ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW) Sightings for 2006

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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 are occasional guided walks into the reserve from Brading Station Car Park,

A "must see" is the "Hersey NR" at Seaview Duver, excellent public hide with good views of Waders, Herons etc.

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Brambling (M) Mersley Down, 30th Jan	Hawfinch (F) Appley Park, 8th Feb	Water Pipit, 1st March Brading Sewage Wks.	Little Ringed Plover Yarmouth, 20th March

Hoopoe, 7th April
Sandown Golf Course Sedge Warbler (M)
Sandown Canoe La. 1st June Nuthatch
Binstead, 3rd June Snow Bunting (F)
Ventnor Dns, 7th Nov.

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Latest Sightings/Reports 2006.

(My own sightings, plus Reports from other Birders-Green=Confirmed, Red=Unconfirmed.)

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DECEMBER 2006: Click for monthly species lists, December total = 118; NEW: Birdnotes, for more details on selected sightings.

Sunday	Clear int. to wet	Strong SW Wind
31/12	Whale Chine to Brook	Red Legged Partridge	2	(Field NW. of Brook)
31/12	(7.45 - 9.30)	Kestrel	3	(Along Military Road)
31/12	"	Starling	c100
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31/12	Carisbrooke Pond	Pochard	1m	(Scarce here now)
31/12	(10.10)	Mallard	c55
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31/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Shag	2
31/12	(14.30 - 15.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	3m
30/12	"	Gannet	1E
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Reported	Laundry Lane	"Tundra" BEAN GEESE	4	field opposite "Cettis Gate" (Chris M.)
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals & Showers	Fresh SW Wind
30/12	Island Harbour, Folly Lake	Wigeon	2
30/12	(9.30)	Whimbrel	1
30/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	2	(Ad. and imm. with head stripes)
30/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1f
30/12	"	Oystercatcher	50+
30/12	"	Turnstone	11
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30/12	Newtown NR	Turnstone	1
30/12	(10.10 - 11.40)	Bar Tailed Godwit	12	(A high count)
30/12	Footbridge vandalised-closed	Rock Pipit	5
30/12	"	Red Throated Diver	2	(Harbour inlet, 1 imm. 1 ad.)
30/12	"	Pintail	12m,11f
30/12	"	Wigeon	c110
30/12	"	Goldeneye	1f
30/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,3f
30/12	"	Knot	9
30/12	"	Auk Sp.	2W	(In Solent)
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Thursday	Bright to Cloudy, mild	Fresh SW Wind
28/12	Whale Chine to Atherfield	Grey Partridge	5	(Field N. of Military Road)
28/12	(10.10 - 11.05)	Raven	1
28/12	"	Skylark	10
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28/12	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	Grey Partridge	5	(The same covey again?)
28/12	(11.15 - 12.00)	Peregrine	2
28/12	"	Kestrel	2
28/12	"	Lapwing	c100	(Flushed by Peregrines)
28/12	"	Chaffinch	15	(By Dungewood Farm)
28/12	"	Linnet	3	"
28/12	"	Collared Dove	9	"
28/12	"	Fieldfare	11
28/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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Wednesday	Overcast
27/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Still here)
27/12	(10.45 - 11.35)	Red Breasted Merganser	3m,1f
27/12	"	Shoveler	2m,3f	(Off Puckpool)
27/12	"	Shelduck	1	(V.Distant off Seaview)
27/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	6
27/12	"	Shag	4
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Tuesday	Overcast
26/12	Newport Shute, Mersley Down	Long Eared Owl	1	(Well hidden at back of overgrown clearing)
26/12	(9.10)	Goldfinch	c40
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26/12	FP "SA16", Mersley Down	Chaffinch	30+	(Around game pen & feeders)
26/12	(9.40 - 10.15)	Yellowhammer	4
26/12	"	Reed Bunting	1m
26/12	"	Linnet	1
26/12	"	Fieldfare	3
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Monday	Overcast
25/12	East Ashey	Common Gull	c100	(On fields)
25/12	(13.40)	Buzzard	1	(in tree)
25/12	"	Fieldfare	3
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Sunday	Overcast
24/12	Knighton Valley, S. of Ashey Dn.	Common Gull	14	(On downs)
24/12	(8.55)	Buzzard	1
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24/12	Sandown C.G. to Alverstone NR	Treecreeper	1	(Woods N. of old Quarry)
24/12	(9.15 - 10.30)	Long Tailed Tit	6
24/12	"	Great Tit	c6	(Alverstone Hide feeders, with Chaffinch etc.)
24/12	"	Bullfinch	1m	(by Sandown Water Wks)
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	2	(Taking nuts from the hand)
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Reported	Newport Shute, Mersley Down	Long Eared Owl	3+	@ usual winter roost site
(Ventnor Group)	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	2	a new IOW "tick" for all
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Saturday	Overcast, cold
23/12	Island Harbour, Folly Lake	Wigeon	35
23/12	(8.32 - 9.00)	Ringed Plover	7
23/12	"	Dunlin	4
23/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1f
23/12	"	Little Grebe	5
23/12	"	Lapwing	8
23/12	"	Oystercatcher	40
23/12	"	Turnstone	1
23/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
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23/12	Cowes Esplanade	Turnstone	8	(Around beach & on concrete jettys)
23/12	(9.10 - 9.45)	Cormorant	3
23/12	"	Pied Wagtail	3	(No sign of Black Redstart today)
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Reported	Pinkmead, Medina Esty.	HAWFINCH	1	over to W. calling at 10.50 (Graham S.)
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Friday	Overcast to Sunny Int.
22/12	Wootton Creek (WeBS Count)	Black Headed Gull	650	(Lakeside, Wootton Bridge)
22/12	(8.10 - 12.00)	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2	" "
22/12	"	Redshank	46	(Towards the back)
22/12	Fishbourne Beach	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,2f
22/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	4
22/12	"	Grey Plover	1
22/12	"	Oystercatcher	14
22/12	"	Shelduck	3
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22/12	Ryde Esplanade (13.00)	Sanderling	c40	(c60 yesterday at Appley Beach)
22/12	Canoe Lake	Pochard	1m	(1st seen here this winter)
22/12	"	Tufted Duck	2f	" "
22/12	"	Swan	c45	(1 with Orange Ring "J4S" on L. Leg)
22/12	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	1
22/12	"	Green Woodpecker	1
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Reported	Columbine Road, E. Cowes	Black Redstart	1	here all week (Tim J.)
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Wednesday	Foggy to Sunny
20/12	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(as reported yesterday, but in a tree today)
20/12	(11.15)	Coal Tit	1	(on feeders by Quarr Close)
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20/12	Martin's Wood, Newchurch	Woodlark	2	(In new plantation, usual place)
20/12	(14.20)	Song Thrush	2
20/12	"	Green Woodpecker	1
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Tuesday	Foggy to Hazy Sunny Int.
19/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	16	(Numbers way down now)
19/12	(7.45)	Pintail	2m	(1st I've ever seen on the sea here)
19/12	"	Brent Geese	c250
19/12	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	3
19/12	(8.00)	Song Thrush	2
19/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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19/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Still here)
19/12	(11.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,1f
19/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	3
19/12	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Over Puckpool)
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19/12	Fishbourne Beach	Great Northern Diver	1	(Rather distant)
19/12	(14.40)	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,1f
19/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
19/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
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19/12	Firestone Copse	Goldcrest	c10	(2 seen, many heard)
19/12	(15.10)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	2
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Reported	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	1	feeder by Jn. with FP "R45"
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Sunday	Fine, Sunny	Light NW. Wind
17/12	West High Down, Totland	Peregrine	1	(Along cliffs to W.)
17/12	(8.00 - 11.05)	Firecrest	1	(FP to Beacon, between the Pits)
17/12	"	Dartford Warbler	1m	(to SW of Beacon)
17/12	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard by car park)
17/12	"	Raven	1	(Along cliff to E. calling)
17/12	"	Rock Pipit	c4
17/12	"	Stonechat	3m,3f	(Pairs by Beacon, Battery Road & above Needles)
17/12	"	Redwing	2+	(More heard)
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17/12	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Dunlin	c20
17/12	(11.20 - 12.00)	Grey Plover	4
17/12	"	Snipe	2
17/12	"	Song Thrush	4
17/12	"	Black Tailed Godwit	10
17/12	"	Wigeon	20+
17/12	"	Teal	c40
17/12	"	Tufted Duck	16m,8f	(A good count)
17/12	"	Lapwing	c90
17/12	"	Redshank	5
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17/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	9
17/12	(14.15)	Red Necked Grebe	1
17/12	"	Cormorant	3
17/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	4m
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17/12	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
17/12	(16.20 - Dusk)	Snipe	c5	(Heard at Dusk)
17/12	"	Water Rail	2	(Squealing)
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Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	Bearded Tit	8	found during WeBS count (James G.)
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Saturday	Showers to Sunny Intervals	Light NW. Wind
16/12	Sandown Esplanade	Rock Pipit	2
16/12	(8.00)	Pied Wagtail	8
16/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m,4f	(Canoe Lake)
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16/12	Blackwater to Shide FP	Little Owl	2
16/12	(8.50)	Goldfinch	12
16/12	"	Chaffinch	10
16/12	"	Song Thrush	3
16/12	"	Buzzard	1
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Friday	Cloudy	Light wind
15/12	Alverstone to Newchurch	Barn Owl	1	(Near Hide@7.10)
15/12	(7.00 - 9.30)	Snipe	c2	(Heard over)
15/12	"	Fieldfare	c45	(S. of Knighton)
15/12	"	Common Gull	c30	(On fields to N. with c100 Black Headed Gull)
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	2	(1@Hide within 2 feet! 1 on FP to W.)
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Thursday	Mostly Cloudy	SW Wind
14/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
14/12	(7.40)	Tufted Duck	6f
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14/12	Ventnor Seawatch	Red Throated Diver	2W	(@8.42 & 8.52)
14/12	(8.30 - 9.30) Rather Quiet	Fulmar	1-2W	(@8.52 & 8.56)
14/12	"	Razorbill	2W	(@9.02 & 9.14)
14/12	"	Auk Sp.	3W	(Together @8.40)
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14/12	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	2
14/12	(13.40)	Starling	110+	(Unusually large count with flocks of 60 & 45)
14/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(and 1 Green WP.)
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14/12	Puckpool	Great Northern Diver	1	(off Seaview)
14/12	(14.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	3m
14/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	2	(Distant)
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Reported	Alverstone NR	Green Sandpiper	1	flushed during ditch works
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Wednesday	Cloudy, Showers	SW. Wind
13/12	Binstead Beach	Great Crested Grebe	3
13/12	(10.45)	Turnstone	1	(Quarr Beach)
13/12	"	Grey Plover	12	"
13/12	"	Brent Geese	c100
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13/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	2
13/12	(14.35)	Shag	1
13/12	"	Cormorant	3
13/12	"	Rock Pipit	2	(Seawall)
13/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	3m
13/12	"	Redshank	1	(On Hersey outlet pipe)
13/12	"	Barnacle Geese	c130	(Feral, field W. of Hersey NR- Hide locked)
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Tuesday	Sunny Int. to Showers
12/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	1-2	(1 off Puckpool, 2nd? off Seaview)
12/12	(8.30)	Shag	4
12/12	"	Cormorant	6
12/12	"	Great Northern Diver	1	(Off Priory Bay)
12/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	3
12/12	"	Razorbill	1	(Distant, E. of Forts)
12/12	"	Redshank	1	(On Seaview Beach)
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12/12	Bembridge Harbour	Black Tailed Godwit	7
12/12	(9.20)	Dunlin	6
12/12	"	Kingfisher	1
12/12	"	Lapwing	c100
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12/12	Coastal FP, Bembridge	Firecrest	1	(Ducie Avenue@10.50, near Tit Flock)
12/12	(9.45 - 11.00)	Redwing	2
12/12	"	Coal Tit	2	(Heard)
12/12	"	Long Tailed Tit	c15	(With Blue Tits & Great Tits)
12/12	"	Greenfinch	30+	(One group of 20+)
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Monday	Wet & Windy!!	SW Gales am
11/12	Fort Victoria	LEACH'S STORM PETREL	1	(Near Sconce Buoy, moving E then N, 8.45-50)
11/12	(7.20 - 9.00)	Turnstone	6+	(3W, 3 on beach and lawn)
11/12	"	Little Egret	6	(W. in 1's and 2's)
11/12	"	Black Headed Gull	c80	(mainly moving E. -v. fast)
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Sunday	Cold with Sunny Int.	to Showers
10/12	Ryde Esplanade (for IWOG Walk)	Sanderling	c70
10/12	(7.30)	Pied Wagtail	5
10/12	"	Brent Geese	c420
10/12	"	Bar Tailed Godwit	4	(Best count for ages)
10/12	"	Ringed Plover	24
10/12	"	Dunlin	1
10/12	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	5
10/12	(7.40)	Song Thrush	4	(Singing well)
10/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	3	(Reported)
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10/12	Springvale, Puckpool	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Fairly close)
10/12	(10.00 - 12.00)	Great Northern Diver	3	(Together on sea, E. of Forts)
10/12	"	Red Throated Diver	2+	(W. on Far side)
10/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	13+	(4 off Ryde, 7 off Puckpool, more out to sea)
10/12	"	Goldeneye	1f	(Just offshore, 1st I've seen here)
10/12	"	Common Scoter	c24	(c20W. then 4E later)
10/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	c24	(4 on sea, 2 groups of 10E.)
10/12	"	SANDWICH TERN	1	(Flew across Solent, then fishing of Puckpool)
10/12	"	Turnstone	1	(On Hersey outlet pipe)
10/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	c4
10/12	"	Shag	2+
10/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
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Reported	Fort Victoria	Velvet Scoter	1, (1st w.)	& 8 C. Scoter, E. then W, 1 Razorbill on sea
(Graham S.)	"	Eider	13E	& 1f/1st w. Goldeneye W.
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Reported	La Faliase	Velvet Scoter	6	10.30 - 11.30.
(Ventnor Group)	Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	2	13.30 - 14.30.
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Saturday	Showers to Sunny Intervals	Light SW. Wind
09/12	Shide to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1	(Blackwater end)
09/12	(7.50 - 9.10)	Goldcrest	c6
09/12	"	Song Thrush	2
09/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
09/12	"	Buzzard	2	(On bushes to W.)
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09/12	Medina Estuary (W. Side)	Scarlet Headed Blackbird	1	(Esc. from "Amazon World"-Dodnor Cottage)
09/12	(7.50 - 9.10)	Bullfinch	5	(3m seen, others heard)
09/12	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Opposite Whippingham)
09/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	1 juv	(Still has stripes on head)
09/12	"	Wigeon	8
09/12	"	Lapwing	10+
09/12	"	Redshank	5
09/12	"	Stonechat	1f	(Werrar)
09/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	5m,6f
09/12	"	Brent Geese	c70
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09/12	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	9	(On Lifeboat Pier)
09/12	"	Shag	3	(1 on beach, injured? - 2 Foreland)
09/12	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(On sea)
09/12	off Foreland	Red Breasted Merganser	1m, 2f
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Reported	Brading Marsh (Graham S.)	Short Eared Owl	1	N. over marsh at dusk, also 1f/imm Merlin
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Reported	Briddlesfield Copse	Marsh Tit	1	Dave H.
Friday	Wet Start	Clear Intervals		W. Wind
08/12	Fort Victoria	Little Gull	1ad	(Near Sconce Buoy)
08/12	(7.50 - 10.10)	Eider	2+	(Off Keyhaven, 2 flew in, another 10 on sea?)
08/12	"	Turnstone	1	(On old pier)
08/12	"	Small Wader Sp.	c80	(moving W. Dunlin?)
08/12	"	Grey Plover	1	(Ran out of Petrels today!)
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08/12	Yarmouth	Redwing	6
08/12	(10.15 - 11.15)	Kingfisher	1
08/12	"	Curlew	16	(On field to S.)
08/12	"	Redshank	5
08/12	"	Shoveler	2m,1f
08/12	"	Brent Geese	c60
08/12	"	Canada Geese	c70
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08/12	Newtown NR	Red Breasted Merganser	7m,7f
08/12	(11.25 - 12.10)	Knot	c30
08/12	"	Grey Plover	c100
08/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
08/12	"	Redshank	3
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Reported	Werrar, Medina Esty.	Jack Snipe	2	Martin H.
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals	Showers		Strong S-SW Winds
07/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Little Grebe	1	(Didn't see the Gadwall today)
07/12	(8.50)	Tufted Duck	7m,6f
07/12	"	Shelduck	2
07/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
07/12	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(On Dino. Mus Car Pk)
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07/12	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	4	(2 flew past W.)
07/12	(11.30 - 12.15)	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Just off Springvale)
07/12	"	Great Northern Diver	1	(Further out)
07/12	"	Shag	3
07/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	2	(On sea)
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Reported	Fort Victoria (James G. etc.)	LEACH'S STORM PETREL	2-3	am, & 6 Seen from Ryde Pier pm
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals			W. Wind
06/12	Bembridge Down	Buzzard	2
06/12	(7.45)	Yellowhammer	1m
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06/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Gadwall	1m
06/12	(8.30)	Tufted Duck	5m,5f
06/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
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06/12	Blackwater	Buzzard	1
06/12	(9.20 - 10.40)	Raven	2	(Mobbing the Buzzard)
06/12	"	Red Legged Partridge	1
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Heavy Showers		SW Gales
05/12	Puckpool/Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	3
05/12	(10.30 - 11.25)	Red Breasted Merganser	3m
05/12	"	Great Northern Diver	1	(Diving off Puckpool moving W.)
05/12	"	Redshank	2	(Puckpool Beach)
05/12	"	Shag	1
05/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
05/12	"	Rock Pipit	1	(On sea wall)
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05/12	Culver Down	Linnet	c15
05/12	(14.15)	Meadow Pipit	7
05/12	"	Pied Wagtail	5	(N. Slope with Mipits)
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05/12	Brading, Sewage Wks	Grey Wagtail	1
05/12	(15.05)	Chiffchaff	2+
05/12	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
05/12	(till 15.50)	Fieldfare	c50	(Probably more on marsh)
05/12	"	Redwing	3
05/12	"	Starling	c70
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Reported	Fort Victoria (James G.)	LEACH'S STORM PETREL	1	slowly W. @ 8.15 - 8.30
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Monday	Sunny Int. to Showers
04/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	65
04/12	(8.10)	Pied Wagtail	9
04/12	"	Brent Geese	c220
04/12	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	c6
04/12	(8.20)	Song Thrush	1	(Singing well)
04/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	2
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04/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	2
04/12	(10.15)	Shag	2
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04/12	Bembridge Harbour	Little Egret	8
04/12	(11.00 - 11.40)	Skylark	1	(Over calling)
04/12	St. Helen's Bridge	Greylag Geese	6	(On W. bank of River Yar)
04/12	"	Kingfisher	1	(Heard)
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Sunday	Stormy to Sunny Int.	Westerly Gales		Very Rough Seas
03/12	Ventnor Seawatch	Kittiwake	1W	(Quiet at sea today)
03/12	(7.20 - 10.30) -with CM.	Fulmar	1	(Close in)
03/12	"	Gannet	1W
03/12	"	Guillemot	1W	(Very close)
03/12	"	Little Egret	2W
03/12	Around "Bandstand"	Robin	1	(On sea swept rocks!)
03/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
03/12	"	Pied Wagtail	2
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03/12	Ryde Esplanade	Bar Tailed Godwit	1	(water's edge towards Pier)
03/12	(14.45)	Mediterranean Gull	1
03/12	"	Brent Geese	c300
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03/12	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	3
03/12	(15.10)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m
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Saturday	Showers to Sunny Intervals	Light SW. Wind
02/12	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Peregrine	1	(Over to W.)
02/12	(7.50 - 9.10)	Fieldfare	3	(Over, also 1 Redwing)
02/12	"	Song Thrush	4
02/12	"	Bullfinch	1m
02/12	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c50
02/12	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
02/12	"	Wigeon	30+
02/12	"	Teal	c130
02/12	"	Tufted Duck	2m,3f
02/12	"	Lapwing	100+
02/12	"	Redshank	5
02/12	"	Reed Bunting	2
02/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/12	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
~
02/12	Fort Victoria (9.20)	Turnstone	6	(On grass by sea)
~
02/12	Newtown NR	Red Breasted Merganser	3m,5f
02/12	(9.50 - 11.10)	Goldeneye	2f
02/12	High Tide	Pintail	1m,1f
02/12	"	Buzzard	1
02/12	"	Grey Plover	c60
02/12	"	Curlew	10+
02/12	"	Redshank	4
02/12	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c40
02/12	"	Turnstone	1
02/12	"	Ringed Plover	1
02/12	"	Brent Geese	c200
02/12	"	Peregrine	2	(On posts to E.)
02/12	"	Little Egret	10+
02/12	"	Meadow Pipit	6
02/12	"	Rock Pipit	4
02/12	"	Yellowhammer	4
~
02/12	Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	1	(off Seaview SC.@14.22)
02/12	(14.00 - 15.00)	Great Crested Grebe	2
02/12	Hersey NR	Buzzard	1
02/12	"	Tufted Duck	8m,3f
02/12	"	Teal	12
02/12	"	Lapwing	1
~
Reported	Coastal FP, Bembridge	Firecrest	2	Swain's Lane to Love Lane.
(Chris M.)	"	Common Sandpiper	1	in Harbour with Lapwings
~
Reported	Binstead Beach (Graham S.)	Great Northern Diver	2	also 8 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Bar T. Godwit.
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Friday	Showers, Cloudy	Fresh SW. Wind
01/12	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	7	(Lagoon)
01/12	(9.00)	Tufted Duck	6m,10f
01/12	"	Pochard	1m
01/12	"	Shelduck	2
01/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/12	"	Reed Bunting	1	(Trees by path)
01/12	"	Snipe	1	(No sign of Avocets)
~
01/12	St. Helens Hill	Shoveler	2m	(Distant-by Scope)
01/12	to view the Dynamite Pool	Lapwing	100+	(No sign of Avocets)
01/12	(9.30)	Bar Headed Goose	1	(With Canadas)
~
01/12	Laundry Lane, St. Helens	Fieldfare	10+
01/12	(14.50 - 16.20)	Chiffchaff	1
01/12	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(With Canadas)
01/12	"	Canada Goose	c230
01/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
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NOVEMBER 2006: Click for monthly species lists, November total = 118; NEW: Birdnotes, for more details on selected sightings.

Thursday	Sunny Intervals	Freshening S. Wind
30/11	Ventnor Seawatch	Kittiwake	2W
30/11	(7.50 - 8.30)	Fulmar	1-2	(Distant)
30/11	"	Brent Goose	1E, 3W
30/11	Around "Bandstand"	Grey Wagtail	1
30/11	"	Pied Wagtail	2
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30/11	Foreland	Water Pipit	1	(On seawall below "Crab & Lobster" PH)
30/11	(11.10 - 12.00)	Purple Sandpiper	5	(End of ledge)
30/11	"	Brent Goose	c50
30/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	c4
30/11	"	Curlew	2
30/11	"	Shag	1
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Reported	Seaview (James G.)	AVOCET	5	In Solent 11.45, heading W. into Bembridge Harbour
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	Showers		Fresh SW Wind
29/11	Brading, Sewage Wks	Grey Wagtail	1	(with 1 Pied Wagtail)
29/11	(8.05)	Chiffchaff	2
29/11	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen, both heard)
29/11	(till 9.50)	Fieldfare	c30	(Around N. end)
29/11	"	Redwing	1
29/11	"	Starling	c50
29/11	"	Skylark	1
29/11	"	Lapwing	c150	(High over marsh)
29/11	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Feral, with Canada Geese)
29/11	"	Kestrel	1
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29/11	Puckpool/Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	9
29/11	(11.20 - 12.15)	Red Breasted Merganser	2m
29/11	"	Razorbill	1 juv	(Just off Puckpool)
29/11	"	Shag	1
29/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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Reported	Foreland	Sandwich Tern	2	Fishing just offshore
(Dave H.)	"	Water Pipit	1	chased off by Rock Pipit.
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Showers
28/11	Ryde Esplanade	Dunlin	10	(with 1 Ringed Plover)
28/11	(9.05)	Great Crested Grebe	5	(4 W. of Pier)
28/11	"	Brent Geese	c420	(W. of Pier)
~
28/11	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	3
28/11	(9.40)	Brent Geese	c100E.
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28/11	Seaview	Kingfisher	1f
28/11	(14.00 - 15.15)	Red Breasted Merganser	2m
28/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
28/11	On beach	Turnstone	1
28/11	"	Redshank	2
28/11	"	Pock Pipit	2	(and 1 Meadow Pipit)
28/11	Hersey NR	Teal	16
28/11	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
28/11	"	Little Grebe	6
28/11	"	Lapwing	1
~
Monday	Cloudy, Sunny Int			Light SW. Wind
27/11	Haddons Pits, Luccombe	Firecrest	1	(S. end by House @ 9.05)
27/11	(8.40 - 9.20)	Bullfinch	1m,1f
27/11	"	Goldcrest	c3	(Heard)
~
27/11	Puckpool	Razorbill	1W
27/11	(11.40)	Great Crested Grebe	5
27/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	6
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27/11	Alverstone NR	Woodcock	1	(over to NW @ 16.43)
27/11	(15.50 - 17.10)	Snipe	c3	(Heard)
27/11	"	Heron	1
27/11	"	Bullfinch	1m
27/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Over)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Fresh S. Wind
26/11	Bembridge Ponds	Merlin	1f/juv	(Flew W. over Embankment)
26/11	(9.35)	Tufted Duck	3
26/11	"	Pochard	7m,1f
26/11	"	Shelduck	2
26/11	"	Snipe	2
26/11	Harbour	Black Tailed Godwit	1
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26/11	Seaview	Redshank	2	(E. along beach)
26/11	(10.20)	Shag	2
26/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Showers to	Bright Intervals		Fresh SW. Wind
25/11	Ventnor Seawatch	Kittiwake	57W	(Largest group 8)
25/11	(7.20 - 10.00) with CM.	Gannet	20W
25/11	"	Auk Sp.	8W
25/11	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,W
25/11	"	Shelduck	2W
25/11	"	Brent Goose	1W
25/11	Around "Bandstand"	Rock Pipit	1
25/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
25/11	"	Kestrel	1
Reported	@ La Faliase, Ventnor	Great Skua, "Bonxie"	1	10 Auks, 33 Gannet, 63 Kittiwake,
(Graham S.)	(We missed these!)	Red Throated Diver	1	3 R.B. Merganser, 3 Fulmar.
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Friday	Cloudy	Strong S/SW. Wind
24/11	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Pintail	9m,13f
24/11	(8.35)	Black Tailed Godwit	c30
24/11	"	Wigeon	c100
24/11	"	Teal	c100
~
24/11	Newtown NR	Knot	c70
24/11	(E-Hide @7.35 then)	Red Breasted Merganser	11
24/11	(Boathouse 8.50)	Turnstone	1
24/11	"	Canada Geese	c30
24/11	"	Lapwing	c80
24/11	"	Brent Geese	c500
24/11	"	Redshank	10
24/11	"	Grey Plover	c40
24/11	"	Shelduck	c50
~
24/11	Sandown Canoe Lake	Gadwall	1m
24/11	(10.10)	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
24/11	"	Starling	c50
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	Showers		Fresh SW Wind
23/11	Rylstone & Tower Gardens	Goldcrest	10+
23/11	(8.15 -9.15)	Blue Tit	c20	(Mixed with Great and Long Tailed Tits)
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	2	collecting nuts.
~
23/11	Shanklin Pond	Song Thrush	2
23/11	(9.50)	Mistle Thrush	1
23/11	"	Muscovy Duck	7	(Feral)
~
23/11	Ryde Esplanade	Ringed Plover	1	(with 11 Sanderling)
23/11	(13.20)	Great Crested Grebe	1
23/11	"	Swan	68	(Canoe Lake)
~
23/11	Puckpool	Gannet	2E
23/11	(14.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f
23/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
23/11	"	Shag	1
~
23/11	Laundry Lane, Brading	Hen Harrier	1 juv	(Scattered the Fieldfares@16.28=Dusk)
23/11	(15.40 - 16.40)	Fieldfare	c45	(On "Harrier" field, see above)
23/11	"	Redwing	6+	(Some with Fieldfares & 3 at Sewage Wks.)
23/11	"	Mistle Thrush	1
23/11	"	Canada Geese	c210	(In 3 groups)
23/11	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Feral, with Canada Geese)
23/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
23/11	"	Kestrel	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Start	to Rain pm.
22/11	Fishbourne Beach	Red Throated Diver	1juv	(Towards Ryde Pier)
22/11	(7.30 & 11.20)	Great Crested Grebe	1
22/11	"	Cormorant	23	(On tide guage)
22/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard at Quarr Ponds)
22/11	"	Reed Bunting	2f	(Quarr Ponds reedbed)
22/11	"	Brent Geese	172
22/11	"	Redshank	4
~
22/11	Puckpool-Seaview	Great Northern Diver	1	(Far out W. of Forts)
22/11	(10.15)	Red Breasted Merganser	3m.1f
22/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	6
22/11	"	Shag	2
22/11	"	Razorbill	1	(Infront of Fort)
22/11	"	Redshank	1	(Hersey outfall)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	light W. Wind
21/11	Fishbourne Beach	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,1f	(Just offshore)
21/11	(7.40)	Great Crested Grebe	4	(Off Quarr & Binstead beach)
21/11	"	Cormorant	15	(On tide guage)
~
21/11	Firestone Copse	Stock Dove	6	(W. of Creek)
21/11	(8.10)	Heron	1
21/11	"	Coal Tit	c4	(2 seen, others heard)
21/11	"	Song Thrush	3	(In full song)
21/11	"	Goldcrest	10+	(5 seen, many others heard)
~
21/11	Puckpool-Seaview	Mediterranean Gull	4
21/11	(10.20)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m
21/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	3
~
Monday	Cloudy, Showers			Light W. Wind
20/11	Puckpool	Redshank	1	(Unusual here)
20/11	(10.20)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m
20/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
20/11	"	Shag	2
20/11	"	Rock Pipit	1	(On Seawall)
~
20/11	Seaview	GREAT NORTHERN DIVER	1	(E. of Forts)
20/11	(10.40)	Shag	7	(Unusual numbers today)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals, Showers	S.W. Wind
19/11	Whale Chine	Skylark	25
19/11	(7.50 - 9.10)	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(on fields with 7 Greater BB, Herring Gulls etc.)
19/11	"	Stonechat	1m
19/11	"	Red Legged Partridge	10+
19/11	"	Reed Bunting	1	(Heard)
19/11	"	Linnet	c50
19/11	"	Meadow Pipit	2+
19/11	"	Canada Geese	21
~
19/11	Dungewood Lane	Hen Harrier	1f/juv	(@9.50&10.10, tail has gaps, 1 leg dangles, injured?)
19/11	(9.15 - 10.45)	Buzzard	2
19/11	"	Stonechat	1m
19/11	"	Skylark	20+	(some singing!)
19/11	"	Yellowhammer	12
19/11	"	Goldcrest	3+
19/11	"	Linnet	c40
19/11	"	Greenfinch	c30
19/11	"	Chaffinch	6+
19/11	"	Meadow Pipit	2
Reported	(here last week)	Short Eared Owl	1
~
19/11	Gore Cliff	Little Owl	1	(On cliff ledge)
19/11	(11.00 - 11.30)	Raven	2
19/11	"	Kestrel	1
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Reported	Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	1	& RN Grebe, Peregrine. (Ventnor Group)
Reported	St. Catherine's Point	Black Redstart	1	& Firecrest @Bridge Cottage (Graham S.)
Reported	Wheelers Bay	Sand Martin	1	& 1 Swallow (Andy B.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals, Showers	W. Wind
18/11	West High Down	Redwing	70+
18/11	(7.20 - 10.20)	Stonechat	2m,3f
18/11	"	Peregrine	2-3	(2 @Alum Bay, 1 E. of Beacon)
18/11	"	Kestrel	3
18/11	"	Rock Pipit	10+
18/11	"	Mistle Thrush	3
18/11	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
Mammal	"	Stoat	1	near Road to Battery
~
18/11	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Curlew	28
18/11	(10.45)	Black Tailed Godwit	c40
~
18/11	Newtown NR	Razorbill	1	(N. of Boathouse)
18/11	(11.00 - 11.50)	Red Breasted Merganser	8
18/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	3
18/11	"	Wigeon	20+
18/11	"	Teal	c100
18/11	"	Canada Geese	c30
18/11	"	Turnstone	1
18/11	"	Brent Geese	c200
18/11	"	Lapwing	c30
18/11	"	Redshank	5
18/11	"	Reed Bunting	1
18/11	"	Grey Plover	c40
18/11	"	Golden Plover	c80	(Over Brickfields)
18/11	"	Shelduck	74
Reported	"	GREAT NORTHERN DIVER	1	just off Harbour entrance (Bob G.)
Reptile	"	Adder	1	just W. of Hide-a late one!
Friday	Heavy Showers	to Bright Intervals		Strong S. Wind
17/11	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	7
17/11	(8.15 - 8.45)	Tufted Duck	15
17/11	"	Pochard	2m
17/11	"	Shelduck	2
~
17/11	Seaview	Guillemot	1	(Just Offshore)
17/11	(9.00)	Shag	2
17/11	"	Gannet	3E
~
17/11	Puckpool	Razorbill	1	(Fishing offshore)
17/11	(9.20)	Red Breasted Merganser	1f
17/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
17/11	"	Shag	1
17/11	"	Feral Pigeon	c40	(In off sea!)
~
Thursday	Rain	to Bright Intervals
16/11	Firestone Copse	Stock Dove	20+	(W. of Creek)
16/11	(8.30)	Heron	3
16/11	"	Little Egret	1
16/11	"	Mallard	52
~
16/11	Puckpool	Red Throated Diver	1	(Near shingle bank)
16/11	(13.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	1f
16/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
16/11	"	Cormorant	4
~
Wednesday	Bright Intervals	S. Wind
15/11	Ventnor Seawatch	Kittiwake	5W	(@8.06 -then very quiet)
15/11	(7.50 - 9.00)	Gannet	4	(1E, 3W around 8.00)
15/11	"	Razorbill	1(1st.w.)	(On Rocks at Harbour entrance)
~
Tuesday	Rain early, Cloudy	SW. Wind
14/11	Laundry Lane, Brading	Goldcrest	4+	(Heard)
14/11	(16.05 - 17.20)	Fieldfare	3
14/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
14/11	"	Buzzard	1
14/11	"	Kestrel	2
~
Monday	Showers	to Sunny Intervals		Fresh W. Wind
13/11	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	1f
13/11	(8.00 - 8.45)	Tufted Duck	1f	(With "Scaup" face pattern)
13/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
13/11	Seaview	RED NECKED GREBE	1	(Offshore)
13/11	(12.00)	Mediterranean Gull	1
13/11	"	Brent Geese	c80
13/11	"	Heron	1
~
13/11	Puckpool	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Closer this time)
13/11	(15.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	1f
13/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
13/11	"	Cormorant	4
~
Reported	Bembridge	Hen Harrier	1	"Ringtail" over Church @ 14.45 (Dave B.)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Light W. Wind
12/11	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Siskin	1	(Over SW.)
12/11	(7.35)	Fieldfare	c45	(In Orchard at Fleetlands Fm.)
12/11	"	Red Breasted Merganser	3m,12f
12/11	"	Wigeon	30+
12/11	"	Teal	c80
12/11	"	Black Tailed Godwit	14
~
12/11	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Redwing	1	(Rofford Marsh)
12/11	(8.10 - 9.40)	Bullfinch	3
12/11	"	Shoveler	5m,3f
12/11	"	Wigeon	30+
12/11	"	Teal	c130
12/11	"	Canada Geese	102	(mainly on Fields to W.)
12/11	"	Greylag Goose	1	(With Canadas)
12/11	"	Brent Geese	c85
12/11	"	Lapwing	c40
12/11	"	Redshank	5
12/11	"	Reed Bunting	3
12/11	"	Grey Plover	5
12/11	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
~
12/11	West High Down	Dartford Warbler	1m	(on Gorse W. of fenceline)
12/11	(10.00 - 11.00)	Stonechat	1m,1f
12/11	"	Raven	2+	(E. along Cliff Edge)
~
12/11	Newport Quay (11.15)	Black Swan	1	(Esc. by "Jubilee Stores" building)
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12/11	Luccombe Down	"Eared" Owl Sp.	1	(poss. Long Eared? Flew into trees on E. Side @ dusk)
12/11	(15.35 - 17.00)	Kestrel	1
12/11	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(No sign of Snow Bunting)
~
Reported	Seaview	RED NECKED GREBE	1	off Hersey oulet (Ventnor Group)
Reported	Newchurch	Woodlark	2	in plantation E. of Ch. (James G.)
~
Saturday	Fine to Cloudy	Fresh W. Wind
11/11	Shide to Blackwater FP	Red Legged Partridge	27	(3 by Marvel Fm, 24 by Birchmore Fm.)
11/11	(8.00 - 9.45)	Sparrowhawk	1
11/11	"	Collared Dove	6	(Blackwater)
11/11	"	Kestrel	2
11/11	"	Redwing	3
11/11	"	Long Tailed Tit	10+
~
11/11	Medina Estuary (W. Side)	Common Sandpiper	2	(Opposite Kingston)
11/11	(10.00 - 11.30)	Whimbrel	1	(Werrar)
11/11	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Werrar)
11/11	"	Stonechat	1f	"
11/11	"	Snipe	1	"
11/11	"	Skylark	3
11/11	"	Curlew	23
11/11	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard in Stag Lane)
11/11	"	Little Owl	1 imm.	(Tree by FP at Gravel Wks)
11/11	"	Black Tailed Godwit	3
11/11	"	Redshank	13
11/11	"	Brent Geese	4	(Folly Lake)
11/11	"	Lapwing	13
~
11/11	Seaview/Hersey NR	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Offshore)
11/11	(14.20 - 15.10)	Mediterranean Gull	5	(4 On sea, 1 @ HNR)
11/11	"	Teal	7
11/11	"	Little Grebe	6
11/11	"	Coot	24
11/11	"	Pheasant	1m
~
Reported (Richard S.)	Newport Quay	Black Swan	1	Esc. -I've not seen one on the IOW for a while.
Reported	West High Down	"Eared" Owl Sp.	1	probably a Long-eared Owl, also 1 Woodcock at Dawn
(Chris M.)	"	Firecrest	2	along lane to Beacon, also 1m Blackcap
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	S. Wind
10/11	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	2	(Over calling)
10/11	(8.15 -9.15)	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
10/11	"	Redpoll	2	(Over Sewage Wks S. to Birches)
10/11	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Feral, with Canada Geese)
10/11	"	Canada Geese	c85
10/11	"	Meadow Pipit	1
10/11	"	Kestrel	3
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	Light N. Wind
09/11	Newtown NR	GOLDENEYE	2f	(NW of Boathouse)
09/11	(8.00 - 10.10)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,2f	(Ecl. m with Goldeneye, 2f on Causeway Lake)
09/11	"	Spotted Redshank	1	(N. of Boathouse)
09/11	"	Golden Plover	338
09/11	"	Dunlin	c300
09/11	"	Knot	2
09/11	"	Razorbill	1 juv.	(Harbour entrance)
09/11	"	Grey Plover	c30
09/11	"	Lapwing	100+
09/11	"	Shelduck	35+
09/11	"	Skylark	3+
09/11	"	Redwing	2+	(Mixed flock of 10+)
09/11	"	Fieldfare	1+	"
09/11	"	Redshank	20+
09/11	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c50
09/11	"	Turnstone	13
09/11	"	Ringed Plover	2
09/11	"	Brent Geese	c300
09/11	"	Reed Bunting	1m,1f	(By Hide)
09/11	"	Little Egret	6
09/11	"	Linnet	3
09/11	"	Yellowhammer	c10
09/11	"	Meadow Pipit	4
~
09/11	Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1	(@10.40)
~
09/11	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	3	(On Lifeboat Station supports)
09/11	"	Turnstone	1	(With Purple SP)
09/11	"	Shag	1+	(On St. Helens Fort with c40 Cormorant)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy	SW. Wind
08/11	Ryde E. Sands	Brent Geese	c600	(Mostly W. of Pier)
08/11	(7.30)	Sanderling	c100
08/11	"	Bar Tailed Godwit	1	(the 1st here for several months)
08/11	"	Ringed Plover	14
08/11	"	Dunlin	2
08/11	"	Stock Dove	9	(Canoe Lake)
08/11	Appley Park (8.05)	Mistle Thrush	2
08/11	"	Treecreeper	1	(Heard)
~
08/11	Bembridge Harbour	Greenshank	7
08/11	(9.00)	Mediterranean Gull	2
08/11	"	Little Egret	6
08/11	"	Grey Plover	1
08/11	"	Shelduck	1
08/11	St. Helens Bridge	Black Tailed Godwit	4	(Over to Harbour)
~
08/11	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	4m
08/11	(10.00 - 10.30)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
08/11	"	Greenshank	5	(From harbour?)
08/11	"	Redshank	1
08/11	"	Kingfisher	1	(Heard)
08/11	"	Tufted Duck	5m,3f
08/11	"	Little Grebe	8
08/11	"	Shelduck	2
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08/11	Luccombe Down	Snow Bunting	1f	(Still on Main Path past Dew Pond @15.00)
08/11	(14.45 - 16.30)	Green Woodpecker	1
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	S.E. Wind
07/11	Wroxall Down	SNOW BUNTING	1f	(100m W. of Cattle Grid)
07/11	(7.35 - 9.00)	Kestrel	3
07/11	"	Goldcrest	3+
07/11	"	Meadow Pipit	2
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07/11	Luccombe Down	Snow Bunting	1f	(the same bird? on Main Path past Dew Pond @9.50)
07/11	(9.05 - 10.30)	Raven	2
07/11	"	Buzzard	2
07/11	"	Dartford Warbler	1m	(N. end on Gorse)
07/11	"	Meadow Pipit	5
Later Visit	"	Snow Bunting	1	(Still present on path @16.40)
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Wed-Sun	Forest of Dean	& Slimbridge, Staines,	&	Farlington
Wed 1st	New Fancy V.Pt.	Goshawk	1	& 1 Raven
Thur 2nd	R. Wye @ Ross	Goosander	1m	& 3 Kingfisher
Fri 3rd	Woorgreens Pond	Redpoll	10+	+ Siskin, 1 Brambling @ Edge End
Sat 4th	Slimbridge WWT	Bean Goose	1	& 1 Pale Bellied Brent Goose, c40 White Fronted Geese
Sun 5th	Staines Reservoir & Moor	Black Necked Grebe	2-4	& c80 Ring Necked Parakeet
Mon 6th	Farlington Marsh	Avocet	13	& Water Rail etc.
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OCTOBER 2006: Click for monthly species lists, October total = 115

Tuesday	Trip to Mainland
31st	Keyhaven	Bearded Tit	6
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Monday	Mostly Cloudy
30/10	West High Down, Alum Bay	Ring Ouzel	1f	(W. of Warren Farm)
30/10	(7.40 - 11.10)	Stonechat	4m,6f	(WHD area)
30/10	(No sign of YB Warbler)	Chiffchaff	1	(Chine)
30/10	"	Dartford Warbler	1m	(S. of Beacon on Gorse)
30/10	"	Redwing	c40W	(In trees briefly)
30/10	"	Kestrel	3
30/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
30/10	"	Goldcrest	c10
30/10	"	Meadow Pipit	2
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30/10	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Gadwall	5m	(Largest group I've seen on IOW)
30/10	(11.30 - 11.50)	Wigeon	c10
30/10	Brief Visit only	Teal	62	(Scrape)
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Sunday	Fine Sunny
29/10	Seaview/Hersey NR	Skylark	1	(Over beach)
29/10	(9.00 - 9.30)	Mediterranean Gull	10+	(On beach)
29/10	"	Water Rail	1	(In channel by Hersey entrance)
29/10	"	Kingfisher	1	(Fishing at E. end)
29/10	"	Meadow Pipit	2	(NOTE:The hide was locked today)
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29/10	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	4m,4f
29/10	(9.45 - 10.30)	Teal	12
29/10	"	Jay	2
29/10	"	Kingfisher	2	(One on Causeway, one heard)
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Reported	Alum Bay (Elaine R. etc.)	Yellow Browed Warbler	1	Up "Alum Bay Road" (on N. Side c11.30)
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Saturday	Cloudy	Brisk SW-W Wind
28/10	Whale Chine	GREY PARTRIDGE	6	(Field 200m. NW of Chine Car Park)
28/10	(8.30 - 9.40)	Raven	2	(Along Coast)
28/10	"	Hen Harrier "Ringtail"	1f/juv	(Crossed Road & landed in Cabbage Field)
28/10	"	Peregrine	1	(Cliff Edge)
28/10	"	Buzzard	2
28/10	"	Kestrel	1
28/10	"	Linnet	c50
28/10	"	Stonechat	3m,3f
28/10	"	Skylark	6	(4 flushed, 2 heard)
28/10	"	Meadow Pipit	2
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Reported	Alum Bay / West Highdown	YELLOW BROWED WARBLER	1	In Chine-on the steps to the Chair Lift, till 13.30 also 1 Wheatear,
(Chris M.	& Graham S.)	Ring Ouzel	6	& 2 Firecrest, 60 Redwing, 43 Goldcrest etc.
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Reported	St. Catherine's Pt. (Birdguides)	PALLAS'S WARBLER	1	@10.00
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Friday	Sunny Intervals	Cold start
27/10	Ryde Sands	Brent Geese	c480	(Feeding E. of Pier)
27/10	(7.45)	Razorbill	1	(On sea W. of Pier)
27/10	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(Out on Sandbank)
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27/10	Culver Down	BRAMBLING	1	(Heard by Monument)
27/10	(8.20 - 9.40)	Black Redstart	1f/juv	(Around PH and CG Cottages)
27/10	"	Stonechat	5
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Thursday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	Light SW. Wind
26/10	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	REDWING	120+	(Flocks of 70W, 40S, 20E)
26/10	(7.50 - 9.45)	Blackcap	1m	(E. of Old Station)
26/10	"	Ring Ouzel	1m	"
26/10	"	Mistle Thrush	c10	(2 on tree +Others over with Redwings)
26/10	"	Starling	c100	(Over marsh)
26/10	"	Shoveler	5m,3f
26/10	"	Wigeon	30+
26/10	"	Teal	c130
26/10	"	Canada Geese	102	(Fields to W.)
26/10	"	Lapwing	100+
26/10	"	Redshank	5
26/10	"	Skylark	10W
26/10	"	Reed Bunting	5
26/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
26/10	"	Stonechat	1f
26/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
26/10	"	Buzzard	1	(Flushing Lapwings etc.)
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26/10	Newtown NR	RED BREASTED MERGANSER	1f	(Clamerlin Channel)
26/10	(10.00 - 11.10)	Wigeon	c120
26/10	"	Golden Plover	215
26/10	"	Grey Plover	c40
26/10	"	Swallow	4	(Late ones)
26/10	"	Curlew	10+
26/10	"	Redshank	20+
26/10	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c40
26/10	"	Turnstone	4
26/10	"	Ringed Plover	25
26/10	"	Sandwich Tern	1juv
26/10	"	Brent Geese	170
26/10	"	Peregrine	1	(On post to E.)
26/10	"	Little Egret	6
26/10	"	Linnet	15
26/10	"	Stonechat	1m
26/10	"	Meadow Pipit	10+
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26/10	Laundry Lane, Brading	Stonechat	c13	(8 near Sewage Wks, 5 Bexley Point)
26/10	(15.40 - 17.20)	Lapwing	c50	(Flushed from Marsh)
26/10	"	Canada Geese	60+	(No sign of Harriers)
~
Reported	Culver Down (11.30)	Hobby	1juv	Took a Red admiral on the wing! (Pete B.)
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Wednesday	Cloudy & Windy	Strong E. Wind		(SE Forecasted)
25/10	Seawatch, Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	3E	(nothing much else)
25/10	(7.50 - 8.50)	Curlew	1E
25/10	"	Auk Sp.	1W
25/10	"	Pied Wagtail	16E	(Just off breakwater)
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Tuesday	Wet to Sunny Int.
24/10	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1m	(W. Slope past Dew Pond)
24/10	(16.30 - 17.30)	Buzzard	3
24/10	"	Stonechat	12+	(Groups of 6, 3, 3 etc.)
24/10	"	Meadow Pipit	13
24/10	"	Kestrel	1
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int
23/10	Medina Estuary (W. Side)	Common Sandpiper	1	(Werrar by Old Barge)
23/10	(7.30 - 10.30)	Blackcap	1f
23/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c20	(Werrar)
23/10	"	Reed Bunting	1m
23/10	"	Skylark	5
23/10	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard from Dodnor Bridge)
23/10	"	Pheasant	25	(Pinkmead)
23/10	"	Ringed Plover	2
23/10	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1
23/10	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard)
23/10	"	Jay	5
23/10	"	Pintail	1m	(With Mallard, @ Kingston)
23/10	"	Lapwing	16
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Sunday	Wet & Windy	Strong SW Wind
22/10	Seawatch, Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	2W	(8.20, but nothing much else)
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22/10	Sandown Canoe Lake	Brent Goose	1	(Unusual here)
22/10	(9.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
22/10	"	Linnet	c15 S.
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Reported	Dynamite Pool RSPB	Gadwall	2
(Graham S)	(IWOG Walk)	Green Sandpiper	2
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Saturday	Cloudy to Bright Intervals	SE. Wind
21/10	Ryde E. Sands	Brent Geese	c420	(Just offshore on the sea)
21/10	(8.45)	Sanderling	c100
21/10	"	Ringed Plover	58	(Highest count so far, E of Marina wall)
21/10	"	Wheatear	1m	(By Wimpy Kiosk)
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21/10	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	33
21/10	(9.00)	Mediterranean Gull	c40
21/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
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21/10	Laundry Lane (N. end)	HEN HARRIER	1m	(Flew W. @10.10 chased by Crow)
21/10	(9.40 - 10.20)	Water Rail	1	(Crossed lane)
21/10	"	Canada Geese	100+	(Some flushed by Harrier)
21/10	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Feral, with Canadas)
21/10	"	Buzzard	1	(Very pale, with whitish head)
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Reported	Headon Warren/ W. Highdown	"Acro type warbler"	1	possibly a Paddyfield Warbler (!)
(Chris M.	& Graham S.)	Firecrest	2	& 2 Ring Ouzel, 2 Dartford Warbler
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Friday	Showers to Sunny Intervals
20/10	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black Tailed Godwit	16	(More out on the fields)
20/10	(10.30 - 12.15)	Wigeon	c50
20/10	"	Kingfisher	1m	(Fishing from boat pontoons)
20/10	"	Shoveler	7m,4f
20/10	"	Lapwing	35
20/10	"	Redshank	22
20/10	"	Skylark	3
20/10	"	Reed Bunting	2
20/10	"	Heron	7
20/10	"	Little Egret	9
20/10	"	Snipe	2	(1 Station Pond, 1 Rofford Marsh)
20/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
20/10	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
20/10	"	Buzzard	2
Dragonflies	"	Ruddy Darter	c5	& c10 Migrant Hawkers. (Close-up)
Butterfies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	& 3 Red Admiral
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20/10	Alverstone NR	Snipe	1	(Heard)
20/10	(18.00 - 19.00)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
20/10	"	Barn Owl	1	(Heard)
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Reported	Dynamite Pool, RSPB	Hen Harrier	1juv m	& 1 Merlin
(Graham S.	& Chris M.)	Green Sandpiper	1	& c30 Snipe
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Thursday	Cloudy Showers	SW Wind
19/10	Shide to Blackwater FP	Pied Wagtail	20+	(Blackwater- on sheep field)
19/10	(8.00 - 9.30)	Bullfinch	2+	(1 seen others heard)
19/10	"	Long Tailed Tit	8+	(with Goldcrest)
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Bright Intervals	SE. Wind
18/10	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	c30
18/10	(9.00)	Mediterranean Gull	c30
18/10	"	Little Egret	3
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18/10	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	6
18/10	(9.45)	Pochard	2m, 1f
18/10	"	Tufted Duck	1m, 7f
18/10	"	Little Grebe	6
18/10	"	Teal	5	(Lagoon)
18/10	"	Goldcrest	3+
~
Tuesday	Overcast
17/10	Brading Marsh, Laundry Lane	Goldcrest	5+
17/10	(7.45 - 9.05)	Buzzard	4
17/10	"	Snipe	1	(Over calling)
17/10	"	Starling	50+
17/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
17/10	"	Water Rail	2-3	(Heard)
17/10	"	Goldfinch	c30
17/10	"	Swallow	1E
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17/10	Ryde E. Sands	Brent Geese	85
17/10	(11.25)	Sanderling	c150
17/10	"	Ringed Plover	37
17/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	2E
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Monday	Misty, Cloudy	E. Wind
16/10	Culver Down	Ring Ouzel	2	(Heading E.)
16/10	(8.05 - 9.10)	Pied Wagtail	c10E
16/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
16/10	"	Song Thrush	1
16/10	"	Linnet	25E
16/10	"	Swallow	23E
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16/10	Newtown NR	Black Tailed Godwit	100	(Causeway Lake)
16/10	(14.45 - 15.50)	Little Egret	6
16/10	"	Knot	2
16/10	"	Dunlin	c100
16/10	"	Common Tern	2
16/10	"	Ringed Plover	8
16/10	"	Turnstone	12
16/10	"	Brent Geese	12
16/10	"	Little Grebe	2
16/10	"	Pintail	9	(Clamerkin Channel)
16/10	"	Golden Plover	c150	(2 groups, 64 & c80)
Reported	(Earlier)	Scaup	1(juv?)	briefly NE of E. Hide (Jim C.)
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Reported	Luccombe Down	Ring Ouzel	30	wow! & 2 Redwing (Niel N.)
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Sunday	Misty Overcast to	Fine Sunny		NE - E. Wind
15/10	Blackgang/Gore Cliff	Ring Ouzel	1
15/10	(7.45 - 9.30)	Raven	2
15/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
15/10	"	Wheatear	1f
15/10	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(By Road)
15/10	"	Swallow	c50	(Steady trickle E.)
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15/10	Brading Marsh, Laundry Lane	BLACK REDSTART	1f/juv	(Roof of "Bishop's House")
15/10	(15.55 - 17.30)	MERLIN	1
15/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
15/10	"	Kestrel	1
15/10	"	Buzzard	1
15/10	"	Shoveler	5
15/10	"	Lapwing	c100
15/10	"	Starling	100+
15/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
15/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
15/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
15/10	"	Goldfinch	c30
15/10	"	Swallow	c20
15/10	"	Green Woodpecker	2
15/10	"	Canada Geese	100+
15/10	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Feral)
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Reported	Luccombe Down	YELLOW BROWED WARBLER	1	@10.30, Gate to Shanklin Dn. (Ventnor Gp.)
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Reported	Culver Down (by E-Mail)	Ring Ouzel	14	field above Redcliff, also 215 Meadow Pipits.
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Saturday	Hazy Cloudy	E Wind
14/10	Headon Warren	JACK SNIPE	1	(Flushed just NE of Tumulus @9.40)
14/10	(7.20 - 11.15)	Stonechat	3m,2f	(FP to Needles etc.)
14/10	Alum Bay	Chiffchaff	2	(Chine)
14/10	"	Goldcrest	c10	(Heard)
14/10	To Needles	Meadow Pipit	c10
14/10	"	Raven	2
14/10	"	Peregrine	1-2	(Alum Bay and Needles)
14/10	"	Swallow	4E
14/10	"	Starling	c70E
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Friday	Fog Patches Cloudy	Light S.to E. Wind
13/10	Culver Down	RING OUZEL	1 (1st w)	(Pit above Redcliff)
13/10	(7.40 - 9.15)	House Martin	c10E
13/10	"	Swallow	c70E
13/10	"	Goldfinch	c80
13/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c25
13/10	"	Chiffchaff	7
13/10	"	Skylark	10+	(Over)
13/10	"	Buzzard	1
13/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
13/10	"	Kestrel	1
13/10	"	Song Thrush	3
13/10	"	Yellowhammer	4
~
Reported	Blackgang & Gore Cliff	LAPLAND BUNTING	1	flushed by Merlin@12.10 & 1 Firecrest
(Graham S.	& Chris M.) St.Catherine's Down	Black Redstart	1	& 1 Dartford Warbler.
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Black Tern	1	& 8 Common Tern, from E. Hide (Dave W.)
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals	S. Wind
12/10	Culver Down	Linnet	c100	(Mixed Finch Flocks everywhere)
12/10	(7.40 - 8.40)	Stonechat	2f
12/10	"	Goldfinch	c80
12/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c25
12/10	"	Chiffchaff	4
12/10	"	Skylark	8	(Over)
12/10	"	Buzzard	1
12/10	"	Song Thrush	2
12/10	"	Swallow	3
12/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	c50	(Field to N.)
Reported	(Later)	Short Eared Owl	1	over ridge to E. then out to sea
(By E-Mail)	"	Black Redstart	1	3 Ring Ouzel
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12/10	Blackwater FP (16.30)	Little Owl	1	(On fence post)
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Reported	Ryde/Binstead coast	REDWING	4	24 Skylark (over)
(Graham S.)	"	Siskin	18	30 Chaffinch (over)
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Wednesday	Cloudy, Heavy Showers	S. Wind
11/10	Culver Down	Wheatear	1
11/10	(7.50 - 8.50)	Stonechat	1f
11/10	"	Siskin	c10	(Over to SE.)
11/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
11/10	"	Skylark	6	(Over)
11/10	"	Buzzard	3	(1 Pale)
11/10	"	Song Thrush	3
11/10	"	Linnet	c50
11/10	"	Swallow	c50
~
11/10	Hersey NR	Teal	10	(High water level)
11/10	(14.45 - 15.20)	Little Egret	5
11/10	"	Black Headed Gull	c100
11/10	"	Little Grebe	4
11/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c90	(Feral)
11/10	"	Snow Geese	2	(Feral -1 Blue Phase)
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Reported	West High Down, Alum Bay	Pied Flycatcher	1	50 Pied Wagtail (over)
(Graham S.)	"	Redstart	1	45 Meadow Mipit (over)
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Tuesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int
10/10	Ryde Sands (7.20)	Brent Geese	51
10/10	Appley Park	Treecreeper	1	(Heard)
~
10/10	Newtown NR	Stonechat	1m,2f
10/10	(14.05 - 14.50)	Meadow Pipit	c20
10/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
10/10	"	Linnet	4
10/10	"	Buzzard	2
~
10/10	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black Tailed Godwit	c25
10/10	(15.10 - 16.30)	Wigeon	c30
10/10	"	Teal	140
10/10	"	Shoveler	3m,2f
10/10	"	Lapwing	15+
10/10	"	Curlew	c30
10/10	"	Snipe	1
10/10	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Immature)
10/10	"	Shelduck	1	(Immature)
10/10	"	Stonechat	1f
10/10	"	Buzzard	6
10/10	"	Little Egret	c10
10/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
Reported	Culver Down	RING OUZEL	1	cliff edge, at first light (Kris G.)
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	BRAMBLING	2 over	& 17 Siskin, 3 Grey Wagtail
(Graham S.)	"	Spotted FC.	1	& 8 Blackcap
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Monday	Cloudy to Bright Intervals	S. Wind
09/10	Fishbourne Beach	Common Tern	4	(2 in Creek entrance, 2 in Solent)
09/10	(7.45 - 8.45)	Redshank	c30	(Shingle bank S. of Ferry Term.)
09/10	"	Little Egret	10
09/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard at Quarr ponds)
09/10	"	Little Grebe	6
~
09/10	Lane End, Bembridge	Sandwich Tern	17	(Some ringed, 2 juv on Life Boat Pier)
09/10	(14.10)	Cormorant	c30	(7 on marker, 20+ on Fort)
~
09/10	Bembridge Ponds	Kingfisher	1
09/10	(14.45)	Tufted Duck	7
09/10	"	Little Grebe	6
09/10	"	Teal	1	(Lagoon)
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny
08/10	Newtown NR	Knot	1
08/10	(7.40 - 11.10)	Wigeon	c50
08/10	IWOG walk from 8.30	Teal	c400	(Flushed by Peregrine)
08/10	"	Pintail	1	(Causeway Lake)
08/10	"	Kingfisher	1	(Causeway Lake)
08/10	"	Golden Plover	c80
08/10	"	Grey Plover	c50
08/10	"	Curlew	10+
08/10	"	Redshank	20+
08/10	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c50
08/10	"	Greenshank	2	(5 reported later)
08/10	"	Turnstone	c10
08/10	"	Ringed Plover	c35
08/10	"	Common Tern	3
08/10	"	Sandwich Tern	2
08/10	"	Brent Geese	1	(3 more reported, Clamerkin)
08/10	"	Peregrine	1	(On post to E.)
08/10	"	Little Egret	10
08/10	"	Linnet	c60
08/10	"	Stonechat	1f
08/10	"	Rock Mipit	4
08/10	"	Meadow Pipit	10+
08/10	"	Canada Geese	90+	(Most over to W)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Light W Wind
07/10	West High Down, Totland	Wheatear	6	(2m)
07/10	(7.20 - 11.15)	Stonechat	26	(14 on Gorse W. of Beacon)
07/10	Met CM & GS	SISKIN	10+	(Over to W.)
07/10	"	Chiffchaff	4+
07/10	"	Blackcap	2	(Heard)
07/10	"	Tree Pipit	1	(Over calling)
07/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
07/10	"	Rock Pipit	4
07/10	"	Skylark	8W
07/10	"	Raven	2
07/10	"	Peregrine	2
07/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
07/10	"	Swallow	c10
07/10	"	Bullfinch	2	(Heard)
~
07/10	Culver Down	Linnet	c100	(Weedy field E. of PH)
07/10	(12.00 - 12.45)	Kestrel	1	(Scattered the Linnets)
Butterfies	"	Clouded Yellow	8	but no sign of Snow Bunting
~
07/10	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	1m
07/10	(16.15 - 16.45)	Kingfisher	3	(2 flew over to Harbour)
07/10	"	Tufted Duck	6
~
Reported	Culver Down	SNOW BUNTING	1	@ NT Car Park early am. (James G.)
Reported	"	Merlin	1f	3 Stonechat etc (Gary H.)
~
Friday	Very Wet & Windy	SW Gales
06/10	Seawatch, Ventnor Esplanade	Common Scoter	2W	(@8.16)
06/10	(7.45 - 8.45)	Razorbill	1W.	(@7.55)
06/10	"	Brent Goose	1juv W.	(Close in @8.40)
~
06/10	Foreland, Bembridge	Shag	1	(W. of LB Stn.)
06/10	(14.20)	Sandwich Tern	2
06/10	"	Curlew	3
06/10	"	Gannet	1W	(Though Solent)
06/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	11	(Inc. 2, 1st w.)
~
06/10	Bembridge Ponds	Swallow	2
06/10	(15.30)	Tufted Duck	14
06/10	"	Little Grebe	2+
06/10	"	Chiffchaff	4	(With c10 Long Tailed Tit)
06/10	"	Teal	7	(Lagoon)
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Thursday	Rain to Bright Int.
05/10	Ryde E. Sands	GREAT CRESTED GREBE	2	(Just offshore)
05/10	(8.15)	Brent Geese	34	(Numbers building up)
05/10	"	Sanderling	c200
05/10	"	Ringed Plover	41
05/10	"	Curlew	18W
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Wednesday	Cool, Showers, Sunny Int	Light NW. Wind
04/10	Bembridge & Culver Downs	House Martin	2
04/10	(14.15 - 15.55)	Buzzard	2	(1 very pale)
04/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1m
04/10	"	Whinchat	1m	(Field W. of Fort)
04/10	"	Stonechat	1f
04/10	"	Wheatear	3	(2 @ Redcliff, 1 on "Culver Haven" PH roof)
04/10	"	Yellowhammer	2m
04/10	"	Skylark	8
04/10	"	Reed Bunting	2f/juv
04/10	"	Goldfinch	c10
04/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c30
04/10	"	Linnet	c25W
04/10	"	Pied Wagtail	6
04/10	"	Swallow	c20
Butterfies	"	Small Copper	1	a late one & 1 Meadow Brown, 3 Red Admiral
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04/10	Newtown NR	Peregrine	1	(On post to E.)
04/10	(14.10 - 16.10)	Wigeon	c30
04/10	"	Golden Plover	38
04/10	"	Grey Plover	c10
04/10	"	Curlew	10+
04/10	"	Redshank	6
04/10	"	Common Tern	1
04/10	"	Little Egret	4
04/10	"	Linnet	c20
04/10	"	Stonechat	1f
04/10	"	Black Tailed Godwit	95
04/10	"	Turnstone	4
04/10	"	Buzzard	3
04/10	"	Swan	2ad, 5 cyg.
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny
03/10	Newtown NR	WOODLARK	5	(Over to SW @ 8.15)
03/10	(7.40 - 9.40)	Wigeon	c50
03/10	"	Teal	c200
03/10	"	Pintail	3
03/10	"	Golden Plover	2
03/10	"	Grey Plover	c40
03/10	"	Curlew	10+
03/10	"	Redshank	26
03/10	"	Common Tern	2
03/10	"	Sandwich Tern	1
03/10	"	Brent Geese	4W.	(Past Harbour entrance)
03/10	"	Peregrine	1	(On post to E.)
03/10	"	Little Egret	10
03/10	"	Linnet	c45	(Flocks of 15-20 moving W.)
03/10	"	Stonechat	1f
03/10	"	Swallow	c10
03/10	"	Mistle Thrush	5+
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03/10	Shide to Blackwater FP	House Martin	c25	(Over fields to W.)
03/10	(10.00 - 11.15)	Buzzard	2
03/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1m
03/10	"	Treecreeper	1
03/10	"	Yellowhammer	1m
03/10	"	Swallow	c20
Insects	"	Southern Hawker	1pair	-Mating, also 3 Specked Wood, 1 Red Admiral.
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03/10	Brading Marsh, Laundry Lane	House Martin	c25	(Over fields to W.)
03/10	(14.15 - 15.55)	Buzzard	5
03/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1m
03/10	"	Kestrel	3
03/10	"	Stonechat	1m
03/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
03/10	"	Goldfinch	c50
03/10	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds @ Sewage Wks)
03/10	"	Swallow	c20
Dragonflies	"	Ruddy Darter	20+	-many Migrant & Southern Hawkers.
Butterfies	"	Clouded Yellow	2	2 Speckled Wood, 3 Red Admiral, 1 Painted Lady
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Monday	Heavy Showers	Fresh SW Wind
02/10	Seawatch, Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	27	(24W, 3E.)
02/10	(7.35 - 10.00)	Sandwich Tern	24W.
02/10	(Met CM. -but no Shearwaters today)	"Commic" Tern	7W
02/10	"	Auk Sp.	2
02/10	"	Raven	1W	(Over Town @9.00 then along coast)
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02/10	Hersey NR, Seaview	Common Sandpiper	1	(A late one!)
02/10	(18.25 - 18.55)	Little Grebe	8
02/10	"	Teal	2
02/10	"	Swallow	c20	(Over Nettlestone @ 18.40)
02/10	Seaview Beach	Sandwich Tern	1
02/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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Reported	Newtown NR	Curlew Sandpiper	1	W. of E. Hide with Dunlin
(Jim C.)	"	Osprey	1	eating a fish, also 1 Whimbrel.
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals, Showers	Strong SW Wind
01/10	West High Down, Totland	Wheatear	1	(E. of CG Cotts)
01/10	(8.00 - 10.10)	Stonechat	2m,1f
01/10	(No sign of RB Shrike)	Chiffchaff	2+
01/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
01/10	"	Goldcrest	2	(Heard)
01/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
01/10	"	Swallow	c60W
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01/10	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black Tailed Godwit	40
01/10	(10.20 - 11.20)	Wigeon	c60
01/10	"	Teal	110
01/10	"	Shoveler	2m,2f
01/10	"	Lapwing	12+
01/10	"	Curlew	4
01/10	"	Grey Plover	2
01/10	"	Heron	6
01/10	"	Little Egret	3
01/10	"	Stock Dove	1
01/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/10	"	Swallow	c10
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Reported	La Falaise, Ventnor	Sooty Shearwater	40+	& 1 Balearic, record numbers!
(Chris M.	& Graham S.) 8.00 - 16.00	Arctic Skua	1	& 7 Scoter etc.
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SEPTEMBER 2006: Click for monthly species lists, September total = 130; NEW: Birdnotes, for more details on selected sightings.

Saturday	Some Sunny Intervals
30/09	Ryde W. Sands	Razorbill	1	(Fishing off Binstead Beach)
30/09	(8.05)	Brent Geese	24	(Slowly building up)
30/09	"	Rock Pipit	1
30/09	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	210
30/09	(8.20)	Ringed Plover	20
30/09	"	Curlew	13
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30/09	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	98	(On old millpond wall)
30/09	(9.00)	Rock Pipit	2
30/09	"	Little Egret	3
30/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Heard)
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30/09	Bembridge Ponds	Swallow	c6	(Over)
30/09	(9.20)	Tufted Duck	3m,4f
30/09	"	Little Grebe	6+
30/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c20	(Over)
30/09	"	Teal	6	(Lagoon)
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30/09	Laundry Lane	Yellow Wagtail	4	(In bushes by cattle)
30/09	(16.00 - 17.15)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
30/09	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
30/09	"	Starling	c50
30/09	"	Kestrel	2
30/09	"	Swallow	c50
30/09	"	Chiffchaff	4	(N. end)
30/09	"	Buzzard	5
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Friday	Cloudy, Showers
29/09	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	50+	(Spread out so hard to estimate)
29/09	(8.15)	Brent Geese	21	(Numbers increasing)
29/09	"	Curlew	c15
29/09	Appley Park	House Martin	c30	(Over to E. with c10 Swallows)
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Mon-Thur	Forest of Dean	& Slimbridge
Mon 25th	New Fancy V.Pt.	Lesser Spotted Woodpecker	1m	& 1 Goshawk
Tue 26th	New Fancy V.Pt.	Goshawk	3
Wed 27th	Cannop Ponds	Dipper	1
Thur 28th	Slimbridge WWT	BUFF BREASTED SANDPIPER	2juv	& Ruff, Peregrine c50 Bk & 1 Bar T Godwit
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Sunday	IWOG trip to Farlington	& Pagham Harbour		Sunny Intervals
24th	from Ferry	Merlin	1f/juv	& Common Terns
"	Farlington "Lake"	Bearded Tit	c14	flitting over reedbed, several Water Rail
"	Church Norton, Pagham	Honey Buzzard	2	& Hobby, Pintail, Bar T Godwit, Little Stint etc.
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
23/09	West High Down, Totland	Blackcap	7
23/09	(7.30 - 10.30)	Tree Pipit	1	(+3 reported earlier)
23/09	-met CM & GS	Chiffchaff	2+
23/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	6+
23/09	"	Wheatear	1f	(Rocket Testing Site)
23/09	"	Stonechat	6	(3m, 3f/juv, near Beacon)
23/09	"	Blackcap	7
23/09	"	Yallowhammer	1
23/09	"	Rock Pipit	4
23/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c200E
23/09	"	Rock Pipit	4
23/09	"	Stock Dove	2
23/09	"	Swallow	c300	(Streaming SE. all morning)
23/09	"	House Martin	c800	"
23/09	"	Peregrine	2+	(2 early and 1 later)
23/09	"	Raven	2+	(2 together and 1 later)
23/09	"	Kestrel	2
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Friday	Cloudy, Showers
22/09	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	100+	(End of Sandbank)
22/09	(8.10)	Brent Geese	4	(The first here since a single on 14th)
22/09	"	Curlew	20	(4 W. of Pier)
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22/09	Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(Top of high conifers)
22/09	(9.30)	Goldcrest	2+
22/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
22/09	In Sandown Bay	Gannet	9E
22/09	"	Shag	1	(Also 4 Cormorants)
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Reported	Dynamite Pool (RSPB)	BLACK KITE	1	Low over ditches, left to NW.
(Graham S.	& Chris M.)	Black Tern	1juv	over pond, also 2 Green Sandpiper.
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals	Fresh SE Wind
21/09	St. Catherine's Point	Hobby	1	(Swooped down from Cliffs @9.40)
21/09	(8.05 - 9.05)	Common Scoter	1E	(@8.19)
21/09	(Seawatch)	Gannet	73	(61E, 12W)
21/09	"	Little Egret	1E
21/09	"	Swallow	c150W
21/09	"	House Martin	2
21/09	"	Sand Martin	4+
21/09	(Bushes till 9.45)	Wheatear	1f
21/09	"	Dunnock	7	(1 young juv)
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21/09	Dungewood Lane Area	Skylark	5
21/09	(10.0 - 10.45)	Yellowhammer	4
21/09	"	House Martin	30+
21/09	"	Sand Martin	1
21/09	"	Whinchat	2
21/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	1
Insects	"	Devil's Coach Horse	3	Points tail up if threatened, see picture
Mammals	"	Stoat	1	S. of Farm
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Wednesday	Overcast to Sunny Intervals	Fresh S. Wind
20/09	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Greenshank	2	(Mill Copse Scrape)
20/09	"	Teal	c40
20/09	"	Shoveler	3	(1m,2f)
20/09	"	Snipe	2	(Ponds & Marsh)
20/09	"	Curlew	4
20/09	"	Redshank	7
20/09	"	Turnstone	1
20/09	"	Black Tailed Godwit	53	(Most in Estuary)
20/09	"	Lapwing	29
20/09	"	Black Headed Gull	c550	(Estuary and Stubble Field to W.
20/09	"	Pheasant	21	(12m, 9f/juv)
~
20/09	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(E. side of Clamerkin Channel)
20/09	(10.45 - 12.05)	Black Tailed Godwit	c20	(On fields to W.)
20/09	"	Ringed Plover	2
20/09	"	Redshank	c30
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals
19/09	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	176	(Waters edge W. of "Wimpy" Kiosk)
19/09	(8.10)	Ringed Plover	36	(Numbers Increasing)
19/09	"	Dunlin	2	(With S. Ling & R. Plover)
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19/09	St. Helens Bridge	Kingfisher	1	(Flew across river to bush)
19/09	(8.35)	Green Sandpiper	1	(Flew to concrete slab on W. side)
19/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
19/09	"	Swallow	20+	(Streaming S.)
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19/09	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	82	(On old millpond wall)
19/09	(8.50)	Lapwing	1
19/09	"	Little Egret	9
19/09	"	Redshank	1
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19/09	Bembridge Ponds	Kingfisher	3	("Old Tin Shed" pond)
19/09	(9.20)	Tufted Duck	3f
19/09	"	Little Grebe	6+
19/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Pursued by a Rook)
19/09	"	Chiffchaff	3
19/09	"	Teal	2	(Lagoon)
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Monday	Fine Sunny
18/09	Fishbourne Beach	Common Sandpiper	1	(E. side of Creek mouth)
18/09	(7.20 - 8.20) WeBS	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(Shingle Bank)
18/09	"	prob. BLACK TERN	1	(On furthest Marker Pontoon with Common Terns)
18/09	"	Common Tern	c50	(c20 on boat offshore, many more in Solent)
18/09	"	Sandwich Tern	4
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18/09	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	10+	(with mixed Tit flocks)
18/09	(8.30 - 10.00)	Jay	4+	(2 seen, more heard)
18/09	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2+
18/09	"	Goldcrest	7+	(must be many more)
18/09	"	Chiffchaff	3
18/09	"	Little Egret	12	(8 in one tree by Creek)
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18/09	Fishbourne Beach	Kingfisher	1	(Flew up and down beach)
18/09	(18.00 - 18.45) WeBS	Wheatear	1f	(On rocks)
18/09	"	Common Tern	c80	(c30 on beach, 50+ off Binstead)
18/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	6
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Sunday	Cloudy to Warm Sunny	Dull later		N. Wind
17/09	Culver Down (IWOG Walk)	Hobby	1	(E Along Redcliff)
17/09	(7.30 - 11.30)	Whinchat	1	(Redcliff Bushes)
17/09	Walk from 8.30	Stonechat	2f	"
17/09	"	Wheatear	10
17/09	"	Blackcap	c15
17/09	"	Linnet	c120	(Large flock near Monument)
17/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c20	"
17/09	"	House Martin	200+	(With some Sand Martin)
17/09	"	Swallow	100+
17/09	"	Raven	2
17/09	"	Buzzard	1
17/09	"	Kestrel	2
17/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	1	(Over W. calling)
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	4	and Comma, Speckled Wood, Small Heath.
"	"	Common Blue	1	and Large White, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral.
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17/09	Rofford Marsh to Stn. Pond	Little Stint	4	(Back of Rofford Marsh with 2 Dunlin)
17/09	(14.40 - 16.50)	Wigeon	11	(Stn. Pond)
17/09	Met Tony F.	Teal	c40
17/09	"	Shoveler	1f
17/09	"	Snipe	4	(3 @ Pond, 1 @ Rofford Marsh)
17/09	"	Greenshank	1
17/09	"	Lapwing	3
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Reported	Laundry Lane	Garden Warbler	1	2 Blackcap
(Chris M.)	"	Whinchat	3	3 Redstart & 1 Spotted FC.
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Saturday	Overcast	N Wind		Misty
16/09	Newtown NR	Knot	4
16/09	(8.45 - 12.00)	Osprey	1	(On post Clamerkin channel)
16/09	"	Peregrine	1	(On post)
16/09	"	Wigeon	c25	(Recent arrivals)
16/09	"	Teal	100+
16/09	"	Pintail	3	(Eclipse plumage)
16/09	"	Whimbrel	1	(Clamerkin bank)
16/09	"	Black Tailed Godwit	4
16/09	"	Turnstone	8
16/09	"	Grey Plover	c35
16/09	"	Ringed Plover	c10
16/09	"	Dunlin	c10
16/09	"Odd" Dunlin?	poss. Curlew Sandpiper	1	(Pinkish neck, long rather straight bill, white rump)
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Reported	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth (am)	Little Stint	4	& 1 Dunlin, Thorley Road End (Caroline D.)
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Reported	West High Down etc.	Honey Buzzard	1	@16.00 over Tennyson Down
(Chris M.)	"	Merlin	1f/juv	chasing Pipits & 1 Hobby W.
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Friday	Wet am, Bright pm	Light Wind
15/09	Alverstone NR	Barn Owl	1	(On post @ 19.45 -getting dark!)
15/09	(19.10 - 20.00)	Canada Geese	c30	(Over to NE)
15/09	"	Kestrel	1
15/09	"	Heron	1
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Thursday	Wet am, Brighter pm	Light Wind
14/09	Ryde Esplanade	BRENT GOOSE	1	(On sea off sandbank)
14/09	(13.30)	Ringed Plover	29	(With Sanderling)
14/09	"	Sanderling	178	(Eastern end, past Canoe Lake)
14/09	"	Common Tern	c80	(c30 on Sandbank, c50 fishing in Solent)
14/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1
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14/09	Hersey NR	PINK FOOTED GOOSE	1 Esc.	(Feral, with a Blue Phase Snow Goose)
14/09	(14.10 - 15.20)	Snow Geese	2 Esc.	(Feral, 2nd. bird with c80 Barnacle Geese)
14/09	"	Teal	6
14/09	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1
14/09	"	Little Grebe	8
14/09	"	Little Egret	4	(+Small Wader reported am.)
14/09	"	Reed Warbler	1juv	(On reeds at rear of reserve)
14/09	"	Whitethroat	1juv
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Wednesday	Overcast to Sunny Intervals	Light Wind
13/09	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	LITTLE STINT	1	(W. side of Station Pond)
13/09	(8.45 - 10.35)	GADWALL	2	(m&f, Stn. Pond)
13/09	"	WIGEON	6	(Recent arrivals)
13/09	"	Teal	c40
13/09	"	Shoveler	4	(1m,3f)
13/09	"	Snipe	1	(Rofford Marsh)
13/09	"	Curlew	6
13/09	"	Redshank	6
13/09	"	Greenshank	1
13/09	"	Black Tailed Godwit	78	(Most in Estuary)
13/09	"	Lapwing	3
13/09	"	Kingfisher	1f
13/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	1+	(Over calling)
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13/09	Newtown NR	Knot	5
13/09	(10.45 - 12.05)	Osprey	1	(On Signal Hill Flagpole)
13/09	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c20	(c70 reported)
13/09	"	Turnstone	6
13/09	"	Ringed Plover	c20
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Tuesday	Overcast
12/09	Ryde Sands (Low Tide)	Little Egret	19	(11 W. of the Pier, 8 on E. side)
12/09	(8.00)	Heron	3
12/09	"	Ringed Plover	16
12/09	"	Sanderling	2
12/09	"	Common Tern	4
12/09	"	Sandwich Tern	2
12/09	"	Cormorant	8
12/09	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	14
12/09	Appley Park	Buzzard	1	(The 1st I've seen actually inside the Park)
12/09	(8.30)	Treecreeper	1m	(Heard in NE corner)
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12/09	Bembridge Ponds	Kingfisher	1m	(Lagoon)
12/09	(9.40 - 10.40)	Tufted Duck	7	(1m,6f)
12/09	"	Sedge Warbler	1juv
12/09	"	Reed Bunting	1juv
12/09	"	Chiffchaff	1
12/09	"	Common Sandpiper	1
12/09	"	Water Rail	1	(In Lagoon behind the sunken boat)
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12/09	Lane End, Bembridge @14.30	Purple Sandpiper	1	(Under LB Station, viewed from seawall to W.)
12/09	"	Sandwich Tern	11
12/09	"	Cormorant	c25	(Mostly on St. Helen's Fort)
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Monday	Sunny Intervals
11/09	Nansen Hill / Luccombe Down	Redstart	2+	(Gorse just E. of Car Park)
11/09	(15.30 - 16.40)	Raven	3	(Over to S.)
11/09	"	Swallow	c50	(Only a thin passage to SE.)
Mammals	"	Wild Goats	4	Escaped again, 2 on Nansen Hill, 2 Wroxall Down.
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Reported	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	ALPINE SWIFT	1	with House Martins 9.00-9.45 then left S.(Tony F.)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	E. Wind		Misty Start
10/09	Laundry Lane	Sedge Warbler	2	(Bushes by Reedbed E. of FP)
10/09	(7.05)	Cetti's Warbler	3	(2 with Sedge Warblers plus another heard)
10/09	"	Reed Bunting	1f	(In same bush!)
10/09	"	Redstart	2f	(1 in the same bush)
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10/09	Luccombe & Shanklin Downs	FIRECREST	5	(Another 6 reported earlier-WOW)
10/09	(8.30 - 11.30)	Redstart	4+	(Fem/juv, 1 very bright)
10/09	IWOG Walk (Re-run of last week's)	Grasshopper Warbler	1	(Perched on Gorse)
10/09	"	Dartford Warbler	1	(Near the Gropper, now very scarce here)
10/09	"	Chiffchaff	10+	(Probably many more)
10/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	2
10/09	"	Whitethroat	6+
10/09	"	Swallow	c200	(Hunting overhead all morning)
10/09	"	House Martin	c10
10/09	"	Sand Martin	20+
10/09	"	Raven	1
10/09	"	Kestrel	2
10/09	"	Buzzard	2
10/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1-2
Spider	"	Garden Spider	1	N. end Luccombe Down
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10/09	Laundry Lane	Cuckoo	1juv	(Flew along lane to tree @17.00)
10/09	(16.20 - 17.45)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
10/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
10/09	"	Starling	c50
10/09	"	Linnet	20
10/09	"	Swallow	c150	(Also c20 Sand Martin)
10/09	"	Little Egret	8	(Roosting in bare tree, no sign of Large Egret)
10/09	"	Buzzard	5
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
09/09	Shide FP	Grey Wagtail	3	(1ad, 2juv, very noisy)
09/09	(7.05)	Kingfisher	1	(N. along R. Medina)
09/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
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09/09	West High Down, Totland	CUCKOO	1juv	(A late one!)
09/09	(7.40 - 11.30)	Tree Pipit	4+	(On top of ridge in grass)
09/09	-met CM & GS	Chiffchaff	15+
09/09	"	Willow Warbler	1
09/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	6+	(E. calling)
09/09	"	Whinchat	1
09/09	"	Wheatear	20+	(1 Greenland type)
09/09	"	Stonechat	7	(2m, 2f, 3juv)
09/09	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2
09/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	1
09/09	"	Goldfinch	10+	(Several Juvs.)
09/09	"	Whitethroat	10+
09/09	"	Blackcap	6+
09/09	"	Yallowhammer	3
09/09	"	Rock Pipit	3	(@Rocket Site)
09/09	"	Swallow	c300	(Streaming E. all morning)
09/09	"	House Martin	2
09/09	"	Sand Martin	10+
09/09	"	Peregrine	1
09/09	"	Raven	2-4	(Probably 2 but seen twice)
09/09	"	Kestrel	2
09/09	"	Shag	2
09/09	"	Jay	6	(About 20 reported, migrants?)
Mammal	"	Stoat	1	N. Slope
Reported	(earlier)	Merlin	1f/juv	W. slope of Tennyson Down
(Chris M.	& Graham S.)	Marsh Harrier@10.50 &14.10	2f/juv	& 1 Firecrest @ Whitecliff Cottage
~
09/09	Newtown NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(In scrape)
09/09	(12.00)	Osprey	2	(In trees at back of Clamerkin Channel)
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
08/09	Brighstone Down	Dartford Warbler	1	(Heard)
08/09	(8.00 - 10.20)	Spotted Flycatcher	10	(In valley by road)
08/09	"	Willow Warbler	c6
08/09	"	Chiffchaff	3
08/09	"	Bullfinch	2+	(Heard)
08/09	"	Blackcap	4
08/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
08/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1f	(Chasing the Green WP!)
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08/09	Newtown NR	Osprey	2	(1 by Clamerkin La, 1 in tree Brickfields)
08/09	(10.30 - 11.30)	Shelduck	6	(all juvs.)
08/09	"	Common Tern	6
08/09	"	Sandwich Tern	4	(1 juv)
08/09	"	Kestrel	1	(W. of Hide)
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	NW Wind
07/09	Bembridge & Culver Downs	Yellow Wagtail	3+	(W. of Fort, with Cattle)
07/09	(7.50 - 9.10)	Willow Warbler	c6	(& about 2 Chiffchaff)
07/09	"	Whitethroat	2
07/09	"	Wheatear	3
07/09	"	Swallow	c20
07/09	"	House Martin	c35
07/09	"	Raven	2
07/09	"	Skylark	3
07/09	"	Redstart	1f
07/09	"	Yellowhammer	2m
~
07/09	Foreland (13.40)	Wheatear	3	(1 on LB Stn, 2 on Clifftop fields)
07/09	"	Heron	3	(In fields)
~
07/09	Bembridge Ponds	Kingfisher	1	(Pond W. of Lagoon)
07/09	(14.10)	Tufted Duck	6	(1m,5f)
07/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Hunting along FP)
~
07/09	Ryde E. Sands (18.15)	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2-4	(Graellsii, 2 distant with GBB Gulls)
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07/09	Hersey NR	Whinchat	1m	(In weeds @ back of centre channel)
07/09	(18.40 - 19.30)	Black Tailed Godwit	5	(in Winter Plumage now)
07/09	"	Tufted Duck	4f
07/09	"	Sand Martin	3+
07/09	"	Barnacle Geese	100+	(Lawns @ Salterns, Feral)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals
06/09	Shide FP (7.25)	Blackcap	1juv
~
06/09	Dodnor to Medham	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(Just N. of Werrar Fm.)
06/09	(9.05 - 10.55)	Whitethroat	1
06/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Mobbed by Swallows)
06/09	"	Curlew	c30
06/09	"	Lapwing	6
06/09	"	Teal	3	(Over)
06/09	"	Lapwing	6
06/09	"	Kingfisher	2	(Together in line astern)
06/09	"	Little Egret	2
Butterflies	"	Comma	2	and 2 Speckled Wood
~
Reported	Luccombe Down (Ventnor Gp.)	Hen Harrier	1f (juv ?)	@10.15 E. over the radar, then W. over Bay
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
05/09	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	6	(1m, 5f)
05/09	(8.00 - 9.00)	Greenshank	6	(Flew in from Harbour)
05/09	St. Helens Bridge	Kingfisher	1	(Flew across R.Yar)
05/09	Harbour	Rock Pipit	5	(Together on Causeway Path)
05/09	"	Little Egret	3
05/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	1+	(Over -calling)
05/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	c20
05/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1
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05/09	Luccombe & Shanklin Down	Redstart	4+	(4 seen others heard)
05/09	(9.30 - 12.40)	Osprey	1	(SW. at 10.45 over Sandown Bay then Ventnor)
05/09	"	Wheatear	10+
05/09	"	Meadow Pipit	10+
05/09	"	Willow/Chiff	c15	(Mainly Willow Warblers)
05/09	"	Whitethroat	1+
05/09	"	Swift	1
05/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	1+	(Over)
05/09	"	Raven	2
05/09	"	Peregrine	1	(In tree Luccombe Cliffs)
05/09	"	House Martin	c100
05/09	"	Swallow	c80
Insects	"	Hummingbird Hawkmoth	1	and 1 Common Blue, 1 Red Admiral.
~
05/09	Brading Marsh	Yellow Wagtail	c25	(3 on Marsh, c20 W. side of Laundry Lane)
05/09	(16.00 - 17.20)	Grey Wagtail	1	(At filterbeds)
05/09	"	Buzzard	1
05/09	"	Swallow	20+	(Over reedbeds)
Insects	"	Ruddy Darter	2+	and 10+ Southern Hawker, 1 Clouded Yellow BF.
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	Light Wind
04/09	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	61	(Roosting on beach)
04/09	(7.30 - 8.20)	Ringed Plover	21	(With Sanderling, W. of Wimpy Kiosk)
04/09	"	Common Tern	26
04/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1
04/09	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	1
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04/09	Bembridge & Culver Down	Yellow Wagtail	3	(E. of Culver Haven PH with Cattle)
04/09	(8.30 - 10.00)	Willow Warbler	1	(Not many migrants today)
04/09	"	Chiffchaff	6
04/09	"	Whitethroat	1-2
04/09	"	Wheatear	1
04/09	"	Yallowhammer	3
04/09	"	Swallow	20+
04/09	"	House Martin	c40
04/09	"	Swift	1
04/09	"	Buzzard	2	(1 very pale)
04/09	"	Kestrel	2
~
04/09	Newtown NR	Ringed Plover	4ad,1juv	(See picture for Juv.)
04/09	(14.06 - 15.32)	Dunlin	2 juv	(W. of Boathouse, very tame)
04/09	"	Osprey	1	(On bare branch on Skyline)
04/09	"	Knot	1
04/09	"	Black Tailed Godwit	5
~
04/09	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Green Sandpiper	2	(Rofford Marsh)
04/09	(15.40 - 16.40)	Greenshank	2	Rofford Marsh)
04/09	"	Sand Martin	1
04/09	"	Curlew	10
04/09	"	Redshank	20
04/09	"	Teal	c30
04/09	"	Shoveler	4f
04/09	"	Black Tailed Godwit	56
04/09	"	Lapwing	8
~
Sunday	Blustery Showers, Cloudy	Strong SW Wind		V. Foggy on Hills
03/09	Nansen Hill (for IWOG Walk)	Wheatear	1f	(Lower Slopes, thick fog higher up)
03/09	(7.15 -8.35)	Meadow Pipit	1	(By top Car Park, -IWOG walk cancelled)
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03/09	Ventnor Esplanade	BALEARIC SHEARWATER	1W	(@9.30, better views today)
03/09	(8.45 - 10.05) with CM.& GH.	Fulmar	7W
03/09	-Seawatch over stormy seas	Gannet	25+	(Mostly W.)
Reported	(Later)	Arctic Skua	1 juv	very close, great views (Chris M. etc.)
~
03/09	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	1
03/09	(15.10 -16.05)	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
03/09	"	Little Grebe	6
~
03/09	Laundry Lane	Hobby	1juv	(Dashed across the field E. of Lane at Bexley Pt.)
03/09	(16.15 -17.00)	Peregrine	1	(On dead tree)
03/09	"	Meadow Pipit	8	(Flushed by Hobby)
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Saturday	Blustery Showers, Cloudy	Strong W-SW Wind
02/09	Ventnor Esplanade	Dk. Shearwater Sp.	1W	(@10.00, Balearic/Sooty?)
02/09	(8.00 - 10.20) with CM.	Arctic Skua	1W	(Dk. Phase)
02/09	"	Kittiwake	1juv.W	(@8.58)
02/09	"	Common Scoter	1m.W	(@10.13)
02/09	"	Gannet	50+	(E&W some fishing offshore)
02/09	"	Swallow	35W.	(Close to sea)
02/09	"	Sandwich Tern	2.W	(Close in)
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02/09	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	8	(Together in Lagoon)
02/09	(19.25 -19.45)	Kingfisher	1
02/09	"	Chiffchaff	1
02/09	"	Teal	4
~
Friday	Showers to Sunny Intervals	Light SW Wind
01/09	Shide to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1
01/09	(7.45 - 8.40)	Goldcrest	c4	(1 seen others heard)
01/09	"	Chiffchaff	2+	(inc. 1 adult with Juv.)
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01/09	Newtown NR	OSPREY	1	(Signal hill 9.11, then eating fish in tree till 10.55)
01/09	(9.05 - 10.55)	Knot	3	(from Boathouse)
01/09	"	Little Tern	2+	(2 adult with Juv?)
01/09	"	Common Tern	7
01/09	"	PINTAIL	1	(Flew over Clamerkin)
01/09	"	Teal	c15	(Flushed by Osprey)
01/09	"	Black Tailed Godwit	5
01/09	"	Shelduck	7	(Imm.)
01/09	"	Turnstone	6
01/09	"	Ringed Plover	6+
01/09	"	Spotted Redshank	1	(Causeway Lake)
01/09	"	Redshank	10+
01/09	"	Dunlin	18
01/09	"	Little Egret	4
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01/09	Ryde Marina (Met KG)	ROSEATE TERN	1	(Out in Solent but distant-was quite close @15.30)
01/09	(16.00 -17.15)	Yellow Legged Gull	1juv.	(Just offshore going E.)
01/09	"	Common Tern	100+	(30-40 around pier, 60+ off Gosport)
01/09	"	Sandwich Tern	c10
01/09	"	Rock Pipit	2	(In Marina)
~
01/09	Hersey NR	Stock Dove	2
01/09	(18.40 -20.15)	Black Tailed Godwit	2
01/09	"	Tufted Duck	2f
01/09	"	Little Grebe	10
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AUGUST 2006: Click for monthly species lists, August total = 122

Thursday	Overcast	Variable SW Wind		Very Strong on Coast
31/08	Whale Chine to Atherfield Pt.	Yellow Legged Gull	2+	(2ad, poss. Imm also)
31/08	(8.00 - 9.30)	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
31/08	"	Herring Gull	85	(Gulls on field N. of Whale Chine Car Park)
31/08	"	Wheatear	1	(Cliff Edge)
31/08	"	Peregrine	1	(Mobbed by Kestrel then Raven)
31/08	"	Kestrel	1
31/08	"	Raven	1
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31/08	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	Red Legged Partridge	4	(No sign of RB Shrike )
31/08	(9.40 - 10.30)	Raven	1	(Mobbed by c30 Jackdaws)
31/08	"	Wheatear	1f
31/08	"	Swallow	40+
31/08	"	Linnet	c10
31/08	"	Buzzard	2
31/08	Atherfield Farm	Yellow Wagtail	3	(Flew over to S.)
31/08	"	poss. Hobby	1	(Chasing Hirundines over fields)
Flowers	"	Sun Spurge	Lots	Near Atherfield Pt.
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31/08	Sandown Canoe Lake	Yellow Wagtail	1	(Over calling)
31/08	(18.30 - 19.00)	Sand Martin	10+
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Reported	Ryde Pier	Roseate Tern	2	16.00 -18.00, see Kris's site for more details
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
30/08	Newtown NR	Wigeon	1	(With c60 Teal from E. Hide)
30/08	East Hide,(8.00)	Peregrine	1	(In tree E. of Clamerkin Lake)
30/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1
30/08	"	Shelduck	4 juv
30/08	"	Little Egret	3
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30/08	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black Tailed Godwit	56	(Estuary)
30/08	(8.40 - 10.20)	Greenshank	3	(1 Rofford Marsh, 2 in Estuary)
30/08	"	Reed Warbler	5	(3 seen, 2+ heard)
30/08	"	Curlew	12
30/08	"	Redshank	20
30/08	"	Teal	36
30/08	"	Shoveler	6
30/08	"	Grey Plover	2
30/08	"	Lapwing	7	(1 on Rofford Marsh)
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30/08	Newtown NR	Common Tern	7ad,1juv	(Adult feeding Juv on Gull Is.)
30/08	Boathouse, (10.40)	Bar Headed Geese	2	(W. of Causeway Lake)
30/08	"	Canada Geese	c115
30/08	"	Knot	4
30/08	"	Turnstone	1
30/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	3
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30/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
30/08	(18.10 -18.45)	Black Tailed Godwit	5
30/08	"	Kingfisher	1f	(With fish on dead tree)
30/08	"	Sedge Warbler	1
30/08	"	Little Grebe	8
30/08	"	Swallow	c10
30/08	"	House Martin	c20
30/08	"	Sand Martin	c50
~
Tuesday	Spots Rain to Sunny Int.	SW Wind
29/08	Culver Down, by Monument	Yellow Wagtail	8+	(200m W. of Mont. with Cattle)
29/08	(7.50 - 9.10)	Willow Warbler	1	(Not many migrants today)
29/08	"	Whitethroat	2
29/08	"	Wheatear	6	(2 by Monument, 4 Cliff Edge)
29/08	"	Swallow	20+
29/08	"	Linnet	c10
29/08	"	Rock Pipit	c3	(Redcliff)
~
29/08	St. Helens Bridge	KINGFISHER	1	(My first returning bird)
29/08	(11.35 -12.20)	Common Sandpiper	2
29/08	"Bembridge Harbour	Greenshank	1
29/08	"	Lapwing	8
29/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
29/08	"	Little Egret	8
29/08	"	Common Gull	c20
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
28/08	Shanklin & Luccombe Down	WRYNECK	1	(SZ 571800 @ 9.20 on FP "SS9")
28/08	(8.20 - 11.30)	Hobby	1	(Over Wroxall to S. then E. @10.35)
28/08	"	Spotted Flycatcher	4
28/08	"	Redstart	5	(3m, including 1 at Nansen Hill)
28/08	"	Swift	1
28/08	"	Willow/Chiff	c10
28/08	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1
28/08	"	Whitethroat	2
28/08	"	Chaffinch	c10
28/08	"	House Martin	c50
28/08	"	Swallow	c10
Reported	"	Honey Buzzard	1	@10.20 just before Hobby, (I missed it!)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
27/08	Newtown NR	SPOTTED REDSHANK	1	(Causeway Lake)
27/08	(7.40 - 10.20)	Sandwich Tern	1
27/08	"	Common Tern	7
27/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
27/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	8
27/08	"	Knot	1-2
27/08	"	Shelduck	5
27/08	"	Turnstone	4
27/08	"	Little Egret	6
27/08	"	Wheatear	2
27/08	"	Meadow Pipit	4
Insects	"	Wasp Spider	3	Unfortunate Male eaten by Female ?
27/08	Lane End, Bembridge @15.00	PURPLE SANDPIPER	1	(Under LB Station, viewed from seawall to W.)
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27/08	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	1f	(On Causeway)
27/08	(15.30)	Tufted Duck	1f	(With Pochard)
27/08	"	Little Grebe	5
27/08	"	Swift	1
~
Reported	Luccombe Down	MONTAGU'S HARRIER	1f	@9.00, see Kris's site for more details
Reported	"	Hen Harrier	1m,1f	@11.20 on S. Side (Faith J.)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh, RSPB walk	Turtle Dove	1juv	1juv Hobby, 1 Kingfisher (Graham S.)
Reported	Laundry Lane	Osprey	1juv	@16.45, then departed to E. (Chris M.)
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	W. Wind
26/08	Luccombe & Shanklin Down	Redstart	10+	(4m, 6 f/juv.)
26/08	(8.05 - 11.20)	Spotted Flycatcher	2
26/08	"	Willow/Chiff	20+
26/08	"	Whitethroat	10+
26/08	"	Chaffinch	c20
26/08	"	House Martin	c60
26/08	"	Swallow	c40
26/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1 juv
~
26/08	Brading Marsh	Wheatear	2
26/08	(19.15 - 20.00)	Spotted Flycatcher	2
26/08	"	Sand Martin	20+
26/08	"	Kestrel	2
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E-Mail Report	Culver	Redstart	13	+ 37 Wheatear, 5 L. Whitethroat, 3 Yellow Wag. (W).
Reported	West High Down, (Chris M.)	Dartford Warbler	1	+ 5 Stonechat, 26 Wheatear, 7 Redstart, 2 Blackcap
Reported	Dungewood Lane	Red Backed Shrike	1m	(Half mile along FP towards Shorwell)
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Friday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
25/08	Rofford Marsh (7.45)	Green Sandpiper	3
25/08	"	Greenshank	4	(2 with Gn. SP, 2 in Estuary)
25/08	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Snipe	1	(Estuary)
25/08	(8.00 - 10.10)	Reed Warbler	5
25/08	"	Curlew	6
25/08	"	Redshank	11
25/08	"	Teal	c25	(12 Station Pond, c10 Rofford Marsh)
25/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	66
25/08	"	Turnstone	2
25/08	"	Wheatear	1f
25/08	"	Grey Plover	3
25/08	"	Heron	3
25/08	"	Little Egret	6
25/08	"	Lapwing	12
25/08	"	Little Grebe	2
Moths	"	Hummingbird Hawkmoth	2	around old Station
~
25/08	Newtown NR	Little Tern	2	(On spit at Harbour Entrance)
25/08	(10.20 - 11.30)	Sandwich Tern	1ad,2juv
25/08	"	Common Tern	5
25/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	5
25/08	"	Shelduck	10 juv
25/08	"	Little Egret	3
25/08	"	Wheatear	1f
25/08	"	Meadow Pipit	4
Insects	"	Wasp Spider	5	+ Clouded Yellow, Speckled Wood & C. Blue BF.
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25/08	Bembridge Ponds	POCHARD	1f	(That's early)
25/08	(16.00 - 16.30)	Tufted Duck	1f	(With Pochard)
25/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
25/08	"	Little Grebe	10
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Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Osprey	1	+ 4 Yellow Wagtail (Chris M. & Graham S.)
Reported	East Wight location	Hobby	1ad, 2juv	(Graham S.)
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
24/08	Newtown NR	Wheatear	1	(Unusual markings, see picture)
24/08	(9.20 - 11.45)	Peregrine	1
24/08	"	Grey Plover	50	(Some in Summer Plumage)
24/08	"	Shelduck	11	(Juv/imm.)
24/08	"	Dunlin	30+
24/08	"	Turnstone	4
24/08	"	Redshank	c12
24/08	"	Ringed Plover	10+
24/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Scrape)
24/08	"	Common Tern	53	(Most together on W. Spit)
24/08	"	Sandwich Tern	3
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Wednesday	Cloudy, light showers	S Wind
23/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
23/08	(18.10 -18.45)	Black Tailed Godwit	5
23/08	"	Water Rail	1juv	(At back of centre channel)
23/08	"	Little Grebe	5
23/08	"	Swallow	c10
23/08	"	House Martin	c10
23/08	"	Sand Martin	2
23/08	"	Swift	1
~
23/08	Bembridge Harbour	Greenshank	1
23/08	(19.00)	Lapwing	1
23/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
23/08	"	Little Egret	1
23/08	"	Common Gull	4
23/08	St. Helens Bridge	Swift	5
23/08	"	Swallow	c6
23/08	Bembridge Ponds	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
23/08	(19.20 - 19.50)	Willow Warbler	c2	(Heard)
23/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
23/08	"	Little Egret	4
23/08	"	House Martin	c20
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Light N. Wind
22/08	E. Hide Newtown NR	BRENT GOOSE	1	(That's an early one!)
22/08	(8.20 - 11.30)	KNOT	3
22/08	"	Grey Plover	c45	(Some in Summer Plumage)
22/08	"	Duck Sp.	1	(Large dark sea duck in Solent, poss. Eider?)
22/08	"	Teal	c110
22/08	"	Whimbrel	1
22/08	"	Curlew	c110
22/08	"	Shelduck	1ad, 6juv
22/08	"	Dunlin	50+
22/08	"	Turnstone	5
22/08	"	Redshank	c10
22/08	"	Ringed Plover	20+
22/08	"	Little Egret	20+
22/08	"	Common Tern	4
22/08	"	Sandwich Tern	1
22/08	"	Wheatear	1+
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Reported	Luccombe Down	BLACK STORK	1	over am. see Kris's site for more details and Pictures.
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Monday	Wet am. - Sunny Int.	W Wind
21/08	Ryde Pier	Common Tern	c150	(28 on beach, c30 on Pier, c100 fishing)
21/08	(12.00 - 12.30)	Sandwich Tern	c10
21/08	"	Rock Pipit	1	(On Pierhead Station platform)
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21/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	3
21/08	(18.20 -18.50)	Black Tailed Godwit	4
21/08	"	Kestrel	1
21/08	"	House Martin	c3
21/08	"	Sand Martin	1
21/08	"	Swallow	c10
Mammal	"	Fox	1	Crossed the centre channel again
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Reported	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(Warden)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
20/08	Rofford Marsh (9.00)	Green Sandpiper	5	(Largest group I've ever seen on IOW)
20/08	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	1f
20/08	(9.40 - 10.30)	Reed Bunting	1juv
20/08	"	Redshank	1
20/08	"	Teal	c35	(24 Station Pond, 10 Rofford Marsh)
20/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	4
20/08	"	Grey Plover	3
20/08	"	Heron	3
20/08	"	Little Egret	6
20/08	"	Lapwing	3	(1juv)
20/08	"	Sand Martin	1
20/08	"	Little Grebe	2
~
20/08	Newtown NR	Little Tern	1-2	(Fishing at Harbour Entrance)
20/08	(10.50 - 11.30)	Common Sandpiper	1	(From Hide)
20/08	"	Shelduck	1ad,4juv
20/08	"	Little Egret	3
20/08	"	Common Tern	4
Reported	"	Little Ringed Plover	1	from E. Hide am. (Bob G.)
~
Reported	Off Seaview	Black Tern	1	Feeding out in Solent with 100+ Commons (Chris M.)
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20/08	Springvale, Seaview	Little Tern	1	(? very distant)
20/08	(16.40 - 17.15)	Common Tern	100+	(With some Sandwich Terns)
20/08	"	Gannet	2W	(No sign of Black Tern)
20/08	"	Shag	1	(on buoy)
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Saturday	Heavy Showers	SW Wind
19/08	Luccombe & Shanklin Down	Redstart	4	(1m, f/juv.)
19/08	(8.00 - 9.20)	Sedge Warbler	1
19/08	"	Whitethroat	4+
19/08	"	Willow/Chiff	10+
19/08	"	Raven	2
~
19/08	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	Whinchat	4	(No sign of RB Shrike today)
19/08	(9.40 - 10.20)	Skylark	4
19/08	"	Yellowhammer	4+
19/08	"	Swallow	10+
19/08	"	Whitethroat	1
19/08	"	Willow Warbler	c4
19/08	"	Linnet	c20
19/08	"	Buzzard	2
~
Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	S Wind
18/08	Arreton	Red Legged Partridge	11	(Adults and juveniles)
~
18/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	2-3
18/08	(18.40 -20.00)	Sandwich Tern	1juv	(Also an Adult offshore)
18/08	"	Dunlin	1
18/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	5
18/08	"	Teal	3
18/08	"	House Martin	c2
18/08	"	Sand Martin	1
18/08	"	Swift	1
Mammal	"	Fox	1	Crossed the centre channel!
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Osprey	2	Note -not yet confirmed
~
Thursday	Wet to Sunny	S Wind
17/08	Sandown Esplanade	Sandwich Tern	2	(ad. and juv.)
17/08	(7.45 - 8.40)	Herring Gull	c20	(but no sign of Yellow Legged Gulls)
17/08	Canoe Lake	Little Grebe	4
~
17/08	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	Red Backed Shrike	1m	Still present at 15.00, again flying over at 17.10
17/08	(14.45 - 17.30)			Click for map;- SZ 460812
17/08	"	Grasshopper Warbler	1	(In Elderberry bush)
17/08	"	Whinchat	4
17/08	"	Yellowhammer	3+
17/08	"	Swift	3
17/08	"	Whitethroat	c8
17/08	"	Willow Warbler	c4
17/08	"	Buzzard	3
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	SE Wind
16/08	St Catherine's Point	Common Scoter	1E
16/08	(7.20 - 9.30)	Gannet	37	(24E & 13W)
16/08	"	Sandwich Tern	1W
16/08	"	Auk Sp.	1	(Landed on sea, but distant)
16/08	"	Whitethroat	3
16/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1f	(Came right overhead)
16/08	"	Heron	1juv
~
16/08	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	RED BACKED SHRIKE	1m	Stunning male from corner 500m W. of Farm
16/08	(10.00 - 11.30)			Click for map;- SZ 460812
16/08	"	Whinchat	2m
16/08	"	Yellowhammer	3f/juv
16/08	"	Raven	2	(Over to W.)
16/08	"	Willow Warbler	c4
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	W Wind
15/08	E. Hide Newtown NR	WHINCHAT	1m	(N. side of Clamerkin Lake)
15/08	(8.05 - 9.30)	Grey Plover	16	(Many in Summer Plumage)
15/08	"	Curlew	c30
15/08	"	Shelduck	1ad, 8juv
15/08	"	Dunlin	40+
15/08	"	Little Egret	4
15/08	"	Redshank	10
15/08	"	Common Tern	1ad, 1juv
15/08	"	Sandwich Tern	1
15/08	"	Meadow Pipit	6
15/08	"	Willow Warbler	2
15/08	Boathouse (9.40 - 10.40)	Turnstone	1
15/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	3
15/08	"	Ringed Plover	8
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	W-NW Wind
14/08	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sedge Warbler	1ad, 1juv
14/08	(8.20)	Reed Warbler	c4
14/08	"	Little Grebe	2ad, 3juv
14/08	"	Teal	1f
14/08	"	Sand Martin	1
14/08	"	Sandwich Tern	3	(On beach)
~
14/08	Haddon's Pits, Luccombe	Spotted Flycatcher	3
14/08	(9.15 - 10.00)	Willow Warbler	c3
14/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
14/08	"	Bullfinch	2+	(1m seen, others heard)
14/08	"	Swift	3
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	also Gatekeeper, CH & Comm Blue.
~
14/08	Nansen Hill/Luccombe Down	Wheatear	1-2
14/08	(10.15 - 12.00)	Willow/Chiffs	c5
14/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
14/08	"	Kestrel	2
Reported	"	Whinchat	1juv	Just before I got there, (Ventnor Gp.)
Moth	Nansen Hill	Hummingbird Hawkmoth	1	also Red Admiral, Painted Lady, CH & Comm Blue.
~
Sunday	Showers, Cloudy	Strong NW. Wind
13/08	Ryde E. Sands (19.00)	Sanderling	c10	(End of Sandbank)
13/08	"	Curlew	5
13/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	3+
~
Reported	Brading Marsh (16.30)	Marsh Harrier	1f/juv	(Chris M.)
Reported	Lambslease, Newtown NR	Marsh Harrier	1juv	(Bob G.)
~
Saturday	Fine Sunny	NW Wind
12/08	Fishbourne (WeBS)	Shag	1	(Unusual here)
12/08	(10.30 - 11.30)	Cormorant	7
12/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	6
12/08	"	Common Gull	14
12/08	"	Common Tern	13
12/08	"	Curlew	23
~
Butterflies	Firestone Copse	Silver Washed Fritillary	2	Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Brimstone, Comma.
~
12/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	2
12/08	(18.30 -19.20)	Black Tailed Godwit	6
12/08	"	Sand Martin	c6
~
Reported	Haddon's Pits, Luccombe	Spotted Flycatcher	2	and 1f/juv Redstart (Chris M.)
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
11/08	West High Down/Needles	Stonechat	6	(m&f + 2juv, and another pair further up)
11/08	(7.50 - 11.30)	Raven	3
11/08	"	Peregrine	1
11/08	"	Cormorant	c20
11/08	"	Shag	2
11/08	"	Wheatear	c9	(2m,f/juv)
11/08	"	Rock Pipit	9
11/08	"	Mistle Thrush	1
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	c6	Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral
"	"	Clouded Yellow	1	-Chalkhill and Common Blue
Dragonfly	"	Southern Hawker	1	good close up views!
~
11/08	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	1f
11/08	(11.45 - 12.20)	Whimbrel	1
11/08	(Scrape mostly dried up)	Curlew	2
11/08	"	Greenshank	1
11/08	"	Redshank	4
11/08	"	Teal	13
11/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	15
11/08	"	Heron	1
11/08	"	Little Egret	2
11/08	"	Lapwing	3
11/08	"	Sand Martin	5
11/08	"	Canada Geese	c110
~
11/08	Bembridge Ponds	GARDEN WARBLER	3juv	(Along FP by ponds)
11/08	(15.50 - 16.15)	Willow Warbler	c4
11/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
11/08	"	Little Egret	4
11/08	"	Little Grebe	11	(Includes juv.)
11/08	"	Sand Martin	2+
11/08	"	Common Gull	4
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Garganey	1f/juv	still here, 1 Ruddy Duck (Graham S.)
E-Mail Report	Haddon's Pits, Luccombe	Spotted Flycatcher	4
Reported	Luccombe Down	Wood Warbler	1	E. of Car Park (Ventnor Gp.)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int. to Cloudy	Brisk W-NW Wind
10/08	Bembridge Down, Culver Down	Wheatear	2+	(f & juv, on cliff edge by CG Cottages)
10/08	(7.10 - 9.00)	Willow/Chiffs	c10	(Mostly Willow Warbler)
10/08	"	Whitethroat	2
10/08	"	Yellowhammer	2m
10/08	"	Sand Martin	1	(and House Martins)
10/08	"	Swallow	10+	(Moving W.)
10/08	"	Linnet	c10
10/08	"	Pheasant	6	(3m, 1f, 2 juv)
~
Wednesday	Fine Sunny	NW. Wind
09/08	Hersey NR	Green Sandpiper	1
09/08	(14.50 -16.50)	Greenshank	1
09/08	"	Common Sandpiper	3
09/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	6
09/08	"	Little Grebe	3
09/08	"	Heron	1
09/08	"	Little Egret	4	(2 juv)
09/08	"	Sand Martin	c6	(Also House Martins and Swallows)
09/08	Springvale Beach	Small Wader Sp.	4	(Flew to W. -Sanderling?)
09/08	"	Sandwich Tern	9	(5 close in, 4 out in Solent)
~
09/08	Ryde E. Sands (19.30)	Sanderling	c45	(On distant Sandbar @ Low Tide)
09/08	"	Bar Tailed Godwit	1	(Some Summer Plumage)
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Wood Sandpiper	1	1f/juv Garganey, 4 Green SP, 5 Snipe (Graham S.)
~
Monday	Fine Sunny	W-NW Wind
07/08	Bembridge Down	Lesser Whitethroat	2
07/08	(7.50 - 8.40)	Willow/Chiffs	c20	(Mostly Willow Warbler)
07/08	"	Whitethroat	4+
07/08	"	Yellowhammer	2m,2f/juv
07/08	"	Sand Martin	2
~
07/08	Nansen Hill/Luccombe Down	Raven	2-3
07/08	(9.20 - 11.30)	Willow/Chiffs	c10	(Mostly Willow Warbler)
07/08	"	Green Woodpecker	4
07/08	"	Meadow Pipit	c6
07/08	"	Swift	3	(Most have now left)
07/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1
07/08	"	Kestrel	3-5
~
07/08	Ryde E. Sands (18.40)	Small Wader Sp.	15	(On distant Sandbar, prob. Sanderling)
~
07/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1-2	(Hide locked)
07/08	(18.55 -19.50)	Robin	1juv
07/08	"	Willow/Chiffs	c30	(about equal mix)
07/08	"	Long Tailed Tit	c10	(With Blue and Great Tit)
~
Sunday	Light Rain to Sunny Int.
06/08	Brighstone Down	Dartford Warbler	2	(Adult and v. young Juv.-Just S. of Trig Pt.)
06/08	(8.15 - 10.00)	Bullfinch	2	(m&f)
06/08	"	Willow Warbler	6+	(and 1+ Chiffchaff)
06/08	"	Yellowhammer	1m
06/08	"	Whitethroat	3+
06/08	"	Linnet	7
06/08	"	Mistle Thrush	5	(Feeding on fields to S.)
06/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Swooping around bushes)
~
Reported	Newtown East Hide	Curlew Sandpiper	1	(Bob G.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals
05/08	Shide to Blackwater FP	Barn Owl	1	(Field W. of FP)
05/08	(7.25 - 8.30)	Blackcap	1f
05/08	Towards Newport	Grey Wagtail	1	(Flying N. along river)
~
05/08	E. Hide Newtown NR	Grey Plover	c25	(many in summer plumage)
05/08	(9.50 - 11.30)	Whimbrel	2	(From Hide)
05/08	"	Peregrine	1	(On post E. side of Clamerkin Channel)
05/08	"	Lapwing	10+
05/08	"	Curlew	c30
05/08	"	Shelduck	2ad,6juv
05/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1
05/08	"	Ringed Plover	3
05/08	"	Dunlin	50+	(Flocks of 20 and 30)
05/08	"	Little Egret	3
05/08	"	Common Tern	11
05/08	Town Copse	Willow Warbler	1
05/08	Boathouse (16.10 - 16.50)	Turnstone	1
05/08	"	Redshank	40
05/08	"	Dunlin	43
05/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Scrape)
~
05/08	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	1f
05/08	(17.00 - 18.00)	Whimbrel	1
05/08	"	Redshank	c10
05/08	"	Teal	11	(9 @ Station Pond, 2 Rofford Marsh)
05/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	26
05/08	"	Tufted Duck	1f
05/08	"	Heron	1
05/08	"	Little Egret	2
05/08	"	Lapwing	c20
05/08	"	Sand Martin	2
05/08	"	Little Grebe	2
~
Reported	Hope Beach, Shanklin	OSPREY	1	High, heading S. @ c15:30 (Chris M.)
Reported	Luccombe Down	Grasshopper Warbler	2	and 1 Whinchat, 1 Redstart, 2 Wheatear (Ventnor Group)
~
Friday	Fine Sunny	N. Wind
04/08	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Wheatear	1
04/08	(8.30 - 9.20)	Little Owl	2	(1 very dark, see picture)
04/08	"	Fulmar	8	(4 at sea, 2 on ledge with juv. & lone juv.)
04/08	"	Gannet	1E
04/08	"	Swallow	10+
04/08	"	Sand Martin	1
04/08	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Heard)
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown.
~
04/08	Whale Chine	Wheatear	1m	(Cliff edge towards Atherfield Pt.)
04/08	(9.30 - 11.20)	YELLOW LEGGED GULL	2	(On beach)
04/08	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	12
04/08	"	Black Headed Gull	100+	(With aprox. 15 Herring Gull)
04/08	"	Sandwich Tern	2
04/08	"	Skylark	3
04/08	"	Linnet	4+
04/08	"	Yellowhammer	1m
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	c10	Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Wall Brown, Peacock.
etc.	"	Common Blue	6	and 3 Silver Y Moths, 4 Black Lined Skimmer DF.
~
04/08	Firestone Copse	Nightjar	2	(Seen flying @ 21.15)
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Garganey	1f/juv	and juv Ringed Plover etc. (Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Cloudy	Strong NW. Wind
03/08	Bembridge Harbour	Whimbrel	1
03/08	(8.30 - 9.15)	Curlew	3
03/08	"	Dunlin	2	(Summer Plumage)
03/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
03/08	"	Greenshank	4
03/08	"	Lapwing	5
03/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	c8
03/08	"	Cormorant	9
~
03/08	Bembridge Ponds	Little Egret	3
03/08	(9.20 - 9.55)	Little Grebe	5
03/08	"	Common Sandpiper	2
03/08	"	Tufted Duck	6	(1m, 2f, 3 young Ducklings)
03/08	"	Reed Warbler	3
03/08	"	Sand Martin	4+
~
03/08	Hersey NR	Green Sandpiper	1
03/08	(18.55 -20.00)	Greenshank	1
03/08	"	Common Sandpiper	3
03/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	5
03/08	"	Dunlin	2
03/08	"	Heron	1
03/08	"	Little Egret	4
03/08	"	Chiloe Wigeon	1	(Escape)
~
Reported	Fishbourne (16.00 - 17.30)	Black Tern	1	and some Sandwich Terns (Graham S.)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk W. Wind
02/08	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	7	(1m, 1 heard singing, 5 juv.)
02/08	(7.35 - 9.30)	Treecreeper	2	(Ad & Juv)
02/08	"	Goldcrest	6+	(Including 2+ juv)
02/08	"	Swift	3
02/08	"	Whitethroat	1
02/08	"	Little Owl	1juv	(Heard by FP)
~
02/08	E. Hide Newtown NR	Grey Plover	2	(1 in summer plumage)
02/08	(9.50 - 10.30)	Whimbrel	2	(S. side of Clamerkin Lake)
02/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
02/08	"	Lapwing	17
02/08	"	Curlew	12
02/08	"	Shelduck	3ad,12juv	(Mixed ages)
02/08	Boat House, Newtown NR	Black Tailed Godwit	9	(some in summer plumage)
02/08	(10.45)	Ringed Plover	1
02/08	"	Dunlin	13	(Summer Plumage)
02/08	"	Whimbrel	1	(W. side Causeway Lake)
02/08	"	Meadow Pipit	3
02/08	"	Linnet	2	(Hay Meadow)
02/08	"	Little Egret	3
02/08	"	Common Tern	1	(Fishing in Solent)
~
Tuesday	Showers, Sunny Int
01/08	Bembridge Down	Lesser Whitethroat	6
01/08	(7.20 - 9.10)	Willow Warbler	c2
01/08	"	Whitethroat	5+
01/08	"	Yellowhammer	1m,2f
01/08	"	Sand Martin	1	(with c10 Swallow)
01/08	Redcliff Bushes	Sedge Warbler	1
~
01/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	2
01/08	(11.25 -12.00)	Greenshank	2
01/08	"	Black Tailed Godwit	7
01/08		Little Egret	5	(1-2 juv)
01/08	"	Heron	1
01/08	"	Little Grebe	2
01/08	(again 18.20 - 19.20)	Green Sandpiper	1
01/08	"	Water Rail	1juv	(In reeds W. side with Sandpipers)
01/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	(with White ring no."3A65")
01/08	"	Swift	2	(Over Nettlestone, none at Ryde now)
01/08	At sea	Gannet	1W.
~

JULY 2006: Click for monthly species lists, July total = 111

Monday	Showers, Sunny Int
31/07	Hersey NR	Green Sandpiper	1
31/07	(18.25 -19.40)	Greenshank	2
31/07	"	Common Sandpiper	3
31/07	"	Black Tailed Godwit	4
31/07		Water Rail	2juv	(1 very young)
31/07	"	Heron	1
31/07	"	Little Grebe	2
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
30/07	Laundry Lane	Lesser Whitethroat	2	(Behind "Bishop's House")
30/07	(7.50 - 8.50)	Willow Warbler	c6
30/07	"	Sedge Warbler	1
30/07	"	Reed Warbler	4	(2+ juv)
30/07	"	Whitethroat	2+
30/07	"	Yellowhammer	1
Butterflies	"	Gatekeeper	c30	Meadow Brown, Painted Lady, Comma.
~
30/07	Bembridge Down	Lesser Whitethroat	4	(Still some here)
30/07	(9.00 - 9.30)	Willow Warbler	c2
30/07	"	Whitethroat	2+
30/07	"	Yellowhammer	3
Butterflies	"	Chalkhill Blue	30+ m
~
30/07	Bembridge Ponds	Little Egret	2juv
30/07	(14.30)	Little Grebe	2juv
30/07	"	Reed Warbler	2
Moth	"	Jersey Tiger	1	by Lagoon
Dragonfly	"	Ruddy Darter	1m	along FP
~
30/07	Bembridge Aiport	Kestrel	2
30/07	(15.00 - 16.10)	Buzzard	2
Dragonfly	"	Migrant Hawker	1f	near NT Windmill
~
Saturday	Hot Sunny	SW. Wind
29/07	E. Hide Newtown NR	Golden Plover	1	(some summer plumage)
29/07	(7.45 - 9.00)	Ringed Plover	2
29/07	"	Grey Plover	3
29/07	"	Turnstone	1
29/07	"	Curlew	c30
29/07	"	Little Tern	1	(Fishing in Solent)
29/07	"	Shelduck	3 juv	(Older now)
29/07	Boat House, Newtown NR	Black Tailed Godwit	25	(many in summer plumage)
29/07	(9.10 - 11.00)	Ringed Plover	5
29/07	"	Dunlin	c10
29/07	"	Common Sandpiper	11	("Flock" on W. side of Causeway Lake)
29/07	"	Little Tern	1	(Fishing in Solent)
29/07	"	Meadow Pipit	4
29/07	"	Linnet	2
29/07	Hay Meadow	Reed Bunting	1f
29/07	Main Hide	Shelduck	2ad,9juv
29/07	"	Little Egret	1juv
~
Friday	Fine Sunny	W. Wind
28/07	Bembridge Down	Lesser Whitethroat	4	(Migrants increasing)
28/07	(8.20 - 9.20)	Willow Warbler	c15	(and about 5 Chiffchaff)
28/07	"	Cuckoo	1	(Adult?)
28/07	"	Whitethroat	4+
28/07	"	Sand Martin	4
28/07	"	Yellowhammer	1m
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, Comma.
"	"	Common Blue	1	Chalkhill Blue (200+ m, but only 2f!)
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Marsh Harrier	1	(via Warden)
~
Thursday	Hazy Sun	Clammy Heat
27/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	SNIPE	1	(Rofford Marsh)
27/07	(8.40 - 10.05)	Curlew	3
27/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1juv
27/07	"	Redshank	8
27/07	"	Teal	1f	(@Station Pond)
27/07	"	Curlew	5
27/07	"	Heron	1
27/07	"	Little Egret	6
27/07	"	Lapwing	13
27/07	"	Shelduck	1
27/07	"	Black Tailed Godwit	2
27/07	"	Reed Warbler	4+	(Inc. 2 juv)
~
27/07	Boat House, Newtown NR	Ringed Plover	5
27/07	(10.45 - 11.30)	Common Tern	6
27/07	"	Dunlin	7	(Summer Plumage)
27/07	"	Meadow Pipit	5
27/07	"	Linnet	2
Reported	"	Turnstone	4	Gull Is. (Jim C.)
~
27/07	Luccombe Down (20.30)	WHEATEAR	2f/juv	(Just SW of Dew Pond in Heather)
~
Wednesday	Hazy Sun	Clammy heat
26/07	Bembridge Down	Green Woodpecker	5	(Approx 3 juv)
26/07	(8.20 - 9.20)	Skylark	3
26/07	"	Whitethroat	6+
26/07	"	Yellowhammer	2
26/07	"	Buzzard	1	(Pale with white rump)
Butterflies	"	Chalkhill Blue	200+	Painted Lady, Meadow Brown, Marbled White.
~
26/07	Sandown Canoe Lake	Little Grebe	5	(3 juv)
26/07	(9.25 - 9.45)	Moorhen	10+	(Many juv)
~
26/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	4
26/07	(19.00 -19.50)	Greenshank	2
26/07		Water Rail	1	(on S. Shore)
26/07	"	Heron	1
26/07	"	Little Grebe	2
~
Reported	Luccombe Down (12.00)	WHEATEAR	1	N. of Dew Pond (Jim C.)
~
Tuesday	Hot Sunny	E. Wind
25/07	E. Hide Newtown NR	GOLDEN PLOVER	1	(Hiding in grass)
25/07	(8.00 - 9.30)	Whimbrel	c3
25/07	"	Grey Plover	7
25/07	"	Curlew	c30
25/07	"	Shelduck	1ad,2juv
25/07	Boat House, Newtown NR	Black Tailed Godwit	1
25/07	(9.40 - 11.20)	Ringed Plover	2
25/07	"	Dunlin	1
25/07	"	Meadow Pipit	3
25/07	"	Rock Pipit	2
25/07	"	Linnet	6
25/07	"	Willow Warbler	2	(By lane, migrants?)
Reported	"	Snipe	c6	(Jim C. & Bob G.)
~
Monday	Fine Sunny
24/07	Shanklin Pond	Moorhen	2ad,6+juv
24/07	(10.30)	Muscovy Duck	1
~
24/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	3
24/07	(18.30 -19.30)	Greenshank	1
24/07		Water Rail	2	(1 on S. Shore, 1 to E. by reedbed)
24/07		Tufted Duck	2f
24/07	"	Heron	1
24/07	"	Little Grebe	2
24/07	"	Chiloe Wigeon	1	(Escape)
~
Sunday	Showers Sunny Int	W. Wind
23/07	Bembridge Down	Raven	1
23/07	(8.20 - 9.40)	Skylark	2
23/07	"	Whitethroat	4+
23/07	"	Yellowhammer	2
23/07	"	Green Woodpecker	6	(Inc. 1+ juv)
23/07	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(juv?)
Butterflies	"	Chalkhill Blue	20+	Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Marbled White.
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23/07	Bembridge Harbour	Whimbrel	1	(With Curlew)
23/07	(11.05 - 12.05)	Curlew	5
23/07	"	Redshank	1
23/07	"	Lapwing	2
23/07	"	Little Egret	11
23/07	"	Common Gull	3
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Saturday	Thunderstorm to Sunny Int.
22/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	3	(Numbers up)
22/07	(16.30 - 18.00)	Dunlin	1	(Pictured with a Common SP)
22/07	"	Greenshank	2
22/07		Tufted Duck	4f
22/07	"	Heron	1
22/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	2	(With another 10+ on Seaview Beach)
22/07	"	Common Gull	3
22/07	"	Little Grebe	3
22/07	"	Chiloe Wigeon	1	(Escape)
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Friday	Fine Sunny
21/07	Bembridge Ponds	Common Sandpiper	1
21/07	(8.00 - 9.00)	Little Grebe	4
21/07	"	Sand Martin	c6
21/07	"	House Martin	c6
21/07	"	Swallow	80+
21/07	"	Reed Bunting	1f
21/07	"	Pied Wagtail	4 juv
Mammals	"	Fox Cubs	2
~
21/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	2
21/07	(9.15 -10.10)	Little Egret	5
21/07	"	Greenshank	1
21/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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21/07	Dynamite Pond, (RSPB)	GREEN SANDPIPER	1
21/07	(16.30 - 19.00)	Whimbrel	3
21/07	"	Little Grebe	2
21/07	"	Buzzard	4
21/07	"	Cormorant	2
21/07	"	Teal	5
21/07	"	Reed Bunting	2
21/07	"	Heron	c6
21/07	"	Little Egret	4
21/07	"	Oystercatcher	2
21/07	"	Cormorant	2
21/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
21/07	St Helen's Bridge	Sand Martin	2
Mammals	"	Fox Cub	1
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Thursday	Cloudy to Fine Sunny
20/07	Rowlands Wood	Coal Tit	3	(2 seen, 1 heard)
20/07	(7.45 - 9.00)	Goldcrest	4+	(2 seen, 2+ heard)
20/07	"	Buzzard	2
20/07	"	Kestrel	1
20/07	"	Swallow	c100	(Over surrounding fields)
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20/07	Knighton (E. Wood)	Turtle Dove	1m	(Calling from Ash Tree by "B33" FP )
20/07	(9.15 - 9.45)	Buzzard	3	(1 soaring on flat wings??)
20/07	"	Stock Dove	1	(Heard)
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Wednesday	V. Hot Sunny	Refreshing SE Wind
19/07	Dodnor Pond	Water Rail	1juv	(No sign of Scarlet Headed Blackbird today)
19/07	(7.05 - 8.25)	Reed Warbler	c4	(2 seen, others heard)
19/07	"	Chiffchaff	2
19/07	"	Whitethroat	2+	(Juv.)
19/07	"	Bullfinch	1+	(Heard)
19/07	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Dickson's Copse)
19/07	"	Green Woodpecker	2
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19/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black Tailed Godwit	27
19/07	(9.00 - 10.05)	Greenshank	1
19/07	"	Redshank	7
19/07	"	Teal	1f	(now only 1 @Rofford Marsh)
19/07	"	Curlew	5
19/07	"	Heron	1
19/07	"	Little Egret	2
19/07	"	Shelduck	2ad,3juv
19/07	"	Sparrowhawk	1
19/07	"	Reed Warbler	2+	(Heard)
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19/07	Boat House, Newtown NR	Black Tailed Godwit	23
19/07	(8.40 - 11.30)	Common Tern	1
19/07	"	Dunlin	3	(Summer Plumage)
19/07	"	Curlew	5
19/07	"	Redshank	3
19/07	"	Rock Pipit	1
19/07	"	Linnet	3
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Tuesday	V. Hot Sunny	Phew!!
18/07	Ryde Canoe Lake	Swan	55
18/07	(8.00)	Stock Dove	4
18/07	"	Canada Geese	8
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18/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(Just 1 tonight)
18/07	(19.20 - 19.40)	Common Gull	1
18/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
18/07	"	Heron	1
Reported	Dodnor Pond (18.00)	Scarlet Headed Blackbird!	1	"Amblyramphus holosericeus" ? presumed Escaped Cagebird (Tim J.)
Monday	Hot Sunny	E. Wind
17/07	Ash Hill Farm pond	Sand Martin	c6	(On wires with Swallows etc.)
17/07	(9.10 - 9.45)	Starling	100+
17/07	"	Mallard	c50	(But no Sandpipers)
17/07	"	Kestrel	1
17/07	"	Lapwing	1
17/07	"	Linnet	c10
17/07	"	Yellowhammer	2
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17/07	Whale Chine (10.00)	Skylark	c4
Butterflies	"	Peacock	6+	Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Small Skipper,
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	3	Large White. 6 Spot Burnet & Silver Y Moths
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17/07	Shepherds Chine (11.00)	Reed Warbler	1
17/07	"	Yellowhammer	1
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17/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	2	(Still here)
17/07	(18.40 - 19.40)	Tufted Duck	1f
17/07	"	Heron	1
17/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
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Sunday	Hot Sunny	E. Wind
16/07	Fishbourne Beach	Mediterranean Gull	102	(94 together on shingle bank!)
16/07	(10.10 - 11.40)	Little Egret	14
16/07	"	Common Gull	6
16/07	"	Curlew	7
16/07	"	Oystercatcher	11
16/07	"	Common Tern	9
16/07	"	Cormorant	5
16/07	Wootton Bridge (16.00)	Greenshank	1	(@side of Lake, unusual here.)
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Moths	Culver	Six Spot Burnet	2+	& Meadow Brown, Marbled White, BF.
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Reported	Whale Chine	Yellow Legged Gull	3	(AD, 2nd yr and Juv) & 240 Sand Martin E.
(Graham S.)	Atherfield Farm Res.	Green Sandpiper	6	& 1 Common Sandpiper.
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Saturday	Hot Sunny	E-NE. Wind
15/07	E. Hide Newtown NR	Bar Tailed Godwit	1	(Preening by Clamerkin Channel)
15/07	(8.40 - 11.30)	Whimbrel	1
15/07	"	Grey Plover	6	(1 in full Summ. Plumage)
15/07	"	Curlew	c15
15/07	"	Shelduck	1
15/07	"	Green Woodpecker	1ad,1juv
15/07	Town Copse, NNR	Blackcap	1f
15/07	"	Bar Headed Geese	2	(Brickfields)
15/07	"	Redshank	c6
Butterflies	"	White Admiral	10+	Red Admiral, Large White, Meadow Brown,
Butterflies	"	Silver Washed Fritillary	1	Small Skipper, Marbled White, Comma.
15/07	Boat House, Newtown NR	Black Tailed Godwit	7
15/07	(8.40 - 11.30)	Whimbrel	2-4	(2 flew over calling, poss. 2 by harbour entrance)
15/07	(from E-Hide)	Mediterranean Gull	8	(5ad with 2 juv on Gull Is.)
15/07	"	Curlew	c15
15/07	"	Sandwich Tern	2
15/07	"	Common Tern	2
15/07	"	Rock Pipit	2
15/07	"	Linnet	2
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15/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	2	(Numbers increasing)
15/07	(18.20 - 19.45)	Stock Dove	2
15/07	"	Heron	1
15/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Green Sandpiper	1	& 2 Little Ringed Plover, 22 Little Egret (Graham S.)
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Friday	Fine Sunny	E-NE Wind
14/07	Quarr	Coal Tit	1m,2juv	(Juvs by Abbey & Singing Male @ Elenor's Grove)
14/07	(8.05 - 09.45)	Reed Warbler	c3	(At fishing pond, Elenor's Grove)
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14/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
14/07	(18.45 - 20.20)	Stock Dove	2
14/07	"	Heron	1
14/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals, Warm
13/07	Brading Marsh	Reed Warbler	2+
13/07	(8.10 - 9.00)	Whitethroat	c6
13/07	"	Swan	2ad, 4juv
Butterflies	"	Red Admiral	1	Small Skipper, Marbled White, Small TS,
"	"	Comma	1	Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown.
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13/07	Parkhurst Forest	Long Eared Owl	2-3juv	("Squeakers" by large clearing, 1 seen)
13/07	(9.15 - 10.30)	Nightjar	5+	(4 heard/seen, 1+ heard)
Insects	"	Glow Worm	3	along paths
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny	W Wind
12/07	Ryde Sands	Mediterranean Gull	17
12/07	(8.10)	Curlew	7
12/07	"	Oystercatcher	2
12/07	"	Little Egret	4
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12/07	St. Helen's Br.(8.40)	RUDDY DUCK	1m	(On R. Yar then flew to Pond to E.)
12/07	Bembridge Harbour	COMMON GULL	1	(They're back!)
12/07		Mediterranean Gull	23
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12/07	Bembridge Ponds	Reed Warbler	6+	(Inc 1 juv.)
12/07	(9.00 - 9.30)	Little Grebe	10	(Including 2 juv.)
12/07	"	Sand Martin	c6
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12/07	Hersey NR	Little Egret	5
12/07	(9.50 - 10.10)	Whitethroat	3
12/07	"	Heron	1
12/07	"	Chiloe Wigeon	1	(Feral/Escape)
12/07	Seaview Beach	Mediterranean Gull	8
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
11/07	Thorness Bay	Ringed Plover	5+	(4+Ad, 1 juv)
11/07	(8.30 - 10.20)	Dunlin	1
11/07	"	Dunlin	1
11/07	"	Curlew	2
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11/07	Walters Copse, NNR	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
Butterflies	"	White Admiral	15+	, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown,
Butterflies	"	Silver Washed Fritillary	c3	Large Skipper, Marbled White, Comma.
Dragonflies	"	Southern Hawker	3	Emporer,
Beetles	"	"Longhorn" Beetle	2+
"	"	Lilioceris lilii (?)	1	(Tiny but pretty)
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	Common Sandpiper	1	& 5 Sand Martin, 3 Greenshank-in Harbour, (Chris M.)
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Monday	Cloudy, Drizzle
10/07	Bembridge Down	Skylark	5
10/07	(8.50 - 9.40)	Whitethroat	4
10/07	"	Meadow Pipit	2+
10/07	"	Yellowhammer	2m
10/07	"	Swallow	c10
10/07	"	Buzzard	3	(1 very pale)
Caterpillars	"	Cinnabar	10+	on Ragwort
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Sunday	Wet to Sunny Intervals	Strong SW Wind		Early mist on hills
09/07	Brading Down,(IWOG Walk)	Swift	c30	(Over to S.)
09/07	(Cancelled -bad weather!)	Yellowhammer	1	(Heard)
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09/07	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	1
09/07	(8.55 - 9.25)	Little Egret	5
09/07	"	Canada Geese	12
09/07	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
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09/07	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	1
09/07	(9.30)	Lapwing	1
09/07	"	Sandwich Tern	3
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09/07	Hersey NR	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
09/07	(10.00 - 11.20)	Reed Warbler	2
09/07	"	Heron	2
09/07	"	Little Egret	4
09/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	("1st. Summer")
09/07	Off Seaview Toll Road	Gannet	5E
09/07	"	Sandwich Tern	4+
09/07	"	Common Tern	6+
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09/07	Ryde Sands	DUNLIN	1	(Feeding at end of Sandbank)
09/07	(19.00 - 19.30)	Curlew	2	(W of Pier)
09/07	"	Oystercatcher	5
09/07	"	Little Egret	4
09/07	"	Gannet	1W
09/07	"	Sandwich Tern	8
09/07	"	Common Tern	5
09/07	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	14
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Reported	St. Catherine's Point (11-12.15)	Manx Shearwater	9W	& 25 Kittiwake(W), (Graham S.)
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
08/07	Shide (Blackwater FP)	Barn Owl	2
08/07	(7.20 - 7.40)	Grey Wagtail	1
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08/07	West High Down, Totland	Peregrine	3	(Ad and 2 juv)
08/07	(8.06 - 11.10)	Linnet	c40
08/07	"	Raven	2
08/07	"	Rock Pipit	c15	(Group of 12 together)
08/07	"	Bullfinch	1m
08/07	"	Goldfinch	c20
08/07	"	Greenfinch	c15
08/07	"	Mistle Thrush	4	(Family Group)
08/07	"	Gannet	4
08/07	"	Stonechat	1f
08/07	"	Shag	1
Insects	"	Devil's Coach Horse	1	Edge of cliff
Butterflies	"	White Admiral	1	Dark Green Fritillary, Marbled White, Painted Lady,
"	"	Large Skipper	1	Small Copper, Small Heath, Meadow Brown.
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08/07	Walters Copse, NNR	Green Woodpecker	2
Butterflies	"	White Admiral	10+	3 Silver Washed Fritillary, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown,
Butterflies	"	Ringlet	1	Small & Large Skipper, Marbled White, 2 Comma.
Dragonflies	"	Southern Hawker	2	Emporer, (Golden Ringed reported)
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Friday	Mist on hills, L. Rain
07/07	Brighstone Down	Turtle Dove	1	(Flew into tree)
07/07	(8.40 - 10.50)	Dartford Warbler	3+	(The most I've seen this year)
07/07	"	Yellowhammer	4+
07/07	"	Linnet	6
07/07	"	Whitethroat	4
07/07	"	Dunnock	5
07/07	"	Chiffchaff	2
Butterflies	"	Ringlet	1	2 Painted Lady, Marbled White (Lots), Meadow Brown.
Moths	"	Hummingbird Hawkmoth	1-2
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07/07	Firestone Copse	Buzzard	1
07/07	(21.30 - 22.00)	Nightjar	1m	(@21.40, Churring and Flying)
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Thursday	Misty to Hazy Sunny Int.
06/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	SHOVELER	1f
06/07	(15.00 - 16.30)	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
06/07	"	Redshank	10
06/07	"	Teal	2m,4f	(5 @Station Pond, 1f@ Rofford Marsh)
06/07	"	Curlew	1
06/07	"	Heron	3	(2ad, 1juv)
06/07	"	Little Egret	2
06/07	"	Shelduck	2
06/07	"	Kestrel	1juv	(Sitting on nest box)
06/07	"	Sparrowhawk	1f	(Mobbed by Gulls)
06/07	"	Reed Warbler	2+	(Heard)
06/07	"	Jay	1ad, 2juv	(Back of Marsh by Road)
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Wednesday	Thundery showers, dull	Muggy, misty
05/07	Newtown NR	Grey Plover	6	(From E. Hide)
05/07	(14.30 - 16.30)	Black Tailed Godwit	2
05/07	"	Shelduck	c30	(Inc. 10 juv)
05/07	"	Little Tern	2	(Gull Is.)
05/07	"	Rock Pipit	1
05/07	"	Canada Geese	c100
05/07	"	Redshank	c20
05/07	"	Whimbrel	1
05/07	"	Curlew	c35	(Numbers increasing)
05/07	"	Lapwing	2
05/07	Main Hide	Mediterranean Gull	3	(1 x2nd Yr, 2 juv)
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Tuesday	Very Hot Sunny	Cooling E. Wind
04/07	St. Catherine's Pt.	Gannet	7	(5 fishing in distance)
04/07	(8.10 - 9.15)	Guillemot	1E
04/07	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	2
04/07	"	Cormorant	7
04/07	"	Shag	1juv	(On rock with 4 Cormorants)
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04/07	Gore Cliff	Fulmar	3+	(3 on ledges, another flying)
04/07	(9.30)	Sand Martin	c20E	(Flying along the cliffs)
04/07	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1E
Butterflies	"	Large Skipper	1	Painted Lady
Dragonflies	Whale Chine	Black Lined Skimmer	4	undercliff terraces.
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04/07	Hersey NR	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
04/07	(18.45 - 19.25)	Stock Dove	4
04/07	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Flew over with prey)
04/07	"	Little Egret	4
04/07	"	Heron	1
04/07	"	Barnacle Geese	c30	(Field to W.)
04/07	"	Whitethroat	1
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Monday	Hot Sunny
03/07	Ryde Esplanade	COMMON SCOTER	2m	(Preening on sea just E. of Pierhead)
03/07	(7.35 - 8.05)	Little Egret	3
03/07	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	6+
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03/07	Shide,Newport	Grey Wagtail	1juv
03/07	(15.00)	Goldcrest	1juv
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Sunday	Hot Sunny
02/07	Bembridge Down, Culver Down	Skylark	5
02/07	(7.45 - 8.50)	Whitethroat	11
02/07	"	Meadow Pipit	2+
02/07	"	Green Woodpecker	2
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02/07	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sedge Warbler	2+	(Inc 1 juv.)
02/07	(9.00 - 9.40)	Reed Warbler	1m
02/07	"	Sand Martin	1
02/07	"	Swift	6+
02/07	"	House Martin	10+
02/07	"	Reed Bunting	1m
02/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/07	"	Little Grebe	1
02/07	"	Swan	5	(2ad, 3 cygnets)
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02/07	Mersley Shute	Magpie	1	(Caught in trap)
02/07	(10.00)	Jay	2	(Inspecting the Magpie)
02/07	"	Bullfinch	1m
02/07	"	Chiffchaff	1juv
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Saturday	Hot Sunny	SE. Wind
01/07	Shide to Blackwater	Garden Warbler	1m
01/07	(7.35 - 10.10)	Whitethroat	3ad, 2 juv
01/07	"	Blackcap	6
01/07	"	Yellowhammer	4
01/07	"	Song Thrush	3
01/07	"	Goldcrest	2
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01/07	Newtown NR	Peregrine	1	(On post -Brickfields side)
01/07	(10.30 - 11.40)	Common Tern	1
01/07	"	Redshank	c6
01/07	"	Rock Pipit	1
01/07	"	Canada Geese	c60
01/07	"	Curlew	c20
01/07	Main Hide	Mediterranean Gull	4	(2 x2nd Yr, 2 juv)
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01/07	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	1
01/07	(16.00 - 16.45)	Coal Tit	5+	(Mainly juv.)
01/07	"	Blackcap	1	(Heard)
01/07	"	Song Thrush	3
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01/07	Binstead to Firestone	Little Owl	1	(Newnham Road @21.28)
01/07	Firestone Copse	Nightjar	1m	(@21.50)
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E-Mail Report	Culver Down (am)	Redstart	1juv
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E-Mail Report	W. Wight location	Redstart	2	at a nest! (Richard D.)
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JUNE 2006: Click for monthly species lists, June total = 108

Friday	Cloudy to Hot Sunny	SE. Wind
30/06	Newtown NR	Little Tern	3	(Near Gull Is.)
30/06	(7.30 - 9.40)	Common Tern	1
30/06	"	Redshank	c10
30/06	"	Shelduck	18
30/06	"	Curlew	6
30/06	Main Hide	Mediterranean Gull	5	(1 ad, 2 2nd Yr, 2 juv )
30/06	Clamerkin Hide	Redshank	7	(and 1 juv)
30/06	"	Lapwing	9
30/06	"	Curlew	7
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Butterflies	"	White Admiral	1	Marbled White , Meadow Brown, Small Heath.
Insects	"	"Staphylinus caesareus" ?	1	a "Rove Beetle" Sp. crossing path to Hide.
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Thursday	Fine Sunny	S. Wind
29/06	West High Down, Totland	Peregrine	2	(Photo taken from under 25ft!)
29/06	(7.40 - 10.30)	Linnet	c30
29/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing just E. of Beacon)
29/06	"	Rock Pipit	c10
29/06	"	Bullfinch	2	(Pair, -hedge N. of Car Pk.)
29/06	"	Common Tern	c30	(Feeding off Sun Corner)
29/06	"	Sandwich Tern	2+
29/06	"	Gannet	1W
29/06	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
29/06	"	Shag	1	(On rock with 10 Cormorants)
29/06	"	Buzzard	4	(Circling over Headon Warren)
Moths	"	Dew Moth	2	& Marbled White, Painted Lady etc.
Mammals	"	Wild Goats	2	Edge of cliff, also 1 Fox.
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29/06	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	TEAL	3m	(Coming out of Eclipse)
29/06	(10.45 - 11.40)	Lapwing	9
29/06	"	Redshank	3
29/06	"	Curlew	1
29/06	"	Reed Warbler	4+
29/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Heard)
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny	E. Wind
28/06	Dodnor to Werrar	Whitethroat	c3
28/06	(7.30 - 9.00)	Lapwing	8	(6 ad, 2juv)
28/06	"	Oystercatcher	2
28/06	"	Curlew	4
28/06	"	Skylark	3
28/06	"	Kestrel	1
28/06	"	Buzzard	1
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Tuesday	Warm & Sunny later
27/06	Ryde Esplanade	Greater Black Backed Gull	32	(Out on sandbank)
27/06	(8.30)	Mediterranean Gull	c10
27/06	"	Common Tern	2
27/06	"	Oystercatcher	6
27/06	"	Curlew	1	(W. of Pier)
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27/06	Bembridge Ponds	Little Grebe	4	(2 ad, 2 juv)
27/06	(14.45 - 15.30)	Little Egret	3
27/06	"	Heron	3
27/06	"	Stock Dove	3	(Over)
27/06	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
27/06	"	Canada Geese	10
27/06	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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Monday	Persistant Rain	N. Wind
26/06	Hersey NR	Shelduck	1
26/06	(14.50 - 15.30)	Reed Warbler	2
26/06	"	Heron	1
26/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	4	(3 ad & 1 "1st. Summer")
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Recent	IOW Reports
25th	Dynamite Pool (RSPB)	Green Sandpiper	1	(Graham S.)
23rd	Brading Marsh	Sand Martin	1	(Graham S.)
20th	Ryde Esplanade	Roseate Tern	1	& c100 Common Tern.
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Sunday	IWOG trip to "New Forest"	Hants
18th	from Ferry	Little Tern	3	& 3 Gannets
"	Denny Wood	Tawny Owl	1	(Rufous) in tree
"	& Beaulieu Road	Honey Buzzard	1	& Cuckoo, Tree Pipits, Redstart, Marsh Tit,
"	Acre Down, Lyndhurst	Woodlark	2	& 5+ Crossbill, more Tree Pipits & Redstarts.
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Saturday	Warm Sunny	Light Wind
17/06	West High Down, Totland	Raven	5+	(Ad & juv Tennyson Dn, 2 Ad & 3 juv WHD -S. Cliffs)
17/06	(8.10 - 10.50)	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard on FP below Beacon)
17/06	"	Swallow	10+
17/06	"	Stonechat	1m	(Needles Battery)
17/06	"	Peregrine	1	(Edge of cliffs)
17/06	"	Guillemot	13	(on sea)
17/06	"	Linnet	8
17/06	"	Rock Pipit	10	(inc. Juvs)
17/06	"	Meadow Pipit	c15	(some juv.)
17/06	"	Mistle Thrush	2	(On Sea)
17/06	"	Shelduck	2	(On Sea)
17/06	"	Oystercatcher	3	(Flew into Cliffs)
17/06	"	Gannet	1E
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	4	& 2 Red Admiral, Common Blue, Small Heath.
"	"	Dingy Skipper	1	& 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth
~
17/06	Freshwater Cliffs	Peregrine	2
17/06	(11.00 - 11.40)	Skylark	4
17/06	"	Stonechat	2m,1f
~
17/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	4+	(IWOG Walk)
17/06	(19.50 - 22.40)	Woodcock	3+
17/06	"	Goldcrest	10+	(Heard en route)
17/06	"	Buzzard	1
~
Friday	Warm Sunny
16/06	Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1juv
16/06	(8.00)	House Martin	4
~
16/06	Newtown NR	Bar Headed Geese	2	(Spit at Harbour Entrance)
16/06	(8.50 - 9.40)	Canada Geese	c150	"
16/06	"	Redshank	5+1juv
16/06	"	Shelduck	10+9juv	(Pair with 6 Ducklings & 3 Ducklings in Scrape)
16/06	"	Curlew	3
16/06	Boathouse	Pied Wagtail	4juv
16/06	Hide	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
16/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	1juv
16/06	(13.40 - 14.20)	Mistle Thrush	1	(No sign of Spotted FC)
16/06	"	Buzzard	1	(W. over beach, 1st I've seen here!)
16/06	"	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
16/06	"	Robin	2+1juv
~
16/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	4+	(Singing and seen flying)
16/06	(19.50 - 22.50)	Woodcock	3+
16/06	"	Long Eared Owl	1	(Across path W. of Squirrel Hide @ 20.45)
16/06	"	Bullfinch	2
16/06	"	Raven	1
16/06	"	Kestrel	1
~
Thursday	Warm Sunny	NE Wind
15/06	Brading Marsh	Pied Wagtail	2	(Filter beds)
15/06	(7.15 - 7.50)	Sedge Warbler	2
15/06	"	Whitethroat	1m
15/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
15/06	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
~
15/06	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Swift	100+	(Feeding just offshore)
15/06	(9.05 - 10.40)	Fulmar	c10
15/06	"	Shag	1	(Rocken End-on rock, 2 Cormorants there later)
15/06	"	Peregrine (?)	1	(Might have been a Hobby, thinner longer wings etc.)
15/06	"	Blackcap	1m	(Singing under cliff)
15/06	"	Skylark	1m
15/06	"	Linnet	2
15/06	"	Stock Dove	5
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	10+	& Red Admiral
~
15/06	Whale Chine, (11.00)	Rock Pipit	1+2juv	(@ Chine mouth)
Butterflies	"	Granville Fritillery	3	& 2 Painted Lady
~
Reported	Ventnor Garden 3rd June	ALPINE SWIFT	1	over Garden then past Ventnor Middle School
(Pete H.)	"	Red Kite	1	has taken scraps from garden recently
~
Wednesday	Cool, Cloudy, Drizzle	E. Wind
14/06	Thorness Bay	Skylark	c4
14/06	(9.00 - 10.10)	Reed Warbler	c3	(Singing etc.)
14/06	"	Ringed Plover	4
14/06	"	Turnstone	2
14/06	"	Curlew	1
14/06	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Calling to E.)
14/06	"	Oystercatcher	6	(Very noisy)
14/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(In bay)
~
14/06	Dodnor, Medina R.	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
14/06	(10.20 - 11.00)	Reed Warbler	c2	(Singing)
14/06	"	Lapwing	1
14/06	"	Swan	24
14/06	"	Blackheaded Gull	c200
14/06	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
~
Tuesday	Warm Sunny
13/06	Brading Marsh etc.	Lapwing	4	(1 by Green Bridge, 3 Dynamite pool)
13/06	(7.15 - 8.40)	Sedge Warbler	2
13/06	"	Whitethroat	8+
13/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen briefly)
13/06	"	Reed Warbler	4	("Ducker's Bridge")
13/06	"	Reed Bunting	2m	"
13/06	"	Cuckoo	1	(Flew around, but not calling)
13/06	"	Skylark	1m
13/06	Dynamite Pool	Tufted Duck	1m
13/06	(Scoped from FP)	Shelduck	1
13/06	"	Little Grebe	1
13/06	"	Canada Geese	c20
13/06	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral, Blue Phase)
~
13/06	Bembridge Down	Buzzard	2	(1 very pale, with "Ringtail" like harrier)
13/06	(8.50 - 10.00)	Fulmar	1
13/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2
13/06	"	Whitethroat	6+
13/06	"	Skylark	2m
13/06	"	Linnet	4
13/06	"	Yellowhammer	1m
~
Monday	Hot Sunny	Light Wind
12/06	Sandown Esplanade	Sedge Warbler	c3	(by Canoe Lake, W. of Hide)
12/06	(7.30 - 8.30)	Reed Warbler	c5	(Singing etc.)
12/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
12/06	"	Coot	c15	(Many juv.)
12/06	"	Swan	2+3cyg.
12/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(In bay)
~
Sunday	Hot Sunny
11/06	Fishbourne Beach	Curlew	1
11/06	(7.30)	Shelduck	4
11/06	"	Little Egret	3
11/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
11/06	Quarr Pond/Reedbed	Reed Warbler	2
11/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
Insects	"	"Oedemera noblis"	2	attractive thin Green beetles with "swollen" knees.
~
11/06	Ryde Esplanade	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(Out on sandbank)
11/06	(8.40)	Greater Black Backed Gull	15
11/06	"	Little Egret	5
~
11/06	Mottistone Estate (NT)	Nightjar	c3m	(Churring, wing clapping, calling etc.)
11/06	(20.40 - 22.10)	Yellowhammer	3
11/06	"	Buzzard	2
11/06	"	Partridge	1	(poss. Grey but distant)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh (RSPB)	Turtle Dove	1	& 2 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 15 Lapwing,
(David A.)	(WeBS Count)	Gadwall	4	& 4 Teal, 4 Mediterranean Gull.
~
Saturday	Hot Sunny	E. Wind
10/06	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1	(Clamerkin channel)
10/06	(7.30 - 9.40)	Grey Plover	3	(Winter Plumage?)
10/06	E. Hide	Dunlin	1	(Summer Plumage)
10/06	"	Shelduck	10+	(2 juv)
10/06	"	Curlew	4
10/06	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard frequently)
10/06	Boathouse	Pied Wagtail	1+2juv
10/06	"	Oystercatcher	12	(1 @ Scrape)
10/06	"	Common Tern	1
10/06	Hide	Mediterranean Gull	4
~
10/06	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
10/06	(10.30 - 11.30)	Black Tailed Godwit	72	(50 on Station Pond, 32 in Estuary)
10/06	"	Reed Warbler	c6	(Heard)
10/06	"	Little Egret	6
10/06	"	Heron	1
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Pt	Manx Shearwater	12	33 Gannet,
(Graham S.)	(10.00 - 12.00)	Common Scoter	11	50 Swift & a Hummingbird Hawkmoth.
~
Friday	Hot Sunny	E. Wind
09/06	Ryde Esplanade	Lesser Black Backed Gull	4	(Out on sandbank)
09/06	(7.30 - 8.00)	Greater Black Backed Gull	9
09/06	"	Oystercatcher	10	(4 W. side of Pier)
09/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1
~
09/06	Foreland	Gannet	2+1juv	(SW)
09/06	(8.15)	Sandwich Tern	1
09/06	"	House Martin	c20
09/06	"	Kestrel	1f	(Mobbed by Martins)
~
09/06	Bembridge Ponds	MANDARIN	1m	(Drake -on causeway with Mallard)
09/06	(8.55 - 9.30)	Little Egret	3
09/06	"	Heron	2+3juv
09/06	"	Shelduck	3
09/06	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
09/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
09/06	"	Little Grebe	2
~
Thursday	Hot & Sunny	Light Wind
08/06	Nansen Hill/Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1	(Very scarce here now)
08/06	(8.20 - 9.50)	Willow Warbler	2	(Singing at bottom of W. Slope)
08/06	"	Swift	c20
08/06	"	Whitethroat	5
08/06	"	Linnet	c6
~
08/06	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
08/06	(18.40 - 19.30)	Reed Warbler	1	(Singing by entrance)
08/06	"	Moorhen	1+3juv
08/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
08/06	"	Whitethroat	1m
08/06	"	Little Egret	2
08/06	"	Barnacle Geese	c10
~
Reported	Newchurch Shute	Turtle Dove	1m	singing (Graham S.)
~
Wednesday	Fine Sunny	S. Wind
07/06	Firestone Copse	Heron	c6	(Heronry with Juv @ Nests)
07/06	(10.30 - 12.30)	Little Egret	1
07/06	"	Buzzard	2
Insects	"	Speckled Yellow Moth	3	& 3 Brimstone, Speckled Wood, 1 Wall Brown
Insects	"	"Volucella bombylans"	3	"Bumblebee" Hoverfly, & Wood Ants etc.
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	1juv	very cute!
~
07/06	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	KNOT	1	(Summer Plumage, with c20 Godwits)
07/06	(18.45 - 20.20)	Black Tailed Godwit	110+	(95 on Station Pond, c20 in Estuary)
07/06	"	Tufted Duck	3m,1f	(No sign of Garganey)
07/06	"	Redshank	2	(1 with Godwits)
07/06	"	Curlew	2
07/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
07/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c4m	(Singing and seen flying)
07/06	(20.40 - 22.50)	Woodcock	4+
~
Tuesday	Fine Sunny	Cool E. Wind
06/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	2	(Adult with Juv)
06/06	(7.00 - 8.10)	Mistle Thrush	c8
06/06	"	Stock Dove	2
06/06	Ryde Beach	SANDERLING	2	(S. Plumage -on sandbank, unusual in June)
06/06	Canoe Lake	Canada Geese	2+9juv
~
06/06	Culver	Rock Pipit	3
06/06	(10.40 - 11.50)	Whitethroat	6
06/06	"	Linnet	5
Butterflies	"	Dingy Skipper	3+	& 2 Painted Lady, Common Blue (lots), 1 Wall Brown
~
Reported	Yarmouth	Garganey	1m	on Station Pond @20.00 (Mike K.)
~
Monday	Warm Sunny
05/06	Brading Marsh etc.	Lapwing	3	(2 by Green Bridge, 1 Dynamite pool)
05/06	(7.15 - 8.45)	Greylag Geese	2	("Green Bridge" Pool, with 4 Canada Geese)
05/06	"	Swan	7	(2 with 5 Cygnets)
05/06	"	Whitethroat	4+
05/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2+	(Heard)
05/06	"	Reed Warbler	2	("Ducker's Bridge")
05/06	Centurion's Copse	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Reedbed)
05/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m	"
05/06	Dynamite Pool	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
05/06	(Scoped from FP)	Shelduck	c4
05/06	"	Canada Geese	10	(5 over + 1ad. and 4 Goslings by pond)
05/06	"	Little Egret	1	(Little Stint not seen at this range ~800m. away)
~
05/06	Bembridge Ponds	Little Grebe	2
05/06	(8.55 - 9.30)	Little Egret	2
05/06	"	Heron	1 juv
05/06	"	Whitethroat	2+
05/06	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Lagoon)
05/06	"	Linnet	2
05/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m	"
~
05/06	Binstead Beach	TURNSTONE	1	(On a rock in sea, unseasonal)
05/06	(16.20 - 16.55)	Sandwich Tern	4
05/06	"	Heron	1
~
05/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	3m	(Singing and seen flying)
05/06	(20.50 - 22.40)	Woodcock	4+
~
Sunday	Warm Hazy Sun
04/06	Shide to Blackwater	Barn Owl	2	(1 N. of FP, 1 flushed from hedge @ Marvel Lane)
04/06	(7.30 - 10.25)	Whitethroat	2
04/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard N. of FP)
04/06	"	Little Owl	2	(juv)
04/06	"	Garden Warbler	2
04/06	"	Blackcap	9	(1 juv)
04/06	"	Red Legged Partridge	3
04/06	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(@ nest)
04/06	"	Yellowhammer	2
04/06	"	Song Thrush	8
04/06	"	Swallow	4+
~
Reported	Rookley/Gatcombe	Spotted Flycatcher	10	@ Rookley Manor, Gatcombe (6), Whitecroft (4)
(Robin A.)	Blackwater	HONEY BUZZARD	1NW	@11.10, & 1 Hobby (Birchmore)
"	Gatcombe Pond	Heron	1+ 3 juv	-a rare breeding record for W. Wight
~
Saturday	Warm Sunny	Light Wind
03/06	Alum Bay Area	Turtle Dove	1	(On N. side of Road, op. Warren Farm)
03/06	(8.00 - 11.10)	Whitethroat	c9
03/06	"	Swallow	4+
03/06	"	Stonechat	6	(2m, 1f, 3 juv)
03/06	W. High Down	Peregrine	1	(Perched on tall pinnacle)
03/06	"	Guillemot	18	(on sea)
03/06	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
03/06	"	Linnet	15+
03/06	"	Rock Pipit	6+
03/06	"	Yellowhammer	2+	(Singing)
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	2	& 2 Red Admiral
~
03/06	Newtown NR	Redshank	4
03/06	(11.40 - 12.10)	Shelduck	3
03/06	"	Common Tern	1
~
03/06	Garden, Binstead	NUTHATCH	4	(2 adult and 2 juv @ nest hole!)
Note;-	"	Nuthatch	-	are very scarce on the Island, these are my first!
03/06	(17.20 - 18.10)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
~
03/06	Brading Marsh	Lapwing	4
03/06	(20.40 - 21.30)	Shelduck	2
03/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2
03/06	"	Reed Warbler	2
03/06	"	Heron	3
~
Reported	Garden @ Freshwater	GOSHAWK	1	-bigger than the regular Sparrowhawks. (Neil E.)
Reported	Hale Common	Marsh Harrier	1m	-circling low over the garlic festival field (Chris M.)
~
Reported	West High Down	SWALLOWTAIL	1NW	@ 11.08! also 65 Painted Lady BF, 1m Dartford Warbler
(Robin A.)	Headon Warren	Turtle Dove	1	& 1m (1st s.) Dartford Warbler, 1 Spotted FC.
"	Yarmouth	Shoveler	1m	& 93 Black Tailed Godwit -high summer count for site.
~
Friday	Warm Sunny	N. Wind
02/06	St. Catherine's Pt.	Common Scoter	52E	(48@8.00, 14@8.02)
02/06	(7.50 - 8.50)	Gannet	c7E
02/06	"	Razorbill	1W	(@8.31)
02/06	"	Swallow	4+
02/06	"	Red Legged Partridge	2
02/06	"	Whitethroat	6+
~
02/06	Gore Cliff	Fulmar	c10	(5+ on ledges)
02/06	(9.08 - 10.00)	Linnet	3W
Butterflies	"	Small Copper	1	& 1 Painted Lady
~
02/06	Whale Chine	Skylark	3+	(sadly no Corn Buntings)
02/06	(9.08 - 10.00)	Red Legged Partridge	1
Butterflies	"	Common Blue	1
~
02/06	Parkhurst Forest	Buzzard	2
02/06	(16.15 - 17.50)	Kestrel	1
02/06	"	Jay	4
02/06	"	Whitethroat	2
Dragonflies	"	Broad Bodied Chaser	2	& 1 Southern Hawker
Butterflies	"	Brimstone	3	2 Peacock, Comma, Large White & Garden Tiger Moth
Insects	"	Pond Skater	5	1 Water Boatman
*
Thursday	Sunny Int.	Light Wind
01/06	Sandown Esplanade	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Singing by Canoe Lake)
01/06	(7.30 - 8.30)	Reed Warbler	c4	(Singing etc.)
01/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
01/06	"	Swallow	10+	(and 2 Swift)
01/06	"	House Martin	c6
01/06	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(In bay)
~
01/06	Shalfleet Quay	Nightingale	1m	(Singing just N. of Mill)
01/06	(9.40 - 11.00)	Cuckoo	1m	(On bushes W. side -Corfe Camp)
01/06	"	Redshank	3
01/06	"	Whitethroat	2
01/06	"	Yellowhammer	c4
~
01/06	Newtown NR	Redshank	3	(Scrape)
01/06	(11.10 - 12.00)	Mediterranean Gull	4
*
01/06	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	1
01/06	(21.00 - 21.40)	Nightjar	1-2m	(Churring @ 21.20)
01/06	"	Song Thrush	2	(Singing)
~

MAY 2006: Click for monthly species lists, May total = 127

Wednesday	Sunny Int.	N-NE. Wind
31/05	Headon Warren	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing/Feeding N. of Tumulus)
31/05	(8.10 - 9.00)	Whitethroat	c7	(Singing etc.)
31/05	"	Swallow	4	(and 2 Swift)
31/05	"	Buzzard	1
31/05	"	Green Woodpecker	1
Insects	"	Green Tiger Beetle	1	& Wall Brown BF
~
31/05	Fort Victoria	Eider	1m	(On the Sea off Hurst Castle)
31/05	(9.10 - 9.30)	Cormorant	3
31/05	"	Common Tern	c4	(& poss. 3 Little Tern offshore)
~
31/05	Newtown NR	Dunlin	2	(N. of Boathouse)
31/05	(10.30 - 12.30)	Cuckoo	1m	(Calling from tree on Hampstead side)
31/05	"	Common Tern	1
31/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
*
Tuesday	Fine Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
30/05	Wheeler's Bay	Raven	2	(Over)
30/05	(8.35 - 10.00)	Whitethroat	2
30/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1
30/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Still mimicking other birds)
~
30/05	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	2+
30/05	(21.00 - 22.30)	Nightjar	1-2m	(Churring @ 21.20)
30/05	"	Song Thrush	2+	(Singing)
~
Monday	Showers, Sunny Int.	W-NW. Wind
29/05	Monk's Bay	Razorbill	2W
29/05	(8.00 - 9.05)	Gannet	20W	(plus 2E)
29/05	"	Common Scoter	2W
29/05	"	Oystercatcher	1W
29/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
29/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard on slope above beach)
~
29/05	Ventnor Downs	Raven	2
29/05	(9.10 - 12.00)	Buzzard	5
29/05	"	Kestrel	2
29/05	"	Yellowhammer	2+
29/05	"	Linnet	c10
29/05	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
29/05	"	Stonechat	2m,2f	(But no Dartford Warblers)
29/05	"	Swallow	3	(& some Swifts)
29/05	"	House Martin	c15	(Over to N. -late migrants?)
29/05	"	Willow Warbler	c3	(Heard)
29/05	"	Stock Dove	2
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	Over main marsh 8.45 (Rob G.)
~
29/05	Wheeler's Bay	Reed Warbler (?)	1m	(Heard singing quietly in bushes)
29/05	(16.20 - 17.35)	Sandwich Tern	3
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny, Warm	W. Wind
28/05	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	8	(1 Juv being fed)
28/05	(8.00 - 8.50)	Song Thrush	4	(1 juv)
28/05	"	Stock Dove	3
~
28/05	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	c4	(Heard)
28/05	(9.00 - 9.50)	Shelduck	2
28/05	"	Stock Dove	1
28/05	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Esc.)
28/05	"	Barnacle Geese	7	(Feral)
~
28/05	Yarmouth	Black Tailed Godwit	7	(Rofford Marsh)
28/05	(14.30 - 15.30)	Buzzard	2
28/05	"	Oystercatcher	6
28/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
28/05	"	Reed Warbler	4+	(Heard)
28/05	"	Shelduck	8
28/05	"	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
28/05	"	House Martin	2
28/05	"	Swift	c20
~
28/05	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	c6	( 9 "contacts")
28/05	(20.50 - 22.10)	Nightjar	1m	(Churring & flying around)
28/05	"	Long Eared Owl	2	(1st N. of Squirrel Hide@21.07, another @ 21.20)
~
E-Mail Report	Bonchurch	Storm Petrel	9-11	W, 40 Common Scoter E. (7.30 - 11.30)
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Mist on Hills	Light W. Wind
27/05	Shanklin Chine Steps	STORM PETREL	1-2	(Lingering offshore, 3 reported)
27/05	(7.20 - 9.05)	Auk Sp.	c10W	(Guillemots with a few Razorbill)
27/05	"	Sandwich Tern	4	(Locals)
27/05	"	Fulmar	4+	"
27/05	"	Kittewake	c6W	(@ 1 Manx Shearwater reported W)
27/05	"	Swift	c30
27/05	"	House Martin	c50	(Feeding along Cliffs, & with few Swallows)
Insects	"	Cockchaffer	1	Been sitting here for days!
~
Friday	Foggy and Drizzle	Strong SW-W. Wind		Dull & Misty over sea
26/05	"Bandstand", Ventnor	Gannet	67W	(and 1 E.)
26/05	(7.50 - 9.40)	Guillemot	6W	(Together @ 8.11)
26/05	"	Kittiwake	6W	(Together @ 8.03)
26/05	"	Fulmar	c4	(Local Birds?)
~
26/05	Shanklin Pond	Muscovy	7
26/05	(9.50)	Moorhen	3	(Adult with 2 Chicks)
26/05	"	Aylesbury Duck	3
~
26/05	Sandown Esp	Sandwich Tern	4	(Near Pier)
26/05	(14.10)	Rock Pipit	1	(On beach)
~
26/05	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	2	(Over @ 21.17 & 21.25)
26/05	(21.10 - 21.35)	NIGHTJAR	1m	(Churring and flying @ 21.24)
26/05	"	Barn Owl	1	(Fields to E.)
26/05	"	Song Thrush	3+	(Singing)
~
Sun-Thurs	Trip to "Forest of Dean"	Glos.
Mon 22nd	Nagshead RSPB	Pied Flycatcher	1m	Wood Warbler
Tue 23rd	Crabtree Hill	Turtle Dove	1	Wood Warbler, Tree Pipit, Woodcock.
"	Symonds Yat	Peregrine	1,3juv	Female at nest hole feeding 3 chicks
Wed 24th	"Sugarloaf", Abergavenny	Whinchat	c6	Cuckoo, Skylark, Raven, Meadow Pipit
"	Wenchford	Dipper	1	Nuthatch, Spotted Flycatcher, Mandarin.
"	New Fancy V.Pt	Goshawk	1	with Prey, Fallow Deer also seen.
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REPORTED	from IOW			I missed all the "Stormies" !
Wed 24th (W)	St catherines' Pt	Storm Petrel	6	210 Gannet, 30 Guillemot, 5 Razorbill
(Dave & Martin H.)	(8.00 - 12.00)	Manx Shearwater	136	& 21 Kittiwake, 1 Little Egret and C. Scoter 13E
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Tue 23rd (W)	Ventnor (Ventnor Group)	CORY'S SHEARWATER	1	@9.28, close inshore then moved of to W.
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Mon 22nd	St. Catherines' Pt.	Storm Petrel	9	6W,3 offshore
(GrahamS)	(17.00 - 19.00)	Manx Shearwater	3	& 7 Swift in off
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Sun 21st	La Falaise, Ventnor	Storm Petrel	10	& 29 Auks (inc 7 Guillemot)
(Jon etc.)	(10.00 - 12.40)	Manx Shearwater	112	& 9 Kittiwake, 30 Fulmar (W).
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Saturday	Showers & Sunny Int.	Brisk SW Wind
20/05	Thorness Bay	Ringed Plover	3
20/05	(7.30 - 8.20)	Turnstone	c22
20/05	"	Whimbrel	2	(In field with cattle)
20/05	"	Oystercatcher	3+
20/05	"	Common Tern	6	(At sea)
20/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(On beach)
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Friday	Cloudy, Rain	Strong S-SW. Wind
19/05	Brading Marsh	Swift	c50
19/05	(14.00 - 15.20)	House Martin	c40
19/05	"	Whitethroat	2+
19/05	"	Reed Warbler	4+	(Heard)
19/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
19/05	"	Buzzard	2
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Reported	St catherines' Pt	STORM PETREL	1W	(seen by Ian R.)
(GrahamS)	(16.00 - 19.00)	Manx Shearwater	82	& 69 Gannet, 33 Guillemot (W), 1 Arctic Skua.
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Thursday	Showers to Brighter	Brisk SW. Wind
18/05	Newtown NR	Nightingale	1m	(Heard, S. side of Hay Meadow)
18/05	(8.10 - 9.15)	Redshank	2	(1 Boathouse, 1 Scrape)
18/05	"	Curlew	3
18/05	"	Canada Geese	c15	(1 Pair with 5 Goslings Brickfields side)
18/05	"	Shelduck	9
18/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
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18/05	Rofford Marsh	Shelduck	13
18/05	(9.30 - 10.00)	Black Tailed Godwit	7
18/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
18/05	"	Reed Warbler	5+	(Heard, 1 seen)
18/05	"	Tufted Duck	1m
18/05	"	House Martin	15+
18/05	"	Swift	2
18/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m
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18/05	Fort Victoria ( 10.15)	Little Tern	1
18/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
18/05	"	Common Tern	c20
18/05	"	Guillemot	1	(On the Sea)
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Rain	SW. Wind
17/05	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	16	(Out on sand bank, most in Summer Plumage)
17/05	(19.15)	Little Egret	2
17/05	"	Oystercatcher	6
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Tuesday	Cloudy	SW. Wind
16/05	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	2	(On distant sand bank, mobbed by Terns)
16/05	(8.00 -Low Tide)	Little Egret	8
16/05	"	Oystercatcher	11
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16/05	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	1
16/05	(8.20)	Mistle Thush	4
16/05	"	Song Thrush	2
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16/05	Bathingbourne	Little Owl	1	(On Pole @20.40)
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Monday	Cloudy	Fresh SW. Wind
15/05	Brading Marsh	Buzzard	1
15/05	(14.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
15/05	"Green Bridge" Pool	Greenshank	1
15/05	"	Lapwing	3
15/05	"	Shelduck	2
15/05	"Dynamite" Pool	Shelduck	3	(Scoped from "Bembridge Trail" FP)
15/05		Tufted Duck	2m,1f
Butterfies	"	Painted Lady	1	& 1 Red Admiral, 2 Silver Y Moths
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Sunday	Hazy Sunny Int. to Cloudy
14/05	Fishbourne Beach	Common Sandpiper	1
14/05	(7.30 - 8.30)	Sandwich Tern	1
14/05	"	Common Tern	6
14/05	"	Curlew	5
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14/05	Quarr Abbey area	Whitethroat	3
14/05	(8.40 - 10.00)	Blackcap	2
14/05	"	Mistle Thrush	5
14/05	"	Reed Warbler	5	(Ponds)
14/05	"	Green Woodpecker	3
Flowers	"	Spotted Orchid	Lots	(Woods, - E. end), Bluebells, Red Campion.
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14/05	Wootton Bridge	Shelduck	4
14/05	(11.25)	Heron	2
14/05	"	Little Egret	2
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Reported	"Dynamite" Pool (RSBP)	Garganey	1m	also Hobby, Carpenders Fm. (Dave A.)
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Saturday	Misty to Warm & Sunny	W.- NW. Wind
13/05	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Cuckoo	1m	(Singing from Power Lines)
13/05	(7.25)	Reed Warbler	c4	(Singing in reedbeds)
13/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
13/05	"	Shelduck	5
13/05	"	Tufted Duck	1m
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13/05	Alum Bay Area	HOBBY	1	(Over Rocket Site then W. over Needles @8.50)
13/05	(8.15 - 10.40)	Spotted Flycatcher	1-2	(Wooded strip E. of Car Park, Alum Bay)
13/05	"	Stonechat	2m,1f
13/05	"	Raven	1	(Mobbing 2 Buzzards)
13/05	"	Sparrowhawk	1
13/05	"	Wheatear	1m	(Singing by old Rocket Site)
13/05	"	Rock Pipit	7
13/05	At Sea;-	Gannet	38W
13/05	"	Common Scoter	7W
13/05	"	Whimbrel	1	(Along coast)
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13/05	Fort Victoria (11.00)	Common Tern	10+	(Very quite today)
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13/05	Newtown NR	Common Tern	c10
13/05	(11.30)	Lesser Whiterthroat	1	(Heard N. side of Meadow)
Reptiles	"	Common Lizard	1	(On the boardwalk, Hay Meadow)
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Friday	Hot & Sunny	Light W. Wind
12/05	Newtown NR	Grey Plover	2	(1 in Summer Pl, 1 still Winter)
12/05	(8.00 - 9.40)	Common Tern	12	(From Boathouse)
12/05	"	Sandwich Tern	8
12/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	9
12/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m
12/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard S. side of Hay Meadow)
12/05	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard)
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12/05	Dodnor & Dickson's Copse	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard by Ponds)
12/05	(10.00 - 11.00)	Blackcap	2+
12/05	"	Whitethroat	2+
12/05	"	Buzzard	1
Butterfly	"	Speckled Wood	2
Insects	"	Namephora metallica(?)	2+	has emormous feelers!
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Reported	Binstead Garden	NUTHATCH	2	since April 8th @ Garden Feeders, v.rare on IOW
(GrahamS)	"Dynamite" Pool	Gadwall	2	1 Greenshank, 1m Shoveler, 1pr. Greylag (Nesting?)
"	Brading Marsh (RSPB)	Hobby	2
"	St. Catherine's Pt.	Pomarine Skua	1E	& 91 Commic Tern, 2 Bar Tailed Godwit.
"	"	Manx Shearwater	4E	2 Razorbill, 12 Guillemot, 9 Whimbrel
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Reported	Parkhurst	Nightingale	1m	singing near Johnson Road (Stuart R.)
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Thursday	Warm Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
11/05	St Catherine's Point	MANX SHEARWATER	31E	(Largest groups;- 15 @ 9.24 & 9 @ 9.54)
11/05	(7.30 - 10.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4W	(@8.25)
11/05	"	Marsh Harrier	1f/juv	(In off sea @ 8.55, mobbed by Gulls)
11/05	"	Common Scoter	93E	(Biggest group c90)
11/05	"	Arctic Skua	1E	(Dark Phase, @8.40)
11/05	"	Guillemot	5	(Mostly E. 1 on sea)
11/05	"	Razorbill	1W	(With a Guillemot)
11/05	"	Common Tern	140E
11/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1E
11/05	"	Black Headed Gull	100+	(Mostly E.)
11/05	"	Whimbrel	17E
11/05	"	Dunlin	5E	(and 5 Ringed Plover reported)
11/05	"	Gannet	120+	(Mainly W.)
11/05	"	Kittiwake	7	(Mainly E.)
11/05	"	Peregrine	1	(On Gore Cliff)
11/05	"	Swallow	c10	(Most off sea)
11/05	"	Swift	3	(In off sea)
Reported	(9.30 -17.30)	Bar Tailed Godwit	68E	& 26 Whimbrel, 14 Dunlin (E), 16 Manx Shearwater E
(GrahamS)	"	"Commic" Tern	266	& 44 Kittiwake, 123 Common Scoter (100 E, 23 W),
"	"	Red Throated Diver	1E	& 91 Gannet E, 24 Auks (inc. 7 R/bill) 1 Yell. Wag.
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11/05	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	c4	(Roding Males)
11/05	(20.30 - 21.50)	Mallard	3	(Over)
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Wednesday	Misty to Fine Sunny	Light Wind
10/05	Brighstone Down	Garden Warbler	6+	(Everywhere!)
10/05	(8.05 - 10.20)	TURTLE DOVE	2+	(1 on path, 2 heard some way apart)
10/05	"	Treecreeper	1m	(Heard)
10/05	"	Whitethroat	2
10/05	"	Mistle Thrush	3
10/05	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Heard by Tennyson Trail)
10/05	"	Chiffchaff	1
10/05	"	Mistle Thrush	3
10/05	"	Yellowhammer	c10
10/05	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard to E.)
Insects	"	St. Mark's Fly	100's	Good bird food!
Butterfly	"	Painted Lady	2	& 2 Red Admiral
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10/05	Laundry Lane, St. Helens	Bullfinch	1m
10/05	(16.00 - 17.15)	Lapwing	5
10/05	"	Buzzard	3
10/05	"	Whitethroat	4
10/05	"	Canada Geese	c20
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10/05	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	1-2	(Over @ 21.05, 21.12 & 21.25)
10/05	(21.00 - 21.30)	Heron	2	(over)
10/05	"	Song Thrush	5+	(Singing)
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Reported	Rofford Marsh	Green Sandpiper	1	still present pm. (Elaine P.)
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Tuesday	Cloudy, Spots of Rain	Light Wind
09/05	Shide to Bk.Water FP	Garden Warbler	2
09/05	(8.20 - 10.40)	Red Legged Partridge	5	(3 Sandy Lane and 2 from Marvel Lane)
09/05	"	Bullfinch	1m
09/05	"	Little Owl	1
09/05	"	Blackcap	9
09/05	"	Whitethroat	3
09/05	"	Chiffchaff	2
09/05	"	Mistle Thrush	1
09/05	"	Yellowhammer	3	(Sandy Lane)
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09/05	FP to Bembridge Ponds	Little Owl	1	(Tree, field behind Cattle Shed)
09/05	(14.40)	Whitethroat	3
09/05	"	Tufted Duck	1m	(Pond W. side of R. Yar)
09/05	"	Little Egret	4
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Monday	Rain & Fog to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
08/05	Fort Victoria ( 8.15)	Guillemot	1	(On the Sea)
08/05	(Wet and Misty)	Sandwich Tern	1
08/05	(I went too soon!)	Common Tern	c20
Reported	(9.30 -11.00)	Garganey	1m	W.@10.15 + 9 Scoter, 1 Redpoll & 2 Yellow Wag
(GrahamS)	"	Eider	37	on sea, 2 Little Tern W. 1 Ringed Plover E.
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08/05	Yarmouth	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	(E. end Rofford Marsh, N. side of FP)
08/05	(9.25 - 11.00)	HEN HARRIER	1f	("Ringtail" -with missing tail feathers, E. @10.00)
08/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
08/05	"	Reed Warbler	5+	(Heard)
08/05	"	Cuckoo	1	(Singing from Power Lines)
08/05	"	Shelduck	5
08/05	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
08/05	"	Swallow	c50
08/05	"	House Martin	c50
08/05	"	Swift	c20
08/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard at Rofford Marsh)
08/05	"	Black Tailed Godwit	9	(Over to W.)
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08/05	Newtown NR	Grey Plover	2	(1 in Summer Pl, 1 still Winter)
08/05	(11.15 - 12.25)	Dunlin	c10	(From Boathouse)
08/05	"	Sandwich Tern	4
08/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	8
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08/05	Laundry Lane, St. Helens	Sand Martin	1
08/05	(15.10 - 17.30)	House Martin	50+
08/05	"	Swift	50+	(and a few Swallows)
08/05	"	Wheatear	2+
08/05	"	Canada Geese	33	(1 with a single Gosling)
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Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
07/05	Sandown Esp.	Turnstone	1	(On Groyne, unusual here)
07/05	(7.30 - 8.15)	Sandwich Tern	3	(Just off beach)
07/05	"	Wheatear	1f	(By Dino Museum)
07/05	"	Sedge Warbler	2	(Around old Canoe Lake)
07/05	"	Reed Warbler	6+	"
07/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	"
07/05	"	House Martin	c6	"
07/05	"	Swallow	c20	"
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07/05	"Winkle St." Calbourne	House Martin	4+	(Building nests)
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07/05	Mottistone Estate NT	Yellowhammer	6
07/05	(10.40 - 12.00)	Buzzard	8	(Soaring over downs)
07/05	"	Whitethroat	6+
07/05	"	Linnet	15+
Beetle	"	Oil Beetle	1	Impressive beasty!
Butterfly	"	Painted Lady	4	& 1 Peacock, 4 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell
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07/05	Foreland	Shag	2	(Out on ledge)
07/05	(15.00)	Sandwich Tern	5	(Near Lifeboat Station)
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Reported	Laundry Lane	Hen Harrier	1f	& 2 Hobby (Chris M. etc.)
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Saturday	Sunny Int. to Wet
06/05	Quarr Abbey area	Whitethroat	3
06/05	(7.35 - 9.00)	Blackcap	7
06/05	"	Reed Warbler	2+	(Pond by Elenore's Grove)
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06/05	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	1
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06/05	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	5
06/05	(16.30 - 17.30)	Sandwich Tern	3
06/05	"	Common Tern	8+
06/05	"	Swallow	c20
06/05	"	Redshank	2
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Reported	West High Down	Red Rumped Swallow	1	W. @8.40 ,1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lssr Whitethroat
(ChrisM/GrahamS)	Fort Victoria	Black Tern	4	& 17 Little Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 14 Sandwich Tern,
"	"	Common Tern	990	2 Arctic Skua, 20 Whimbrel, 1 Bar T. Godwit, 4 Knot
"	Yarmouth	Hobby	1	1 Greenshank, 50 Swift, 65 House Martin,
"	"	Little Tern	1	& 2 Lesser Whitethroat.
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Friday	Warm Sunny Int.	SW. Wind		Fog on hills
05/05	Bembridge Down-Culver	Whinchat	1f	(Grounded by fog?)
05/05	(7.50 - 9.30)	Buzzard	1	(Pale Phase)
05/05	"	Whitethroat	8
05/05	"	Peregrine	2	(Displaying over Redcliff)
05/05	"	Skylark	2+	(W. of Fort)
05/05	"	Swallow	2	"
05/05	"	Yellowhammer	7
05/05	"	Rock Pipit	5
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05/05	Fishbourne Beach	Common Tern	19	(around Creek entrance)
05/05	(10.30)	Curlew	3
05/05	"	Shelduck	2
05/05	"	Little Egret	4
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Reported	Western Yar	Black Tern	1	fishing over the reedbed pm. @SZ351890,(Caroline D.)
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Thursday	Warm Sunny Intervals	E. Wind		Misty over sea
04/05	St Catherine's Point	Common Scoter	45E	(+2 reported W.)
04/05	(7.00 - 10.00)	Shelduck	2E
04/05	"	Auk Sp.	15	(12E, 3W, -Mostly Guillemots)
04/05	"	Common Tern	68E
04/05	"	Sandwich Tern	7E
04/05	"	Whimbrel	2E
04/05	"	Gannet	134	(Mainly W.)
04/05	"	Kittiwake	4W
04/05	"	Fulmar	13	(In raft on sea)
04/05	"	Peregrine	1f	(Flew right over us)
04/05	"	Sparrowhawk	1m,1f	(Dashing about)
04/05	"	Swallow	c10	(Most off sea)
04/05	"	Collared Dove	5	(W along coast, unusual here)
Mammal	"	Grey Seal	1	just offshore moving W.
Reported	"	Short Eared Owl	1	In E side of Lighthouse (Chris M.)
Reported	"	Arctic Skua	1E	-earlier (Jim C.)
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Reported	(16.30 - 19.00)	Pomarine Skua	2	& 2 "Bonxie", 1 Arctic Skua,
(Graham S.)	"	Manx Shearwater	1	& 29 Whimbrel, 21 Bar Tailed Godwit, 80 Gannet.
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	S. Wind
03/05	Shide to Bk.Water FP	Grey Wagtail	2
03/05	(8.15 - 10.15)	Little Owl	1
03/05	"	Blackcap	13
03/05	"	Whitethroat	2
03/05	"	Chiffchaff	8
03/05	"	Mistle Thrush	2
03/05	"	Yellowhammer	3	(Sandy Lane)
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03/05	Binstead Beach	Great Crested Grebe	5	(V. Unusual in May)
03/05	(10.30 - 11.00)	Turnstone	6	"
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03/05	Appley Park, Ryde	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	1	(SE of Tower, flycatching)
03/05	(15.00 - 15.30)	Willow Warbler	1	"
03/05	"	Stock Dove	2	(In Mistle Thrush hole, but the owner chased them off)
03/05	"	Mistle Thrush	4
03/05	"	Jay	2
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03/05	Laundry Lane	Redpoll	17	(N. end feeding in treetops)
03/05	(16.45 - 18.10)	Peregrine	2
03/05	"	House Martin	4	(High up)
03/05	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
03/05	"	Sedge Warbler	2	(1 seen, 1 only heard)
03/05	"	Reed Warbler	2+	(Heard)
03/05	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
03/05	"	Lapwing	2
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Tuesday	Sunny Int. to Cloudy	Fresh S. - SE. Wind		Fog over sea mid morning
02/05	St Catherine's Point	POMARINE SKUA	6E	(A line of 6 @10.00, excellent views)
02/05	(7.40 - 11.00)	Great Skua "Bonxie"	2E
02/05	"	Arctic Skua	6E	(Most Dark Phase)
02/05	"	Black Throated Diver	1E	(+2 reported earlier, 1 R.Th? on sea)
02/05	"	Razorbill	1E
02/05	"	Auk Sp. (Guillemots?)	3E	(and 15+ reported)
02/05	"	Common Tern	c55E
02/05	"	Whimbrel	1E	( 1 Oystercatcher(W) and 5 unidentified waders E.)
02/05	"	Gannet	75	(Mainly E.)
02/05	"	Kittiwake	2E	(1 1st w, and 4 reported earlier)
02/05	"	Common Scoter	53E	(+63 reported earlier)
02/05	"	Fulmar	c4
02/05	"	Swallow	4
Reported	"	Yellow Wagtail	3	in-off sea earlier
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02/05	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(4 reported here last week)
02/05	(14.50)	Shelduck	2
02/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard by entrance)
02/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Singing in reedbed)
02/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Singing in reedbed)
02/05	"	Wheatear	1	(On beach)
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02/05	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Hunting at 20.35)
02/05	(20.15)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Old Seawall bushes)
02/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Singing in reedbed)
02/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Singing in reedbed)
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Monday	Wet to Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
01/05	Fort Victoria (10.15)	Razorbill	3	(On the Sea)
01/05	"	Guillemot	1W
01/05	"	Common Tern	c6
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01/05	Yarmouth	Cuckoo	1m	(Singing from Pines, Mill Copse)
01/05	(9.45&10.35)	Reed Warbler	c7	(Singing in reedbeds)
01/05	"	Teal	27
01/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/05	"	Shelduck	5
01/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m
01/05	"	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
01/05	"	Swallow	3
01/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
01/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2	(Heard on on FP by pond & scrape)
01/05	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1m
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01/05	Newtown NR	Nightingale	1m	(Singing @ Hay Meadow)
01/05	(11.15 - 12.25)	Lesser Whiterthroat	1	(Heard N. side of Meadow)
01/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
01/05	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1	(Gull Is.)
01/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
01/05	"	Brent Geese	5
01/05	"	Shelduck	c10
01/05	"	Swallow	1
01/05	"	House Martin	1	(Cassey Br.)
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01/05	Lane End, Bembridge	PURPLE SANDPIPER	3	(Lifeboat Stn, unusual in May)
01/05	(16.00)	Rock Pipit	1
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01/05	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c70	(Good numbers for May)
01/05	(18.50)	Oystercatcher	10+
01/05	"	Common Tern	4+
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01/05	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	2-4	(Roding Males)
01/05	(19.20 - 21.50)	Raven	1
01/05	"	Mistle Thrush	2	(1 Heard)
Reported	"	Nightjar	1m	Clearing N. of Car Park again
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	Hobby	1	about noon (David B.)
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APRIL 2006: Click for monthly species lists, April total = 133 (A new Record)

Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	N. - W. Wind
30/04	St Catherine's Point	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1	(Circling with Gannets then W.)
30/04	(7.20 - 10.00)	Razorbill	1W
30/04	"	Auk Sp. (Guillemots?)	21E
30/04	"	Gannet	62	(Most W. some fishing)
30/04	"	Sandwich Tern	6
30/04	"	Kittiwake	1W
30/04	"	Common Scoter	34E	(Groups of 14 & 20)
30/04	"	Fulmar	c10
30/04	"	Swift	1	(In off sea @ 8.10)
30/04	"	Swallow	20	(Most in off sea)
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30/04	Whale Chine (10.10)	Skylark	1	(E. bank of Chine)
Insects	"	Red Tailed Bumblebee	2	1 Peacock BF
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Saturday	Overcast to Fine Sunny	Light N. Wind
29/04	West High Down &	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(WHD, N. Slope/Valley)
29/04	Alum Bay (7.25 - 9.10)	Stonechat	1m,1f
29/04	"	Whitethroat	3
29/04	"	Willow Warbler	2
29/04	"	Rock Pipit	4
29/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
29/04	"	Shelduck	1	(@Nest-hole on Alum Bay Cliff)
29/04	"	Yellowhammer	3
29/04	"	Linnet	25+
29/04	"	Swallow	7
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29/04	Fort Victoria	Razorbill	2	(On the Sea)
~
29/04	Yarmouth	Swift	1
29/04	(10.00 - 11.00)	Reed Warbler	c10	(Singing in reedbeds)
29/04	"	Teal	38
29/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen from about 4 feet!)
29/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Rofford Marsh)
29/04	"	Shelduck	4
29/04	"	Reed Bunting	1f
29/04	"	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
29/04	"	Redshank	3	(2 Rofford Marsh, 1 Scrape)
29/04	"	Lapwing	2	(Rofford Marsh)
29/04	"	Snipe	1	(Rofford Marsh)
29/04	"	Sandwich Tern	1
29/04	"	Common Tern	1
29/04	"	Swallow	3
Butterfly	"	Peacock	1
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29/04	Newtown NR	Nightingale	2m	(1 Singing@Cassey Bridge, 1 Town Copse)
29/04	(11.15 - 12.25)	LITTLE TERN	2	(Gull Is.)
29/04	"	Knot	4	(Gull Is.)
29/04	"	Sandwich Tern	1
29/04	"	Whimbrel	4	(Flew W. down Clamerkin Lake calling)
29/04	"	Black Tailed Godwit	5	(Clamerkin)
29/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	9
Butterfly	"	Speckled Wood	1	(Town Copse)
~
Reported	Parkhurst Forest	NIGHTJAR	1m	Clearing N. of Car Park
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Friday	Sunny to Cloudy	(Cool N. Wind)
28/04	Thorness Bay	Cuckoo	1m	(Calling at reedbed, flew over W.)
28/04	(7.15 - 8.20)	Turnstone	19	(Moving up the beach)
28/04	"	Ringed Plover	1	(Rocky beach)
28/04	"	Oystercatcher	2
28/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(Offshore)
28/04	"	Shelduck	4
28/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Singing loudly)
28/04	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
28/04	"	Skylark	4	(Singing and dust bathing)
28/04	"	Swallow	3
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Thursday	Fine Sunny to Cloudy
27/04	Shide to Blackwater	GARDEN WARBLER	1-2	(1m singing, by Pond)
27/04	(7.50 - 10.15)	Blackcap	10
27/04	"	Little Owl	1	(In usual place, W. of FP near Blackwater end)
27/04	"	Chiffchaff	2
27/04	"	Yellowhammer	1m
27/04	"	Song Thrush	4
27/04	"	Rook	c50	(45 nests at Blackwater Rookery)
27/04	"	Swallow	4
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Wednesday	Foggy to Sunny Int.	NW. - W. Wind
26/04	St Catherine's Point	Auk Sp. (Guillemot?)	18E	(Came though when fog cleared)
26/04	(8.00 - 9.30)	Gannet	25	(20 E. & 5W. )
26/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2W
26/04	"	Shelduck	2W
26/04	"	Kittiwake	4W
26/04	"	Shag	1W
26/04	"	Wheatear	1m	(Cliff Edge)
26/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Bushes)
26/04	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing and feeding)
26/04	"	Whitethroat	6+	(Singing around bushes)
26/04	"	Swallow	2
Butterfly	"	Small Tortoiseshell	2
~
26/04	Gore Cliff	Raven	1	(Displaying on cliff edge)
26/04	(9.45)	Little Owl	1	(On usual ledge)
26/04	"	Peregrine	1	(Dive bombing a Crow)
26/04	"	Fulmar	12	(7 on ledges)
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Monday	Foggy, Brighter later			Light Wind
24/04	Bembridge Down	Skylark	4	(Singing W. of Fort)
24/04	(7.50)	Chaffinch	6+
24/04	"	Blackcap	1m	(Singing)
24/04	"	Whitethroat	3	(No other migrants)
24/04	"	Buzzard	1	(Brading Marsh)
24/04	"	Kestrel	1
~
24/04	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen by entrance)
24/04	(18.50)	Shelduck	4
24/04	"	Stock Dove	1	(Came to drink)
~
24/04	Appley Beach	Sanderling	71	(Some showing some summer plumage)
24/04	(19.20)	Dunlin	1	(A late one)
24/04	"	Little Egret	1
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Sunday	Wet and Misty	Light W. Wind
23/04	Appley Park	Treecreeper	1	(Heard by Car Park)
23/04	(8.00)	Mistle Thrush	4
23/04	"	Stock Dove	4
23/04	"	Swallow	1	(Around Convent)
23/04	Appley Beach	Sanderling	c40	(Some in summer plumage)
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23/04	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(By entrance wier @ 9.40, flew into main ponds)
23/04	(9.00)	Shelduck	2
23/04	(Hide Locked)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Good view near entrance)
23/04	"	Linnet	c30
23/04	"	Greenfinch	c20
23/04	"	Whitethroat	1	(Singing by entrance)
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23/04	Bembridge Harbour	Sandwich Tern	2
23/04	(16.10)	Little Egret	4
23/04	St. Helens Bridge	Common Sandpiper	3	(Looking S. -on E. Bank of river)
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	HOBBY	1	a.m. (Ventnor Group)
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23/04	Laundry Lane	Whitethroat	2
23/04	(16.30)	Lapwing	6	(4 together)
23/04	"	Whinchat	1
23/04	"	Sand Martin	c40
23/04	"	Swallow	10+
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Reported	St Catherine's Pt	Bar Tailed Godwit	29	2 Arctic Skua, 2 "Bonxie", 121 Gannet
(Graham S.)	(9.00 - 12.30)	Whimbrel	7	18 Common Scoter, 4 Razorbill, 7 Guillemot
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Saturday	Overcast to Fine Sunny	Light Wind
22/04	West High Down &	RING OUZEL	2f/imm	(WHD, N. Slope/Valley)
22/04	Alum Bay (7.20 - 12.00)	WHINCHAT	1m	(Headon Warren, 2 more reported)
22/04	"	GRASSHOPPER WARBLER	1m	("Reeling" by Alum Bay Coach Park)
22/04	"	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1	(Above G.C. Headon Warren)
22/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Singing above G.C. Headon Warren)
22/04	"	Whitethroat	25+	(around area, they were everywhere!)
22/04	"	Willow/Chiffs	20+	(Coming up from Chine)
22/04	"	Wheatear	16+	(Mainly on S. Cliffs)
22/04	"	Redpoll	8	(N. Over Rocket Testing Site)
22/04	"	Skylark	2	(WHD)
22/04	"	Red Legged Partridge	4	(Headon Warren)
22/04	"	Peregrine	1	(S. Cliffs)
22/04	"	Fulmar	6
22/04	"	Rock Pipit	4
22/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
22/04	"	Blackcap	3m,2f
22/04	"	Stonechat	1f
22/04	"	Guillemot	6	(Raft of 4 on sea, 2 out from cliffs)
22/04	"	Shag	13	(Raft of 12 on Sea, then on "Old Pepper Rock")
22/04	"	Cormorant	c10	(some at Nests on cliffs)
22/04	"	Yellowhammer	2	(Low numbers today)
22/04	"	Linnet	40+	(Flock of 30 in Field below Warren)
22/04	"	Swallow	6	(Now nesting at Rocket Site?)
Insects	"	Peacock BF	1	and 2 Red Tailed Bumblebee.
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Reported	"	WOOD WARBLER	2	Tree Pipits (over), & the Grasshopper Warbler
(Russell W.)	"	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	1	& 1 Pied Flycatcher, c80 Whitethroat.
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22/04	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	NIGHTINGALE	1m	(Singing SE of Bridge)
22/04	(12.20)	Bullfinch	1m,2f
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Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	POMARINE SKUA	1	5 Great Skua ("Bonxie"),
(Graham S.)	(16.00 - 18.30)	ARCTIC TERN	1	& 9 Sandwich Tern, 17 Auk Sp. (inc. 8 Razorbill).
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Friday	Cloudy, Bright int.	NE. Wind
21/04	St Catherine's Point	VELVET SCOTER	1E	(With c120 Common Scoter @8.45)
21/04	(7.30 - 10.00)	Common Scoter	c136E	(Groups c120, 12 and 4)
21/04	"	Auk Sp.	2E	(prob. 1 Razorbill, and 1 Guillemot)
21/04	"	Gannet	42	(Mainly E. with 9W. -largest group 14)
21/04	"	Arctic Skua	1E	(@9.17)
21/04	"	Sandwich Tern	21E	(Biggest group 10)
21/04	"	Shag	1E
16/04	"	Black Headed Gull	10E
21/04	"	Peregrine	1
21/04	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Singing by lane)
21/04	"	Wheatear	1m	(Cliff Edge)
21/04	"	Swallow	c35	(Also 2 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin)
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21/04	Horringford FP	Whitethroat	2m	(Singing)
21/04	(10.35)	Buzzard	6	(Soaring together)
21/04	"	Lapwing	1
21/04	"	Canada Geese	3
21/04	"	Yellowhammer	3+
21/04	"	Blackcap	2m
21/04	"	Heron	2
Butterfly	"	Small Tortoiseshell	1
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Thursday	Showers, Cloudy			Brisk S. Wind
20/04	Bembridge Down	Skylark	1m	(Singing W. of Fort)
20/04	(7.30)	Wheatear	1m	(The only migrant!)
20/04	"	Fulmar	6	(Red Cliff)
20/04	"	Raven	1
20/04	"	Kestrel	2
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20/04	Shide to Blackwater	Blackcap	c6	(Singing etc)
20/04	(13.25)	Red Legged Partridge	2
20/04	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Singing)
20/04	"	Little Owl	1
20/04	"	Treecreeper	1
20/04	"	Long Tailed Tit	5
20/04	"	Mallard	4	(2 Pairs, 15 and 5 Duckings, chased by dog)
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20/04	Shide to Newport	Blackcap	2m	(Singing)
20/04	(14.30)	Whitethroat	1
20/04	"	Willow Warbler	1m	(Singing)
20/04	"	Treecreeper	1	(Another one!)
20/04	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Over)
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Reported	Newport-Sandown FP	Grey Partridge	2	SE of Redway (between Merstone & Horringford).
(Chris M.)	(Cycle Way)	Common Sandpiper	1	Fishing lake between Blackwater & Merstone.
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Wednesday	Cloudy, Sunny later			Light Wind
19/04	Alverstone to Newchurch	CUCKOO	1m	(Singing near Iron Bridge, reported here since 13th!)
19/04	(8.15)	Lapwing	2
19/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Singing at reedbed, N.Ch end)
19/04	"	Blackcap	3	(Singing)
19/04	"	Willow Warbler	1	(In full song)
19/04	"	Tree Creeper	1m	(Heard)
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19/04	Ryde Sands	Sanderling	87	(Off Appley Beach)
19/04	(18.00)	Sandwich Tern	1	(Roosting with Gulls)
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19/04	Hersey NR	Wheatear	2	(On large rocks on Seaview beach)
19/04	(19.00)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(CU Views by entrance)
19/04	"	Shelduck	2
19/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c50	(Feral)
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Reported	St Catherine's Pt.	Manx Shearwater	1	37 Gannet, 2 Guillemot, 2 R.Th. Diver, 1 Arctic Skua
(Gary H.)	(7.30 - 10.00)	Great Skua	7	3 Kittiwake, 7 Common Tern, 41 Common Scoter,
"	"	Grounded Migrants	-	2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow wagtail, 1 White wagtail
~
Reported	Kings Quay, Wootton	Whimbrel	5	and 2m,1f Wheatear, 1 Greenshank, 1 Grey Plover.
(Ollie E.)	"	Whinchat	1	and 2 Ringed Plover, 10+ Sand Martin, 1 Gt. C. Grebe.
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int			SW Wind
18/04	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	c4	(& 1 un-identified warbler)
18/04	(7.40)	Lapwing	2
18/04	"	Linnet	c6
18/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
18/04	"	Willow Warbler	4+	(In full song)
18/04	"	Swallow	20+	(Some very high over marsh)
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18/04	Bembridge Ponds	Reed Warbler	2m	(Singing by path)
18/04	(19.20)	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
18/04	"	Shelduck	5
18/04	"	Swallow	2
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18/04	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(By entrance wier @ 9.40, flew into main ponds)
18/04	(8.40)	House Martin	4
18/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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18/04	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
18/04	(16.00 - 17.15)	Wheatear	12	(5 W of Lane, 7 to E.)
18/04	"	Blackcap	1m
18/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int			Light Wind
17/04	Fishbourne Beach	Brent Geese	8
17/04	(7.40)	Great Crested Grebe	1
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17/04	Ryde Sands	Little Egret	11
17/04	(8.00)	Rock Pipit	2	(W. of Pier)
17/04	"	Oystercatcher	5
17/04	"	Canada Geese	5	(Canoe Lake, -usually 2 here)
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17/04	Hersey NR	Chiloe Wigeon	3	(By entrance wier, Escapes from Park?)
17/04	(8.45)	Teal	2
17/04	"	Shoveler	1m
17/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c40	(Feral, with 3 Snow Goose)
17/04	"	Black Headed Gull	c50
17/04	"	Willow Warbler	1	(Near entrance)
17/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen, both heard)
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17/04	Centurion's Copse	Reed Bunting	1m
17/04	(7.25 - 11.20)	Willow Warbler	5+	(Singing)
17/04	"	Blackcap	2	(Singing)
17/04	"	Lapwing	3	(1 Brading Marsh, 2 Ammo Hut pond)
17/04	Ammo Hut Pond	Shoveler	9	(7m)
17/04	(By Scope)	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
Insects	"	Bee Fly	1	and 1 Brimstone Butterfly
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17/04	Hersey NR	Dunlin	1	(Summer plumage)
17/04	(18.45)	Wood Duck	1m
17/04	"	Shoveler	1m
17/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Feral)
17/04	"	Pochard	1m	(Feral? flew into Flamingo Park pond)
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17/04	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(Summer Plumage)
17/04	(19.20)	Tufted Duck	5m,3f
17/04	"	Shelduck	2
17/04	"	Swallow	2
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Reported	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f/imm	Hunting at N. end then flew W. c16.00 (Chris M.)
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Bright int.	W. Wind
16/04	St Catherine's Point	GREAT SKUA ("Bonxie")	1E	(@8.55 on IWOG Walk)
16/04	(7.25 - 11.20)	Red Throated Diver	2E
16/04	"	Auk-Guillemot?	6E
16/04	"	Gannet	40E	(largest group 23)
16/04	"	Shag	1
16/04	"	Shelduck	2E
16/04	"	Blackcap	2m,2f
16/04	"	Whitethroat	2
16/04	"	Red Legged Partridge	2
16/04	"	Wheatear	1m	(Field E. of Lighthouse)
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	and 1 Small Tortoiseshell
Mammals	"	Badger	2	Noisy fight at top of lane, ran past me down the hill!
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16/04	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
16/04	(14.30)	Teal	3
16/04	"	Shelduck	4
16/04	"	Shoveler	1m
16/04	"	Wood Duck	1m	(Esc.)
16/04	"	Canada Geese	2
16/04	"	Little Egret	2
16/04	"	Heron	1
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16/04	St Helen's Bridge	Sand Martin	3+
16/04	(15.15)	Swallow	c20	(with 1 "rustica" type - showing pink belly)
16/04	"	Wheatear	3	(S. of Cattle Sheds)
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16/04	Laundry Lane	Peregrine	1
16/04	(16.15 - 17.30)	Mediterranean Gull	3+
16/04	"	Wheatear	2
16/04	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Singing behind Garage)
16/04	"	Brent Geese	2	(River bank)
Reported	"	Common Sandpiper	1	@fishing pond near Old Laundry (Chris M.)
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Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	Yellow Wagtail	19	including three Blue-headed
(Graham S.)	"Dynamite Pool"	Gadwall	3	and 11 Shoveler
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Reported	Newtown NR	NIGHTINGALE	1	heard from Clamerkin Hide, and Cuckoo (Evening)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Bright int.	Brisk E. Wind		Good Migration at last!
15/04	St Catherine's Point	SWIFT	1NE	(Came right over our heads)
15/04	(7.40 - 9.20)	ARCTIC SKUA	1E
15/04	"	BLACK THROATED DIVER	1E
15/04	"	YELLOW WAGTAIL	1-2	(Over calling)
15/04	"	COMMON TERN	3E	(with 1 Sandwich Tern)
15/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2E
15/04	"	Auk-Razorbill?	2E
15/04	"	Gannet	48	(Most W with 5E)
15/04	"	Common Scoter	124	(Mainly E, with 15W)
Reported	at 16.30 - 18.30	BLACK TERN	2	with 14 Common Tern at 17.25
(Graham S.)	"	MANX SHEARWATER	5E	also; 2 Arctic Skua
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15/04	Chessell @ 10.35	RED KITE	1	(S. of Pottery, -my first ever on the IOW!)
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15/04	Yarmouth	SEDGE WARBLER	1m	(Singing on Rofford Marsh)
15/04	(7.30)	REED WARBLER	1	(Heard S. of old Station)
15/04	"	Shoveler	12
15/04	"	Teal	67
15/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
15/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Rofford Marsh)
15/04	"	Chiffchaff	c6
15/04	"	Willow Warbler	4	(Singing)
15/04	"	Shelduck	8
15/04	"	Black Tailed Godwit	8
15/04	"	Reed Bunting	4	(3f, 1m)
15/04	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
15/04	"	Redshank	2
15/04	"	Swallow	10+
15/04	"	Sand Martin	3
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Reported	Luccombe Down	WRYNECK	1	flushed twice near Dew Pond, not re-located (Niel N.)
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Reported	Alum Bay	PIED FLYCATCHER	1m	(near Alum bay cottages), 77 Swallow,
(Chris M.)	and W. High Down	SWIFT	2	6 House Martin, 26 Sand Martin,
(6.15 - 13.00)	"	YELLOW WAGTAIL	2	(1 Blue Headed), 82 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff,
"	"	TREE PIPIT	1	(on the ground by the coastguard lookout).
"	"	Redstart	3	4 Whitethroat, 10 Wheatear,
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Cuckoo	1	heard at Clamerkin Lake, evening (Jay)
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Good Friday	Foggy Drizzle to	Sunny Int		SW. Wind
14/04	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(Coming into Summer Plumage)
14/04	(9.00)	Greenshank	4	(pools by Harbour Farm)
14/04	"	Redshank	2
14/04	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
14/04	"	Shelduck	2
14/04	"	Little Egret	6
14/04	"	Heron	3	(1 at nest)
14/04	"	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
14/04	"	Swallow	2
14/04	"	Sand Martin	1
~
14/04	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	3
14/04	(9.40)	Oystercatcher	2
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14/04	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
14/04	(10.00)	Teal	5
14/04	"	Shelduck	4
14/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral)
14/04	"	Black Headed Gull	c150
14/04	"	Canada Geese	2
14/04	"	Little Egret	2
14/04	"	Heron	1
14/04	Seaview Beach	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(Offshore, late ones)
~
14/04	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	3
14/04	(19.20 - 20.20)	Meadow Pipit	c20
14/04	"	Stonechat	1m	(No Owls, but kids on Mini Bikes!)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f	In from S, seen from Old Seawall, pm. (Chris M.)
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Reported	Rofford Marsh	GARGANEY	1m	E. end S. side of path (evening)
(Robin A.)	"	Bearded Tit	2	Reed Strip S. of Old Station
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Thursday	Cloudy, Bright int.	Brisk SW. Wind
13/04	St Catherine's Point	Kittiwake	2E
13/04	(7.40 - 9.20)	Gannet	9E
13/04	"	Fulmar	5	(Local birds from Gore Cliff)
13/04	"	Peregrine	2	(Came past Cliff Edge-Stunning Views)
13/04	"	Red Throated Diver	1E
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13/04	Brading Marsh	HOUSE MARTIN	1	(My 1st for 2006, Over Sewage Wks)
13/04	(10.00)	Reed Bunting	2m
13/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Singing)
13/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
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Reported	Alverstone-Newchurch FP	CUCKOO	1	heard by Dog Walker.
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny	Warmer
12/04	Fishbourne Beach	Stonechat	1m	(The first I've seen at this site)
12/04	(WeBS, 7.35 - 8.40)	Great Crested Grebe	1
12/04	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1f	(A late one)
12/04	"	Brent Geese	43	(Good count for mid April)
12/04	"	Shelduck	2
12/04	"	Grey Plover	1
12/04	"	Curlew	3
12/04	"	Snipe	1	(Flushed near Quarr ponds)
12/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Bushes by beach)
12/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m,1f
12/04	"	Willow Warbler	1	(Singing in woods)
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12/04	Woodside	Oystercatcher	33	(Shingle Bank S. of Ferry Terml.)
12/04	(10.30)	Treecreeper	1m	(Trees along lane)
12/04	"	Swallow	1W
~
12/04	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
12/04	(16.40)	Buzzard	2
12/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	COMMON SANDPIPER	3	On path between the ponds @11.30 (John C.)
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Tuesday	Bright start, rain pm	W. Wind
11/04	Yarmouth	Shoveler	6	(3m,3f Rofford Marsh)
11/04	(7.30)	Wigeon	1f
11/04	"	Teal	c30
11/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen in bush)
11/04	"	Greylag Goose	2	(Rofford Marsh)
11/04	"	Chiffchaff	1
11/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Singing)
11/04	"	Shelduck	4
11/04	"	Brent Geese	22
11/04	"	Reed Bunting	2
11/04	"	Snipe	2
11/04	"	Redshank	2
11/04	"	Swallow	4
11/04	"	Reed Bunting	2
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11/04	Newtown NR	Turnstone	1	(Flew across estuary)
11/04	(9.20 - 11.00)	Mediterranean Gull	27	(inc. 17 on Gull Is.)
11/04	"	Brent Geese	12
11/04	"	Sandwich Tern	7	(Gull Is.)
11/04	"	Redshank	3
11/04	"	Black Tailed Godwit	3
11/04	"	Grey Plover	c20
11/04	"	Shelduck	c30
11/04	"	Curlew	1
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Monday	Cold but Sunny			N Wind
10/04	Quarr Abbey area	Mistle Thrush	3
10/04	(8.30)	Blackcap	3
10/04	"	Song Thrush	5	(3 singing)
10/04	"	Little Egret	12	(Roosting on fields)
10/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Singing)
10/04	"	Teal	2	(at pond)
10/04	"	Buzzard	1
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10/04	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
10/04	(15.45)	Teal	7
10/04	"	Shelduck	4
10/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c70	(Feral, with 1 Snow Goose)
10/04	"	Black Headed Gull	c70
10/04	"	Willow Warbler	1	(Near entrance)
10/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(High up)
10/04	off Springvale	Great Crested Grebe	3	(Unusual in April)
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Reported	Rofford Marsh	Little Ringed Plover	1m	Thorley end but to S. of FP. Plus; 16 Willow Warbler,
(Caroline D.)	(18.15-19.05)	House Martin	1	5 Sand Martin, 18 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap
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Sunday	Sunny, Hail Shower pm			NW Wind
09/04	Bembridge Down	Yellowhammer	3
09/04	(8.00)	Red Legged Partridge	2
09/04	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Very few migrants)
09/04	"	Kestrel	2	(Both quite pale)
09/04	"	Heron	1	(Field in Valley)
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09/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1-2	(Heard)
09/04	(8.30)	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
09/04	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Singing)
09/04	"	Willow Warbler	3	(2 Singing)
09/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(In reeds)
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09/04	Shide to Newport	Blackcap	2m	(Singing)
09/04	(11.15)	Sparrowhawk	2	(Soaring together)
09/04	"	Chiffchaff	3	(Singing)
09/04	"	Swallow	3	(Over to N.)
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09/04	Brading Marsh	Reed Bunting	2m
09/04	(15.15)	Heron	3	(inc. 1 juv.)
09/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Singing)
09/04	"	Chiffchaff	3
09/04	"	Buzzard	3-5	(2 together, then 3 later)
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Reported	Freshwater Fruit Farm	NIGHT HERON	1 (1st s.)	on a private pond, (via Graham S.)
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Reported	Brading RSPB	Sedge Warbler	3	2 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 5 Swallow, 22 Willow Warbler,
(David A.)	"	Reed Warbler	1	3 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 19 Shoveler.
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Saturday	Showers to Fine Sunny	W. Wind
08/04	West High Down, Totland	WHITETHROAT	1	(Headon Warren, S. Slope)
08/04	(7.10 - 12.30)	Raven	2
08/04	"	Guillemot	9	(On sea and flying to cliffs)
08/04	"	Swallow	29	(Trickling over in low numbers)
08/04	"	Wheatear	5	(around area, esp. on S. Cliffs)
08/04	"	Peregrine	3	(Over Needles & on Cliffs)
08/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over Alum Bay)
08/04	"	Shelduck	2	(South Cliffs)
08/04	"	Fulmar	5
08/04	"	Rock Pipit	15
08/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
08/04	"	Blackcap	3m
08/04	"	Stonechat	2
08/04	"	Shag	5
08/04	"	Cormorant	c10	(some at Nests on cliffs)
08/04	"	Yellowhammer	8
08/04	"	Linnet	c50
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08/04	Hersey NR	Chiloe Wigeon	1	(Esc. -ID now corrected)
08/04	(18.35)	Teal	6
08/04	"	Shelduck	2
08/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c50	(Feral)
08/04	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(pools by Harbour Farm)
08/04	(19.00 - 19.30)	Greenshank	4
08/04	"	Shelduck	2
08/04	"	Little Egret	10
08/04	"	Heron	6	(1 at nest)
08/04	"	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
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Friday	Sunny Int. and Showers	Light W. Wind
07/04	Sandown G.C.	Hoopoe	1	(Showing well, quite approachable, around 6th Tee)
07/04	(7.35 - 9.00)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
07/04	"	Green Woodpecker	2	(1 on grass, 1 heard)
07/04	"	Blackcap	1+	(Singing)
07/04	"	Swallow	3	(N. along Road to Brading)
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07/04	Appley Park	Treecreeper	1
07/04	(11.20 - 12.00)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
07/04	"	Green Woodpecker	2
07/04	"	Blackcap	1m	(Singing)
07/04	"	Swallow	4	(Around Convent)
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Reported	St Helens Bridge	House Martin	2	@c13.00 & 1 Swallow, also 1 Kingfisher at ponds (David B.)
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Reported	Quay Arts, Newport	Pintail	1m	has been here all week
(Tim J.)	Ryde Sands	Swallow	c15	3 Sand Martin, 3 Sandwich Tern, 120 Sanderling
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Reported	Pondcast Lane, Havenstreet	Grasshopper Warbler	1	Singing male in a hedge at at 07.30 (Graham S.)
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Thursday	Fine Sunny			Light Wind
06/04	Bembridge Down	Yellowhammer	1m
06/04	(7.40 - 9.40)	Green Woodpecker	3
06/04	"	Wheatear	1m	(Redcliff -my first here in 2006!)
06/04	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Migrants almost non existant!)
06/04	"	Linnet	c70	(Flock of 60, in field E. of Holiday Centre)
06/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Bushes by Holiday Centre)
06/04	"	Skylark	2m	(W of Fort, In full song)
06/04	"	Buzzard	1	(Almost has a "Ringtail" effect)
06/04	"	Kestrel	2
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Reported	Sandown Golf Course	Hoopoe	1	Still at Sandown GC by 6th tee (see Kris's site for pictures)
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny	Cold NE. Wind
05/04	St Catherine's Point	Shelduck	2W
05/04	(7.40 - 10.20)	Gannet	2W	(Scarce recently)
05/04	"	Fulmar	6+	(Local birds from Gore Cliff)
05/04	"	Guillemot/Auk Sp.	2E
05/04	"	Red Throated Diver	1	(fishing offshore)
05/04	"	Shag	1E
05/04	"	Canada Geese	3	(These seem to be "locals")
05/04	"	Black Redstart	1m	(By lane at the 2 Gateposts, 1st w. Male?)
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05/04	Gore Cliff	Little Owl	1	(Cliff ledges)
05/04	(10.30)	Raven	1
05/04	"	Skylark	1	(Singing)
05/04	"	Linnet	12
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05/04	Appleford Cross	Swallow	1	(Feeding over fields)
05/04	(12.00)	Red Legged Partridge	1
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05/04	Luccombe Down	Long Eared Owl	1	(Hunting hill top @ 19.35 near Dew Pond)
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Reported	Sandown Golf Course	Hoopoe	1	Still here, best views @ 11.30 (Elaine P.)
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Tuesday	Fine & Sunny	Light Wind
04/04	Sandown G.C.	HOOPOE	1	(Showing well, quite approachable, around 13th Tee)
04/04	(7.30 - 9.00)	Bullfinch	2
04/04	"	Blackcap	1m,1f
04/04	"	Willow Warbler	2+	(Singing)
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04/04	Fishbourne Coast	Great Crested Grebe	1	(off Shingle Bank)
04/04	(10.30 - 11.00)	Sandwich Tern	1	(On channel marker pole)
04/04	"	Brent Geese	26
04/04	"	Curlew	1
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04/04	St Helens Bridge	Little Owl	1	(In tree to SE)
04/04	(16.40)	Heron	3
04/04	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	6m,5f
04/04	(17.00)	Little Egret	5
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04/04	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	1+	(Calls heard @20.10, 1 "Roding" @ 20.30)
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Reported	Sandown Golf Course	Hoopoe	1	@19.15 by 13th Tee (Chris M.)
Reported	West High Down	Wheatear	c40	& 20 Swallow/Sand Martin, 1m Redstart (Mainland Birder)
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Monday	Fine Sunny	SW. Wind
03/04	Shide to Blackwater	Blackcap	3	(2m singing, 1f)
03/04	(7.35 - 9.50)	Barn Owl	1	(Still hunting in daylight)
03/04	"	Little Owl	1	(In usual place, W. of FP near Blackwater end)
03/04	"	Willow Warbler	4+
03/04	"	Chiffchaff	10+
03/04	"	Yellowhammer	4+
03/04	"	SWALLOW	1	(Watergate Road N.@9.32)
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03/04	Newtown NR	Turnstone	7	(Mixed flock with Dunlin)
03/04	(10.10 - 12.00)	Dunlin	c20	(With Turnstone, landed on Gull Is.)
03/04	"	Brent Geese	c60
03/04	"	Grey Plover	1
03/04	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f
03/04	"	Shelduck	c30
03/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	30	(18 From Hide, and 12 from Boathouse)
03/04	"	Curlew	c30	(Brickfields)
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03/04	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	c4
03/04	(16.40)	Willow Warbler	5+
03/04	"	Reed Bunting	4m
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03/04	Brading Marsh	Shelduck	2
03/04	(till 17.20)	Buzzard	1
03/04	"	Swan	6
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Reported	Sandown Golf Course	HOOPOE	1	@19.00 on the 5th hole (Pete B.)
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Sunday	Fog on Hills, Sunny Int.	Strong SW. Wind
02/04	St Catherine's Point	poss Kittiwake	1E	(Far out)
02/04	(7.35 - 9.00)	Pied Wagtail	5W
02/04	"	Fulmar	4
02/04	"	Guillemot	6E
02/04	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	3W
02/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2E
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02/04	Brading to Laundry Lane	REDSTART	2m	(a real stunner! + one imm. Bank N. of Bexley Pt.)
02/04	(10.00 - 11.00)	Wheatear	2	(m&f near Redstarts)
02/04	"	Willow Warbler	c6	(and c20 Chiffchaff)
02/04	"	Buzzard	3
02/04	"	Teal	4
02/04	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
02/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/04	"	Canada Geese	c20
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02/04	Lane End to Foreland	Purple Sandpiper	2	(On Lifeboat Station struts)
02/04	(14.25)	Red Breasted Merganser	3m,2f	(Just offshore)
02/04	"	Wheatear	2	(Foreland Horse paddocks)
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02/04	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m,3f
02/04	(14.50)	Willow/Chiffs	4+
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02/04	Laundry Lane (N. end)	Sand Martin	c12	(Feeding over Marsh)
02/04	(15.40 - 16.40)	Shelduck	5
02/04	"	Redstart	2	(Still present)
02/04	"	Wheatear	3
02/04	"	Wigeon	3
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Reported	Sandown GC	Red Kite	2	over to SW. (seen by Golfers)
Reported	Foreland 07.00 - 09.30	Firecrest	3	& 1m Common Redstart, 21 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff
(Graham S.)	"	White Wagtail	2	& 2 Swallow, 2 Yellowhammer.
"	"	Blackcap	1	Over: 2 Redwing N, 1 Siskin SW
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Reported	Rookley	Swallow	1	& 4 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 15 Brambling.
(Robin A.)	Blackwater	White Wagtail	1	& 2 Siskin
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Saturday	Fine Sunny, mild	SW. Wind
01/04	West High Down, Totland	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing S. of Alum Bay)
01/04	(8.00)	Raven	2
01/04	"	Wheatear	2	(m. on S. Cliff edge, f. on N. Slope)
01/04	"	Rock Pipit	10
01/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
01/04	"	Stonechat	4
01/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Heard with approx 10 Chiffchaff)
01/04	"	Peregrine	3	(Over Needles & Cliffs)
01/04	"	Cormorant	c15	(some at Nests on cliffs)
01/04	"	Yellowhammer	4
01/04	"	Linnet	c20
Reported	"	Firecrest	3	Valley to Alum Bay (Chris M.)
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01/04	Yarmouth	Shoveler	c25	(Rofford Marsh)
01/04	(11.40 - 12.20)	Wigeon	c20
01/04	"	Teal	c30
01/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(Estuary bank)
01/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Rofford Marsh)
01/04	"	Chiffchaff	1
01/04	"	Shelduck	10
01/04	"	Brent Geese	30
01/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m
Reported	"	Redstart	1m	extreme W. end of Rofford Marsh at 14.15 (Caroline D.)
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Reported	Rookley	SERIN	1m	14.00 - 14.10 when flew NE
(Robin A.)	"	OSPREY	1	Osprey 1N at 18.55, & 12 Brambling (7m)
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01/04	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	140	(E. Sands)
01/04	(18.20)	Oystercatcher	2
01/04	"	Curlew	1
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	Blackcap	1m	E. end, also 15 Willow/Chiffs, 8 Siskin.
(David B.)	St Helens Duver	Swallow	1	& 1m Wheatear.
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MARCH 2006: Click for monthly species lists, March total = 119 so far

Friday	Cloudy, Brighter later	Showers		Strong SW. Wind
31/03	Bembridge Down	Yellowhammer	1m
31/03	(8.00 - 9.15)	Green Woodpecker	2
31/03	"	Willow/Chiff	1	(Migrants very scarce!)
31/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c6	(Still no Wheatears here yet)
31/03	"	Skylark	1m	(W of Fort, In full song)
31/03	"	Buzzard	2-3
31/03	"	Kestrel	3
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31/03	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	5m,6f
31/03	(15.50)	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
31/03	"	Heron	1
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31/03	Laundry Lane (N. end)	Sand Martin	c16	(Feeding over Marsh and Reedbed)
31/03	(16.40)	Shelduck	5
31/03	"	Willow/Chiff	1	(By Iron Bridge)
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Thursday	Windy, Cloudy	Short brighter intervals		SW. Wind
30/03	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	120	(88 E. Sands, 42 W. Sands)
30/03	(7.40)	Oystercatcher	13
30/03	"	Curlew	2	(Over)
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30/03	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	1	(E. of Tower)
30/03	(8.05)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(1 Drumming)
30/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2	(On greens)
30/03	"	Mistle Thrush	2
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Reported	St Helens Duver (W. Side)	Barn Owl	1	Along edge of St Helens Wood, @17.45 (David B.)
Reported	Borthwood Copse	Firecrest	1	also 2 Chiffchaff in area (Gary H.)
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Wednesday	Fog on Hills, Sunny Int.	Var E-W. Winds
29/03	St Catherine's Point	Kittiwake	130E	(Farther out, biggest group 37@8.40)
29/03	(7.55 - 9.10)	Common Scoter	16E	(@ 8.31)
29/03	"	Fulmar	4
29/03	"	Guillemot	1E
29/03	"	Gannet	1E
29/03	"	Shag	1W
29/03	"	Canada Geese	3E	(@8.01 then back W@9.10)
29/03	"	Peregrine	1
29/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2E
29/03	"	Yellowhammer	2m
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29/03	Luccombe Down, Ventnor	DARTFORD WARBLER	3+	(2+ N. End, Male singing on W. Slope)
29/03	(10.15 - 11.30) with Neil N.	Buzzard	1
29/03	"	Meadow Pipit	6+
29/03	"	Pied Wagtail	2	(Over NW)
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29/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	c12	(with at least 1 Willow Warbler)
29/03	(18.00)	Kestrel	3	(on Brading Marsh)
29/03	"	Reed Bunting	2m,2f
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29/03	Laundry Lane	Barn Owl	1	(Caught vole, seen again further on.)
29/03	(till 19.20)	Buzzard	1	(Attacking the Barn Owl on ground)
29/03	"	Teal	6
29/03	"	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
29/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1-2	(Heard)
29/03	"	Canada Geese	c30
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Tuesday	Fine & Sunny	Strong SW. Wind
28/03	Bembridge Down	Yellowhammer	4m
28/03	(8.00)	Green Woodpecker	3
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28/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
28/03	(9.00)	Tufted Duck	8m,5f
28/03	"	Shelduck	2
28/03	"	Swan	2
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28/03	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	SAND MARTIN	2	(over ponds)
28/03	(14.20 - 16.10)	Shoveler	10+	(Rofford Marsh)
28/03	"	Kingfisher	1
28/03	"	Shelduck	6
28/03	"	Wigeon	c30
28/03	"	Teal	c50
Reported	"	Greylag Geese	2	Rofford marsh, (3 Whooper Swans seen in Feb!)
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28/03	Newtown NR	Knot	62
28/03	(16.30)	Meadow Pipit	15	(Meadow)
28/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	100+	(Causeway Lake)
28/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Harbour entrance)
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Reported	Bembridge Garden	Willow Warbler	1	Showing well a.m. (David B.)
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Monday	Wet & Windy	Strong SW. Wind
27/03	Newtown NR	Kingfisher	1	(Cassey Bridge)
27/03	(8.45 - 10.15)	Brent Geese	c220
27/03	"	Dunlin	c100	(No sign of Ruff)
27/03	"	Grey Plover	c70
27/03	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,2f
27/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(In harbour)
27/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	10	(From Hide)
27/03	"	Willow/Chiffs	4	(Meadow Hedge, -Willow Warblers?)
27/03	"	Read Bunting	2
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27/03	Ryde E. Sands	Sandwich Tern	1	(Near Sea Wall)
27/03	(15.25)	Mediterranean Gull	2
27/03	"	Sanderling	62
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27/03	Hersey NR, Seaview	Greylag	1	(Feral)
27/03	(16.40)	Canada Geese	4
27/03	"	Teal	6
27/03	"	Shelduck	6
27/03	"	Barnacle Geese	c40	(Feral)
27/03	Seaview Beach	Mediterranean Gull	6
27/03	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Just offshore)
27/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
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27/03	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	15
27/03	(18.40)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
27/03	"	Heron	1
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27/03	Westridge Cross, Ryde	Barn Owl	1	(Flew over road @19.40)
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Sunday	Misty, Cloudy, Wet pm.			Fresh SW. Wind
26/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
26/03	(7.50 B.S.T.)	Tufted Duck	5m,4f
26/03	"	Swan	2
26/03	"	Pied Wagtail	4
26/03	in Sandown Bay	Sandwich Tern	2	(1 perched on Red Buoy)
26/03	"	Rock Pipit	1	(On beach)
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26/03	Culver Down	Yellowhammer	2m	(Singing)
26/03	(8.30 - 9.30)	Fulmar	3
26/03	"	Buzzard	1	(Very Pale)
26/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1
26/03	"	Herring Gull	c50	(Cliffs at end)
26/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
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26/03	On Garden feeders	House Sparrow	1m	(Showing rather pale cheeks & white collar)
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26/03	Ryde E. Sands	Sandwich Tern	1	(On end of Sandbank)
26/03	(14.05)	Mediterranean Gull	2
26/03	"	Sanderling	c10	(no Brents)
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Reported	Dodnor Creek	Sand Martin	2	@10.00 (George and Pat W.)
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Reported	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	RUFF	1m	Part Summer Plumage, -with 260 Bk T. Godwit,
(Jim C.)	Gull Is. NNR	Yellow Legged Gull	1	also 3 Sandwich Terns on reserve.
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Saturday	Cloudy, Rain pm.	Fresh SW. Wind
25/03	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Shoveler	13m,5f	(No waders)
25/03	(7.30 - 7.45)	Wigeon	c50
25/03	"	Teal	c50
25/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Singing)
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25/03	Alum Bay to Needles	Black Redstart	2	(f @ Alum Bay Centre, juv m at C.G. Cotts)
25/03	(8.00)	Raven	2
25/03	"	Wheatear	3	(males by C.G. Cotts)
25/03	"	Rock Pipit	4+
25/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c30
25/03	"	Stonechat	4	(Road to Battery)
25/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(E. along cliff)
25/03	"	Peregrine	3	(Over Needles Cliffs)
25/03	"	Cormorant	c15	(Many carrying nest material)
25/03	"	Yellowhammer	4+	(Singing well)
25/03	"	Skylark	2	(Heard)
Reported	W. High Down	Hawfinch	1	By Beacon (Chris M.)
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Reported	Shalfleet	Swallow	1	flying low over the fields.
(Caroline D.)	Yarmouth Ponds	SAND MARTIN	2	in the rain!
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Reported	Medina	Swallow	1	early pm. S. down the Medina at Seaclose. (By E-Mail)
25/03	Golden Fort C.Pk	Brambling	1m,2f	(@ Pound Road garden feeders)
25/03	(11.10)	Jay	3
25/03	"	Bullfinch	8+
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Friday	Fog & Drizzle to Sunny Int.	S. Wind
24/03	La Falaise, Ventnor	Common Scoter	120E	(1W, 4E then back W. Biggest group 65+)
24/03	(7.35 - 9.05)	Brent Geese	42E	(Came by as fog lifted, biggest group 26)
24/03	"	Gannet	33E
24/03	"	Kittiwake	1E
24/03	"	Red Throated Diver	2E	(With the Kittewake)
24/03	"	Fulmar	3
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24/03	St Catherine's Point	WHEATEAR	3-4	(2-3m,1f -field S. of Knowles Farm)
24/03	(9.35 - 11.00)	Common Scoter	c60E	(c55@ 9.35, 6@10.52)
24/03	"	Red Throated Diver	5E	(In group just offshore)
24/03	"	Guillemot	19E	(Group of 12@9.40, then 7@10.28)
24/03	"	Gannet	5E
24/03	"	Pied Wagtail	4	(Over from sea)
24/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	60E	(Steady movement over Farm/Sea)
Reported	"	Sandwich Tern	2E	(Dave W.)
Mammal	"	Fox	1	(With injured front leg)
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Reported	Golden Hill C.Pk	Hawfinch	1	Briefly late am. near Gouldings Way, SZ336876
(Caroline D.)	"	Brambling	3+	m&2f with tit flocks
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals, Cold	E-SE. Wind
23/03	Landguard Campsite	Firecrest (hovering)	2	(on FP "SS17", 1 Definate, 2nd Probable)
23/03	(7.30 - 8.40)	Coal Tit	1
23/03	"	Jay	1
23/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(And 2 Green W.P's)
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23/03	St Catherine's Point	Red Throated Diver	1E	(@ 10.25)
23/03	(9.05 - 10.40)	Common Scoter	4E	(@ 9.20)
23/03	"	Brent Geese	c130E	(@10.20)
23/03	"	Guillemot	2	(@ 10.28)
23/03	"	Razorbill	1	(With the 2 Guillemots)
23/03	"	Gannet	18E
23/03	"	Kittiwake	6E
23/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	4E
Reported	Longer Seawatch	Black Throated Diver	2	and much more, (4 IWOG Members)
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Reported	Sandown Esplanade	Sandwich Tern	2	this afternoon moving North East (by E-Mail)
23/03	My Garden, Ryde (17.00)	Blackcap	1f	(Not seen recently)
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals, Cold	Bitter E-NE. Wind
22/03	Culver to Yaverland	Shag	40+	(On sea off Roost site, 1 Group of 32!)
22/03	(8.20 - 9.10)	Fulmar	3	(Redcliff)
22/03	"	Rock Pipit	c10	(cliff edge and slopes)
22/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(In Pit at Redcliff, a very pale one)
22/03	"	Green Woodpecker	1
22/03	"	Buzzard	2
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Reported	Landguard holiday camp, Lake	Firecrest	1	feeding at jn. of FPs "SS17 & SS18A" (Chris M.)
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Tuesday	Cold & Cloudy	Bitter E. Wind
21/03	St Catherine's Point	Merlin	1m	(Hunting migrants along cliff edge)
21/03	(8.00 - 10.00)	Common Scoter	8	(1 group E. @ 8.58)
21/03	"	Brent Geese	15E	(@9.45)
21/03	"	Peregrine	2	(Chasing a Lapwing out to sea)
21/03	"	Kestrel	2	(Lots of Raptors about today)
21/03	"	Kittiwake	1W
21/03	"	Redshank (?)	1	(Distant Wader E. @9.20)
21/03	"	Razorbill	1E	(@9.04)
21/03	"	Cormorant	4
21/03	"	Shag	2E
21/03	"	Fulmar	4	(Local Birds)
21/03	"	Red Legged Partridge	1	(By Farm)
21/03	"	Raven	1	(On cliffs)
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Monday	Sunny and Springlike	Light E. Wind
20/03	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	LITTLE RINGED PLOVER	1	(Far W. end, about 20m N. of FP)
20/03	(7.35 & 11.00)	Shoveler	13
20/03	"	Snipe	2
20/03	"	Wigeon	c60
20/03	"	Teal	c30
20/03	"	Buzzard	4
20/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
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Reported	St Catherines Pt	Wheatear	2m	W. of Lighthouse up slope (Margaret & Elaine R.)
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20/03	Golden Fort C.Pk	Bullfinch	2m,1f
20/03	(8.40)	Jay	3
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20/03	Alum Bay to Needles	Stonechat	2m,1f
20/03	(9.20)	Raven	1
20/03	"	Rock Pipit	6+
20/03	"	Meadow Pipit	20	(Over, in of sea)
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20/03	Culver to Yaverland	Raven	1
20/03	(15.30 - 17.00)	Fulmar	3	(Redcliff)
20/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(E. along cliff)
20/03	"	Peregrine	2
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Sunday	Sunny and Springlike	Light E. Wind
19/03	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	c20
19/03	(7.30)	Rock Pipit	c6
19/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	70
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19/03	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Raven	2	(Flew E. over Estuary)
19/03	(8.30 - 11.20)	Shoveler	10m,5f	(Rofford Marsh)
19/03	& IWOG Walk	Spotted Redshank	1
19/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c15
19/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	2	(In Estuary)
19/03	"	Kingfisher	1	(By Tide Mill)
19/03	"	Dunlin	c20
19/03	"	Snipe	3
19/03	"	Shelduck	8
19/03	"	Wigeon	c20
19/03	"	Teal	c50
19/03	"	Grey Plover	6
19/03	"	Turnstone	5
19/03	"	Reed Bunting	2
19/03	"	Buzzard	4
Reported	"	Little Ringed Plover	1	E. end of Rofford marsh (Jon M.)
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Reported	Ricket's Hill (604881)	Hen Harrier	1	at 12.55 (David B.)
Reported	Cliff Edge, Shanklin	White Stork	2	over, quite high, heading N. (Ian B.)
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19/03	Laundry Lane	Buzzard	c6
19/03	(16.20)	Kestrel	2
19/03	"	Reed Bunting	1f
19/03	Field N. of Carpenters Rd	Fieldfare	110	(With a few Redwing & c50 Starling)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Misty at Sea	Bitter NE. Wind
18/03	St Catherine's Point	Gannet	33	(23W. 10E)
18/03	(Seawatch 7.55 - 9.20)	Common Scoter	11	(In groups of 3,4 &4 all E.)
18/03	"	Shoveler (?)	3	(With 4 Scoter)
18/03	"	Cormorant	8
18/03	"	Shag	2E
18/03	"	Fulmar	8+	(Local Birds)
18/03	"	Auk Sp.	1E
18/03	"	Stonechat	1m	(Along Lane)
18/03	"	Raven	1	(On cliff edge)
Reported	"	Wheatear	1	Cliff Edge & Beach (Ian R.)
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Friday	Cloudy, V. Cold	Brisk Cold NE. Wind
17/03	Foreland, Bembridge	Gadwall	1m,1f	(Pool on Ledge)
17/03	(10.50)	Red Breasted Merganser	1f	(Scruffy plumage)
17/03	"	Brent Geese	50+
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17/03	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	4	(on W. side of LB Stn. Pierhead)
17/03	(11.20)	Rock Pipit	2
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17/03	Culver to Yaverland	Raven	2+	(2 together W, 3 singles E,)
17/03	(15.55 - 17.10)	Fulmar	3	(Redcliff)
17/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(E. along cliff)
17/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
17/03	"	Shag	12	(Raft of 8 on sea off the Culver roost)
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Thursday	Cloudy cold			Cold E. Wind
16/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard by Hide)
16/03	(7.55)	Tufted Duck	5m,3f
16/03	"	Swan	3	(2 nests underway)
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16/03	Yaverland to Culver	Meadow Pipit	2	(In off sea)
16/03	(8.30 - 9.30)	Fulmar	5	(Redcliff)
16/03	"	Pied Wagtail	c6
16/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
16/03	"	Shag	2	(On sea)
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Wednesday	Hazy Sunny Intervals			Light E. Wind
15/03	Nansen Hill/Luccombe Down	Sparrowhawk	1
15/03	(8.55)	Buzzard	2
15/03	"	Yellowhammer	5+
15/03	"	Meadow Pipit	9	(Sadly no Dartford Warblers)
15/03	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Nansen Hill)
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15/03	Yaverland to Culver	Linnet	c60	(Field next to Holiday centre)
15/03	(13.40 - 15.15)	Stock Dove	c8	(Set-aside field)
15/03	"	Pied Wagtail	17
15/03	"	Shag	4	(On sea)
15/03	"	Rock Pipit	2	(W. of CG Cottages)
15/03	"	Fulmar	3	(No Wheatears yet)
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Tuesday	Cloudy to Showers			Lighter S. Wind
14/03	Fishbourne Beach	Great Crested Grebe	5	(Offshore)
14/03	(8.00 -WeBS count)	Red Breasted Merganser	8	"
14/03	"	Turnstone	27	(nearer Binstead)
14/03	"	Grey Plover	19	"
14/03	"	Redshank	18
14/03	"	Oystercatcher	14
14/03	"	Shelduck	2
14/03	"	Brent Geese	150
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14/03	Wootton Bridge	Kingfisher	1
14/03	(10.45)	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
14/03	"	Redshank	35
14/03	"	Teal	16
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14/03	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	8	(Group of 6 together)
14/03	(11.20)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,2f
14/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	2+
14/03	"	Slavonian Grebe	1	(A "Regular" here now)
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Monday	Sunny Intervals			Cold S/SE. Wind
13/03	Culver Down	Fulmar	1
13/03	(8.25) No Migrants	Rock Pipit	1
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13/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Water Pipit	1+	(1 On filter beds, 2 reported later)
13/03	(9.30)	Little Egret	1	(on Brading Marsh with Heron)
13/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
13/03	"	Chiffchaff	3+
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13/03	Laundry Lane	Greylag	1	(Hybrid type with c30 Canada Geese)
13/03	(10.00)	Meadow Pipit	c15	(Migrants?)
13/03	"	Reed Bunting	1m
13/03	"	Stonechat	1m
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13/03	Ryde to Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	2
13/03	(15.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f
13/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	6+
13/03	"	Ringed Plover	16
13/03	"	Sanderling	c60	(42 at Puckpool end)
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Sunday	Cold & Cloudy	Brisk E. Wind
12/03	Firestone Copse	Heron	5	(@3 nests)
12/03	(8.20)	Little Egret	1	(with Herons)
12/03	"	Coal Tit	3+	(Singing by Car Park)
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	4	& report of a Pine Martin (?) (If correct must be escape)
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12/03	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	5	(3 of Puckpool, 2 Seaview)
12/03	(14.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,1f
12/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	5+
12/03	"	Common Scoter	2	(Far out on the sea)
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12/03	Binstead to Firestone	Barn Owl	1	(out @ 18.30 seen from Newnham Road)
12/03	(E. of Car Park, at clearing)	Woodcock	1+	(Calling and flying up @ 18.45, but not "Roding")
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk NW. Wind
11/03	St Catherine's Point	Yellowhammer	1
11/03	(7.45)	Dunnock	6+
11/03	"	Shag	1
11/03	"	Fulmar	1	(Very quiet at sea)
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11/03	Whale Chine to Atherfield	Peregrine	1	(Over to SE)
11/03	(9.20 - 11.30)	Linnet	c60	(Dungewood Lane, flocks of 40,20)
11/03	"	Buzzard	7	(Soaring in groups)
11/03	"	Red Legged Partridge	1
11/03	"	Yellowhammer	3+
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11/03	Foreland	Mediterranean Gull	c6
11/03	(14.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(1m,3f)
11/03	"	Pintail	1m,1f	(Pool within ledges)
11/03	"	Shag	7+
11/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
11/03	"	Dunlin?	1	(Small wader flying about)
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11/03	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	c3	(Heard)
11/03	(18.10 - 19.00)	Snipe	c4	(@ dusk)
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Reported	Yaverland, Sandown	Merlin	1	chased 3 Skylark over the bay, also 1 Raven
(Chris M.)	"	Stock Dove	27	on set-aside field by holiday camp.
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Friday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk W. Wind
10/03	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	2	(m&f top of Oak S. of Car Park @9.10)
10/03	(8.30)	Green Woodpecker	1
10/03	"	Redwing	c25
10/03	"	Jay	1
10/03	"	Song Thrush	2
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10/03	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Fieldfare	6	(Fields to N. next to Railway Line)
10/03	(9.40)	Redwing	c20	(5 near Fieldfare, 15 in Pony Paddock)
10/03	"	Common Gull	100+	(Fields to N.)
10/03	"	Heron	1	(Sitting in field)
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10/03	Puckpool	Mediterranean Gull	1
10/03	(11.15)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(3m,1f)
10/03	"	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Close to beach with 2 Great Cresteds)
10/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	5
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Reported	Easthill Rd, Ryde	Firecrest	1-2	in local woods with roving tit flock (Tim J.)
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Sun-Thurs	Trip to Gloucestershire
Sun 5th	Warblington, Hants	Cattle Egret	1	Fields by Pook Lane again
Sun 5th	Forest of Dean, Glos.	Hawfinch	1	Mandarin, Raven, Redwing, Siskin, Brambling
to Wed 8th	"	Goshawk	6+	Dipper, Nuthatch, Tawny Owl, Crossbill.
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Thur 9th	Slimbridge WWT	Bewick Swan	5	11 Ruff, 200+ Golden Plover, 1 Peregrine
Saturday	Cold, Sunny Intervals	Cold N. Wind
04/03	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Fulmar	10+	(6+ flying and 3+ on Ledges)
04/03	(9.15)	Little Owl	3	(On cliff ledges)
04/03	"	Raven	1
04/03	"	Peregrine	1	(On cliff)
04/03	"	Stock Dove	4
04/03	"	Meadow Pipit	16	(Migrants?)
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04/03	Whale Chine to Atherfield	Skylark	5	(Most in full song)
04/03	(10.10)	Linnet	6	(over)
04/03	"	Red Legged Partridge	3
04/03	"	Canada Geese	4
04/03	"	Song Thrush	1
Mammal	"	Hare	1	Field opposite Whale Chine car park
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Friday	Cold, mainly Cloudy	Light W. Wind
03/03	Shide to Blackwater FP	Siskin	c35	(flocks of c25 &11)
03/03	(7.50)	Little Owl	1
03/03	"	Red Legged Partridge	2
03/03	"	Goldcrest	6
03/03	"	Redwing	2	(Blackwater sheep field)
03/03	"	Little Egret	1
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03/03	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Pintail	2m,1f
03/03	(10.00)	Wigeon	c100
03/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1
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03/03	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Gadwall	1m	(Rofford Marsh, NE side)
03/03	(10.10 - 11.10)	Shoveler	6m,1f	(Numbers under-estimated, esp. f.)
03/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	9
03/03	"	Dunlin	60
03/03	"	Shelduck	8
03/03	"	Wigeon	120+
03/03	"	Teal	c100
03/03	"	Grey Plover	12
03/03	"	Lapwing	c150
03/03	"	Turnstone	1
03/03	"	Reed Bunting	2
03/03	"	Muscovy Duck	1
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03/03	Ryde, West Sands	Common Scoter	2m	(Out on the sea)
03/03	(14.00)	Great Crested Grebe	9
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Reported	St Helens Duver	Short Eared Owl	1	@16.45, (David B.)
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Thursday	Cold with Sunny Intervals	Light W. Wind
02/03	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	3f
02/03	(9.10 - 11.15)	Knot	c450
02/03	"	Brent Geese	c400
02/03	"	Linnet	3
02/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	7	(In Scrape)
02/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c25
02/03	"	Ringed Plover	1
02/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Off Harbour entrance)
02/03	"	Red Breasted Merganser	3m,2f
02/03	"	Rock Pipit	4
02/03	"	Turnstone	2
02/03	"	Reed Bunting	1m
02/03	"	Starling	100+
Reported ( Rob G.)	"	"Tundra" Bean Goose (on 18th February)	1	with Canadas on MOD Land
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02/03	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	7	(Another 7 W. of Ryde Pier)
02/03	(13.40)	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,2f
02/03	"	Sanderling	1	(Toll Road Beach)
02/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
02/03	"	Common Scoter	1m,1f	(Some way out on sea)
02/03	"	Turnstone	2	(Seaview Beach)
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02/03	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	4	(Under slipway at end of LB Pier)
02/03	(14.30)	Shag	2
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02/03	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(by Causeway Pond)
02/03	(15.00)	Redshank	4
02/03	"	Tufted Duck	2m,3f
02/03	"	Greenshank	2
02/03	"	Snipe	3
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Reported	Yarmouth	Gadwall	1m	Rofford Marsh, (George & Pat W.)
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Reported	Mersley Down	"Ringtail" Hen Harrier	1f	flew NE over Sheep Field @6.45, (Graham S.)
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	Snow Showers		Cold NW. Wind
01/03	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c70	(c50 W. of Pier)
01/03	(10.15)	Pochard	4m	(back on Canoe Lake)
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01/03	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	2+	(2 feeding on ground 10m S. of Car Park!)
01/03	(8.15)	Redwing	c30
01/03	"	Mistle Thrush	2
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01/03	Bembridge Harbour	Kingfisher	1m
01/03	(8.45)	Black Tailed Godwit	5
01/03	"	Teal	c60
01/03	"	Shelduck	10
01/03	"	Curlew	19
01/03	"	Dunlin	2
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01/03	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	4
01/03	(9.10)	Redshank	1
01/03	"	Snipe	c8	(c6 Lagoon, 2 Causeway Pond)
01/03	"	Heron	3	(in reed bed)
01/03	"	Buzzard	1
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01/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Water Pipit	2	(On filter beds)
01/03	(14.30)	Sparrowhawk	1m	(Attacked Water Pipit, but it got away)
01/03	"	Meadow Pipit	1
01/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
01/03	"	Pied Wagtail	3
01/03	"	Reed Bunting	2f
01/03	"	Chiffchaff	3
01/03	"	Goldcrest	4
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01/03	Brading Marsh	Wigeon	14
01/03	(15.10)	Buzzard	3
01/03	"	Lapwing	c80	(Marsh and Fields)
01/03	"	Starling	c120	(Marsh and Fields)
01/03	Centurion's Copse	Reed Bunting	8+	(Flushed from Stubble Field)
01/03	"	Skylark	2	"
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FEBRUARY 2006: Click for monthly species lists, February total = 118

Tuesday	Sunny to Snow Showers	NW. Wind
28/02	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Red Throated Diver	2	(1 on sea, 1W)
28/02	(8.00 - 9.00)	Auk Sp.	4	(W. in one group)
28/02	"	Common Scoter (?)	1	(W. distant, all dark, fast wingbeats)
28/02	"	Gannet	3	(W. but distant)
28/02	"	Fulmar	3	(Local birds)
28/02	"	Raven	2	(Fighting noisily overhead)
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28/02	Luccombe Down, Ventnor	Buzzard	4
28/02	(10.00)	Kestrel	2
28/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Dashing around bushes)
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28/02	Puckpool to Seaview	SANDWICH TERN	1	(W. along Solent at 14.15)
28/02	(14.05)	Red Breasted Merganser	7	(4m,3f)
28/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	5	(On beach)
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28/02	Foreland	Red Breasted Merganser	1f
28/02	(14.50)	Brent Geese	c50
28/02	"	Mediterannean Gull	2
28/02	"	Purple Sandpiper	2+	(Out on ledge @ water's edge)
28/02	"	Dunlin	6
28/02	"	Ringed Plover	3
28/02	"	Curlew	3
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28/02	Attrill's Lane, St Helens	Barn Owl	1	(Flew over Road @ 15.22)
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Monday	Cloudy	Light N. Wind		Sea Calm
27/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Stock Dove	4
27/02	(11.10)	Starling	50+
27/02	"	Redwing	c30
27/02	"	Mistle Thrush	3
27/02	"	Song Thrush	1
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27/02	Puckpool	Mediterranean Gull	8
27/02	(11.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(2m,2f)
27/02	"	Slavonian Grebe	3	(1 close in, 2 further out to E.)
27/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	3
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Cold NE Wind
26/02	Bembridge Harbour	Lesser Black Backed Gull	22	(Big influx)
26/02	(7.30)	Greater Black Backed Gull	2
26/02	"	Teal	c100
26/02	"	Shelduck	12
26/02	"	Little Grebe	3
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26/02	RSPB Reserve Visit	Black Tailed Godwit	6	(Over to Harbour)
26/02	(10.00)	Pintail	1m	(over)
26/02	"	Greylag Geese	10	(Numbers up - 7 reported before)
26/02	"	Shoveler	c10
26/02	"	Wigeon	100+
26/02	"	Lapwing	c200	(1 Golden Plover reported)
26/02	"	Lanner Falcon Type	1	(Causing panic)
26/02	"	Kestrel	2
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26/02	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1
26/02	(11.00)	Kingfisher	1f
26/02	"	Greenshank	3
26/02	"	Redshank	4
26/02	"	Snipe	c10	(c7 Lagoon, 2 Causeway Pond)
26/02	"	Shoveler	1
26/02	"	Pochard	3	(2m,1f)
26/02	"	Heron	2	(1 in reed bed)
26/02	"	Buzzard	1
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26/02	Foreland	Lesser Black Backed Gull	11	(5 Foreland, 6 Black Rock)
26/02	(15.00)	Brent Geese	c80
26/02	"	Cormorant	c10
26/02	"	Little Egret	6	(3 beach, 3 fields)
26/02	"	Heron	2
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Reported (Robin A.)	Rookley "	Brambling Yellowhammer	185 110	and 210 Chaffinch
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Saturday	Fine but Bitter Cold			Strong NE. Wind
25/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	5	(no Hawfinches, but see below)
25/02	(10.20)	Redwing	20+
25/02	"	Kestrel	1
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25/02	Sandown Canoe Lake	GADWALL	2	(m&f on N. side by reeds)
25/02	(16.40 -17.15)	Tufted Duck	13	(8m,5f)
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Reported (Chris M.)	Foreland (from Clifftop fields)	Goosander Peregrine	1f 1	Feeding off Black Rock Ledge Over the fields -flew off to Culver
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Reported (Robin A.)	Appley Park, Ryde "	Hawfinch Firecrest	7 1	Feeding briefly then flew into Nunnery, 55 Redwing -In the evergreen oaks along the boundry path.
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Friday	Snow Showers,	Sunny Int. pm		V. Cold E. Wind
24/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c70	(c20 W. of Pier)
24/02	(10.15)	Pochard	4m	(Canoe Lake)
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24/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	4	(Didn't locate the Hawfinches)
24/02	(10.25)	Starling	40+
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Thursday	Snow Showers, Cold
23/02	Ryde Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	2+	(On sandbank)
23/02	(10.20)	Pochard	4m	(Canoe Lake)
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23/02	Appley Park, Ryde	HAWFINCH	5	(Numbers up - On treetops in Nunnery Grounds)
23/02	(10.30)	Starling	50+
23/02	"	Redwing	57	(Best count so far)
23/02	"	Mistle Thrush	2
23/02	"	Song Thrush	2
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23/02	Puckpool to Seaview	Mediterranean Gull	23	(including 20 on Puckpool Beach)
23/02	(14.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	3	(1m,2f)
23/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	2	(No Divers recently)
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Showers		Cold NE Wind
21/02	Bembridge Harbour	Greenshank	1
21/02	(8.20)	Dunlin	16
21/02	FP to Ponds	Fieldfare	c10	(Field behind cattle shed)
21/02	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	8
21/02	(9.00)	Pochard	1m	(Back of Causeway Pond)
21/02	"	Tufted Duck	1m
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21/02	Laundry Lane	Lanner Falcon Hybrid	1	(Causing general panic)
21/02	(9.30)	Hybrid Barnacle	1	(Dark)
21/02	"	Barnacle Geese	8
21/02	"	Canada Gees	c80	(Field at Laundry end)
21/02	"	Lapwing	c300
21/02	"	Starling	c50	(Up with Lapwings)
21/02	"	Buzzard	3
21/02	"	Kestrel	2
~
21/02	FP N. of Sandown GC	Redpoll	c25	(Alders between Clubhouse & River)
21/02	(13.30)	Siskin	1+	(Small flock with Redpoll)
21/02	"	Buzzard	1
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Monday	Cloudy	Bitter NE Wind
20/02	Newport Quay to Dodnor	Pied Wagtail	c30	(On Playing fields E of Medina)
20/02	(8.00 - 10.00)	Kingfisher	1
20/02	(FP Flooded)	Little Grebe	16
20/02	"	Little Egret	1
~
20/02	Newport to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1
20/02	(10.30 - 12.10)	Treecreeper	1
20/02	"	Siskin	c30	(in Alders, with c10 on Feeders S. of "Matalan")
20/02	"	Grey Wagtail	2
20/02	"	Buzzard	3
20/02	"	Goldcrest	2
20/02	"	Red Legged Partridge	1
20/02	"	Long Tailed Tit	6+
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Sunday	WET	Cold NE Wind
19/02	Ryde East Sands	Red Throated Diver	2	(E off sand bank)
19/02	(8.45)	Dunlin	22
19/02	"	Sanderling	8
19/02	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	7	(High count for this location)
19/02	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	10+
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19/02	Hersey NR, Seaview	Pochard	2m,1f
19/02	(15.00)	Tufted Duck	1m
19/02	"	Teal	22
19/02	"	Shelduck	1
19/02	"	Barnacle Geese	c60	(Feral, Nettlestone Fields)
19/02	"	Snow Geese	2	(Feral, 1 Blue Phase)
19/02	From Seawall	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Off Puckpool)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Light Showers
18/02	FP to W of Alverstone	Jay	4
18/02	(9.00)	Siskin	18
18/02	"	Song Thrush	4	(Singing along FP)
18/02	"	Shoveler	1	(Over)
18/02	"	Buzzard	1
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Friday	Sunny int & Showers	W Wind
17/02	Woodside to Kings Quay	Brent Geese	c50
17/02	(7.50 - 9.05)	Great Creasted Grebe	2
17/02	"	Red Breasted Merganser	6	(3m,3f)
17/02	"	Redshank	1
~
17/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Redwing	12
17/02	(9.30)	Greenfinch	10+	(No Hawfinch today)
17/02	"	Mistle Thrush	1
17/02	"	Stock Dove	2
~
17/02	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	4
17/02	(13.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(2m,2f)
17/02	"	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Still here)
17/02	"	Shag	1
17/02	"	Canada Geese	c150
~
17/02	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
17/02	(15.40)	Pied Wagtail	3
17/02	"	Bullfinch	1m
17/02	"	Buzzard	2	(Marsh)
17/02	"	Kestrel	1
17/02	"	Chaffinch	6
~
17/02	Laundry Lane	Barnacle Geese	9	(and a dark hybrid)
17/02	(16.15 - 17.10)	Peregrine	1m	(In dead tree, N. End)
17/02	"	Canada Geese	c150
17/02	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Feral/Hybrid type)
~
Thursday	Sunny int & Showers	W Wind
16/02	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Common Gull	c250	(Fields by Little Upton Fm.)
16/02	(11.30)	Black Headed Gull	c100
~
16/02	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	6
16/02	(13.20)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(3m,1f)
16/02	"	Slavonian Grebe	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny start, Cloudy	SW Wind
15/02	Foreland	Greenshank	1	(Unusual here)
15/02	(8.05)	Brent Geese	c100
15/02	"	Mediterannean Gull	2	(More on Black Rock Ledge)
15/02	"	Rock Pipit	1
15/02	"	Purple Sandpiper	1	(On small rock off ledge)
15/02	"	Red Throated Diver	1	(SE)
15/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
15/02	"	Fulmar	1
15/02	"	Red Breasted Merganser	7	(3m,4f)
15/02	"	Shag	2
15/02	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Bushes behind seawall)
~
15/02	Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	1
15/02	(10.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(2m,2f)
15/02	"	Slavonian Grebe	1
~
15/02	Hersey NR, Seaview	Wigeon	1	(Scarce here)
15/02	(11.00 Hide Open)	Greenshank	1
15/02	"	Teal	28
15/02	"	Shelduck	1
15/02	"	Tufted Duck	1m
15/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Calling from reedbed by entrance)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals
14/02	FP to W of Alverstone	Red Legged Partridge	2
14/02	(8.00 - 10.30)	Siskin	2	(Flocks of 30+ reported recently)
14/02	"	Mistle Thrush	2
14/02	"	Stock Dove	2
14/02	"	Buzzard	3
14/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	3+	(2 seen, 3Drumming)
~
14/02	Puckpool (13.20)	Great Crested Grebe	4
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14/02	Alverstone NR	Treecreeper	1m	(Wood by Sandown Water Wks.)
14/02	(13.50 - 16.00)	Siskin	c6	(c12 Redpoll reported near Sandown GC)
14/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	3	(Unusual here)
14/02	"	Goldcrest	4
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	3	at feeders and inside Hide
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Monday	Cloudy & Wet
13/02	Fishbourne Beach	Red Breasted Merganser	10	(6 off Creek, 4 more distant)
13/02	(7.30 - 8.50)	Great Crested Grebe	4
13/02	"	Black Necked Grebe	1	(Off Binstead by small black marker buoy again)
13/02	"	Brent Geese	167
13/02	"	Shelduck	2
13/02	"	Reed Bunting	1	(Reedbed at Quarr ponds)
13/02	"	Pheasant	3	(1 on beach!)
~
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13/02	Wootton Bridge	Common Gull	114	(I've never seen so many here before)
13/02	(10.30 - 11.00)	Black Headed Gull	153	(all on Lake S. of Bridge)
13/02	"	Redshank	42
13/02	"	Curlew	48	(At roost on E. Side)
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Sunday	Cloudy & Wet
12/02	Ryde Esplanade	Ringed Plover	12
12/02	(8.10 - 8.45)	Dunlin	15	(near Plovers)
12/02	"	Sanderling	c40
12/02	"	Bar Tailed Godwit	1	(Water's edge)
12/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	(W. of Pier)
12/02	Canoe Lake	Swan	50+
12/02	"	Pochard	2m
12/02	"	Stock Dove	7
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Reported (Graham S.)	Foreland (Seawatch 10.30 -12)	Auks Kittiwake	c300 40	SW, including 107 Razorbill, 6 Guillemot 27 Gannet, 3 RT Diver & Firecrest in Scrub
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Reported (David A.)	Brading Marsh (RSPB WeBS Count)	Wigeon Shoveller	450 40	12 Pintail, 28 Snipe, 30 Curlew, 1m Merlin 4 Black Tailed Godwit,1 Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 2 Ringed Plover, 150 Lapwing
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Saturday	Frosty start, Bright Int.
11/02	Culver Down	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(E. along cliff)
11/02	(8.10 - 9.30)	Fulmar	4
11/02	"	Greenfinch	c20
11/02	Ammo Hut Scrape	Pintail	3m	(Hard to ID any Fem at this distance)
11/02	(by Telescope)	Shoveler	c20
11/02	"	Wigeon	c100
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11/02	Laundry Lane	Barnacle Geese	11	(With Canadas again)
11/02	(16.30 - 17.50)	Peregrine	1m	(Causing panic across the marsh)
11/02	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
11/02	"	Wigeon	100+
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Friday	Frosty start, Sunny
10/02	Ryde Esplanade	Ringed Plover	6	(On beach)
10/02	(8.20)	Dunlin	3	(With Plovers)
10/02	"	Sanderling	2	(100+ @14.30)
10/02	"	Pochard	3m	(Canoe Lake)
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10/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	1m	(Singing S. of Car Pk.)
10/02	(8.30 - 9.20)	Greenfinch	30+
10/02	"	Redwing	c30
10/02	"	Mistle Thrush	4
10/02	"	Stock Dove	2
10/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(Drumming)
~
10/02	Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	8
10/02	(15.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	5	(Including 2m,3f)
10/02	"	Shag	1
10/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	3	(Just offshore)
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Thursday	Frosty to Sunny Intervals
09/02	Newnham Lane	Barn Owl	1	(S. of Lane at 7.30)
09/02	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	c7
09/02	(7.40)	Jay	1
09/02	"	Goldcrest	4+
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09/02	Island Harbour	Whimbrel	1
09/02	(10.20)	Turnstone	12
09/02	"	Dunlin	c30
09/02	"	Redshank	13
09/02	"	Wigeon	40+
09/02	"	Brent Geese	c150
~
09/02	Orchard Bay FP	WHITE IBIS	1	(Escape? -in Sheep field on Cliff edge)
09/02	(14.10 - 15.30)	Fulmar	1
09/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals
08/02	Cowes Garden	Brambling	c15
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08/02	Appley Park, Ryde	HAWFINCH	2 (m&f)	(Maple Tree, S of Car Pk.)
08/02	(11.30 - 12.30)	Redwing	35+
08/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
08/02	Canoe Lake, Ryde	Pochard	3m
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Reported (Ventnor Grp)	Old "Rare Breeds Park", St Lawrence	WHITE IBIS	1	At pond and in the nearby fields viewed from Cliff FP till 12.00.
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08/02	Orchard Bay and Coast	Red Throated Diver	1	(Fishing offshore)
08/02	(14.30 - 16.30)	Little Egret	3	(No sign of Ibis)
08/02	"	Gannet	1E
08/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
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Tuesday	Cloudy
07/02	Foreland	Razorbill	9	(1E and "Raft" of 8 on sea to NE)
07/02	(9.05)	Brent Geese	c110
07/02	"	Mediterannean Gull	2
07/02	"	Rock Pipit	3
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07/02	Bembridge Harbour	Black Tailed Godwit	5
07/02	(10.30)	Greenshank	1
07/02	"	Kingfisher	1-2
07/02	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1
07/02	Laundry Lane	Sparrowhawk	1
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Monday	Cloudy, Cold Start
06/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	1f	(Tree by Compost Silo, SW corner of Car Pk.)
06/02	(8.10 - 9.15)	Greenfinch	30+
06/02	"	Redwing	c25
06/02	"	Goldfinch	c10
06/02	"	Starling	c40
06/02	"	Song Thrush	8	(3+ singing)
06/02	"	Mistle Thrush	6
06/02	"	Stock Dove	6
06/02	"	Goldcrest	2
06/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Drumming)
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06/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	1f	(Poplars to W. in Convent grounds)
06/02	(2nd visit 11.00)	Green Woodpecker	1
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06/02	Puckpool	Red Breasted Merganser	6	(3m,3f)
06/02	(11.40)	Great Crested Grebe	6
06/02	"	Sanderling	c30
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Reported (Jim C.)	Newtown NR	Black Brant	1	With c300 Brent SE of Main Hide, (By E. Hide on Sun)
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Sunday	Sunny Int bit warmer	Cold NW Wind
05/02	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Kittiwake	2	(E. at 8.55)
05/02	(8.30 Seawatch)	Fulmar	1	(Local bird, otherwise quiet at sea today)
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05/02	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Little Owl	1	(On cliff, SW of Car Park)
05/02	(9.50)	Stock Dove	4
05/02	"	Raven	1
05/02	"	Fulmar	12+	(7 on ledges)
05/02	"	Linnet	30+	(W. Over Car Park)
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05/02	Bembridge Marina	Black Redstart	1m	(On roofs W. of River @ 15.30)
05/02	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	1
05/02	(15.45)	Pochard	8	(Back of Causeway Pond)
05/02	"	Tufted Duck	9	"
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05/02	Laundry Lane	Lanner Falcon Hybrid	1	(Caught Moorhen, attacked Buzzard and Crows)
05/02	(16.40 - 17.50)	Hybrid Barnacle?	1	(Dark flanks with white cheeks about "Brent" sized)
05/02	"	Lapwing	c400
05/02	"	Golden Plover	c10	(Up with Lapwings)
05/02	"	Wigeon	c100	(Field at Laundry end)
05/02	"	Short Eared Owl	1	(On ground @ 17.33)
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Reported (Graham S.)	Brading Marsh RSPB	Water Pipit Golden Plover Reed Bunting	2 20 27	@ Sewage Wks, 1 well marked (with c400 Lapwing) (Stubble field E of Centurions Copse)
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Reported	Rookley, Stubble fields	Brambling	170	exceptional,
(Robin A.)	"	Yellowhammer	80	& 350 Chaffinch
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Saturday	Cloudy and Cold
04/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Redwing	c10	(Hawfinch not seen since 28/1)
04/02	(8.15)	Greenfinch	50+
04/02	"	Goldfinch	c25
04/02	"	Starling	c40
04/02	"	Song Thrush	7	(3 singing)
04/02	"	Mistle Thrush	6
04/02	"	Stock Dove	1m	(Singing)
04/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(Drumming)
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04/02	Bembridge Harbour	Black Tailed Godwit	5
04/02	(9.15)	Dunlin	30+
04/02	"	Teal	50
04/02	"	Lapwing	c200
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04/02	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	3
04/02	(9.40)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
04/02	"	Little Grebe	4	(and a dead one)
04/02	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
04/02	"	Kestrel	1
04/02	"	Goldcrest	3
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04/02	My Garden, Ryde	Blackcap	1m,1f	(Got 2 now!)
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04/02	Puckpool to Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Near fort@14.50)
04/02	(14.40)	Slavonian Grebe	1	(With the RN Grebe)
04/02	"	Sanderling	c50	(Puckpool Beach)
04/02	"	Red Breasted Merganser	10
04/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	3
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04/02	Hersey NR, Seaview	Redshank	1	(With 1 Snipe in water)
04/02	(15.10 Hide Locked)	Greenshank	1
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04/02	Laundry Lane	Barnacle Geese	8	(With Canadas again)
04/02	(16.40 - 17.50)	Barnacle Hybrid	1	(Dark flanks with white cheeks about "Brent" sized)
04/02	"	Short Eared Owl	1	(Flew rapidy across marsh @ 17.30, very odd)
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Reported	Werrar, Medina Esty.	Short Eared Owl	3	flushed from a day time roost (Graham S.)
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Reported	Appley Park	Hawfinch	1	S. of Car Pk 11.00 -11.15, then flew W.
(Robin A.)	Ryde to Bembridge coast	Mediterranean Gull	87	& 1 Sandwich Tern (Ryde Sands)
	St. Helens Duver	Dartford Warbler	1
	Brading Marsh	Greylag Geese	7	& 210 Wigeon, 15 Golden Plover
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Friday	Dull and Cold	Bitter NE Wind
03/02	Shide to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1
03/02	(8.00 - 9.40)	Little Egret	1	(Ditch by FP)
03/02	"	Siskin	60+	(includes Mobile flock of 50+)
03/02	"	Bullfinch	1m
03/02	"	Chiffchaff	1
03/02	"	Kestrel	3	(2 displaying)
03/02	"	Long Tailed Tit	13+	(2 flocks along path)
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03/02	Binstead Beach	BLACK NECKED GREBE	1	("Hiding" next to small Buoy)
03/02	(11.50)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f
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Reported	Mottistone Area	Yellowhammer	65	Mixed Flocks @ Strawberry Lane
(Graham S.)	"	Brambling	3+	with 135 Chaffinch, 100 Linnet, 1 Woodcock flushed.
Thursday	Misty Murky and Cold	Bitter NE Wind
02/02	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(Scrape)
02/02	(8.45 - 10.00)	Dunlin	175
02/02	"	Black Tailed Godwit	33
02/02	"	Shoveler	4m
02/02	"	Goldeneye	1f
02/02	"	Lapwing	c200
02/02	"	Kingfisher	1f
02/02	"	Skylark	2	(Over to W.)
02/02	"	Muscovy Duck	1
~
02/02	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	10f
02/02	(10.15 - 11.15)	Knot	300+	(540 reported yesterday)
02/02	"	Red Breasted Merganser	4m,3f	(Pair mating by Boathouse)
02/02	"	Rock Pipit	3
02/02	"	Turnstone	4
02/02	"	Reed Bunting	2f
~
02/02	Puckpool to Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	2	(Off Puckpool@13.15)
02/02	(13.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	14	(Including 4m,3f)
02/02	"	Sanderling	c30	(Toll Road Beach)
02/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	4	(Just offshore)
02/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Seaview Esp.)
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02/02	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	5	(Under slipway at end of LB Pier)
02/02	(13.45)	Shag	1
02/02	"	Rock Pipit	9	(On grass by Car Park)
~
02/02	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	1
02/02	(8.40)	Redshank	1	(Causeway Pond)
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02/02	Attrill's Lane, Nettlestone	Fieldfare	c30	(@Stubble field with 40+ Starlings)
02/02	My Garden, Ryde	Blackcap	1f
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Reported (Graham S.)	off Binstead Beach	Black Necked Grebe	1	(4th year running, also 2 Gt. N. Diver)
Reported (Dave H.)	Cowes Garden	Brambling	34	(Numbers increasing)
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Wednesday	Cloudy and Cold
01/02	Bembridge Harbour	Dunlin	c40
01/02	(8.15)	Shelduck	13
01/02	"	Coal Tit	1	(Pine tree by flats)
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01/02	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	3
01/02	(8.40)	Water Rail	1	(Ran across the lane!)
01/02	"	Teal	16
01/02	"	Tufted Duck	1f
01/02	"	Fieldfare	1
01/02	"	Goldcrest	2
~
01/02	St Helens Beach	Shag	10+	(Rocks by Fort)
01/02	(9.15)	Great Crested Grebe	5	(E. of Fort)
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01/02	Brading Sewage Wks	Water Pipit	1	(Filter Beds)
01/02	(10.00)	Meadow Pipit	2
01/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
01/02	"	Pied Wagtail	2
01/02	"	Bullfinch	1m,1f
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01/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c90
01/02	(11.30)	Ringed Plover	7
01/02	"	Turnstone	3	(With Sanderlings-Unusual here)
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01/02	Hersey NR, Seaview	Water Rail	1	(Swimming across channel)
01/02	(13.00)	Barnacle Geese	c200	(On the hill)
01/02	Seaview Beach	Mediterranean Gull	5
01/02	"	Sanderling	5
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01/02	Laundry Lane	Barnacle Geese	8	(With Canadas, usually just one here)
01/02	(16.40 - 17.30)	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Esc. With Canadas)
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JANUARY 2006: Click for monthly species lists, January total = 121

Tuesday	Cloudy	Cold E Wind
31/01	St Catherine's Pt.	Common Scoter	2m	(E. @9.05 & 9.14)
31/01	(Seawatch 8.15 - 9.15)	Red Throated Diver	4	(W. 1 landed on sea for a while)
31/01	"	Auk Sp.	4E	(1 Razorbill, 1 on Sea)
31/01	"	Fulmar	7W	(Local Birds)
31/01	"	Gannet	3	(1W,2E)
31/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m	(W. @8.36)
31/01	"	Heron	1W	(Along Cliffs)
31/01	"	Shag	1W	(Along Cliffs)
31/01	"	Kestrel	2
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Reported	King's Quay, Woodside	Goosander	1f	and 1 Common Sandpiper
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int	Cold NE Wind
30/01	Mersley Down (S. Side)	Blackbird	c6	(FP "SA16", to Arreton)
30/01	(14.35 - 16.15, with Chris M.)	BRAMBLING	1-2m,1f	(Hawthorns by Game feeders @ 15.15)
30/01	"	Chaffinch	c50
30/01	"	Yellowhammer	6
30/01	"	Reed Bunting	1
30/01	"	Goldfinch	14
30/01	"	Stonechat	1f
30/01	"	Raven	2	(Over Ashey Down)
30/01	"	Peregrine	1
30/01	"	Kestrel	1
30/01	"	Buzzard	5
30/01	"	Stock Dove	c15
30/01	"	Dunnock	3
30/01	"	Robin	3
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Sunday	Fine Sunny	Cold NE Wind
29/01	Arreton (FP to S.)	Sparrowhawk	1
29/01	(8.35)	Wood Pigeon	200+
29/01	"	Stock Dove	4
29/01	"	Crows/Rooks	c500
29/01	"	Red Legged Partridge	5
29/01	"	Skylark	3
29/01	"	Meadow Pipit	4	(just a few Chaffinch today)
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29/01	Mersley Lane	Song Thrush	c6
29/01	(9.45)	Fieldfare	c6
29/01	"	Redwing	2
29/01	"	Crows/Rooks	c500
29/01	"	Buzzard	2
29/01	"	Chaffinch	c10	(no Brambling)
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29/01	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	113
29/01	(14.10)	Dunlin	1
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29/01	Seaview to Puckpool	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Off Hersey outflow)
29/01	(14.30)	Great Crested Grebe	4
29/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	10+	(7 on Puckpool Beach)
29/01	"	Common Gull	24	(15 on Puckpool Beach)
29/01	"	Turnstone	1	(On Seaview T. Rd beach)
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Saturday	Cloudy to Clear Int	Cold E Wind
28/01	"La Falaise",Ventnor	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1E	(Very quiet today)
28/01	(8.25)	Fulmar	1W	(Local bird)
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28/01	Ventnor Park	Mandarin	1m	(Small pond/Stream)
Reported	Morrison's Car Pk, Lake	Firecrest	1	(From Yesterday, not found today)
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Monday	Cloudy and Cold	NE Wind
27/01	Hersey NR, Seaview	Lapwing	12
27/01	(11.30)	Greenshank	1
27/01	"	Barnacle Geese	c250	(On the hill)
27/01	"	Snow Goose	1	(Escape, with Barnacles)
27/01	Offshore	Shag	1
27/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
27/01	On Beach	Sanderling	2
27/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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Reported	St Catherine's Pt.	Red Throated Diver	18	& 32 Auks, including 13 Razorbill, Firecrest at Bridge Cottage.
(Graham S.)	Atherfield Area	Grey Partridge	4	(Dungewood), 12 Golden Plover, Firecrest @ Cowlease Chine
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Thursday	Frosty start, Sunny	NE. Wind
Mammal	St Catherines Pt.	Fox	1
26/01	Whale Chine	Black Redstart	1m	(Cliffs just W. of Chine Mouth)
26/01	(9.00)	Stonechat	1f
26/01	"	Linnet	c100	(Field N. of Car Park)
26/01	"	Herring Gull	c100	"
26/01	"	Skylark	1+
26/01	"	Kestrel	1
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26/01	Atherfield	Golden Plover	27+	(on Fields W. of Ash Hill Farm))
26/01	(10.00 - 11.00)	Lapwing	16	(Flying over)
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Wednesday	Frosty start, Cloudy	E. Wind
25/01	Ryde Esplanade	Pochard	2m	(Canoe Lake)
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25/01	Laundry Lane	Short Eared Owl	1	(Flying @ 17.03 E. of Lane)
25/01	(16.30 - 17.20)	Barn Owl	1	(In front of Centurions Copse @17.13)
25/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
25/01	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
25/01	"	Canada Geese	100+
25/01	"	Kestrel	1
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Tuesday	Frosty start, Sunny	E. Wind
24/01	Ryde Garden	Blackcap	1f	(On feeders)
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24/01	Bembridge Marina	Black Redstart	1m	(On roof of Flats)
24/01	(10.20)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over low)
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24/01	Laundry Lane	Stonechat	2m,1f	(Laundry End)
24/01	(10.50)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
24/01	"	Canada Geese	200+	(With 1 Greylag-Escape)
24/01	"	Lapwing	300+	(Over Marsh)
24/01	"	Peregrine	1	(Flushing Lapwings etc.)
24/01	"	Buzzard	2
24/01	"	Kestrel	4
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24/01	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c50
24/01	(15.30)	Ringed Plover	8
24/01	"	Dunlin	1
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17th - 23rd	Trip to Mainland
Tue 17th	Farlington	Avocet	16	also Ruff & Merlin.
"	Warblington	CATTLE EGRET	1juv
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Wed 18th	Slimbridge	Pinkfooted Goose	1	White Fronted Geese, Bewick Swan, Ruff
Thur/Fri	Forest of Dean	Goshawk	1	Dipper, Nuthatch, Marsh Tit, Common Redpoll
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Sat 21st	Staines/Wraysbury Stockers Lake	Smew Egyptian Geese	1f 5	Ring Necked Parakeet, Red Crested Pochard, Black Necked Grebe, Smew, Goosander
Sun 22nd	Fisher's Green	Bittern	1	Hawfinch, Smew,
Mon 23rd	Broadwater Lake Warblington	White Headed Duck Cattle Egret	1m 1f	and 150 Ruddy Duck! still there, and 5 Avocet at Farlington
Monday	Cloudy, Light Rain
16/01	FP, SW. of Havenstreet Stn.	Barn Owl	1	(Field by Deadmans Brook)
16/01	(7.15)	Little Owl	1	(Heard at 7.15)
16/01	"	Buzzard	1	(sitting in field)
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16/01	St Helens Duver (Beach)	Brent Geese	c70
16/01	(8.20)	Dunlin	c25	(Flying out from Harbour)
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16/01	Bembridge Coastal Path	Oystercatcher	27	(Flying E.)
16/01	(9.00)	Shag	1
16/01	"	Purple Sandpiper(?)	4	(Distant view, on LB Stn. Slipway)
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16/01	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	6m,4f	(Numbers increased)
16/01	(10.00)	Tufted Duck	10m,11f
16/01	"	Shelduck	2
16/01	"	Snipe	8	(No Spotted Redshank today)
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Report (Gary H.)	Laundry Lane	Hen Harrier	1m	seen at 4.30 and came in to roost at 4.45
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Sunday	Cloudy, Bright Int.
15/01	Wootton Creek	Redshank	7	(N. of Wootton Bridge
15/01	(8.00)	Brent Geese	142	(Along beach)
15/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	3	(Offshore and Creek entrance)
15/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	6	(4m,2f offshore)
15/01	"	Curlew	21
15/01	"	Heron	8	(Trees at back of Lakeside)
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15/01	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	1f	(Still here! Just S. of Car Pk At top of trees, watched it feeding etc.)
15/01	(10.35 - 11.45)	Redwing	c20
15/01	"	Greenfinch	70+
15/01	"	Treecreeper	1
15/01	"	Mistle Thrush	4
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Saturday	Cloudy to Rain	S. Wind
14/01	below Paradise Walk, Ventnor	Raven	3	(over calling)
14/01	(10.30)	Goldcrest	4+
14/01	"	Sparrowhawk	1
14/01	"	Jay	2
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Friday	Cloudy to Brighter later	SW Wind
13/01	Havensteet	Buzzard	1
13/01	(7.20)	Heron	2
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13/01	Newchurch to Haseley Manor	Moorhen	25	(Mostly at Haseley Ponds)
13/01	(8.10)	Shoveler	1	(Flushed near ponds)
13/01	"	Canada Geese	c70
13/01	"	Barnacle Goose	1	(Escape)
13/01	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Escape, with Canadas from Laundry Lane?)
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13/01	Atherfield	Lapwing	c200	(Overhead)
13/01	(9.25)	Peregrine	2	(On field by road at Atherfield Fm.)
13/01	"	Fieldfare	56	(S. of Dungewood Farm, with 50+ Starling)
13/01	"	Canada Geese	4	(Potato fields)
13/01	"	Red Legged Partridge	7	(E. of Ash Hill Farm)
13/01	"	LINNET	c25	(Dungewood Lane, W. of Farm)
13/01	"	Kestrel	2
13/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
13/01	Ash Hill Pond	Mallard	30+
13/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
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13/01	FP GL7 (E. of Cridmore Farm)	Mallard	c30
13/01	Large Pond by R. Medina	Wigeon	5
13/01	(10.35)	Fieldfare	14
13/01	"	Mistle Thrush	3
13/01	"	Linnet	2
13/01	"	Pheasant	6
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13/01	Laundry Lane	Fieldfare	c25	(Laundry End)
13/01	(16.40)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
13/01	"	Canada Geese	150+
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Report (Nick E.) (George & Pat)	Appley Park "	Hawfinch " Sandwich Terns	1f " 2	11-11.30 Trees just S. of Appley Tower. showing well @ 10.30, on the groyne opposite Hersey NR @11am.
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Thursday	Fine Frosty to Cloudy
12/01	Havensteet to Combley Fm.	Cormorant	13	(2 on pond 11 flying, unusual numbers inland)
12/01	(7.30)	Great Tit	10+
12/01	"	Mallard	38
12/01	"	Buzzard	3
12/01	"	Stock Dove	1
12/01	"	Mistle Thrush	8	(Most in field opposite Station Car Pk)
12/01	"	Meadow Pipit	3	(With Mistle Thrush)
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12/01	Ryde East Sands (10.20)	Sanderling	54	(beach by marina)
12/01	"	Dunlin	3	(beach by marina)
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12/01	Appley Park, Ryde	Chaffinch	6
12/01	(10.30)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
12/01	"	Greenfinch	9
12/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2
12/01	"	Stock Dove	3
~
12/01	Ryde West Sands (12.45)	Sanderling	2
12/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
12/01	"	Rock Pipit	1
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12/01	Averstone NR	Shoveler	1m
12/01	(15.45 - 17.20)	Teal	2
12/01	"	Yellowhammer	2
12/01	"	Buzzard	1
12/01	"	Little Egret	1	(Unusual here)
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Reported (David B.)	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1juv	showing very well, at 10.30 and 12.15
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Wednesday	Wet early, Sunny later	Mild S. Wind
11/01	Ryde East Sands (13.35)	SANDWICH TERN	1	(Landed on end of Sandbank briefly, @low tide)
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11/01	Appley Park, Ryde	Chaffinch	6	(Didn't find Hawfinch, see report below)
11/01	(13.50)	Redwing	c20
11/01	"	Greenfinch	6
11/01	"	Mistle Thrush	5
Reported (David B.)	" (at c12.00)	Hawfinch	1f	With the large flock of Greenfinch. feeding on the ground beneath Hornbeam tree. Flew W of Ticket hut, by road to car-park.
11/01	Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	2	(Just offshore at low tide)
11/01	(14.30)	Red Necked Grebe	1
11/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Close in)
11/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m
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Tuesday	Cloudy	SW Wind
10/01	St Helens Bridge	MARSH HARRIER	1f	(Flying over reedbed to SW @8.12)
10/01	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1juv	(seen again, 8.22 - 8.44, may be tagged)
10/01	(8.20 - 8.50)	Peregrine	1	(On the Dead Tree)
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10/01	Seaview to Puckpool	Red Breasted Merganser	5m,1f	(5 together & 1m further E.)
10/01	(11.30)	Great Crested Grebe	1
10/01	"	Sanderling	4	(E.)
10/01	"	Shag	1	(Close in at Seaview)
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10/01	Appley Park, Ryde	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(No sign of Hawfinch)
10/01	(11.00 - 11.50)	Redwing	c20
10/01	"	Greenfinch	6	(Larger flock also missing)
10/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2
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Monday	Cloudy, Drizzle
09/01	Bembridge Harbour	Knot	1	(with Redshank)
09/01	(8.30)	Kingfisher	1m	(Hovering over water)
09/01	"	Dunlin	c50
09/01	"	Lapwing	250+	(c15 in Harbour, c250 over Marsh inland)
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Sunday	Cloudy to Rain	Cold NE Wind
08/01	Appley Park, Ryde @9.00 - 9.20, & 11.15	HAWFINCH	1f	(Just S. of Car Pk around the treetops, and feeding in Beech, great views!)
08/01	(8.00 - 9.25 & 11.00 - 11.30)	Redwing	c15
08/01	"	Treecreeper	2
08/01	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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08/01	Newport Shute, Mersley	Long Eared Owl	2	(seen briefly flying further into cover)
08/01	(With Chris M. 13.50 - 15.10)	Jay	1
08/01	Rowlands Lane	Buzzard	2
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Saturday	Cloudy
07/01	Appley Park, Ryde @8.41, 9.32, 9.51, 10.09 &10.14	HAWFINCH	1f	(Just S. of Car Pk around the treetops, feeding with Greenfinch. Seen several times, by 5 Birders, till 10.15 at least )
07/01	(8.10 - 10.20)	Redwing	c25
07/01	"	Song Thrush	2
07/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2+
07/01	"	Sparrowhawk	1
07/01	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
07/01	"	Green Woodpecker	1
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07/01	Brading Sewage Wks	Water Pipit	1	(Filter Beds)
07/01	(12.00)	Meadow Pipit	3	(Filter Beds)
07/01	"	Buzzard	1
07/01	"	Fieldfare	6	(Over)
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07/01	Newport Shute, Mersley	Goldcrest	2	(No Long Eared Owls)
07/01	(15.05 - 16.30)	Jay	1
07/01	"	Buzzard	1
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Reported (Chris M.)	Newport Shute, Mersley	Long Eared Owl	5	1 in a tree on the north side of the road, 4 flushed by a passing van
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07/01	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	1	(Over clearing E. of Road@16.50)
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Friday	Cloudy	Cold E Wind
06/01	Shide to Blackwater FP	Siskin	c70	(One flock of c50 Sandy Lane)
06/01	(8.05 - 10.20)	Redpoll	2+	(With 4 Siskin and Long T. Tits)
06/01	"	Redwing	c10	(Over N.)
06/01	"	Goldcrest	3
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06/01	FP GL7 (E. of Cridmore Farm)	Mallard	c70	(No sign of Gadwall)
06/01	Large Pond by R. Medina	Wigeon	2
06/01	(10.35)	Teal	3
06/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
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Reported (Graham S.)	Newport Shute, Mersley	Long Eared Owl	c10	@ the roost 15.30, just yards from lane + 1 Brambling & c100 Chaffinch @ Mersley Road
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Thursday	Cloudy, Snow Flurries	V. Cold E Wind
05/01	"La Falaise",Ventnor	Gannet	1E	(Very quiet today)
05/01	(8.20 - 9.00)	Guillemot	1E	(and 1 Auk Sp. E.)
05/01	"	Oystercatcher	1W	(Close in)
05/01	"	Cormorant	1E
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05/01	Gore Cliff	Peregrine	1	(On Cliffs)
05/01	(9.15)	Little Owl	1	(On cliff overlooking Blackgang Pk)
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05/01	Atherfield	Yellowhammer	c20	(E of Atherfield Farm by road)
05/01	(10.10)	Meadow Pipit	6+	(Over stubble, & poss. 40+ on distant wires)
05/01	"	Fieldfare	6	(Dungewood Farm, with 20+ Starling)
05/01	"	Canada Geese	10	(Potato fields)
05/01	"	Red Legged Partridge	12	(E. of Ash Hill Farm)
05/01	"	Pheasant	25+	(Everywhere!)
05/01	"	Kestrel	2
05/01	Ash Hill Pond	Mallard	60+
05/01	"	Tufted Duck	1f
05/01	"	Teal	1m
05/01	"	Little Grebe	1
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Wednesday	Cloudy, Spots of Rain	Cold N-NE Wind
04/01	Foreland	Pintail	1m	(In pool between rocky ledge and beach)
04/01	(8.50 - 9.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(With Pintail)
04/01	"	Fulmar	2	(Distant off Sandown)
04/01	"	Cormorant	10+
~
04/01	Puckpool	Razorbill	1	(Off Ryde Sandbank@11.30)
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04/01	Brading Sewage Wks	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds with 1 Meadow Pipit)
04/01	(14.30)	Chiffchaff	4+	(Flycatching in hedge by Filter Beds)
04/01	"	Fieldfare	40+	(Flying around Marsh)
04/01	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard)
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Tuesday	Cloudy, Spots of Rain
03/01	St Helens Duver (Beach)	EIDER	1f	(W of Fort @8.45)
03/01	(8.40)	Red Breasted Merganser	7
03/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
03/01	"	Skylark	1	(Flying over beach!)
03/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
03/01	"	Rock Pipit	2
03/01	"	Purple Sandpiper	8	(Distant view, on LB Stn. Slipway)
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03/01	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	1m	(Very Scarce this year)
03/01	(9.40)	Greenshank	2
03/01	"	Redshank	1
03/01	"	Snipe	2
~
03/01	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Works)
03/01	(10.00)	Chiffchaff	8-10	(Flycatching in hedge by Filter Beds)
03/01	"	Goldfinch	20+
03/01	"	Buzzard	1
03/01	"	Kestrel	1
~
03/01	Ryde East Sands	Ringed Plover	10
03/01	(11.20)	Dunlin	34	(Beach by Wimpy Kiosk)
03/01	"	Turnstone	2	(Unusual here)
03/01	(7.00)	Bar Tailed Godwit	1	(Seen earlier @ low tide)
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03/01	Puckpool	RED NECKED GREBE	2	(1 distant W. of Fort, 1 closer with Gt.C Gb.)
03/01	(11.30)	Great Crested Grebe	6
03/01	"	Sanderling	10	(on beach)
03/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	4m,2f
03/01	"	Great Northern Diver	1
03/01	"	Shag	1
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Monday	Cloudy, Short Sunny Intervals
02/01	Bembridge Harbour	Golden Plover	2	(with Lapwing, -unusual here)
02/01	(8.50)	Kingfisher	1m
02/01	"	Sparrowhawk	1m	(Swooped over Harbour, causing panic)
02/01	"	Black Redstart	1m	(On roofs at Marina)
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02/01	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(@Lagoon, missed it yesterday)
02/01	(9.30)	Greenshank	2	(1 @ each pond, 3rd one seen in Harbour)
02/01	"	Redshank	1
02/01	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
02/01	"	Snipe	2
~
02/01	HNR, Seaview	Snipe	5	(Feeding just infront of hide)
02/01	(10.30)	Greenshank	1
02/01	"	Stonechat	1m	(At back of ponds)
02/01	Offshore	Great Northern Diver	1
02/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	7
02/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	8
02/01	On Beach	Turnstone	4	(Landed on outlet pier))
02/01	"	Oystercatcher	c25	(Arrived noisily)
~
02/01	Newchurch Plantation	Green Woodpecker	3	(No sign of Woodlarks)
02/01	(13.40)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
02/01	"	Redwing	6	(Over Cyclepath)
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Reported (Robin A.)	Ryde Pierhead	Slavonian Grebe	1	& Great Northern Diver again today.
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Sunday	Windy, Sunny Intervals, Showers	SW to NW Wind		Happy New Year
01/01	Yarmouth	Black Tailed Godwit	c30	(Flew over to Marsh)
01/01	(8.10)	Raven	2
01/01	"	Reed Bunting	1m
01/01	"	Bullfinch	1f
~
01/01	Foreland	Purple Sandpiper	5	(2 under LB Stn, 3 on Ledge)
01/01	(15.00)	Shag	4
01/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
01/01	"	Grey Plover	1
~
01/01	Laundry Lane	Short Eared Owl	1	(Out @ 16.30)
01/01	(16.20)	Water Rail	1	(Showing well)
01/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
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Reported (Margaret)	Atherfield Farm	CORN BUNTING	1	On wires by road
~

MY NEW YEAR BIRDRACE;-

YARBRIDGE 6.40
01 Snipe,

SANDOWN ESP 6.50
Mallard, Swan, Shelduck, Black Headed Gull, Coot, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Blackbird,
10 Robin, Rook, Wren, Dunnock, Herring Gull, Crow, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Common Gull
20 Wood Pigeon, Shag,

BRADING 8.00
Jackdaw, Collared Dove, Canada Geese, Starling, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Grey Wagtail,
30 Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Kestrel, Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Goldcrest,

NEWCHURCH 8.50
Green Woodpecker, Buzzard,
40 Jay, Meadow Mipit,

ARRETON 8.50
Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Red Legged Partridge,

BLACKWATER 9.30
Redwing, Stock Dove, Little Owl,

NEWTOWN NR 10.18
Little Egret, Red Breasted Merganser,
50 Brent Geese, Rock Pipit, Golden Plover (1), Grey Plover, Dunlin, Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Greater Black Backed Gull, Knot (100+), Curlew,
60 Lapwing, Teal, Goldeneye (2f), Little Grebe, Pintail (11), Redshank, Great Crested Grebe (1), Kingfisher (1),

YARMOUTH 11.30
Shoveler, Goldfinch,
70 Black Tailed Godwit (c30), Raven (2), Heron, Bullfinch (1f), Reed Bunting (1m),

RYDE 13.00
Feral Pigeon,

PUCKPOOL 13.50
Sanderling, Mediterranean Gull,

HERSEY NR 14.15
Greenshank,

LANE END / FORELAND 15.00
Purple Sandpiper (5),
80 Red Throated Diver (2),

LAUNDRY LANE 16.20
Water Rail (1), Stonechat (2), Short Eared Owl,
84 Cetti's Warbler (H).

Dips-the one's I could have seen!
Pochard, Siskin (poss), Dartford Warbler, Bearded Tit, Merlin, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Yellowhammer,

Reported by Robin A. today, (Additional Species)

Wilderness (Cridmore) and Rookley area
Barn Owl, Gadwall (5), Pintail (3), Pochard, Green Sandpiper, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Grey Partridge,
Rookley to Blackwater via Birchmore
Merlin, Brambling (2), Siskin (35)
Blackwater Mill
Marsh Tit (calling in woods W of the Mill)
Yarmouth
Bearded Tit (4 @11.05), Red Thoated Diver, Gannet, Kittiwake flying past
Foreland to Bembridge Spit
Razorbill, Fulmar, Blackcap (2), Firecrest,
Laundry lane to Brading
Hen Harrier ("Ringtail") nr St Helens @ 14.30
Ryde Pier Hd
Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe
Ryde Sands
Bar Tailed Godwit (2), Ringed Plover
(Total of 118, WOW!)

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