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You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2023 and 31/12/2023.
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| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/11/23 | Arctic Skua | Fishlake Meadows | 1 | S D Robbie |
| 11:30 | ad. Adult, pale phase bird circling over Oxlease Lake.Seen from roadside viewing point. Made several passes. Readily identified and cross-checked with on-line images. | |||
| 04/11/23 | Arctic Skua | Milford on Sea | 1 | R Coomber |
| 14:35 | Dark phase harassing gull east of shelter. | |||
| 02/11/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 1 | M J Palmer |
| 13:40 | Seafarers SC Car Park . Dark Phase East. | |||
| 21/10/23 | Arctic Skua | Gilkicker Point | 1 | J J Goodridge |
| 12:00 | Light phase bird flew west along shoreline and then flew inland and out of view. | |||
| 30/08/23 | Arctic Skua | Weston Shore, Southampton | 1 | I R Watts |
| 06:30 | Dark phase bird headed down Southampton Water. | |||
| 11/08/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 4 | M Francis |
| 08:05 | Group of 4 hunting together and landing on the sea regularly distantly in the Solent. | |||
| 05/08/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 1 | M Francis |
| 09:11 | Dark phase went west and then back east close in. Kittiwake also nice to see they aren't all dead! | |||
| 05/08/23 | Arctic Skua | Gilkicker Point | 1 | A C Fisher |
| 10:36 | ||||
| 05/08/23 | Arctic Skua | Hayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR | 1 | A Friend |
| 12:27 | Chasing tern dark phase. | |||
| 03/08/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 2 | A Robjohns |
| 08:56 | Dp. Sat on sea at times then flew towards fishing flock and round the corner to Browndown. | |||
| 17/07/23 | Arctic Skua | Milford on Sea | 1 | C Stubbs |
| 17:30 | Pale morph headed W out of the Solent. Also, a mixed feeding flock of 100+ terns distantly off Hurst Castle. | |||
| 14/07/23 | Arctic Skua | Milford Shelter | 1 | A Friend |
| 11:20 | Dark phase seen with m cooper. | |||
| 12/07/23 | Arctic Skua | Hayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR | 4 | T Doran |
| 08:45 | Resting on sea then all four got up to chase a passing Med Gull and landed back on sea afterwards. Two pale and two dark. | |||
| 11/07/23 | Arctic Skua | Milford Shelter | 2 | M Barfield |
| 07:41 | Prolonged views of dark phase bird harassing gulls/ terns in front of IOW. Pale phase out west and of Needles. | |||
| 29/06/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 2 | M Francis |
| 16:21 | X2 pale Phase @16.21 in pursuit of a Sandwich Tern flock. Highlight was the Pod of a Dozen Common Dolphins that lingered out towards Ryde 2km range from 15.00-16.40 before heading off east. | |||
| 26/06/23 | Arctic Skua | Hayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR | 1 | C Slade |
| 14:21 | Harassing Terns. | |||
| 18/06/23 | Arctic Skua | Hordle | 1 | P Durnell |
| 14:24 | Pale phase. Chasing a Sandwich Tern above the heads of the swimmers on Hordle beach. | |||
| 23/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 1 | M Francis |
| 18:05 | Came through the Solent heading originally west. Made two efforts at chasing sandwich terns. | |||
| 19/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 1 | D Houghton |
| 14:45 | Pale phase E. | |||
| 14/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 2 | M Francis |
| 09:34 | Going east together @09.34. | |||
| 04/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 2 | M Rolfe |
| 15:30 | ||||
| 04/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Lepe | 1 | R Chapman |
| Dk phase E @ 07.12, assume that seen at initially at Barton and then all points through the Solent. | ||||
| 04/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Southsea | 1 | J J Goodridge |
| 09:05 | Light phase bird on start of 2hr seawatch from seafront. | |||
| 04/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 4 | A Robjohns |
| 07:27 | East. Dp at 0727, Dp at 0815, PP at 0839. IM had another at 1108 after I left. | |||
| 04/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Stokes Bay | 2 | M Rolfe |
| 08:20 | A dark phase and then a light phase an hour later. | |||
| 04/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Barton on Sea | 1 | S Keen |
| 05:47 | Dark phase east. | |||
| 03/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 3 | M Barfield |
| 07:23 | Together East. Very close in. 1 dark, 2 light. | |||
| 01/05/23 | Arctic Skua | Hurst Beach | 1 | A Lewis |
| 08:50 | dark phase ad. Lingering in Narrows. | |||
| 29/04/23 | Arctic Skua | Hayling Island, Sandy Point NR | 1 | P A Gammage |
| 15:15 | harassing the terns in the harbour entrance before flying east. Authorised access only. | |||
| 29/04/23 | Arctic Skua | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 2 | T Doron |
| 10:50 | Found and ID by Alan Lewis (thank you). | |||
| 29/04/23 | Arctic Skua | Titchfield Haven | 3 | M Rolfe |
| 07:40 | East. | |||
| 27/04/23 | Arctic Skua | Cut Bridge (Milford-on-Sea) | 1 | M Halligan |
| 08:45 | Dark phase. | |||
| 22/04/23 | Arctic Skua | Gilkicker Point | 1 | C Harrison |
| 12:10 | Pale phase. East. Harrying gulls. | |||
| 14/04/23 | Arctic Skua | Milford Shelter | 1 | M Barfield |
| 15:47 | Dark phase east at 15:47. (With DHT and MC). | |||
| 09/04/23 | Arctic Skua | Stokes Bay | 5 | A Friend |
| 09:28 | Also 3 wheatear and 30 + common terns. | |||
| 05/04/23 | Arctic Skua | Hayling Island, Sandy Point outside NR | 1 | G Stephenson |
| 10:09 | Distant dark phase E. Very little else moving. | |||
| 29/03/23 | Arctic Skua | Gilkicker Point | 1 | A J Dickety |
| 10:00 | Dark phase bird. West to East mid Solent. | |||
| 28/03/23 | Arctic Skua | Hill Head | 1 | M Francis |
| 11:27 | Dark phase going east @11.27. | |||
| 17/01/23 | Arctic Skua | Chichester Harbour, Black Point | 1 | A Johnson |
| 16:17 | Pale morph flew west across Chichester Harbour before chasing bhg's. Bit of a surprise! | |||
