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The Island's only RSPB reserve is at "Brading Marsh", (Marshland S. of Bembridge Harbour).
NB. It can only be seen from the perimeter footpaths - these will be connected near the Bembridge ponds by a boardwalk
In addition there will be guided walks into the reserve in the New Year from Brading Station Car Park at 10.00
A "must see" is the "Hersey NR" at Seaview Duver, excellent public hide with good views of Waders, Herons etc.
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Redshank & Spotshank Bembridge Ponds, 24th Mar. | Reed Bunting (F) Brading, 25th Mar. | Willow Warbler Alum Bay, 26th Mar. | Spotted Redshank Bemb. Ponds 1st April |
Ring Ouzel (M) West High Down, 2nd April | Short Eared Owl Laundry Lane, 3rd April | Dartford Warbler (M) Luccombe Down, 5th April | Sandwich Tern Yarmouth, 4th April |
Latest Sightings/Reports 2005.
(Mainly my own sightings, plus Reports and News from other Birders.)
Friday | Rain early to Cloudy | SW. Wind | ||
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30/9 | Hersey NR (9.15) | Tufted Duck | 1m | (Flying over) |
30/9 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | (Causeway Pond) |
30/9 | " | Little Egret | 5 | |
30/9 | " | Little Grebe | 1 | |
30/9 | " | Barnacle Geese | c100 | (Feral) |
30/9 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1 | (By Seawall) |
30/9 | Seaview Esp. | Gannet | 3 | (1W,2E far out) |
30/9 | " | Shag | 2 | (on Bouys) |
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30/9 | Sandown Pier | RED NECKED GREBE | 1 | (SW of Pier @14.30 from White Marker "6" to "4", moving SW. towards Shanklin) |
30/9 | Seawatch | Razorbill | 2 | (SW @ 15.30, another reported fishing by Pierhead) |
30/9 | (14.15 - 16.15) | Common Scoter | 1 | (SW @ 15.20) |
30/9 | " | Gannet | 5 | |
30/9 | " | Shag | 2 | (another 30 roosting on the end of Culver Cliff) |
30/9 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 2 | |
30/9 | " | Lesser Black Backed Gull | 3 | (SW) |
Reported | Lake (from Seawall) | Brent Goose | 1 | Flying SW. (Chris M.) |
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Reported | Yarmouth "Old Station" Pond | Garganey | 1f/imm | on LH Pond at 18.00 (Caroline D.) |
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Thursday | Long Sunny Intervals | Cold Start | W-NW. Wind | |
29/9 | Ryde Esplanade (7.30) | Sanderling | 161 | (Still no Brent Geese -late this year) |
29/9 | " | Ringed Plover | 25 | (Roosting by Wimpy Kiosk) |
29/9 | " | Curlew | 30 | (W along beach) |
29/9 | " | Grey Wagtail | 1 | (Canoe Lake, E. end) |
29/9 | " | Rock Pipit | 1 | (W. side of Pier) |
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29/9 | Luccombe/Shanklin Down | Redstart | 1f | (E. Slope) |
29/9 | (8.20 - 11.10) | House Martin | c60 | (Moving S.) |
29/9 | " | Swallow | c30 | (Moving S.) |
29/9 | " | Wheatear | c8 | (1 with rings, see picture) |
29/9 | " | Stonechat | c12 | (No sign of Wryneck since Tuesday) |
29/9 | " | Chiffchaff | c10 | |
29/9 | " | Meadow Pipit | c20 | |
29/9 | " | Green Woodpecker | 2 | |
29/9 | " | Whitethroat | 1 | (Shanklin Down) |
29/9 | " | Goldfinch | c70 | (Shanklin Down on thistles) |
29/9 | " | Siskin | 1+ | (Heard going overhead) |
29/9 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
29/9 | " | Kestrel | 3 | |
29/9 | " | Buzzard | 1 | |
Mammals | " | Fox | 2 | (Shanklin Down) |
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29/9 | Hersey NR (15.40) | Teal | 10 | |
29/9 | " | Kingfisher | 2 | |
29/9 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
29/9 | " | Little Grebe | 14 | (2 groups of 7, flushed out by Fox) |
29/9 | " | Barnacle Geese | c25 | (Feral) |
Mammals | " | Fox | 1 | |
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29/9 | Bembridge Harbour | Mediterranean Gull | 5 | |
29/9 | (16.20) | Kingfisher | 1 | |
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29/9 | Bembridge Ponds | Kingfisher | 1 | (Causeway Pond, =4 seen in 1 hour!) |
29/9 | (16.35) | Teal | 6 | |
29/9 | " | Coot | 36 | (Many more than usual) |
29/9 | " | Little Grebe | 6 | |
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Wednesday | Sunny to Cloudy, wet ev. | |||
28/9 | Newtown NR, | Shelduck | 12 | |
28/9 | (8.20 - 9.30) | Sandwich Tern | 4 | |
28/9 | " | Knot | 1 | |
28/9 | " | Dunlin | 3 | |
28/9 | " | Oystercatcher | c50 | |
28/9 | " | Ringed Plover | c30 | |
28/9 | " | Grey Plover | c20 | |
28/9 | " | Turnstone | 1 | |
28/9 | " | Raven | 2 | (E. over Hay Meadow) |
28/9 | " | Meadow Pipit | 6 | |
28/9 | " | Rock Pipit | 4 | |
28/9 | " | Bullfinch | 1f | |
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28/9 | Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary | Bar Tailed Godwit | 1 | (With the Bk. Tailed Godwits) |
28/9 | (10.05 - 12.05) | Spotted Redshank | 2 | |
28/9 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c80 | |
28/9 | " | Greenshank | 1 | (Scrape) |
28/9 | " | Wigeon | 6 | |
28/9 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | |
28/9 | " | Coal Tit | 2 | (By path, unusual) |
28/9 | " | Lapwing | c10 | |
28/9 | " | Teal | c40 | |
28/9 | " | Snipe | 1 | |
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Reported | Off Sandown Pier | Razorbill | 1 | (Chris M.) |
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Tuesday | Cloudy, Showers | SW. Wind | ||
27/9 | Ventnor Winter Gardens | Sand Martin | 2 | (W. with Swallows) |
27/9 | Seawatch (8.00 - 9.00) | Swallow | c20 | (W.) |
27/9 | (But rather quiet) | Peregrine | 1juv | In from sea carrying a fish! (Very Odd) (Taken from a Fishing Boat or Gull perhaps?) |
27/9 | " | Pied Wagtail | 2+ | |
27/9 | " | Chiffchaff | 2+ | (around bushes) |
27/9 | " | Siskin (?) | 30+ | (2 flocks W. very low) |
27/9 | " | Sandwich Tern | 2 | (Just offshore) |
27/9 | " | Gannet | 11 | (6E & 5W, some close in) |
27/9 | " | Lesser Black Backed Gull | 1 | |
27/9 | " | Cormorant | 3 | |
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27/9 | Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin | Chiffchaff | 2+ | (heard) |
27/9 | (9.30) | Mixed Tit Flock | 15+ | (Blue, Great & Long Tailed + Goldcrests) |
27/9 | " | Jay | 3 | |
Mammals | " | Red Squirrel | 1 | |
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27/9 | Ryde Esplanade (12.00) | Common Tern | 3 | (On beach) |
27/9 | " | Sandwich Tern | 10 | (Close in, more further out on sea?) |
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Monday | Sunny Intervals | SW. Wind | ||
Reported | Yarmouth Car Park | ROSE COLOURED STARLING | 1juv | With Starlings around 15.00 (Tony F.) |
26/9 | Sandown Canoe Lake | Sand Martin | 2+ | |
26/9 | (7.30 - 8.40) | Little Grebe | 1 | |
26/9 | " | Reed Warbler | 1 | (On the reeds, E. side) |
26/9 | " | Swallow | 100's | (Streaming though SW. and some House Martins) |
26/9 | " | Pied Wagtail | 20+ | (12 on Bowling Green alone) |
26/9 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (heard) |
26/9 | " | Starling | c40 | |
26/9 | " | Sandwich Tern | 3 | (In Bay) |
26/9 | " | Gannet | 5 | (Distant) |
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26/9 | Bembridge Down & Redcliff | Redstart | 1m | |
26/9 | (8.50 - 10.00) | Raven | 1 | |
26/9 | " | Stonechat | 4 | (f/juv) |
26/9 | " | Swallow | c20 | (Going S.) |
26/9 | " | Whitethroat | 1 | |
26/9 | " | Blackcap | 1 | |
26/9 | " | Jay | 3 | |
26/9 | " | Chiffchaff | c4 | |
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Sunday | Sunny Intervals | |||
25/9 | Ryde Esplanade (8.30) | Sanderling | c170 | |
25/9 | " | Sandwich Tern | 6 | (On sandbank) |
25/9 | " | Ringed Plover | 40 | |
25/9 | " | Dunlin | 2 | |
25/9 | " | Curlew | c15 | (a similar no. of Oystercatchers) |
25/9 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
25/9 | " | Swallow | 2 | (Over beach, many more inland) |
25/9 | " | Rock Pipit | 1 | (W. of Pier) |
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25/9 | Hersey NR (16.40 - 17.30) | Swallow | c50 | |
25/9 | " | Little Egret | 5 | |
25/9 | " | Little Grebe | 5 | |
25/9 | " | Barnacle Geese | c100 | (Feral) |
25/9 | " | Snow Goose | 1 | (Feral, with Barnacles) |
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Reported | Luccombe Down | Wryneck | 2 | Near Dew pond, (2nd Day), also 1 Grasshopper Warbler |
Saturday | Sunny Intervals | |||
24/9 | Ryde East Sands (7.15) | Sanderling | 170 | (But still no Brent Geese) |
Reported | W. of Tennyson Monument | Dotterel | 2 | Till 13.30 then flew N. (Chris M.) |
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24/9 | Newtown NR, | Shelduck | 5 | (1 juv) |
24/9 | (9.30 - 12.00) | Sandwich Tern | 3 | |
24/9 | but no Ospreys today | Turnstone | 7 | |
24/9 | " | Oystercatcher | c50 | |
24/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | (E. of Clamerkin Lake) |
24/9 | " | Whinchat | 1m | (Meadow W of Hide) |
24/9 | " | Stonechat | 1m | (Meadow W of Hide) |
24/9 | " | Golden Plover | 1 | (from Boathouse) |
24/9 | " | Rock Pipit | 5 | |
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24/9 | Tennyson Down, Totland | Wheatear | c10 | (Missed Dotterels -AGAIN!) |
24/9 | (14.10 -16.30) | Dartford Warbler | 2 | |
24/9 | " | Redstart | 3 | (2m,1fjuv) |
24/9 | " | Stonechat | 6+ | |
24/9 | " | Whinchat | 3 | |
24/9 | " | Dartford Warbler | 1+ | |
24/9 | " | Raven | 2 | |
24/9 | " | Peregrine | 1 | |
24/9 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | (Chasing Wheatear, it escaped OK) |
24/9 | " | Buzzard | 1 | |
24/9 | " | Kestrel | 4 | |
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Reported | Headon Warren | Marsh Harrier | 4 | c17.15, 2juv, 1imm, 1m. heading NW. (Chris M.) |
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Reported | St. Catherines Point | ORTOLAN BUNTING | 1 | E @ 8.30, and 1 Osprey W @8.40 |
(Robin A.) | " | Swallow | 1850 | E, and 155 House Martin, 1 Sand Martin. |
" | " | Siskin | 235 | E, and 780 Meadow Pipit, 1 Great Skua (W), 3 Whimbrel. |
Friday | Cloudy to Wet, then Fine | Fresh SW. Wind pm. | ||
23/9 | St Helens Bridge | Grey Wagtail | 1 | (On concrete wall) |
23/9 | (8.10) | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
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23/9 | Bembridge Ponds | Meadow Pipit | 6 | (1 was paler with a supercillium) |
23/9 | (8.30) | Teal | 8 | |
23/9 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
23/9 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | (Causeway Pond) |
23/9 | " | Little Grebe | 6 | |
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23/9 | Hersey NR (9.30 - 10.00) | Teal | 7 | |
23/9 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
23/9 | " | Little Grebe | 6 | (5 together, 2ad, 3juv) |
23/9 | " | Barnacle Geese | c250 | (Feral) |
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23/9 | Laundry Lane, Brading | Grey Wagtail | 1 | (Filter Beds) |
23/9 | (16.20 - 17.40) | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
23/9 | " | Lapwing | c25 | (Over L. Lane, going E.) |
23/9 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
23/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | |
23/9 | " | Stock Dove | 2 | |
23/9 | " | Goldfinch | c40 | (on thistles) |
23/9 | " | Jay | 2 | |
23/9 | " | Kestrel | 3 | |
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Thursday | Misty to Hazy Sun | |||
22/9 | Bembridge/Culver Down | Stonechat | 3 | (f/juv) |
22/9 | (8.10 - 10.00) | Blackcap | 6+ | (S. of Fort) |
22/9 | " | Chiffchaff | 4 | |
22/9 | " | Linnet | c40 | (W.) |
22/9 | " | Chaffinch | 6+ | |
22/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | (Redcliff Slope) |
22/9 | " | Green Woodpecker | 3 | |
22/9 | " | Swallow | 10 | (S.) |
22/9 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
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Wednesday | Cloudy, to Sunny Intervals | |||
21/9 | Tennyson Down, Totland | Wheatear | 5 | (No sign of Dotterels, first reported Sunday!) |
21/9 | (7.40 -10.20) | Dartford Warbler | 2 | |
21/9 | " | Yellow Wagtail | 3 | (With Cattle) |
21/9 | " | Stonechat | 3 | (2m,1f) |
21/9 | " | Blackcap | 2f | |
21/9 | " | Raven | 2 | (E. along Cliff Edge) |
21/9 | " | Meadow Pipit | c20 | |
21/9 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
Reported | " (Dave H.) | Dotterel | 1 | Seen flying W. then again later E. again |
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21/9 | Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary | Stonechat | 1f | (Bushes S. of Scrape) |
21/9 | (10.30) | Wigeon | 6 | |
21/9 | " | Redshank | c30 | |
21/9 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c40 | |
21/9 | " | Turnstone | 1 | |
21/9 | " | Lapwing | 25 | |
21/9 | " | Teal | c40 | |
21/9 | " | Shoveler | 8-10 | |
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21/9 | Newtown NR, | Shelduck | 10 | (They're back!) |
21/9 | (12.00) | Sandwich Tern | 3 | |
21/9 | but no Ospreys today | Turnstone | 1 | |
21/9 | " | Oystercatcher | c50 | |
21/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | (W. of Causeway Lake) |
21/9 | " | Rock Pipit | 1 | |
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Tuesday | Sunny Intervals | |||
20/9 | Foreland, Bembridge | Cormorant | 35 | (Flock of 30 came in from Culver) |
20/9 | (8.35) | Swallow | c30 | (with some Martins) |
20/9 | " | Curlew | 1 | |
20/9 | " | Heron | 6 | |
20/9 | " | Little Egret | c10 | |
20/9 | " | Oystercatcher | c15 | |
20/9 | " | Sandwich Tern | 3 | |
20/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | (Horse Paddocks) |
20/9 | " | Linnet | c20 | (Fields to W.) |
20/9 | " | Chiffchaff | 4 | (Bushes under cliff) |
Moths | " | Silver Y | 2 | (seawall by "Crab & Lobster" PH) |
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Reported | Tennyson Down | DOTTEREL | 2juv | W. of Monument, between cliff edge and wooden seat |
20/9 | Tennyson Down, Totland | Wheatear | 2 | (No sign of Dotterel, last seen 18.00) |
20/9 | (18.50 -19.40) | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
20/9 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
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Monday | Sunny Intervals | |||
19/9 | Ryde East Sands | Sanderling | 150 | (But no Brent Geese yet) |
19/9 | (8.20) | Sandwich Tern | 6 | (On sandbank) |
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19/9 | Hersey NR (9.00 - 10.00) | Common Sandpiper | 1 | |
19/9 | " | House Martin | 200++ | (Sky full of them!) |
19/9 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
19/9 | " | Sand Martin | 1 | (at least) |
19/9 | " | Little Egret | 3 | |
19/9 | " | Whinchat | 1 | (At back of centre channel, on post) |
19/9 | " | Little Grebe | 5 | |
19/9 | " | Barnacle Geese | c100 | (Feral) |
19/9 | " | Snow Goose | 1 | (Feral, with Barnacles) |
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19/9 | Fishbourne Beach | Sandwich Tern | 15+ | |
19/9 | (15.40) | Common Tern | 6 | |
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Sunday | Becoming Sunny and Warm | |||
18/9 | S. Wellow (IWOG Walk) | Skylark | c8 | |
18/9 | (8.00 - 11.15) | Red Legged Partridge | c20 | |
18/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | |
18/9 | " | Whinchat | 1 | |
18/9 | " | Yellowhammer | 8 | |
18/9 | " | Chiffchaff | 3+ | |
18/9 | " | Whitethroat | 1 | |
18/9 | " | Greenfinch | 4 | |
18/9 | " | Bullfinch | 1f | |
18/9 | " | Stock Dove | 4 | |
18/9 | " | Canada Geese | 42 | (On Stubble field) |
18/9 | " | Buzzard | 3 | (poss. Hobby earlier scattering Swallows) |
Butterfly | " | Small Fritillary Sp.(?) | 1 | (Very late, so a bit of a mystery) |
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18/9 | Bembridge Harbour | Mediterranean Gull | 21 | |
18/9 | (16.00) | Little Egret | 1 | |
18/9 | St Helens Bridge | Kingfisher | 1 | (On riverbank) |
18/9 | " | Greenshank | 7 | (Flew up from pond E. of Yar) |
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18/9 | Bembridge Ponds | Greenshank | 1 | |
18/9 | (16.40) | Teal | 13 | |
18/9 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
18/9 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | (Lagoon) |
18/9 | " | Water Rail | 1 | |
18/9 | " | Little Grebe | 8 | (6 together) |
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Reported | Luccombe Down | White Stork | 1 | S. then high out to sea at 10.45 |
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Saturday | Cold to Fine Sunny | NW. Wind | ||
17/9 | Fishbourne Beach (11.00) | Sandwich Tern | 2 | (ad & juv on post S. of Ferry Terminal) |
17/9 | (WeBS Count) | Little Egret | 13 | (Beach and Quarr Pond) |
17/9 | " | Oystercatcher | 19 | (Beach) |
17/9 | " | Common Gull | 8 | |
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17/9 | Ashey Down | Wheatear | 3-4 | (a paler one attracted interest ) |
17/9 | (15.00 - 17.00) | Redstart | 2 | |
17/9 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
17/9 | " | Stock Dove | 1 | |
17/9 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
17/9 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
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Reported | Culver, Ashey, Luccombe | Siskin | c400 | Includes 330 at Luccombe Down! Remarkable |
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Friday | Showers | Cold N. Wind | ||
16/9 | Ryde East Sands | Sanderling | c140 | |
16/9 | (7.20) | Dunlin | 5 | |
16/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | (seawall by Wimpy Kiosk) |
16/9 | Ryde West Sands | Little Egret | 5 | |
16/9 | " | Herring Gull | c100 | |
16/9 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | (On groyne) |
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16/9 | Laundry Lane | Grey Wagtail | 1 | (Filter Beds) |
16/9 | (10.30 - 11.30) | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
16/9 | " | House Martin | c20 | |
16/9 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
16/9 | " | Yellow Wagtail | 4 | (Flying over from Cattle fields) |
16/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | |
16/9 | " | Stock Dove | 3 | |
16/9 | " | Buzzard | 2 | (1 very pale) |
16/9 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | (& poss. Merlin) |
16/9 | " | Kestrel | 4 | (1 chasing Meadow Pipits) |
Insects | " | Ruddy Darter | 5 | also c10 Southern Hawker DF, Specked Wood, Comma and Red Admiral BF |
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16/9 | Newtown NR (14.30) | Osprey | 1 | (On post, E. side, another reported earlier) |
16/9 | " | Swallow | c50 | |
16/9 | " | Rock Pipit | 2 | |
16/9 | " | Grey Plover | 3 | |
16/9 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | 11 | |
Reptiles | " | Common Lizard | 5 | (along Boardwalk at Meadow) |
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16/9 | Hersey NR (18.20 - 19.10) | Common Sandpiper | 2 | |
16/9 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
16/9 | " | Little Grebe | 3 | |
16/9 | " | Barnacle Geese | c40 | (Feral) |
16/9 | " | Snow Goose | 1 | ("Blue Phase" Feral) |
16/9 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
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Thursday | Drizzle, Cloudy to Wet | SW Wind | ||
15/9 | Bembridge/Culver Down | RING OUZEL | 1m | (NE. of Monument down slope) |
15/9 | (9.30 - 10.50) | Blackcap | 10+ | (S. of Fort, and Pit as above) |
15/9 | " | Willow Warbler | 4+ | |
15/9 | " | Chiffchaff | 10+ | |
15/9 | " | Green Woodpecker | 2 | |
15/9 | " | Swallow | c100 | (W.) |
15/9 | " | House Martin | c20 | (W.) |
15/9 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
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Wednesday | Cloudy to Sunny Intervals | Misty on hills | Fresh SW. Wind | |
14/9 | Luccombe Down (9.30) | Blackcap | 2m | (W. Slope) |
14/9 | " | Wheatear | 3 | (around Car Park) |
14/9 | " | Meadow Pipit | c16 | (around Car Park) |
14/9 | " | Willow/Chiffs | 3+ | (Heard in cover) |
14/9 | " | Swallow | 10+ | (Moving N.) |
14/9 | " | Kestrel | 1 | (No other raptors today) |
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Tuesday | Hazy Sun to Cloudy | E. Wind | ||
13/9 | Blackgang Viewpoint | Swift | 1 | |
13/9 | (9.15) | Swallow | 100's | (Streaming E. all morning, with some Martins) |
13/9 | " | Raven | 1 | (Heard) |
13/9 | " | Little Owl | 1 | (on cliff near Car Park) |
13/9 | " | Yellow Wagtail | c30 | (With Cattle N. of Blackgang Roundabout) |
13/9 | " | Blackcap | 2f | (Elderberry bushes) |
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13/9 | Whale Chine | Yellow Wagtail | c20 | (Stubble Field W. of Car Park) |
13/9 | (10.05 - 11.15) | Wheatear | 3 | |
13/9 | " | Linnet | c10 | |
13/9 | " | Rook | c40 | |
13/9 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
13/9 | " | Raven | 2 | (W. along Cliff) |
13/9 | " | Buzzard | 1 | (Sitting in field) |
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13/9 | Dungewood Lane, Atherfield | Whinchat | 4 | (along hedge) |
13/9 | (11.30) | Yellowhammer | 1m | |
13/9 | " | Skylark | 5 | |
13/9 | " | Buzzard | 3 | |
Insects | " | Devil's Coach-Horse Beetle | 1 | on lane |
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13/9 | Laundry Lane | Redstart | 1f | (Embankment N. from Bexley Point) |
13/9 | (15.20 - 17.20) | Blackcap | 1f | |
13/9 | " | Spotted Flycatcher | 1-2 | |
13/9 | " | Sand Martin | 2 | |
13/9 | " | Yellow Wagtail | c15 | (10+ around cattle, 4 over etc.) |
13/9 | " | Water Rail | 1-2 | (Heard) |
13/9 | " | Kestrel | 5 | |
Insects | " | Ruddy Darter | 2m | also 4 Southern Hawker |
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Reported | From FP just N. of Mill, Yarmouth | Curlew Sandpiper | 1 | from 15.00 -16.00, Jim C. |
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Reported | Luccombe Down | Honey Buzzard | 2 | also 1f Hen Harrier and 2 Hobbies (approx 10 - 12am) |
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Monday | Cloudy | |||
12/9 | Yaverland, Sandown | SISKIN | c25 | (E. along Redcliff, my 1st this year on IOW) |
12/9 | (8.15 - 10.00) | Shag | c20 | (Roost at end of Culver Cliff) |
12/9 | " | Whitethroat | 5 | |
12/9 | " | Pied Wagtail | 17 | (15 by Car Park) |
12/9 | " | Swallow | c40 | (E. with a few Sand Martins) |
12/9 | " | Meadow Pipit | c10 | (With flocks of finches E.) |
12/9 | " | Rock Pipit | 4+ | (Redcliff ledges) |
12/9 | " | Fulmar | 2 | (Sandown Bay) |
12/9 | " | Gannet | 4 | (S.W.) |
12/9 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1 | (Distant) |
12/9 | " | Wheatear | 1f | |
12/9 | " | Blackbird | 8 | (Eating Blackberries) |
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12/9 | Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary | Garganey | 1f | (Still at Station Pond) |
12/9 | (16.30 - 18.00) | Snipe | 5 | (W. side of pond) |
12/9 | " | Redshank | 2 | |
12/9 | " | Kingfisher | 2 | (Together over Scrape) |
12/9 | " | Greenshank | 1 | (Scrape) |
12/9 | " | Spotted Redshank | 3 | (1ad, 2juv?) |
12/9 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c85 | |
12/9 | " | Teal | c50 | |
12/9 | " | Shoveler | 3 | |
12/9 | " | Wigeon | 5 | |
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Sunday | Cloudy, cool | Freshening N. Wind | ||
11/9 | Hersey NR (9.30 - 10.35) | Common Sandpiper | 2 | (Does the Picture show a tag on the wing?) |
11/9 | " | Greenshank | 1 | (at far end of centre channel) |
11/9 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
11/9 | " | Little Grebe | 5 | |
11/9 | " | Teal | c10 | |
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11/9 | Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary | GARGANEY | 1f | (Station Ponds) |
11/9 | (13.20) | Osprey | 1 | (Flew E.) |
11/9 | " | Redshank | 4 | |
11/9 | " | Kingfisher | 1-2 | |
11/9 | " | Greenshank | 1 | (Scrape) |
11/9 | " | Wheatear | 1m | (Scrape) |
11/9 | " | Spotted Redshank | 3 | (1ad, 1-2juv, the RH bird maybe another adult) |
11/9 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c50 | |
11/9 | " | Teal | c50 | |
11/9 | " | Shoveler | 2 | |
11/9 | " | Wigeon | 4 | |
11/9 | " | Canada Geese | 200+ | |
11/9 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
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11/9 | Newtown NR, | Whimbrel | 2 | (Over Boathouse calling) |
11/9 | (16.00) | Sandwich Tern | 2 | |
11/9 | " | Canada Geese | c150 | |
11/9 | " | Oystercatcher | c50 | |
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Reported | Yarmouth Harbour | Razorbill | 1 | Diving for bait fish, (Barry). |
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Saturday | Cloudy to Sunny Spells | S. Wind | ||
10/9 | Shanklin (13.00) | Peregrine | 1 | (Knock Cliff) |
10/9 | " | Fulmar | 2 | (By Chine) |
Mammals | " | Red Squirrel | 1 | (Rylstone Gardens) |
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10/9 | Gore Cliff (17.30) | Fulmar | 2 | |
10/9 | " | Little Owl | 1 | (On cliff near Car Park again) |
10/9 | " | Raven | 2 | |
Reported | Newtown NR | Osprey | 3 | 2 in same tree, also 2 Pintail |
(Chris M.) | Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth | Garganey | 1 | Seen several times, very ellusive, also 3 Greenshank, 2 Kingfisher |
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Friday | Foggy to Sunny Intervals | |||
09/9 | Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin | Goldcrest | 3+ | (3 seen feeding many others heard) |
09/9 | (8.00) | Coal Tit | 1 | |
09/9 | " | Jay | 1 | |
Mammals | " | Red Squirrel | 1 | |
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09/9 | Luccombe | Spotted Flycatcher | 1 | (Haddon's Pits) |
09/9 | (9.20 - 10.20) | Whitethroat | 1 | |
09/9 | Blackcap | 1f | ||
09/9 | " | Jay | 1 | |
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09/9 | Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary | Shoveler | 2 | (1F, 1ecl. M) |
09/9 | (14.30 - 16.30) | Greenshank | 2 | (1 on Scrape and another at Rofford Marsh) |
09/9 | " | Snipe | 2 | |
09/9 | " | Redshank | c10 | |
09/9 | " | Wigeon | 6 | |
09/9 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | |
09/9 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c80 | (Picture also shows the Muscovy Duck) |
09/9 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | |
09/9 | " | Black Headed Gull | c400 | |
09/9 | " | Grey Plover | 1 | |
09/9 | " | Lapwing | c10 | |
09/9 | " | Teal | c60 | |
09/9 | " | Canada Geese | c250 | (1 Hybrid ) |
Reported | Station Pond, Yarmouth | Garganey | 1f/juv | 16.30 Caroline D. (I missed it!) |
Reported | Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth | Black Tern | 1 | Last Wednesday(?) up to 3f Garganey recently |
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Thursday | Cloudy to Warm Sunny | S. Wind | ||
08/9 | Bleak Down (7.40) | Red Legged Partridge | 5 | |
08/9 | " | Pheasant | 10+ | |
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08/9 | Gore Cliff (8.20 - 9.20) | Fulmar | 5 | |
08/9 | " | Peregrine | 2 | |
08/9 | " | Raven | 2 | |
08/9 | " | Wheatear | 2 | (1 was very approachable) |
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08/9 | Whale Chine to Atherfield Pt | Stonechat | 2 | (m&f by CG Cottages) |
08/9 | (9.30 - 11.15) | Whinchat | 4-5 | (4 in same bush) |
08/9 | " | Linnet | c30 | |
08/9 | " | Rook | c100 | |
08/9 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
08/9 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
08/9 | " | Starling | c80 | |
08/9 | " | Oystercatcher | 1 | (over fields calling) |
08/9 | " | Lesser Black Backed Gull | 4 | (Field inland side of road) |
08/9 | " | Yellow Legged Gull | 1 | (On beach) |
08/9 | " | Swallow | c50 | |
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Reported | Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth | GARGANEY | 2f/juv | Flooded field at Thorley end, (via Caroline D.) |
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Reported | Borthwood (Gary H.) | Hobby | 1 | 17.15 attacking the local Swallows, also 7 Yellow Wagtails with cattle/horses |
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Wednesday | Hazy to Sunny Warm | |||
07/9 | Sandown Canoe Lake | Sedge Warbler | 3+ | (Behind Dino Museum) |
07/9 | (7.20 - 8.20) | Little Grebe | 5 | |
07/9 | " | House Martin | 80+ | |
07/9 | " | Sand Martin | c10 | (and about 10 Swallow) |
07/9 | " | Yellow Wagtail | 2+ | (m&f seen, others heard) |
07/9 | " | Sand Martin | c10 | (and about 10 Swallow) |
07/9 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (heard) |
07/9 | " | Reed Bunting | 1f/juv | |
07/9 | " | Starling | c80 | ("Crazy Golf" area) |
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07/9 | Bembridge Down/Redcliff | Redstart | 4 | (2m,2f) |
07/9 | (8.30 - 10.20) | Spotted Flycatcher | 15+ | |
07/9 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
07/9 | " | Lesser Whitethroat | 2 | |
07/9 | " | Whitethroat | 4 | |
07/9 | " | Blackcap | 3 | (2m,1f/juv) |
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07/9 | Laundry Lane | Redstart | 1f | (Embankment N. from Bexley Point) |
07/9 | (15.20 - 17.20) | Whitethroat | 4 | |
07/9 | " | Spotted Flycatcher | 2 | |
07/9 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
07/9 | " | Yellow Wagtail | 2 | (Flew S. from field of cattle) |
07/9 | " | Water Rail | 1-2 | (Heard) |
07/9 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
07/9 | " | Kestrel | 4 | |
Insects | " | Ruddy Darter | 2m,1f | also 2 Southern Hawker |
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Reported | Luccombe Down | Honey Buzzard | 4 | about 9.30 and 12.00 see Kris's website |
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Tuesday | Cloudy | Light E. Wind | ||
06/9 | Ryde East Sands | Sanderling | c80 | (out on sandbank) |
06/9 | (7.20) | Ringed Plover | 19 | |
06/9 | " | Little Egret | 20 | |
06/9 | " | Lesser Black Backed Gull | 1 | |
06/9 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 5 | |
06/9 | " | Sandwich Tern | 6 | |
06/9 | " | Common Tern | 5+ | |
06/9 | Canoe Lake | Swan | 41 | |
06/9 | " | Mallard | c80 | |
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06/9 | Medina Estuary | Whinchat | 1m | (Weedy field W. of Werrar) |
06/9 | (10.30- 11.50) | Common Sandpiper | 1 | (Werrar) |
06/9 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
06/9 | " | Whitethroat | 4+ | |
06/9 | " | Bullfinch | 2 | (Heard) |
06/9 | " | Green Woodpecker | 2 | |
06/9 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
06/9 | " | Buzzard | 1 | (and 1 Kestrel) |
06/9 | " | Stock Dove | 4 | |
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Reported | Laundry Lane (David B.) | Marsh Harrier | 1f | 2nd yr? low over Brading Marsh, around noon |
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Monday | Showers | |||
05/9 | Ryde East Sands | Sanderling | c50 | (End of sandbank) |
05/9 | (7.50) | Curlew | 18 | |
05/9 | " | Bar Tailed Godwit | 1 | |
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05/9 | Appley Park | Treecreeper | 1 | (SW corner) |
05/9 | (8.00 - 9.00) | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 2 | |
05/9 | " | Mistle Thrush | 1 | |
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05/9 | Shide to Blackwater FP | Treecreeper | 1-2 | (With Tit Flock) |
05/9 | (10.50 - 12.20) | Long Tailed Tit | c10 | (With Blue and Great Tits) |
05/9 | " | Goldcrest | c6 | (With Tit Flock along path) |
05/9 | " | House Martin | c40 | (Over Football ground) |
05/9 | " | Grey Wagtail | 1 | (Bridge by "Matalan" car park) |
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Sunday | Misty start to Warm Sunny | Strong E. Wind | ||
04/9 | Luccombe Down (9.00) | Blackcap | 1m | (W. Slope) |
04/9 | " | Whitethroat | 2 | |
04/9 | " | Long Tailed Tit | 6+ | (With Blue & Great Tits) |
04/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | (Car Park) |
04/9 | " | Goldfinch | c80 | (In Radar Stn. field on thistles) |
04/9 | " | Willow Warbler | 1+ | (Also Chiffchaffs) |
04/9 | " | Swallow | 30+ | (Moving E.) |
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04/9 | Gore Cliff (10.00) | Fulmar | 2 | (1 on Cliff, 1 flying) |
04/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | |
04/9 | " | Yellow Wagtail | 3-5 | (With cattle, across road on St. Catherine's Down) |
04/9 | " | Swallow | 20+ | (Moving E.) |
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04/9 | Whale Chine(10.50) | Linnet | 100+ | (Stubble field to W. of Car Park) |
04/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | |
04/9 | " | Yellow Wagtail | 10+ | (Stubble) |
04/9 | " | Swallow | 50+ | (Moving E.) |
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Saturday | Overcast to Sunny and Warm | E. Wind | ||
03/9 | Ryde East Sands | Sanderling | c100 | (End of sandbank) |
03/9 | (7.15) | Curlew | 17 | |
03/9 | " | Little Egret | 3 | |
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03/9 | Bembridge Down | Spotted Flycatcher | 1-2 | (Valley bottom, SW of Fort) |
03/9 | (9.00 - 10.00) | Whitethroat | 4+ | |
03/9 | " | Wheatear | 2m,1f | (By road W. of Fort) |
03/9 | " | Buzzard | 1 | |
03/9 | " | Swallow | c30 | (Very low going E.) |
03/9 | " | Sand Martin | 1 | (and 1 House Martin with Swallows) |
Reported | " | Lesser Whitethroat | 2 | and 2 Redstart. (Mark B.) |
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03/9 | Newtown NR, | Osprey | 2 | (1 in tree-with fish, & 1juv flew down Clamerkin La.) |
03/9 | (14.50 - 16.20) | Common Tern | c20 | (Off harbour entrance) |
03/9 | " | Grey Plover | c45 | |
03/9 | " | Knot | 23 | |
03/9 | " | Dunlin | c20 | |
03/9 | " | Redshank | c35 | |
03/9 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c30 | |
03/9 | " | Whimbrel | 1 | (Flew over calling) |
03/9 | " | Curlew | 35+ | |
03/9 | " | Turnstone | 1 | |
03/9 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | |
03/9 | " | Redstart | 1 | (Hay Meadow at NW. end) |
03/9 | " | Wheatear | 2 | |
03/9 | " | Raven | 2 | (Brickfields) |
03/9 | " | Buzzard | 4 | |
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Reported | West High Down | Osprey | 1 | low south over WHD @ 12:05 |
(Chris M.) | Yarmouth | Osprey | 1juv | pale markings on it's back, on Rofford Marsh @ 14:20 -Probably the one seen at Newtown later |
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Friday | Sunny and Warm | |||
02/9 | Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary | Shoveler | 3 | (2F, 1ecl. M) |
02/9 | (9.05 - 10.55) | Greenshank | 2 | (1 on Scrape and another at Rofford Marsh) |
02/9 | " | Redshank | c10 | |
02/9 | " | Curlew | 8 | |
02/9 | " | Oystercatcher | 2 | |
02/9 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | 38 | |
02/9 | " | Grey Plover | 4 | |
02/9 | " | Ringed Plover | 2 | |
02/9 | " | Teal | c30 | |
02/9 | " | Greenfinch | c20 | |
02/9 | " | Redstart | 1m | |
02/9 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1m | (Far side of Rofford Marsh) |
02/9 | " | Lesser Whitethroat | 2 | (Past Scrape in bushes) |
02/9 | " | Whitethroat | 2 | (By old Station) |
02/9 | " | Reed Warbler | 2 | |
02/9 | " | Lapwing | c20 | |
02/9 | " | Dunlin | 1 | |
02/9 | " | Canada Geese | 100+ | |
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02/9 | Newtown NR, | Osprey | 2 | (1 on fence line eating fish and 1 on Flagpole) |
02/9 | (11.10 - 12.20) | Common Tern | 11 | (40+ Reported) |
02/9 | " | Sandwich Tern | 6 | |
02/9 | " | Grey Plover | 8 | |
02/9 | " | Dunlin | 2 | |
02/9 | " | Greenshank | 1 | (Scrape early) |
02/9 | " | Whinchat | 1-2 | (Hay Meadow on hedge) |
02/9 | " | Wheatear | 4 | (1 on spit from Boathouse, 3 W. of Causeway Lake) |
02/9 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
02/9 | Earlier | Kingfisher | 2 | (Cassey Bridge @ 7.20) |
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02/9 | Bembridge Harbour | Redshank | 2 | |
02/9 | (18.30) | Mediterranean Gull | 6 | |
02/9 | " | Rock Pipit | 2 | |
02/9 | St Helens Bridge | Yellow Wagtail | c6 | (Around cattle to SW.) |
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02/9 | Bembridge Ponds | Greenshank | 2 | |
02/9 | (19.00) | Teal | 6 | |
02/9 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
02/9 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | (Seen earlier in Harbour) |
02/9 | " | Heron | 2 | |
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Thursday | Misty, Cloudy to Warm Sunny | W. Wind | ||
01/9 | Luccombe Down (7.40 - 10.40) | Wryneck | 1 | (Eastern slope of Shanklin Down next to woods) |
01/9 | " | TREE PIPIT | 2 | (over Shanklin Down calling) |
01/9 | " | GRASSHOPPER WARBLER | 1 | (W. of Car Park, flew across road) |
01/9 | @10.30 | Merlin | 1f | (Just W. of Car Park) |
01/9 | " | Meadow Pipit | c40 | (Flushed by Merlin) |
01/9 | " | Redstart | 5+ | (inc. 3m) |
01/9 | " | Wheatear | 1 | (N. end) |
01/9 | " | Willow Warbler | 2 | |
01/9 | " | Yellow Wagtail | 3 | (Heard) |
01/9 | " | Swallow | 80+ | (Moving N.) |
01/9 | " | Kestrel | 3 | |
01/9 | " | Raven | 3+ | |
Reported | " | Honey Buzzard | 1 | @11.30 see Kris's website |
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01/9 | Seaview Beach (13.05) | Sandwich Tern | 8 | (Most out in Solent) |
01/9 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | (2nd sum.) |
01/9 | " | Common Gull | 1 | (carrying an apple core!) |
01/9 | Hersey NR (13.10 - 14.45) | Common Sandpiper | 2 | |
01/9 | " | Greenshank | 1 | (W. side) |
01/9 | " | Little Egret | 9 | (3 juv.) |
01/9 | " | Little Grebe | 6 | |
01/9 | " | Teal | 3 | |
01/9 | " | Oystercatcher | 11 | |
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01/9 | Bembridge Harbour | Greenshank | 3 | |
01/9 | (19.20) | Mediterranean Gull | 3+ | |
01/9 | " | Heron | 2 | |
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01/9 | Bembridge Ponds | Greenshank | 1 | |
01/9 | (19.45) | Teal | 13 | |
01/9 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
01/9 | " | Heron | 3 | |
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01/9 | Brading Marsh | Barn Owl | 1 | (N. of Sea Wall@20.30) |
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Wednesday | Hot Sunny, Thunderstorm | by evening | Light E. Wind | |
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31/8 | Sandown Canoe Lake | Wheatear | 2 | (Behind Dino Museum) |
31/8 | (8.20 - 9.10) | Little Grebe | 8 | (3 juv, 5ad -2 family groups?) |
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Reported | Luccombe Down | TAWNY PIPIT | 1 | Late Morning, flew E. see Kris's website |
Reported | Morton Common (Pete B.) | Osprey | 1 | @13.00 "right overhead at 15-20ft. fantastic sight" |
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Tuesday | Fine Sunny | |||
30/8 | Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary | Shoveler | 1f | |
30/8 | (7.40 - 9.40) | Greenshank | 2 | |
30/8 | " | Spotted Redshank | 1 | |
30/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c50 | |
30/8 | " | Grey Plover | 4 | |
30/8 | " | Snipe | 1 | (Estuary off Mill) |
30/8 | " | Ringed Plover | 2 | |
30/8 | " | Teal | c60 | |
30/8 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | (Mill Copse Scrape) |
30/8 | " | Dunlin | 2 | |
30/8 | " | Lapwing | c20 | |
30/8 | " | Canada Geese | 200+ | |
30/8 | " | Bar Headed Goose | 1 | (on Station pond with Canadas) |
30/8 | " | Reed Bunting | 3 juv | (Just E. of Old Station) |
30/8 | " | Spotted Flycatcher | 2 | " |
30/8 | " | Garden Warbler | 1 | (Bushes towards Mill) |
30/8 | " | Whitethroat | 5 | |
30/8 | " | Muscovy Duck | 1 | (Feral) |
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30/8 | Newtown NR, | Osprey | 1ad | (On post, Signal Hill also 1juv reported, flew W.) |
30/8 | (10.10 - 11.30) | Knot | 23 | |
30/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1ad,1juv | |
30/8 | " | Grey Plover | 4+ | |
30/8 | " | Dunlin | 25+ | |
30/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c70 | (Cassey Bridge) |
30/8 | " | Curlew | c20 | (Cassey Bridge) |
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Monday | Warm Sunny | |||
29/8 | Luccombe Down(10.00 - 12.15) | WRYNECK | 1 | (Just S. of Car Park showing well at 12.00) |
29/8 | @11.15 | HONEY BUZZARD | 4 | (with 1 "pale morph" type) |
29/8 | @10.15 | MERLIN | 1f | (W. side sparring with Sparrowhawks and Kestrels) |
29/8 | " | Buzzard | 6 | |
29/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 2 | |
29/8 | " | Kestrel | 4 | |
29/8 | " | Raven | 2 | |
29/8 | " | Spotted Flycatcher | c10 | |
29/8 | " | Redstart | 2f | |
29/8 | " | Willow Warbler | c10 | |
29/8 | " | Dartford Warbler | 1m | (Heard) |
29/8 | " | Meadow Pipit | c20 | |
29/8 | " | Swallow | c10 | |
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Sunday | Warm Sunny | Light W. Wind | ||
28/8 | Luccombe Down | Black Redstart | 1 juv(m) | (With Redstarts and Flycatchers) |
28/8 | (7.30 - 12.15) | PIED FLYCATCHER | c4 | |
28/8 | (IWOG Walk) | Spotted Flycatcher | c35 | |
28/8 | " | Redstart | 10 | (4m, f & juv) |
28/8 | " | Willow Warbler | c40 | |
28/8 | " | Chiffchaff | c20 | |
28/8 | " | Blackcap | 1m | |
28/8 | " | Garden Warbler | 1-2 | (1 at base of Nansen Hill, N. side) |
28/8 | " | Mistle Thrush | 1 | " |
28/8 | " | Whitethroat | 3 | |
28/8 | " | Dartford Warbler | 1m | |
28/8 | " | Wheatear | c4 | (1 "Greenland" type) |
28/8 | " | Whinchat | 2 | |
28/8 | " | Meadow Pipit | c40 | |
28/8 | " | OSPREY | 1juv | (In over Sandown Bay then W @ 11.55) |
28/8 | " | Buzzard | 4 | |
28/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
28/8 | " | Kestrel | 4 | |
28/8 | " | Raven | 2 | (1 seen, 1 heard) |
28/8 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
28/8 | " | Sand Martin | 4 | (Also House Martins) |
28/8 | " | Swift | 3+ | |
Reported | " (Niel N.) | Wryneck | 1 | Near Car Park |
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28/8 | Brading Marsh, (19.20 - 20.20) | Whitethroat | 1 | (Laundry Lane) |
28/8 | " | Blackcap | 1m | " |
28/8 | " | Long Tailed Tit | 20+ | (Larger flocks are forming now) |
28/8 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (1st heard since 4th July) |
28/8 | " | Heron | 2 | |
28/8 | " | Reed Warbler | 3 | (By Bridge) |
28/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
28/8 | " | Buzzard | 1 | |
28/8 | " | Kestrel | 4 | |
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Saturday | Black clouds to Sunny Intervals | SW. Wind | ||
27/8 | St. Catherine's Pt. | Wheatear | 2 | (Cliff edge) |
27/8 | (7.30 - 9.00) | Yellow Wagtail | 2 | (with Cattle by Lighthouse) |
27/8 | " | Whitethroat | 6 | |
27/8 | " | Blackcap | 1f/juv | |
27/8 | " | Linnet | 25 | |
27/8 | " | poss. Merlin | 1m | (On beach dashing around the large rocks) |
27/8 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
27/8 | " | Linnet | 25 | |
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27/8 | St. Catherine's Down (9.05) | Whinchat | 1 | (Fence N. of "Pepper Pot") |
27/8 | " | Wheatear | c20 | (5 on fence, c6 on weedy field, 7 on FP back) |
27/8 | " | Meadow Pipit | c20 | (With a few Linnets) |
27/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1f | (Mobbed by Crows) |
Butterflies | " | Small Tortoiseshell | 1 | (Now seem quite rare, and 1 Small White) |
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27/8 | Gore Cliff, Blackgang (10.30) | Little Owl | 1 | (On cliff near Car Park) |
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Reported | Luccombe Down(Chris M.) | WRYNECK | 1 | Near Car Park mid morning, also 7 Spotted FC. |
Reported | " (Dean) | RING OUZEL | 1 | |
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27/8 | Bembridge Ponds, | Greenshank | 3 | |
27/8 | (18.45 -19.30) | Common Sandpiper | 1 | |
27/8 | " | Mandarin | 1m(ecl.) | |
27/8 | " | Kingfisher | 2 | (Also seen at St. Helens Bridge) |
27/8 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
27/8 | " | Heron | 2 | |
27/8 | " | Reed Warbler | 2 | |
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Friday | Sunny Intervals later | |||
26/8 | Culver Down | Whinchat | 1 | (Cliff edge 100m W. of CG Cottages) |
26/8 | (7.10 - 9.15) | Wheatear | 5 | (3 with Whinchat, 2 W. of Fort) |
26/8 | " | Whitethroat | 2 | |
26/8 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
26/8 | " | Green Woodpecker | 4+ | |
26/8 | " | Goldfinch | 25 | |
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26/8 | Ryde Esplanade (19.00) | Sanderling | 11 | (on Beach at High Tide) |
26/8 | " | Ringed Plover | 9 | |
26/8 | " | Dunlin | 1 | (with Sanderling and Plovers) |
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Thursday | Sunny Intervals, Showers pm | Strong W. Wind | ||
25/8 | Fort Victoria | Sandwich Tern | 6+ | (1 juv) |
25/8 | (7.30 - 9.00) | Common Tern | 20+ | |
25/8 | " | Gannet | 6W. | |
25/8 | " | Wheatear | 1f | (on old pier) |
25/8 | " | Canada Geese | 5 | (NW) |
Moths | " | Hummingbird Hawkmoth | 1 | By Fort Arches |
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25/8 | Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary | SHOVELER | 4 | (3F, 1ecl. M) |
25/8 | (9.05 - 10.55) | Greenshank | 1 | |
25/8 | " | Redshank | c40 | |
25/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | 114 | |
25/8 | " | Grey Plover | 1 | |
25/8 | " | Teal | c30 | |
25/8 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | (Mill Copse Scrape) |
25/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
25/8 | " | Lapwing | c20 | |
25/8 | " | Canada Geese | 100+ | |
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25/8 | Newtown NR, | Osprey | 1 | (Flying at 11.30 &12.10, 2nd one reported, didn't stay) |
25/8 | (11.10 - 12.20) | Knot | 23 | |
25/8 | " | Ringed Plover | 10+ | |
25/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1ad,1juv | |
25/8 | " | Grey Plover | 10+ | |
25/8 | " | Dunlin | 30+ | |
25/8 | " | Greenshank | 1 | |
25/8 | " | Buzzard | 2 | (Soaring with Osprey) |
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23/8 | Ryde Pier (16.00 - 17.10) | Sandwich Tern | c3 | |
23/8 | " | Common Tern | c100 | (Feeding E. of Pier, with Bk. Headed Gulls) |
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25/8 | Hersey NR (19.05 - 19.45) | Whinchat | 2 | (On posts at back of Central Channel) |
25/8 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
25/8 | " | Stock Dove | 1 | |
25/8 | " | Barnacle Geese | c200 | (Ferals around Flamingo Park) |
Mammals | " | Fox | 1 juv | |
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Wednesday | Sunny Int, then Rain | about 10.00 | Strong S.W. Wind | |
24/8 | Ventnor Esp. Seawatch | ARCTIC SKUA | 1juv | (W. at 9.00, fairly close) |
24/8 | (7.55 - 9.08) | Fulmar | 3 | |
24/8 | " | Gannet | c30 | (20W. 8E, more very distant) |
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Tuesday | Sunny Intervals | NW Wind | ||
23/8 | Ryde Esplanade (7.40) | Sanderling | c20 | |
23/8 | (Not many Terns) | Little Egret | 11 | (9 W. of Pier) |
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23/8 | Newtown NR, | Knot | 14 | (From E. Hide, 1 with some Summ. Plumage) |
23/8 | (8.30 - 12.15) | Ringed Plover | 30+ | |
23/8 | " | Grey Plover | 9 | |
23/8 | " | Dunlin | c100 | |
23/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | c20 | |
23/8 | " | Teal | c50 | (Over Clamerkin) |
23/8 | " | Garden Warbler | 1 | |
23/8 | " | Spotted Flycatcher | 5 | (4ad, 1juv hedgeline S. of E. Hide path) |
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23/8 | Ryde Marina (15.00 - 16.00) | Sandwich Tern | c3 | |
23/8 | " | Common Tern | c150 | (c50 Feeding offshore, c100 W. along Solent) |
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Monday | Rain to Showers | |||
Reported | Ryde E. Sands (Kris G.) | Roseate Tern | 1 | On Boat, 100's Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, (Feeding off Marina), 1 Black Tern. |
22/8 | Laundry Lane (19.00) | Sand Martin | 20+ | |
22/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1f | (Hunting along hedges) |
22/8 | " | Buzzard | 3 | |
22/8 | Ashey Road Garage 20.50 | Little Owl | 1 | (On power wires) |
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Sunday | Overcast to Sunny Intervals | |||
21/8 | Ryde Sands (7.45) | BAR TAILED GODWIT | 1 | (End of sandbank) |
21/8 | " | Common Tern | 13 | |
21/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1 | |
21/8 | Mediterranean Gull | 5 | ||
21/8 | " | Curlew | 21 | (5 W. Sands & 16 E. Sands) |
21/8 | West Sands | Whimbrel | 2 | (Flying E. calling) |
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21/8 | Appley Park (8.00) | Treecreeper | 2 | (inc. 1 juv) |
21/8 | " | Goldcrest | 2+ | (Same tree as Treecreepers) |
21/8 | " | Jay | 2 | |
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21/8 | Fishbourne Beach (9.10) | Common Tern | c30 | |
21/8 | (WeBS Count) | Sandwich Tern | 8 | |
21/8 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 2 | |
21/8 | " | Lesser Black Backed Gull | 1 | |
21/8 | " | Little Egret | 16 | (Quarr pond roost) |
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21/8 | Wootton Bridge (11.45) | Little Egret | 38 | (Almost double the previous maximum here!) |
21/8 | (WeBS Count) | Common Sandpiper | 2 | |
21/8 | " | Black Headed Gull | c250 | |
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21/8 | Hersey NR (18.45 - 20.10) | Whinchat | 2 | (Field at back of Central Channel, on post) |
21/8 | " | Little Egret | 1 juv | |
21/8 | " | Stock Dove | 1 | |
21/8 | " | Barnacle Geese | c40 | (Ferals around Flamingo Park) |
Saturday | Sunny Intervals | Cold NW. Wind | ||
20/8 | Luccombe Down | BLACK REDSTART | 1 juv(m) | (With m. Redstart) |
20/8 | (7.40 - 11.50) | Redstart | c5 | (Includes one bright Male) |
20/8 | " | Marsh Harrier | 1f/juv | (Over to W @ 10.55) |
20/8 | " | Buzzard | 11+ | (9 soaring together at N. end) |
20/8 | " | Willow Warbler | 10+ | |
20/8 | " | Whitethroat | 4 | |
20/8 | " | Dartford Warbler | 2 | (Juv seen, another heard) |
20/8 | " | Wheatear | 25-30 | (All around the hill top) |
20/8 | " | YELLOW WAGTAIL | 1 | (Over with Meadow Pipits) |
20/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 2 | |
20/8 | " | Kestrel | 6+ | |
20/8 | " | Swallow | c10 | |
20/8 | " | Swift | 1 | |
Reported | " (John M.) | Whinchat | 3 | and 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Crossbill over |
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Reported | Brading RSPB (Graham S.) | Wood Sandpiper | 1 | and 2 Green SP at Dynamite Pond |
" | " | Sedge Warbler | 8 | and c130 Sand Martin, 7 Wheatear |
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20/8 | Luccombe Down | Long Eared Owl (?) | 2 | (Large dark owls between Dew Pond and Car Park 20.50) |
20/8 | (20.00 - 21.00) | Wheatear | c6 | (around the Car Park) |
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20/8 | Nunwell, Brading | Barn Owl | 1 | (Crossed road by New Farm) |
Friday | Wet Start, Cloudy, Showers | 37mm Rain earlier | in Thunderstorm. | |
19/8 | Hersey NR (15.25 - 15.50) | Little Grebe | 4 | |
19/8 | " (No Sandpipers) | Little Egret | 5 | (3 in reserve, 2 on beach) |
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19/8 | Bembridge Ponds, | Water Rail | 1 | |
19/8 | (16.30 -17.30) | Common Sandpiper | 1 | (Heard) |
19/8 | " | Dunlin | 1 juv | (These can be mistaken for Curlew SP etc.) |
19/8 | " | Sand Martin | c20 | (over marsh with c10 Swallows and a few House Martins) |
19/8 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
19/8 | " | Heron | 2 | |
19/8 | " | Reed Warbler | 2 | (Bush by path) |
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Reported | Newtown NR (Chris M.) | Osprey | 1juv | also 1 Peregrine, and 1 Golden Plover (with Grey Plovers) |
Thursday | Hot Sunny | V. Light Wind | ||
18/8 | Culver Down | Spotted Flycatcher | 1 | (E. end of Culver Down) |
18/8 | (7.40 - 10.10) | Garden Warbler | 1juv | (No Tail!) |
18/8 | " | Whitethroat | 2 | |
18/8 | " | Swallow | c10 | |
18/8 | " | Green Woodpecker | 2 | |
18/8 | " | Linnet | 3 | |
18/8 | Bembridge Down | Yellowhammer | 1m,1f | (W. of Fort) |
18/8 | " | Meadow Pipit | 10+ | |
18/8 | " | Skylark | 4 | |
Butterflies | " | Common Blue | 2+ | (and 50+ Chalkhill Blue , Small Heath, Meadow Brown.) |
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Reported | Havenstreet (via Graham S.) | Crossbill | 25+ | Over, also Green SP at Haseley Ponds |
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Reported | Luccombe Down (Neil N.) | Pied Flycatcher | 2 | and 2 Grasshopper Warbler |
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Wednesday | Hot Sunny | SE Wind | ||
17/8 | Shide to Bk. Water FP | Blackcap | 1m,2juv | |
17/8 | (8.00 - 9.10) | Song Thrush | 3 | (includes 1 juv) |
17/8 | " | Long Tailed Tit | c6 | |
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17/8 | Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary | Spotted Redshank | 1 | (Scrape-Winter Plumage) |
17/8 | (9.45 - 11.40) | Greenshank | 2 | |
17/8 | " | Shelduck | 1imm. | (First one for a while) |
17/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c85 | |
17/8 | " | Teal | c20 | |
17/8 | " | Snipe | 5-8 | (3 on pond, 5 flew over to E.) |
17/8 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
17/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
17/8 | " | Lapwing | 23 | |
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17/8 | Newtown NR, | Osprey | 1juv | (Flying at 12.30, 2nd one reported, not seen) |
17/8 | (11.50 - 12.50) | Marsh Harrier | 1juv | |
17/8 | " | Ringed Plover | 10+ | |
17/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | c20 | |
17/8 | " | Common Tern | c25 | |
17/8 | " | Grey Plover | 2 | |
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Reported | Hale Common (Graham S.) | Yellow Wagtail | 1 | In Greenhouse! |
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Tuesday | Sunny Intervals | E Wind | ||
16/8 | Mottistone Estate (7.45 - 9.10) | Spotted Flycatcher | 3 | |
16/8 | " | Whitethroat | 10 | |
16/8 | " | Yellowhammer | 4 | (1m, 3f/juv) |
16/8 | " | Mistle Thrush | 2 | |
16/8 | " | Raven | 1 | |
16/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
16/8 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
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16/8 | Newtown NR, | OSPREY | 1juv | (Flying at 9 & 11, 1st reported yesterday 13.45) |
16/8 | (9.30 - 11.40) | Sanderling | 1 | |
16/8 | " | Ringed Plover | 10+ | |
16/8 | " | Little Egret | 10+ | |
16/8 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
Reported | " (Bob G.) | Wigeon | 5 | also Teal, Knot and 1 Golden Plover |
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16/8 | Ryde Esplanade (19.30) | Sanderling | 82 | (Appley Beach, high numbers for August) |
16/8 | " | Ringed Plover | 12 | |
16/8 | " | Lesser Black Backed Gull | 1 | |
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Monday | Sunny Intervals | V. Light Wind | ||
15/8 | Luccombe Down | Redstart | 3 | (inc. 2 juv males) |
15/8 | (8.05 - 11.40) | Lesser Whitethroat | 1 | |
15/8 | " | Chiffchaff | 4+ | |
15/8 | " | Willow Warbler | 15+ | |
15/8 | " | Whitethroat | 9 | |
15/8 | " | Dartford Warbler | 5 | (Family group) |
15/8 | " | Wheatear | 8 | |
15/8 | " | Yellowhammer | 1m | |
15/8 | " | Buzzard | 4 | |
15/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
15/8 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
15/8 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
15/8 | " | Swift | 2 | |
Reported | Yarmouth (Caroline D.) | Spotted Redshank | 1 | -Winter Plum. with 2 Greenshank in Mill Copse Scrape |
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Sunday | Sunny Intervals | cool NW Wind | ||
14/8 | Newtown NR, | Common Tern | 2 | |
14/8 | (8.20 - 11.30) | Dunlin | c150 | |
14/8 | " | Curlew | c40 | (Juv in scrape very like a Whimbrel, even shows Crown stripe) |
14/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 6 | |
14/8 | " | Common Sandpiper | 2 | (W. side of Harbour Entrance) |
14/8 | " | Greenshank | 1 | |
14/8 | " | Ringed Plover | 30+ | |
14/8 | " | Turnstone | 20+ | |
14/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | 10 | |
14/8 | " | Little Egret | 3 | |
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14/8 | Hersey NR (19.05 - 20.20) | Common Sandpiper | 2 | |
14/8 | " | Green Sandpiper | 1 | (Back of central channel) |
14/8 | " | Greenshank | 1 | |
14/8 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 3 | |
14/8 | " | Black Headed Gull | c150 | |
14/8 | " | Oystercatcher | 4 | |
14/8 | " | Little Egret | 5 | |
14/8 | " | Little Grebe | 1 | |
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Reported | "Dynamite Pool" RSPB (G.S.) | Snipe | 3 | 6 Wheatear on fields |
Reported | Bembridge Ponds(Graham S.) | Green Sandpiper | 1 | and 2 Common SP, 6 Greenshank, c30 Sand Martin |
Reported | Rowborough Down (Graham S.) | Turtle Dove | 1 | and 1 Redstart |
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Reported | Luccombe Down (Chris M.) | Black Redstart | 1m | and 3f/juv Redstart, 8 Wheatear, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 20+ Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Spotted Flycatcher |
Reported | Laundry Lane (Chris M.) | Spotted Flycatcher | 2 | behind the "Bishops House" |
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Saturday | Sunny Int, Rain PM | SW Wind increasing | ||
13/8 | Ventnor Esp. Seawatch | Grey Wagtail | 1-2juv | (On wall) |
13/8 | (7.35 - 9.10) | Wheatear | 2 | (On wall) |
13/8 | " | Lesser Black Backed Gull | 1 | (On beach) |
13/8 | " | Gannet | c25 | (Mainly W. 4E, 1 fishing) |
13/8 | " | Common Scoter | 8 | (E.@ 8.35) |
13/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 2 | |
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13/8 | Luccombe Down | MARSH HARRIER | 1f | (@10.30 left NE towards Brading Marsh) |
13/8 | (9.30 - 11.20) | Raven | 5 | |
13/8 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
13/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
13/8 | " | Kestrel | 3 | |
13/8 | " | Chiffchaff | 2 | |
13/8 | " | Willow Warbler | 5+ | |
13/8 | " | Whitethroat | 2 | |
13/8 | " | Blackcap | 1f/juv | |
13/8 | " | Swift | 5+ | |
Butterflies | " | Painted Lady | 1 | (and Chalkhill Blue) |
Insects | " | Southern Hawker | 3 | |
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13/8 | Fort Victoria | Common Scoter | 3 | (W. past Keyhaven) |
13/8 | (18.10) | Gannet | 2 | |
13/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 4+ | |
13/8 | " | Common Tern | 10+ | |
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Friday | Fine, Sunny Intervals | Cool NW. Wind | ||
12/8 | Ryde West Sands (7.55) | Little Egret | 9 | |
12/8 | " | Curlew | 9 | |
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12/8 | Appley Park (19.10) | Little Owl | 1 | (Disturbed by sparring Wood Pigeons) |
12/8 | " | Green Woodpecker | 3 | |
12/8 | Coal Tit | 3 | ||
12/8 | Swift | 1 | ||
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Thursday | Hot Sunny | V. Light Wind | ||
11/8 | Sandown Esp, (8.10 - 8.40) | Gannet | 2 | (W. in Bay) |
11/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1 | |
11/8 | Sandow Canoe Lake | Little Grebe | 2 | |
11/8 | " | House Martin | c10 | |
11/8 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
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11/8 | Bembridge Down/Culver Down | Spotted Flycatcher | 2 | (200m S. of Fort) |
11/8 | (9.00 - 10.40) | Wheatear | 10 | (4 on road up, 2 SW of Fort, 4 Redcliff -cliff edge.) |
11/8 | " | Yellowhammer | 2m | |
11/8 | " | Meadow Pipit | 6 | |
11/8 | " | Skylark | 4 | |
11/8 | " | Swallow | c15 | |
11/8 | " | Fulmar | 1 | (Redcliff) |
11/8 | " | Green Woodpecker | 1 | |
11/8 | " | Linnet | 3 | |
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11/8 | Bembridge Ponds, (21.00) | Common Sandpiper | 1-2 | |
11/8 | " | Greenshank | 1 | |
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11/8 | Bembridge Windmill FP, (21.30) | Little Owl | 1 | (and 2 Barn Owls reported) |
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Reported | Hersey NR | Pintail (eclipse) | 1m | and 2 Common Sandpipers |
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Wednesday | Turning cloudy | |||
10/8 | Hersey NR (9.35 - 10.20) | Common Sandpiper | 3 | |
10/8 | " | Teal | 3 | (2f and ecl. m) |
10/8 | " | Greenshank | 1 | |
10/8 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
10/8 | " | Little Grebe | 2 | |
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10/8 | Ryde Pier (14.30 - 15.30) | Common Tern | 5 | (On railings etc.) |
10/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | c10 | (W. of Pier) |
10/8 | " | Swift | 1 | (Most of them left yesterday) |
10/8 | " | Feral Pigeon | c50 | |
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Tuesday | Long Sunny Intervals | Warm | ||
09/8 | Medina, Dodnor to Kingston | Whimbrel | 1-2 | |
09/8 | (8.25 - 10.10) | Bullfinch | 2+ | (f. feeding juv) |
09/8 | " | Reed Bunting | 1m | (Werrer) |
09/8 | " | Blackcap | 1f | |
09/8 | " | Whitethroat | 3+ | |
09/8 | " | Song Thrush | 2 | |
09/8 | " | Skylark | 5 | |
09/8 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
09/8 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
09/8 | " | Curlew | c20 | |
09/8 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
09/8 | " | Lapwing | 19 | |
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09/8 | Newtown NR, | Common Tern | c100 | (mainly on Spit off Boathouse) |
09/8 | (10.20 - 12.00) | Dunlin | c30 | |
09/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1 | |
09/8 | " | Common Sandpiper | 1 | (Scrape) |
09/8 | " | Redshank | c80 | |
09/8 | " | Ringed Plover | 15 | |
09/8 | " | Turnstone | 2 | |
09/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | 26 | |
09/8 | " | Little Egret | 4 | |
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09/8 | Ryde Esplanade (19.10) | Sanderling | 68 | (High numbers-far out on Sandbank) |
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09/8 | Hersey NR (19.20 - 20.20) | Common Sandpiper | 3 | (No sign of Green SP) |
09/8 | " | Greenshank | 1 | |
09/8 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
09/8 | " | Little Grebe | 1 | |
09/8 | " | Barnacle Geese | 3 | (Ferals- with 1 Greylag , 15 Canada Geese) |
09/8 | Seaview Beach | Heron | 3 | |
09/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1 | (At sea) |
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Monday | Fine Sunny Warm | Light Wind | ||
08/8 | Nansen Hill/Luccombe Down | REDSTART | 1m | (Base of Nansen, W. side) |
08/8 | (7.45 - 10.20) | Raven | 2 | |
08/8 | " | Nightjar | 1 | (Flushed from path by Goat enclosure gates) |
08/8 | Luccombe Down | Dartford Warbler | 1m | |
08/8 | " | Chiffchaff | 3+ | (Seen, more heard) |
08/8 | " | Willow Warbler | 15+ | |
08/8 | " | Whitethroat | 1juv | |
08/8 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
08/8 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
08/8 | " | House Martin | 10+ | |
Butterflies | " | Clouded Yellow | 1 | (and 40+ Chalkhill Blue, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Painted Lady, Gatekeeper, Peacock.) |
Moths | " | Hummingbird Hawkmoth | 1 | |
Reptiles | " | Adder | 1 | |
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08/8 | Shide, (FP to Blackwater) | Grey Wagtail | 1m | (By bridge) |
08/8 | (18.45) | Willow Warbler | 3+ | |
Insects | " | Southern Hawker | 4 | |
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Reported | Kings Quay | Osprey | 1 | (A. Roberts) |
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Sunday | Fine Sunny Warm | Fresh N/NE Wind | ||
07/8 | Freshwater Causeway (7.15) | Kingfisher | 1 | (By bridge) |
07/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | 13 | |
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07/8 | West High Down, Totland | Wheatear | 11 | |
07/8 | (7.35 - 11.05) | Meadow Pipit | 15 | |
07/8 | " | Rock Pipit | 9 | (some juvs.) |
07/8 | " | Willow/Chiffs | 10+ | (including 4 bright Willow Warblers) |
07/8 | " | Shag | 1 | |
07/8 | " | Cormorant | c20 | |
07/8 | " | Yellowhammer | 2m | |
07/8 | " | Peregrine | 1juv. | |
07/8 | " | Raven | 1-2 | |
07/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1f | |
07/8 | " | Kestrel | 5 | |
Butterflies | " | Clouded Yellow | 1 | (and 100+ Chalkhill Blue, White Admiral, Small Skipper, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Marbled White.) |
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07/8 | Yarmouth Station Ponds, | Green Sandpiper | 1 | (Mill Copse Scrape ) |
07/8 | (11.10 -12.35) | Greenshank | 2 | (Scrape) |
07/8 | " | Dunlin | 2 | |
07/8 | " | Lapwing | 16 | |
07/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c100 | (c70 by Mill, c40 over to pond) |
07/8 | " | Redshank | 18 | |
07/8 | " | Canada Geese | c150 | |
07/8 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
07/8 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
07/8 | " | Little Egret | 6 | |
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Reported | Gunville (in Garden) | Nuthatch | 1 | @ feeders-photographed (via Rob G.) |
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Saturday | Cloudy, spots of rain | NW. Wind | ||
06/8 | Bleak Down (7.40) | Red Legged Partridge | 8 | |
06/8 | " | Yellowhammer | 1+ | |
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06/8 | Gore Cliff (8.00) | Fulmar | 8 | (3 on ledges, 2 juv. ) |
06/8 | " | Peregrine | 1 | |
06/8 | " | Little Owl | 2 | (On cliffs) |
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06/8 | Whale Chine (9.00) | Stonechat | 2 | (Weedy field by CG Cottages) |
06/8 | " | Linnet | c250 | (Stubble field W. of C.Park, with 1 Greenfinch!) |
06/8 | " | Chat Sp. | 1 | (Poss. WHINCHAT in set-aside strip) |
06/8 | " | Sparrowhawk? | 1 | (In car park on post, possibly a MERLIN) |
06/8 | " | Chaffinch | 7 | (on path, moulting males very dull and patchy) |
06/8 | " | Rook | c100 | |
06/8 | " | Kestrel | 3 | |
06/8 | " | Swallow | c20 | |
06/8 | " | Skylark | 6 | |
06/8 | " | Raven | 1 | (W. of Atherfield Pt.) |
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06/8 | Little Atherfield (11.40) | Little Grebe | 3 | (Irrigation pond) |
06/8 | " | Mallard | c60 | " |
06/8 | " | Yellowhammer | 1f | |
06/8 | " | Starling | c80 | (On wires to SW.) |
06/8 | " | Willow Warbler | 2+ | (Bright yellow) |
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Friday | Cloudy, drizzle to Sunny Int. | (W. Wind) | ||
05/8 | Brading Marsh, (8.40 - 10.10) | Whitethroat | 1 | (By Railway Line) |
05/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | (Brilliant views) |
05/8 | " | Heron | 3 | |
05/8 | " | Kestrel | 4 | |
05/8 | " | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 2 | (1ad, 1juv) |
Mammals | " | Brown Rat | 4 | (In straw dump from stables) |
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05/8 | Hersey NR (6.50 - 20.10) | Common Sandpiper | 4 | |
05/8 | " | Green Sandpiper | 1 | (Came out briefly at far end) |
05/8 | " | Little Egret | 3 | |
05/8 | " | Little Grebe | 3 | |
05/8 | " | Barnacle Geese | 13 | (Ferals) |
Mammals | " | Fox | 1 | (Caught young coot/moorhen) |
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Thursday | Sunny Start, cloudy later | W. Wind | ||
04/8 | East Hide, Newtown (8.00) | Whimbrel | 3+ | (3 seen others heard) |
04/8 | " | Grey Plover | 11 | (Summer plumage & Juvs ) |
04/8 | " | Dunlin | c50 | |
04/8 | " | Ringed Plover | 6+ | |
04/8 | " | Common Tern | 6+ | (c80 along Solent) |
04/8 | " | Common Sandpiper | 2 | |
04/8 | " | Peregrine | 1juv | |
04/8 | " | Kestrel | 4 | |
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04/8 | Newtown NR, (10.10 & 11.15) | Wheatear | 2 | (SW. of Boathouse) |
04/8 | " | Turnstone | 1 | |
04/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | c70 | |
04/8 | " | Pheasant | c7 | (Female with c6 small chicks ) |
Butterflies | " | Small Skipper | 1 | (and Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Chalkhill Blue,) |
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04/8 | Ryde Esplanade (19.10) | Sanderling | 7 | (Far out on Sandbank) |
04/8 | " | Sandwich Tern | 1 | |
04/8 | " | Curlew | 16 | |
04/8 | Appley Park | Greenfinch | c35 | (Gathering on treetops) |
04/8 | " | Song Thrush | 1 | (can be ellusive in August) |
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Wednesday | Cloudy start to Sunny | (W. Wind) | ||
03/8 | Ryde Esplanade (7.30) | Sanderling | 12 | (Far out on Sandbank) |
03/8 | " | Common Tern | c4 | |
03/8 | " | Curlew | 9 | |
03/8 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 2 | |
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03/8 | Hersey NR (9.10 - 10.10) | Common Sandpiper | 5 | |
03/8 | " | Green Sandpiper | 1 | (Came out briefly at far end) |
03/8 | " | Little Egret | 4 | |
03/8 | " | Little Grebe | 3 | |
03/8 | " | Barnacle Geese | 100+ | (Ferals- with 1 Greylag Goose) |
03/8 | " | Snow Goose | 1 | (Feral-With Barnacles) |
03/8 | " | Oystercatcher | 4 | |
03/8 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 4 | |
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03/8 | Brading Marsh, (14.20 - 16.30) | Whitethroat | 1juv | (By Sewage Wks,) |
03/8 | " | Buzzard | 3 | (1 very dark) |
03/8 | " | Heron | 2 | |
03/8 | " | Kestrel | 4 | |
03/8 | " | Swan | 14 | (2ad, with 6 Cygnets and 1ad, with 5 Cygnets.) |
Butterflies | " | White Admiral | 1 | (and Red Admiral, Holly Blue, Comma, Peacock, Gatekeeper, Small Heath, Small White,) |
Dragonflies | " | Ruddy Darter | 3+ | (and 4 Southern Hawker) |
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03/8 | Firestone Copse, (21.00) | Nightjar | 1m | (Churring 21.15, flew over path N. of C.Park 21.30) |
Bats | " | Noctule | 1 | (and Pipestrelles) |
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Tuesday | Misty start to Sunny Intervals | Light Wind | ||
02/8 | Bembridge Down/Culver Down | Cuckoo | 1 juv | (300m SW of Fort, same as yesterdays? -Odd plumage, white spots etc) |
02/8 | (7.40 - 10.40) | Wheatear | 1f / juv | (on Cliff edge at CG Cottages) |
02/8 | " | Yellowhammer | 4 | (2m, 1f, 1juv) |
02/8 | " | Sand Martin | 1 | (with 10+ Swallows) |
02/8 | " | Fulmar | 3 | (Redcliff) |
02/8 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
02/8 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
02/8 | " | Peregrine | 2 | |
02/8 | " | Buzzard | 1 | |
02/8 | " | Willow Warbler | c10 | (With 3 Chiffchaff) |
02/8 | " | Blackcap | 1 juv | |
02/8 | " | Whitethroat | 2 juv | |
02/8 | " | Lesser Whitethroat | 1 | |
02/8 | " | Green Woodpecker | 3 | |
02/8 | " | Linnet | c15 | |
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02/8 | Newtown NR, (14.50 - 16.20) | Redshank | 40 | |
02/8 | " | Dunlin | 50 | |
02/8 | " | Black Tailed Godwit | 45 | |
02/8 | " | Whimbrel | 1 | |
02/8 | " | Common Sandpiper | 1 | |
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02/8 | Brading Marsh, (20.10 - 21.20) | Barn Owl | 1 | (Carrying prey into Centurions Copse) |
02/8 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | (Along river at "Duckers Bridge") |
02/8 | " | Heron | 3 | |
02/8 | " | Kestrel | 4 | |
02/8 | " | Green Woodpecker | 2 | |
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Monday | Cloudy, Showers | |||
01/8 | Hersey NR (8.45 - 9.50) | Common Sandpiper | 4 | |
01/8 | " | Tufted Duck | 1f | (Flew off 9.25) |
01/8 | " | Little Egret | 9 | (3 juv) |
01/8 | " | Little Grebe | 4 | |
01/8 | " | Barnacle Geese | 9 | (Ferals, over from Flamingo park) |
01/8 | " | Canada Geese | 5 | |
01/8 | " | Willow Warbler | 1 | (With 1 Chiffchaff) |
01/8 | " | Reed Warbler | 1 | |
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01/8 | Bembridge Ponds, (16.00) | Water Rail | 1juv | (Shorter bill) |
01/8 | " | Greenshank | 2 | (In harbour) |
01/8 | " | Sand Martin | c50 | (over marsh with Swallows and House Martins) |
01/8 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
01/8 | " | Reed Warbler | 5 | |
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01/8 | Hersey NR (19.10 - 20.10) | Common Sandpiper | 5 | |
01/8 | " | Green Sandpiper | 1 | (Flew off 9.25) |
01/8 | " | Little Egret | 6 | (1 struggled with a larger fish ) |
01/8 | " | Barnacle Geese | 4 | (Ferals) |
01/8 | " | poss. Cuckoo | 1 | (Juv or Rufus F, flew over path but too quick for proper look) |
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Reported by Robin A;- 6 Waxwing (in trees Staplers Rd Newport)
New-year Birdrace a Solo effort this year, 07.00 till 15.40.
Species seen (heard) today = 80
SHIDE, Newport 07.12
(01) Robin, Song Thrush, Jackdaw, Wood Pigeon,
FRESHWATER CAUSEWAY-7.40
Crow, Rook, Mallard, Moorhen, Teal,
(10) Pheasant, Redshank, Wigeon, Blackbird, (Water Rail), (Green Woodpecker), Blue Tit, Dunnock, Wren, Magpie,
(20) Great Tit, Herring Gull, Black Headed Gull, Mute Swan, Redwing,
YARMOUTH-8.07 (poss BITTERN)
Starling, Pied Wagtail, Feral Pigeon, Little Egret, Black Tailed Godwit,
(30) Curlew, Lapwing, Little Grebe, Grey Plover, Kingfisher, Oystercatcher, Heron, Tufted Duck, Canada Goose, Coot,
(40) Kestrel, (Cetti's Warbler), Shoveler, Collared Dove, Dunlin, Brent Geese, Shelduck, Greenfinch, Cormorant, Goldeneye,
(50) Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Fieldfare, Stock Dove, House Sparrow,
CASSEY BRIDGE-9.40
Pintail
NEWTOWN NR- 9.45
Meadow Pipit, Buzzard, Red Breasted Merganser, Turnstone,
(60) Knot, Ringed Plover, Great Crested Grebe, Bar Tailed Godwit, Goldcrest,
TOWN COPSE (and on Route to Blackwater)-10.35
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Long Tailed Tit, Mistle Thrush,
RYDE ESPLANADE- 13.10
Sanderling,
(70) Common Gull,
PUCKPOOL- 13.25
Shag, Mediterranean Gull, Razorbill, Greater Black Backed Gull,
HERSEY NR- 13.45
Pochard,
BEMBRIDGE PONDS- 14.30
Greenshank, Spotted Redshank,
LANE END Bembridge- 14.10
Rock Pipit, Purple Sandpiper,
LAUNDRY LANE- 15.24
(80) Hen Harrier.
Dips-the one's I could have seen!
Siskin, Dartford Warbler, Merlin, Little Owl, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Yellowhammer,
Reported by other birders today,
Best total of the day was a magnificent 111 by Robin A.
Fulmar, Gannet, Pink Footed Goose, Black Redstart, Goosander, Scoter, Sparrowhawk, Peregrine, Chiffchaff, Gadwall, Waxwing,
Snipe, Dartford Warbler, Corn Bunting, Red Throated Diver, Guillemot.
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