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Thursday 9th April 2026

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
09/04/26	Curlew	Hampton Ridge	2	P Bailey
08:00	A pair of birds constantly flying around the area and calling to each other.
09/04/26	Swallow	South Moor, Langstone Harbour	6	N Crook
	2 over Budds farm, 4 north over harbour and Southmoor during afternoon.
09/04/26	Common Whitethroat	South Moor, Langstone Harbour	3	N Crook
	2 singing and doing songflight.
09/04/26	Blackcap	South Moor, Langstone Harbour	10	N Crook
	Between 10 and 12.
09/04/26	Black-tailed Godwit	South Moor, Langstone Harbour	70	N Crook
	Plus or minus 5, In harbour.
09/04/26	Greenshank	South Moor, Langstone Harbour	3	N Crook
	On pool.
09/04/26	Avocet	South Moor, Langstone Harbour	2	N Crook
	On pool.
09/04/26	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	South Moor, Langstone Harbour	3	N Crook
	Along fore shore.
09/04/26	Swallow	Fort Widley	1	P A Gammage
08:15	on territory.
09/04/26	Chiffchaff	Fort Widley	1	P A Gammage
08:15
09/04/26	Blackcap	Fort Widley	5	P A Gammage
08:15
09/04/26	Willow Warbler	Fort Widley	1	P A Gammage
08:15
09/04/26	Swallow	Farlington Marshes	5	K McIntosh
19:30	Flying and feeding along the stream.
09/04/26	Little Tern	Farlington Marshes	3	K McIntosh
18:30	Fishing along harbour off eastern sea wall.
09/04/26	Red-legged Partridge	Farlington Marshes	2	T Doran
08:45	pair in the Hay field.
09/04/26	Yellow Wagtail	Farlington Marshes	1	T Doran
08:30	flew low NE calling as it went.
09/04/26	Reed Warbler	Farlington Marshes	1	K McIntosh
18:30	Singing from hedge along eastern sea wall.
09/04/26	Mandarin Duck	Alresford Pond	1	S Morley
19:35	m.
09/04/26	Swallow	Alresford Pond	30	S Morley
19:25	Hard to count as very active (and vocal) but many dozens. 30 is probably a low estimate.
09/04/26	Teal	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	9	I R Watts
14:40	+ 1 Tufted Duck.
09/04/26	Shoveler	Testwood Lakes	2	I R Watts
14:40	m+f.
09/04/26	Gadwall	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	3	I R Watts
14:40	2m+1f.
09/04/26	Common Whitethroat	Testwood Lakes - Testwood Lake	1	I R Watts
16:00
09/04/26	Snipe	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	2	I R Watts
14:50
09/04/26	Sand Martin	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	30	I R Watts
14:50	plus 1 Swallow.
09/04/26	Firecrest	Oxney Meadows	1	R Ford
18:20	SU792367.
09/04/26	Common Tern	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	1	I R Watts
14:40
09/04/26	Grey Wagtail	Shawford	1	I R Watts
12:30	m. Itchen Navigation north of Shawford Station......also Water Vole.
09/04/26	Willow Warbler	Shawford Down	1	I R Watts
12:30	Itchen Navigation north of Shawford Station.
09/04/26	Mandarin Duck	Shawford	3	I R Watts
11:20	2m+1f. Itchen Navigation just north of Shawford Station.
09/04/26	Spoonbill	Oxey Marsh	2	P C Donaldson
16:30	Both adults in almost full sum pl.
09/04/26	Little Ringed Plover	Jetty Lagoon, Pennington	1	P C Donaldson
16:30	In grass on eastern edge of lagoon.
09/04/26	Swallow	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	3	P C Donaldson
16:00	Probably another 20 over other lagoons and floods.
09/04/26	Marsh Harrier	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	1	P C Donaldson
16:00	Adult male.
09/04/26	Sand Martin	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	20	P C Donaldson
16:00	Hawking over the lagoon. Probably 100 plus over adjacent lagoons and "floods".
09/04/26	Mediterranean Gull	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	3	P C Donaldson
16:00	With flock of BhG's.
09/04/26	Reed Warbler	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	1	P C Donaldson
16:00	In ditch to eastern side of lagoon.
09/04/26	Cetti's Warbler	Shawford	6	I R Watts
11:30	m. Itchen Navigation between Shawford station and the M3.
09/04/26	Cetti's Warbler	Hamble Cliff	2	I R Watts
08:20	m.
09/04/26	Shelduck	Hamble Cliff	6	I R Watts
08:20
09/04/26	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Fawley Refinery	33	I R Watts
08:05	Viewed from Hamble Cliff. Private site. No public access.
09/04/26	Sandwich Tern	Weston Shore, Southampton	1	I R Watts
07:30
09/04/26	Firecrest	Oxney Meadows	1	R Ford
18:10	SU796369.
09/04/26	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Netley	34	I R Watts
06:50	Flew up Southampton Water.
09/04/26	Great Crested Grebe	Netley	7	I R Watts
06:30
09/04/26	Glossy Ibis	Titchfield - Bridge Street Floods	3	D Houghton
15:00
09/04/26	Goshawk	Titchfield Haven Canal Path	1	D Houghton
14:28	Drifted W some way S of the Posbrook Flood.
09/04/26	Kestrel	Fishlake Meadows	1	I Kitching
13:20	m.
09/04/26	Blackcap	Fishlake Meadows	7	I Kitching
13:20	Along canal path,no Garden Warblers yet.
09/04/26	Red Kite	Fishlake Meadows	2	I Kitching
13:20
09/04/26	Reed Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	6	I Kitching
13:20	More singing in areas of reeds,around the reserve.
09/04/26	Cetti's Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	12	I Kitching
13:20
09/04/26	Reed Bunting	Fishlake Meadows	1	I Kitching
13:20	m.
09/04/26	Sedge Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	3	I Kitching
13:20
09/04/26	Common Whitethroat	Fishlake Meadows	4	I Kitching
13:20
09/04/26	Goosander	Hook-with-Warsash	1	J Cutting
16:15
09/04/26	Great Crested Grebe	Hook-with-Warsash	2	J Cutting
16:15
09/04/26	Sanderling	Hook-with-Warsash	4	J Cutting
16:15
09/04/26	Kestrel	Hook-with-Warsash	1	J Cutting
16:15
09/04/26	Water Rail	Hook-with-Warsash	1	J Cutting
16:15
09/04/26	Swallow	Braishfield	1	R Findlay
08:05	At farm in Upper Slackstead.
09/04/26	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Rooksbury Mill (Andover)	2	J S Broom
14:30
09/04/26	Marsh Harrier	Hook-with-Warsash	1	J Cutting
15:55	Couldn't find Wheatear.
09/04/26	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Calshot	5	J G Ross
12:00
09/04/26	Egyptian Goose	Calshot	6	J G Ross
12:00	Flock flying over.
09/04/26	Little Ringed Plover	Calshot	2	J G Ross
12:00
09/04/26	Reed Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	1	J S Broom
09:50
09/04/26	Blackcap	Fishlake Meadows	3	J S Broom
09:40	1 male 2 fem.
09/04/26	Eurasian Whimbrel	Calshot	2	J G Ross
12:00	Channel by swingbridge.
09/04/26	Bar-tailed Godwit	Calshot	2	J G Ross
12:00
09/04/26	Black-tailed Godwit	Calshot	9	J G Ross
12:00	Channel by swingbridge.
09/04/26	Marsh Harrier	Calshot	4	J G Ross
12:00	Regular pair on marsh, and two came over Southampton water.
09/04/26	Red Kite	Calshot	4	J G Ross
12:00
09/04/26	Buzzard	Calshot	6	J G Ross
12:00	6 circling together.
09/04/26	Reed Warbler	Calshot	4	J G Ross
12:00	4 singing.
09/04/26	Common Whitethroat	Calshot	5	J G Ross
12:00	5 singing.
09/04/26	Yellow Wagtail	Calshot	1	J G Ross
12:00	Flyover calling.
09/04/26	Common Whitethroat	Fishlake Meadows	3	J S Broom
09:30	2 male 1 fem. Movements fluid so unable to count how many more.
09/04/26	Sedge Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	1	J S Broom
09:20
09/04/26	Reed Bunting	Fishlake Meadows	1	J S Broom
09:10
09/04/26	Redstart	Reptiliary, NF	1	C Hocking
15:39
09/04/26	Cuckoo	Lucy Hill, NF	1	C Hocking
10:15	Calling.
09/04/26	Swallow	Dean (Alresford)	2	S Morley
14:10	Flying then perched on TV aerial.
09/04/26	Common Tern	Testwood Lakes - Meadow Lake	1	I R Watts
15:14
09/04/26	Little Ringed Plover	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	1	G Thornton
09:30
09/04/26	Common Sandpiper	Fishtail Lagoon, Keyhaven Marsh	1	G Thornton
09:30
09/04/26	Great White Egret	Pennington Marsh	1	G Thornton
09:30
09/04/26	Spoonbill	Pennington Marsh	1	G Thornton
09:30	In Pennington Lagoon.
09/04/26	Spotted Redshank	Pennington Marsh	1	G Thornton
09:30	On Shoveler ponds.
09/04/26	Red Kite	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	S Brunton
11:45	East over Workman's Lane, first spotted by D.Ryves.
09/04/26	Common Whitethroat	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	5	S Brunton
10:30	4 between Workman's Lane and Chilling Headhouse, 1 between Chilling Headhouse and Cowes Lane footpath.
09/04/26	Willow Warbler	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	1	S Brunton
10:15
09/04/26	Marsh Harrier	Workman's Lane, Hook-with-Warsash	2	S Brunton
09:20	Adult male hunting over the TLC for horses pylon field at 09.20, seen heading off high west at 09:40, seen again heading west over Cowes Lane footpath at 11:55, viewed from Workman's Lane + fem seen heading N. over Hook Park at approx 12:00.
09/04/26	Little Grebe	Hook-with-Warsash	1	R Wright
12:30
09/04/26	Wheatear	Hook-with-Warsash	1	R Wright
12:30
09/04/26	Linnet	Hook-with-Warsash	4	R Wright
12:30
09/04/26	Skylark	Hook-with-Warsash	3	R Wright
12:30
09/04/26	Oystercatcher	Hook-with-Warsash	4	R Wright
12:30
09/04/26	Redshank	Hook-with-Warsash	8	R Wright
12:30
09/04/26	Black-tailed Godwit	Hook-with-Warsash	18	R Wright
12:30
09/04/26	Goosander	Hook-with-Warsash	1	R Wright
12:30	male. Resting with pair of Shelduck on Scrape.
09/04/26	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Hook-with-Warsash	35	R Wright
12:30
09/04/26	Peregrine	Ashley Walk	2	D E J Dicks
10:30	pair. Circling together over car park ,slowly drifted East.
09/04/26	Skylark	Ashley Walk	5	D E J Dicks
09:30	Song Flight over heathland.
09/04/26	Wheatear	Ashley Walk	1	D E J Dicks
09:30	female at Black Gutter.
09/04/26	Curlew	Ashley Walk	1	D E J Dicks
09:30	Display flight over bog north of Cockley Wood.
09/04/26	Cuckoo	Ashley Walk	1	D E J Dicks
09:30	heard calling from area around Pitts Wood.
09/04/26	Willow Warbler	Ashley Walk	1	D E J Dicks
09:30	singing near car park.
09/04/26	Spoonbill	Skidmore	1	P D Winter
13:48	Flew in from Longbridge Lakes direction and then down the Test before lost to view behind trees. Maybe gone to Testwood Lakes?.
09/04/26	Little Ringed Plover	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	1	P Calladine
13:47	To the right of Tern hide.
09/04/26	Little Gull	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	1	P Calladine
13:43	From Tern Hide in the direction of the raptor platform.
09/04/26	Yellow-legged Gull	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	1	P Calladine
13:42	From Tern hide.
09/04/26	Blackcap	Blashford Lakes - Centre	2	P Calladine
13:06	Between the Centre and Tern hide.
09/04/26	Firecrest	Oakley Park, Fleet	1	E D Butler
12:45	m. Singing male. SU815541.
09/04/26	Marsh Tit	Blashford Lakes - Ivy Lake	1	P Calladine
13:06	Behind Ivy Lake hide.
09/04/26	Reed Warbler	Blashford Lakes - Ivy Lake	1	P Calladine
13:05	Seen from the hide.
09/04/26	Velvet Scoter	Chilling Cliffs	1	R H Marchant
10:10	With Common Scoter, well E of Solent Breezes drifting E, diving frequently to 10:30 at least.
09/04/26	Common Whitethroat	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
09:25	Singing male by Cowes Lane marsh.
09/04/26	Greenshank	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
08:45	SE over links, flew back N 08:52.
09/04/26	Egyptian Goose	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
08:30	Links scrape.
09/04/26	Sandwich Tern	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	3	R H Marchant
08:30
09/04/26	Great Northern Diver	Netley	1	R H Marchant
08:15	North of BP pier on a flat calm water, viewed from Hook links.
09/04/26	Avocet	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	7	R H Marchant
07:55	Max count, birds flighty between meander pools and scrape.
09/04/26	Goosander	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
07:45	drk. In flight several times with Shelduck during the morning.
09/04/26	Wheatear	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
07:35	male. Mobile along links.
09/04/26	Reed Warbler	Hook Links, Hook-with-Warsash	1	R H Marchant
07:30	Cowes Lane reedbed.
09/04/26	Spoonbill	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	J Cutting
12:50
09/04/26	Dunlin	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	15	J Cutting
12:50
09/04/26	Greenshank	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	J Cutting
12:50
09/04/26	Spotted Redshank	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	J Cutting
12:50
09/04/26	Little Tern	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	4	J Cutting
12:50
09/04/26	Red Kite	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	J Cutting
12:50
09/04/26	Peregrine	Normandy Marsh/Lagoon	1	J Cutting
12:50
09/04/26	White Stork	Paultons Park	1	I D Wells
11:30	Of unknown origin flew low North East over towards Paultons Golf course Ower.
09/04/26	Nightingale	Old Winchester Hill	1	S Powell
11:50	In full song near hill fort entrance.
09/04/26	Common Scoter	Hill Head	1	D Houghton
09:00	With the Velvet.
09/04/26	Velvet Scoter	Hill Head	1	D Houghton
09:00
09/04/26	Firecrest	Bishops Waltham	2	J Faithfull
11:37	Ashton Lane Nurseries.
09/04/26	Reed Warbler	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	1	J R Waterman
10:30
09/04/26	Sedge Warbler	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	2	J R Waterman
10:30
09/04/26	Common Whitethroat	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	4	J R Waterman
10:30
09/04/26	Crossbill	Woolmer Forest	1	M Lawn
	fem. SU7933.
09/04/26	Lesser Redpoll	Woolmer Forest	1	M Lawn
	SU7832.
09/04/26	Garden Warbler	Woolmer Forest	1	M Lawn
	singing male. SU7832.
09/04/26	Blackcap	Romsey	1	A B Tew
11:31	m. Seen singing from my balcony.
09/04/26	Osprey	Skidmore	1	S Clemons
09:57	On top of a tree 300m west of Skidmore bridge.
09/04/26	Wheatear	Lower Test Marshes	1	S Clemons
09:05	m. Two Bridges area.
09/04/26	Reed Warbler	Lower Test Marshes	3	S Clemons
08:30	m. Singing. First of year here.
09/04/26	Lesser Whitethroat	Tipner Lake, Portsmouth Harbour	1	M Collins
08:45	singing in hedges at tipnor park and ride.
09/04/26	Great Northern Diver	Netley	1	I R Watts
06:30	South of Netley Rec.