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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
08/10/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	1	D G Mills
08:30	6 Chiffchaffs, 4 Blackcaps. Little else.
08/10/23	Redstart	Portsdown Hill	1	A Butler
11:21	Male. W of Fort Southwick.
02/10/23	Redstart	Brownwich	1	M Francis
17:35
28/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	1	D G Mills
08:00	2 Siskins, 6 Chiffchaffs, 5 Blackcaps and 15 Meadow Pipits the only other passerine migrants. Very quiet.
25/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	1	D G Mills
08:30	male.
23/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	3	D G Mills
07:50
22/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	6	D G Mills
08:00	A shortened walk, focusing on the hill-fort, produced the most bird-filled morning of the autumn so far.
16/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	3	D G Mills
07:45	Also 6 Chiffchaffs, 5 Blackcaps and 20+ Meadow Pipits.
14/09/23	Redstart	Fort Widley	2	P A Gammage
11:00
14/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	1	D G Mills
07:45
12/09/23	Redstart	Beacon Hill (Warnford)	1	J Morton
09:46
11/09/23	Redstart	Beacon Hill (Warnford)	2	J Faithfull
10:40
09/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	5	D G Mills
08:00
03/09/23	Redstart	Pennington Marsh	1	K I Tubb
10:44
08/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	2	D G Mills
08:10
08/09/23	Redstart	Newlands Farm (Stubbington)	1	M Rolfe
10:30	fem. Hedge north of Tanners Lane.
07/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	5	D G Mills
07:35
07/09/23	Redstart	Titchfield Haven	1	M Francis
18:46	In the scrub opposite the west toilet block.
05/09/23	Redstart	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	1	C Mayhead
12:45	fem. Along hedgerows near little posbrook/ posbrooke farm .
07/09/23	Redstart	Lower Test Marshes	1	S Clemons
08:35	m. West of Two Bridges.
06/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	1	D G Mills
07:25
06/09/23	Redstart	Seafield Park, Stubbington	1	I Calderwood
11:00
05/09/23	Redstart	Peartree Green LNR, Southampton	1	I R Watts
07:25	f.
04/09/23	Redstart	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	P Durnell
20:58	In hedge behind Normandy Farm.
04/09/23	Redstart	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
09:00	fem. Scrub belt under the wires.
03/09/23	Redstart	Farlington Marshes	1	J Crook
19:30	in the same hawthorn tree as yesterday, c.150 metres north of the main lake.
03/09/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	3	D G Mills
08:15
03/09/23	Redstart	Posbrook	2	D Wallace
14:00	On Bramble and Hawthorn in horse field viewed from track to Great Posbrook Farm. HOS walk.
03/09/23	Redstart	Pennington Marsh	1	J R Waterman
10:30	fem. Bushes bordering shoveler pools.
03/09/23	Redstart	Seafield Park, Stubbington	3	M Francis
13:15	At least 3 in the southern area. Spotted Flycatcher also.
02/09/23	Redstart	Baddesley Common	2	P D Winter
13:50	centre field.
02/09/23	Redstart	Seafield Park, Stubbington	1	M Francis
10:00	Garden warbler and 12 Siskin over also.
02/09/23	Redstart	Portchester Castle	1	A D Tindale
09:15	Castle Shore Park. Plus Willow Warblers and Blackcaps.
01/09/23	Redstart	Alderhill Inclosure, NF	1	N Marsh
14:30	fem.
01/09/23	Redstart	Hampton Ridge	1	N Marsh
13:00	fem.
01/09/23	Redstart	Ranvilles Lane	1	P Heath
11:00	Male, scrub belt in area below wires.
30/08/23	Redstart	Portsdown Hill	1	C Harrison
17:40	Portchester Common.
30/08/23	Redstart	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	S Brunton
09:00	1w male. On fenceline by the TLC donkey field.
29/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	4	D G Mills
08:00	Also 19 Chiffchaffs, 3 Blackcaps, 3 Whitethroats and a Willow Warbler. A quiet morning here.
29/08/23	Redstart	Broughton Down	8	S Clemons

29/08/23	Redstart	Bilcombes Pond	1	J G Ross
07:15
26/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	13	D G Mills
08:00	From the high ridge-top trails only; none of the valleys, usually most favoured by the species, visited today, so potentially a higher number on the reserve today.
28/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	5	D G Mills
08:15
27/08/23	Redstart	Fort Widley	10	P A Gammage
13:00	six around the north side, horse paddocks.Four on the southern hill slope.
28/08/23	Redstart	Moorcourt Farm	1	S Clemons
09:57	East of farm.
28/08/23	Redstart	Calshot	2	A S Rhodes
08:00
28/08/23	Redstart	Blackwell	1	J G Ross
13:30	On gorse bush with stonechat.
28/08/23	Redstart	Blendworth Down	2	D Yelland
12:50	one male, 1 imm. Late morning in hawthorn hedge leading to windmill. Locating them helped by fairly sustained calling. The adult male seen well, in rape stubble adjacent to footpath and hedge. SU715157.
28/08/23	Redstart	Beacon Hill (Warnford)	3	J Faithfull
10:30
27/08/23	Redstart	Bilcombes Pond	1	J G Ross
15:00	In bushes by entrance to pond.
27/08/23	Redstart	Fort Widley	2	D Stevenson
12:00	Horse paddock behind Fort.
27/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	5	D G Mills
08:30
27/08/23	Redstart	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
08:30
27/08/23	Redstart	Newlands Farm (Stubbington)	1	M Rolfe
07:30	male. Hedge running north from Tanners Lane. Looked to be the same bird as yesterday.
27/08/23	Redstart	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	2	K Roy
09:45	Hawthorns, field in left after first stile.
26/08/23	Redstart	Hayling Island, Northney Paddocks	1	P A Gammage
12:30	fem. with WW.
26/08/23	Redstart	Newlands Farm (Stubbington)	1	M Rolfe
09:30	male. Scrub north of Tanners Lane.
26/08/23	Redstart	Woolmer Forest	2	M Lawn
10:01	1cy male & fem. SU7832.
25/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	11	D G Mills
08:00
25/08/23	Redstart	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
14:30
25/08/23	Redstart	Baddesley Common	3	S Clemons

25/08/23	Redstart	Fort Widley	1	P A Gammage
08:30	fem.
25/08/23	Redstart	Bishopstoke	3	J R Waterman
09:45	1 male 2 fem. Brookfield Farm.
25/08/23	Redstart	Ranvilles Lane	1	D Houghton
10:00
25/08/23	Redstart	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	B E Smith
08:30	Pylon field.
25/08/23	Redstart	Posbrook	2	A Robjohns
08:05	Hedge by Singledge House.
24/08/23	Redstart	Fort Widley	1	P A Gammage
08:30	imm. male. possibly the same one present since Sunday.
24/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	5	D G Mills
08:00	Other migrants included 15 Blackcaps, 12 Whitethroats, 9 Chiffchaffs & a Willow Warbler + the 2 ever-present male Reeve's Pheasants.
24/08/23	Redstart	Testwood Lakes	2	S Clemons
10:35	In large mixed flock off NE corner of Testwood Lake.
23/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	6	D G Mills
08:00
23/08/23	Redstart	Hayling Island, Northney Paddocks	1	P A Gammage
18:30	male.
23/08/23	Redstart	Lower Test Marshes	2	S Clemons
10:20	Possibly 3, west of Two Bridges.
23/08/23	Redstart	Barton on Sea Golf Course	1	S Keen
07:00	Also Whinchat, Kingfisher, 1 T Pipit, 7 Y Wag,, 3 Wh'throat, 2 WW.
22/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	2	D G Mills
08:30
22/08/23	Redstart	Trigpoint Hill, Timsbury	2	D Thelwell
20:27	Inc summer plumage male.
22/08/23	Redstart	Beacon Hill (Warnford)	2	J Faithfull
09:50
22/08/23	Redstart	Budds Farm Sewage Farm	1	C Slade
12:00	Female north of flooded field.
21/08/23	Redstart	Farlington Marshes	1	G D Fennemore
15:15	male. Second one I've found today near observation seat on stream.
21/08/23	Redstart	Hayling Island, Northney Common	1	G D Fennemore
09:00	male. 70m from carpark.
20/08/23	Redstart	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
08:00	fem. Scrub belt on overhead wires and scrub below. Still there at 11:00.
20/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	6	D G Mills
08:30
19/08/23	Redstart	Fort Widley	1	T Doran
13:00	male.
18/08/23	Redstart	Stockbridge Down	2	N Jones
15:30
17/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	1	D G Mills
08:30	male.
17/08/23	Redstart	Fritham Plain, NF	1	D E Dicks
09:15	male. Near the entrance to Sloden Enclosure.
17/08/23	Redstart	Broughton Down	6	S Clemons

16/08/23	Redstart	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
15:30	male. Tarmac path between Beam Cottage and Chilling Headhouse.
16/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	3	D G Mills
08:00
16/08/23	Redstart	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	J Faithfull
10:15	In the TLC fields.
16/08/23	Redstart	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
08:00	fem. Scrub belt - southern end. Same place as yesterday.
15/08/23	Redstart	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
15:00	fem. South end of the scrub belt.
15/08/23	Redstart	Woolmer Forest	1	M Lawn
	fem.
15/08/23	Redstart	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	D Treadaway
08:50	1 male in bushes TLC horse field path towards hook park road end.
15/08/23	Redstart	Farlington Marshes	1	T Doran
09:30	Female type in the bushes.
14/08/23	Redstart	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	S Brunton
08:45	1w male. In donkey field along track between Workman's Lane and TLC for horses.
13/08/23	Redstart	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	1	J R Waterman
09:45	fem. Western end on Tree/shrub line.
13/08/23	Redstart	Woolmer Forest	1	M Lawn
	f/1cy.
12/08/23	Redstart	Posbrook Floods	1	M Francis
08:36	Along canal path Just north of Posbrook flood bridge.
12/08/23	Redstart	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	1	I A Smith
07:34	imm. Feeding in the blackthorn at the western end.
11/08/23	Redstart	Old Winchester Hill	1	D G Mills
08:30
10/08/23	Redstart	Ashley Walk	4	D E Dicks
18:08	Among trees at Cockley Hill.
10/08/23	Redstart	Frogham	2	P Bailey
09:20	male and fem. male and female observed feeding together and followed along track between Hampton Ridge and Abbotswell, both juvenile plummage. SU179131.
09/08/23	Redstart	Farlington Marshes	1	A P Holding
10:03	Female near main entrance.
08/08/23	Redstart	Lower Test Marshes	1	S Clemons
07:16
07/08/23	Redstart	Hayling Island, Sandy Point NR	1	R C Ladd
08:30	fem. In eastern corner seen from coastal footpath. Authorised access only.
06/08/23	Redstart	Itchen Stoke Down	1	R Broadway
11:40	Female or juvenile in hawthorn tree. SU543356.
03/08/23	Redstart	Lepe	1	C D Jones
08:00	Juv past D day memorial.
26/07/23	Redstart	Puckpits Inclosure, NF	1	N Marsh
13:08	juv fem.
25/07/23	Redstart	Cockley Hill	4	D E Dicks
09:30	In the large area of gorse between Cockley Hill & Pitts Wood.
25/07/23	Redstart	Latchmore Bottom, NF	1	N Marsh
16:30	ad fem.
25/07/23	Redstart	Alderhill Inclosure, NF	1	N Marsh
16:45	male ad.
25/07/23	Redstart	Hampton Ridge	4	N Marsh
16:50
23/07/23	Redstart	Sway	1	C D Roseveare
10:15	juv. On fence by the railway line. SZ285993.
18/07/23	Redstart	Cadmans Pool, NF	2	D M Light
14:00
18/07/23	Redstart	Woolmer Pond	1	M Lawn
	juv. in body moult.
03/07/23	Redstart	Nursling Gravel Pit	1	G Alexander
12:20	imm. along hedge close to Mnor House.
01/07/23	Redstart	Eyeworth Wood	1	R Prior
15:31	f.
01/07/23	Redstart	Pitts Wood Inclosure	5	R Prior
10:31	m & f. Family group.
24/06/23	Redstart	Ocknell Inclosure	7	D E Dicks
08:30	Along the NE edge of the wood.Includes 2 males carrying food in bill.
08/06/23	Redstart	Acres Down, NF	2	I Kitching

07/06/23	Redstart	Bramshaw Telegraph, NF	3	J I Hilton
15:40	2 males, 1 female.
06/06/23	Redstart	Fritham Plain, NF	2	K Sayer
13:30
06/06/23	Redstart	Ashurst Lodge	1	R J Wallis
12:10	Pair singing and chasing around.
06/06/23	Redstart	Pig Bush, NF	1	P Willis
07:45	male. Common feeding off the furs and low oak tree.
05/06/23	Redstart	Latchmore Bottom, NF	4	A P Holding
09:50	m & f + 2 juvenile.
05/06/23	Redstart	Acres Down, NF	1	A Wallen
11:35	fem. SU264096.
04/06/23	Redstart	Pig Bush, NF	2	J G Ross
	Wood by car park.
01/06/23	Redstart	Pig Bush, NF	2	I Kitching
	m. More singing.
27/05/23	Redstart	Pig Bush, NF	3	K I Tubb

30/05/23	Redstart	Pig Bush, NF	4	B E Smith
14:45
29/05/23	Redstart	Cadnam Common	1	T D Chapman
14:07
30/05/23	Redstart	Acres Down, NF	2	G Foyle
09:15
28/05/23	Redstart	Howen Bottom	2	D E Dicks
08:30	male.
27/05/23	Redstart	Acres Down, NF	2	D Free
10:00	male. At least two singing.
25/05/23	Redstart	Pig Bush, NF	2	J I Hilton
12:34	Males, in the wood nearest the Woodfidley bridge.
20/05/23	Redstart	Acres Down, NF	1	K I Tubb
12:00
13/05/23	Redstart	Coppice of Linwood	2	D E Dicks
10:40	male.
11/05/23	Redstart	Fritham, NF	1	D Lister
10:00	male. Amberwood RSPB Walk.
30/04/23	Redstart	Pig Bush, NF	5	K I Tubb
08:00	4m 1f.
07/05/23	Redstart	Woolmer Pond	1	M Williams
16:07	SU794324.
07/05/23	Redstart	Woolmer Forest	1	R Ford
08:30	SU792321.
03/05/23	Redstart	Linford Bottom, NF	7	J Toomer
10:14	4m 3f. In a 2 hour walk from car park.
30/04/23	Redstart	Ocknell Inclosure	2	D E Dicks
08:30	male.
29/04/23	Redstart	Hayling Island, Sandy Point NR	2	P A Gammage
14:30	male and fem. Authorised access only.
29/04/23	Redstart	Pig Bush, NF	4	A Nieuwkerk
14:30	male. Singing males.
29/04/23	Redstart	Woolmer Forest	5	M Lawn
	singing male.
28/04/23	Redstart	Lower Test Marshes	1	S Clemons
08:39	f. 300m north of Bell Crossing.
26/04/23	Redstart	Bramshaw Telegraph, NF	5	P J Beresford
06:00	m. Minimum count.
24/04/23	Redstart	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
09:00	fem. On fence by meander pools.
24/04/23	Redstart	Woolmer Forest	4	M Lawn
	singing male.
22/04/23	Redstart	Hamble Cliff	1	I R Watts
10:10	m.
22/04/23	Redstart	Bramble Hill, NF	4	D E Dicks
09:30	2 males plus a pair.
22/04/23	Redstart	Farlington Marshes	1	T Doran
10:15	Female, NE corner, along path on north side of hay field.
20/04/23	Redstart	Sloden Inclosure, NF	4	D E Dicks
09:30	male.
20/04/23	Redstart	Stockbridge Down	1	J S Broom
11:15	male. SU3734.
17/04/23	Redstart	Gander Down	1	D G Mills
14:00	male.
17/04/23	Redstart	Hazeley Heath	1	T Alexander
10:30	Male on scrub close to layby.
17/04/23	Redstart	Lower Test Marshes	1	P D Winter
10:21	fem. Two bridges.
16/04/23	Redstart	Wood Crates NF	10	G Pullin
	6 heard and 4 seen walking through woods heading towards Acres Down.
16/04/23	Redstart	Ditchend Bottom, NF	1	O Frampton
11:00	male. Singing. SU191147.
16/04/23	Redstart	Ashley Bottom, NF	6	O Frampton
07:00	5m, 1f. 4 singing males, plus a pair moving through Ashley Cross, all within SU2014.
16/04/23	Redstart	Cockley Hill	1	O Frampton
07:00	male. SU196153.
16/04/23	Redstart	Woolmer Forest	2	M Lawn
	singing male. SU7832.
15/04/23	Redstart	Vereley Wood, NF	1	E Brett
17:50	Male in isolated holly tree outside the wood.
15/04/23	Redstart	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	H E Rowe
11:30	male. In blackthorne bushes round owl box tree nearrst beam cottage. On Portsmouth RSPB Local Group walk.
15/04/23	Redstart	Test Way	1	S Clemons
10:39	m. Along the fenceline, moving north quite quickly. SU347193.
15/04/23	Redstart	Hincheslea Bog, NF	1	C D Roseveare
09:57	male. Singing.
13/04/23	Redstart	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R Wright
10:40	Foraging from fence immediately below first owl box just inland from bottom of Workans Lane opposite entrance to Horse Field.
13/04/23	Redstart	Woolmer Forest	1	M Lawn
	male. SU7832.
13/04/23	Redstart	Nursling Mill	1	J I Hilton
10:55	Male along sheltered fence line.
10/04/23	Redstart	Nightingale Wood, Upton, Romsey	1	P J Hack
	fem. Briefly on the garden patio / bird feeding area at 10:40 - then again, for a few minutes, at 11:00.
09/04/23	Redstart	Stoney Cross	1	E Brett
15:20	male. Fritham end of disused airfield.
08/04/23	Redstart	Fritham Plain, NF	1	R Gilham
13:00	m. Singing.
08/04/23	Redstart	Acres Down, NF	1	A Nieuwkerk
10:00	male.
08/04/23	Redstart	Mark Ash Wood, NF	3	A Lester
10:00	minimum 3 male.
07/04/23	Redstart	Pitts Wood Inclosure	4	O Frampton
10:00	male. All singing from areas just N of the Inclosure.
07/04/23	Redstart	Bramble Hill, NF	2	D E Dicks
11:30	male. In the woods.
07/04/23	Redstart	Woolmer Forest	1	M Lawn
	singing male. SU8033.
07/04/23	Redstart	Castle Shore Park, Fareham	1	C Harrison
09:45	Male. Briefly feeding in the bushes then flew off. Patch tick!
05/04/23	Redstart	Matley Wood, NF	5	M Parkes
15:13	m. Minimum, fighting, singing and establishing territories.
05/04/23	Redstart	Acres Down, NF	2	M Parkes
14:34	m. At least, in very fine colour.
04/04/23	Redstart	Bramshaw Golf Course	1	N Jones
09:00
04/04/23	Redstart	Vales Moor	1	G Digby
15:50	male. Among gorse beside small pool, feeding.

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