1S Hooper
13:20
imm male. Single bird actively feeding around the pile of old wooden pallets inside the wire fencing. Also a single Barn Owl in one of the holes in the fort previously occupied by Little Owls. SZ683991.  
23/11/23Black RedstartSouthsea Castle3S Hooper
11:45
ad male, imm. male, & fem. All feeding along the rocky foreshore in the area where the Purple Sandpipers usually seen. SZ643979.  
23/11/23Black RedstartSouthsea Castle1R Tofts
12:30
male. On rocks below east battery and then on roof of castle.  
23/11/23Black RedstartSouthsea Castle1J J Goodridge
09:00
A cracking male bird was seen briefly on the rocks just east of the Castle, until flushed by worker.  
21/11/23Black RedstartSouthsea Castle1M Edgeller
11:20
male. On foreshore boulders. Viewable from east battery.  
21/11/23Black RedstartHamble Point1R H Marchant
08:40
Flitting around the sea defence boulders, scoped from Hook Spit.  
20/11/23Black RedstartSouthsea Castle2P Matthews
12:30
1xm 1xf. Seen on boulders between castle and sea life centre. No sign of any purple sandpiper but view obscured by construction site.  
17/11/23Black RedstartSouthsea Castle1T Doran
15:00
On the easternmost pile of rocks adjacent to the pyramids.  
17/11/23Black RedstartHamble Point1J W Hibberd
10:50
ad. Flitting from the wooden fence to the sea defence boulders. SU486058.  
12/11/23Black RedstartHayling Island, Northney2I Mears
14:48
On roof of Langstone Hotel.  
12/11/23Black RedstartHayling Oyster Beds (W Hayling LNR)1C Geary
09:20
Plus LTD in usual area.  
11/11/23Black RedstartLee-on-the-Solent1A Robjohns
13:40
Behind hovercraft museum.  
11/11/23Black RedstartNewlands Farm (Stubbington)1A Robjohns
14:22
On the barns.  
10/11/23Black RedstartBrownwich1M Francis
10:56
On the roof of Lower Brownwich Farm. X3 RTD off Brownwich cliffs by lunchtime and x1 GND.  
05/11/23Black RedstartHamble Point1I R Watts
10:55
1w.  
04/11/23Black RedstartDaedalus Airfield1I Calderwood
12:00
m. by brick building at hovercraft museum.  
31/10/23Black RedstartHamble Point1A Collins
07:30
On rocks/grass bank.  
29/10/23Black RedstartDaedalus Airfield1A Robjohns
14:21
m. As well as the female reported earlier, the male appeared a few times near the back of the hovercraft museum.  
29/10/23Black RedstartMarchwood1T D Chapman
13:08
imm. or fem. Private garden.  
29/10/23Black RedstartDaedalus Airfield3E Parkes
10:36
1f, 1m and 1 1st winter male.  
29/10/23Black RedstartTweseldown1J M Clark
08:30
Juv around white marquee building. Found by gcs.  
25/10/23Black RedstartAbbotswood1C Hocking
17:30
female/juvenile. The same bird as yesterday, I imagine.  
25/10/23Black RedstartBarton on Sea Golf Course1S Keen
11:00
c400 m east of Becton Bunny.  
24/10/23Black RedstartAbbotswood1C Hocking
11:15
female/imm. On rooftops.  
14/10/23Black RedstartMeadow Road, Basingstoke.1D Kelson
15:24
male. Catching flies from roof-tops. SU630505.  
09/10/23Black RedstartCalmore1G Alexander
12:15
Calling annd flitting on roof of office block (Roman House)opposite Starbucks drive-thru close to Testwood Lakes entrance.  
08/08/23Black RedstartFarlington Marshes1A Friend
11:58
fem close to car park.  
15/04/23Black RedstartNormandy Marsh/Lagoon1L M Fuller
06:20
A nice adult male first thing perched up on a willow on the west side of the lagoon but promptly flew off as I raised my camera and landed again on the east side of the lagoon working the seawall and bushes.  
20/03/23Black RedstartBasingstoke, Kempshott, Basingstoke1D A Levy
10:56
SU603503.  
19/03/23Black RedstartHayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR1C Slade
10:30
In same place as yesterday showing well by wooden gate.  
18/03/23Black RedstartGang Warily Pond1J G Ross
10:30
Whilst getting Blackfield and Langley ground ready for today's game this landed on perimeter board. Bizarrely exactly the same thing happened 26th March last year when 2 landed on same side of pitch, strange.  
18/03/23Black RedstartHayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR1R C Ladd
09:00
fem/imm. On fence between reserve and seafront houses.  
17/03/23Black RedstartWhiteley1D Gorman
09:00
f. Garden visitor.  
17/03/23Black RedstartHayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR1R C Ladd
10:49
fem/imm. Along femce line between reserve and houses on seafront.  
11/03/23Black RedstartMilford on Sea1K I Tubb
08:00
fem.  
06/03/23Black RedstartHamble Estuary1S Brunton
09:42
f/1w. Showing well on posts around the Maritime College Lake between the yellow trailer and the green mesh at 09:42 - 10:00 atleast.  
05/03/23Black RedstartMilford on Sea1C Robinson
17:31
ad male.  
03/03/23Black RedstartHook-with-Warsash1T Stone
12:07
Flitting between yellow wheeled gen and the fence posts on near side of the lake in the maritime college. SU490055.  
03/03/23Black RedstartHook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash1D Gorman
09:00
On posts surrounding Maritime college lake.  
02/03/23Black RedstartHamble Estuary1S Brunton
12:54
f/1w. Showing well on posts by the Maritime College Lake between 12:54 - 13:10, viewed from the sea wall.  
02/03/23Black RedstartSolent Breezes1B E Smith
09:55
On sea defense.  
01/03/23Black RedstartSolent Breezes1C Mayhead
12:15
fem. Still present showing well on sea defences on south side.  
28/02/23Black RedstartSolent Breezes1J I Hilton
11:35
Female type still on the foreshore area below caravan site.  
25/02/23Black RedstartHook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash1A D Tindale
09:00
In the Maritime College grounds on concrete block right of the pool. Viewed from sea wall path.  
25/02/23Black RedstartLee-on-the-Solent2C Rose
11:12
male + imm/ fem. Around houses on ocean road. SU555014.  
23/02/23Black RedstartDaedalus Airfield1I Calderwood
13:57
fem. Near hovercraft area.  
22/02/23Black RedstartHamble Estuary1S Brunton
09:10
f/1w. In the Maritime College grounds, viewable from the sea wall, adjacent to Hook Spit at 09:10 - 09:20.  
22/02/23Black RedstartLee-on-the-Solent1A J Dickety
11:30
male. In Archer Road. On a wall,I did not even have to get out of the car!  
21/02/23Black RedstartLee-on-the-Solent1G B Langley
11:25
Vengeance Road. Southern end. female on building 130. SU559011.  
15/02/23Black RedstartSolent Breezes1R H Marchant
10:15
On sea defences and chalets east of the swimming pool, also ventured west of swimming pool briefly in scrub below conifers. Still around to 10:30 at least.  
14/02/23Black RedstartSolent Breezes1J Faithfull
11:30
 
13/02/23Black RedstartWoolston, Southampton1K Roy
16:22
Still on building site on old car park - beside basketball court. SU435103.  
13/02/23Black RedstartDaedalus Airfield1P F Fawkes
09:50
m. On rooftops opposite air terminal.  
12/02/23Black RedstartHamble Estuary1S Brunton
09:20
Seen briefly by the Maritime College Lake at 09:20, viewed from the sea wall, showed again at 09:55 - approx 10:10, then disappeared till 11:05, not seen again after 11:15.  
11/02/23Black RedstartDaedalus Airfield1A B Tew
10:45
M.  
10/02/23Black RedstartWinchester1P Pearson
22:33
fem. Within inner courtyard of HCC EII South just off Tower Street. SU477296.  
10/02/23Black RedstartHayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR1R C Ladd
10:00
Fem type in SW corner and seafront gardens.  
10/02/23Black RedstartDaedalus Airfield1J Norton
13:20
m. Briefly in an oak tree about half way along the Daedalus open space, but flew strongly towards Peel Common roundabout. Could have gone down in the horse paddocks there. In the brief and rather distant views I got it looked like an adult male - grey all over with red tail. SU566026.  
05/02/23Black RedstartWoolston, Southampton1I R Watts
08:00
imm. On new build site in Victoria road.  
05/02/23Black RedstartWoolston, Southampton1A Collins
08:00
Still around building site at Victoria Road.  
27/01/23Black RedstartMilford on Sea1R J Porter
12:15
Fem type. On small bit of rough ground behind benches 100 yds west of Care Home thingy? on the front.  
23/01/23Black RedstartValley Park, Chandlers Ford1G Reeves
10:15
imm. In skate park perched on concrete ramp. SU417201.  
22/01/23Black RedstartWoolston, Southampton1S Hartill
16:45
fem. On roof of 161 Victoria Road.  
21/01/23Black RedstartHayling Island, Sandy Point NR1J J Goodridge
10:30
Female type by west end of reserve close to the houses with male Stonechat. Authorised access only.  
21/01/23Black RedstartWoolston, Southampton1W Bennett
15:45
f. Feeding on sea wall under old jetty of Sewage Plant.  
06/01/23Black RedstartNew Milton1S Keen
11:35
m. In private gardens in the south end of town.  
02/01/23Black RedstartNewlands Farm (Stubbington)2M Rolfe
11:00
On the east side of the barns. Plus 2 Stonechats along fence line nearby.  
02/01/23Black RedstartTaddiford1S Keen
11:05
Working its way slowly west along the undercliff from the Gap.  
01/01/23Black RedstartWoolston, Southampton1A Collins
11:00
In building site and on roof opposite 167 Victoria Road.  
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