ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW) Sightings for 2008

SITE NAVIGATION;

MAIN INDEX PAGE --------------Click on the links for;- Highlights, & Info - - - IOW Ornithological Group (IWOG)

IOW Bird Sightings ------------ the rest of 2007- - -Archives 1999 - 2006 - - - - - IOW Site Guide
IOW Bird Pictures -------------- 2006-7 - - - - - - - - Archives 2001-5 - - - - - - - - - - Guest Pics
Monthly IOW Bird lists ------- for 2007- - - - - - - - Archives for; 2000-2006
Yearly Bird lists ----------------- for 2008- - - - - - - - Archives for; 2000-2007

Picture Galleries----------------- BIRDS- - - - - MAMMALS- - - - - - INSECTS- - - IOW TOUR & Pubs
NW London/Tring ---------------Broadwater & Ruislip Lido - - - - Staines & Wraysbury - - - Wilstone & Tring Resrs.
Elsewhere ------------------------- Forest of Dean- - - - - - - - - - - - - New Forest, Farlington & Keyhaven

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 regular guided walks into the reserve (Charge applicable), see local press for details.

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

Click on any small picture for full size version-use "Back" button to return to this page.

Nuthatch Binstead Garden, 12th Jan.	Firecrest (4 views) West High Down, 21st Jan.	Brambling (M) Calbourne, 22nd Jan.	Treecreeper Blackwater, 27th Jan.

Bullfinch (M) Pinkmead, 30th Jan.	Black Redstart (F/ imm.) Seaview Beach, 8th Jan.	Rock Pipit, 8th Jan. Springvale Seawall	Barn Owl with Rat? Brading Marsh, 14th June

Click for the rest of the pictures from 2007-8

MY OWN SIGHTINGS, plus Reports from other Birders-(Green=Confirmed, Red=Unconfirmed.)

DECEMBER 2008: Click for monthly species lists, December total = 113

New Years Eve	Cloudy and Dull
31/12	Binstead Beach	Turnstone	8
31/12	(8.30)	Great-crested Grebe	1
31/12	"	Redshank	1
31/12	"	Wigeon	6	(Out on sea)
~
31/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c80
31/12	(9.00)	Pochard	3m	(Canoe Lake)
31/12	"	Ringed Plover	2
~
31/12	Puckpool	Oystercatcher	26
31/12	(13.45)	Red-breasted Merganser	5m,5f
~
31/12	Hersey NR	Little Grebe	7
31/12	(14.00)	Heron	1
31/12	Hide Locked!	Little Egret	1
~
Tuesday	Misty to Sunny Int.	Light NE Wind
30/12	St. Catherine's Pt.	Red-throated Diver	c9	(2E, 1W then 6E @ 9.17)
30/12	(8.30 - 9.30)	Gannet	35	(25E, 10W some lingering offshore)
30/12	"	Fulmar	1-2	(1W to Gore Cliff? then 1E-maybe the same bird)
30/12	"	Guillemot	4E
30/12	"	Razorbill	2E	(Fairly close)
30/12	"	Auk Sp.	5E	(Too distant to identify further)
30/12	"	Duck Sp.	2E	(Dark showing white wingbar, Tufted?)
~
30/12	Puckpool Seawatch	Great Northern Diver	1
30/12	(11.30 - 12.20)	Great-creasted Grebe	8
30/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	8	(Includes 3m)
30/12	"	Shag	2
30/12	"	Oystercatcher	26
30/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
30/12	Brading Marsh	Short-eared Owl	1	(@16.00, flushed by Dog near Sewage Wks)
30/12	(15.45 - 16.50)	Canada Geese	c50
30/12	"	Kestrel	1
30/12	"	Wigeon	c20	(Green Bridge Pool)
30/12	"	Pheasant	4
~
Monday	Cloudy	Cold E. Wind
29/12	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(Private Garden)
29/12	(9.00)	Coal Tit	1
29/12	"	Blue Tit	9
~
29/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	GADWALL	1m,(&1f?)	(In reeds on N. side)
29/12	(10.40)	Pochard	15
29/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
29/12	"	Shoveler	3m,2f
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	White-Fronted Goose	1	picture by Danny V.
"	"	Short-eared Owl	1	& Barn Owl @ 16.20 (Chris M.)
~
Sunday	Cold but Sunny	Bitter NE Wind
28/12	Culver Down	Linnet	c60	(Bushes on Redcliff slope)
28/12	(8.40)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Flying after the Linnets)
28/12	"	Song Thrush	4
~
28/12	Laundry Lane	Canada Geese	c20	(No sign of the WF Goose)
28/12	(14.00 - 15.00)	Marsh Harrier	2f	(The long staying bird and an oddly marked f.)
28/12	"	Stonechat	1f
28/12	"	Buzzard	4
~
Saturday	Cold but Sunny	Bitter NE Wind
27/12	Laundry Lane	Canada Geese	c45	(a WF Geese reported here later)
27/12	(8.30)	Fieldfare	4
27/12	"	Lapwing	6
27/12	"	Kestrel	1f
~
Boxing Day	Sunny Intervals	Cold NE. Wind
26/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	6m,2f
26/12	(8.20)	Pochard	9
26/12	"	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
26/12	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
26/12	"	Moorhen	16
26/12	"	Coot	42
26/12	"	Grey Goose Sp.	6	(Over to E. @8.40 - WF Geese?)
Reported	"	WHITE-FRONTED GEESE	5	Over to E. @ 9.10 (Kris's Website)
~
26/12	Sandown - Alverstone NR	Mistle Thrush	3
26/12	(8.50 - 10.00)	Long-tailed Tit	12+
26/12	"	Goldcrest	5
26/12	"	Stonechat	1f
26/12	"	Grey Wagtail	2
26/12	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
26/12	"	Green Woodpecker	1
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	6	(Feeding in hide just feet away)
~
Reported	Newtown NR	WHITE-FRONTED GEESE	7	Over to E. @ 9.05 (Bob G.)
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	Red-throated Diver	6	150 Guillemot, 11 Razorbill, 12 Kittiwake,
(Graham S.)	9.30 - 11.00	Common Scoter	1	49 Gannet, 2 Brent Geese.
~
Xmas Day	Cloudy and Dull
25/12	Brading Marsh	Canada Geese	c40
25/12	(9.00)	Meadow Pipit	2
25/12	"	Treecreeper	1	(Laundry Lane)
25/12	"	Wigeon	4
~
25/12	Ryde Esplanade	Lesser Black-backed Gull	7
25/12	(13.50)	Greater Black-backed Gull	4
25/12	"	Pochard	2m	(Canoe Lake)
~
Xmas Eve	Cloudy and Dull
24/12	Coastal FP, Bembridge	Goldcrest	8
24/12	(8.10)	Jay	4
24/12	"	Coal Tit	1
24/12	"	Greenfinch	20+
~
24/12	Bembridge Windmill	Teal	c50
24/12	(10.05)	Shoveler	2m
24/12	-on Dynamite pool, by Scope	Canada Geese	c80
24/12	"	Bar-headed Goose	1
~
24/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c50
24/12	(14.40)	Great-creasted Grebe	4
24/12	"	Brent Geese	c300
~
24/12	Puckpool Seawatch	Great Northern Diver	2
24/12	(14.40)	Great-creasted Grebe	16	(2 rafts of 6 and singles)
24/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
~
Tuesday	Cloudy and Dull
23/12	Ryde West Sands	Black-necked Grebe	1	(Off Binstead to W.)
23/12	(8.10)	Pochard	1m	(Canoe Lake)
23/12	East Sands	Ringed Plover	11
23/12	"	Dunlin	3
~
23/12	Puckpool Seawatch	Great Northern Diver	2
23/12	(8.40)	Great-creasted Grebe	8
23/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	11	(Includes 5m)
23/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	10	(On sea, some with blacker heads)
~
23/12	Bembridge Marina	Black Redstart	1f	(On Angling Club roof)
23/12	(9.20)	Bar-headed Goose	1	(From St. Helens Bridge)
23/12	"	Canada Geese	c60
~
Monday	Cloudy, Misty
22/12	Atherfield Area	Skylark	6
22/12	(9.00 - 10.35)	Fieldfare	9
22/12	"	Yellowhammer	5	(Whale Chine)
22/12	"	Raven	2	(Along cliffs)
22/12	"	Red-legged Partridge	2	(by CG Cottages)
22/12	"	Stonechat	1f
22/12	"	Pied Wagtail	12	(Over)
22/12	"	Buzzard	2
22/12	"	Kestrel	1
22/12	"	Canada Geese	4
22/12	"	Meadow Pipit	5
~
Sunday	Cloudy	W. Wind
21/12	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	1m,5f
21/12	(8.35 - 10.05)	Pintail	4m,2f
21/12	"	Wigeon	c70
21/12	"	Teal	c50
21/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,5f
21/12	"	Shelduck	c140
21/12	"	Oystercatcher	c50
21/12	"	Knot	c100
21/12	"	Dunlin	500+
21/12	"	Ringed Plover	1
21/12	"	Turnstone	13
21/12	"	Lapwing	1
21/12	"	Little Egret	3
21/12	"	Peregrine	1	(On post)
21/12	"	Linnet	c60
21/12	"	Reed Bunting	1f
21/12	"	Brent Geese	c400
~
21/12	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	102
21/12	(10.55 - 11.40)	Dunlin	4
21/12	"	Wigeon	c100
21/12	"	Teal	c70
21/12	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
21/12	"	Brent Geese	c110
21/12	"	Snipe	1
21/12	"	Moorhen	16
21/12	"	Redwing	3
~
21/12	Brading Marsh RSPB	Short-Eared Owl	2	(1@16.30 just SE of Sewage Wks, 2 over @16.35)
21/12	(14.45 - 16.50)	Snipe	1
21/12	-with CM.	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
21/12	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard by Sewage Wks FP)
~
Reported	Foreland, Bembridge	"Pale Bellied" Brent	2	IWOG Member
~
Saturday	Cloudy	Milder
20/12	Springvale	Red-breasted Merganser	2m
20/12	(8.55)	Great-crested Grebe	3
20/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
20/12	"	Teal	8	(Field by Toll Road)
20/12	"	Lapwing	c70	(Over beach)
20/12	"	Brent Geese	c70
20/12	"	Barnacle Geese	c70
~
20/12	Hersey NR	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
20/12	(9.05)	Little Grebe	4
20/12	"	Lapwing	4
20/12	"	Feral Pigeon	c40
20/12	"	Coot	24
~
Friday	Sunny Int, Milder
19/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c20	(Probably many more)
19/12	(8.30)	Pochard	2m	(Canoe Lake)
19/12	"	Brent Geese	c420	(c360 W. of Pier)
19/12	"	Ringed Plover	12
~
19/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Northern Diver	4	(Off Seaview)
19/12	(9.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	4m
19/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	9
~
Sat to Thurs	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington, Hants		Herts. & Forest of Dean, Glos.
Thur 18th.	Slimbridge, Glos.	Bewick Swan	52	c40 White-ronted Geese, 9 Ruff, 1 Peregrine.
Wed 17th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	poss. Goshawk	1	2 Raven, 1 Brambling, 1 Marsh Tit.
"	Speech House	Hawfinch	1
"	Redbrook	Buzzard	4	2 Siskin, 2m,1f Goosander
Mon 15th	Cannop Ponds	Dipper	1	10m,4f Goosander, 3 Marsh Tit, 12 Mandarin
(Forest of Dean)	New Fancy	Brambling	2f	1 Bullfinch
"	Ross	Goosander	18	4 Rook.
Sun 14th	Amwell GP	Hybrid Scaup/Pochard	1	8 Goldeneye, c200 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, c50 Siskin, 2 Redpoll.
Sat 13th	Stockers Lake, Rickmansworth	Red-crested Pochard	1m,3f	4 Goldeneye, Sparrowhawk.
"	Farlington Marshes	Avocet	c20	(Wet and Windy)
"	Solent	Kittiwake	2	(Following Ferry)
Friday	Cloudy, Showers	Milder
12/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	3m,7f
12/12	(7.45)	Pochard	1
12/12	-mostly frozen over!	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
~
12/12	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	BLACK-NECKED GREBE	1	(Just off-shore near Quarr ponds)
12/12	(14.10 - 15.10)	Great-crested Grebe	2	(near the B.N. Grebe)
12/12	"	Redshank	3
12/12	"	Grey Plover	5
12/12	"	Brent Geese	107
~
Thursday	Frosty, Sunny Int
11/12	Binstead Beach	Great-northern Diver	1
11/12	(8.15)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
~
11/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	11
11/12	(8.50)	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,3f
11/12	"	Redshank	1
~
11/12	Brading S.Wks	Grey Wagtail	1
11/12	(10.15)	Robin	4
11/12	"	Dunnock	8	(4 by Sewage Wks, 4 Laundry Lane)
11/12	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(On distant branch)
11/12	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
11/12	"	Goldcrest	4
11/12	"	Long Tailed Tit	8
~
11/12	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1	(Flying at 16.40, great timing I arrived at 16.35!)
~
Wednesday	V. Cold but Sunny
10/12	Brighstone Down	Song Thrush	2	(One with white cheek-see picture)
10/12	(8.35 - 10.10)	Goldcrest	6+
10/12	"	Bullfinch	4+	(It's now unusual to see a flock this size)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.	Cold N. Wind
09/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	2m,1f
09/12	(10.25)	Pochard	16
09/12	"	Tufted Duck	8
~
09/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	3
09/12	(10.50 - 11.20)	Sanderling	12W	(Way out in Solent)
09/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
09/12	"	Brent Geese	c80
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
08/12	Brading Marsh RSPB	Fieldfare	2
08/12	(7.50 - 8.45)	Redwing	1
08/12	"	Bullfinch	1f
08/12	"	Stonechat	1m
08/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
08/12	"	Buzzard	1
08/12	"	Kestrel	2
08/12	"	Canada Geese	48
08/12	Sewage Wks.	Pied Wagtail	2	(1 With Yellow Ring)
08/12	"	Grey Wagtail	1
~
08/12	Rylstone Gardens	Raven	1
08/12	(9.00 - 10.00)	Goldcrest	3+
~
Sunday	Freezing Fog to Sunny
07/12	Folly Inn to Island Marina	Whimbrel	1	(Wintering here)
07/12	(8.25 - 9.50)	Oystercatcher	c25
07/12	"	Raven	1	(Heard in the fog)
07/12	"	Ringed Plover	12
07/12	"	Dunlin	12
07/12	"	Turnstone	25
07/12	"	Grey Plover	5
07/12	"	Redshank	c10
07/12	"	Little Grebe	1
07/12	"	Wigeon	3
07/12	"	Brent Geese	62
07/12	"	Shoveler	2m	(Unusual here)
07/12	"	Meadow Pipit	3
~
07/12	Springvale	Great-crested Grebe	17	(A good count)
07/12	(13.45)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
07/12	"	Brent Geese	c180
07/12	"	Oystercatcher	5
~
07/12	Seaview	Great-northern Diver	3	(2 distant to E.)
07/12	(14.05)	Red-throated Diver	1	(Distant)
07/12	"	Cormorant	5
~
Saturday	Cold to Sunny Int	NW. Wind
06/12	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	1E,1W
06/12	(8.30 - 9.30)	Guillemot	6E	(In one flock at medium distance)
06/12	"	Auk Sp.	42E,10W	(Most were too distant to identify exactly)
06/12	"	Stonechat	1m
06/12	"	Buzzard	2	(On bushes)
~
06/12	Gore Cliff	Little Owl	2	(On Cliff ledges)
06/12	(9.45)	Peregrine	1
06/12	"	Stonechat	1m
06/12	"	Skylark	1
06/12	"	Meadow Pipit	8
~
06/12	Dungewood Lane	Yellowhammer	10
06/12	(10.30)	Linnet	c100
06/12	"	Stonechat	2m
06/12	"	Skylark	8+
~
Friday	Cold to Sunny Int	W. Wind
05/12	Culver Down	Linnet	c70	(Set-aside E. of Yaverland Manor)
05/12	(10.20)	Stonechat	1m,1f
05/12	"	Redwing	5
05/12	"	Fieldfare	3
05/12	"	Mistle Thrush	3
05/12	"	Song Thrush	1	(Unusual to see 4 species of Thrush at one location)
~
05/12	Puckpool Beach	Red-throated Diver	1	(Distant)
05/12	(13.45)	Common Scoter	1f	(On sea)
05/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
05/12	"	Sanderling	5
05/12	"	Brent Geese	c130
05/12	"	Oystercatcher	10
~
05/12	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	2	(On launch ramp, Lifeboat Stn. Pier)
05/12	(14.30)	Cormorant	5
05/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
Thursday	Wet to Sunny Int	Brisk W. Wind
04/12	Binstead Beach	Turnstone	3
04/12	(9.10)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
04/12	"	Oystercatcher	10
~
04/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1
04/12	(9.40)	Sanderling	5
~
04/12	Seaview	Shag	2	(Seagrove Bay)
04/12	(10.05)	Cormorant	4
~
04/12	Ryde Esplanade	Ringed Plover	19
04/12	(12.30)	Sanderling	c60
04/12	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	1
04/12	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
~
Wednesday	Cold with Sunny Int.
03/12	Blackwater	Siskin	c6	(Sandy Lane, Adlers by stream)
03/12	(8.30 - 9.15)	Goldcrest	4+
03/12	"	Song Thrush	1
~
03/12	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	3
03/12	(9.45 - 10.40)	Dunlin	1
03/12	"	Grey Plover	8
03/12	"	Golden Plover	c250	(On fields W. of Estuary)
03/12	"	Lapwing	c50
03/12	"	Oystercatcher	2
03/12	"	Ringed Plover	1
03/12	"	Wigeon	c100
03/12	"	Teal	c70
03/12	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
03/12	"	Kestrel	3
03/12	"	Reed Bunting	4
03/12	"	Brent Geese	c10
03/12	"	Moorhen	24
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int. to Showers	Cold W. Wind
02/12	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	1m,3f
02/12	(8.45 - 10.40)	Pintail	1m,2f
02/12	"	Wigeon	c90
02/12	"	Teal	c40
02/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	8m,13f
02/12	"	Kingfisher	1f
02/12	"	Oystercatcher	c50
02/12	"	Knot	c200
02/12	"	Dunlin	c1000
02/12	"	Ringed Plover	12
02/12	"	Turnstone	4
02/12	"	Lapwing	2
02/12	"	Little Egret	3
02/12	"	Peregrine	1	(On E. Spit)
02/12	"	Rock Pipit	2
02/12	"	Reed Bunting	1f
02/12	"	Brent Geese	c610
02/12	"	Brent (hybrid)	1	(With white cheeks, a Barnacle cross perhaps?)
~
02/12	Brading Marsh RSPB	SHORT-EARED OWL	2	(@16.25 just SE of Sewage Wks in marshy field)
02/12	(16.00 - 16.50)	Snipe	3+	(Heard)
02/12	"	Canada Geese	c100	(Most flying over to roost)
02/12	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
~
Monday	Showers and Drizzle
01/12	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c600	(c520 W. of Pier, c75 on E. side)
01/12	(7.20)	Sanderling	c110
01/12	Puckpool	Rock Pipit	1W
01/12	(8.00)	Mediterranean Gull	1W
~
01/12	Bembridge Harbour	Teal	25
01/12	(8.30)	Curlew	19
01/12	"	Pied Wagtail	1	(With Yellow Ring)
01/12	"	Redshank	8
~
01/12	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	1m
01/12	(8.50 - 9.20)	Tufted Duck	6m,3f
01/12	"	Little Grebe	10
01/12	"	Shoveler	3m
01/12	"	Redshank	1
01/12	"	Greenshank	3
01/12	"	Kingfisher	1m
~
01/12	Brading Marsh RSPB	Fieldfare	100+	(Biggest flock c80)
01/12	(14.25 - 16.00)	Redwing	30+
01/12	"	Teal	c20
01/12	Laundry Lane	Stonechat	1f
01/12	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(@15.40)
01/12	"	Buzzard	2
01/12	"	Wigeon	1
01/12	"	Canada Geese	48
01/12	Sewage Wks.	Pied Wagtail	1	(With Yellow Ring)
01/12	"	Grey Wagtail	1
~

NOVEMBER 2008: Click for monthly species lists, November total = 108

Sunday	Showers and Drizzle
30/11	Folly Inn to Island Marina	Whimbrel	1	(Wintering here)
30/11	(8.10 - 8.50)	Oystercatcher	61
30/11	"	Little Grebe	8
30/11	"	Dunlin	4
30/11	"	Turnstone	21
30/11	"	Wigeon	43
30/11	"	Brent Geese	48
30/11	"	Lapwing	1
30/11	"	Redshank	3
30/11	"	Grey Plover	1
30/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
Saturday	Foggy to Cloudy	NE Wind
29/11	Monks Bay to Wheelers Bay	Cormorant	4
29/11	(9.00 - 9.50)	Rock Pipit	9	(on Seawall)
29/11	"	Pied Wagtail	2
29/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
~
Reported	Fields NE of Norton Green	Golden Plover	261	& 210 Lapwing, 8 Grey Plover.(Elaine & Caroline D.)
SZ350888
Friday	Cloudy
28/11	Rylstone/Tower Gardens	Goldcrest	6+
28/11	(at Shanklin 7.35)	Raven	1
28/11	At sea	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
28/11	"	Cormorant	4
~
28/11	Buckbury Lane, Staplers	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
28/11	(14.00)	Kestrel	2
28/11	-no sign of Pallas's Warbler	Jay	2
~
Thursday	Sunny Int. Showers
27/11	Binstead Beach	Great-northern Diver	3	(On sea till 2 flew off W.)
27/11	(7.40)	Common Scoter	2f	(On sea again)
27/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	4
27/11	"	Turnstone	6
27/11	"	Oystercatcher	15
27/11	"	Curlew	2
27/11	"	Little Egret	2
27/11	"	Brent Geese	42
~
Reported	Buckbury Lane, Staplers	PALLAS'S WARBLER	1	Recently (CROWS network)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy Milder
26/11	Ryde Sands	Brent Geese	c150
26/11	(8.30)	Sanderling	225
26/11	"	Ringed Plover	25
~
26/11	Puckpool to Seaview	Great-northern Diver	2	(Fishing off Seaview Esp.)
26/11	(8.50 - 9.50)	Great-crested Grebe	6
26/11	"	Wigeon	1m,1f	(Off Puckpool)
26/11	"	Shag	1
26/11	"	Guillemot	1	(Distant on sea)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.	Cold NW. Wind
25/11	Ryde Esplanade	Dunlin	4
25/11	1st visit (7.40)	Ringed Plover	20
25/11	"	Brent Geese	c130
25/11	2nd visit (14.30)	Great-creasted Grebe	1
25/11	"	Sanderling	c40
~
25/11	Medina, Newport to Cowes	Bullfinch	5	(Pair Dodnor, 2m,1f Medham)
25/11	(8.30 - 10.45)	Jay	8
25/11	"	Wigeon	5
25/11	"	Oystercatcher	c70
25/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	25
25/11	"	Lapwing	1
25/11	"	Little Egret	1
25/11	"	Chiffchaff	1
25/11	"	Redwing	6
25/11	"	Goldcrest	4
~
Monday	Sunny Int./ Cloudy	NE Wind
24/11	Ventnor Esplanade	RED-THROATED DIVER	3W	(2 Distant, 1 closer)
24/11	Seawatch (8.30 - 9.30)	Guillemot	1	(On sea)
24/11	"	Auk Sp.	33W	(Distant near horizon)
24/11	"	Gannet	1W,1E
24/11	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Beach)
~
24/11	Wheelers Bay to Bonchurch	Stonechat	1m	(Unusual here)
24/11	(9.40)	House Sparrow	8	(at car park)
24/11	"	Rock Pipit	7	(on Beach/Seawall)
24/11	"	Pied Wagtail	3
24/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
24/11	"	Cormorant	4
~
Sunday	Wet am, to Sunny Int.	Cold NW. Wind
23/11	Ryde West Sands	Mediterranean Gull	3
23/11	(13.30)	Brent Geese	c150	(with the PB Brent still here)
23/11	"	Sanderling	c50
~
23/11	Laundry Lane	Merlin	1f/juv	(Flew quickly N. just E. of the Lane)
23/11	(16.05 - 16.50)	Goldcrest	2+
23/11	"	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
23/11	"	Cormorant	c30	(In roost tree)
~
Reported	Bonchurch sea wall	Water Pipit	1	on revetement to Wheelers Bay (Ventnor Group etc.)
~
Saturday	Cloudy	Cold NW. Wind
22/11	FP to Paradise Walk	Treecreeper	1
22/11	(8.25)	Goldcrest	c10
~
22/11	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Peregrine	1
22/11	(9.35 - 10.15)	Stonechat	1m,1f	(Clifftop Fields)
22/11	"	Skylark	6
22/11	"	Meadow Pipit	3
22/11	"	Buzzard	2	(On cliff)
~
Reported	Laundry Lane	Merlin	1juv	Sickly and weak? and f. Marsh Harrier (Danny V.)
~
Friday	Sunny Int.	NW Wind
21/11	Dodnor	Bullfinch	2m	(others heard)
21/11	(7.35)	Redwing	c10
21/11	"	Fieldfare	1
21/11	"	Little Grebe	c10	(On river)
~
21/11	Mark's Corner, Parkhurst	Nuthatch	1	(on garden feeders)
21/11	(8.45 - 11.20)	Coal Tit	3
21/11	"	Blue Tit	c20
21/11	"	Great Tit	4
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
20/11	West High Down, Totland	Sparrowhawk	1f	(@ Rocket Site railings)
20/11	(8.30 - 10.50)	Peregrine	1
20/11	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
20/11	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	10
20/11	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
20/11	"	Raven	2
20/11	"	Shag	c2	(near "Old Pepper" Rock)
20/11	"	Jay	3
20/11	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
20/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
20/11	"	Goldfinch	c10
20/11	"	Linnet	8
~
20/11	Ryde Esplanade	PALE-BELLIED BRENT	1	(With c150 DB Brent Geese)
20/11	(13.15)	Dunlin	1
20/11	"	Ringed Plover	8
20/11	"	Sanderling	c50
20/11	"	Common Gull	30
20/11	"	Curlew	10
20/11	"	Little Egret	3
20/11	"	Bar-headed Geese	2	(Feral, by Canoe Lake)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	Light NW. Wind
19/11	Bembridge Down	Redwing	c15
19/11	(8.00)	Song Thrush	3
19/11	-All thrushes today	Mistle Thrush	3
19/11	"	Blackbird	c15
19/11	"	Linnet	105	(Most in set-aside field S. of Fort)
19/11	"	Kestrel	2
19/11	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
19/11	"	Meadow Pipit	7
19/11	"	Skylark	2	(In full song)
~
19/11	Brading S. Wks.	Chiffchaff	2	(The first here for weeks)
19/11	(9.15)	Goldfinch	2
19/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
19/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
19/11	"	Meadow Pipit	2
19/11	"	Song Thrush	2
19/11	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
19/11	Brading Marsh	Teal	40
19/11	"	Redwing	4
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
18/11	Shide to Blackwater FP	Siskin	2	(More heard)
18/11	(8.00 - 9.45)	Song Thrush	1
18/11	"	Mistle Thrush	2
18/11	"	Goldfinch	c25
18/11	"	Goldcrest	8+
18/11	"	Pheasant	10
~
18/11	Hersey NR	Little Grebe	8
18/11	(14.15)	Snipe	3+
18/11	"	Tufted Duck	1m,4f
18/11	"	Teal	16
18/11	"	Lapwing	3
18/11	"	Little Egret	2
18/11	"	Bar-headed Geese	2	(Feral)
~
Monday	Cloudy, Drizzle	NE Wind
17/11	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	21	(big field next to layby by Bus Stop)
17/11	(8.35)	Pheasant	5
~
17/11	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	Yellowhammer	3
17/11	(8.55)	Pheasant	12
17/11	"	Reed Bunting	2f
17/11	"	Skylark	2
17/11	"	Linnet	c40
17/11	"	Starling	c100
17/11	"	Wood Pigeon	c200
17/11	"	Raven	1
17/11	"	Chaffinch	7
~
17/11	Whale Chine	Raven	2	(E. along cliff edge)
17/11	(9.50)	Black-headed Gull	100+	(On field to E.)
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int	Light W. Wind
16/11	Newtown NR	Knot	13
16/11	(8.30 - 11.30)	Golden Plover	22
16/11	-IWOG Walk	Red-breasted Merganser	8
16/11	"	Great-northern Diver	1	(In the Solent, off Harbour entrance)
16/11	"	Goldeneye	4f
16/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
16/11	"	Little Grebe	7
16/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
16/11	"	Dunlin	c1000
16/11	"	Turnstone	3
16/11	"	Wigeon	c100
16/11	"	Teal	c200
16/11	"	Brent Geese	200+
16/11	"	Lapwing	c100
16/11	"	Grey Plover	c40
16/11	"	Fieldfare	c10
16/11	"	Redwing	3
16/11	"	Mistle Thrush	2
16/11	"	Rock Pipit	2
16/11	Clamerkin Lake	Goldeneye	2f
16/11	(7.45) -before the walk.	Treecreeper	1	(With tit flock and Goldcrests)
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Point	Yellow-browed Warbler	1	calling by Rocken End pond, also 2 Redpoll over
(Graham S.)
Saturday	Cloudy
15/11	Fishbourne Beach	Great-northern Diver	1	(Far out)
15/11	WeBS (7.55 - 11.15)	Great-crested Grebe	2
15/11	"	Curlew	10
15/11	Wootton Bridge	Redshank	10
15/11	"	Black-headed Gull	c420
15/11	"	Common Gull	18
~
15/11	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Crossed the lane @16.03)
15/11	(15.25 - 17.15)	Redwing	c20
15/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
15/11	"	Fieldfare	c40
15/11	"	Starling	600+	(Flying display till dropped into reeds)
15/11	"	Cormorant	c30	(In roost tree at dusk)
~
Friday	Cloudy, mild
14/11	Ryde Sands	Brent Geese	c550	(c230 W. of Pier)
14/11	(7.20)	Sanderling	c110
14/11	"	Curlew	27
~
14/11	Springvale, Seaview	Great-northern Diver	1	(off Seaview)
14/11	(8.05 - 9.10)	Great-crested Grebe	5
14/11	"	Common Scoter	7W	(Then flew around off Ryde Sands)
14/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m
14/11	"	Shag	1
14/11	"	Heron	1
14/11	"	Little Egret	4
~
14/11	Alverstone NR	Barn Owl	1	(Flying at 17.05 -when quite dark!)
14/11	(16.10)	Snipe	2	(Heard)
14/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
Fri to Thurs	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington, Hants		Watford & Forest of Dean, Glos.
Thur 13th.	Slimbridge, Glos.	Bewick Swan	3	c30 White-ronted Geese, c300 Golden Plover
Wed 12th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	2m	2 Raven, 30+ Fieldfare
"	Wenchford	Dipper	1
"	Clearwell / Nailbridge	Tawny Owl	2	one heard, the other flew across the road
Mon 10th,	Cannop Ponds	Mandarin	4	Muscovy Duck, Marsh Tit, Kingfisher, Siskin
Sun 9th	Tring Reservoirs	Golden Plover	16	3 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 2 Whooper Swan (Feral?)
Sat 8th	Wraysbury Ponds	Ring-necked Parakeet	190	10 Goldeneye, c50 Gadwall.
Fri 7th	Stockers Lake, Ricky	Egyptian Goose	1	4 Goldeneye, 2 Ruddy Duck, 2 Kingfisher.
"	Farlington Marshes	Avocet	26	c15 Bearded Tit, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1f Stonechat.
Thursday	Overcast
06/11	Brading S. Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
06/11	(7.35)	Goldfinch	9
06/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
06/11	"	Song Thrush	2
06/11	Laundry Lane	Fieldfare	23
06/11	"	Redwing	4
06/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
06/11	"	Canada Geese	c50
06/11	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
~
06/11	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	3
06/11	(9.00)	Jay	4
06/11	"	Greenfinch	c20
~
06/11	Springvale, Seaview	GREAT NORTHERN DIVER	1	(Just offshore)
06/11	(11.00 - 11.20)	Great-crested Grebe	5
06/11	"	Shag	1
06/11	"	Heron	1
06/11	"	Little Egret	2
~
06/11	Lane End, Bembridge	PURPLE SANDPIPER	2	(On base of Lifeboat Pier)
06/11	(15.20)	Rock Pipit	1
06/11	"	Cormorant	6
~
06/11	Bembridge Ponds	SWALLOW	6	(Over Harbour Farm, late ones!)
06/11	(15.55 - 16.50)	Tufted Duck	9m,20f	(A high count)
06/11	"	Little Grebe	11
06/11	"	Pochard	1m
06/11	"	Greenshank	2
~
Wednesday	Dull, Cloudy	N/NE. Wind
05/11	West High Down, Totland	Black Redstart	3f/imm.	(1 @ CG Cottages, 2 @ Rocket Site)
05/11	(8.10 - 10.00)	Skylark	2
05/11		Stonechat	2m,2f
05/11	"	Dartford Warbler	1
05/11	"	Redwing	3	(By CG. Cottages)
05/11	"	Raven	2
05/11	"	Shag	4+	("Old Pepper" Rock)
05/11	"	Jay	3
05/11	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
05/11	"	Rock Pipit	8
05/11	"	Goldfinch	c20
05/11	"	Song Thrush	3
05/11	"	Sparrowhawk	2	(m&f soaring)
05/11	"	Linnet	12
~
05/11	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	Shoveler	8m,7f
05/11	(10.15)	Wigeon	c60
05/11	"	Teal	c40
05/11	"	Lapwing	c50
05/11	"	Redshank	4
05/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	10
05/11	"	Curlew	2
05/11	"	Little Grebe	4
05/11	"	Collared Dove	1
~
05/11	Clamerkin, Newtown	Kingfisher	1
05/11	(11.00)	Hen Harrier	1f/juv	(Over W. Spit)
05/11	"	Jay	3
05/11	"	Dunlin	c50
05/11	"	Wigeon	c40
05/11	"	Brent Geese	100+
05/11	"	Snipe	1
~
Tuesday	Misty, Cloudy, Dull
04/11	Bembridge Down	Redwing	5
04/11	(7.50)	Song Thrush	3
04/11	"	Linnet	c150	(Most in set-aside field S. of Fort)
04/11	"	Kestrel	1f
04/11	Culver Down	BLACK REDSTART	1f/imm.	(Around the Coastguard Cottages)
04/11	(8.30)	Stonechat	1m,1f
~
04/11	Sandown Canoe Lake	Pochard	1m
04/11	(9.20)	Mediterranean Gull	1
04/11	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
~
Monday	Cloudy	NE Wind
03/11	Sandown Water Wks.	Siskin	4	(and possible Redpoll)
03/11	(7.40)	Water Rail	1	(Heard by wooden arch)
03/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
03/11	-no sign of Hume's Warbler	Goldcrest	2+	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Sunny Int.
02/11	Ryde West Sands	Common Scoter	2f	(Just offshore)
02/11	(7.20)	Brent Geese	c450	(c360 W.of Pier and c90 to E.)
02/11	"	Knot	1	(Unusual here)
02/11	"	Sanderling	c130
02/11	-Ryde E. Sands	Great-crested Grebe	1
02/11	(7.40)	Greater Black-backed Gull	8
~
02/11	Bembridge Harbour	Kingfisher	1
02/11	(8.20)	Mediterranean Gull	7
02/11	"	Little Grebe	2
~
02/11	Bembridge Ponds	Teal	9
02/11	(8.40)	Tufted Duck	2m,11f
02/11	"	Little Grebe	7
02/11	"	Kingfisher	1f
02/11	"	Jay	2
02/11	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
02/11	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
02/11	(11.05 - 11.40)	Redwing	1
~
02/11	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(2 reported earlier, f. and juv.)
02/11	(15.50 - 17.30)	Goldcrest	2
02/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
02/11	"	Cormorant	26	(In roost tree)
~
Reported	Sandown Water Works	prob. HUMES WARBLER	1	in small NR to W. of Road (Ventnor Group)
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Showers	Bitter NE. Wind
01/11	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	Turnstone	1
01/11	(7.35 - 9.05)	Redwing	c30	(Over marsh to E.)
01/11	"	Wigeon	c100
01/11	"	Teal	c40
01/11	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
01/11	"	Lapwing	c30
01/11	"	Brent Geese	c30
01/11	"	Redshank	4
01/11	"	Reed Bunting	1f/juv
01/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	16
01/11	"	Curlew	10
01/11	"	Little Grebe	6
01/11	"	Collared Dove	3
01/11	"	Snipe	1
01/11	"	Meadow Pipit	1
~
01/11	Newtown NR	HEN HARRIER	1juv	(Over E. Spit and woods)
01/11	(9.15 - 10.30)	MERLIN	1f/juv	(Over W. Spit scattering the waders)
01/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	11	(1m with 4f, 6f off Harbour entrance)
01/11	"	Golden Plover	5
01/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	6
01/11	"	Dunlin	c100
01/11	"	Turnstone	1
01/11	"	Wigeon	c40
01/11	"	Brent Geese	100+
01/11	"	Grey Plover	c20
01/11	"	Rock Pipit	2
01/11	"	Raven	1
~

OCTOBER 2008: Click for monthly species lists, October total = 113 so far

Friday	Cold, Sunny	Bitter NE. Wind
31/10	Cassey Bridge	Redwing	2	(Eating berries)
31/10	(7.30)	Pintail	7m
~
31/10	Shalfleet	Redwing	c20	(over road)
~
31/10	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	FIELDFARE	11	(Trees by Station)
31/10	(8.20 - 9.20)	Redwing	c15
31/10	"	Wigeon	c50
31/10	"	Teal	c25
31/10	"	Shoveler	3m
31/10	"	Lapwing	c20
31/10	"	Brent Geese	c50
31/10	"	Redshank	24
31/10	"	Golden Plover	3
31/10	"	Grey Plover	9
31/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	14
31/10	"	Curlew	2
31/10	"	Little Grebe	4
31/10	"	Collared Dove	6
31/10	"	Snipe	1+
~
31/10	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Several sightings between 15.45 and 16.45)
31/10	(15.35 - 17.15)	Bar-headed Geese	2	(with Canada Geese)
31/10	"	Song Thrush	2
31/10	"	Cormorant	22	(In roost tree)
~
Thursday	Cold, Sunny	Strong E - NE Wind
30/10	Centurion's Copse, Brading	Redwing	c4
30/10	(7.50 - 9.20)	HOUSE MARTIN	1	(A late one)
30/10	"	Canada Geese	c60
30/10	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
30/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
30/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
30/10	"	Teal	5	(Over)
30/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
30/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
~
30/10	Bembridge Ponds	Teal	1
30/10	(11.00 - 11.25)	Tufted Duck	8m,11f
30/10	"	Little Grebe	7
30/10	"	Kingfisher	1
30/10	"	Greenshank	4
~
Wednesday	Cold, Sunny
29/10	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(W. of lane @8.45)
29/10	(7.50 - 9.40)	REDWING	2+	(By Quay Lane)
29/10	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3
29/10	"	Song Thrush	2
29/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
29/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
29/10	"	Lapwing	13
29/10	"	Meadow Pipit	2
~
Tuesday	Cold and Sunny
28/10	Newtown NR	RED-BREASTED MERGANSER	7	(Mainly females)
28/10	(9.00 - 10.30)	Knot	3
28/10	"	Teal	4
28/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	26
28/10	"	Dunlin	c100
28/10	"	Turnstone	4
28/10	"	Wigeon	c40
28/10	"	Brent Geese	c50
28/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
27/10	Bembridge Down	Linnet	c30
27/10	(7.20 - 9.25)	Buzzard	2
27/10	"	Kestrel	1
27/10	"	Swallow	1	(A late one)
27/10	"	Stock Dove	6
27/10	"	Chaffinch	c10
27/10	"	Skylark	4
27/10	"	Goldcrest	c10	(Heard in bushes)
27/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
27/10	Dynamite Pool	Greylag Geese	3
27/10	(By Scope)	Canada Geese	c100
27/10	Brading Marsh	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
~
27/10	Puckpool Beach	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Just offshore)
27/10	(11.10)	Jay	2
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.	Brisk S/SW. Wind
25/10	West High Down, Totland	Wheatear	2	(Late ones!)
25/10	(8.15 - 10.30)	Skylark	10	(Over by Needles)
25/10	-very quite today	Stonechat	1m,2f
25/10	"	Dartford Warbler	1
25/10	"	Wood Pigeon	c200	(Around Alum Bay)
25/10	"	Raven	2
25/10	"	Peregrine	1
25/10	"	Jay	1
25/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
25/10	"	Rock Pipit	5
25/10	"	Goldfinch	c20
25/10	"	Goldcrest	c10
25/10	"	Linnet	13
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	Balearic Shearwater	1	18 Kittiwake, 2 Razorbill, 1 Guillemot
(Graham S.)	(9.30 - 14.30)	Sandwich Tern	1	20 Gannet, & 1f/imm. Merlin.
~
Friday	Wet to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
24/10	Brading Marsh	Siskin	5	(Flew over to N.)
24/10	(9.10 - 10.20)	Canada Geese	c60
24/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
24/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
~
24/10	Puckpool Beach	Shag	1	(off Springvale)
24/10	(11.40)	Oystercatcher	6
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Short-eared Owl	1	(Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Cloudy showers	(S. wind)
23/10	Sandown Canoe Lake	Pochard	1f
23/10	(8.40)	Little Grebe	3
23/10	"	Tufted Duck	3m,4f
23/10	"	Goldfinch	c30	(Over reedbed)
~
23/10	Foreland, Bembridge	Cormorant	12
23/10	(9.10 - 9.45)	Rock Pipit	3
23/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.
22/10	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	Shoveler	2m,1f
22/10	(8.32 - 10.40)	Wigeon	c30
22/10	"	Teal	c25
22/10	"	Skylark	2	(Over)
22/10	"	Turnstone	2
22/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
22/10	"	Kingfisher	1
22/10	"	Swallow	1
22/10	"	Lapwing	c30
22/10	"	Redshank	c10
22/10	"	Golden Plover	52
22/10	"	Grey Plover	5
22/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c60	When Godwits attack!
22/10	"	Curlew	4
22/10	"	Little Grebe	6
22/10	"	Reed Bunting	2
22/10	"	Collared Dove	12
22/10	"	Snipe	3
~
22/10	Newtown NR	Wigeon	c30
22/10	(11.00 - 11.45)	Teal	c30
22/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	99
22/10	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
22/10	"	Golden Plover	148	One colour ringed?
22/10	"	Brent Geese	17
22/10	"	Shelduck	20
22/10	"	Redshank	56
22/10	"	Dunlin	45
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.	Light NW. Wind
21/10	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c40
21/10	(8.10)	Ringed Plover	c25
21/10	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	3
~
21/10	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	27
21/10	(9.15)	Redshank	3
~
21/10	Bembridge Ponds	Teal	11
21/10	(9.45 - 10.15)	Tufted Duck	1m,7f
21/10	"	Little Grebe	7
21/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1m
21/10	"	Linnet	8
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	(SW wind)
19/10	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
19/10	(7.45 - 8.00)	Little Grebe	3
19/10	"	Coot	c40
19/10	"	Buzzard	2
~
19/10	St. Catherine's Point	Goldcrest	10+
19/10	(8.25 - 10.45)	Sparrowhawk	1
19/10	-no sign of R.E.Vireo	Long-tailed Tit	c10
19/10	"	Buzzard	1
~
19/10	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	5
19/10	(15.45 - 16.20)	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
19/10	"	Cormorant	4
~
19/10	Laundry Lane, (N. end)	Swallow	8
19/10	(16.30 - 17.30)	Grey Wagtail	1
19/10	"	Buzzard	2
19/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
19/10	"	Stonechat	1f
19/10	"	Lapwing	c6	(Flushed up from Dynamite Pool)
19/10	"	Meadow Pipit	6
~
Reported	West High Down	MELODIOUS WARBLER	1	N. side by gate to Tea-rooms (Dave W.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.
18/10	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	EIDER	1f	(On sea, off Quarr @9.35)
18/10	(8.35 - 9.40)	Great-crested Grebe	3
18/10	"	Redshank	8	(Later 35 roosting "up the Creek")
18/10	"	Cormorant	8
18/10	"	Heron	1
18/10	"	Little Egret	6
18/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard @ Quarr ponds)
~
18/10	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
18/10	(14.10 - 14.50)	Redshank	1
18/10	"	Little Egret	1
18/10	"	Little Grebe	5
18/10	"	Teal	3
18/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	3	(On beach)
18/10	"	Linnet	1	(On beach)
~
Reported	Windy Corner, SCPt.	RED-EYED VIREO	1	@9.30, top of Valley -W. of Bridge Cottage (Ian R.)
"	"	Firecrest	1	by Bridge Cottage (Caroline D.)
~
Friday	Sunny Int.
17/10	Newchurch	Mistle Thrush	6	(4 in Yew tree by Church)
17/10	(7.45)	Greenfinch	16
17/10	-no sign of Bk. Redstart	Goldfinch	c20
~
17/10	Wootton Bridge	Bullfinch	1m,1f
17/10	(8.35 - 9.15)	Mistle Thrush	2
17/10	-no sign of RB Shrike.	Jay	4
~
17/10	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Little Owl	1	(On cliff ledge)
17/10	(11.05 - 12.20)	Raven	2
17/10	"	Peregrine	1
17/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
17/10	"	Kestrel	3
17/10	"	Buzzard	3
17/10	"	Swallow	2	(Over sea)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	Cold W. Wind
16/10	Brading Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flew into roost in Centurions reedbed at 18.25)
16/10	(18.10 - 18.50)	Canada Geese	c100	(Over at dusk)
16/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
Reported	Newchurch	BLACK REDSTART	1	on the Church, (picture by James)
(James G.)	"	Redpoll	6	on Silver Birches in the plantation
~
Wednesday	Cloudy and Drizzle	Light W. Wind
15/10	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
15/10	(10.40 - 11.15)	Water Rail	2
15/10	"	Little Egret	3
15/10	"	Heron	1
15/10	"	Little Grebe	5
15/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral flock)
15/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
15/10	"	Common Gull	2
15/10	"	Teal	4
~
Reported	Wootton Bridge	RED-BACKED SHRIKE	1	at 13.00 (Birdguides)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy	Mild & Calm
14/10	Newtown NR	Golden Plover	88	(By Boathouse)
14/10	(9.00 - 10.30)	PINTAIL	3m,1f
14/10	"	Teal	c20
14/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	48
14/10	"	Dunlin	c10
14/10	"	Turnstone	4
14/10	"	Wigeon	c30
14/10	"	Brent Geese	2
14/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
14/10	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Lane to Walter's Copse)
~
Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	Light W. Wind
13/10	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c120
13/10	(8.10)	Ringed Plover	28
13/10	"	Brent Geese	c150
~
13/10	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	87	(A good count)
13/10	(8.50 - 9.15)	Redshank	31
13/10	"	Knot	1
13/10	"	Dunlin	1
13/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
13/10	"	Curlew	11
13/10	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
13/10	Lane End, Bembridge	Common Scoter	7W	(@9.38)
13/10	(9.30 - 9.50)	Mediterranean Gull	1
13/10	"	Gannet	1juv
13/10	"	Cormorant	15
13/10	"	Shag	1
~
Reported	Luccombe Down	Ring Ouzel	1	(James G.)
~
Sunday	Foggy to Fine Sunny
12/10	Culver Down	Siskin	c15	(Over)
12/10	(7.50 - 11.25)	Sparrowhawk	1m	(Followed us round!)
12/10	IWOG Walk	Kestrel	1
12/10	"	Buzzard	2
12/10	"	Redpoll	c3	(Over)
12/10	"	Linnet	c80
12/10	"	Red-legged Partridge	3
12/10	"	Skylark	8
12/10	"	Goldcrest	2
12/10	"	Stonechat	1m,2f	(Possibly more up the slope)
12/10	"	Dartford Warbler	1
12/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
~
12/10	Laundy Lane, Brading	Snipe	10	(Over)
12/10	(16.20 - 17.50)	Cormorant	23	(In roost tree)
12/10	"	Stock Dove	3
12/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
12/10	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
12/10	"	Reed Bunting	2
12/10	"	Jay	2
Butterfly	"	Painted Lady	1	a very late one! also 4 Southern Hawker DFs
Saturday	Sunny Int.
11/10	West High Down, Totland	Song Thrush	1
11/10	(7.45 - 10.20)	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(A late one! W. of Alum Bay in bushes)
11/10	"	Stonechat	6
11/10	"	Dartford Warbler	3
11/10	"	Siskin	15	(Over)
11/10	"	Raven	c3	(2 and a single)
11/10	"	Peregrine	2
11/10	"	Shag	1	(Old Pepper Rock)
11/10	"	Cormorant	23	(On Needles rocks)
11/10	"	Jay	3
11/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
11/10	"	Goldfinch	c20
11/10	"	Wheatear	2m	(S. Cliffs)
11/10	"	Red-legged Partridge	3
11/10	"	Swallow	c20
~
Reported	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	BEARDED TIT	2	@11.45 till flew W. (Gary H.)
~
Friday	Fine Sunny	SW. Wind
10/10	Culver Down	Siskin	4	(Over)
10/10	(7.50 - 8.45)	Buzzard	1
10/10	"	Kestrel	2
10/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
Reported	"	HAWFINCH	1	54 Siskin, 13 Redpoll, 130 Linnet, 1 Sand Martin
(E-Mail)	"	BRAMBLING	1	420 Swallow, 500 House Martin (7.00 - 9.15)
~
Thursday	Foggy to Sunny Int.
09/10	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Wigeon	c50	(Hard to count in the fog!)
09/10	(7.45)	Teal	c10
09/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
09/10	"	Jay	5
~
09/10	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	Shoveler	1m,1f
09/10	(8.12 - 10.15)	Wigeon	c55
09/10	"	Teal	c25
09/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
09/10	"	Skylark	1	(Over)
09/10	"	Turnstone	4
09/10	"	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
09/10	"	Lapwing	63
09/10	"	Redshank	c15
09/10	"	Golden Plover	2
09/10	"	Grey Plover	2
09/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	9
09/10	"	Curlew	4
09/10	"	Little Grebe	8
09/10	"	Reed Bunting	2
09/10	"	Collared Dove	10
09/10	"	Snipe	3
09/10	"	Chiffchaff	5
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.	Cold NW. Wind
08/10	Brading Marsh	Yellow Wagtail	3+	(With Cattle)
08/10	(7.40 - 9.10)	Blackcap	1m
08/10	"	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
08/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
08/10	"	Jay	5
~
08/10	Folly Lake, R.Medina	Whinchat	1
08/10	(10.15 - 11.45)	Wheatear	2
08/10	"	Whimbrel	1
08/10	"	Rock Pipit	3
08/10	"	Skylark	9
08/10	"	Turnstone	21
08/10	"	Lapwing	2
08/10	"	Redshank	16
08/10	"	Ringed Plover	14	(Mostly juv.)
08/10	"	Curlew	c30
~
08/10	E. Cowes Esplanade	Common Tern	1
08/10	(12.00 - 12.15)	Sandwich Tern	2
08/10	"	Turnstone	3
~
08/10	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
08/10	(15.15 - 16.00)	Little Egret	3
08/10	"	Heron	1
08/10	"	Little Grebe	5
08/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral flock)
08/10	"	Snipe	2
08/10	"	Shellduck	1
08/10	"	Teal	2
~
Tuesday	Showers	Strong S. Wind
07/10	Culver Down	Stonechat	1m,1f
07/10	(8.00 - 9.05)	Hobby	1
07/10	"	Buzzard	2
07/10	"	Goldfinch	c60
07/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
~
Monday	Cloudy
06/10	Shide to Blackwater FP	Siskin	c4	(Over calling)
06/10	(7.50 - 9.45)	Chiffchaff	3
06/10	"	Red-legged Partridge	3
~
Reported	Hasely Manor	YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER	1	caught for ringing by Daphne
~
Sunday	Heavy Showers	Strong SW. Wind
05/10	Brading/Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
05/10	(16.10 - 17.00)	Buzzard	3
05/10	"	Chiffchaff	1
05/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
05/10	"	Swallow	c20
05/10	"	House Martin	1
05/10	"	Kestrel	1
05/10	Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	2
~
Saturday	Showers & Sunny Int.	Cold SW. Wind
04/10	Newtown NR	WHOOPER SWAN	3	(2ad, 1imm. Clamerkin Lake till flew N.@8.16)
04/10	(8.00 - 10.30)	Teal	c100
04/10	"	Knot	8
04/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c85
04/10	"	Dunlin	c100
04/10	"	Turnstone	14
04/10	"	Common Tern	2
04/10	"	Sandwich Tern	3
04/10	"	Wigeon	1	(Scrape)
04/10	"	Brent Geese	2
04/10	"	Greenshank	1
04/10	"	Grey Plover	c20
04/10	"	Golden Plover	1
Reported	"	Merlin	1f	over W. Spit (Bob G.)
~
Friday	Sunny Int.	Cold NW. Wind
03/10	Bembridge Harbour	Rock Pipit	3
03/10	(8.00 - 8.15)	Teal	c60	(10 Harbour, c50 from Bridge)
03/10	"	Kingfisher	2	(1 in harbour, 1 from Bridge)
03/10	"	Wheatear	1	(On roof of Flats)
03/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	7
~
03/10	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
03/10	(8.20 - 9.15)	Teal	15
03/10	"	Kingfisher	1
03/10	"	Little Grebe	12
03/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
03/10	"	Jay	2
~
03/10	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	4	(Flying over)
03/10	(10.15 - 10.45)	Green Woodpecker	1
03/10	"	Jay	1
~
03/10	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
03/10	(16.45 - 17.30)	Little Egret	2
03/10	"	Heron	1
03/10	"	Little Grebe	7
03/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c30	(Feral flock)
03/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	4	(On Springvale beach)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	W/NW. Wind
02/10	Culver Down	Stonechat	4
02/10	(7.50 - 8.45)	Skylark	3
02/10	"	Stonechat	4f
02/10	"	Goldfinch	8
02/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
02/10	"	Linnet	c20
02/10	"	Kestrel	2
Reported	"	Hobby	2	Picture here by (Stu)
~
02/10	Brading/Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
02/10	(8.50 - 10.10)	Buzzard	1
02/10	"	Chiffchaff	2
02/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
02/10	"	Kestrel	2
~
Wednesday	Showers, Sunny Int	Brisk SW. Wind
01/10	Ryde Esplanade	Great-crested Grebe	1
01/10	(11.00)	Sanderling	c160
01/10	"	Ringed Plover	8
01/10	"	Sandwich Tern	10
~

SEPTEMBER 2008: Click for monthly species lists, September total = 120

Tuesday	Showers	SW. Wind
30/09	Lane End	Pied Wagtail	c15
30/09	(11.00)	Gannet	2W
30/09	"	House Martin	c20
30/09	"	Cormorant	10
~
Monday	Sunny Int.
29/09	Laundry Lane	Whinchat	1
29/09	(8.15 - 9.50)	Swallow	c30
29/09	"	House Martin	2
29/09	"	Wheatear	1	(On roof of Bishop's House)
29/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
29/09	"	Buzzard	1
29/09	"	Kestrel	1
29/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	c25	(Cattle field)
29/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c40
29/09	"	Skylark	4
29/09	"	Snipe	1
29/09	"	Reed Bunting	4
29/09	"	Stonechat	1f
29/09	Brading Sewage Wks	Grey Wagtail	3
29/09	"	Blackcap	2m
~
Sunday	Foggy to Sunny Int.
28/09	West High Down, Totland	Tree Pipit	1	(Headon Warren, landed on ground)
28/09	(7.35 - 11.30)	Siskin	c7	(Over calling, and 2 in a tree)
28/09	-IWOG Walk	Garden Warbler	1
28/09	"	Chiffchaff	c15
28/09	"	Redstart	1	(Very pale)
28/09	"	Stonechat	c20
28/09	"	Blackcap	3
28/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c30
28/09	"	Goldfinch	c20
28/09	"	Yellowhammer	1
28/09	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
28/09	"	Swallow	80+	(Streaming E)
28/09	"	Dartford Warbler	2
28/09	"	Raven	2
Reported	"	Firecrest	1	Redpoll, Ring Ouzel, Spotted FC (Kris G/James G.)
~
28/09	St. Catherine's Pt.	Osprey	1	(W. past Lighthouse then NW @16.44)
28/09	(15.35 - 17.10)	Stonechat	8
28/09	-no sign of Wryneck	Dunnock	6
28/09	"	Buzzard	1
28/09	"	Kestrel	2
Reported	"	Wryneck	1	by fence at Knowles Farm @10.00 ("Crows" N/W)
~
Saturday	Fine Sunny	after foggy start
27/09	Luccombe Down	Stonechat	2m,1f
27/09	(8.20 - 10.30)	Kestrel	3
27/09	-no sign of Wryneck	Dartford Warbler	1
27/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
27/09	"	Swallow	c50
27/09	"	Goldfinch	c40
27/09	"	Whitethroat	1
27/09	"	Blackcap	3
27/09	"	Chiffchaff	10+
27/09	"	Goldcrest	1
~
27/09	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
27/09	(16.15 - 17.00)	Little Egret	2	(+3 on beach)
27/09	"	Heron	1
27/09	"	Stonechat	1m
27/09	"	Water Rail	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
27/09	"	Little Grebe	6
27/09	"	Teal	2
27/09	"	Barnacle Geese	c50	(Feral flock)
27/09	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral/Esc.)
~
Friday	Fine Sunny	E. Wind
26/09	Culver Down	Whinchat	1	(S. of Fort)
26/09	(8.00 - 9.05)	Redstart	1m
26/09	"	Stonechat	1m,2f
26/09	"	Whitethroat	1
26/09	"	Goldfinch	c50
26/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
26/09	"	Linnet	c200
26/09	"	Buzzard	2
~
Reported	Lucombe Down	WRYNECK	1	Compound SW of Car Park. (Ventnor Group)
~
Thursday	Overcast to Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
25/09	Bembridge Harbour	SNIPE	1
25/09	(8.10 - 8.35)	Little Egret	5
25/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	12+
25/09	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
25/09	Lane End	COMMON SCOTER	2W	(@8.55)
25/09	(8.50 - 9.05)	Gannet	1E
25/09	"	Shag	1
25/09	"	Cormorant	15
25/09	"	Rock Pipit	4
~
25/09	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
25/09	(9.15 - 9.50)	Little Grebe	6
25/09	"	Kingfisher	1
25/09	"	Teal	12
25/09	"	Grey Wagtail	3
~
25/09	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
25/09	(18.00)	Little Egret	3	(1 in reserve and 2 on beach)
25/09	-Hide locked!	Heron	1
25/09	"	Teal	1
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Showers	NE Wind
24/09	Newtown NR	WIGEON	1
24/09	(9.50 - 12.30)	Knot	1
24/09	"	Golden Plover	6	(from Boathouse)
24/09	"	Brent Geese	3
24/09	"	Shelduck	4	(3ad. 1 juv.)
24/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
24/09	"	Sandwich Tern	3
24/09	"	Dunlin	c50
24/09	"	Turnstone	c12
Reported	recent text messages	Curlew Sandpiper	1juv	by E. Hide (Bob G.)
"	"	Ruff	2	Main Marsh (via Bob G.)
~
Tuesday	Clouds and Sunny Int.	NE Wind
23/09	Ryde E. Sands	BRENT GEESE	30	(W. of Pier)
23/09	(8.05)	Ringed Plover	53
23/09	"	Sanderling	c100
23/09	"	Sandwich Tern	4
23/09	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	1
23/09	(8.30)	Stock Dove	2
~
Monday	Sunny Int.
22/09	Culver Down	RING OUZEL	1	(S. of Fort)
22/09	(7.45 - 9.10)	Stonechat	2f
22/09	"	Siskin	c16	(over to E.)
22/09	"	Whitethroat	3
22/09	"	Kestrel	2
22/09	"	Blackcap	3m
~
22/09	Newtown Hide	Greenshank	3
22/09	(14.15)	Little Egret	3
22/09	"	Teal	c10	(Cassey Bridge)
22/09	"	Redshank	1
22/09	"	Swallow	c15
~
22/09	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	1
22/09	(14.40 - 15.45)	Common Tern	1
22/09	"	Teal	c30	(Mostly at Ponds)
22/09	"	Redshank	1
22/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	39
22/09	"	Swallow	5
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny	NE. Wind
21/09	Luccombe Down	Honey Buzzard	1	(With Common Buzzard 11.15)
21/09	(10.20 - 11.40)	Buzzard	6+
21/09	"	Wheatear	c3
21/09	"	Kestrel	6
21/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	1+	(Over)
Reported	"	Ring Ouzel	1	(Ventnor Group)
~
Reported	West High Down	SHORT-EARED OWL	1	(Dave W.)
~
21/09	Laundry Lane, Brading	Whitethroat	2
21/09	(16.00 - 17.00)	Spotted Flycatcher	1
21/09	"	Blackcap	1m
21/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
21/09	"	Swallow	c10
~
Tues to Sat	MAINLAND TRIP	Keyhaven, Hants		Forest of Dean, Glos. & Watford
Sat 20th.	Stocker's Lake, Herts.	HONEY BUZZARD	1	3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Shoveler, Kingfisher.
Frid 19th	Symond's Yat, Glos.	Cormorant	8	Nuthatch, Pheasant & 12 Fallow Deer.
Thurs 18th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	1	2 Raven, 100+ House Martin, Blackcap.
"	Eastbach, Lydbrook	Red-legged Partridge	1
Wed 17th	Cannop Ponds	Mandarin	4	Muscovy Duck, Marsh Tit, Kingfisher.
"	Linear Park, Cinderford	Tufted Duck	2	25 Pied Wagtail, Black-headed Gull.
Tues 16th	Slimbridge WWT	Spotted Redshank	2	8 Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Snow Goose.
"	Keyhaven Marsh	CURLEW SANDPIPER	1	Dartford Warbler, Whinchat, Spotted Redshank, 4 Knot.
"	Lymington River	Eider	2	2 Brent Geese.
Monday	Sunny Intervals	NE-E. Wind
15/09	Fishbourne Beach	Sandwich Tern	2
15/09	(7.10 - 8.50)	Common Tern	6
15/09	"	Redshank	30	(New Road)
~
15/09	Luccombe Down	MERLIN	1	(Distant over Shanklin Down)
15/09	(10.50 - 11.40)	Spotted Flycatcher	1
15/09	"	Dartford Warbler	1
15/09	"	Buzzard	c8
15/09	"	Kestrel	6
15/09	"	Raven	4
15/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	c10	(Over)
15/09	"	Swallow	c80
15/09	"	Sand Martin	4
15/09	"	House Martin	c10
Reported	"	Ring Ouzel	3	and 3 Grasshopper Warbler (see Kris's website)
~
Sunday	Overcast	NW Wind
14/09	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	3
14/09	(8.00)	Pheasant	5
~
14/09	Dungewood Lane	Whinchat (?)	2	(on distant bush so not 100% certain)
14/09	(8.15 - 9.30)	Yellowhammer	c10
14/09	"	Whitethroat	1
14/09	"	Chiffchaff	4
14/09	"	Skylark	2
14/09	"	Linnet	c40
14/09	"	Pheasant	14
14/09	"	Buzzard	1
14/09	"	Kestrel	2
14/09	"	Meadow Pipit	1
14/09	"	Goldfinch	1
14/09	"	Greenfinch	c10
14/09	"	House Martin	c30
14/09	"	Sand Martin	2
14/09	"	Swallow	c50
~
14/09	Gore Cliff	Sparrowhawk	1
14/09	(9.50 - 10.30)	Swallow	c50
14/09	"	Buzzard	3
14/09	"	Little Owl	1	(Imm.)
14/09	"	Wheatear	1m
14/09	"	Stock Dove	3
14/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
14/09	Brading Marsh	Whinchat	2-3	(From old seawall)
14/09	(15.25 - 16.50)	Swallow	c20
14/09	"	Buzzard	3
14/09	"	Kestrel	2
14/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	1
14/09	Laundry Lane	Sparrowhawk	1
14/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
14/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
14/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	3+	(With cattle)
~
Saturday	Foggy to Sunny Int.	NW Wind
13/09	West High Down, Totland	Tree Pipit	2+	(Over, 1 landed in a tree)
13/09	(7.35 - 10.40)	Siskin	20	(Over calling)
13/09	"	Willow/Chiffs	c15
13/09	"	Redstart	1f
13/09	"	Whitethroat	4
13/09	"	Peregrine	1	(On clifftop)
13/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
13/09	"	Wheatear	11	(Mostly on the S. Cliffs)
13/09	"	Stonechat	10	(2 family groups above Alum Bay, 3 by Beacon)
13/09	"	Blackcap	1f
13/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
13/09	"	Goldfinch	6
13/09	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1f
13/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	4	(3 over 1 on grass)
13/09	"	Swallow	100's	(Streaming over all morning)
13/09	"	Dartford Warbler	3
13/09	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	6
~
13/09	Culver Down	Wheatear	3	(W. of Fort)
13/09	(14.40 - 15.30)	Swallow	c20
13/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	3	(around cattle)
13/09	"	Buzzard	4
13/09	"	Kestrel	3
13/09	"	Skylark	1
13/09	"	Blackcap	1m
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	Thundery Showers		NW. Wind
12/09	Brading Marsh	Sedge Warbler	1
12/09	(7.55 - 9.15)	Chiffchaff	c6
12/09	"	Whitethroat	3
12/09	"	Swan	2	(Cygnets with a dead adult by bridge)
12/09	"	Blackcap	4	(1m,3f/juv
12/09	"	Swallow	c100	(Streaming through)
12/09	"	Sand Martin	2
12/09	"	House Martin	1
12/09	Centurion's Copse	Reed Bunting	1f
12/09	"	Linnet	c40
~
12/09	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	5	(around Dew Pond etc.)
12/09	(10.50 - 12.40)	Willow/Chiffs	c15
12/09	"	Siskin	10+	(Over calling)
12/09	"	Buzzard	4
12/09	"	Kestrel	4
12/09	"	Raven	4
12/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
12/09	"	Swallow	c80
12/09	"	Sand Martin	4
12/09	"	House Martin	c10
Reported	"	Grasshopper Warbler	3	and 3 Dartford Warbler (Ventnor Group)
~
12/09	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Out at 19.37)
12/09	(19.00 - 20.00)	Canada Geese	c100	(Over)
~
Thursday	Showers, Brighter Later
11/09	Ryde E. Sands	Dunlin	2
11/09	(8.05)	Ringed Plover	60
11/09	"	Turnstone	1
11/09	"	Common Tern	1
11/09	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	3
11/09	(8.20)	Sand Martin	3	(Over S.)
~
11/09	Shide to Blackwater FP	Chiffchaff	4
11/09	(10.20 -11.40)	Goldcrest	c6	(2 seen, others heard)
11/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	1
11/09	"	Grey Wagtail	1f
11/09	"	Long-tailed Tit	c10
~
11/09	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Kingfisher	1
11/09	(14.55 - 17.35)	Grey Plover	1
11/09	"	Teal	c30	(Mostly at Rofford Marsh)
11/09	"	Dunlin	1
11/09	"	Redshank	9
11/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	51
11/09	"	Peregrine	1	(Chasing Wood Pigeons)
11/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
11/09	"	Canada Geese	c350
11/09	"	Greylag Goose	1
11/09	"	Little Egret	3
11/09	"	Swallow	c6
11/09	"	House Martin	c10
~
Wednesday	Cloudy, Showers	SW Wind
10/09	Bembridge & Culver Downs	Whitethroat	1
10/09	(7.35)	Swallow	c30
10/09	"	Raven	1
10/09	"	Buzzard	5
10/09	"	Kestrel	2
10/09	"	Stock Dove	18	(Set-aside field)
~
10/09	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
10/09	(9.00)	Swallow	c20
10/09	"	Blackcap	1	(Heard)
10/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
10/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
10/09	Newtown NR	Osprey	2
10/09	(13.45 - 16.30)	Grey Plover	c20
10/09	"	Greenshank	2
10/09	"	Ringed Plover	6
10/09	"	Dunlin	c50
10/09	"	Redshank	40
10/09	"	Turnstone	8
10/09	"	Wheatear	2f
10/09	"	Common Tern	4
10/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1
10/09	"	Little Egret	6
10/09	"	Swallow	c20
10/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	2	(By main hide behind Tamarisk)
Reported	"	Osprey Fishing	2	between Mon & Wed (Picture by Rob W.)
~
Tuesday	Showers, Cloudy
09/09	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	3
09/09	(9.05)	Ringed Plover	50
09/09	"	Curlew	4
09/09	"	Oystercatcher	16
09/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1
~
09/09	Firestone Copse	Chiffchaff	1
09/09	(11.20)	Goldcrest	c8	(Heard)
09/09	"	Buzzard	2
09/09	"	Little Egret	3
09/09	"	Heron	1
09/09	"	Crossbill	1	(Heard)
~
Monday	Sunny Int.	W Wind
08/09	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	c8	(around car park etc.)
08/09	(7.20 - 11.45)	Crossbill	4	(Over calling)
08/09	"	Willow/Chiffs	c20
08/09	"	Redstart	3
08/09	"	Tree Pipit	10+
08/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
08/09	"	Siskin	3+	(Over calling)
08/09	"	Whinchat	1
08/09	"	Linnet	c15
08/09	"	Hobby	1juv.
08/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
08/09	"	Buzzard	2
08/09	"	Raven	2
08/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
08/09	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
08/09	"	Swallow	c200
08/09	"	Sand Martin	c10
08/09	"	House Martin	c50
~
08/09	Lane End, Bembridge	Shag	2-3
08/09	(16.15 - 16.50)	Cormorant	1
08/09	"	Rock Pipit	9	(Beach)
08/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
08/09	"	Common Tern	1
08/09	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
Sunday	Overcast	NW Wind
07/09	Luccombe/Shanklin Dns	Wheatear	c15	(around car park etc.)
07/09	(7.10 - 11.30)	prob. Crossbill	3	(Over calling)
07/09	- IWOG Walk	Willow/Chiffs	c10
07/09	"	Redstart	3+	(Shanklin Down, E. Slope)
07/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1f	(Looked big but sadly not a Goshawk)
07/09	"	Buzzard	5
07/09	"	Raven	3
07/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
07/09	"	Goldfinch	c20
07/09	"	Green Woodpecker	2
07/09	"	Swift	2
07/09	"	Swallow	c40
07/09	"	Sand Martin	8
07/09	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2	(Over Nansen Hill)
~
07/09	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
07/09	(15.40 - 17.10)	Swallow	c20
07/09	"	Buzzard	6
07/09	"	Kestrel	2
07/09	"	Lapwing	2
07/09	"	Greylag Geese	2	(Feral, with Canada Geese)
07/09	"	Cormorant	16
07/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
Reported	"	Hobby	1	and c30 Yellow Wagtail with cattle (Ventnor Group)
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Showers	Strong SW Wind
06/09	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sand Martin	5
06/09	(8.30)	Swallow	2
06/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1juv.
06/09	"	Mallard	4	(A very low count, look at this head pattern )
~
06/09	Culver Down	Blackcap	1m,1f
06/09	(9.00)	Swallow	6
06/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1juv.
06/09	"	Wheatear	1f
~
Friday	Wet	Strong S-SE. Wind
05/09	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Gannet	15	(2W, 13E)
05/09	(8.10 - 9.05)	Fulmar	4W
~
Thursday	Showers	Increasing SW. Wind
04/09	"La Falaise", Ventnor	SOOTY SHEARWATER	1W	(Medium distance @ 8.40)
04/09	(7.55 - 9.00)	Gannet	12	(10E,2W)
04/09	"	Fulmar	5	(4W, 1E)
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Pied Flycatcher	1	and 5+ Spotted FC in Tamarisk by hide (Elaine R.)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.	W-SW. Wind
03/09	Newtown NR	Dunlin	c120
03/09	(7.15 - 10.15)	Grey Plover	15
03/09	"	Greenshank	2
03/09	"	Ringed Plover	c40
03/09	"	Redshank	2
03/09	"	Turnstone	4
03/09	"	Common Tern	4
03/09	"	Sandwich Tern	2
03/09	"	Little Egret	8
03/09	"	Teal	26	(Causeway Lake)
03/09	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Scrape)
03/09	"	Swallow	c15
03/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
03/09	"	Willow Warbler	3
03/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	3
Mammal	"	Fox	1	in old factory yard, Town Copse
~
Tuesday	Rain to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
02/09	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	1
02/09	(7.50 - 8.10)	Ringed Plover	31
02/09	"	Curlew	10
02/09	"	Oystercatcher	6
02/09	"	Gannet	1W	(Out in Solent)
02/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
02/09	"	Common Tern	9
02/09	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
02/09	Brading Sewage Wks.	Chiffchaff	1
02/09	(11.35 - 12.30)	Swallow	c20
02/09	"	Whitethroat	1
02/09	"	Blackcap	2	(1m,1f)
02/09	"	Grey Wagtail	2	(Filter beds)
02/09	Laundry Lane	Whitethroat	3+
02/09	"	Blackcap	2	(1m,1f)
02/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
02/09	Hersey NR	Kingfisher	1
02/09	(14.25 - 15.05)	Little Grebe	5
02/09	"	Heron	1
02/09	"	Oystercatcher	14
02/09	Beach	Wheatear	2
02/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
02/09	"	Gannet	1E	(Out in Solent)
~
02/09	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	4f
02/09	(15.20 - 15.45)	Little Grebe	5
02/09	"	Green Sandpiper	1	(Heard near causeway)
02/09	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Feral)
02/09	"	Greenshank	1
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
01/09	Hersey NR	Water Rail	3	(1 imm.)
01/09	(7.00 - 9.30)	Little Grebe	5
01/09	no sign of Little Crake	Heron	2
01/09	2 more visits till 19.40	Shoveler	1
01/09	"	Greenshank	1
01/09	"	Oystercatcher	11
01/09	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral)
01/09	"	Snow Geese	2	(Feral)
01/09	Beach	Common Tern	1
01/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
~
01/09	Brading Sewage Wks.	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
01/09	(16.30 - 17.10)	Swallow	c15
01/09	Brading Marsh	Yellow Wagtail	3+	(With cattle)
01/09	"	Reed Bunting	1m
01/09	"	Sand Martin	1
~

AUGUST 2008: Click for monthly species lists, August total = 115

Sunday	Cloudy, Showers	Light E. Wind
31/08	West High Down	Crossbill	c17	(Flocks of 4,12 and 1 over)
31/08	(8.05 - 11.30)	Redstart	5	(Including a lovely male)
31/08	IWOG Walk	Whinchat	1
31/08	"	Stonechat	3	(m / f / juv)
31/08	"	Dartford Warbler	1
31/08	"	Tree Pipit	2+	(Over)
31/08	"	Meadow Pipit	c6
31/08	"	Wheatear	14	(S. Cliffs / downs)
31/08	"	Garden Warbler	2
31/08	"	Yellow Wagtail	c50	(flocks of 32, 18, 1)
31/08	"	Whitethroat	4
31/08	"	Lesser Whitethroat	3
~
Reported	Hersey NR	CRAKE Sp.	1	possible Little Crake @19.00, back of centre channel
(Graham S.)
Saturday	Sunny Int.	E-SE. Wind
30/08	Newtown NR	Dunlin	25
30/08	(14.10 - 18.15)	Grey Plover	2
30/08	"	Whimbrel	1
30/08	"	Ringed Plover	32
30/08	"	Greenshank	1
30/08	"	Redshank	c25
30/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c20
30/08	"	Turnstone	4
30/08	"	Osprey	1
30/08	"	Common Tern	1
30/08	"	Wheatear	1
Reported	(Earlier today)	Black Tern	3	2 Osprey (Bob G.)
~
Friday	Overcast
29/08	St. Catherines Pt.	Gannet	8
29/08	(7.35 - 9.00)	Swallow	c200
29/08	"	House Martin	c50
29/08	"	Sand Martin	4+
29/08	"	Fulmar	2
29/08	"	Yellow Wagtail	2	(With cattle)
~
29/08	Luccombe/Shanklin Dns	Spotted Flycatcher	1
29/08	(9.15 - 11.35)	CROSSBILL	10	(Over in small flocks, more reported)
29/08	"	TREE PIPIT	2
29/08	"	Willow/Chiffs	c10
29/08	"	Buzzard	3
29/08	"	Raven	1
29/08	"	Wheatear	1
29/08	"	Green Woodpecker	2
29/08	"	Swallow	c50
29/08	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard @ far end of Nansen Hill)
~
29/08	RSBP Dynamite Pool	Ruff	1
29/08	(17.15 -19.30)	GARGANEY	1m	(In Eclipse plumage)
29/08	with GS, CM & KG	Osprey	1	(Seen from St. Helens Bridge, then by pool with a fish)
29/08	"	GADWALL	3
29/08	"	Green Sandpiper	1
29/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
29/08	"	Shoveler	c30
29/08	"	Teal	c15
29/08	"	Cormorant	c10	(In tree by river)
29/08	"	Yellow Wagtail	c30	(Over)
29/08	"	Heron	2
29/08	"	Little Egret	1
29/08	"	Stock Dove	4
29/08	"	Swallow	c50
29/08	"	Swift	5
~
Reported	Newtown NR	poss. PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER	1	from E. Hide on Tues, but reported Wed. (Dave W.)
~
Sat to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos.
Thur 28th.	Slimbridge WWT	Green Sandpiper	2	1 Ruff, c10 Curlew. c50 Black-tailed Godwit.
"	Frampton Flashes	Ruff	3	3 Green SP, 6 Wigeon, ,1 Lessr WhThrt.
Wed 27th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	1m	2 Raven, 1 Buzzard.
Tues 26th	Coombe Hill Meadows	Wood Sandpiper	1	2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green SP. 2 Wheatear, 2 L.Egret
"	Kerne Bridge, Goodrich	Yellow Wagtail	3+	5 Pied Wagtail
Mon 26th	Cannop Ponds	Dipper	1m	7 Mandarin 1 Spotted FC,
Sun 24th	Farlington Marsh	Common Sandpiper	3	8 Shoveller, 5 Teal
"	Slimbridge WWT	Spotted Redshank	1	1 Ruff 1 Common Tern.
"	Frampton Flashes	WOOD SANDPIPER	1	2 Greenshank, 7 Snipe, 2 Sand Martin
"	Symond's Yat, Glos.	Peregrine	2	2 Nuthatch, 7 Cormorant, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
~
Sunday	Wet a.m	Fresh SW. Wind
Reported	St. Catherines Point	SOOTY SHEARWATER	1W	fairly close, Arctic Skua 3W, Kittewake 5W.
(Graham S.)	RSPB Dynamite Pond	GARGANEY	1f/juv.	Spotted FC 5, Redstart 2, Garden Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail 1 (over)
~
Reported	Yarmouth, Thorley	Osprey	1S.	@ c11.00, Bk-t Godwit 69, Dunlin 5, Greenshank 1, Kingfisher 2, Tree Pipit 1 (Over)
(Chris M.)	Brading Marsh RSPB	Marsh Harrier	2f/juv.	16.00-17.00, Hobby 2, Green SP 1, Snipe 3.
~
Saturday	Fine Sunny
23/08	Brading Sewage Wks.	Spotted Flycatcher	2+	(On wires, bushes)
23/08	(8.03 - 8.25)	Grey Wagtail	2 juv.
23/08	"	Whitethroat	1juv
23/08	"	Blackcap	1m
23/08	"	Swallow	20
23/08	"	Sand Martin	2
~
23/08	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sedge Warbler	3
23/08	(8.35)	Swallow	10
23/08	"	House Martin	2
~
23/08	Luccombe/Shanklin Dns	Spotted Flycatcher	5+	(S. Slope of Shanklin Down)
23/08	(9.15 - 11.35)	Redstart	3	(1m, 2f/juv)
23/08	"	Willow Warbler	c10
23/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1
23/08	"	Buzzard	14	(10 soaring together!)
23/08	"	Raven	3
23/08	"	Wheatear	6
23/08	"	Green Woodpecker	2
23/08	"	Swallow	c30
23/08	"	Sand Martin	2
23/08	"	Swift	1
~
Friday	Wet to Sunny Int.	NW Wind
22/08	Lane End, Bembridge	Rock Pipit	3	(On Lifeboat Stn. pier)
22/08	(15.45)	Shag	1
~
22/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,6f
22/08	(16.15)	Little Egret	1
22/08	"	Greenshank	2
22/08	"	Little Grebe	5
22/08	Bembridge Harbour	Little Egret	26
~
22/08	RSBP Dynamite Pool	Ruff	1
22/08	(17.10 -19.15 with GS.)	Green Sandpiper	1
22/08	"	Common Sandpiper	3
22/08	"	Greenshank	2
22/08	"	Shoveler	11
22/08	"	Teal	c15
22/08	"	Canada Geese	101
22/08	"	Cormorant	23
22/08	"	Heron	7
22/08	"	Little Egret	15
22/08	"	Stock Dove	7
22/08	"	Swallow	c50
22/08	"	Swift	1
~
Reported	Luccombe Down	PIED FLYCATCHER	1	Spotted FC, Redstart, L. Whitethroat etc. (Ventnor Grp.)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int. &	Showers
21/08	Shanklin Old Church Pond	Swift	9	(Feeding, thought they'd all left!)
21/08	(7.30 - 8.10)	Muscovy	1	(Have the others been removed?)
21/08	"	Moorhen	7
21/08	"	Goldcrest	3+	(Heard)
~
21/08	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	3	(2ad,1juv on filter beds)
21/08	(9.20 - 10.00)	Pied Wagtail	3
21/08	"	x-Sparrowhawk	1	(a dead one on the path)
21/08	"	Meadow Pipit	3
21/08	"	Swallow	4
21/08	"	Goldfinch	4
21/08	"	Greenfinch	5
21/08	"	Goldfinch	4
21/08	"	Chaffinch	3
21/08	"	Chiffchaff	1
~
21/08	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	2	(on filter beds)
21/08	(18.50 - 20.10)	Whitethroat	3
21/08	"	Sedge Warbler	1
21/08	"	Swift	1
21/08	"	Swallow	c12
21/08	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
21/08	"	Water Rail	1	"
21/08	"	Moorhen	1ad,2juv
21/08	"	Buzzard	1	(On bush)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int, Showers	SW. Wind
20/08	Newtown NR	Dunlin	72
20/08	(8.50 - 11.00)	Grey Plover	13
20/08	"	Whimbrel	1
20/08	"	Ringed Plover	38
20/08	"	Greenshank	1
20/08	"	Redshank	3
20/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
20/08	"	Turnstone	2
20/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
20/08	"	Common Tern	5
20/08	"	Linnet	4
~
Tuesday	Cloudy, Sunny Int.	Gusty SW. Wind
19/08	St. Helens Bridge	Swift	3S.
19/08	Bembridge Ponds	Kingfisher	1m
19/08	(8.15 - 9.15)	Common Sandpiper	3-4	(1 Lagoon, then 3 on Causeway)
19/08	"	Greenshank	2	(Lagoon)
19/08	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
19/08	"	Little Grebe	4
19/08	"	Reed Warbler	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
~
19/08	Brading Marsh	Sand Martin	2
19/08	(9.35 - 10.10)	Stock Dove	1
19/08	"	Blackcap	1	(Heard)
19/08	"	Swallow	2
19/08	"	Kestrel	1
19/08	"	Reed Warbler	1
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(Bob G.)
~
Monday	Showers, Sunny Int.	S. Wind
18/08	Ryde E. Sands	Bar-tailed Godwit	22	(a good count, some in summer plumage,
18/08	(8.10)	Sanderling	30	-both species far out on Sandbank)
18/08	"	Ringed Plover	4
18/08	"	Curlew	13
18/08	"	Oystercatcher	12
~
18/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
18/08	(14.00 -14.30)	Little Grebe	4
18/08	"	Heron	1
18/08	"	Kestrel	1m
18/08	"	Oystercatcher	5
18/08	Solent	Common Tern	3
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals
17/08	Fishboune Beach (WeBS)	Redshank	9
17/08	(7.20 - 8.30)	Curlew	15
17/08	"	Common Tern	31	(Fishing off Creek entrance)
17/08	"	Sandwich Tern	1
17/08	"	Swan	8	(By ferry terminal)
17/08	"	Cormorant	11
17/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
17/08	"	Cetti's Warbler	1juv	(In bushes by Quarr ponds)
17/08	"	Reed Warbler	1	(In reedbed, Quarr ponds)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	Marsh Harrier	1f	Photographed by (Dave T.)
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Sunny Int.	Brisk SW. Wind
16/08	West High Down	poss. BARRED WARBLER	1f/juv	(flushed from path near car park at 7.52)
16/08	(7.50 - 10.20)	Redstart	1f
16/08	"	Whinchat	1	(Alum Bay to Needles)
16/08	"	Stonechat	1m,1juv	"
16/08	"	Wheatear	13	(along S. Cliffs)
16/08	"	Raven	3	"
16/08	"	Shag	7	(6 on Old Pepper Rock)
16/08	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3	(1 near cliffs may be a migrant)
16/08	"	Sparrowhawk	2	(Mobbed by Kestrel and small birds)
16/08	"	Whitethroat	1ad,1juv.
~
16/08	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	104
16/08	(10.35 - 11.25)	Sparrowhawk	1	(All the Godwits went up)
16/08	"	Greenshank	1
16/08	"	Lapwing	2
16/08	"	Curlew	5
16/08	"	Whitethroat	1
16/08	"	Little Egret	2
~
Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	Crossbill	13	6E@7.30, 7W@8.25, also 3 Whinchat, 11 Wheatear.
(Graham S.)	@"Dynamite Pool"	Ruff	1juv.	Green & Common SP, Whimbrel, 6 Shoveler
~
Friday	Fine Sunny
15/08	Ryde E. Sands	Little Egret	2
15/08	(7.15)	Curlew	21
15/08	"	Oystercatcher	10
15/08	"	Ringed Plover	5
15/08	Canoe Lake	Swan	2	(With Orange Rings L.Leg "D 3 F" & "T L J" again)
~
15/08	Culver Down	Redstart	2f/juv
15/08	(7.45 - 9.10)	Spotted Flycatcher	2+
15/08	"	Willow Warbler	4+
15/08	"	Whitethroat	6	(Bushes)
15/08	"	Wheatear	1f
~
15/08	Luccombe Down	Redstart	1f/juv
15/08	(19.15 - 20.30)	Swift	3	(over moving S.)
15/08	"	Wheatear	1
~
Reported	Fort Victoria	Storm Petrel	1	inside Sconce Buoy @16.40 (Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int. &	Torrential Showers
14/08	Ryde E. Sands	Common Tern	17	(W. out in Solent)
14/08	(7.15)	Curlew	16
14/08	"	Oystercatcher	11
14/08	"	Little Egret	13
~
14/08	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	38	(2 with White Rings)
14/08	(7.45 - 8.30)	Little Egret	3
14/08	Duver	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Bushes)
14/08	"	Wheatear	3f/juv
14/08	"	Whitethroat	2	(Bushes)
14/08	"	Pied Wagtail	5	(3 juv.)
14/08	"	Starling	c10
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.	Strong gusty SW. Wind
13/08	Brading Sewage Wks.	Bullfinch	1m,1f	(Just S. of S. Wks.)
13/08	(8.15 - 9.15)	Willow Warbler	1	"
13/08	"	Blackcap	2	(Heard)
13/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1m
13/08	Laundry Lane	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	1	(My 1st. on the IOW this year!)
13/08	"	Whitethroat	1
13/08	"	Swallow	c10
13/08	"	Kestrel	1
13/08	"	Swift	2
13/08	"	Robin	4
~
13/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	4m,6f
13/08	(9.30 - 10.00)	Little Egret	3
13/08	"	Greenshank	2
13/08	"	Little Grebe	2
Moth	"	Garden Tiger	1	and Meadow Brown BFs.
~
13/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	3
13/08	(18.10 -19.30)	Water Rail	2,1juv	(Back, and LH of centre channel, +far end RHS)
13/08	"	Little Grebe	7
13/08	"	Little Egret	1
13/08	"	Greenshank	2
13/08	"	Stock Dove	4
13/08	"	Swift	7	(All moving S.)
13/08	Solent	Gannet	1W
13/08	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Along Beach)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Showers
12/08	Ryde E. Sands	Dunlin	1
12/08	(7.20)	Sanderling	1
12/08	"	Ringed Plover	14
12/08	"	Oystercatcher	1
12/08	"	Sandwich Tern	3
12/08	Canoe Lake	Swan	1	(With Orange Ring L.Leg "T L J")
12/08	"	Little Egret	6	(+1 on Appley Beach)
~
12/08	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	10+	(Over to N.)
12/08	(7.40)	Stock Dove	3
~
12/08	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	2juv
12/08	(8.40)	Long-tailed Tit	c10
~
12/08	Binstead	Swift	2	(Over NE @ 18.00)
~
Monday	Cloudy Bright Int.	SW Wind
11/08	Culver Down	Wheatear	1juv	(Cliff Edge, just E. of Redcliff/Whitecliff boundry)
11/08	(7.45 - 8.30)	Kestrel	3
11/08	"	Buzzard	1
11/08	"	Swallow	c20
11/08	"	Sand Martin	1
~
11/08	Sandown Canoe Lake	Little Grebe	4
11/08	(8.40 - 9.05)	Swan	5	(2ad, 3cyg.)
11/08	"	Wheatear	1	(Seawall by Dino Mus.)
~
11/08	Brading Marsh	Whitethroat	2
11/08	(9.15 - 10.15)	Kestrel	1
11/08	"	Blackcap	1f/juv
11/08	"	Swallow	c15
11/08	"	Sand Martin	1
~
11/08	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1	(N of lane at 21.20 in the gloom)
11/08	(8.45 - 9.25)	Little Owl	1	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk W. Wind
10/08	Newtown NR	Dunlin	c80
10/08	(7.50 - 10.40)	Grey Plover	4
10/08	-no sign of Green SP	Ringed Plover	c25
10/08	"	Greenshank	3
10/08	"	Redshank	2
10/08	"	Peregrine	1
10/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	24
10/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
10/08	"	Sandwich Tern	3
10/08	"	Common Tern	c15
10/08	"	Gannet	3	(Out in Solent)
10/08	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Heard lane and meadow)
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Sunny Int.	Brisk SW. Wind
09/08	St. Catherines Point	Gannet	10	(7W, 1E, 2 on sea and fishing offshore)
09/08	(7.15 - 8.40)	Greater Black-backed Gull	3W
09/08	"	Wheatear	2	(on wall by Knowles Farm)
~
09/08	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Wheatear	1
09/08	(8.45 - 9.15)	Fulmar	2	(Along cliff)
09/08	"	Stock Dove	5
~
Reported	Newtown NR (Main Hide)	Green Sandpiper	4	in Scrape a.m. (Bob G.)
~
Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
08/08	Dodnor to Werrar	Common Sandpiper	5	(Werrar along waters edge)
08/08	(8.30 - 10.10)	Curlew	12
08/08	"	Whimbrel	1-2
08/08	"	Skylark	2
08/08	"	Red-legged Partridge	2	(Werrar)
08/08	"	Linnet	2	"
08/08	"	Bullfinch	1-2	(Study centre grounds)
08/08	"	Whitethroat	1juv.
08/08	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard @ Dodnor pond)
08/08	"	Little Egret	6
~
Thursday	O/cast to Sunny Int.
07/08	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	c50
07/08	(7.45 - 8.20)	SNIPE	1	(Over to S. @ 7.53)
07/08	Duver	Pied Wagtail	7	(Mostly juv.)
07/08	"	Starling	c40
07/08	"	Kestrel	2
07/08	"	Robin	5
~
07/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	3m,4f
07/08	(8.40 - 9.30)	Reed Warbler	3	(1 seen, others heard)
07/08	"	Water Rail	1	(in reeds at the Lagoon)
07/08	"	Sand Martin	2	(With Swallows and House Martins)
07/08	"	Greenshank	2
07/08	"	Little Grebe	5
07/08	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Esc. -not American Wigeon as reported)
~
07/08	Brading Marsh	House Martin	c20
07/08	(15.30 - 16.40)	Swallow	c50	(Many juv.)
07/08	"	Swift	3	(Over Culver Down)
~
07/08	St. Helens Duver	Long-eared Owl	1	(Out at 18.35 put on a great show)
07/08	(18.35 - 19.50)	Green Woodpecker	1
07/08	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(In Bushes)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
06/08	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	2f/juv
06/08	(7.50 - 9.30)	Whitethroat	1juv
06/08	"	Goldcrest	c10	(3 seen others heard, includes juvs.)
06/08	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Just upstream of Road Bridge)
06/08	"	Chaffinch	1f	(Hard to see recently)
06/08	"	Red-legged Partridge	2	(With 4 Pheasant)
~
06/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	5
06/08	(15.00 -15.45)	Water Rail	1	(Far end of main channel)
06/08	"	Little Grebe	4
06/08	"	Little Egret	1
06/08	"	Oystercatcher	4
06/08	"	Willow Warbler	1
~
Tuesday	Showers
05/08	Ryde E. Sands	Mediterranean Gull	86	(1 with White ring)
05/08	(9.00)	Sanderling	12
05/08	"	Ringed Plover	10
05/08	"	Dunlin	10
05/08	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
05/08	"	Oystercatcher	7
05/08	"	Curlew	13
05/08	"	Common Tern	4
05/08	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
05/08	my Garden (Ryde)	Willow Warbler	1	(@13.00)
~
05/08	Brading Sewage Wks.	Sand Martin	2
05/08	(15.00 - 15.50)	Swallow	c10
Moth	"	Garden Tiger	1	and Red Admiral, Green-viened White BF's
~
05/08	St. Helens Duver	Sand Martin	2	(With Swallows and House Martins)
05/08	(18.50 - 20.10)	Swallow	c10
05/08	No LEO show tonight	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1juv
05/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
05/08	"	Swift	1
05/08	"	Pied Wagtail	5	(1ad, 5juv)
05/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	2	(Over towards beach)
~
Monday	Fine Sunny	SW Wind
04/08	Brighstone Down	Dartford Warbler	1	(Heard "Churring")
04/08	(7.50 - 9.20)	Yellowhammer	1m
04/08	"	Chiffchaff	2-3
04/08	"	Linnet	6
04/08	"	Bullfinch	c2	(Heard)
04/08	"	Mistle Thrush	4
04/08	"	Kestrel	1
04/08	"	Buzzard	5
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	1	Speckled Wood, Grayling, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown.
~
04/08	Newtown NR (Scrape)	Oystercatcher	3	(2ad,1juv)
04/08	"	Greenshank	1
04/08	"	Peregrine	1juv
~
04/08	Culver Down	Wheatear	2f	(Cliff Edge, just E. of Redcliff/Whitecliff boundry)
04/08	(14.30 - 15.20)	Kestrel	6+
04/08	"	Buzzard	2
04/08	"	Swallow	c20
Butterflies	"	Chalkhill Blue	c30
~
Sunday	Drizzle and Showers
03/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	6	(Possibly 7)
03/08	(11.20 -11.45)	Heron	1
03/08	"	Little Grebe	3
03/08	"	Little Egret	4
03/08	"	Stock Dove	2
03/08	"	Oystercatcher	8
~
03/08	Brading Marsh	Reed Warbler	3	(E. of Station, in reedbed near river)
03/08	(15.35 - 17.15)	Sedge Warbler	1juv	(Bush by river)
03/08	Laundry Lane	Blackcap	1f/juv
03/08	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
03/08	"	Green Woodpecker	3
03/08	"	Lapwing	1
03/08	"	Kestrel	1
03/08	"	Buzzard	1
~
Saturday	Drizzle to Brighter
02/08	Ryde E. Sands	Mediterranean Gull	41	(2 with Green rings)
02/08	(7.15)	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	"
02/08	"	Oystercatcher	6
02/08	"	Curlew	9
02/08	"	Common Tern	6
~
02/08	Binstead (IWOG Walk)	Coal Tit	3
02/08	(9.00 - 11.40)	Great Tit	10+	(On feeders)
02/08	Sadly no Nuthatch	Blue Tit	c15
~
02/08	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	42
02/08	(16.30 - 17.45)	Redshank	12
02/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
02/08	"	Lapwing	7
02/08	"	Curlew	6
02/08	"	Heron	3
02/08	"	Little Egret	4
~
02/08	Fort Victoria	Sandwich Tern	c15
02/08	(17.50 - 20.40)	Common Tern	c2
02/08	IWOG BBQ	Peregrine	1W
02/08	"	Gannet	3E
02/08	"	Shearwater Sp.	1	(Off Bouldnor around the yatchs, Balearic?)
~
02/08	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c2	(Churring males, seen flying @21.15)
02/08	(21.05)	poss. Woodcock	1	(Rear view not calling)
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk SW. Wind
01/08	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On posts, far bank of Clamerkin inlet)
01/08	(8.20 - 11.30)	Grey Plover	9	(Most in summer plumage)
01/08	"	Whimbrel	4	(2 Clamerkin, 1 E. Hide, 1 Scrape Islands)
01/08	"	Greenshank	7
01/08	"	Redshank	2
01/08	"	Turnstone	7	(6 together on W. Spit)
01/08	"	Dunlin	2	(1 Summer/1 Winter plumage)
01/08	"	Common Sandpiper	4	(2 E. Hide, 2 Scrape)
01/08	"	Peregrine	1	(In the grass at Lambsleaze)
01/08	"	Starling	24
01/08	"	Swift	1
~
01/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
01/08	(16.40 - 17.20)	Common Sandpiper	1
01/08	"	Water Rail	1	(Imm. bird in reeds at the Lagoon)
01/08	"	Swan	3	(2ad,1cyg.)
01/08	"	Greenshank	2
01/08	"	Little Grebe	1
01/08	Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	c10
~

JULY 2008: Click for monthly species lists, July total = 112

Thursday	Overcast
31/07	Ryde E. Sands	BAR-TAILED GODWIT	1	(Off end of sandbank)
31/07	(7.15)	Dunlin	11	"
31/07	"	Oystercatcher	5
31/07	"	Curlew	8
31/07	"	Sandwich Tern	1
31/07	"	Common Tern	1
~
31/07	Bembridge Harbour	Pied Wagtail	13	(2 with Yellow rings from Ryde Pierhead roost)
31/07	(7.40 - 9.20)	Shelduck	2ad,1juv
31/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	c15
~
31/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	12
31/07	(13.10 - 14.15)	Greenshank	1
31/07	"	Common Sandpiper	1
31/07	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(a cracker!)
31/07	"	Lapwing	15
31/07	"	Curlew	2
31/07	"	Heron	3
31/07	"	Little Egret	4
~
31/07	Fort Victoria	EIDER DUCK	12	(Off Keyhaven)
31/07	(14.25)	Common Tern	c20
~
31/07	Newtown NR (Hide)	Osprey	2	(On posts, far bank of Clamerkin inlet)
31/07	(15.05 - 16.00)	GREY PLOVER	3	(In summer plumage)
31/07	"	Greenshank	3
31/07	"	Redshank	1
31/07	"	Common Sandpiper	2
~
Wednesday	Fine Sunny
30/07	St. Helens Duver	Little Egret	9
30/07	(7.25 - 9.45)	Rock Pipit	1
30/07	still no LE Owl!	Sparrowhawk	2	(Over woods)
30/07	"	Blackbird	3	(One with white head and neck)
30/07	"	Curlew	5	(and a possible Whimbrel nearby)
30/07	"	Shelduck	2ad,1juv
30/07	"	Sandwich Tern	12
30/07	"	Common Tern	9	(On old wall in harbour)
30/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	2	(On beach)
30/07	"	Kestrel	1
~
30/07	St. Helens Duver	Long-eared Owl	1	(Flying 19.30 - 20.00)
30/07	(18.40 - 20.20)	Dunlin	1juv	(Thought it was something rarer at first!)
30/07	"	Whimbrel	1	(Old wall in harbour)
30/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	c10	(After the flying ants)
30/07	"	Black-headed Gull	c200	"
~
Monday	Fine Sunny
28/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
28/07	(9.20)	Heron	1
28/07	-hide locked again	Greenshank	1
28/07	"	Little Grebe	4
28/07	"	Little Egret	2
28/07	Beach	Sandwich Tern	1	(On outflow pipe)
28/07	"	Common Tern	1
~
28/07	St. Helens Duver	Little Egret	26	(Gathering in the roost trees)
28/07	(18.20 - 20.25)	Whimbrel	2	(Left harbour to N.)
28/07	No sign of LEO today	Curlew	6
28/07	"	Shelduck	2ad,1juv
28/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
28/07	"	Kestrel	3
28/07	"	Buzzard	1
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny Hot
27/07	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	1	(Part Summ. Plumage, on beach by Wimpy Kiosk)
27/07	(7.40)	Canada Geese	c20	(Canoe Lake)
~
27/07	St. Helens Bridge	KINGFISHER	1	(N. down the river and over the road)
27/07	(8.05)	Sand Martin	c4
27/07	"	WILLOW WARBLER	1m	(Returning migrants)
27/07	"	Sedge Warbler	2
27/07	"	Reed Warbler	2
~
27/07	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
27/07	(8.35 - 10.30)	Willow Warbler	1	(Heard)
27/07	"	Common Sandpiper	1
27/07	"	Water Rail	1-2	(Heard)
27/07	"	Little Grebe	5
27/07	"	Canada Geese	c10
27/07	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
27/07	Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	c10
27/07	"	Common Gull	3
~
27/07	St. Helens Duver	Little Egret	28	(Gathering in the roost trees)
27/07	(20.25 - 21.25)	Whimbrel	2
27/07	"	Curlew	8
27/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	12	(with 2 juv.)
~
Reported	St. Catherines Point	prob. Great-white Egret	1W	also 3 Manx Shearwater, etc.(Stephan V.)
(5.30 - 7.30)
Saturday	Fine Sunny Hot
26/07	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On flagpole, then over Brickfields)
26/07	(8.00 - 10.40)	Greenshank	1
26/07	"	Common Sandpiper	7	(1 scrape, 6 from E-Hide)
26/07	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1	(Summer Plumage)
26/07	"	Ringed Plover	6
26/07	"	Whimbrel	3	(1 from E-Hide, 2 from Boathouse)
26/07	"	Curlew	c40
26/07	"	Heron	1
26/07	"	Little Egret	6
~
26/07	Brading Sewage Wks.	Sand Martin	c4	(With the Swallows)
26/07	(13.30 - 14.18)	Whitethroat	1	(Collecting nest material)
26/07	"	Pied Wagtail	1ad,3juv
26/07	"	Swallow	50+
Butterflies	Laundry Lane	Purple Hairstreak	1	-Worn, 2 Comma & 2 Ruddy Darter D.Flies
~
Reported	St. Helens Duver	Long-eared Owl	1	watched for 45mins before dusk, by(Danny V.)
~
Friday	Cloudy to Brighter Later	SE-SW. Wind
25/07	Sandown Canoe Lake	Dunlin	1	(Flew onto back of pond)
25/07	(7.35 - 8.15)	Coot	36
25/07	"	Swan	2ad,3cyg.
~
25/07	Bembridge Down	Peregrine	1
25/07	(8.20 - 9.25)	Buzzard	2
25/07	"	Kestrel	2
25/07	"	Skylark	1
25/07	"	Yellowhammer	1m
~
Thursday	Fine Sunny Warm
24/07	West High Down	Peregrine	1ad,2juv	(Juv. chasing Pigeons etc)
24/07	(7.40 - 10.20)	Stonechat	2m,2f,1juv	(2 W. of Tennyson Dn, 2+juv above Alum Bay)
24/07	"	Dartford Warbler	1juv	(With Stonechats, not usually seen here)
24/07	"	Yellowhammer	1m
24/07	"	Gannet	3	(Fishing off S. Cliffs)
24/07	"	Common Tern	2
24/07	"	Raven	2
24/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	4	(Needles Rocks)
24/07	"	Fulmar	3
24/07	"	Sand Martin	2+
24/07	"	Swallow	c50
24/07	"	Shag	3	(1 on sea, 2+ on Old Pepper Rock)
Butterflies	"	Chalkhill Blue	c40	2 Comma, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Dark Green Fritillary.
~
24/07	Newtown NR	Common Sandpiper	2	(Scrape)
24/07	(10.35 - 11.20)	Greenshank	2	(Over Dynamite Pool)
24/07	"	Heron	1
24/07	"	Little Egret	1
Spiders	"	Wasp Spider	1	by Hide
~
24/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	4
24/07	(18.40 - 19.30)	Greenshank	1
24/07	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Cleared the ponds!)
24/07	"	Buzzard	1
24/07	"	Little Grebe	6
24/07	"	Little Egret	3
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Showers	Sunny later
23/07	Thorness Bay	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Bush at back of beach)
23/07	(7.40 - 8.50)	Oystercatcher	3
23/07	"	Sandwich Tern	14
23/07	"	Common Tern	8
23/07	"	Little Egret	4
23/07	"	Skylark	1
23/07	"	Curlew	6
23/07	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
23/07	"	Goldfinch	c25
23/07	"	Swallow	c30
~
23/07	Parkhurst Forest	Coal Tit	4	(Adult feeding juv, rest heard)
23/07	(9.05 - 10.05)	Chiffchaff	2
23/07	"	Buzzard	1
Butterflies	"	White Admiral	2	2 Comma, 2 Red Admiral, 3 Large Skipper, 1 Ringlet
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals
22/07	Bembridge Airport FP	Whinchat	1f/juv	(On RSPB reserve on wires)
22/07	(8.35 - 9.30)	Whitethroat	c6	(Several juveniles)
22/07	"	Buzzard	2
22/07	"	Linnet	4
~
22/07	Foreland	Sandwich Tern	4
22/07	(9.40 - 10.30)	Rock Pipit	1	(On beach)
22/07	"	House Martin	c30	(Collecting mud on sea wall)
22/07	"	Sand Martin	1
22/07	"	House Sparrow	26
22/07	"	Cormorant	6
22/07	"	Curlew	2
~
Monday	Fine Sunny	Light NNW. Wind
21/07	Luccombe/Shanklin Downs	REDSTART	2+	(At least 1 juv and 1 ad. Shanklin Dn-E Slope)
21/07	(8.00 - 9.30)	Red-legged Partridge	1
21/07	"	Dartford Warbler	3	(2 seen, 1+heard)
21/07	"	Linnet	6+
21/07	"	Green Woodpecker	6	(5seen 1heard, inc. several juv.)
Moth	"	6-spot Burnet	1	-emerging. Marbled White, Meadow Brown etc.
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
20/07	Culver Down	Wheatear	1m	(Cliff edge 100m W. of CG Cottages)
20/07	(8.55 - 9.30)	Linnet	3
~
20/07	Alverstone NR	IWOG Walk	~
20/07	(9.40 - 11.40)	Chiffchaff	2
Insects	"	Broad-bodied Chaser	1	1 Ruddy Darter, 2 Red Admiral, 1 White Admiral
"	"	Green-veined White	6	2 Blue-tailed Damselfly , Large Skipper.
~
20/07	Bembridge Harbour	Little Egret	15
20/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	6
20/07	"	Common Gull	6
20/07	"	Shelduck	2ad,1juv
~
20/07	Bembridge Ponds	Little Egret	1
20/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
20/07	"	Common Gull	2
20/07	"	Greenshank	1
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk W. Wind
19/07	Newtown NR	OSPREY	1	(Adult male? on post on E. Spit all morning)
19/07	(8.00 - 11.20)	Whimbrel	2	(1 from E. Hide, 1 heard Clamerkin)
19/07	"	Little-ringed Plover	1	(Heard and seen NW over Harbour)
19/07	"	Ringed Plover	2
19/07	"	Dunlin	6
19/07	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(in Solent)
19/07	"	Common Tern	c20	(W. Spit and out in Solent)
19/07	"	Common Sandpiper	2	(1 from E. Hide, 1 in Scrape)
19/07	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
19/07	"	Peregrine	1juv	(E. Spit)
19/07	"	Gannet	20+	(In Solent)
19/07	"	Cormorant	1	(With an Eel in the Scrape)
~
19/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	2
19/07	(18.10 - 18.50)	Sparrowhawk	1
19/07	"	Buzzard	2
19/07	"	Little Grebe	4
19/07	"	Little Egret	3
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Spoonbill	1juv	still here am. also 1 Green SP, 1 Common SP
(Graham S.)
Friday	Cloudy, spots of rain	SW. Wind
18/07	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Common Gull	4
18/07	(7.25 - 9.30)	Curlew	11
18/07	"	Little Egret	4
18/07	"	Heron	1
18/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
18/07	"	Buzzard	2
18/07	Binstead Beach	Common Sandpiper	1	(on rocks)
18/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
~
18/07	Bembridge Windmill FP.	SPOONBILL	1juv	(by scope until 15.30)
18/07	(15.20)	Cormorant	12
~
18/07	Foreland, Bembridge	Gannet	5	(3NE, 2SW)
18/07	(15.50)	Curlew	1
18/07	"	House Martin	4
18/07	"	Swallow	2
18/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	5ad,1juv
~
Thursday	Cloudy Dull
17/07	Ryde Esplanade	DUNLIN	4	(Briefly far out on sandbank)
17/07	(8.15)	SANDERLING	1	(Summer Plumage-with Dunlin)
17/07	"	Common Gull	1
17/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	13
17/07	"	Curlew	10
17/07	"	Oystercatcher	4
17/07	"	Little Egret	3
17/07	"	Swift	15	(Over Canoe Lake)
~
17/07	St. Helens Bridge	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Singing)
17/07	(9.00)	Sand Martin	c4	(Over Dynamite Pool)
~
17/07	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	7m,2f
17/07	(9.20)	Little Grebe	3ad,1juv
17/07	"	Canada Geese	28
17/07	"	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard)
17/07	"	Greenshank	1-3	(1@lagoon, 2 flew off Causeway Pond)
17/07	Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	1
17/07	"	Common Gull	4
~
17/07	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
17/07	(18.45 - 19.20)	Common Sandpiper	1
17/07	"	Little Grebe	4
17/07	"	Little Egret	3
17/07	"	Water Rail	1ad,1juv
17/07	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
~
Moth	Wootton Garden	Elephant Hawkmoth	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
16/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Sedge Warbler	1	(Rofford Marsh)
16/07	(7.40 - 9.30)	Reed Warbler	7	(Heard)
16/07	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
16/07	"	Common Sandpiper	1
16/07	"	Curlew	12
16/07	"	Lapwing	11ad,5juv
16/07	"	Redshank	4
16/07	"	Greenshank	3	(2 @ponds, 1 Scrape)
16/07	"	Shelduck	1
Reptile	"	Common Lizard	1
~
16/07	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	1	(On path N. end @ 20.15)
16/07	"	Long-eared Owl	1	(Flew over road @21.15)
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	SPOONBILL	1juv	Can be seen from Bembridge Windmill FP. by Scope.
(Graham S.)
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Light SW. Wind
15/07	Newtown NR	WHIMBREL	3	(Clamerkin Lake & by E. Hide)
15/07	(8.35 - 11.40)	Brent Goose	1	(The over summering bird)
15/07	"	Common Tern	4ad,2juv	(Juvs on Tern Raft)
15/07	"	Common Sandpiper	2	(1 from E. Hide, 1 in Scrape)
15/07	"	Curlew	c50
15/07	"	Peregrine	1juv	(E. Spit)
15/07	"	Gannet	2E	(In Solent)
~
15/07	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	1ad,1juv
15/07	(14.30 - 15.00)	Little Egret	4	(On beach)
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
14/07	Shide to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1
14/07	(8.00 - 9.30)	Red-legged Partridge	2
14/07	"	Blackcap	3	(Heard)
14/07	"	Chiffchaff	4	(Heard)
14/07	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
13/07	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	48	(14W, 34E)
13/07	(16.20 - 17.20)	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1W
13/07	"	Common Gull	1W
13/07	"	Herring Gull	50+W	(Under cliffs, some inland as well)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
12/07	Springvale Beach	Mediterranean Gull	12
12/07	(8.55 - 9.40)	Little Egret	3
12/07	"	Oystercatcher	11
12/07	Hersey NR (Hide Locked)	GREENSHANK	1
12/07	-used new screen further E.	Redshank	5
12/07	"	Little Egret	3
12/07	"	Heron	1
12/07	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
12/07	"	Whitethroat	1juv	(Being fed by adult)
~
12/07	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	2ad,1juv
12/07	(16.35 - 17.40)	Chiffchaff	1
12/07	"	Pied Wagtail	3
12/07	"	Swallow	6
12/07	Laundry Lane	Blackcap	1m
12/07	"	Buzzard	3
12/07	"	Meadow Pipit	1	(Mown field by Bexley Point, lost nests?)
12/07	"	Skylark	1	"
~
12/07	Ashey Road	Little Owl	1	(On post by Railway Bridge @20.40)
~
Friday	Sunny Int & Showers	SW. Wind
11/07	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	66	(57W, 9E)
11/07	(7.40 - 9.10)	Common Scoter	9W
11/07	"	Fulmar	2
11/07	"	Guillemot	1E,1W	(1 with the Scoter)
11/07	"	Kestrel	1
Mammal	"	Fox	1
~
11/07	Gore Cliff	Raven	1
11/07	(9.20 - 10.00)	Peregrine	1
11/07	"	Fulmar	3	(2 still on ledges)
11/07	"	Stock Dove	3
~
11/07	Brading Marsh	Kestrel	1
11/07	(20.25 - 21.25)	Swan	2ad,4juv
11/07	"	Swift	30+	(Moving S.)
11/07	"	Swallow	2
11/07	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
11/07	"	Buzzard	2
~
Sat to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos.
Thur 10th.	Slimbridge	Green Sandpiper	4	1 Common Sandpiper, c10 Curlew. c50 Black-tailed Godwit.
"	M4/A34	Red Kite	1	over motorway
Tues 8th	Sugarloaf, Abergavenny	Whinchat	c10	30 Meadow Pipit, 3 Wheatear, 10 Skylark
"	Symonds Yat	Peregrine	1	1 Spotted Flycatcher
"	Boy's Grave, FoD	Nightjar	1	& 2 Woodcock
Mon 7th	Oakenhill, Parkend	Turtle Dove	4+	& 1m Garden Warbler
"	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	2	3 Crossbill over
Sun 6th	Crabtree Hill	Garden Warbler	4juv
"	Cannop Ponds, F. of Dean	Dipper	1juv	& 4 Mandarin
Sat 5th	Lymington River	Eider	1f	& 4 Gannets, 30 Common Tern
"	Beaulieu Road	Spotted Flycatcher	1ad,2juv	& 1m Redstart, 2 Crossbill, 1 Dartford Warbler
Friday	Sunny Intervals
04/07	Ryde E. Sands	Mediterranean Gull	38	(2 ringed -1 Green, 1 White)
04/07	(7.30 - 7.40)	Little Egret	3
04/07	"	Curlew	11
04/07	"	Heron	1
~
04/07	Culver Down	WHINCHAT	1m	(Summer plumage @10.14)
04/07	(9.40 - 10.45)	Buzzard	2
04/07	"	Kestrel	2
04/07	"	Skylark	2	(Taking food to nest)
04/07	"	Goldfinch	8
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals & Showers
03/07	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	6	(5 In Scrape, 1 on Gull Is.)
03/07	(8.30 - 10.20)	Oystercatcher	c10
03/07	"	Redshank	3
03/07	"	COMMON SANDPIPER	1	(From E. Hide)
03/07	"	Common Tern	1
03/07	"	Ringed Plover	1
03/07	"	Curlew	c20
03/07	"	Peregrine	1	(E. Spit)
03/07	"	Meadow Pipit	2	(Hay meadow)
~
03/07	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c6
03/07	(8.30 - 10.40)	Woodcock	6	(Including juvs)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Showers	Sunny later
02/07	Newport to Werrar	Bullfinch	1m,1f	(Near Rowing Club hut)
02/07	(8.00 -10.00)	Oystercatcher	3
02/07	"	Skylark	4
02/07	"	Curlew	6
02/07	"	Little Egret	2ad,2juv
02/07	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	(On roof at Industrial Estate)
02/07	"	Meadow Pipit	2	(Werrar)
~
02/07	Laundry Lane/Brading Marsh	Sparrowhawk	1
02/07	(16.25 - 17.35)	Swan	4ad,9juv	(2 families with 4 and 5 Cygnets each)
02/07	"	Water Rail	1	(IHeard)
02/07	"	Reed Bunting	1m
02/07	"	Reed Warbler	c6
02/07	"	Buzzard	3
02/07	Later visit-	Barn Owl	1f	(Marsh 22.00)
02/07	20.50 - 22.10	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Wks)
02/07	"	Jay	1	(Centurion's Copse)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.
01/07	Brighstone Down	Turtle Dove	4+	(juv & adult seen -see pics, & 3 heard purring)
01/07	(8.00 - 9.35)	Dartford Warbler	2	(1 seen near Trig Point, 1 heard nearby
01/07	"	Yellowhammer	c3
01/07	"	Blackcap	3
01/07	"	Chiffchaff	4	(Heard)
01/07	"	Bullfinch	2	(Heard)
~
01/07	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	3ad,2juv	(In Scrape)
01/07	(10.00)	Oystercatcher	4ad,1juv	(Well grown juv, younger one not seen)
01/07	"	Redshank	3
01/07	"	Little Tern	7	(Solent off Harbour entrance)
01/07	"	Common Tern	1
01/07	"	Sandwich Tern	6
01/07	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Boathouse)
01/07	"	Meadow Pipit	4	(Hay meadow)
~
01/07	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	5m
01/07	(14.20)	Little Grebe	4
01/07	"	Canada Geese	65
01/07	"	Reed Warbler	4	(Heard)
01/07	Harbour	Curlew	2
01/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	poss. Large White Egret	1	There's a photo -but I've yet to see it.
~

JUNE 2008: Click for monthly species lists, June total = 106

Monday	Fine Sunny	SW. Wind
30/06	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	21	(With an impressive line of 17W)
30/06	(7.40 - 8.40)	Sandwich Tern	1
30/06	very quiet at sea	Fulmar	2
30/06	"	Auk Sp.	1E	(Guillemot?)
30/06	"	Whitethroat	c15	(with 2 family groups)
30/06	"	Linnet	10+
30/06	"	Yellowhammer	1m
30/06	"	Green Woodpecker	1
30/06	"	Kestrel	1
Mammal	"	Fox	1	chasing rabbits
~
30/06	Whale Chine	Peregrine	1	(Cliffs to E.)
30/06	(9.00)	Raven	1	(Over Atherfield Pt.)
30/06	"	Skylark	3	(Heard)
30/06	"	Linnet	2
~
30/06	Hanover Point	Greater Black-backed Gull	12	(on inland field)
30/06	(9.30)	Cormorant	4
30/06	"	Skylark	3	(Heard)
30/06	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
~
30/06	Laundry Lane/Brading Marsh	Lapwing	3	(1juv N. end of Laundry Lane)
30/06	(15.45 - 17.15)	Swan	4ad,9juv	(2 families with 4 and 5 Cygnets each)
30/06	"	Mistle Thrush	4	(Including juvs.)
30/06	"	Buzzard	2
Dragonfly	"	Broad-bodied Chaser	1f	and 1 Darter, 2 Southern Hawker
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny	Light SW Wind
29/06	Parkhurst Forest	Coal Tit	3ad,1juv
29/06	(8.15 - 10.20)	Blackcap	6
29/06	"	Whitethroat	4+
29/06	"	Chiffchaff	12+
29/06	"	Stock Dove	2	(Heard)
29/06	"	Collared Dove	3
29/06	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
29/06	"	Buzzard	3
Butterflies	"	Silver-washed Fritillary	1	also; 22 Ringlet, 7 Marbled White, 2 Comma.
"	"	White Admiral	8	1 Red Admiral, 20+ Meadow Bn, 4 Small Skipper
Mammals	"	Stoat	1juv	also 1 Red Squirrel
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
28/06	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Reed Warbler	c10
28/06	(8.00 - 9.20)	Swan	2ad,4cyg.
28/06	"	Redshank	1
28/06	"	Lapwing	6ad,1juv	(Well grown Juv at Ponds)
28/06	"	Shelduck	3
28/06	"	Oystercatcher	2
28/06	"	Curlew	4
28/06	"	House Martin	3
28/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Rofford Marsh)
28/06	"	Heron	3
28/06	"	Little Egret	2
28/06	"	Kestrel	2	(Near nest box)
~
28/06	Fort Victoria	Little Tern	c15
28/06	(9.30)	Common Tern	c50
28/06	"	Herring Gull	1	(Still on nest on the old pier)
~
28/06	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	4ad,3juv
28/06	(10.00 - 11.05)	Oystercatcher	3ad,1juv	(Adults with small chick in Scrape)
28/06	"	Shelduck	6ad,3juv	(3 ducklings in Scrape)
28/06	"	Little Owl	1
28/06	"	Meadow Pipit	3	(1 near nest with food)
28/06	"	Jay	1	(Lane)
28/06	"	Bullfinch	2	(Cassey Bridge)
~
28/06	Branstone Cross, Winford	Little Owl	1	(On telegraph pole @ 21.30)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy	Brisk SW Wind
25/06	Newport to Werrar	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
25/06	(7.45 - 9.35)	Oystercatcher	4
25/06	-no sign of Spoonbill	Curlew	9
25/06	"	Lapwing	5
25/06	"	Cormorant	2
25/06	"	Whitethroat	1	(heard Werrar)
25/06	"	Skylark	6
25/06	"	Robin	3ad,2juv
~
Tuesday	Fine Sunny	Light E. Wind
24/06	Ryde Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	1
24/06	(8.00)	Little Egret	7	(with 3 W. of Pier)
24/06	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	16
24/06	"	Common Tern	3	(Not many about at present)
~
24/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Blackbird	c10	(on Golf Course)
24/06	(8.15)	Mistle Thrush	2
24/06	(no Spotted FC seen this year)	Song Thrush	1
24/06	"	Stock Dove	1
~
24/06	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	37	(26E, 11W,)
24/06	(15.50 - 17.10)	Sandwich Tern	1E
24/06	fairly quiet at sea	Fulmar	2
24/06	"	Magpie	6
24/06	"	Kestrel	1f
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
23/06	Fishbourne Beach	Mediterranean Gull	4
23/06	(8.30 & 11.15)	Little Egret	2
23/06	"	Heron	1
23/06	Wootton Bridge	Heron	2
23/06	"	Shelduck	4
Butterfly	"	Marbled White	2+	also Meadow Brown
~
23/06	Luccombe Down	Long-eared Owl	1	(Came out at 21.05 in sunlight!)
23/06	(21.00 - 21.45)	Kestrel	1
23/06	"	Swift	c10
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk S/SW Wind
22/06	Newtown NR	Little Owl	1
22/06	(8.30 - 10.20)	Curlew	10
22/06	"	Brent Geese	2	(Summering birds)
22/06	"	Gannet	3	(In Solent)
22/06	"	Yellowhammer	1m
22/06	"	Collared Dove	4
22/06	"	Kestrel	1
22/06	"	Buzzard	1
22/06	"	Meadow Pipit	3
~
22/06	Shalfleet Quay	Canada Geese	1ad,5gos.
22/06	(10.30 - 11.00)	Mallard	11
~
Saturday	Cloudy
21/06	Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(On road by Quarr Close)
21/06	(7.35 - 8.30)	Treecreeper	1m
21/06	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
21/06	"	Long-tailed Tit	2juv	(Others heard)
21/06	Binstead Beach	Oystercatcher	3
21/06	"	Little Egret	1
21/06	"	Heron	1
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	3	along Quarr Road
~
21/06	Ryde Esplanade	Common Tern	1
21/06	(8.45)	Greater Black-backed Gull	34
21/06	Canoe Lake	Canada Goose	5	(5 ad. with 15 goslings!)
21/06	"	Mallard	c80
21/06	"	Moorhen	2ad,3juv	(2 families)
~
21/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c10	(5+ seen, 4 heard from 21.30)
21/06	(20.30 - 22.20)	Woodcock	4+	(6 contacts)
21/06	IWOG Walk from 20.45	Long-eared Owl	2ad,2juv	(2 Adults seen-brilliant views, 1ad, 2 juv heard calling)
Insect	"	Glow Worm	2
~
Reported	Medina near Dodnor	SPOONBILL	1	bill shape mentioned (Dog Walkers)
~
Friday	Cloudy
20/06	Shide to Blackwater	Little Owl	1	(@Tree hole -Blackwater end)
20/06	(8.03 - 9.50)	Chiffchaff	6	(Pictured bird has a deformed leg)
20/06	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(By Shide Garage collecting flies)
20/06	"	Blackcap	5+	(Includes 2 juv.)
~
Thursday	Cloudy, Showers	SW. Wind
19/06	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	2
19/06	(9.45)	Little Egret	3
19/06	"	Shelduck	4
~
19/06	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	7m,1f	(Causeway pond)
19/06	(10.00 - 11.10)	Swallow	3
19/06	"	House Martin	c10
19/06	"	Canada Geese	c30
19/06	"	Shelduck	4
19/06	"	Little Grebe	4
19/06	"	Swan	2ad,1juv
19/06	"	Reed Warbler	4m	(Heard)
19/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
~
19/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	7	(5 seen, 2 heard from 21.36)
19/06	(20.30 - 22.20)	Woodcock	4+	(7 contacts)
19/06	"	Long-eared Owl	1ad,2juv	(Adult seen, 2 juv heard squeaking)
19/06	"	Barn Owl	1+	(Seen twice, probably the same bird)
19/06	"	Bullfinch	c4	(2 seen, c2 heard)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Bright	Brisk SW Wind
18/06	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	43	(25E, 17W, 1 fishing offshore)
18/06	(7.30 - 9.00)	Kittiwake	1juv	(E. close in)
18/06	"	Wader Sp.	1E	(Grey Plover perhaps?)
18/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1W
18/06	"	Fulmar	5	("Locals" from Gore Cliff)
18/06	"	Whitethroat	3	(heard)
18/06	"	Kestrel	1	(With prey)
~
Tuesday	Sunny
17/06	Culver Down	Yellowhammer	1m
17/06	(7.40 - 9.15)	Rock Pipit	1	(Cliff edge)
17/06	"	Skylark	c5
17/06	"	Whitethroat	3ad,4juv
17/06	"	Linnet	7
17/06	"	Gannet	1E
17/06	"	Fulmar	1	(Off Redcliff)
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
16/06	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	c6	(Includes 1ad with 2+ juv)
16/06	(8.30)	Little Egret	2
16/06	"	Heron	1
Dragonfly	"	Broad-bodied Chaser	1f
~
16/06	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Came out at 21.20)
16/06	(21.05 - 22.00)	Sedge Warbler	1	(Heard)
16/06	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
16/06	Centurion's Copse	Woodcock	1	(Heard flying over)
16/06	"	Long-eared Owl	1juv	(@21.36, Flew to next tree)
16/06	"	Heron	2	(Over)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals
15/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Blackbird	c20	(on Golf Course)
15/06	(8.40)	Mistle Thrush	4
15/06	"	Song Thrush	1
~
15/06	Hersey NR	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Esc.)
15/06	(9.20 - 9.50)	Barnacle Goose	1	(Esc.)
15/06	Water level now low	Swan	1ad,1juv
15/06	"	Coot	4ad,2juv
15/06	"	Oystercatcher	8
15/06	"	Little Egret	6
15/06	"	Heron	1
15/06	"	Little Grebe	3
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals
14/06	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Hunting by FP for young Rats?)
14/06	(7.10 - 8.00)	Whitethroat	2+
14/06	"	Lapwing	2
14/06	"	Swan	2ad,5juv
14/06	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
14/06	"	Reed Warbler	3+
~
14/06	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	3m	(Un-seasonal, 1 in Eclipse plumage)
14/06	(8.15)	Tufted Duck	2m
14/06	"	House Martin	3
14/06	"	Reed Warbler	2+
~
Friday
Report 13/6	RSPB Dynamite Pool	poss. CASPIAN GULL	1	also 1 Green Sandpiper (Graham S.)
Report 13/6	Centurions Copse	Long-eared Owl	1ad,2juv	(Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Showers, Cloudy
12/06	Sandown Canoe Lake	Reed Warbler	1m	(Singing in reeds by path)
12/06	(8.05 - 8.35)	SHOVELER	3m	(1 in Eclipse plumage, Unexpected in June!)
12/06	"	House Martin	c15
12/06	"	Swallow	c10
12/06	"	Swan	2ad,3juv
12/06	Sandown Bay	Gannet	1	(Fishing offshore)
~
12/06	Alverstone NR	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
12/06	(8.45 - 11.00)	Whitethroat	6+
12/06	"	Jay	3
12/06	"	Kestrel	2	(Near nest box)
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1ad,2juv	Cuteness off the scale!
~
12/06	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Reed Warbler	5+	(Heard)
12/06	(15.00 - 16.00)	Muscovy Duck	1
12/06	"	Redshank	1	(Scrape)
12/06	"	Lapwing	5
12/06	"	Oystercatcher	3
12/06	"	Curlew	1
12/06	"	House Martin	c3
12/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
12/06	"	Heron	2
12/06	"	Buzzard	2
~
Wednesday	Sunny to Clouds
11/06	Brading Marsh	Sedge Warbler	1	(Reedbed E. of Station)
11/06	(8.20 - 9.25)	Reed Warbler	3+
11/06	"	Swan	4ad, 9juv	(2 groups with 4 and 5 cygnets respectively)
11/06	"	Reed Bunting	2m
11/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
11/06	"	Swallow	2
11/06	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2	(Ad. and Juv.)
~
11/06	Foreland, Bembridge	House Martin	c20	(Along the seawall)
11/06	(9.40 - 10.20)	Heron	8	(On Bembridge Ledge)
11/06	"	Swallow	c10
~
11/06	Firestone Copse	Nightjar	1m	(Churring by Car Park entrance at 22.00)
~
Tuesday	Hot Sunny
10/06	Binstead to Quarr	Little Owl	1juv	(In tree-hole at start of Quarr Hill)
10/06	(8.00 - 9.50)	Mistle Thrush	2
10/06	"	Whitethroat	1
10/06	"	Blackcap	1
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1juv	@ a Binstead garden feeder
~
Monday	Hot Sunny
09/06	Shide to Blackwater	Little Owl	1	(Tree at Blackwater end)
09/06	(8.35 - 9.50)	Red-legged Partridge	2	(On new Cricket ground)
09/06	"	Garden Warbler	1
09/06	"	Blackcap	3+
~
09/06	Ventnor Downs	Long-eared Owl	1ad,1juv	(On W. side @21.45, juv heard "squeaking")
09/06	(21.00 - 22.15)	Kestrel	1
~
Sunday	Warm Hazy Sun	NW Wind
08/06	St. Catherines Down	QUAIL	2	(1st. Heard calling at SZ493779-Click for map)
08/06	(7.30 - 9.00)	Skylark	2
08/06	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
08/06	"	Whitethroat	3
08/06	"	Buzzard	3
08/06	"	Kestrel	1
~
08/06	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Little Owl	1	(On cliffs)
08/06	(9.15 - 10.00)	Fulmar	c10
08/06	"	Linnet	3
~
Reported	Churhill's Farm, Chessell	QUAIL	2	heard, more reported at St. Catherine's Dn. (Dave H.)
~
Saturday	Fine Sunny
07/06	West High Down, Totland	Stonechat	2m,2f	(Pairs above Alum Bay, and near Needles Battery)
07/06	(8.00 - 10.30)	Raven	2
07/06	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	(S. Cliffs)
07/06	"	Rock Pipit	4
07/06	"	Bullfinch	1m
07/06	"	Fulmar	4
07/06	"	Guillemot	c6	(Flying out from cliffs and on sea)
Moth	"	Dew Moth	1	On cliff edge
~
07/06	West Wight Location	Wheatear	1m,1juv	(possibly 2 juvs)
07/06	(c11.00)	Fulmar	2
~
07/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	3	(1 seen, 2 heard)
07/06	(20.50 - 22.10)	Woodcock	5+	(9 contacts)
07/06	"	Raven	2	(NE. of large clearing)
+
Reported	St. Catherines Down	QUAIL	1	heard at SZ496778 (Dave W. and Audrey)
~
Friday	Warm Sunny Int.
06/06	Thorness Bay	Ringed Plover	2
06/06	(7.35 - 9.00)	Skylark	2
06/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
06/06	"	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard in reedbed)
06/06	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	16
06/06	"	Common Tern	3+	(Offshore)
06/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(on marker buoy)
~
06/06	Werrar, R. Medina	Shelduck	2ad,6juv	(6 Small ducklings at water's edge)
06/06	(9.15 - 10.10)	Skylark	2
06/06	"	Whitethroat	3
06/06	"	Magpie	2juv	(Being fed in a tree)
~
06/06	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Hobby	1
06/06	(17.00 - 18.45)	Ruddy Duck	1m
06/06	With G.S. & C.M.	Greenshank	1
06/06	"	Tufted Duck	5m
06/06	"	Heron	4
06/06	"	Cormorant	10
06/06	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
06/06	"	Lapwing	8
06/06	"	Curlew	2
06/06	"	Shelduck	4
Dragonfly	"	Four-spot Chaser	1	Uncommon on the Island
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.
05/06	Brighstone Down	Turtle Dove	2-3	(2 seen, 2 heard purring)
05/06	(7.30 - 9.15)	Dartford Warbler	1m
05/06	"	Yellowhammer	c6
05/06	"	Garden Warbler	2	(Singing near Trig Point)
~
05/06	Clamerkin, Newtown	Cuckoo	1m	(calling from Lambsleaze)
05/06	(10.00)	Skylark	4
~
05/06	Sandown Canoe Lake	Peregrine	1	(caught a bird over reedbed, possibly a Starling)
05/06	(18.30)	Sandwich Tern	2	(In bay)
~
Wednesday	Sunny
04/06	Bembridge Down/Culver Down	Raven	1	(heard on cliff edge)
04/06	(7.15 - 9.15)	Rock Pipit	1	(Carrying food for chicks)
04/06	"	Skylark	c6
04/06	"	Fulmar	3
~
04/06	Ryde Esplanade	Sandwich Tern	1	(over beach)
04/06	(14.00)	Canada Goose	5	(5 on canoe lake with 15 goslings!)
~
04/06	Langbridge to Alverstone	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard)
04/06	(19.30)	Blackcap	1m	(Showing well, others heard)
~
Tuesday	Showers
03/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Little Owl	1	(the 1st. here for some time)
03/06	(10.00 - 10.45)	Mistle Thrush	3
03/06	"	Song Thrush	3
03/06	"	Blackbird	c10	(Collecting worms on Golf Course)
~
03/06	Hersey NR	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Esc.)
03/06	(11.00 - 11.35)	Barnacle Goose	1	(Esc.)
03/06	"	Greylag Goose	3	(Hybrids over)
03/06	"	Shelduck	1
03/06	"	Oystercatcher	11
03/06	"	Little Egret	2
03/06	"	Heron	2
03/06	"	Little Grebe	2
03/06	Springvale Beach	Mediterrarean Gull	1	(2nd.s)
~
Monday	Cloudy, Showers
02/06	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(On post by S.Wks path 7.10 - 7.45)
02/06	(7.10 - 7.50)	Shelduck	2
02/06	-no sign of RB Shrike	Buzzard	1
02/06	"	Canada Geese	4
02/06	"	Lapwing	1
02/06	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds)
02/06	"	Swan	2
02/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
02/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2m	(1 Heard, 1 flew into bushes)
02/06	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	"
02/06	"	Swallow	c10
~
02/06	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	3f	(Flew up from back of Causeway pond)
02/06	(8.00 - 9.00)	Swallow	c30
02/06	"	House Martin	c40
02/06	"	Canada Geese	41
02/06	"	Shelduck	5
02/06	"	Little Grebe	1
02/06	"	Swan	2	(1@nest still)
02/06	"	Reed Warbler	3m	(Heard)
02/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny
01/06	E-Hide Newtown NR	Grey Plover	44
01/06	(7.45 - 10.40)	Dunlin	2
01/06	"	Wader Sp.	1	(Bubbling call, white rump -poss. Curlew SP?)
01/06	"	Brent Geese	2	(Summering birds? or injured?)
01/06	"	Black-tailed Godwit	18	(Flying over)
01/06	"	Turnstone	7
01/06	"	Kestrel	3
01/06	"	Starling	c40	(Mostly juveniles)
01/06	"	Little Tern	c6
01/06	"	Common Tern	c20	(Fishing off harbour entrance)
01/06	"	Common Gull	1
Reptiles	"	Common Lizard	1	boardwalk on Hay Meadow
~
01/06	Brading Marsh	RED-BACKED SHRIKE	1f	(Bushes W/SW. of Green Bridge, picture by Gary)
01/06	(14.30 - 15.40)	Shelduck	2
01/06	"	Buzzard	3
01/06	"	Canada Geese	4
01/06	"	Lapwing	1
01/06	"	Swan	2
01/06	"	Reed Bunting	2m
01/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard singing)
01/06	"	Reed Warbler	2m	"
01/06	(19.30 - 20.55)	RB Shrike	1f	(Still here till 20.45 at least)
01/06	2nd visit	Sedge Warbler	1m
01/06	"	Swift	4
~
Reported	Atherfield	WHITE STORK	1	Seen in a ploughed field till it flew off (Martin H. )
~

MAY 2008: Click for monthly species lists, May total = 120

Saturday	Fine Sunny
31/05	Clamerkin Lake	Grey Plover	2
31/05	(8.00 - 8.40)	Dunlin	4
31/05	"	Turnstone	4
31/05	"	Kestrel	2	(1 juv, 1m)
31/05	"	Common Gull	1
31/05	"	Starling	c40	(Mostly juveniles)
31/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard by Town Copse entrance)
31/05	"	Cuckoo	1	"
~
31/05	Fort Victoria	Gannet	1W
31/05	(9.05 - 9.25)	Herring Gull	1	(Nesting on old pier)
~
31/05	Yarmouth Ponds	Reed Warbler	3+	(Heard in reeds)
31/05	(9.30 -10.40)	Shelduck	4
31/05	"	Black-tailed Godwit	12	(Scrape)
31/05	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Estuary)
31/05	"	Lapwing	1	(Scrape)
31/05	"	Swan	2+5cyg.	(Mill Stream)
31/05	"	Little Egret	4	(One stuggling with a large Rudd)
31/05	"	Reed Bunting	3m	(Rofford Marsh)
~
Reported	Ventnor Downs	WHITE STORK	1	Reported twice more during morning (Chris D.)
~
Friday	Cloudy, L. Rain
30/05	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	2
30/05	(7.45 - 8.10)	Swift	4
~
30/05	Sandown Canoe Lake	Reed Warbler	1	(Seen singing in reeds)
30/05	(8.20 -8.50)	Common Gull	1 (1st.s.)	(This bird was here earlier in the year)
30/05	"	Swan	2+3cyg.	(Cygnet numbers now down)
30/05	"	House Martin	6
30/05	"	Swallow	c3
30/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(In Sandown Bay)
~
Reported	RSPB Green Bridge Pool	Little-ringed Plover	1	1 Turtle Dove, 2 Hobby nearby (Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Bright to Showers
29/05	Medina-Dodnor to Werrar	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing by path near Werrar)
29/05	(9.00 - 10.10)	Bullfinch	2	(30m N. of Stag Lane jn.)
29/05	"	Reed Warbler	2	(heard by Pond)
29/05	"	Skylark	3	(Werrar to Pinkmead)
29/05	"	Swallow	3
29/05	"	Little Egret	1
29/05	"	Oystercatcher	3	(Werrar)
~
29/05	Brading Marsh	Shelduck	2	(Green Bridge Pool)
29/05	(16.30 - 17.10)	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds)
29/05	"	Reed Warbler	1
29/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1
29/05	"	Swallow	6+
29/05	"	Swift	2
~
Tue to Wed	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos. & Peak District
Wed 28th.	Slimbridge	Ring-billed Gull	1(2nd s.)	1 Brent Goose, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, 5 Curlew.
"	M4/A34	Red Kite	1	over motorway
Tue. 27th	Wenchford	Dipper	1	1 Grey Wagtail.
"	Parkend Ridge	Turtle Dove	5+	& 1m Cuckoo
"	Speech House	Redstart	2m,1f	5 Stock Dove
Wed. 21st	Crabtree Hill	Wood Warbler	3m	& 4 Tree Pipits, 1m Cuckoo.
Tue. 20th	Farlington	Bearded Tit	1m
"	Slimbridge	Garganey	1m	& 3 Dunlin
"	Linear Park, Cinderford	Tree Pipit	1m
Monday	Fine sunny	NE. Wind
19/05	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Common Tern	17
19/05	(7.20 - 8.30)	Curlew	3
19/05	"	Oystercatcher	2
19/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
19/05	Brading Marsh	Greenshank	1	(Green Bridge pond)
19/05	(16.30 - 17.30)	Redshank	1
19/05	"	Shelduck	3
19/05	"	Sand Martin	1
19/05	"	Swallow	c10
19/05	"	House Martin	6
19/05	"	Swift	c20
19/05	"	Whitethroat	1
19/05	"	Lapwing	2
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk NE. Wind
18/05	Brighstone Down	Garden Warbler	1	(Heard by Mottistone down Car Pk.)
18/05	(7.30 - 10.30)	Yellowhammer	5m
18/05	IWOG Walk from 8.00	Buzzard	1
18/05	(sadly no Turtle Doves)	Willow Warbler	2m	(Singing by Trig Point)
18/05	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1m,1f
18/05	"	Linnet	4
~
Saturday	Cloudy, spots rain	NE. Wind
17/05	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Flying till 8.00)
17/05	(7.25 - 9.00)	Cuckoo	1m	(by Quay Lane)
17/05	"	Garden Warbler	1	(Heard by FP to Sewage Wks)
17/05	"	Whitethroat	3+
17/05	"	Sedge Warbler	4
17/05	"	Reed Warbler	4
~
17/05	Wheelers Bay	Rock Pipit	2	(11.30)
~
17/05	Bembridge Windmill	Dunlin	5	(Dynamite Pool-by scope)
17/05	(15.50)	Greenshank	1	"
17/05	"	Shelduck	5
17/05	"	Tufted Duck	4m,1f
17/05	"	Lapwing	3
~
Friday	Cloudy	NE. Wind
16/05	"Field of Hope", Newchurch	Little Owl	1juv
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Dunlin	13	1 Greenshank, pr. Gadwall, 30 Swift (Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Rain to Cloudy	Cool NE. Wind
15/05	Bembridge & Culver Down	Wheatear	1m
15/05	(8.25 - 9.40)	Skylark	c6
15/05	"	Yellowhammer	3
15/05	"	Linnet	c10
15/05	"	Green Woodpecker	1
15/05	"	Chiffchaff	2
15/05	"	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
15/05	"	Whitethroat	3m
15/05	"	Swift	3
15/05	"	Swallow	1
~
Wednesday	Fine sunny	NE. Wind
14/05	Brighstone Down	TURTLE DOVE	1	(Heard and 2 possible fly-overs)
14/05	(7.15 - 9.15)	Yellowhammer	5m,1f
14/05	"	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Heard)
14/05	"	Garden Warbler	1m	(Heard)
14/05	"	Willow Warbler	2m	(Singing by Trig Point)
14/05	"	Linnet	10+
~
14/05	Brading Marsh	Wigeon	1f	(Green Bridge pond)
14/05	(16.30 - 17.30)	Canada Geese	12
14/05	"	Shelduck	2
14/05	"	Muscovy Duck	1	(Sewage Wks.)
14/05	"	Reed Bunting	2m
14/05	"	Reed Warbler	3+
14/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1
14/05	"	Whitethroat	2
14/05	"	Lapwing	6
14/05	"	Swallow	c20
14/05	"	House Martin	6
Reptiles	"	Slow Worm	1	path by Sewage Wks.
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Garganey	1m	2 Greenshank, pr. Gadwall, 5 Little Egret (Graham S.)
~
Tuesday	Fine sunny	NE. Wind
13/05	Appley Park, Ryde	Song Thrush	2
13/05	(7.00 - 7.50)	Mistle Thrush	7	(Including Adult feeding 2 juvs)
13/05	"	Swift	2
13/05	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chasing a Mistle Thrush)
13/05	Beach	Oystercatcher	2
~
13/05	Bembridge Windmill	Greylag Geese	2	(by Scope)
13/05	(8.00 - 8.25)	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
13/05	"	Lapwing	2
13/05	"	Shelduck	10
13/05	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	6
~
13/05	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
13/05	(8.35)	Canada Geese	10
13/05	"	Shelduck	1
13/05	"	Reed Bunting	2
13/05	"	Reed Warbler	c3
13/05	"	Whitethroat	2
13/05	"	Swan	4	(1@nest, 4 cygnets on pond)
13/05	"	Swallow	6
13/05	"	House Martin	1
Reptiles	"	Adder	2	basking on concrete block
~
Monday	Fine sunny	N-NE. Wind
12/05	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	1E,1W
12/05	(7.15 - 8.10)	Red-legged Partridge	2	(by Farm)
12/05	"	Whitethroat	6+
12/05	"	Fulmar	3
~
12/05	Gore Cliff	Rock Pipit	2
12/05	(8.20 - 9.00)	Raven	1
12/05	"	Stock Dove	2
12/05	"	Skylark	1
~
12/05	Whale Chine	Yellowhammer	1m
12/05	(9.15)	Raven	1
12/05	"	Skylark	3
~
12/05	Dungewood Lane	Buzzard	3
12/05	(9.35 - 10.20)	Skylark	c6
12/05	"	Kestrel	1
12/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
12/05	"	Linnet	2
12/05	"	Whitethroat	3
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny	Light NE Wind
11/05	Thorness Bay	Ringed Plover	6	(2 on shingle bank, 4 at water's edge)
11/05	(7.05 - 8.45)	Grey Plover	2
11/05	"	Oystercatcher	2
11/05	"	Turnstone	8
11/05	"	Swallow	6+
11/05	"	Skylark	2+
11/05	"	Sandwich Tern	6
11/05	"	Common Tern	7
11/05	"	Pied Wagtail	1m,1f
11/05	"	Reed Warbler	4+
11/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Heard)
11/05	"	Reed Bunting	2m
~
11/05	Parkhurst Forest	LONG-EARED OWL	1	(Overhead @ 21.08)
11/05	(20.30 - 21.40)	NIGHTJAR	1m	(Calling and flying from 21.13)
11/05	"	Woodcock	4+	(5 seen others heard)
Mammals	"	Noctule Bat	1	flying over several times
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny	NE Wind
10/05	West High Down	Dartford Warbler	2m
10/05	(7.50 - 10.40)	Peregrine	2ad,2juv
10/05	"	Skylark	2
10/05	"	Swallow	10+
10/05	"	Swift	3
10/05	"	Rock Pipit	2
~
10/05	Freshwater Cliffs	Raven	3
10/05	(10.50 -11.20)	Peregrine	1
10/05	"	Skylark	3
~
10/05	Hanover Point	SANDERLING	1	(On rocks off point)
10/05	(11.30)	TURNSTONE	2
10/05	"	Shag	4
10/05	"	Cormorant	7
10/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
10/05	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
10/05	(18.20 - 19.00)	Little Egret	2
10/05	"	Heron	1
10/05	"	Little Grebe	1
10/05	"	Barnacle Goose	2	(Feral)
10/05	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
10/05	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
10/05	"	Whitethroat	1m	(By entrance)
~
Friday	Foggy to bright
09/05	Alum Bay & Needles	Stonechat	1m
09/05	(7.45 - 9.40)	Raven	2
09/05	Very Foggy	Skylark	1
09/05	"	Swallow	6+
~
09/05	Yarmouth Ponds	Reed Warbler	3+	(Heard in reeds)
09/05	(10.00 -10.50)	Shelduck	5
09/05	"	Swan	2+7cyg.	(Pond)
09/05	"	Lapwing	2	(Scrape)
09/05	"	Small Waders	c8	(Dunlin?)
09/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Rofford Marsh)
09/05	"	Redshank	3
~
09/05	Newtown NR	Sandwich Tern	6	(Gull Is.)
09/05	(11.00 -11.50)	Common Tern	c15
09/05	"	Oystercatcher	6
09/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	13	(3 x1st s.)
~
Thursday	Fine sunny	Brisk E. Wind
08/05	St. Catherine's Point	"Commic" Tern	45E
08/05	(7.45 - 9.20)	Common Sandpiper	1	(On beach)
08/05	"	Auk Sp.	2E
08/05	"	Kittiwake	4E
08/05	"	Shelduck	2E
08/05	"	Fulmar	6
08/05	"	Gannet	26	(14E,12W)
08/05	"	Swallow	10+	(In off sea)
08/05	"	Peregrine	2	(Hunting offshore)
Reported	"	Black Tern	1	-I couldn't pick it up. (Jim C.)
~
08/05	Mottistone Estate	Kestrel	2	(Mating)
08/05	(20.00 - 21.20)	Buzzard	2
08/05	"	Yellowhammer	3+
08/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
08/05	"	Chiffchaff	2
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Black Tern	4	flying round the scrape (via Caroline D.)
~
Wednesday	Warm Sunny	E. Wind
07/05	Shide to Blackwater	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard)
07/05	(7.40 - 9.40)	Goldcrest	4
07/05	"	Blackcap	4+
07/05	"	House Martin	2
07/05	"	Chiffchaff	5
07/05	Tyre Garage	Grey Wagtail	1m
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Wood Sandpiper	1	1f Marsh Harrier & 2 Ruddy Duck (Graham S.)
~
Tuesday	Warm Sunny	E. Wind
06/05	Binstead - Quarr	Treecreeper	1m	(Heard)
06/05	(7.15 - 9.20)	Mistle Thrush	7
06/05	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard at pond in Elenor's Grove woods)
06/05	"	Buzzard	2
~
06/05	Bembridge Windmill FP	HOBBY	4	(Over marsh but distant)
06/05	(14.25 - 15.15)	Marsh Harrier	1f
06/05	"	Whitethroat	2
06/05	"	Swallow	2
~
Monday	Cloudy but Warm
05/05	Bembridge Ponds	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
05/05	(11.00 - 12.10)	Shelduck	3
05/05	No sign of Hen Harrier	Reed Warbler	4	(1 seen, 3 heard)
05/05	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
05/05	"	Swallow	3
05/05	"	Little Egret	2
~
05/05	Brading Marsh	Whitethroat	4
05/05	(14.30 - 15.40)	Blackcap	2
05/05	"	Reed Warbler	4
05/05	"	Sedge Warbler	3
05/05	"	Swallow	3
05/05	"	Little Egret	2
~
05/05	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1	(@21.20)
~
Sunday	Bright Int.	E. Wind
Reported	Brading Marsh	HEN HARRIER	1m	1f Marsh Harrier (Still), 1 Merlin
(Jon M.)	Centurion's Copse	TURTLE DOVE	1	flushed by Hen Harrier, Common SP.
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
03/05	St. Catherine's Point	Pomarine Skua	1E
03/05	(7.20 - 9.30)	Arctic Skua	1E
03/05	"	Gannet	40E	(& 2W.)
03/05	"	Fulmar	c10	(Local birds from Gore Cliff?)
03/05	"	Guillemot	5E,4W
03/05	"	Sandwich Tern	6E,1W
03/05	"	Linnet	10E	(Along Cliff edge)
03/05	"	Common Tern	11E
03/05	"	Red-throated Diver	1	(On sea and flying W.)
03/05	"	Kittiwake	7E
~
03/05	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
03/05	(9.50 - 11.45)	Meadow Pipit	4
03/05	"	Linnet	5
03/05	"	Swallow	3
~
03/05	Culver Down	Peregrine	1
03/05	(16.00 - 16.35)	Raven	1
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
02/05	Apley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	7	(5ad, 2juv)
02/05	(7.30)	Stock Dove	3
~
02/05	Alverstone FP (W)	GARDEN WARBLER	1m	(30m W of Village)
02/05	(10.00 - 11.30)	Nightingale	1m	(Heard N. of FP past Iron Bridge)
02/05	"	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
02/05	"	Tufted Duck	5m,2f
02/05	"	Swallow	6
02/05	"	Sand Martin	1
~
02/05	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	9	(Scrape)
02/05	(14.40 - 16.10)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing by path to Hide)
02/05	"	Redshank	2
02/05	"	Shelduck	6
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
01/05	Southford, Whitwell	GREY PARTRIDGE	2	(Flushed while driving past large field)
~
01/05	St. Catherine's Point	Red-throated Diver	1E
01/05	(7.20 - 9.10)	Gannet	17	(15E, 2W)
01/05	"	Fulmar	c10	(Local birds from Gore Cliff?)
01/05	"	Guillemot	3E
01/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1E
01/05	"	Linnet	23W	(Along Cliff edge)
01/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
01/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard in bushes above path)
01/05	"	Whitethroat	10+
01/05	"	Kestrel	2
~
01/05	Brading Marsh	Yellow Wagtail	2	(with cattle N. of the old Seawall)
01/05	(8.05 - 9.15)	Cetti's Warbler	3	(1 seen by Bridge)
01/05	"	Sand Martin	4	(@ Sewage Wks and over fields)
01/05	"	House Martin	2	"
01/05	"	Swallow	c30	"
01/05	"	Shoveler	1f	(Over to N,-a late one)
01/05	"	Whitethroat	3
01/05	"	Buzzard	1
01/05	"	Shelduck	2
01/05	"	Sedge Warbler	3
01/05	"	Reed Warbler	3
01/05	"	Lapwing	1
01/05	"	Reed Bunting	2m,1f
01/05	2nd visit 19.10 - 20.00	Teal	1m	("Green Bridge Pool")
01/05	"	Swift	5
~
01/05	Springvale, Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	2	(Performed a brief courtship display on the sea)
01/05	(13.20)	Common Tern	1	(Over Ryde Sandbank)
01/05	"	Oystercatcher	3
~
01/05	Bembridge Harbour	Whimbrel	1	(@16.30)
01/05	St. Helens Bridge	Swift	c50	(All over Marsh and Dynamite pool)
01/05	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
~

APRIL 2008: Click for monthly species lists, April total = 131

Wednesday	Showers	SW. Wind
30/04	Springvale, Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	2	(very late ones!)
30/04	(14.20)	Common Tern	1	(Fishing at water's edge)
30/04	"	poss. Hobby?	1	(Smallish Dark Falcon over to E.)
~
Tuesday	Showers, Bright Int.	Brisk S/SE. Wind
29/04	Bembridge Down	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1m	(Hedge NW of Redcliff)
29/04	(8.55 - 9.50)	Buzzard	2
29/04	"	Skylark	1	(W. of Fort)
29/04	"	Yellowhammer	1m
29/04	"	Cuckoo	1	(Flew SE to cliff edge)
~
29/04	Ryde Pierhead	Common Tern	14	(5E, 3W, 6 around Pierhead)
29/04	(13.25 - 14.20)	Gannet	1W
29/04	with KG	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
Reported	Fort Victoria	Black Tern	3E	1 Little Gull, 9 Arctic Tern, 4 Little Tern
(Graham S.)	(16.00 - 17.45)	Arctic Skua	8E	20 Bar-tailed Godwit, 31 Gannet, 3 Fulmar
~
Monday	Sunny Int. & Showers
28/04	Shide to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1	(Well hidden today)
28/04	(7.30 - 9.40)	Red-legged Partridge	3	(Near Standon Manor)
28/04	"	Pheasant	3m,8f
28/04	"	Raven	1-2
28/04	"	Blackcap	4	(Heard)
28/04	"	Chiffchaff	5	(2 seen + others heard)
28/04	"	Swallow	2
28/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1
28/04	"	Kestrel	1
28/04	"	Buzzard	8
28/04	"	Rook	50+	(Rookery very busy with about 50 nests)
~
Sunday	Thundery Showers	Light E. Wind
27/04	St. Catherine's Point	POMARINE SKUA	3E	(@8.50, "spoons" showing well)
27/04	(7.45 - 9.20)	Arctic Skua	1E	(Light)
27/04	IWOG Walk till Thunderstorm!	Guillemot	3W,1E
27/04	"	Common Scoter	8E	(@8.24)
27/04	"	Red-throated Diver	1E	(@8.27)
27/04	"	Fulmar	4
27/04	"	Gannet	90	(54E,36W)
27/04	"	Oystercatcher	4W
27/04	"	Whitethroat	3
27/04	"	Swallow	1	(In off sea)
27/04	"	Peregrine	1	(On Gore Cliff)
~
27/04	Fort Victoria	SWIFT	4	(Drifting N. @10.45)
27/04	(10.10 - 11.15)	HOUSE MARTIN	2	"
27/04	With GS and KG	Swallow	c40	"
27/04	"	Common Tern	3	(Fishing offshore)
27/04	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Along beach)
~
Reported	Niton Village	Wood Warbler	1	we thought we heard one at Fort Vic. as well
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals, Warm	Brisk S. Wind
26/04	West High Down, Totland	GRASSHOPPER WARBLER	1m	(Heard "reeling" in Quarry by Car Pk.@10.20)
26/04	(7.30 - 10.30)	Fulmar	6
26/04	"	Guillemot	1	(Flew into cliffs)
26/04	"	Peregrine	1
26/04	"	Yellowhammer	3m
26/04	"	Willow Warbler	1+
26/04	"	Chiffchaff	c4
26/04	"	Wheatear	5
26/04	"	Stonechat	3m,1f
26/04	"	Swallow	6+
26/04	"	Raven	2
26/04	"	Cormorant	12
26/04	"	Shag	1	(on Old Pepper Rock)
~
26/04	Yarmouth Ponds	Reed Warbler	3+	(Heard in reeds)
26/04	(10.45 -11.30)	Shelduck	2	(the Teal have now left)
26/04	"	Lapwing	2	(Scrape)
26/04	"	Pied Wagtail	1m
26/04	"	Reed Bunting	2m	(Heard)
26/04	"	Little Egret	3
~
26/04	Parkhurst Forest	WOODCOCK	4+	("Roding" in large clearing, 6 seen more heard over)
26/04	(20.00 - 21.30)	Swallow	c15	(flock suddenly flew up from cover, very odd)
~
Friday	Misty to Brighter	SW. Wind
25/04	St. Catherine's Point	Wheatear	1m	(On beach then Cliff edge)
25/04	(7.30 - 9.10)	Fulmar	8
25/04	Drizzle and Mist!	Guillemot	3W
25/04	"	Gannet	6E,10W
25/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(In off sea)
25/04	"	Yellowhammer	1m,1f
25/04	"	Whitethroat	8	(around bushes)
25/04	"	Yellow Wagtail	2	(Heard over)
25/04	"	Swallow	2
~
Thursday	Rain to Cloudy	Strong SW. Wind
24/04	Brading Marsh	Sedge Warbler	3	(Heard, 1 seen)
24/04	(8.05 - 9.15)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 Showing well in bushes by Bridge)
24/04	"	Whitethroat	3
24/04	"	Buzzard	1
24/04	"	Shelduck	2
24/04	"	Lapwing	1
24/04	"	Reed Bunting	2m
24/04	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
24/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen)
24/04	"	Swallow	4
~
24/04	Bembridge Ponds	Reed Warbler	1+	(Heard)
24/04	(19.00)	Shelduck	3
24/04	"	Tufted Duck	6m,5f
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	Little Tern	1E	1 Little Gull, 8 Arctic Skua, 7 "Bonxie"
(Graham S.)	(6.30 -11.30 & 16.30 - 18.30)	Manx Shearwater	15	2 Artic Tern, 17 Guillemot, 8 Kittiwake
"	"	Black-throated Diver	1E	2 RT Divers, 24 Common Scoter
~
Tuesday	Warm Sunny Int.	Brisk NNE. Wind
22/04	St. Catherine's Point	YELLOW WAGTAIL	1m	(Landed with Cattle)
22/04	(7.20 - 9.00)	Arctic Skua	1E	(Dark)
22/04	with Graham S. & Gary H.	Guillemot	2E
22/04	"	Fulmar	c15
22/04	"	Gannet	2E,1W
22/04	"	Blackcap	1f
22/04	"	Whitethroat	5	(Most along Castlehaven Lane)
22/04	"	Swallow	2
Mammals	"	Stoat	1	come right towards us
Reported	(6.20 - 13.00)	SERIN	1	off sea @ 6.35, 1 Black-th. Diver, 3 Yellow Wagtail,
(Graham S.)	Rocken End/Woods	WOOD WARBLER	2	39 Swallow, 1 Siskin, 2 Common Gull.
"	Gore Cliff	HEN HARRIER	1f/juv	@10.22
~
22/04	Alverstone, FP to W.	Nightingale	1m	(Heard 100m NE of Iron Bridge)
22/04	(15.15)	Blackcap	3+
22/04	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3	(Together)
Butterfies	"	Orange Tip	1	& Speckled Wood
~
22/04	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
22/04	(14.30)	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
22/04	"	Greenshank	1
22/04	"	Redshank	1
22/04	"	Barnacle Goose	7	(Feral)
22/04	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
22/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
22/04	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
22/04	"	Whitethroat	1m	(By entrance)
22/04	"	Linnet	5	(wasteland by road)
~
22/04	Bembridge Ponds	Pintail	1m	(Probably Feral)
22/04	(15.15)	Greenshank	3
22/04	"	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
~
22/04	Brading Marsh	Short-eared Owl	1f	(hunting around marsh E. of Sewage Wks.)
22/04	(18.45 - 19.40)	CUCKOO	1	(By Bishop's House)
22/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Flew across reedbed)
22/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1
22/04	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Green Bridge Pool)
22/04	"	Teal	6	"
22/04	"	Shelduck	2
22/04	"	Lapwing	2
22/04	"	Reed Bunting	2m
22/04	"	Swallow	2
~
Monday	Wet, brighter later	Light NE. Wind
21/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
21/04	(7.50)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
21/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Heard)
21/04	"	Swallow	c6
21/04	"	Sand Martin	1
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	Warm SE. Wind
20/04	Newtown NR	Knot	c60
20/04	(7.40 - 8.50)	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Clamerkin Lake)
20/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	11	(no sign of Garganey today)
20/04	"	Redshank	2
Reported	a.m.(Bob G.)	Little Gull	1	& 1f/juv Marsh Harrier.
~
20/04	Yarmouth Ponds (9.10 -11.40)	SEDGE WARBLER	3-4	(Rofford/Station pond reedbed)
20/04	"	REED WARBLER	1	(Heard in reedbed S. of Station)
20/04	"	Kestrel	1m,1f	(@ Nest Box)
20/04	"	Whimbrel	1
20/04	"	Sandwich Tern	4
20/04	"	Willow Warbler	3	(Heard)
20/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	15
20/04	"	Little Egret	5
20/04	"	Heron	2
20/04	"	Whitethroat	3
20/04	"	Swallow	3
20/04	"	Greylag Geese	2	(Thorley End)
20/04	"	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
~
20/04	Bembridge Ponds	Pintail	1m	(Probably Feral)
20/04	(15.50 - 17.00)	Redstart	1f	(S. of path by Lagoon)
20/04	"	Greenshank	1
20/04	"	Tufted Duck	5m,2f
20/04	"	Swallow	6
20/04	"	Sand Martin	1
~
Reported	Culver Down	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1	on Nat History Walk (Caroline D.)
~
Saturday	Wet, Misty	Light E. Wind
19/04	Newtown NR	GARGANEY	1m,1f	(at back of Scrape)
19/04	(17.10 - 18.20)	Black-headed Gull	c400	"
19/04	"	Little Owl	1	(In trees to S.)
19/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
19/04	"	Redshank	2
Reported	a.m.(Bob G.)	GARGANEY	2	In the scrape from 9.00 - 18.10 at least.
~
Reported	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Yellow Wagtail	22	1 Water Pipit, 40 Swallow, 2 Reed Warbler
(Graham S.)	Fort Victoria	HOBBY	1	1 Arctic, 21 Common Tern, 7 Common Gull.
"	"	Whimbrel	3	130 Swallow (N), 3 Dunlin, 21 Linnet (E).
~
Friday	Cloudy, showers, cold	Strong E. Wind
18/04	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	11	(No sign of Avocets)
18/04	(8.05 - 8.50)	Black-headed Gull	c550
18/04	Cassey Bridge	Wigeon	1m,1f
18/04	Town Copse	NIGHTINGALE	1m	(Heard S. of Road by Town copse entrance)
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Little-ringed Plover	1	2 Whimbrel, 2 Black-tailed Godwit,
(Graham S.)	(evening)	Green Sandpiper	1	1f Marsh Harrier
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	Brisk E. Wind
17/04	St. Catherine's Point	LITTLE GULL	11E
17/04	(7.30 - 10.30)	"COMMIC" TERN	5E	(=Common/Arctic)
17/04	with Dave H. & Ian R.	Whimbrel	64E
17/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1	(With Whimbrel!)
17/04	"	Sandwich Tern	30	(25E.)
17/04	"	Guillemot	3E	(and 2 other Auks W)
17/04	"	Kittewake	2	(1W, 1E)
17/04	"	Fulmar	12
17/04	"	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1
17/04	"	Gannet	48	(Mostly W.)
17/04	"	Swallow	c4	(in off sea)
~
17/04	Newtown NR	AVOCET	4	(on Scrape, 1 Colour Ringed) RING INFO )
17/04	(16.40 - 18.10)	Black-headed Gull	c500	"
17/04	"	Redshank	1
Reported	"	AVOCET	4	In the scrape from 14.50 - 19.45 at least.
~
Reported	(earlier)	Osprey	1	9 Whimbrel, 2 Nightingale (Bob G.)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.	Light SE. Wind
16/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
16/04	(7.50)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
16/04	"	Linnet	1	(Car Park)
~
16/04	Bembridge Down	REDSTART	3m	(S. of Fort above set-aside patch)
16/04	(8.05 - 9.15)	Buzzard	2
16/04	"	Skylark	3	(W. of Fort)
16/04	"	Yellowhammer	1m
16/04	"	Willow Warbler	c6
~
16/04	Bembridge Ponds	Pintail	1m	(Probably Feral)
16/04	(14.30 - 15.15)	Great-crested Grebe	1
16/04	"	Redstart	1m	(by path)
16/04	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
16/04	"	Willow Warbler	2
~
16/04	Brading Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f	(hunting along river, seen from old Seawall)
16/04	(18.30 - 19.40)	Short-eared Owl	1	(S. side from 19.27)
16/04	"	Teal	14
16/04	"	Shelduck	2
16/04	"	Lapwing	3
16/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m
16/04	"	Meadow Pipit	1
~
16/04	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Little Owl	1	(On power pole @20.30)
16/04	"	Barn Owl	1	(Hunting at dusk 20.46)
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Point	ICELAND GULL (Hybrid?)	1	2 "Bonxie", 2 Arctic Skua, 7 Sandwich Tern.
(Dave H.)	(7.15 - 10.00)	LITTLE GULL	43	59 Scoter, 4 Whimbrel, 6 Kittiwake, 1 RT Diver.
~
Reported	Rofford Marsh	RING OUZEL	1	Trees at back by Station
(Caroline D.)	(17.00 - 18.10)	Black Redstart	1	& Redstart, Whitethroat, 2 Sand Martin.
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Green Sandpiper	1	1 Cuckoo, 22 Swallow
(Graham S.)	(evening)	Marsh Harrier	2	2 Greenshank, 1 Ringed Plover.
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.	Light W. Wind
15/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
15/04	(8.00)	Coot	2a,5juv
15/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen)
15/04	Sandown Bay	Sandwich Tern	1
~
15/04	Dodnor to Pinkmead	WHITETHROAT	1m	(Singing just S. of Pinkmead)
15/04	(8.35 - 10.15)	Cuckoo (?)	1m	(Brief distant call heard)
15/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
15/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(On River)
~
15/04	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
15/04	(14.30)	Tufted Duck	5m,4f
15/04	"	Redshank	1
15/04	"	Barnacle Goose	1	(Feral)
15/04	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral)
15/04	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
~
15/04	Brading Marsh	COMMON SANDPIPER	1	(on "Green Bridge" pool seen from old Seawall)
15/04	(16.30 - 17.30)	Little-ringed Plover	1	(A 3rd wader dissapeared before I got the scope out)
15/04	"	Teal	5
15/04	"	Shelduck	2
15/04	"	Lapwing	2
15/04	Filter Beds	Reed Bunting	6
15/04	"	Meadow Pipit	2
~
Birdguides	Luccombe Down	Red Kite	1	over at 11.23
~
Reported	Brading Sewage Wks	Ring Ouzel	1	in trees at back, lunchtime (Dave C.)
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
14/04	Binstead Garden Feeders	Siskin	2
14/04	(8.30 - 10.30	Nuthatch	1	(The nest site is now further E.)
14/04	"	Coal Tit	2
14/04	"	Buzzard	1	(Over)
14/04	Quarr Abbey & fields	Mistle Thrush	3+
14/04	"	Blackcap	1	(Singing by Abbey)
14/04	"	Pied Wagtail	3m	(Field)
14/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Heard)
14/04	"	Chiffchaff	3	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Bright int. Showers	Brisk W. Wind
13/04	West High Down, Totland	Bullfinch	2	(FP to Beacon)
13/04	(7.20 - 10.50) IWOG Walk	Dartford Warbler	1m
13/04	"	Peregrine	1
13/04	"	Yellowhammer	2m
13/04	"	Willow Warbler	40+
13/04	"	Chiffchaff	c20
13/04	"	Wheatear	1f	(Above Alum Bay)
13/04	"	Stonechat	2m,1f	"
13/04	"	Swallow	3+
13/04	"	Raven	1
13/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	3
~
Saturday	Sunny Int. & Showers	Brisk W. Wind
12/04	St. Catherine's Point	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1+	(1 Lingering then W. later 1E.-the same bird?)
12/04	(8.00 - 9.10)	Gannet	3E
12/04	=Calm and fairly quite	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1W
12/04	"	Fulmar	3
12/04	"	Gull Sp.	13E	(Looking very white in sun, -probably Kittiwakes)
12/04	"	Peregrine	2W	(@ 8.32 Just off the Lighthouse cliffs)
~
Reported	Medina Study Centre	CUCKOO	1	heard here for the last few days
~
Friday	Sunny Int. & Showers
11/04	Shide to Blackwater FP	Kingfisher	1-2	(Around Ponds and along stream)
11/04	(8.00 - 10.10)	Treecreeper	2m	(1 seen, both singing)
11/04	"	Blackcap	8
11/04	"	Chiffchaff	10
11/04	"	Swallow	1N
11/04	"	Little Owl	1	(@ Nest Hole)
11/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Perched in tree by path)
11/04	"	Kestrel	1
11/04	"	Buzzard	2
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	Light W. Wind
10/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	4m,3f
10/04	(8.00)	Shoveler	1m,1f
10/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(seen)
~
10/04	Sandown G.C.(FP on N. side)	Blackcap	3
10/04	(8.35)	Chiffchaff	2m
~
Wednesday	Cold to Sunny Int.
09/04	Folly Lake, R. Medina	Whimbrel	1	(Over-wintering here)
09/04	(7.25 - 8.20)	Curlew	2
09/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	4
~
09/04	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	12	(6 Gull Is. & 6 on Scrape)
09/04	(9.05 - 10.25)	Black-headed Gull	c450	"
09/04	"	Knot	85	(Good numbers)
09/04	"	Brent Geese	10
09/04	"	Shelduck	c30
09/04	"	Dunlin	13
09/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	27
~
Reported	West High Down	RING OUZEL	1	visiting birders, (report via Eileen)
~
Tuesday	Fine Sunny	Light E. Wind
08/04	St. Catherine's Point	ARCTIC SKUA	1E	(Dark Phase @ 8.35)
08/04	(7.10 - 8.50)	Red-throated Diver	1E	(Landed on sea before moving on)
08/04	=Calm and fairly quite	Common Scoter	7E	(4@8.03, 3@8.40)
08/04	"	Shelduck	1W
08/04	"	Brent Geese	5W
08/04	"	Fulmar	3
08/04	"	Oystercatcher	2	(On rock)
~
08/04	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	1	(Under LB Station Pier)
08/04	(14.10)	Wheatear	1f
~
08/04	Bembridge Ponds	Pintail	1m	(Flying over with 2 Mallard)
08/04	(14.50)	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
08/04	"	Little Grebe	3
08/04	"	Shelduck	4
~
08/04	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Little Owl	1	(On power pole @20.20)
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
07/04	Ryde Esplanade (8.45)	Sanderling	56
07/04	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	3
07/04	"	Swallow	c8
07/04	"	Little Grebe	5
07/04	"	Shelduck	5
~
07/04	New Road, Wootton	Treecreeper	1	(Heard)
07/04	(13.15)	Coal Tit	1
~
07/04	Rofford Marsh (13.50)	LITTLE RINGED PLOVER	1	(Near a Lapwing at back of Marsh)
07/04	Yarmouth Ponds (14.15)	RUFF	2	(Station pond by FP)
07/04	"	Teal	6
07/04	"	Pied Wagtail	1m
07/04	"	Willow Warbler	1m
07/04	"	Little Egret	3
07/04	"	Swallow	2
07/04	"	Sand Martin	6
07/04	"	Spotted Redshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
~
Reported	Culver Down	Osprey	1	over at 14.00 (Steve T.)
~
Sunday	Heavy Snow Showers	Squally N. Wind
06/04	Rofford Marsh	Snipe	4	(Flew up from marsh)
06/04	(8.05) till Snowstorm!	Greylag Goose	2
06/04	"	Teal	6	(no sign of L.R.P)
06/04	"	Pied Wagtail	2m
06/04	"	Willow Warbler	1m
~
06/04	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
06/04	(18.15)	Greenshank	1
06/04	"	Swallow	c8
06/04	"	Little Grebe	5
06/04	"	Shelduck	5
~
06/04	Laundry Lane	Swallow	1
06/04	(18.45 - 19.30)	Teal	16
06/04	"	Heron	3
06/04	"	Little Egret	2
06/04	"	Kestrel	2
06/04	"	Buzzard	2
~
Reported	Rofford Marsh	Little Ringed Plover	1	and 2 RUFF (Jon, Ventnor Group)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	Short-eared Owl	1	from S.Wks @11.00, also 5 Wheatear (Graham S.)
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
05/04	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	c15	(6 at Scrape, 1 Green Ring "AACK")
05/04	(7.45 - 10.05)	Black-headed Gull	c300	"
05/04	"	Brent Geese	26
05/04	"	Red-breased Merganser	3
05/04	"	Buzzard	5
05/04	"	Knot	2
05/04	"	Dunlin	c90
05/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c90
05/04	"	Turnstone	13
05/04	"	Ringed Plover	1	(Flying over harbour)
05/04	"	Chiffchaff	3
~
05/04	Yarmouth	Spotted Redshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
05/04	(10.20 - 11.40)	Greenshank	1	"
05/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	9
05/04	"	Swallow	1N
05/04	"	Wigeon	1m,1f
05/04	"	Teal	32	(Mostly at Rofford Marsh, but L.R.P not seen)
05/04	"	Reed Bunting	2m
05/04	"	Greylag Goose	1
05/04	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
~
Reported	W. High Down	Red Kite	1	ENE at 10.50 same bird seen over Ventnor earlier?
(Caroline D.)	"	Common Redstart	1m	by Beacon, also 3 Blackcaps.
"	Rofford Marsh	LITTLE RINGED PLOVER	1	N. of Cycle track from 11.30 (& Dave C. & Caroline D.)
~
From 3/4	Freshwater	COMMON REDSTART	1m	visited a garden feeder at 12.12 on Thursday
and on 16/2	"	White-fronted Geese	4	field by All Saint's Church (Dave C.)
~
Friday	Hazy to Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
04/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	4m,4f
04/04	(8.00)	Cetti's Warbler	3	(1 seen, 2 heard)
~
04/04	Culver/Bembridge Downs	Linnet	3
04/04	(8.35)	Yellowhammer	2m
04/04	"	Peregrine	1
04/04	"	Raven	1
04/04	"	Fulmar	1
04/04	"	Willow Warbler	4+
04/04	"	Chiffchaff	6+
~
04/04	Springvale (11.40)	Great-crested Grebe	4	(Together on sea)
~
04/04	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	1
04/04	(18.15 - 19.50)	Reed Bunting	1m,1f
04/04	"	Chaffinch	c6
04/04	Brading Marsh	Shoveler	3m,2f
04/04	"	Teal	14
04/04	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	2
04/04	"	Sand Martin	c20	(Over marsh)
04/04	"	Swallow	1	(North)
04/04	"	Wheatear	1
04/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(1 seen, 2 heard)
04/04	"	Blackcap	1m
04/04	"	Lapwing	3
04/04	"	Canada Geese	c20
04/04	"	Teal	12
~
Tue to Thur.	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos.
Thur. 3rd	Slimbridge/Frampton	Garganey	2m,1	& Cattle Egret, Ruff, Spotted Redshank etc.
Wed. 2nd	Speech House woods	Brambling	2
"	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	2	10+ Goosander, 2 Raven.
Tue. 1st	Wenchford	Dipper	2	5 Grey Wagtail.
"	Farmer's Green, Cannop	Great-grey Shrike	1m	& 1m Stonechat, Goshawk

MARCH 2008: Click for monthly species lists, March total = 115

Sun & Mon	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos.
Mon 31st	Speech House woods	Hawfinch	2	1m Brambling.
"	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	2	Siskin, Raven.
Sun 30th	Farlington Marsh	Bearded Tit	3	1m,1f Wheatear
"	Slimbridge/Frampton	Garganey	1m	& Green-winged Teal, Ruff, Spotted Redshank etc.
Saturday	Bright, Rain later	Brisk SW. Wind
29/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	8m,5f
29/03	(7.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard by hide)
29/03	"	Shoveler	3m,2f
29/03	"	Pochard	1f
~
29/03	Culver/Bembridge Downs	Linnet	c40
29/03	(7.50)	Rock Pipit	1
29/03	"	Meadow Pipit	2
~
29/03	Seaview Esplanade	Great-crested Grebe	2	(Out by Forts)
29/03	(8.40)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(m. out by Fort, f. just off Seaview)
~
29/03	Hersey NR	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
29/03	(11.00)	Little Grebe	3
29/03	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral birds)
29/03	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral "Blue Phase")
29/03	"	"Greylag" Hybrids	2	(pale Domestic types)
29/03	Beach	Brent Geese	17	(Numbers decreasing)
~
Friday	Wet to Sunny Int.	Increasing SW. Wind
28/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	8m,7f
28/03	(14.30)	Shoveler	3m,2f
~
28/03	Brading Sewage Works	Meadow Pipit	2+
28/03	(15.00 - 16.15)	Reed Bunting	3m
28/03	"	Chaffinch	c6
28/03	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	1
28/03	"	Water Pipit	1	(Flew W. over lane near Cattle Sheds)
28/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
28/03	"	Blackcap	1m
28/03	"	Lapwing	3
28/03	"	Canada Geese	c60
28/03	"	Snipe	2	(Keeping a low profile)
~
Thursday	Fine Sunny	Light Wind
27/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	10m,5f
27/03	(7.35)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard, maybe 1 seen)
27/03	"	Shoveler	3m,2f
27/03	"	Reed Bunting	1f	(in reedbed)
~
27/03	Culver/Bembridge Downs	Wheatear	4m	(Cliff edge and Redcliff field, -ringed?)
27/03	(8.20 - 9.10)	Rock Pipit	2
27/03	"	Yellowhammer	1m
27/03	"	Skylark	2
27/03	"	Fulmar	1	(Redcliff)
27/03	"	Linnet	c20	(Field by Car Park, and by Fort)
27/03	"	Buzzard	1	(Chased by Crows)
27/03	"	Yellowhammer	3
~
27/03	Brading Sewage Works	WILLOW WARBLER	1m	(Singing by path)
27/03	(9.30)	Chiffchaff	c4
27/03	"	Chaffinch	c6
27/03	"	Reed Bunting	5m
27/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1
27/03	"	Sand Martin	2
~
27/03	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
27/03	(16.30 - 17.10)	Redshank	1
27/03	"	Greenshank	2
27/03	"	Little Grebe	6
27/03	"	Shelduck	6
~
27/03	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1
27/03	(19.05)	Little Owl	1
Mammal	"	Pipistrelle Bat	2
~
Wednesday	Bright Start,	Showers later
26/03	St. Catherine's Point	GREAT SKUA "BONXIE"	1E	(@8.07, wing flashes showing well)
26/03	(7.50 - 9.20)	Wheatear	1f	(Cliff edge by Watershoot Bay)
26/03	quiet @ sea -after the Bonxie	Shag	2	(1 @ Rocken End, 1E)
26/03	& poss. Sandwich Tern E.	Fulmar	12	(4 on sea, 8 on Gore Cliff)
26/03	"	Peregrine	1	(Gore Cliff)
26/03	"	Yellowhammer	2m
26/03	"	Meadow Pipit	3
26/03	"	Red-legged Partridge	2	(by water trough, Cattle field)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy	Light NW. Wind
25/03	Brading Sewage Works	Reed Bunting	3m,1f
25/03	(16.20 -17.15)	Chiffchaff	c6	(Some new migrants have come in)
25/03	"	Chaffinch	c10
25/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c10	(No sign of Water Pipit)
25/03	"	Grey Wagtail	2
~
Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	Light N. Wind
24/03	Alverstone FP (W. side)	REDPOLL	1m	(Feeding on FP past Iron Bridge)
24/03	(7.50 - 9.30)	Jay	4
24/03	"	Buzzard	2	(Mating in a tree!)
24/03	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3	(Lots of Drumming etc.)
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1	by hide.
~
Reported	Marsh Farm, Newtown	poss. TREE SPARROW	1	by gate just past farm (Ken)
~
24/03	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	4	(Scrape)
24/03	(15.40 - 17.15)	Black-headed Gull	c300	"
24/03	"	Brent Geese	c100
24/03	"	Red-breased Merganser	2m,1f
24/03	"	Buzzard	3
24/03	"	Mistle Thrush	2
24/03	"	House Sparrow	c15	(No sign of Tree Sparrow)
24/03	"	Chiffchaff	1
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Showers	Cold N. Wind
23/03	Brading Sewage Wks.	SWALLOW	1	(With unusual white shoulder patch and pink breast)
23/03	(7.50)	Sand Martin	7	(Some with Swallow on wires)
23/03	"	Chiffchaff	2
23/03	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
23/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
23/03	"	Wigeon	c30	("Green Bridge" Pond)
~
23/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	6m,4f
23/03	(8.50)	Pochard	1m,2f
23/03	"	Chiffchaff	1
23/03	"	Little Grebe	2
~
23/03	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(E. of Lane)
23/03	(15.50 - 17.15)	Buzzard	1	(Pale with "Ringtail" but not a Harrier!)
23/03	"	Kestrel	2
23/03	"	Sand Martin	1
~
Saturday	Wintry Showers	V. Cold N. Wind
22/03	Dodnor and R. Medina	Sand Martin	20	(Over river @8.20 drifting N.)
22/03	(8.00 - 9.15)	Little Grebe	5	(4 on Medina, 1 on Pond)
~
22/03	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
22/03	(16.20)	Greylag Geese	2	(In a dip so maybe more)
~
22/03	Bembridge Ponds	Great-crested Grebe	1
22/03	(17.00 - 17.30)	Sand Martin	15+
22/03	"	Greenshank	2
22/03	"	Redshank	2
22/03	"	Shelduck	2
~
Thursday	Cloudy, Bright Intervals	W. Wind
20/03	West High Down, Totland	Raven	2+
20/03	(8.00 -10.20)	Peregrine	2+
20/03	"	Wheatear	4m,2f	(South Cliffs)
20/03	"	Cormorant	10+	(Some carrying nest material)
20/03	"	Shag	3	(By "Old Pepper" Rock)
20/03	"	Blackcap	1m	(Singing on path to Beacon, new in?)
20/03	"	Chiffchaff	2
20/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
20/03	"	Rock Pipit	5
20/03	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	4
20/03	"	Fulmar	4
20/03	"	Yellowhammer	1f
20/03	"	Skylark	1	(Singing by Alum Bay)
20/03	"	Linnet	5W
20/03	"	Stonechat	1m,2f	(Alum Bay to Needles)
~
Wednesday	Mostly Sunny	NW. Wind
19/03	Yarmouth Estuary & ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	79
19/03	(7.30 - 9.00)	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
19/03	"	Shoveler	2m,2f
19/03	"	Chiffchaff	2
~
19/03	Bembridge Ponds	WHITE WAGTAIL	1	(Paddock by Harbour Farm)
19/03	(17.10) met GS.	Pied Wagtail	18	(1 with Yellow Ring)
19/03	"	Heron	3
19/03	"	Greenshank	1
19/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
Reported	Laundry Lane	Merlin	1m	at 4pm (Danny V.)
~
Tuesday	Rather Cloudy	Cold N. Wind
Reported	St. Helens Mill-pond	GARGANEY	1m	First seen Monday and @ 6.45 Today (Richard S.)
18/03	Bembridge Harbour	Teal	c30	(No sign of Garganey but tide quite high)
18/03	(7.50)	Shelduck	12
18/03	St. Helens Bridge	Marsh Harrier	1f
18/03	(8.30)	Shoveler	6+	(Dynamite Pool)
18/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
18/03	Bembridge Harbour	Wheatear	2f	(On the remains of the old wall)
18/03	(16.50)	Little Egret	5	(No sign of Garganey still)
~
Monday	Short Sunny Int	Light NE. Wind
17/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	5m,4f
17/03	(7.40)	Pochard	3m,3f
17/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Glimpsed in reeds)
17/03	"	Rock Pipit	1	(On beach)
~
17/03	Bembridge Ponds	SAND MARTIN	8-12	(Over Marsh -SW.of Ponds)
17/03	(14.40)	Chiffchaff	2
17/03	"	Little Grebe	8
17/03	"	Redshank	1
17/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
Reported	Luccombe	SWIFT	1	Birdguides @ 10.30
~
Saturday	Misty but bright	Light E. Wind
15/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	7m,5f
15/03	(8.20)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
15/03	"	Reed Bunting	1	(Singing in reedbed)
~
15/03	Bembridge Down	WHEATEAR	3m	(By Pit on Redcliff, then up by road)
15/03	(8.45 - 9.40)	Meadow Pipit	6
15/03	"	Yellowhammer	1m
15/03	"	Skylark	9
15/03	"	Fulmar	7	(5 @ Redcliff)
15/03	Culver Down	Linnet	c20	(Field by Car Park)
15/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chasing the Linnets)
Reported	"	Wheatear	6	also 2m seen on Ventnor Downs & 1m at Newtown NR
~
Thursday	Cloudy
13/03	Lucombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing on Gorse)
13/03	(8.00 -9.11)	Meadow Pipit	6+
13/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
~
13/03	Springvale, Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	3
13/03	(12.40)	Great-crested Grebe	2
13/03	"	Red-breased Merganser	2m,1f
~
Wednesday	Cold and Sunny	Strong W. Wind
12/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Pied Wagtail	2
12/03	(7.50)	Meadow Pipit	2
12/03	"	Grey Wagtail	2-3
12/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1
~
12/03	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	2
12/03	(8.15)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Singing loudly)
~
12/03	Culver Down	Brambling	2-3	(2 in bushes, 1 seen earlier)
12/03	(8.30)	Buzzard	2
12/03	"	Skylark	2	(SW. of Fort)
~
12/03	Laundry Lane	Short-eared Owl	1	(W. of Lane)
12/03	(17.40 - 18.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
12/03	"	Greylag Geese	7
12/03	"	Buzzard	4
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Showers	SW. Wind
11/03	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	7	(Scrape)
11/03	(8.10 - 10.05)	Black-headed Gull	c200	"
11/03	"	Knot	c380	(Numbers well up)
11/03	"	Ringed Plover	1
11/03	"	Turnstone	13
11/03	"	Brent Geese	c320
11/03	"	Dunlin	400+
11/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
11/03	"	Red-breased Merganser	3m,4f
11/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
~
Monday	Wet and Windy	SW. Gales
10/03	Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	6E
10/03	(8.30 - 9.30)	Brent Geese	7E
10/03	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	3
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
09/03	Fishbourne Beach	Red-breasted Merganser	8
09/03	(7.35)	Great-crested Grebe	3
09/03	"	Redshank	16
09/03	"	Greenshank	1
~
09/03	Laundry Lane, Bembridge	Marsh Harrier	1f
09/03	(15.25 -18.25)	Wigeon	c80
09/03	"	Greylag Geese	8	(1 has neck ring)
09/03	Brading Sewage Works	Reed Bunting	3m
09/03	"	Meadow Pipit	6
09/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
~
Saturday	Cloudy Dull	W. Wind
08/03	Springvale to Seaview	Red-breasted Merganser	5m,3f
08/03	(8.00)	Shag	1	(On a red buoy)
08/03	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Over)
~
08/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Reed Bunting	2m
08/03	(8.35)	Meadow Pipit	12
08/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
08/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
~
08/03	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
08/03	(8.50)	Wigeon	c60
08/03	"	Goldcrest	1
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals
07/03	Binstead Garden	Nuthatch	2	(At feeders and nest hole)
07/03	(8.45 - 9.40)	Coal Tit	2
~
07/03	St. Lawrence	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	(On pond by Cliff Edge)
07/03	(11.05)	Little Egret	3
07/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
07/03	"	Mistle Thrush	1
07/03	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3
07/03	"	Stonechat	1m
~
07/03	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	3	(Under LB Station Pier)
07/03	(14.20)	Little Egret	1
07/03	"	Rock Pipit	1
07/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
07/03	"	Pied Wagtail	6
~
07/03	Seaview Esplanade	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
07/03	(14.20)	Mediterranean Gull	4
07/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
~
Reported	Laundry Lane	Short-eared Owl	2	at dusk, also Peregrine and 8 Greylag Geese
(Chris M.)
Thursday	Sunny to Cloudy	W. Wind
06/03	Medina, Newport to Cowes	Treecreeper	1
06/03	(8.20 - 10.20)	Black-headed Gull	c400
06/03	"	Redwing	2
06/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
06/03	"	Snipe	1	(Werrar)
06/03	"	Redshank	3
06/03	"	Skylark	2
06/03	"	Little Egret	3
06/03	"	Brent Geese	c200
~
Wednesday	Bright Intervals
05/03	Shide to Blackwater	Kingfisher	1	(Flew down river from Garage)
05/03	(7.45 - 10.40)	Siskin	c10
05/03	"	Treecreeper	2	(By FP.)
05/03	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
05/03	"	Little Owl	1	(Tree near nest hole)
05/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
05/03	"	Goldcrest	3	(1 seen, 2 heard)
05/03	"	Dunnock	9	(Some displaying)
~
05/03	Springvale, Seaview	Razorbill	1	(Far out on Sea)
05/03	(14.00)	Mediterranean Gull	4
05/03	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(At water's edge)
05/03	"	Brent Geese	8W
~
Reported	St. Lawence	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	on pond at SZ538763 (via Caroline D.)
~
Tuesday	Cold and Sunny	NW. Wind
04/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Reed Bunting	3m,1f
04/03	(7.50)	Meadow Pipit	17
04/03	"	Grey Wagtail	2
04/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
~
04/03	Culver Down	Brambling	c4
04/03	(8.30)	Linnet	60+	(On bushes 200m S. of Fort)
04/03	"	Dartford Warbler	1	(E. along bushes by road)
04/03	"	Skylark	2	(Heard W. of Fort)
04/03	"	Raven	1	(Along cliffs)
~
04/03	Laundry Lane	Greylag Geese	7	(The neck ring reads "S-UJ" -the "UJ" is printed vertically)
04/03	(14.25 - 16.25)	Wigeon	c120
04/03	"	RED KITE	1	(Over Brading heading NW from 16.11 - 16.14)
~
Monday	Sunny to Showers	W. Wind
03/03	Yarmouth Estuary & ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
03/03	(8.15 - 9.25)	Greenshank	1
03/03	"	Shoveler	5m,3f	(Mostly on Rofford Marsh)
03/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	6
~
03/03	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	10
03/03	(9.45 - 10.50)	Black-headed Gull	c250
03/03	"	Pintail	10m,8f	(Cassey Bridge earlier)
03/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	105
03/03	"	Ringed Plover	4
03/03	"	Turnstone	9
03/03	"	Brent Geese	c300
03/03	"	Dunlin	200+
03/03	"	Grey Plover	c40
03/03	"	Red-breased Merganser	2m,2f
~
03/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Reed Bunting	8m.3f
03/03	(16.20)	Meadow Pipit	20
03/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
03/03	Laundry Lane	Greylag Geese	5	(The neck collor reads "ES?" -from Sweden?)
03/03	(16.45 - 17.30)	Fieldfare	c20	(By lane, a possible 40 more on marsh)
03/03	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
03/03	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Showers to Cloudy	SW. Wind
02/03	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c60
02/03	(7.25)	Dunlin	5
02/03	"	Ringed Plover	9	(Beach by Wimpy Kiosk)
02/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Tree by Canoe Lake, Migrant?)
~
02/03	Springvale, Seaview	Sanderling	15
02/03	(7.40)	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
02/03	Lane End	Stonechat	1m	(Cliff edge W. of Car Park, Migrant?)
02/03	(8.05)	Cormorant	8
02/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(Out beyond St. Helens Fort)
02/03	"	Coal Tit	1	(Singing in treetops)
~
02/03	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	5m,2f
02/03	(8.30)	Shoveler	7m,5f
02/03	"	Tufted Duck	6+
02/03	"	Greenshank	1
~
02/03	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	4
02/03	(9.00)	Curlew	11
02/03	"	Brent Geese	c40
02/03	"	Teal	15
02/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	14
02/03	St. Helens Bridge	Lapwing	1	(They've nearly all gone!)
~
02/03	Luccombe Down (16.15)	Dartford Warbler	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	SAND MARTIN	2	and 2 Short-eared Owls by Laundry Lane (Kris G.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Strong W. Wind
01/03	Appley Park, Ryde	Redwing	c25
01/03	(7.45)	Mistle Thrush	6
01/03	Appley Beach	Mediterranean Gull	7
~
01/03	Hersey NR	Shoveler	4m
01/03	(8.35 - 9.40)	Snipe	1
01/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/03	"	Teal	7
01/03	"	Water Rail	2	(Chasing each other in field to W.)
01/03	"	Barnacle Geese	152	(Feral)
01/03	"	Snow Goose	1	(Esc. Blue Phase)
01/03	"	Greylag Geese	3	(Feral, domestic types)
01/03	"	Bar-headed Geese	3	(Feral)
~
01/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Reed Bunting	4m
01/03	(15.00 - 15.30)	Meadow Pipit	8
01/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
01/03	Laundry Lane	Greylag Geese	8	(The R.H. bird has a numbered neck marker)
01/03	(15.30 - 16.45)	Fieldfare	2
01/03	"	Buzzard	2	(Marsh Harrier reported behind Bembridge ponds)
01/03	"	Magpie	10
~

FEBRUARY 2008: Click for monthly species lists, February total = 112

Friday	Bright to Cloudy
29/02	Brighstone Down	Dartford Warbler	1m	(E. of Trig Piont)
29/02	(7.40 - 9.05)	Yellowhammer	c10	(Singing well)
29/02	"	Buzzard	5
29/02	"	Dunnock	6
29/02	"	Red-legged Partridge	1	(On the lane)
~
29/02	Lynch Lane, Calbourne	Fieldfare	16	(A good selection of Thrushes)
29/02	(9.10)	Redwing	1
29/02	"	Song Thrush	1
29/02	"	Mistle Thrush	1	(Singing)
~
29/02	Newtown NR	Knot	2
29/02	(9.40 - 10.40)	Peregrine	2
29/02	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	2
29/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	59
29/02	"	Ringed Plover	1
29/02	"	Turnstone	6
29/02	"	Brent Geese	c200
29/02	"	Dunlin	200+
29/02	"	Grey Plover	c40
29/02	"	Red-breased Merganser	3m,2f
29/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	13
29/02	"	Black-headed Gull	c300	(Already on the Scrape Islands)
~
Wednesday	Bright Intervals
27/02	Folly Lake, Medina	Skylark	8
27/02	(8.00 - 9.10)	Rock Pipit	2
27/02	"	Teal	28
27/02	"	Wigeon	3
27/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
27/02	"	Dunlin	1
27/02	"	Redshank	11
27/02	"	Brent Geese	82
~
27/02	Blackwater	Redwing	8
27/02	(9.30 - 10.20)	Goldcrest	3	(Heard)
27/02	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Sandy Lane)
27/02	"	Red-legged Partridge	6	(S. of Stone Farm)
27/02	"	Little Owl	1	(In nest hole)
~
27/02	St. Georges Down	Raven	1	(Over calling)
27/02	(10.30 - 11.20)	Buzzard	5
27/02	"	Green Woodpecker	2
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
26/02	Springvale	Black Redstart	1f	(In car park of derelict Tollgate Cafe)
26/02	(8.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(Off shore)
~
26/02	Hersey NR	Shoveler	4m
26/02	(8.45 - 9.10)	Snipe	6
26/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Glimpsed in reeds)
26/02	"	Stonechat	1f
26/02	"	Little Grebe	8
26/02	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral)
26/02	"	Snow Goose	1	(Esc. Blue Phase)
26/02	"	Greylag Geese	2	(Feral, domestic types)
26/02	"	Bar-headed Geese	2	(Feral)
~
26/02	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	8m,2f
26/02	(9.20)	Greenshank	3
26/02	"	Pochard	10+
26/02	"	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
26/02	"	Heron	12
26/02	"	Little Egret	1
26/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1
26/02	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard squealing)
~
26/02	Ryde Esplanade	Dunlin	1
26/02	(14.00)	Ringed Plover	8
26/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	1	(W. of Pier)
~
Monday	Cold and Sunny	S. Wind
25/02	Ventnor Esplanade	Purple Sandpiper	3	(Seawall 100m E. of Car Park)
25/02	(8.20 - 9.15)	Kestrel	1m	(Cliffs)
25/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
25/02	"	Fulmar	1	(At sea)
25/02	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Heard)
~
25/02	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	7
25/02	(10.30)	Tufted Duck	4m,3f
25/02	"	Snipe	c40	(Flushed from marsh by helecopter)
25/02	"	Little Grebe	2
25/02	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	3
~
25/02	Culver Down	Rock Pipit	6
25/02	(10.45)	Linnet	50+	(Flock of 40 E. of "Culver Haven" pub)
25/02	"	Peregrine	1	(Along Cliff edge)
25/02	"	Raven	2	(Along cliffs then 1 on Monument)
~
25/02	Ryde Garden	Blackcap	1m	(On my feeders lunchtime)
~
Reported	E. Cowes Garden	ROSE-COLOURED STARLING	1	on feeders recently, pictures on Kris's Website
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Hazy Sun	Light Wind
24/02	Lane End	Purple Sandpiper	5	(On Bemb. ledge then flew to LB Station)
24/02	(9.00 -IWOG Walk)	Shag	2
24/02	"	Cormorant	c10
24/02	"	Redshank	2
24/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	9
~
24/02	Springvale	Black Redstart	1f	(On beach and at the Tollgate old Cafe)
24/02	(10.10)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
24/02	"	Sanderling	2
24/02	"	Rock Pipit	1
24/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
24/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	3
24/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
24/02	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
24/02	(10.40 - 11.30)	Snipe	15	(Many more hidden in grass)
24/02	"	Little Grebe	11
24/02	"	Lapwing	5
24/02	"	Stonechat	1f	(Near entrance on brambles)
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Drizzle	Light SW. Wind
23/02	Player's Beach, Binstead	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
23/02	(7.50)	Great-crested Grebe	1	(off Fishbourne)
23/02	"	Brent Geese	106
23/02	"	Redshank	1
23/02	"	Curlew	2
~
23/02	Binstead to Quarr	Nuthatch	2	(Checking nest hole, Private garden)
23/02	(9.20 - 11.30)	Coal Tit	4
23/02	"	Treecreeper	1	(Heard)
23/02	"	Mistle Thrush	3
23/02	"	Pied Wagtail	8	(Pony field)
23/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
~
Thursday	Cloudy to Brighter	W. Wind
21/02	Springvale	Black Redstart	1f	(In car park of derelict Tollgate Cafe)
21/02	(8.35)	Redshank	1	(Beach)
21/02	"	Sanderling	11	"
21/02	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
21/02	(8.45)	Snipe	1
21/02	"	Little Grebe	4
21/02	"	Lapwing	9
~
21/02	Seaview	Great Northern Diver	1
21/02	(9.10)	Shag	2
21/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
21/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
~
21/02	St. Helens Bridge	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flew from Dynamite pond to Laundry Lane)
21/02	(9.50)	Teal	50+
21/02	"	Lapwing	c300	(Fields)
21/02	"	Wigeon	c80
21/02	"	Little Grebe	5
21/02	"	Little Grebe	5
~
21/02	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	4m,2f
21/02	(10.00)	Shelduck	3
21/02	"	Pochard	12m,7f	(Good numbers)
21/02	"	Tufted Duck	4m,4f
21/02	"	Heron	9
21/02	"	Little Egret	3
~
Wednesday	Foggy to Cloudy
20/02	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Muscovy Duck	1	(Escape)
20/02	(7.30 - 8.40)	Spotted Redshank	1	(On Mill Copse Srape)
20/02	"	Greenshank	1	(Station Pond W.)
20/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	120
20/02	"	Dunlin	23
20/02	"	Turnstone	2
20/02	"	Grey Plover	3
20/02	"	Lapwing	c200
20/02	"	Shoveler	1m,1f	(Drake on Rofford Marsh)
20/02	"	Pintail	1m	"
20/02	"	Teal	c80
20/02	"	Wigeon	c50
20/02	"	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
20/02	"	Little Grebe	7
~
Tuesday	Frosty to Sunny	E. Wind
19/02	Brading Sewage Works	Water Pipit	1	(Filter Beds)
19/02	(8.50 - 9.40)	Meadow Pipit	8
19/02	"	Reed Bunting	3m,2f
19/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
19/02	"	Chaffinch	6
~
19/02	St. Helens Bridge	Shoveler	10	(On river)
19/02	(9.50)	Teal	c50
19/02	"	Cormorant	3
~
19/02	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	1f
19/02	(10.00)	Cormorant	5	(some "sinensis" types? -see picture)
19/02	"	Shelduck	5
19/02	"	Pochard	1m
19/02	"	Tufted Duck	6m,5f
19/02	"	Little Egret	2
~
Monday	Fine Sunny
18/02	Brading Marsh	Canada Geese	48	(No sign of WF Geese)
18/02	(16.20 - 17.55)	Shoveler	3m
18/02	"	Wigeon	c50
18/02	"	Teal	c30
18/02	Brading Sewage Works	Meadow Pipit	3
18/02	"	Reed Bunting	2m
18/02	"	Chaffinch	6
18/02	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(W. side of Lane, N. of Quay Lane @17.50)
18/02	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
18/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
18/02	"	Buzzard	1
18/02	"	Lapwing	c400	(Flushed from Dynamite Pond)
18/02	"	Wigeon	c80
~
Reported	Brading Marsh (Sat 16th)	White-fronted Geese	4	found on RSBP walk (Graham S.)
~
Fri to Mon	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington		S. Hertfordshire
Mon 18th	Farlington, Hants	Avocet	1
"	Broadwater Lake, Herts	Goldeneye	10+	Gadwall, Lesser Black-backed Gull etc.
Sun 17th	Fisher's Green, Lea Valley	Black Swan	1	Snipe, Greylag Geese
"	Stocker's Lake	Red-crested Pochard	1m	4 RUDDY DUCK, Goldeneye, Little Grebe,
Sat 16th	Wraysbury	Ring-necked Parakeet	5	@ nest, 2 Kingfisher
Fri 15th	Staines Moor	Stonechat	1m,1f	6 Skylark, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff
"	Stocker's Lake	RED-CRESTED POCHARD	1m, 1f	up to 7 reported! also 2 Redpoll.
Thursday	Bright Intervals	Cold E. Wind
14/02	Blackwater to Shide FP	Treecreeper	1
14/02	(8.30 - 9.10)	Goldcrest	3	(Heard)
14/02	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Sandy Lane)
14/02	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
14/02	"	Pheasant	38
14/02	"	Little Owl	1	(In nest hole)
~
14/02	Ryde Garden	Blackcap	1m	(On my feeders)
~
14/02	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1m,1f	(A 2nd yr. male flying with the Female)
14/02	(16.15 - 17.20)	Buzzard	2
14/02	"	Lapwing	c400	(Flushed by Harriers)
14/02	"	Wigeon	c80
~
Reported	Shepherd's Chine	SWALLOW	1	flying along cliff edge (via Caroline D.)
~
Wednesday	Frosty to Sunny	Light NE. Wind
13/02	Brading Sewage Works	WATER PIPIT	2
13/02	(8.40 - 9.00)	Meadow Pipit	12
13/02	"	Reed Bunting	2f
13/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
13/02	"	Chaffinch	10+
13/02	"	Chiffchaff	1	(In full song)
~
13/02	Fishbourne Beach	Great-crested Grebe	2
13/02	(11.10 - 12.20)	Redshank	8	(Later 32 @ Wootton Bridge)
13/02	"	Shelduck	6
13/02	"	Little Egret	7
~
13/02	Ryde Garden	Coal Tit	2	(On my feeders)
~
Fri to Tue	MAINLAND TRIP	Keyhaven & NF		the Forest of Dean & Slimbridge
Tue 12th	Slimbridge	TEMMINCK'S STINT	1	c60 Bewick Swan & 1 Spotted Redshank.
"	"	LITTLE STINT	1	200 White-fronted Geese, 1 Bean Goose
"	M4 before A34	RED KITE	1	Soaring to N. of Motorway
"	Farlington Marsh	AVOCET	3	c6 BEARDED TIT.
9th,10th,11th	New Fancy Viewpoint	GOSHAWK	3+	2 Raven & Hawfinch over.
Mon 11th	Ross on Wye	GOOSANDER	1m, 3f	& Kingfisher
Sun 10th	Speech House	Hawfinch	3	& 3 Brambling
"	Redbrook	Marsh Tit	1	& Siskins, Nuthatch etc.
9th & 10th	near Speech House	GREAT GREY SHRIKE	1	(Boy's Grave)
Fri 8th	Freherne, near Slimbridge	CATTLE EGRET	1	& 5 Little Egret.
"	Yarmouth-Lymington	EIDER	1m,1f	off Yarmouth, 3f in Lymington R.
"	Keyhaven	Dartford Warbler	1m	& Turnstone, Gadwall.
"	Beaulieu Road	WOODLARK	3	& 1m CROSSBILL
Thursday	Cloudy	SW. Wind
07/02	Newtown NR	Knot	c30
07/02	(7.35 - 9.55)	Goldeneye	1m,3f
07/02	"	Buzzard	2
07/02	"	Ringed Plover	9
07/02	"	Turnstone	3
07/02	"	Brent Geese	c500
07/02	"	Dunlin	500+
07/02	"	Grey Plover	c50
07/02	"	Great-creasted Grebe	1
07/02	Cassey Bridge	Pintail	24m,16f
07/02	"	Wigeon	c80
07/02	"	Teal	c50
07/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	44
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
06/02	Bembridge Down	Linnet	c60	(Set-aside E. of Manor)
06/02	(7.30 - 8.40)	Brambling	1m	(Up to 10 reported here recently)
06/02	"	Buzzard	2
06/02	"	Stonechat	1m
06/02	"	Stock Dove	5	(Around Fort)
06/02	Dynamite Pond (by Scope)	Shoveler	13m	(+ Females -hard to count at this range)
06/02	"	Wigeon	c50
06/02	"	Tufted Duck	1m
~
06/02	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	1
06/02	(8.40 & 13.45)	Chaffinch	10+
06/02	"	Reed Bunting	1f
06/02	"	Bar-headed Geese	3	(With c30 Canadas on marsh)
06/02	"	Blackcap	1f
06/02	"	Chiffchaff	6+
06/02	"	Goldcrest	4+
~
06/02	Seaview Toll Road	Sanderling	1
06/02	(11.10)	Oystercatcher	38
06/02	"	Redshank	1
06/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
~
06/02	Hersey NR	CHILOE WIGEON	2	(Esc. from Flamingo Park)
06/02	(11.20)	Greenshank	1
06/02	Flooded!	Sparrowhawk	1
06/02	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
06/02	"	Lapwing	11
06/02	"	Snipe	9+
06/02	"	Shoveler	4
06/02	"	Pochard	1f
~
06/02	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	1m	(Heard)
06/02	(16.25 - 18.05)	Barnacle Geese	7
06/02	Sadly no Harriers or Owls were seen	Canada Geese	c200	(A flock of c150 flew in near the river)
06/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
~
Tuesday	Heavy Showers later	Fresh SW. Wind
05/02	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Red-throated Diver	1	(On sea)
05/02	(8.03 - 9.40) with KG.	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
05/02	"	Kittiwake	2W	(inc. a 1st w.)
05/02	"	Fulmar	13W
05/02	"	Gannet	12	(2E, 9W)
05/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1E	(& 4W reported)
05/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Along cliffs)
~
05/02	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	4m,3f
05/02	(10.00)	Pochard	1f
05/02	"	Shoveler	2m,3f
05/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
~
05/02	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	1
05/02	(11.30)	Chaffinch	c10
05/02	"	Reed Bunting	1f
05/02	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	1m	(Heard)
05/02	"	Barnacle Geese	6
05/02	"	Canada Geese	c80
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals, Rain Later	SW Wind
04/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	16
04/02	(7.40)	Great-crested Grebe	1	(W. of Pier)
04/02	"	Red-throated Diver	1W	(W. of Pier)
04/02	"	Brent Geese	c100
04/02	"	Dunlin	1
04/02	"	Ringed Plover	4
04/02	"	Swan	44	(Canoe Lake)
~
04/02	Springvale	Black Redstart	1f/imm	(On seawall/beach by Springvale Hotel)
~
04/02	Bembridge Harbour	Rock Pipit	2
04/02	(8.10)	Teal	6+
04/02	"	Dunlin	36
04/02	"	Teal	38
04/02	"	Little Grebe	4
04/02	Bembridge Ponds	Redshank	1
04/02	(8.45)	Greenshank	1	(On Lagoon with Redshank)
04/02	"	Little Grebe	9
04/02	"	Tufted Duck	15m,7f
04/02	"	Pochard	10m,1f
04/02	"	Shelduck	2
~
04/02	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	5	(Under LB Pier)
04/02	(9.10)	Great-crested Grebe	2
04/02	"	Shag	8	(on St. Helens Fort)
04/02	"	Cormorant	15
04/02	"	Rock Pipit	2
~
04/02	Folly Lake, Medina	Wigeon	19
04/02	(11.30)	Skylark	2
04/02	"	Curlew	38
04/02	"	Little Grebe	3
04/02	"	Brent Geese	c60
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Strong S. Wind
03/02	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	2
03/02	(8.02 - 10.30)	Chiffchaff	c4
03/02	"	Pied Wagtail	2	(1 with Yellow Ring)
03/02	"	Reed Bunting	1m,1f
03/02	"	Chaffinch	c10
03/02	"	Kestrel	1
03/02	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
03/02	(IWOG Walk from 9.00)	Barnacle Geese	9
03/02	-no sign of Marsh Harrier	Canada Geese	c80
03/02	"	Snipe	2
03/02	"	Redwing	c20
03/02	"	Lapwing	120
~
03/02	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	6m,5f
03/02	(11.15)	Pochard	1f
03/02	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
~
03/02	Sandown Levels	JACK SNIPE	2	(Flushed from Ditches/Pools)
03/02	(11.45)	Snipe	c60	(Flushed from field)
03/02	Private land N. of the Zoo	Teal	c30
~
03/02	Binstead Beach	Turnstone	13
03/02	(15.30)	Grey Plover	22
03/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	5
03/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	4m,4f
03/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Frosty Start
02/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	54
02/02	(7.50)	Great-crested Grebe	2	(W. of Pier)
02/02	"	Bar-headed Goose	2	(Canoe Lake)
02/02	"	Dunlin	1
02/02	"	Ringed Plover	13
02/02	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	4
02/02	(8.10)	Redwing	c50
~
02/02	Springvale	Sanderling	c50
02/02	(8.45)	Oystercatcher	24
02/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
~
02/02	Bembridge Harbour	Pied Wagtail	1f	(Ringed at Ryde Pier 2006)
02/02	(14.10)	Little Grebe	1
02/02	Bembridge Ponds	Redshank	1
02/02	(14.35)	Greenshank	1	(On Lagoon with Redshank)
02/02	"	Tufted Duck	9m,3f
02/02	"	Pochard	2m,1f
02/02	"	Shelduck	1
~
02/02	Laundry Lane	Bar-headed Goose	1	(With Canadas)
02/02	(15.10)	Stonechat	1m
~
Friday	Heavy Showers, Windy	SW. Gales
01/02	Blackwater to Shide FP	Treecreeper	1
01/02	(8.30 - 9.10)	Goldcrest	3
01/02	"	Siskin	10
01/02	"	Long-tailed Tit	10
01/02	"	Raven	1	(Over calling)
~
01/02	Lynch Lane, Calbourne	Brambling	8+	(In Trees, on the verges by FP "CB20")
01/02	(9.40 - 10.20)	Chaffinch	c30
01/02	"	Coal Tit	1
~
01/02	Puckpool to Seaview	COMMON SCOTER	2	(1m,1f off Seaview)
01/02	(13.30 - 14.20)	Slavonian Grebe	4	(2 distant W. of Forts, 2 closer off Seaview)
01/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	6m,2f
01/02	"	Great-northern Diver	1
01/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	13
~
01/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	54	(mainly W. of Pier)
01/02	(14.25)	Curlew	11
~

JANUARY 2008: Click for monthly species lists, January total = 118

Thursday	Heavy Showers, Windy	SW. Gales
31/01	"La Falaise" Ventnor	Kittiwake	12W
31/01	(8.05 - 9.40)	Gannet	58W
31/01	"	Razorbill	2W	(@8.08, 2 Auks E. @9.15)
31/01	"	Fulmar	14W
31/01	"	Red-throated Diver	1	(On sea)
31/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1E	(Unusual here)
~
31/01	Ryde Esplanade	Dunlin	12
31/01	(14.00)	Sanderling	20
31/01	"	Ringed Plover	7
31/01	"	Stock Dove	5	(on Canoe Lake banks)
~
31/01	Langbridge, Newchurch	Heron	1	(at back in reeds)
31/01	(16.40 - 17.20)	Fieldfare	c15	(Others heard at roost)
-No sign of the	Night Heron (Reported yesterday)
Wednesday	Fine Sunny, colder
30/01	Dodnor to Kingston	Bullfinch	c5	(m&f seen Dodnor Pond, m. @ Werrar)
30/01	(8.30 - 10.40)	Black-tailed Godwit	14
30/01	"	Little Grebe	12
30/01	"	Redshank	10
30/01	"	Brent Geese	c70
30/01	"	Shelduck	3
30/01	"	Wigeon	2
30/01	"	Goldcrest	3
30/01	"	Skylark	5	(Some in full song)
30/01	"	Chiffchaff	1	(woods by river)
~
Tuesday	Bright to Cloudy	SW. Wind
29/01	West High Down area	Raven	3	(1E @ Tennyson Down, 2 near Needles)
29/01	(9.05 - 11.45)	Peregrine	2-3	(1 on S. Cliffs, 2 off the Rocket Testing Site)
29/01	Fairly quiet	Rock Pipit	7
29/01	"	Fulmar	8
29/01	"	Buzzard	3	(to Alum Bay)
29/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f	"
~
29/01	Newport (12.00)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Circling over the Quay)
29/01	Ryde Garden (13.00)	Blackcap	1m	(Getting to be a regular now)
~
Monday	Fog to Cloudy	Light Wind
28/01	Whale Chine	Mistle Thrush	3
28/01	(10.40 - 11.00)	Buzzard	4
28/01	"	Meadow Pipit	1
~
28/01	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	Fieldfare	c100
28/01	(11.10 - 12.20)	Redwing	13
28/01	"	Yellowhammer	3
28/01	"	Buzzard	2
28/01	"	Stonechat	1m,2f
28/01	"	Skylark	2
28/01	"	Linnet	50+	(Stubble field with Fieldfares))
~
28/01	Ryde Garden (14.00)	Blackcap	1m	(The second in my garden this year)
~
28/01	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flew over river etc.)
28/01	(16.30 - 17.50)	Buzzard	1
28/01	"	Lapwing	c300
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Light W. Wind
27/01	Blackwater (FP to Shide)	Treecreeper	2	(Pair flying from tree to tree)
27/01	(8.10 - 9.20)	Siskin	c8
27/01	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
27/01	"	Pheasant	2m,19f
27/01	"	Chaffinch	c20
~
27/01	Hersey NR	Barnacle Geese	c120	(Feral flock from the Flamingo Park)
27/01	(14.00 - 15.00)	Greenshank	1
27/01	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
27/01	"	Teal	c15
27/01	"	Greylag Geese	3	(1 Feral, 2 White "Domestic" types)
27/01	"	Snow Goose	1	(Escape, with Barnacles)
27/01	"	Lapwing	6
27/01	"	Oystercatcher	24
27/01	"	Tufted Duck	6m,1f
27/01	"	Shelduck	1
~
Reported	Sandown Levels	Jack Snipe	1	behind the Zoo on Private Land (KG & CM)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
26/01	Puckpool to Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	3	(Off Puckpool, 2 together & a single)
26/01	(9.10 - 10.10)	Red-breasted Merganser	4m,2f
26/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	6	(4 Puckpool, 2 Seaview)
26/01	"	Great-northern Diver	2
26/01	"	Velvet Scoter	2	(Flew in & landed off Seaview)
26/01	"	Shag	3	(off Seaview)
~
26/01	Ryde Garden (15.30)	Blackcap	1f	(The first in my garden this year)
~
Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	Brisk W. Wind
25/01	Newtown NR	Knot	c100
25/01	(7.50 - 10.20)	Dunlin	c500
25/01	"	Goldeneye	1m,3f	(3 on Clamerkin Lake, 1f Newtown River)
25/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
25/01	"	Little Grebe	5
25/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
25/01	"	Ringed Plover	14
25/01	"	Grey Plover	c60
25/01	"	Shelduck	52
25/01	"	Teal	c50
25/01	"	Redshank	c15
25/01	"	Turnstone	4
25/01	"	Oystercatcher	21
25/01	"	Little Egret	6
25/01	"	Brent Geese	c350
25/01	"	Buzzard	2	(1 flushed all the geese)
25/01	"	Cormorant	2
25/01	"	Rock Pipit	2	(Boathouse)
25/01	"	Bullfinch	1m,1f	(Car Park)
~
Thursday	Cloudy to Rain	SW. Wind
24/01	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	10m,6f
24/01	(7.50)	Pochard	1f
24/01	"	Little Grebe	4
24/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
24/01	Foreland	Shelduck	6 SW.
24/01	(8.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
24/01	"	Fulmar	1 SW.
24/01	"	Shag	4
24/01	"	Cormorant	14
24/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	c4
24/01	"	Rock Pipit	3
24/01	"	Brent Geese	c80
24/01	Lane End (9.10)	Purple Sandpiper	3	(On RNLI Pier, 2 on E side, 1on W side)
~
24/01	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	10
24/01	(9.35 - 9.50)	Pochard	6+
24/01	"	Little Grebe	1
24/01	"	Greenshank	1
24/01	"	Redshank	1
24/01	"	Shelduck	1
~
24/01	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
24/01	(15.35 - 17.30)	Greylag Goose	4
24/01	"	Canada Geese	c150	(With 2 "Domestic" Greylags)
24/01	"	Stonechat	1m
24/01	"	Wigeon	c40
24/01	"	Lapwing	c300
24/01	"	Shelduck	10+
24/01	"	BARN OWL	1	(At "Laundry" end at 17.25)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Drizzle
23/01	Binstead Beach	Black-necked Grebe	1	(Medium distance to NE)
23/01	(8.10)	Turnstone	14	(waters edge)
23/01	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(looking very smart)
23/01	"	Greenshank	1
~
23/01	Springvale to Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Off Seaview)
23/01	(10.50 - 11.20)	Red-breasted Merganser	4m,1f
23/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
23/01	"	Great-northern Diver	1E	(Off Seaview)
23/01	"	Razorbill	1W
~
23/01	Ryde Esplanade	Common Gull	122
23/01	(1st visit 8.30)	Mediterranean Gull	5	(One with white ring -but not readable)
23/01	"	Brent Geese	193
23/01	(2nd visit 14.50)	Sanderling	33
23/01	"	Pied Wagtail	7
~
Tuesday	Wet & Windy	Brisk SW. Wind
22/01	Brighstone Down	DARTFORD WARBLER	1m	(Around trig-point SZ432847)
22/01	(8.05 - 9.30)	Raven	2
22/01	"	Song Thrush	5
22/01	"	Goldcrest	5
22/01	"	Coal Tit	1
22/01	Lynch Lane, Calbourne	Brambling	6+	(In Trees, on the verges by FP "CB20")
22/01	(9.40 - 10.20)	Chaffinch	c30
22/01	"	Coal Tit	1
~
22/01	Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	3	(Ad with juv and a single)
22/01	(13.45)	Red-breasted Merganser	6m,2f
22/01	"	Great-northern Diver	2
22/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	13
~
Monday	Cloudy	Brisk SW. Wind
21/01	West High Down	FIRECREST	3	(Along FP to Beacon)
21/01	(Crest seen 8.50 & 10.05)	Song Thrush	2
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Drizzle	Brisk SW. Wind
20/01	Fort Victoria	Curlew	3E	(@ 8.16)
20/01	(8.15 - 9.20)	Wader Sp.	c40	(Plovers? @8.41)
20/01	"	Diver Sp.	1E	(Bk Throated? @8.30)
20/01	"	prob. Slavonian Grebe	1E	(off Keyhaven)
20/01	"	Little Egret	1W
20/01	"	Razorbill	3	(1E, 2 on sea)
20/01	"	Shag	1E	(@8.58)
20/01	"	Brent Geese	c20	(4E, c15 over Hurst Spit)
20/01	"	Oystercatcher	2	(On seawall)
~
20/01	Corf Farm	Stonechat	1f	(Perched by road)
~
Reported	Puckpool	GLAUCOUS GULL	1 (1st w.)	@9.15, & Bk. Redstart still at Toll Gate
(by E-Mail)
Saturday	Cloudy	Brisk SW. Wind
19/01	Puckpool	Shoveler	1f	(E. following Brent Geese)
19/01	(8.45)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
19/01	"	Gannet	1E
19/01	Seaview Esplanade	Shag	2
19/01	(9.10)	Razorbill	3E
19/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
~
Friday	Wet, Windy, Misty	Strong SW. Wind
18/01	"La Falaise" Ventnor	Kittiwake	2W	(@8.20,8.40, 1 very close)
18/01	(8.05 - 9.10)	Red-throated Diver	2W	(@8.26,8.27)
18/01	"	Gannet	2W	(@8.24)
18/01	"	Fulmar	5W	(8.12- 8.38)
~
Thursday	Cloudy to Rain	Fresh SW. Wind
17/01	Ryde East Sands	Ringed Plover	11	(there were none here on Jan 1st!)
17/01	(8.45)	Dunlin	17	(Beach E. of the Harbour walls)
17/01	"	Turnstone	1
17/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals to Showers	Light SW. Wind
16/01	Newport Shute, Mersley	Red-legged Partridge	4	(@ Game feeders)
16/01	(8.05)	Chaffinch	20+	(with a possible Brambling)
16/01	"	Buzzard	2	(but I didn't find any Long-eared Owls)
~
16/01	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	10	(6 together)
16/01	(10.55)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
16/01	"	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Near the group of Gt. Crested Grebes)
16/01	"	Great-northern Diver	1	(Off Seaview)
16/01	Springvale Beach (11.10)	Black Redstart	1f/imm.	(On beach again opposite "Tollgate Cottages")
~
16/01	Luccombe Down	"Eared" Owl Species	1	(Flushed from bush @16.30, Short-eared?)
16/01	(15.30 - 16.40)	Meadow Pipit	c20	(around Dew-pond)
16/01	"	Green Woodpecker	2
~
Monday	Wet, Sunny Int, Showers	S. Wind
14/01	Appley Park	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Flew W. over beach with 8 Canadas)
14/01	(8.05)	Green Woodpecker	2
14/01		Mistle Thrush	2
~
14/01	Alverstone (FP to Newchurch)	Treecreeper	1	(Just W. of Iron Bridge)
14/01	(11.25)	Goldcrest	2	(Near Treecreeper)
~
Sunday	Cloudy	Fresh S. Wind
13/01	Yarmouth (IWOG Walk @9.00)	Greenshank	1	(1 on Scrape)
13/01	(7.55 - 11.20)	Redshank	4
13/01	"	Black-tailed Godwit	96	(93 by Mill, 3 in Scrape)
13/01	"	Rock Pipit	1
13/01	"	Little Grebe	4
13/01	"	Bullfinch	1m	(Excellent views)
13/01	"	Curlew	c30
13/01	"	Goldeneye	1m	(A stunner!)
13/01	"	Reed Bunting	3	(2 seen, 1 heard)
13/01	Rofford Marsh	Shoveler	c20	(6 Thorley Rd, 5 Rofford, 8 Station Ponds)
13/01	"	Pintail	1m
13/01	"	Canada Geese	c50
13/01	"	Snipe	9
13/01	"	Moorhen	c20
~
Reported	Calbourne	Brambling	8+	along Lynch Lane, S. of Village (Elaine R.)
~
Reported	Watchingwell Farm	Merlin	1imm.	chasing Pipits and Finches (Chris M.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals to Cloudy
12/01	Fishbourne Beach	Redshank	6
12/01	WeBS count (8.20 - 9.30)	Mediterranean Gull	3
12/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
12/01	Quarr Ponds	Snipe	1
~
12/01	Quarr Lane, Binstead	NUTHATCH	2	(At feeders in a Private Garden)
12/01	(9.40 - 10.30)	Coal Tit	1
12/01	"	Pheasant	3f
~
Friday	Wet start then Brighter	Lighter S-SW. Wind
11/01	Hersey NR	Barnacle Geese	c30	(Feral flock from the Flamingo Park)
11/01	(11.10 - 12.00)	Redshank	1
11/01	Flooded!	Wigeon	2
11/01	"	Teal	5
11/01	"	Greylag Geese	3	(1 Feral, 2 White "Domestic" types)
11/01	"	Lapwing	8
11/01	"	Oystercatcher	37
11/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m
11/01	Seaview Beach	Sanderling	52	(Beach by Hersey outlet)
11/01	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Beach by Springvale Hotel)
11/01	"	Redshank	1	(no sign of Black Redstart today)
~
11/01	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	5	(4 by Causeway, 1 on Lagoon)
11/01	(15.45 - 16.20)	Redshank	1
11/01	"	Pochard	13	(Mostly Drakes)
11/01	"	Shoveler	4m
11/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m
11/01	"	Little Grebe	5
11/01	"	Kingfisher	1m
11/01	"	Song Thrush	2
11/01	"	Snipe	3
11/01	"	Buzzard	2
11/01	"	Brent Geese	c100	(Fields to S.)
~
Thursday	Cloudy to Wet	Strong SW. Wind
10/01	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c175
10/01	(8.05)	Curlew	21
10/01	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	4
10/01	(8.20)	Stock Dove	5
10/01	"	Redwing	c50
10/01	"	Starling	c50
~
10/01	Ryde Garden (13.00)	BLACKCAP	1f	(On feeders)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals to Showers	Brisk SW. Wind
09/01	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1	(& 2 Pieds, 1 with Yellow Ring)
09/01	(8.35)	Chiffchaff	2+	(Bushes near Sewage Wks)
09/01	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flying around marsh to N.)
09/01	"Green Bridge Pond"	Lapwing	c10
09/01	"	Shoveler	4m
09/01	"	Teal	c30
09/01	"	Wigeon	6
09/01	Centurion's Copse	Sparrowhawk	1	(Mobbed by Magpies)
09/01	"	Skylark	3	(Field to E. of Copse)
~
09/01	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	6	(3 together, 2 distant)
09/01	(12.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
09/01	Seaview Beach	Black Redstart	1f/imm.	(On beach again opposite "Tollgate Cottages")
09/01	(12.15)	Rock Pipit	1	(Seawall)
09/01	"	Redshank	1	(Water's Edge)
09/01	Seaview Esplanade	SLAVONIAN GREBE	1	(To W. of Forts, medium distance)
09/01	(12.35)	Razorbill	1
09/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1E
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Down	Short-eared Owl	2	flying around "Pepper Pot" most afternoons
~
Tuesday	Wet & Windy	Brisk SW. Wind
08/01	Hersey NR	Barnacle Geese	c120	(Feral flock from the Flamingo Park)
08/01	(9.10)	Greenshank	1
08/01	Hide locked	Snow Goose	1	(Feral -Dk Phase)
08/01	Water level v. high	Greylag Geese	2	(1 Feral, 1 White Domestic type)
08/01	"	Lapwing	c10
08/01	"	Greenfinch	3
08/01	Seaview Beach	BLACK REDSTART	1f/imm.	(Rocks on beach by old Toll Hut)
08/01	(9.40 - 10.00)	Rock Pipit	1	(Seawall by Springvale Hotel)
08/01	"	Sanderling	9
08/01	"	Redshank	1	(Hersey outlet)
08/01	"	Red-breased Merganser	4m,1f	(offshore)
08/01	Seaview Esplanade	SHAG	2	(Close in)
~
08/01	Binstead, FP to Beach	Redwing	4
08/01	(13.20)	Chaffinch	10
08/01	Paddock by Church	Greenfinch	4	(with Goldfinch)
08/01	Beach	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Just offshore)
08/01	"	Redshank	1
08/01	"	Oystercatcher	14
~
Monday	Fine Sunny, Showers Later	Strong SW. Wind
07/01	"La Falaise" Ventnor	GANNET	5	(3W, 2E. & poss. Kittiwake)
07/01	(8.45 - 9.15)	Red-throated Diver	3	(1E, 2W@9.05)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Light Wind
06/01	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(The first I've actually seen this year)
06/01	(8.40)	Shoveler	4m,2f
06/01	"	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
06/01	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(By old changing rooms)
06/01	"	Pied Wagtail	5	(Mostly on seawall)
~
06/01	Bembridge Down	BRAMBLING	2	(m N. of Set-aside patch, f SW. of Fort)
06/01	(8.10 - 9.00)	GREYLAG GEESE	2	(Scoped on Dynamite Pool, till flew W.)
06/01	Set-aside E. of Manor	Linnet	c250	(The most I've ever seen at once)
06/01	"	Chaffinch	c20
06/01	"	Greenfinch	c10
06/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f	(m. in Set-aside, f. up by Road)
~
06/01	Bembridge Windmill FP	Shoveler	6m,4f	(Dynamite Pool, by Scope)
06/01	(9.10)	Pintail	5+	(5m plus some f.)
06/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m
06/01	"	Lapwing	c400	(c300 on 1 field)
06/01	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flew W. from Ponds flushing Lapwings etc.)
06/01	"	Buzzard	5	(4 perched in trees & 1 pale one flying)
06/01	"	Kestrel	3	(Also on trees)
06/01	"	Fieldfare	1	(Lane to Windmill)
~
06/01	Foreland, Bembridge	GUILLEMOT	1	(On sea)
06/01	(10.10)	Razorbill	2	"
06/01	"	Red-breased Merganser	1m,2f
~
06/01	Ryde Garden	COAL TIT	1	(On feeders)
06/01	(13.00)	Blackcap	1f	(Reported earlier today)
~
06/01	Puckpool to Seaview	Black-throated Diver	1	(Off Seaview Esplanade)
06/01	(14.30)	Great-crested Grebe	12	(Most off Puckpool)
06/01	"	Velvet Scoter	1	(Towards Forts)
06/01	"	Red-breased Merganser	3m,1f
~
Saturday	Bright Start, Showers later	Light W-SW. Wind
05/01	Fort Victoria	VELVET SCOTER	2E	(Good views @ 9.10)
05/01	(8.40)	Pintail	10	(W. over mainland coast)
05/01	"	Lapwing	69	(Crossing Solent to Keyhaven)
05/01	"	Little Egret	1	"
05/01	"	Common Gull	1-2	(Unusual here)
~
05/01	Whale Chine	Raven	2	(Cliff edge till flew E. to Gore Cliff)
05/01	(10.20)	Buzzard	2	(Sitting in fields)
05/01	Sudmoor	Stonechat	1m	(seen from Car on Military Road)
~
05/01	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Peregrine	2	(On cliffs together)
05/01	(10.40)	Fulmar	1
~
Friday	Cloudy, Misty	Light SE. Wind
04/01	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	13	(SW. side of summit)
04/01	(8.30)	Starling	c350	(On sheep fields to W.)
04/01	"	Lapwing	c120	"
04/01	"	Pheasant	c20	"
04/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	(& approx. 50 BH Gulls)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	Water Pipit	1	RSPB Walk (Graham S.)
Reported Thursday	Mersley Farm	Firecrest	1	(Graham S.)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy, Colder	Bitter E. Wind
02/01	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter beds)
02/01	(8.40)	Chiffchaff	1
02/01	"	Bullfinch	1m
02/01	"	Teal	c25	("Green Bridge" pond)
02/01	"	Shoveler	4m	"
~
02/01	Puckpool	Great-northern Diver	1E
02/01	(11.20)	Cormorant	4
~
Tuesday	Cloudy, brief Showers	Bright Intervals, S. Wind
01/01	Blackwater	Siskin	c30	(and poss. 4 Redpoll over)
01/01	"	Little Owl	1
~
01/01	Yarmouth	Black-throated Diver	1(1st.w)
01/01	"	Goldeneye	1m
01/01	"	Spotted Redshank	1	(Scrape)
~
01/01	Newtown NR	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(and c100 Knot)
~
01/01	Folly Lake, Medina	Golden Plover	25	(W. bank N. of Werrar)
01/01	"	Whimbrel	1	(Wintering)
01/01	"	Barnacle Goose	1	(Escape?)
~
01/01	Seaview	Red-throated Diver	1W
01/01	"	Great-northern Diver	1
01/01	"	Velvet Scoter	2
01/01	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	1+
~
01/01	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(From St. Helen's Bridge)
01/01	"	Short-eared Owl	1
~

MY NEW YEAR BIRDRACE;- Birds seen today, (those heard are in brackets), Escapes in Red: SHIDE to BLACKWATER 7.00
01 Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, (Grey Wagtail), Dunnock, Magpie, Crow, Wood Pigeon, Mallard,
10 Pheasant, Jackdaw, Rook, (Wren), Buzzard, Herring Gull, (Goldcrest), Green Woodpecker, Moorhen, Siskin,
20 Blue Tit, Little Owl, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Kestrel, Redwing, Greenfinch, Stock Dove,
30 Great Tit, Pied Wagtail, Collared Dove, Fieldfare,
CARISBROOKE POND 8.55
Pochard, Mute Swan,
YARMOUTH 9.15
Muscovy Duck (E1)Little Grebe, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon,
40 Goldeneye, Brent Geese, Grey Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Shelduck, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Canada Geese,
50 Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Linnet, Snipe, Coot,
FORT VICTORIA 10.13
Cormorant, Greater Black-backed Gull,
60 Red-breasted Merganser,
YARMOUTH BRIDGE
Feral Pigeon, BLACK-THROATED DIVER
NEWTOWN NR 10.45
Pintail, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, Dunlin, Turnstone, Knot, Rock Pipit
70 Ringed Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Yellowhammer
FOLLY LAKE (Medina) 11.50
Lapwing, GOLDEN PLOVER (25), Mediterranean Gull, WHIMBREL,Barnacle Goose (E2) Common Gull,
RYDE W. SANDS 13.35
Great-crested Grebe (8), Sanderling (c80),
80 BLACK-NECKED GREBE,
APPLEY PARK
Mistle Thrush,
SEAVIEW TOLL-ROAD 14.15
VELVET SCOTER (2), Red-throated Diver,
HERSEY NR 14.35
Tufted Duck, Bar-Headed Geese (E3)
SEAVIEW TOLL-ROAD (again)
Great Northern Diver, Razorbill,
St HELENS BRIDGE 15.15
Heron, MARSH HARRIER
LANE END (Lifeboat Stn.) 15.50
Purple Sandpiper
LAUNDRY LANE 16.10
90 Long-tailed Tit, (Cetti's Warbler), (Water Rail), Short-eared Owl =93 Total
Dips-the one's I could have seen!
Fulmar, Gannet, Dartford Warbler, Merlin, Skylark, Black Redstart,
Long Eared & Barn Owls, Stonechat, Jay, Bullfinch.

The Official IWOG group saw 106 Species this year -much better than the last few years.
(Graham S. Kris G. & Chris M.)
Additional birds found were,
Newtown NNR; 2 Barn Owls, 1 Peregrine
W Yar; 1 Fem/1st w. Black Redstart (on roofs near the Old Station)
Fort Victoria; 2 Slavonian Grebe, Group of Eider, 1 Shag,
Freshwater Bay; 5 Fulmar
Whale Chine; 4 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Raven
Gore Cliff; 1 Stonechat
Dynamite Pool; 3 Gadwall,(Scoped from Bembridge Windmill)

------------Click here for the Rest of 2008---------
or here for |2007| 2006|2005| 2004|2003| 2002|2001|

ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW) Sightings for 2008

SITE NAVIGATION;

Click on any small picture for full size version-use "Back" button to return to this page.

Click for the rest of the pictures from 2007-8

MY NEW YEAR BIRDRACE;-

------------Click here for the Rest of 2008--------- or here for |2007| 2006|2005| 2004|2003| 2002|2001|

------------Click here for the Rest of 2008---------
or here for |2007| 2006|2005| 2004|2003| 2002|2001|