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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
21/09/23	Sand Martin	Bransbury Common	2	D Murdoch
10:02	S.
23/09/23	Sand Martin	Gilkicker Point	4	I Calderwood
11:00
22/09/23	Sand Martin	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	3	P Heath
10:00	3 at least.
08/09/23	Sand Martin	Daedalus Airfield	1	A Robjohns
08:53
05/09/23	Sand Martin	Brownwich	36	M Edgeller
07:00	East 06:40 - 09:40.
27/08/23	Sand Martin	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	12	G Burchall
15:20
25/08/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	65	A Lester
19:28	south.
24/08/23	Sand Martin	Pennington Marsh	300	P F Fawkes
11:00	A smattering of Swallow and House Martin.
23/08/23	Sand Martin	Skidmore	15	M Rafter
12:27
13/08/23	Sand Martin	Alresford Pond	30	S Powell
08:00	approx count - birds arrived after passing shower - most drifted off south; several chiff chaff and 20 + teal.
12/08/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	55	A Lester
19:30	south.
12/08/23	Sand Martin	Woolmer Pond	14	S Axten
14:04
09/08/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	6	D Thelwell
20:00
09/08/23	Sand Martin	Daedalus Airfield	3	A Robjohns
09:01	Sat on the fence near the college.
06/08/23	Sand Martin	Farlington Marshes	12	N CROOK
	Minimum count over reedbed.
06/08/23	Sand Martin	Weston Shore, Southampton	2	I R Watts
09:40	Flying NW.
28/07/23	Sand Martin	Woolmer Pond	35	S Axten
18:52
23/07/23	Sand Martin	Badminston GP	2	J G Ross
12:00
21/07/23	Sand Martin	Farlington Marshes	4	N CROOK

21/07/23	Sand Martin	Pennington Marsh	1500	A Lester
13:32	minimum south.
20/07/23	Sand Martin	Hill Head	1	A Robjohns
06:07
15/07/23	Sand Martin	Fleet Pond	125	J M Clark
09:30	in heavy rain shower.
15/07/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	25	D Thelwell
10:00	south with c 50 House Martins and a few Swifts.
12/07/23	Sand Martin	Lepe, Stansore Point/Pools	4	P F Fawkes
09:45
10/07/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	16	D Thelwell
19:30
09/07/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	3	J Kelly
15:45	At least.
08/07/23	Sand Martin	Farlington Marshes	3	N CROOK
	Over stream and Reed bed in evening.
07/07/23	Sand Martin	Farlington Marshes	4	N CROOK
	Group of 3 flying south over harbour past point. I watched them until they were dots heading towards the Kench on Hayling. Later saw a single bird over the fields.
05/07/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	45	D Thelwell
20:15	Over the pools and flying south.
04/07/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	32	S Clemons
16:53	Not local birds. In from north during deluge, and carried on high south.
02/07/23	Sand Martin	Keyhaven Lagoon	50	O Haisell
10:30
01/07/23	Sand Martin	Farlington Marshes	7	P A Gammage
10:30	stream.
01/07/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	40	D Thelwell
16:00	Stayed for 15 minutes and left south.
01/07/23	Sand Martin	Lepe, Stansore Point/Pools	1	J G Ross
15:00	Finally first of the year!
28/06/23	Sand Martin	Woolmer Pond	25	M Lawn

24/06/23	Sand Martin	Farlington Marshes	1	N CROOK
	Along fenceline with swallows.
02/06/23	Sand Martin	Woolmer Pond	10	M Lawn
	10+ at the sand pit, at least 6 burrows being visited.
27/05/23	Sand Martin	Woolmer Pond	6	M Lawn
	These have been around for a while, so may be nesting in the sand pit although I've not been in to check: I don't think any nested last year.
24/05/23	Sand Martin	Ringwood	4	C Slade
18:40	Over river Avon.
12/05/23	Sand Martin	Farlington Marshes	2	P A Gammage
18:00
04/05/23	Sand Martin	Hill Head	6	A Robjohns
10:14	In off.
02/05/23	Sand Martin	Old Winchester Hill	1	D G Mills
07:30	North. First overhead here this year.
28/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	80	A Lester
19:00	north.
28/04/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	600	R Howell
12:52	SU148089.
26/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	12	D Lister
10:30	with mixed hirundines.
23/04/23	Sand Martin	Avington Lake/Park	1	J Kelly
19:30
21/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	60	B Hedley
08:30	Feeding over site.
20/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	65	A Lester
19:36	north.
20/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	15	D Lister
10:30	With House Martins.
20/04/23	Sand Martin	Hill Head	35	D Houghton
	In-off in an hour from 11.20.
20/04/23	Sand Martin	Martin Down	1	M A Barrett
11:45	during the morning, this bird was seen with a small party of migrating swallows. SU040196.
17/04/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	50	J Bee
09:56	At Goosander nest bank. SU154085.
16/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	150	D Thelwell
19:00
13/04/23	Sand Martin	Nursling Mill	4	J I Hilton
10:55
05/04/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	500	R M Webb
19:00	approximate count of a mass of birds feeding low across the water in the rain.
10/04/23	Sand Martin	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	60	I R Watts
14:30	+4 Swallows + 1 House Martin.
10/04/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	500	K J Simpson
09:13	C 500.
07/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	35	A Lester
18:30	over high NE with 10 into roost.
06/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	450	A Lester
19:00	250 north. at least 200 into roost southern end.
05/04/23	Sand Martin	Posbrook Floods	12	J Norton
14:00	Moving through during c.1345-1415.
05/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	65	A Lester
19:00	45 north. 20 into roost.
05/04/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes - Testwood Lake	150	P D Winter
15:45	with 2 Swallow and 1 House Martin feeding low over the water.
04/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	15	A Lester
19:00	north.
03/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	500	A Lester
18:30	at least 500 streamed high North between 18.30 and 19.10.
03/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	8	M Rafter
13:22
02/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	30	A Lester
19:30	into roost.
02/04/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	200	A Lewis
13:48	But no other hirundines.
02/04/23	Sand Martin	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	80	M Rolfe
11:00
02/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	25	A Lester
10:30	Hawking low over main lake from roadside viewing area.
01/04/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	130	A Lester
19:00	Hawking and then into roost.
01/04/23	Sand Martin	Posbrook Floods	40	D Houghton
13:45
01/04/23	Sand Martin	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	10	I R Watts
17:30
01/04/23	Sand Martin	Fleet Pond	15	C S Nash
14:54	Not 100% on I.D but more likely than house Martin due to time of year.
01/04/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes	5	C Foote
15:37
31/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes - Testwood Lake	80	P D Winter
15:20	or so.
31/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	150	I D Wells
15:17	Hawking around from road view point.
31/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	420	A Lester
09:00	minimum over then high NE.
31/03/23	Sand Martin	Posbrook Floods	60	A Robjohns
08:18	Estimate.
30/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	185	A Lester
17:30	minimum count then off NE.
30/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	100	M Rafter
17:00	Again,a large flock,hawking over the Reserve,then suddenly vanished.
30/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	500	S Woolley
13:37	Minimum - reported on CHOG WhatsApp group.
29/03/23	Sand Martin	Posbrook Floods	320	M Francis
18:37	At least 320 feeding over Posbrook floods in the downpour. Counted from using my record shot taken. Only a couple of Swallows noted in the flock.
29/03/23	Sand Martin	St Cross, Winchester	2	G Pullin
17:30	Hawking over fields alongside the river by 5 Bridges Rd.
29/03/23	Sand Martin	Paultons Park	40	I D Wells
17:38	Hawking over the main lake.
29/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	100	M Rafter
17:00	At least,difficult to count.
29/03/23	Sand Martin	Longparish	14	T E Parsons
15:19	Over houses in Mill Lane.
29/03/23	Sand Martin	Rooksbury Mill (Andover)	4	D J Piper
16:13
29/03/23	Sand Martin	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	1	G B Langley
09:55
29/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	500	J I Hilton
14:04	500 min at 1.30pm .
28/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	300	C Lisher
09:15	Mostly flying low over Ibsley Water, but frequently visiting nesting wall near Goosander Hide. SU152086.
28/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	25	M Rafter
12:30
28/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	100	K May
11:43
27/03/23	Sand Martin	Skidmore	12	P D Winter
15:00	presumably some of the Testwood Lakes birds feeding over River Test.
26/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	28	D Thelwell
18:00
26/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	15	I D Wells
17:15	Possibly more along eastern side.
26/03/23	Sand Martin	Heath Pond (Petersfield)	2	S Dicks
14:07
26/03/23	Sand Martin	Titchfield Haven	11	A Robjohns
10:19	Over frying pan.
26/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	12	K J Simpson
11:30	At least.
25/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	17	I R Watts
10:40
25/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	9	A Lester
07:30
24/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes	23	P D Winter
	max count at any one time 13:30-15:30 - mostly feeding over Testwood Lake.
24/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes	16	C Foote
15:30
24/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	2	S Woolley
12:30
23/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes	14	K Crouch
13:00
23/03/23	Sand Martin	Lower Test Marshes	2	S Clemons
11:19	West over Bell Crossing. First noted on the reserve this year.
23/03/23	Sand Martin	Titchfield - Bridge Street Floods	4	B E Smith
10:55	Also Peregrine and 3 Glossy Ibis.
22/03/23	Sand Martin	Titchfield - Bridge Street Floods	20	A J Dickety
08:45
22/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	12	G Alexander
12:05	Flying around top of meadow lake.
22/03/23	Sand Martin	Posbrook Floods	19	A Robjohns
07:21
21/03/23	Sand Martin	Alresford Pond	8	P S Scorey
17:35	First of the year for me.
21/03/23	Sand Martin	Posbrook Floods	20	A D Tindale
16:20	Minimum.
21/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	9	K May
14:01	Passing through did not linger.
21/03/23	Sand Martin	Posbrook Floods	14	A Robjohns
08:22
20/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes	30	P Villiers
16:30	Estimate - at least 30 swooping low over main lake.
20/03/23	Sand Martin	Efford Lake (off Lower Pennington Lane)	6	P Durnell
18:03	over the lake in some grim weather this afternoon.
19/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	7	D Thelwell
08:30
19/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes	10	M Caponi
13:00	Visiting their wall. SU343160.
19/03/23	Sand Martin	Pennington Marsh	1	E Parkes
13:38	Single bird overhead, in off the sea.
18/03/23	Sand Martin	Pennington Marsh		K I Tubb
15:30
18/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	2	K I Tubb
09:00
19/03/23	Sand Martin	Posbrook Floods	1	A Robjohns
07:20	flew south.
18/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	5	M Rafter
17:15
18/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes	16	A Lester
16:00
18/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes	20	T Stone
11:30	Lovely to see them back! That was the least count, exploring the best site and flying over the lake.
17/03/23	Sand Martin	Woolmer Pond	1	J F Smith
13:29	Over east side of pond(first of year).
17/03/23	Sand Martin	Alresford Pond	6	S Morley
16:45	About half a dozen in the air over trees then skimmed over pond.
17/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	10	S Clemons
08:30	Over the scrapes and checking the nest holes.
17/03/23	Sand Martin	Fleet Pond	1	G Stephenson
08:30	North.
16/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes	12	N Catty
17:10	Flying around main car park. SU346153.
16/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	19	A Lester
18:00	still 19 at dusk hawking low.
16/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	25	M Rafter
14:20
16/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	3	N Jones
15:40
15/03/23	Sand Martin	Posbrook Floods	19	M Francis
17:08	Looked to be a group just shy of 20 birds feeding over the flood before departing at dusk.
15/03/23	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes - Testwood Lake	1	S Clemons
09:08	Lone bird flew a couple of circuits and moved on.
14/03/23	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	1	M Rafter
11:03
13/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	2	K R Wilkes
15:10
12/03/23	Sand Martin	Wherwell	1	T E Parsons
17:22	Overhead, very unexpected. SU394410.
11/03/23	Sand Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	2	A Lewis
15:30	It's Spring! 4 degrees C and drizzle - you really wonder why they bother!

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