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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
31/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Gilbury Hard, Beaulieu River	90	J G Ross
14:00
29/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Gilbury Hard, Beaulieu River	47	J G Ross
14:00
22/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	59	I R Watts
12:00
18/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lower Swanwick	1	T Stockwell
10:40	SU435138.
18/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Oxey Marsh	1400	O Haisell
11:00	Oxey Barn field.
17/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	440	I R Watts
08:45
17/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	163	I R Watts
08:15
16/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	67	I R Watts
09:40	Around jetty.
15/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Brownwich	1400	C Mayhead
16:11	On fields. SU523032.
15/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Gosport, Workhouse Lake	54	R Forster
10:20
13/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	52	I R Watts
08:30
08/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Southsea Common	110	D Stevenson
12:00	About 45 juv.
06/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Estuary	251	S Brunton
	Off Hook Spit.
03/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Southampton, Spitfire Quay	32	I R Watts
11:40	Just north pf SQ.
02/12/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Haslar Creek (Gosport)	2	R Forster
11:58
29/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Brownwich	775	D Wallace
10:15
25/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Exbury	71	J G Ross
12:45	Gilbury hard.
25/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Paulsgrove Lake, Portsmouth Harbour	237	C Harrison
11:50
24/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Southsea Common	53	D Stevenson
11:00	24 juv.
24/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Eastney	1100	D Stevenson
10:30	Many juvs too. Eastney playing fields off Halliday Cres.
23/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Redbridge Wharf	70	P D Winter
11:30
23/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Brownwich	210	D Wallace
10:15
21/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Chessel Bay, Southampton	37	I R Watts
16:40
20/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Keyhaven	600	J Coates
13:30	Largest flock seen. Landed on water for 30 mins and gradually dispersed to feeding fields.
18/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	151	I R Watts
09:00	Most north of jetty.
15/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	HMS Sultan polo field, Gosport	200	L Taylor
15:00	A good sized flypast across the Gomer estate, great to see it again.
06/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Castle Farm (Warblington)	240	P N Milinets-Raby
09:00	Along the Warblington shore.
07/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hayling Billy Path (North)	250	R Wright
09:30	Through scope it would appear at least double that number resting on back at far side of the harbour.
05/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Exbury	51	J G Ross
15:00	Gilbury hard.
05/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	158	I R Watts
11:15
04/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	90	I R Watts
08:30	By jetty.
03/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Estuary	151	S Brunton

01/11/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fawley Refinery	105	J G Ross
01:00	On salt marsh, should read 13:00! Private site. No public access.
31/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fawley Refinery	70	J G Ross
13:00	Salt marsh. Private site. No public access.
31/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	140	R Wright
10:30
31/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe, Stansore Point/Pools	460	P F Fawkes
08:20	c.400 came on a broad front from the east (60% seemingly from IOW) at 08:20 to join party of 60 feeding at sluice gate before spending high tide at Inchmery. A further 60 joined them from the east at 09:40.
29/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Exbury	13	J G Ross
14:30	On marsh at Gilbury hard.
29/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	29	I R Watts
08:30	By jetty.
28/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe	220	P F Fawkes
15:00	Flew in from Beaulieu River as tide ebbed and alighted on water by sluice gate.
25/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe	132	R Chapman
11:00
25/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hardway (Gosport)	50	L Taylor
17:00	50 or more out on Hardway shallows. Only place in Gooseport this evening.
24/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	120	I R Watts
13:00
22/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	100	L Taylor
16:30	100 plus off the southern end of path, great to hear them again. None at all in the Marshes themselves.
22/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	74	I R Watts
11:00
22/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hill Head	40	L Taylor
10:06	My first of this autumn, possibly more out thee.
21/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	74	I R Watts
11:30
21/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Sailing Club	27	I R Watts
07:38	23 to R. Itchen and 4 north over Dock Head.
17/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hill Head	140	A Robjohns
09:22
18/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Stokes Bay	20	I Calderwood
11:00	east.
17/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	12	P Durnell
11:01	First ones I have seen on the reserve this winter.
16/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Estuary	76	S Brunton
	12 Estuary & 64 over Southampton Water.
15/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	7	I R Watts
07:14	First ones here this autumn.
14/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hill Head	25	A Robjohns
09:30
12/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe	16	C D Jones
07:45	In three loose flocks west.
10/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	150	L Middleton
09:00	At least. They're back. Winter has arrived, although some would say it started in July!
10/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Langstone Harbour	100	J Goodspeed
10:58	Matbe a few more spread accross the Sinah Lake part of the harbour.
10/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	80	G B Langley
13:40	didn't see any on Sunday 8th.
09/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	6	R H Marchant
11:45
07/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Portchester Castle	80	A D Tindale
09:30	Approximate count in the harbour SW of the castle.
01/10/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe	15	J G Ross
07:30	By sluice.
30/09/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	120	N CROOK
	Feeding close to the Kench but counted through binoculars from the point. They are returning.
30/09/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	3	A Lewis
07:00	Pair on lagoon, 1 at Keyhaven lagoon.
30/09/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lee-on-the-Solent	2	A Robjohns
10:43
29/09/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	51	N CROOK
	50 far out in the harbour from the point and the summering bird along the stream.
14/09/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Langstone Harbour	5	J Crook
15:00	Wary, in the middle of the harbour, typical of newly arrived birds and the first returns of this autumn; a day later than Chichester harbour! (although they possibly included the summering singleton that has recently been on FM) ; no sign of any Canadian Pale-bellied even though one or more large groups were seen flying east towards The Solent from Hengistbury two days ago.
14/09/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Chichester Harbour, Black Point to Mengham Rithe	12	R C Ladd
08:00
13/09/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Chichester Harbour, Black Point to Mengham Rithe	5	R C Ladd
18:30	Presuming 4 arrivals as I have only observed a singleton bird during the summer in the harbour.
09/09/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	1	C Geary
09:55	On lake, my first of season.
03/09/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	1	N CROOK
	Summering bird still around.
21/08/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	1	G D Fennemore
15:15	Flew to marsh from harbour.
11/08/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	3	R Wright
11:15
06/08/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	1	N CROOK
	One of the summering birds floating south from islands on dropping tide.
25/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	2	R H Marchant
08:00	On intertidal mud.
17/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	4	D Lister
11:00	close to deeps.
09/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	2	S D Abbott
14:30
08/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	1	I R Watts
08:15
07/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Shore	21	I R Watts
07:30
07/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	14	I R Watts
06:15
06/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	8	I R Watts
09:15	North of jetty.
05/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	51	I R Watts
06:15	North of jetty.
03/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	2	K P Duncan
08:30
04/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	6	I R Watts
07:30
04/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hill Head	28	A Robjohns
10:14	On the beach then flew towards Brownwich.
03/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	15	I R Watts
07:30
03/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Warsash	21	G Patrick
13:20	In tow groups of 16 and 5. SU485052.
03/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	15	I R Watts
07:30
02/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	49	I R Watts
07:30	North of jetty.
01/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hill Head	30	L Taylor
15:00
01/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	1	I R Watts
07:00
01/05/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Keyhaven Lagoon	2	S Keen
07:40	Arrived from west and landed on lagoon.
29/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	26	I R Watts
08:30	Mainly flying up River Test.
28/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	25	I R Watts
16:45
28/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	6	I R Watts
06:30
27/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fawley Pier	36	J G Ross
12:15
26/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	21	I R Watts
06:30
25/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Warsash	16	G Patrick
14:20	SU485052.
25/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	43	I R Watts
07:00
24/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	139	I R Watts
07:00
24/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hill Head	2	A Robjohns
07:16
23/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	68	I R Watts
09:00
22/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	35	I R Watts
10:40
22/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	40	I R Watts
07:30
22/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Warsash	15	L Taylor
09:00	Close to strawberry fields out on the mud.
22/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe	74	P F Fawkes
08:00	Feeding along tide line.
20/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	5	N CROOK

18/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fawley Pier	96	S Keen
18:00
18/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hythe Pier	31	S Keen
17:45
18/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	10	I R Watts
06:40
17/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	24	I R Watts
18:00
16/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe	79	J G Ross
17:00	By sluice.
16/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Calshot Spit	20	J G Ross
12:00
16/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	36	I R Watts
17:30
16/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	103	I R Watts
12:30
13/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	30	I R Watts
06:45
12/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Stokes Bay	15	L Taylor
07:30	Flying east over the bay.
12/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	36	I R Watts
07:00
11/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	121	I R Watts
09:00	Total that passed up Southampton Water up until 09:00.
10/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Milford Shelter	60	M Barfield
12:00	East.
10/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Sophie's Pond, Netley	47	I R Watts
08:25	On beach off car Park.
10/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Sailing Club	108	I R Watts
08:15	Between 06:30-08:15.
07/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	85	I R Watts
07:30
06/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Eling Great Marsh	77	P D Winter
16:30	from Redbridge Wharf on the falling tide. with IRW.
06/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Redbridge Wharf	30	P D Winter
11:49	on the tip of Eling Great Marsh as the tide rose.
05/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Eling Great Marsh	69	P D Winter
12:19	feeding on the marsh at high tide - viewed from Redbridge Wharf.
04/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	28	N CROOK
	Between 28 and 40 feeding in fields. Also 5 in harbour near Budds farm sewage farm. Numbers dwindling every day.
04/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	117	S Brunton
	Off Hook Spit.
03/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	99	N CROOK
	My total count of birds feeding in the fields as I walked around the sea wall during the afternoon. Always sad to see them go.
03/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	South Moor, Langstone Harbour	18	N CROOK
	Offshore.
03/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	210	I R Watts
16:30
03/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fareham Creek	2	A D Tindale
10:25	Hoeford Creek.
02/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Redbridge Wharf	60	P D Winter
15:30	6 grounded + 54 in flight from photo (possibly a few missed). A good count for here. with IRW.
02/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	190	I R Watts
09:00
01/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hill Head	146	D Wallace
14:40
01/04/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Sailing Club	38	I R Watts
08:30
28/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hayling Island, Fishery Creek	6	S Day
10:29	West of Sparkes Marina First seen here for over a week.
27/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	150	P A Gammage
12:30	plus about 50 wigeon remaining.
27/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	30	D Murdoch
13:22	Still around.
23/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	50	R Wright
11:15	Resting on field on right of Workmans Lane almost opposite horse field. Settled with a couple of Herring Gulls near temporary pond. Took to air but had returned with 30 minutes. Photos taken.
23/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	93	S Brunton
	In field on the S side of Workman's Lane.
23/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fawley Refinery	100	J G Ross
12:15	Approx. Private site. No public access.
22/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	412	I R Watts
17:00	Between BP jetty and just past Hook Spit.
19/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	50	P A Gammage
18:15	post evening flight into the harbour. This flocks gradually gained height circling he harbour before heading East. I suspect they will be in Holland tomorrow.
17/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	82	I R Watts
17:20
15/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Chessel Bay, Southampton	16	A Robjohns
12:30	Seen from the train.
15/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe	352	P F Fawkes
10:00	Low water feeding.
14/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Farlington Marshes	1300	P A Gammage
18:30	feeding on the fields before flighting into the harbour.
13/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Sweare Deep, Chichester Harbour	177	P N Milinets-Raby
09:30	Not many left.
13/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lee-on-the-Solent	91	A Robjohns
09:07	East 0730-0905.
12/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fareham Creek	136	A D Tindale
10:00	Flew onto golf course.
11/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	110	I R Watts
08:00
10/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fawley Refinery	100	J G Ross
12:15	On salt marsh, approximate count. Private site. No public access.
05/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lee-on-the-Solent	18	A Robjohns
09:18	Flew east.
03/03/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Titchfield Haven	54	A Robjohns
12:24	East meadows. High count for this site.
25/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Mercury Marshes Local Nature Reserve	70	I R Watts
12:15
25/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	175	I R Watts
09:15	Up to 09:15 175 flew mainly towards the R. Itchen with a small number up the R. Test.
24/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Sweare Deep, Chichester Harbour	446	P N Milinets-Raby
09:30	151 along the channel and 295 off Conigar Point. The rest were on the fields on North Hayling.
19/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	2	M Randall
13:16	Also briefly a seal close in to shore at 12:55 but haven't seen resurface. .
15/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Sturt Pond, Milford-on-Sea	425	K P Duncan
14:00
13/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Sweare Deep, Chichester Harbour	520	P N Milinets-Raby
09:00	Nore Barn to Warblington shore. 26 at Conigar Point and 494 along the Warblington shore.
13/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Nore Barn, Emsworth	219	P N Milinets-Raby
07:45	Very flighty. Trying to feed on fields north of Nore Barn, constantly being harassed by dog walkers. By 10am Nore Barn was empty of all wildfowl. Too much disturbance.
12/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	143	I R Watts
08:30
12/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Castle Farm (Warblington)	500	C Slade
14:06	In harbour.
11/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Pennington Marsh	50	G Mintram
13:24
11/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	140	I R Watts
08:00
09/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	100	M O'Driscoll
15:31	Large flock in field on south side.
07/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Netley	1	A Collins
08:30	The returning presumed hybrid WFG X Brent with two Brent on the shore off Netley.
05/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	120	I R Watts
08:30
05/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Lepe	170	P F Fawkes
10:00	Drifting towards mouth of Beaulieu River on rising tide.
05/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Eling Great Marsh	6	P Villiers
11:10	Flew in at high tide and landed on grass surrounding the 2nd pair of pylons SW of the causeway. Just a small number but still an increasing recent sighting at this location.
04/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hamble Point	230	I R Watts
15:15
04/02/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	86	I R Watts
08:30
29/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	70	I R Watts
08:00
28/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	65	I R Watts
08:30	plus 3 Greylags.
26/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Bunny Meadows (Warsash)	10	K Emmott
14:00
23/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1060	S Brunton
	c1060 - On the sea after being flushed by a Peregrine.
23/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Sweare Deep, Chichester Harbour	1177	P N Milinets-Raby
09:30	On the field to the west of the Pook Lane track. 114 juveniles amongst them. The only other Brent Geese were 37 off Conigar Point.
22/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	500	S Brunton
	c500 in field between Hook Links & Cowes Lane.
20/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Nore Barn, Emsworth	451	P N Milinets-Raby
09:45	Feeding on the field by Nore Barn Wood at high tide.
20/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Forton Lake, Gosport, Portsmouth Harbour	100	L R Kirkpatrick
16:30	3 flocks flying over forton lake. Around 10 geese in and around the lake itself. SU617007.
18/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	700	R H Marchant
16:35	500 left west with 200 remaining for another 10 minutes before departing.
15/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Weston Shore, Southampton	46	I R Watts
08:10
11/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Sweare Deep, Chichester Harbour	469	P N Milinets-Raby
09:30	349 on the low tide deep, 130+ on the fields near Warblington Church.
11/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	460	S Brunton
	c460 in field along Cowes Lane footpath.
02/01/23	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Calshot	10	T D Chapman
10:45

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