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Saturday 3rd October 2026

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
03/10/26	Grey Wagtail	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	1	J Blithe
10:00
03/10/26	Cetti's Warbler	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	2	J Blithe
10:00
03/10/26	Peregrine	Edenbrook CP, Fleet	1	J Blithe
10:00
03/10/26	Brambling	Roe Inclosure	1	T Dempsey
07:20	SU2008.
03/10/26	Chiffchaff	Butser Hill	25	P Stanbury
09:00	Common.
03/10/26	European Stonechat	Butser Hill	10	P Stanbury
09:00
03/10/26	Redstart	Butser Hill	1	P Stanbury
09:00
03/10/26	Firecrest	Butser Hill	1	P Stanbury
09:00
03/10/26	Ring Ouzel	Butser Hill	4	P Stanbury
09:00	At least 4, possibly more, with other thrushes on western slope of hill.
03/10/26	Firecrest	Bickton	2	R M Webb
09:45	2 birds with a few Chiffchaffs along the lane to the south side of the village this morning. I've only ever had the odd single bird before.
03/10/26	Woodlark	Oxney Meadows	1	R Ford
18:36	SU792373.
03/10/26	Cattle Egret	South Boarhunt	4	C Harrison
14:10	Initially spotted in flight from Fort Nelson (by my partner). Later confirmed much closer from Ham Road. Feeding with herd between B2177 and River Wallington. SU614094.
03/10/26	Woodlark	Colden Common	1	C P Robinson
12:00	Singing. Park Farm.
03/10/26	European Stonechat	Colden Common	5	C P Robinson
12:00	Park Farm.
03/10/26	Sandwich Tern	Hamble Point	2	I R Watts
10:55
03/10/26	European Stonechat	Hamble Common	1	I R Watts
12:00	f.
03/10/26	Black-tailed Godwit	Hamble Common	17	I R Watts
12:30	At creek on River Hamble.....also 1 Greenshank, 4 Redshanks and 1 Grey Plover.
03/10/26	Black-tailed Godwit	Hamble Estuary	34	I R Watts
11:00	Either side of Maritime College pier....viewed from Hamble Point. Also 10+ Turnstones, 5 Curlew.
03/10/26	Redshank	Hamble Estuary	41	I R Watts
11:00	Either side of Maritime College pier....viewed from Hamble Point.
03/10/26	Ringed Plover	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	49	I R Watts
11:00	Inner Hook Spit, viewed from Hamble Point.
03/10/26	Sandwich Tern	Hamble Cliff	3	I R Watts
10:00
03/10/26	Little Egret	Hamble Point	7	I R Watts
10:45
03/10/26	Little Egret	Fawley Refinery	7	I R Watts
10:00	Fawley Shore...viewed from Hamble Cliff. Also 6 Curlews. Private site. No public access.
03/10/26	Little Egret	Weston Shore, Southampton	15	I R Watts
08:00
03/10/26	European Stonechat	Weston Shore, Southampton	2	I R Watts
08:30	m+f.
03/10/26	Osprey	Farlington Marshes	1	P Rutter
14:13	Small fall of chats, warblers and thrushes. Robins everywhere, 20+ stonechat, 1 Whitethroat, 10 Blackcap, 1 Wheatear. Increase in blackbirds and Song Thrush. Also 11 Bearded Tit.
03/10/26	Little Egret	Calshot Spit	15	J G Ross
10:45
03/10/26	Skylark	Calshot Spit	1	J G Ross
10:45	Flyover.
03/10/26	Mistle Thrush	Calshot Spit	3	J G Ross
10:45	Never had these over the spit before.
03/10/26	European Stonechat	Calshot Spit	4	J G Ross
10:45	Reeds opposite beach huts.
03/10/26	Treecreeper	Oxleys Coppice, Fareham	1	M Rolfe
12:00
03/10/26	Firecrest	Oxleys Coppice, Fareham	2	M Rolfe
12:00	Plus 2 Goldcrest.
03/10/26	Dartford Warbler	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
11:15
03/10/26	Whinchat	Ranvilles Lane	2	M Rolfe
11:15
03/10/26	European Stonechat	Ranvilles Lane	16	M Rolfe
08:15
03/10/26	Raven	Ranvilles Lane	2	M Rolfe
08:15
03/10/26	Red Kite	Ranvilles Lane	2	M Rolfe
08:15
03/10/26	Marsh Harrier	Ranvilles Lane	1	M Rolfe
08:15
03/10/26	Peregrine	Fawley Refinery	1	R H Marchant
08:20	Perched atop metal structure for an hour plus, viewed from Hook Spit. Private site. No public access.
03/10/26	Eurasian Wigeon	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	45	R H Marchant
07:40
03/10/26	Greenshank	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	3	R H Marchant
07:40
03/10/26	Firecrest	Hook Valley (Warsash)	1	R H Marchant
07:30	Fly catching with Chiffchaffs by footpath next to McCarthy Stone.
03/10/26	Great White Egret	Lower Test Marshes	2	S Clemons
	Flying over. 1N at 08.12 + 1N at 09.13.
03/10/26	Greenshank	Hamble Point	1	I R Watts
11:44
03/10/26	Dunlin	Hook Spit, Hook-with-Warsash	18	I R Watts
11:10	Inner spit....1 in full sum plum.
03/10/26	Oystercatcher	Hamble Point	385	I R Watts
11:00
03/10/26	Teal	Woolmer Pond	25	M Lawn

03/10/26	Chiffchaff	Woolmer Forest	7	M Lawn
	Scattered individuals, one singing. It's the only summer migrant that's been in reasonable numbers here this autumn.
03/10/26	Woodlark	Woolmer Forest	9	M Lawn
	7 singing males. In western third of the Forest.
03/10/26	Great White Egret	North Warnborough, River Whitewater	1	P Newsome
11:25	SU733520.
03/10/26	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Chilling Cliffs	7	R Woods
11:25
03/10/26	Osprey	Fawley Refinery	1	I R Watts
07:21	End of Fawley outfall south of Hythe Shore road....viewed from Weston shore. Caught fish off Hythe pier 08:05....fishing off Dock Head 09:40.....back at Fawley outfall 10:00. Private site. No public access.