Mark Francis
Location: Lee on the Solent
Email: markfrancis2016@hotmail.com
Recent sightings
| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/12/25 | Velvet Scoter | Brownwich | 1 | M Francis |
| 16:10 | Single bird on the sea just east of the Darling buoy before flying off east and further out to loosely join the roosting eider flock. Common scoter also seen only bird on the sea of note. | |||
| 28/11/25 | Black-necked Grebe | Brownwich | 1 | M Francis |
| 09:40 | Out from Brownwich stream near white square buoy. Bird #189 for the patch this year 🥳?nice bird to beat my previous best with something more exciting than a RN parakeet or a RL Partridge😂?べ. | |||
| 26/11/25 | Merlin | Brownwich | 1 | M Francis |
| 12:56 | Female type acrobatic hunting over the fields for over a minute or two trying to chase down a small bird . Unsuccessful and was mobbed by two crows. | |||
| 26/11/25 | GREAT SHEARWATER | Southampton Water | 1 | M Francis |
| 15:30 | Seen from Brownwich stream. Thanks to Bryan Coates for re finding and to everyone involved via phone calls and pin pointing the bird between calshot, hook and Brownich out in Southampton water. | |||
| 20/11/25 | Golden Plover | Brownwich | 82 | M Francis |
| 12:34 | At least 82 but may have missed a couple in the grass hollows. | |||
| 19/11/25 | Ruddy Shelduck | Titchfield Haven | 1 | M Francis |
| 13:01 | Single bird on the meadows with 39 Egyptian geese. | |||
| 18/11/25 | Short-eared Owl | Titchfield Haven | 1 | M Francis |
| 10:01 | Flew west low over the south scrape but unfortunately lost to view from the meon shore hide. | |||
| 12/11/25 | Ruddy Shelduck | Titchfield Haven | 1 | M Francis |
| 12:49 | One with Egyptian goose flock flew over the reserve and headed west towards Brownwich. | |||
| 12/11/25 | PENDULINE TIT | Titchfield Haven | 1 | M Francis |
| 11:15 | After a day or so of just calls and sightings from others a single bird perched up in a dead tree out from the spurgin hide at 11.10. | |||
| 31/10/25 | Short-eared Owl | Hill Head | 1 | M Francis |
| 08:34 | Flew high west through the Solent headed towards calshot and then changed its mind and headed in towards Brownwich and lost to view for me. | |||
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