Isle of Wight ( IOW ) Birds, Sightings for 2013

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The Island's only RSPB reserve is at "Brading Marsh", (Marshland S. of Bembridge Harbour).
NB. It can only be seen from the perimeter footpaths - such as the "Laundry Lane" Cycleway from St. Helens to Brading.
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.

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White-spotted Bluethroat (M) St. Helens Duver, 3rd. March	Black-headed Bunting (M) Compton Down, 11th. June	Wilson's Phalarope (F) Yarmouth Ponds, 19th. June	Grey Phalarope Thorness Bay Lagoon, 21st. Sept.

Red-backed Shrike (Juv) Shepherds Chine, 5th. October	Glossy Ibis (Juv) E. Afton, 20th. October	Snow Bunting (M) Stenbury Down, 25th. October	Spanish Sparrow (M), 5th. Nov. School Close, Newchurch

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

December 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for December =114 (This year's IOW total = 183)

New Year's Eve	Bright start, Rain Later	Increasing S-SW Wind
31/12	Bembridge Harbour/Duver	Shelduck	1
31/12	(7.40)-Tide quite high.	Brent Geese	c40
31/12	"	Gadwall	5
31/12	"	Teal	c10
31/12	"	Dunlin	c40
31/12	"	Grey Plover	26	(Mostly off Harbour entrance on posts)
31/12	"	Lapwing	50+
31/12	"	Oystercatcher	3
31/12	"	Curlew	35
31/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	13
31/12	"	Greenshank	2
31/12	"	Redshank	34
31/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
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31/12	St. Helens Bridge and FP (E)	Marsh Harrier	1f/imm.
31/12	(8.30)	Brent Geese	200+
31/12	"	Wigeon	c10
31/12	"	Teal	c60
31/12	"	Shoveler	3m
31/12	"	Fieldfare	2	(Over)
31/12	"	Barnacle Geese	9
31/12	"	Canada Geese	c200
31/12	"	Lapwing	c100
31/12	"	Heron	1
31/12	"	Goldcrest	2
31/12	"	Buzzard	1
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31/12	Binstead Beach	Slavonian Grebe	3	(Off rocks to NE)
31/12	(14.30)	Great Northern Diver	1
31/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
31/12	Fishbourne Beach	Eider	1f	(Feeding in Creek entrance, what's it caught?)
31/12	(14.55 - 15.40)	Great Northern Diver	3
31/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
31/12	"	Redshank	3
31/12	"	Curlew	1
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Reported 31/12	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Red-throated Diver	87	1000+ Auks, several hundred Kittiwakes, W. (Kris G.)
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Monday	Showers	Strong S. Wind
30/12	"La Falaise", Ventnor Esplanade	Fulmar	5W
30/12	(8.00 - 9.45) with Kris G.	Red-throated Diver	11W
30/12	"	Kittiwake	32W
30/12	"	Auk Sp.	20W
30/12	"	Guillemot	2W
30/12	"	Razorbill	4W	(2 on sea)
30/12	"	Common Scoter	6W
30/12	"	Gannet	15W
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30/12	Binstead Beach	Slavonian Grebe	3	(Asleep off rocks to NW)
30/12	(14.10 - 14.50)	Great Northern Diver	3
30/12	"	Eider	1f
30/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
30/12	"	Sanderling	6	(4W,2E)
30/12	"	Curlew	3
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Sunday	Frosty, Sunny Intervals
29/12	Arreton Down	Yellowhammer	3
29/12	(8.50)	Stonechat	1m,1f
29/12	"	Redwing	5
29/12	"	Goldcrest	1
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29/12	Merstone "Old Station"	Yellowhammer	1
29/12	(9.35)	Red-legged Partridge	5
29/12	"	Pheasant	1m,4f
29/12	"	Canada Geese	3
29/12	"	Mallard	12
29/12	"	Raven	1
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29/12	Springvale, Puckpool	Shag	1
29/12	(13.50)	Great-crested Grebe	10
29/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
29/12	"	Cormorant	2
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29/12	Seaview	SLAVONIAN GREBE	1	(Distant to NE)
29/12	(14.05)	Great Northern Diver	3
29/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
29/12	"	Razorbill	3	(on sea, one flew E.)
29/12	"	Shag	2
29/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals
28/12	Brading Marsh	Cetti's Warber	1	(Heard)
28/12	(7.45)	Raven	1
28/12	"	Coot	c30
28/12	"	Heron	1
28/12	Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	1
28/12	"	Goldcrest	4
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28/12	Seaview	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
28/12	(8.40)	Cormorant	9
28/12	"	Shag	3
28/12	Puckpool	Shag	2
28/12	(9.00)	Oystercatcher	24	(On beach)
28/12	-no grebes today	Common Gull	3
28/12	"	Auk Sp.	1W
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28/12	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	1f
28/12	(13.50 - 15.10)	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,4f
28/12	"	Golden Plover	c150
28/12	"	Grey Plover	c30
28/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
28/12	"	Knot	200+
28/12	"	Redshank	3
28/12	"	Dunlin	c200
28/12	"	Ringed Plover	6
28/12	"	Turnstone	1
28/12	"	Curlew	c20
28/12	"	Wigeon	c30
28/12	"	Teal	c10
28/12	"	Little Egret	3
28/12	"	Little Grebe	2
28/12	"	Fieldfare	2
28/12	"	Kestrel	1
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Friday	Showers	Strong W-SW. Wind
27/12	"La Falaise", Ventnor Esplanade	Fulmar	6W
27/12	(8.20 - 9.40) with Kris G.	Red-throated Diver	3E
27/12	"	Auk Sp.	6W
27/12	"	Guillemot	1W
27/12	"	Razorbill	3	(2 on sea)
27/12	"	Common Scoter	2E
27/12	"	Gannet	42W, 2E
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"Boxing Day"	Sunny Intervals
26/12	West Highdown, Totland	Stonechat	1m,1f
26/12	(9.15)	Song Thrush	1
26/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1
26/12	"	Raven	2
26/12	"	Dunnock	1
26/12	Needles Viewpoint	Stonechat	1m,1f
26/12	"	Rock Pipit	2
26/12	"	Goldfinch	2
26/12	"	Meadow Pipit	1
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26/12	Puckpool	Shag	2
26/12	(13.40)	Oystercatcher	6
26/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	3
26/12	Seaview	RED-NECKED GREBE	1	(Drifting W.)
26/12	(13.55)	Cormorant	4
26/12	"	Auk Sp.	1W
26/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	6
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Reported 26/12	Yarmouth Estuary	Hen Harrier	1f	S. of Mill Copse (Mike R.)
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"Christmas Day"	Cloudy, heavy showers
25/12	Foreland, Bembridge	Shag	6	(5 together in a "raft")
25/12	(8.00)	Cormorant	3
25/12	"	Brent Geese	7
25/12	"	Curlew	1
25/12	"	Ringed Plover	11
25/12	"	Grey Plover	1
25/12	"	Rock Pipit	2
25/12	"	Razorbill	2N
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25/12	Lane End, Bembridge	Great Northern Diver	1W
25/12	(8.30)	Razorbill	1	(on sea)
25/12	"	Cormorant	3
25/12	"	Brent Geese	10+
25/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	1	(flew in)
25/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
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25/12	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,3f
25/12	(8.50)	Little Grebe	7
25/12	"	Teal	c20
25/12	"	Pochard	33
25/12	"	Shoveler	6
25/12	"	Lapwing	2
25/12	"	Kingfisher	1
25/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
25/12	"	Curlew	1
25/12	"	Common Gull	1
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25/12	Seaview Esplanade	Turnstone	5	(On rocks)
25/12	(9.20)	Shag	1
25/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
25/12	"	Brent Geese	c100
~
"Christmas Eve"	Showers to Sunny Intervals	SW Wind, Floods
24/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	4
24/12	(8.40)	Mallard	c20
24/12	"	Coot	c22
24/12	"	Moorhen	1
24/12	"	Pied Wagtail	2
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24/12	Fishbourne Beach	Great Northern Diver	1	(Off Binstead, probably the same bird as yesterday's Diver)
24/12	(14.15)	Cormorant	5
24/12	"	Mallard	12
24/12	"	Oystercatcher	3
24/12	"	Redshank	1
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Monday	Cloudy to Very Wet &Windy	SW Gales
23/12	Ryde Esplanade	Great Northern Diver	1W	(W. of Pier, corrected ID.)
23/12	(8.15)	Common Gull	1
23/12	"	Black-headed Gull	c130
23/12	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	6
23/12	"	Brent Geese	128
23/12	"	Curlew	10
23/12	"	Oystercatcher	13
23/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
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Sunday	Heavy Rain, Thunder to Bright Intervals	SW Wind
22/12	Dodnor Pond	Peregrine	1	(On Pylon)
22/12	(9.15)	Sparrow	8
22/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
22/12	"	Kestrel	1
22/12	"	Goldfinch	4
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22/12	Bembridge, FP to Ponds	Marsh Harrier	1f/imm.
22/12	(15.30)	Brent Geese	100+
22/12	"	Gadwall	9
22/12	"	Wigeon	c40
22/12	"	Shoveler	2
22/12	"	Curlew	3
22/12	"	Lapwing	c130
22/12	"	Heron	1
22/12	Bembridge Harbour (High Tide)	Shelduck	1
22/12	(16.00)	Brent Geese	c200	(Over)
22/12	"	Teal	c10
22/12	"	Dunlin	1
22/12	"	Grey Plover	6
22/12	"	Lapwing	3
22/12	"	Oystercatcher	2
22/12	"	Curlew	1
22/12	"	Little Egret	1
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Saturday	Heavy Rain	Strong SW. Wind
21/12	"La Falaise", Ventnor Esplanade	Fulmar	8W
21/12	(8.40 - 9.40)	Kittiwake	6W	(One 1st. w)
21/12	"	Auk Sp.	6W
21/12	"	Guillemot	1W
21/12	"	Razorbill	2	(On sea)
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Friday	Fine Sunny	SW. Wind
20/12	Culver Down	Stonechat	1m, 1f
20/12	(8.35)	Linnet	c40	(Cattle field E. of Monument)
20/12	"	Goldfinch	c50
20/12	"	Chaffinch	6
20/12	"	Pied Wagtail	6
20/12	"	Meadow Pipit	1
20/12	Brading Marsh (by Scope)	Greylag Geese	2
20/12	"	Brent Geese	c300
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20/12	Puckpool	LONG-TAILED DUCK	1f	(Flew W. @11.03 quite close)
20/12	(10.50)	Cormorant	3
20/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	7
20/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	3m
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Thursday	Fine Sunny am, Showers pm.
19/12	Fishbourne Beach	Brent Geese	205
19/12	(7.30)	Curlew	8
19/12	"	Grey Plover	1
19/12	"	Cormorant	5
19/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	5
19/12	"	Little Grebe	2
19/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,3f
19/12	Quarr Abbey Pond	Snipe	2
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19/12	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	2
19/12	(9.00)	Song Thrush	1	(Heard)
19/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
19/12	"	Blue Tit	6
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	2
~
19/12	FP to Binstead Beach	Redwing	3
19/12	(9.30)	Greenfinch	4
19/12	"	Cormorant	1
19/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	3
19/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
~
19/12	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	RED-BREASTED GOOSE	1
19/12	(14.30 - 15.30)	Brent Geese	200+
19/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c20
19/12	"	Curlew	c10
19/12	"	Pintail	c20
19/12	"	Yellowhammer	1m
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Wednesday	Bright Intervals	SW Wind
18/12	Newtown NR	EIDER	2f/imm.
18/12	(8.30 - 11.15)	Red-breasted Merganser	c20
18/12	-no sign of Red-breasted Goose	Golden Plover	c100
18/12	"	Grey Plover	c50
18/12	"	Knot	100+
18/12	"	Redshank	3
18/12	"	Dunlin	c200
18/12	"	Ringed Plover	41
18/12	"	Turnstone	4
18/12	"	Curlew	c10	(1 short billed with eye-stripes-poss. Whimbrel)
18/12	"	Goldeneye	2f
18/12	"	Wigeon	c150
18/12	"	Teal	c100
18/12	"	Pintail	20+
18/12	"	Lapwing	c200
18/12	"	Little Egret	2
18/12	"	Little Grebe	3
18/12	"	Fieldfare	1
18/12	"	Peregrine	2
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Reported 18/12	Newtown NR	RED-BREASTED GOOSE	1	W. of Causeway Lake at 12.15 (CROWS Text)
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Tuesday	Cloudy
17/12	Yarmouth	HEN HARRIER	1f	("Ringtail" beyond Mill Copse Scrape at 9.10, then later over Rofford Marsh)
17/12	(8.30 - 11.15)	Black-tailed Godwit	110
17/12	"	Lapwing	100+
17/12	"	Dunlin	c20
17/12	"	Redshank	2
17/12	"	Snipe	c20	(Over)
17/12	"	Greenshank	1
17/12	"	Wigeon	c50
17/12	"	Teal	c200
17/12	"	Shelduck	2
17/12	"	Swan	1
17/12	"	Little Grebe	6
17/12	"	Brent Geese	c40
17/12	"	Reed Bunting	2
17/12	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
17/12	"	Little Egret	3
17/12	"	Peregrine	1
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Reported 17/12	Shalfleet Quay	RED-BREASTED GOOSE	1	am. (Iain O.)
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Monday	Mostly Wet
16/12	FP by Laundry Lane	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
16/12	(15.05 - 16.20)	Barnacle Geese	7	(Feral)
16/12	"	Canada Geese	c250
16/12	"	Lapwing	6
16/12	"	Wigeon	c100
16/12	"	Teal	6
16/12	"	Coot	49
16/12	"	Moorhen	3
16/12	"	Goldcrest	2
16/12	"	Long-tailed Tit	6+
16/12	"	Song Thrush	1
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Sunday	Cloudy to Wet	SW. Wind
15/12	Heathfield Road, Freshwater	Barn Owl	2	(In Nest Box @ 8.55)
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15/12	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	c80
15/12	(9.10 - 10.30)	Shoveler	9
15/12	-no sign of the Avocet today	Lapwing	3
15/12	"	Dunlin	c40
15/12	"	Redshank	1
15/12	"	Greenshank	1
15/12	"	Wigeon	c50
15/12	"	Teal	c20
15/12	"	Gadwall	6
15/12	"	Shelduck	4
15/12	"	Bullfinch	1m
15/12	"	Swan	2
15/12	"	Little Grebe	18
15/12	"	Brent Geese	c60
15/12	"	Little Egret	5
15/12	"	Heron	1
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Saturday	Mainly Cloudy	Brisk W. Wind
14/12	St. Catherines Point	Fulmar	1-2	(4 sightings, probably 1 ,or 2 birds)
14/12	(8.45 - 10.30)	Gannet	3W, 6E.
14/12	"	Auks	5E.
14/12	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
14/12	"	Magpie	8
14/12	"	Buzzard	3
14/12	"	Green Woodpecker	1
14/12	Up the lane	Chiffchaff	1
14/12	"	Goldcrest	3+
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Reported 14/12	Yarmouth Estuary	Avocet	1	Back today on far side from Mill, locals have reported a Bittern recently as well! (Stephen P.)
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Friday	Cloudy to Wet	SW. Wind
13/12	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	c75
13/12	(14.20 - 15.30)	Shoveler	6
13/12	-no sign of the Avocet today	Lapwing	c20
13/12	"	Dunlin	c40
13/12	"	Redshank	6
13/12	"	Greenshank	1
13/12	"	Wigeon	c200
13/12	"	Teal	c30
13/12	"	Gadwall	2m,2f
13/12	"	Shelduck	4
13/12	"	Swan	2
13/12	"	Little Grebe	6
13/12	"	Brent Geese	c130
13/12	"	Little Egret	2
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Reported 12/12	Yarmouth Estuary	Avocet	1	(First seen on 10th) and on Thursday, also 1f Merlin (Stephen P.)
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Sun to Thurs	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington, Hants		Forest of Dean, Glos.
Thursday 12th.	Slimbridge	Common Crane	4	3 Ruff, 3 Redshank, c100 Golden Plover, 60 Dunlin, c140 White-fronted Geese, 1 Peregrine. 1 Roe Deer.
"	Farlington, Hants	Avocet	14	1 Heron, 3 Little Grebe
Wednesday 11th.	Woorgreens NR	Teal	4	21 Coot
"	Kensley Lodge	Hawfinch	1	with 4 Greenfinch on high beech tree (in the fog!)
	Linear Park, Cinderford	Redpoll	1	10+ Siskin
Tuesday 10th.	Wenchford	Dipper	1m	2 Tawny Owl (Heard)
"	Serridge, Brierley	Two-barred Crossbill	4m,2f	10+ Crossbill, 10+ Coal Tit
Monday 9th.	Crabtree Hill	Crossbill	8	2 Reed Bunting, 4 Jay
"	Speech House	Redwing	c100	1 Raven, 2 Stock Dove
"	Cannop Ponds	Goosander	2f	11m,7f Tufted Duck, 2m Mandarin, c60 Siskin
"	Woorgreens NR	Goosander	2m	2 Siskin.
Sunday 78th.	Farlington, Hants	Water Rail	1	c20 Pintail .
"	Brierley	Crossbill	6	2 Goldcrest, 10+ Coal Tit
TOTALS	85 Species seen on trip	Yearlist now=204	~
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Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals
07/12	Quarr Road, Binstead	Coal Tit	1	(Heard)
07/12	(7.35)	Song Thrush	1	(Heard)
07/12	"	Blue Tit	2
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	3
~
07/12	Fishbourne Beach	Redshank	7
07/12	(8.00)	Curlew	3
07/12	"	Grey Plover	2
07/12	"	Cormorant	4
07/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	7
07/12	"	Little Grebe	2
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07/12	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	1m	(E. of path in apple tree with Blackbirds)
07/12	(8.35 -10.20)	Treecreeper	1	(Towards Blackwater)
07/12	"	Siskin	1+	(Heard)
07/12	"	Goldfinch	c20
07/12	"	Jay	2
07/12	"	Goldcrest	2
07/12	"	Long-tailed Tit	6
07/12	"	Song Thrush	3
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07/12	Puckpool	Shag	2
07/12	(13.45)	Cormorant	3
07/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
07/12	"	Wigeon	5	(On sea)
07/12	Seaview	Shag	3
07/12	(14.10)	Cormorant	4
07/12	"	Auk Sp.	1E	(Guillemot?)
07/12	"	Shelduck	10	(Landed on sea)
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Friday	Sunny Intervals
06/12	Newtown NR	Lapwing	c100
06/12	(7.30 - 8.50)	Red-breasted Merganser	5
06/12	"	Golden Plover	c80
06/12	"	Grey Plover	c30
06/12	"	Knot	200+
06/12	"	Redshank	6
06/12	"	Dunlin	c200
06/12	"	Ringed Plover	2	(Very few seen this month)
06/12	"	Turnstone	1
06/12	"	Curlew	c40
06/12	"	Goldeneye	2m,6f	(One adult male and an immature with the females)
06/12	"	Wigeon	c40
06/12	"	Teal	c10
06/12	"	Pintail	1m
06/12	"	Yellowhammer	1m
06/12	"	Reed Bunting	1m, 1f
06/12	"	Little Egret	2
06/12	"	Little Grebe	2
06/12	"	Fieldfare	5
06/12	"	Peregrine	1
~
06/12	Dodnor, R. Medina	Redwing	4
06/12	(9.10)	Mistle Thrush	1
06/12	"	Mallard	c30	(No sign of the Mandarin)
~
06/12	Puckpool	Shag	1
06/12	(13.20)	Cormorant	4
06/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
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06/12	Hersey NR	Kingfisher	1m
06/12	(13.45 - 14.30)	Little Grebe	6
06/12	"	Teal	5
06/12	"	Greenshank	1
06/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
06/12	"	Lapwing	2
06/12	"	Mallard	25
06/12	"	Snipe	4
06/12	"	Little Egret	3
06/12	"	Water Rail	1
06/12	"	Tufted Duck	c100	(Feral)
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Thursday	Cloudy	Brisk W. Wind
05/12	St. Catherines Point	Gannet	1W
05/12	(7.40 - 8.50)	Raven	1
05/12	-quiet at sea	Stonechat	1f
05/12	"	Magpie	3
05/12	"Warbler Valley"	Firecrest	1
05/12	-FP to NW of Bridge Cottage	Goldcrest	2+
05/12	"	Pheasant	1m,4f
~
05/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	20
05/12	(9.30)	Oystercatcher	16
05/12	-no Ringed Plover lately	Curlew	14
05/12	"	Common Gull	14
~
Wednesday	Cloudy
04/12	Culver Down	Stonechat	1m,1f
04/12	(8.10 - 8.45)	Goldfinch	6
04/12	"	Chaffinch	c10
04/12	"	Pied Wagtail	5
04/12	"	Kestrel	1
~
04/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	6m,9f
04/12	(9.00)	Mallard	c80
04/12	"	Coot	c50
04/12	"	Moorhen	7
04/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
~
04/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c170	(@10.30)
04/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1
04/12	(10.40)	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
~
Tuesday	Overcast
03/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c70
03/12	(7.35)	Common Gull	17
03/12	"	Brent Geese	c110
03/12	"	Curlew	11
03/12	Appley Park	Redwing	c6
03/12	(8.00)	Song Thrush	2
03/12	"	Stock Dove	4
03/12	"	Buzzard	1
03/12	"	Goldfinch	6
03/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
~
03/12	Brading Marsh	Wigeon	c20
03/12	(9.50)	Lapwing	3
03/12	"	Teal	1
03/12	"	Common Gull	1
03/12	"	Goldfinch	4
03/12	Sewage Wks	Meadow Pipit	6
03/12	Centurion's Field	Yellowhammer	1m,1f
03/12	(10.00 - 11.10)	Reed Bunting	6
03/12	"	Skylark	19
03/12	"	Fieldfare	c40	(Over into treetops)
03/12	"	Bullfinch	1m
03/12	Copse	Goldcrest	3+
~
03/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	2
03/12	(13.50)	Brent Geese	c20
03/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
Monday	Cloudy	NE Wind
02/12	Combley Great Wood	Goldcrest	4+
02/12	(8.40)	Mistle Thrush	1
02/12	-no sign of Redpoll Flock	Bullfinch	1
~
02/12	Fishbourne Beach	Great-crested Grebe	3
02/12	(9.20)	Cormorant	5
~
02/12	Newtown NR	Lapwing	c200
02/12	(14.10 - 15.10) -low tide	Red-breasted Merganser	8
02/12	"	Golden Plover	150+	(Most were hidden from view)
02/12	"	Grey Plover	c20
02/12	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
02/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	22
02/12	"	Redshank	3
02/12	"	Knot	2
02/12	"	Turnstone	3
02/12	"	Dunlin	c250
02/12	"	Curlew	c10
02/12	"	Shelduck	32
02/12	"	Brent Geese	c50
02/12	"	Little Egret	2
02/12	"	Little Grebe	5
02/12	"	Reed Bunting	1f
02/12	"	Song Thrush	1
02/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1
02/12	"	Fieldfare	5+
02/12	Cassey Bridge	Wigeon	c20
02/12	(14.00)	Teal	c40
02/12	"	Pintail	c20
02/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	34
~
Sunday	Cloudy
01/12	Ryde Esplanade	Kingfisher	1	(On break-water W. of Pier)
01/12	(7.30)	Sanderling	c50
01/12	"	Brent Geese	c200
01/12	"	Curlew	5
~
01/12	Bembridge Harbour	Kingfisher	1
01/12	(8.00)	Little Grebe	3
01/12	"	Teal	c40
01/12	"	Gadwall	2m,1f
01/12	"	Greenshank	1
01/12	"	Grey Plover	9
01/12	"	Lapwing	c150
01/12	"	Oystercatcher	6
01/12	"	Curlew	2
01/12	"	Little Egret	1
~
01/12	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,3f
01/12	(8.15 - 9.10)	Little Grebe	7
01/12	"	Teal	c30
01/12	"	Pochard	37m,12f
01/12	"	Wigeon	2
01/12	"	Shoveler	1m
01/12	"	Mallard	25
01/12	"	Goldcrest	1
01/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
01/12	"	Long-tailed Tit	2
01/12	"	Heron	1
~
01/12	Seaview to Puckpool	Great Northern Diver	2	(1 on sea, 1W@9.50)
01/12	(9.25 - 9.55)	Diver Sp.	4W	(Distant, probably Red-throated)
01/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	4
01/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
01/12	"	Shag	1
01/12	"	Cormorant	5
01/12	"	Oystercatcher	16	(On beach)
~
01/12	FP by Laundry Lane	Swan	2
01/12	(13.15 - 14.40)	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
01/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
01/12	"	Lapwing	c40
01/12	"	Wigeon	c100
01/12	"	Chiffchaff	1
01/12	"	Goldfinch	c25
01/12	"	Goldcrest	2
01/12	"	Collared Dove	3
01/12	"	Long-tailed Tit	6+
01/12	"	Fieldfare	c40
01/12	"	Grey Wagtail	1m	(At Sewage Wks.)
~
01/12	Deacons Lane. Ashey	Little Owl	1
01/12	(16.15)	Pheasant	1m
~

November 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for November =117 (This year's IOW total = 179)

Saturday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
30/11	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	96
30/11	(7.50 - 9.15)	Shoveler	8
30/11	-very high tide	Lapwing	8
30/11	"	Wigeon	c20
30/11	"	Teal	c30
30/11	"	Shelduck	3
30/11	"	Swan	2
30/11	"	Little Egret	7
30/11	"	Turnstone	6
30/11	"	Redshank	3
30/11	"	Bullfinch	1m	(Bushes E. of Old Station)
30/11	"	Fieldfare	c80	(Large flock over to S. c20 on N. side of Rofford Marsh)
30/11	"	Pheasant	8
30/11	"	Reed Bunting	1
30/11	"	Goldfinch	12
~
30/11	Newtown NR	Lapwing	c60
30/11	(9.55 - 10.40)	Red-breasted Merganser	25
30/11	-high tide	Grey Plover	c50
30/11	"	Knot	200+
30/11	"	Redshank	3
30/11	"	Dunlin	c100
30/11	"	Curlew	c10
30/11	"	Goldeneye	1m,2f
30/11	"	Little Egret	3
30/11	"	Little Grebe	5
30/11	"	Peregrine	1
30/11	"	Pintail	c10
~
30/11	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	2
30/11	(14.15)	Sanderling	22
30/11	"	Oystercatcher	1	(On beach)
~
30/11	Hersey NR	Tufted Duck	1m
30/11	(14.40 - 15.10)	Little Grebe	3
30/11	"	Teal	5
30/11	"	Greenshank	2
30/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
30/11	"	Lapwing	1
30/11	"	Mallard	25
30/11	"	Moorhen	1
30/11	"	Coot	16
30/11	"	Little Egret	3
30/11	"	Heron	1
30/11	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral)
~
Friday	Cloudy	NW. Wind
29/11	Dodnor, Medina River	Mandarin	1m	(Dodnor Pond)
29/11	(9.30 - 10.10)	Kestrel	1m
29/11	"	Redshank	1
29/11	"	Herring Gull	c250	(1 1st. w. with Yellow Ring "2X8B" )
29/11	"	Black Headed Gull	c200
29/11	"	Great Black-back Gull	3
29/11	"	Little Grebe	7
29/11	"	Wigeon	17
29/11	"	Coot	c25
29/11	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
29/11	"	Green Woodpecker	1
29/11	"	Fieldfare	15	(Over)
~
29/11	Brading Marsh	Swan	2, 2cyg.
29/11	(14.15 - 15.10)	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
29/11	"	Starling	c100
29/11	"	Lapwing	c35
29/11	"	Wigeon	c100
29/11	"	Heron	1
29/11	"	Jackdaw	100+
29/11	"	Collared Dove	3
29/11	"	Long-tailed Tit	5+
29/11	"	Fieldfare	c30
~
Thursday	Cloudy
28/11	Bembridge Harbour	Grey Plover	6
28/11	(8.00)	Gadwall	4m,6f
28/11	"	Little Grebe	5
28/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
28/11	"	Redshank	c15
28/11	"	Ringed Plover	2
28/11	"	Dunlin	13
28/11	"	Lapwing	c100
28/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
28/11	"	Little Egret	2
28/11	"	Curlew	18
28/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
28/11	Lane End, Bembridge	Shag	3
28/11	(8.33 - 9.15)	Cormorant	6
28/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
28/11	"	Brent Geese	c40
28/11	"	Oystercatcher	4
28/11	"	Heron	1	(St. Helens beach)
28/11	"	Rock Pipit	2
28/11	"	Pied Wagtail	2
~
28/11	Seaview	Shag	2
28/11	(9.30)	Cormorant	4
28/11	"	Brent Geese	1
~
Wednesday	Mostly Cloudy
27/11	Newtown NR	Lapwing	c60
27/11	(9.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
27/11	"	Golden Plover	100+	(Most were hidden from view)
27/11	"	Grey Plover	c20
27/11	"	Ringed Plover	6
27/11	"	Knot	100+
27/11	"	Redshank	5
27/11	"	Dunlin	c200
27/11	"	Curlew	c10
27/11	"	Shelduck	77
27/11	"	Brent Geese	c120
27/11	"	Little Egret	5
27/11	"	Little Grebe	2
27/11	"	Reed Bunting	1f
27/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
27/11	"	Peregrine	1
27/11	Cassey Bridge	Wigeon	c100
27/11	(10.00)	Teal	c80
27/11	"	Pintail	c20
27/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	60
27/11	"	Fieldfare	100+	(Moving over in waves)
~
Reported 27/11	West Highdown	poss. Ring Ouzel	1	Heard am. on lower path to Alum Bay (Mike R.)
~
Tuesday	Long Sunny Intervals	N. Wind
26/11	Parkhurst Forest	Coal Tit	4	(2 seen, 2 heard)
26/11	(7.50 - 9.10)	Goldcrest	3+	(Heard)
26/11	"	Song Thrush	1
26/11	"	Mistle Thrush	1
26/11	"	Redwing	c15	(Over)
26/11	"	Bullfinch	2+	(Heard)
~
26/11	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	4
26/11	(9.50)	Brent Geese	c20
26/11	"	Sanderling	6	(On Ryde beach)
~
26/11	FP next to Laundry Lane, Brading	Fieldfare	c30
26/11	(14.15 - 15.10) -the Lane is still closed.	Starling	c120
26/11	"	Song Thrush	1
26/11	"	Long-tailed Tit	6+
26/11	"	Canada Geese	c140
26/11	"	Teal	c30
26/11	"	Goldfinch	14
26/11	"	Lapwing	c50
26/11	"	Sparrowhawk	1
~
Reported 26/11	Yarmouth	Hen Harrier	1f/juv	over Mill Copse scrape (Jamie M.)
~
Monday	Cloudy toSunny Intervals
25/11	West Highdown, Totland	SHORT-EARED OWL	1	(Flushed E. of Fenceline between Tennyson and Highdown)
25/11	(8.30 - 9.40)	Goldcrest	2
25/11	"	Song Thrush	1
25/11	"	Blackbird	4
25/11	"	Green Woodpecker	1
25/11	"	Jay	1
25/11	"	Robin	5
25/11	"	Sparrowhawk	1
25/11	"	Kestrel	1f
~
25/11	Freshwater Bay	Stonechat	1m,2f	(@9.45)
25/11	Heathfield Close, Freshwater	Barn Owl	2	(in nestbox@10.00)
~
25/11	Fort Victoria	Red-throated Diver	1E
25/11	(10.25)	Razorbill	1	(Just offshore)
25/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
25/11	"	Cormorant	2
25/11	"	Brent Geese	5E
~
25/11	Springvale Beach	Sanderling	c35	(7 with colour rings)
~
25/11	Hersey NR	Shoveler	1m,1f
25/11	(14.15 - 14.50)	Little Grebe	6
25/11	"	Tufted Duck	3m,3f
25/11	"	Lapwing	1
25/11	"	Greenshank	2
25/11	"	Mallard	c25
25/11	"	Moorhen	3
25/11	"	Coot	13
25/11	"	Teal	2
25/11	"	Little Egret	2
~
Sunday	Mainly Cloudy	Light S. Wind
24/11	St. Catherines Point	Red-throated Diver	1E, 2W	(Between 8.58 and 9.00)
24/11	(8.15 - 9.10)	Gannet	6W, 2E.
24/11	"	Auks	4W,2E.	(mainly Guillemots and poss. Razorbills)
24/11	"	Bullfinch	1m,1f
24/11	"	Magpie	13
~
24/11	Gore Cliff area	Stonechat	1m	(By road outside Niton)
24/11	(9.35)	Red-legged Partridge	6	(On an inland field)
24/11	"	Kestrel	1f
24/11	"	Meadow Pipit	1
~
Saturday	Cold, Fine Sunny	N. Wind
23/11	Quarr Road, Binstead	Coal Tit	1	(Heard)
23/11	(7.35)	Great Tit	3
23/11	"	Blue Tit	2
23/11	"	Jay	1
23/11	"	Song Thrush	1m	(heard)
23/11	"	Goldcrest	2
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1
23/11	FP to Binstead Beach	Common Gull	1
23/11	(8.00)	Curlew	2
23/11	"	Oystercatcher	7
23/11	"	Goldcrest	2
23/11	"	Long-tailed Tit	c10
~
23/11	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Northern Diver	4-5	(1-2 on sea, and 3W at 10.47
23/11	(10.20 -11.05)	Common Scoter	4f/juv
23/11	"	Brent Geese	c80
23/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	10
23/11	"	Cormorant	4
23/11	"	Shag	1
~
23/11	Bembridge Marsh RSPB	Stonechat	1m
23/11	-with CM.(13.20 - 16.10)	Barnacle Geese	11	(Probably Feral)
23/11	"	Greylag Geese	7
23/11	"	Brent Geese	c400
23/11	"	Canada Geese	c200
23/11	"	Common Gull	33	(A good count)
23/11	"	Wigeon	c150
23/11	"	Teal	c40
23/11	"	Gadwall	10
23/11	"	Shoveler	4
23/11	"	Shelduck	4
23/11	"	Tufted Duck	10
23/11	"	Little Egret	13
23/11	"	Heron	3
23/11	"	Starling	c100
23/11	"	Buzzard	1
23/11	"	Reed Bunting	1f
23/11	"	Skylark	2
23/11	"	Meadow Pipit	2
23/11	"	poss. Water Pipit	1	(Landed by Dynamite Pool)
23/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
23/11	"	Lapwing	c150
23/11	"	Snipe	28
23/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c15
23/11	"	Curlew	c30
23/11	"	Greenshank	5	(Bembridge Ponds)
Dragonfly	"	Ruddy Darter	3	(Very late ones)
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	Cold NW. Wind
22/11	Shide to Blackwater FP.	Siskin	3+	(3 in Adlers -others heard)
22/11	(8.45 - 10.15)	Goldfinch	c40
22/11	"	Coal Tit	1
22/11	"	Great Tit	3
22/11	"	Blue Tit	6
22/11	"	Long-tailed Tit	4
22/11	"	Song Thrush	1
22/11	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
22/11	"	Jay	3
22/11	"	Goldcrest	1
22/11	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard at Blackwater, in a ditch)
~
22/11	Puckpool	Great Northern Diver	1	(To the E. -off Seaview @ 11.15)
~
Thursday	Showers to Sunny Intervals	Bitter NW Wind
21/11	Bembridge Harbour	Grey Plover	1
21/11	(8.00)	Gadwall	1m,1f
21/11	"	Little Grebe	6
21/11	"	Lapwing	c50
21/11	"	Shelduck	1
~
21/11	Foreland, Bembridge	Shag	3
21/11	(8.25)	Cormorant	6
21/11	"	Brent Geese	c40
21/11	"	Lesser Black-back Gull	1
21/11	"	Great Black-back Gull	6
21/11	"	Heron	1
21/11	"	Little Egret	13
21/11	"	Curlew	2
21/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
21/11	"	Pied Wagtail	1
21/11	"	Oystercatcher	12
~
Wednesday	Showers, Sunny Intervals	NW Wind
20/11	Ryde Esplanade	Knot	2	(Rare here)
20/11	(8.30)	Sanderling	c200	(c160 W. of Pier, 35 E.)
20/11	"	Dunlin	8
20/11	"	Ringed Plover	12
20/11	"	Brent Geese	c400	(c220 W. of Pier, c150 E.)
20/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	1	(offshore)
20/11	"	Redwing	c25W
20/11	"	Fieldfare	2W	(With Redwings)
~
20/11	Newtown NR	GOLDENEYE	1f	(a pair were reported on 15/11)
20/11	(14.20 - 16.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,6f
20/11	"	Pintail	c10
20/11	"	Shelduck	33
20/11	"	Golden Plover	200+
20/11	"	Grey Plover	c100
20/11	"	Redshank	2
20/11	"	Greenshank	1
20/11	"	Dunlin	c200
20/11	"	Little Grebe	5
20/11	"	Wigeon	c50
20/11	"	Teal	c30
20/11	"	Curlew	c10
20/11	"	Fieldfare	1
~
Tuesday	Long Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
19/11	Bembridge Down to Redcliff	Stonechat	1f
19/11	(8.35 - 9.45)	Kestrel	1m
19/11	"	Song Thrush	1
19/11	Brading Marsh (by Scope)	Barnacle Geese	13	(from Seaview?)
19/11	"	Swan	3
Mammal	"	Fox	1
~
19/11	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1
19/11	(13.50)	Brent Geese	c20
19/11	"	Oystercatcher	12	(On beach)
~
19/11	Hersey NR	Snipe	2
19/11	(14.20 - 15.10)	Little Grebe	10
19/11	"	Kingfisher	1	(heard)
19/11	"	Tufted Duck	3m
19/11	"	Common Gull	2
19/11	"	Greenshank	2
19/11	"	Mallard	12
19/11	"	Moorhen	3
19/11	"	Coot	9
19/11	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral)
19/11	"	Little Egret	3
19/11	"	Heron	2
~
Reported 19/11	West Highdown	Dartford Warbler	1	at Tennyson end-they've been scarce this year. (Michael R.)
~
Monday	Misty, Drizzle, Cloudy to Rain
18/11	Puckpool	Great Northern Diver	1W
18/11	(10.25)	Brent Geese	2
18/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
18/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	4
18/11	"	Oystercatcher	11	(On beach)
18/11	"	Little Egret	2
18/11	"	Heron	1
~
18/11	Brading Marsh	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
18/11	(14.25 - 15.30)	Buzzard	3
18/11	"	Swan	2, 2 cyg.
18/11	"	Black Swan	1	(Escape)
18/11	"	Wigeon	c80
18/11	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
18/11	"	Snipe	1	(Heard)
18/11	"	Starling	c200
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Drizzle later
17/11	Ventnor Old Station	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
17/11	(8.15)	Jackdaw	100+
17/11	"	Treecreeper	1	(S. of Ocean View Road)
~
17/11	Shanklin Manor, FP SS86	FIRECREST	2	(Heard, 1 seen)
17/11	(9.30 - 10.30)	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
17/11	"	Jay	1+
17/11	"	Mistle Thrush	1
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1
~
Saturday	Fine Sunny
16/11	Shanklin Manor, FP SS86	Goldcrest	2
16/11	(7.40 - 8.30)	Green Woodpecker	1	(Pecking at tiles on the Church Spire -Click for video on You Tube )
16/11	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
16/11	"	Long-tailed Tit	6
16/11	"	Coal Tit	1
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1
~
16/11	Bembridge Harbour	Grey Plover	4
16/11	(9.30)	Redshank	27
16/11	"	Little Grebe	2
16/11	"	Teal	98
16/11	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
16/11	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	5
16/11	(10.15)	Pochard	12
16/11	"	Little Grebe	5
~
16/11	Bembridge Marsh RSPB	Stonechat	3m,1f
16/11	-with CM.(10.40 - 12.10)	Chiffchaff	1
16/11	"	Reed Bunting	1f
16/11	"	Greylag Geese	3
16/11	"	Brent Geese	c150
16/11	"	Canada Geese	c100
16/11	"	Wigeon	c30
16/11	"	Teal	c40
16/11	"	Gadwall	16
16/11	"	Shoveler	4
16/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
16/11	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
16/11	"	Heron	2
16/11	"	Lapwing	c250
16/11	"	Golden Plover	1
16/11	"	Snipe	11
16/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	8
16/11	"	Starling	c100
16/11	"	Raven	1
16/11	"	Buzzard	1
16/11	"	Kestrel	2
Dragonfly	"	Ruddy Darter	3-4	(Very late ones)
~
Reported 16/11	Ventnor	Firecrest	3	am. Old Station Road, off Ocean View Road. (Steve J.)
~
Friday	Long Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
15/11	Quarr Road, Binstead	Grey Wagtail	1	(Unusual here)
15/11	(8.00)	Great Tit	2
15/11	"	Song Thrush	1
15/11	"	Jay	2
15/11	"	Nuthatch?	1	(Distant calls)
~
15/11	Brading Marsh	Goldfinch	c25
15/11	(9.00 - 10.10)	Starling	c100
15/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
15/11	"	Chiffchaff	1
15/11	"	Song Thrush	1
15/11	"	Kestrel	1m
15/11	"	Collared Dove	3
15/11	"	Little Egret	1
15/11	"	Long-tailed Tit	4+
~
15/11	Hersey NR	Snipe	2
15/11	(14.10 - 14.40)	Little Grebe	3
15/11	"	Mallard	6
15/11	"	Moorhen	3
15/11	"	Coot	5
15/11	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral)
15/11	"	Little Egret	1
15/11	"	Long-tailed Tit	4
15/11	Beach	Common Gull	5
15/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
Thursday	Fine Sunny
14/11	Shanklin Manor	Sparrowhawk	1
14/11	(8.00)	Jay	3
14/11	Pond	Mallard	c50
14/11	"	Moorhen	6
~
14/11	Rylstone Gardens	Goldcrest	5
14/11	(8.50)	Coal Tit	1
14/11	"	Jay	1
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals
13/11	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1
13/11	(8.10)	Brent Geese	c65E
13/11	"	Oystercatcher	2W
13/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1W
~
13/11	Seaview Esplanade	GREAT NORTHERN DIVER	1	(L. of Forts but distant)
13/11	(8.30)	Cormorant	1
13/11	"	Shag	1
13/11	"	Rock Pipit	2
~
13/11	St. Helens Bridge to FP	Shoveler	3m,5f
13/11	(9.00)	Gadwall	2m,1f
13/11	"	Teal	c10
13/11	"	Wigeon	c25
13/11	"	Heron	2
~
13/11	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	32
13/11	(9.30)	Cormorant	5
13/11	"	Grey Plover	2
13/11	"	Greenshank	1
13/11	"	Curlew	9
~
13/11	Newtown NR	Pintail	1m
13/11	(14.20 - 15.40)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
13/11	"	Shelduck	39
13/11	"	Golden Plover	c200
13/11	"	Grey Plover	c20
13/11	"	Redshank	c20
13/11	"	Knot	44
13/11	"	Dunlin	c50
13/11	"	Ringed Plover	21
13/11	"	Brent Geese	c40
13/11	"	Little Grebe	3
13/11	"	Wigeon	c50
13/11	"	Teal	23
13/11	"	Curlew	c20
13/11	"	Fieldfare	2
13/11	"	Goldfinch	6
13/11	"	Yellowhammer	1m
13/11	"	Goldcrest	1
13/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
13/11	"	Meadow Pipit	6
~
Fri. to Tues.	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington		Cambridgeshire, Norfolk.
Tuesday 12th.	Paxton Pits	Goldcrest	4	1 Kingfisher, c10 Redwing, 9 Pochard.
"	M25, Herts	Red Kite	1
Monday 11th.	Paxton Pits	Lesser Redpoll	2	4 Fieldfare, c50 Redwing.
"	Grafham Water	Goldeneye	3m,10f	24 Cormorant, 1 Little Grebe.
Sunday 10th.	Titchwell RSPB	Brambling	1m	Bearded Tits (Heard), 10+ Bar-tailed Godwit, 6 Sanderling, 10 Knot, 1m Marsh Harrier, 1 Chinese Water Deer.
"	Snettisham RSPB	PINK-FOOTED GEESE	68(over)	2 Egyptian Geese, c300 Greylag Geese, hundreds of waders!
"	Welney WWT	Ruff	8	c250 Whooper Swan, 2 Redshank
Saturday 9th.	Welney WWT	Whooper Swan	3	2 Ruff, 1m Pintail, 2 Fieldfare, 1 Chinese Water Deer.
"	Paxton Pits	Pochard	1m,4f	3 Wigeon.
Friday 8th	Farlington, Hants	Stonechat	1m
"	Stockers Lake, Herts	Red-crested Pochard	8m,2f	10 Ring-necked Parakeet, Siskin.
~
TOTALS	88 Species seen on trip	Yearlist now=202	~
~
Thursday	Cloudy
07/11	Fishbourne Beach	Common Sandpiper	1	(On shingle bank W. of Ferry Berths)
07/11	WeBS (7.30 - 8.30)	Great-crested Grebe	6
07/11	"	Greenshank	2
07/11	"	Redshank	8
07/11	"	Turnstone	9
07/11	"	Little Egret	11
07/11	"	Curlew	5
07/11	"	Oystercatcher	6
07/11	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
07/11	New Road, Wootton Bridge	Mediterranean Gull	1	(With Red Ring "PKP3")
07/11	(13.45)	Common Gull	4
07/11	"	Little Grebe	1
~
07/11	Combley Great Wood	REDPOLL	c25	(50m west of entrance in Birches)
07/11	(13.45)	Bullfinch	1m
07/11	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(Heard)
~
Reported 07/11	Week Down, Ventnor	Snow Bunting	1	on byway to week farm, double gates by golf course, at 15:30 (Perry)
Reported 07/11	Newtown NR	Little Stint	4	(CROWS Text)
~
Wednesday	Wet to Cloudy	W Wind,
06/11	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	10
06/11	(8.00)	Brent Geese	c220
06/11	"	Curlew	6
06/11	"	Oystercatcher	8
06/11	"	Common Gull	2
06/11	"	Great Black-back Gull	12
06/11	"	Pied Wagtail	2
06/11	Canoe Lake	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
~
06/11	Laundry Lane, Brading	Chiffchaff	1
06/11	(8.50 - 9.50)	Peregrine	1
06/11	"	Redwing	5
06/11	"	Long-tailed Tit	4+
06/11	"	Canada Geese	c280
06/11	"	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
06/11	"	Kestrel	1
06/11	"	Wigeon	12
06/11	"	Shoveler	6
~
06/11	Puckpool	Shag	1
06/11	(11.00)	Cormorant	4
06/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
06/11	"	Brent Geese	c20
~
Tuesday	Wet, Sunny Intervals, Showers.	SW Wind
05/11	Newtown NR	Pintail	1m,3f
05/11	(14.00 - 15.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,3f
05/11	-very high tide	Shelduck	17
05/11	"	Golden Plover	c250
05/11	"	Grey Plover	c20
05/11	"	Redshank	c20
05/11	"	Knot	4
05/11	"	Dunlin	c50
05/11	"	Brent Geese	c150
05/11	"	Wigeon	c50
05/11	"	Teal	c30
05/11	"	Curlew	c30
05/11	"	Kestrel	1
05/11	"	Buzzard	1
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
04/11	Bembridge Harbour	Wheatear	1	(Unexpected in November)
04/11	(7.30)	Kingfisher	1
04/11	"	Curlew	12
04/11	"	Greenshank	4
04/11	"	Redshank	17
04/11	"	Ringed Plover	6
04/11	"	Brent Geese	2
04/11	"	Little Egret	4
~
04/11	St. Helens Bridge and FP to Ponds	Greylag Geese	3
04/11	(8.00)	Cormorant	c20
04/11	"	Wigeon	c30
04/11	"	Teal	c20
04/11	"	Shoveler	11
04/11	"	Gadwall	2m,2f
04/11	"	Brent Geese	c20
04/11	"	Meadow Pipit	3
04/11	"	Starling	c50
04/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
04/11	"	Pied Wagtail	4
04/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
04/11	"	Goldcrest	2
~
04/11	Hersey NR	Snipe	4
04/11	(9.00 - 9.35)	Heron	1
04/11	"	Mallard	c80
04/11	"	Greenshank	2
04/11	"	Little Grebe	7
04/11	"	Little Egret	2
04/11	"	Barnacle Geese	c40	(Feral)
04/11	Beach	Oystercatcher	12
~
04/11	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Little Owl	1	(@ 16.55)
~
Reported 04/11	Mill Copse Scrape, Yarmouth	"Ringtail" Harrier	1	above the reeds at dusk (Stephen P.)
Reported 04/11	Culver	Crossbill	13	1 Swallow, 1 Wheatear (Gary H.)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	W. Gales
03/11	St. Catherines Point	Gannet	2E, 1W
03/11	(9.20 - 10.30)	Grey Partridge	1	(Very tame, -introduced)
03/11	-IWOG walk called off, due to v. strong winds.	Goldcrest	1	(Up the lane)
~
Reported 03/11	Bembridge Harbour	Wheatear	1	a late one (James G.)
Reported 03/11	Newtown NR	GREAT NORTHERN DIVER	1	(Bob G.)
Reported 03/11	Northwood	Black Redstart	2 imm	Fieldway Cresent pm. (Steve & Sue P.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals, Showers (Heavier pm.)	W Wind, Increasing during day
02/11	Culver Down	Black Redstart	1f/juv	(Still at CG Cottages but ellusive)
02/11	(7.40)	Meadow Pipit	6
02/11	"	Skylark	5	(W. of Fort)
02/11	"	Kestrel	1
02/11	"	Raven	1	(Displaying)
~
02/11	Laundry Lane, Brading	Green Sandpiper	1	(Triangular field-N. end)
02/11	(8.35 - 10.10)	Siskin	c15	(In Alders)
02/11	"	Redwing	2
02/11	"	Song Thrush	2
02/11	"	Canada Geese	c100
02/11	"	Teal	c20
02/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
02/11	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
02/11	"	Heron	2
02/11	"	Lapwing	c60
02/11	"	Starling	c40
02/11	"	Buzzard	1
~
02/11	Newtown NR	LITTLE STINT	1 juv.	(Spit N. of the Boathouse, with Dunlin)
02/11	(13.45 - 15.15)	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
02/11	"	Shelduck	23
02/11	"	Turnstone	3
02/11	"	Golden Plover	c230
02/11	"	Grey Plover	c20
02/11	"	Ringed Plover	26
02/11	"	Redshank	5
02/11	"	Dunlin	c200
02/11	"	Brent Geese	c150
02/11	Cassey Bridge	Wigeon	c60
02/11	"	Teal	c50
02/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	48
02/11	"	Curlew	23
~
Friday	Showers to Cloudy	Brisk W. Wind
01/11	Ryde Sands	Sanderling	c50
01/11	(7.10)	Brent Geese	c450
01/11	"	Oystercatcher	19
01/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	4	(off Binstead)
01/11	"	Pied Wagtail	6
~
01/11	Stenbury Down	Goldfinch	c20
01/11	(8.00 - 8.30)	Crow	c20	(No sign of Snow Bunting)
~
01/11	St. Catherines Point	Stonechat	1f
01/11	(8.50 - 9.30)	Merlin	1f
01/11	"	SWALLOW	1W
01/11	"	Dunnock	1
01/11	"	Gannet	1W
01/11	"	Magpie	7
01/11	"	Raven	1
01/11	"	Buzzard	2
~
01/11	Merstone Old Station	Yellowhammer	1m,1f
01/11	(10.00)	Greenfinch	11
01/11	"	Goldfinch	6
01/11	"	Stock Dove	1
~
01/11	Hersey NR	Mandarin	1m	(Feral/Escape)
01/11	(14.15 - 14.35)	Heron	1	(No sign of the GWE)
01/11	"	Mallard	48
01/11	"	Teal	4
01/11	"	Little Grebe	6
01/11	"	Shelduck	3
01/11	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral)
01/11	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral)
01/11	Beach	Mediterranean Gull	3
01/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	4
01/11	"	Greenshank	1
~
01/11	Bembridge Harbour	Lapwing	3
01/11	(14.45)	Curlew	4
01/11	"	Redshank	4
01/11	"	Little Egret	1
~
01/11	St. Helens Bridge	Heron	1
01/11	(14.55)	Cormorant	c20
01/11	"	Wigeon	38
01/11	"	Teal	c20
01/11	"	Shoveler	4m
~
01/11	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m,6f
01/11	(15.10 - 15.45)	Pochard	14
01/11	"	Shoveler	2
01/11	"	Teal	20+
01/11	"	Coot	c170
01/11	"	Little Grebe	3
~

October 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for October =118 (This year's IOW total = 176)

Thursday	Wet to Cloudy	Brisk SW. Wind
31/10	St. Catherines Point	Stonechat	1m,1f
31/10	(9.15 - 9.50)	Yellowhammer	1m,1f
31/10	-birds very active after the rain	Reed Bunting	1m
31/10	"	Dunnock	9
31/10	"	Song Thrush	1
31/10	"	Blackbird	5
31/10	"	Robin	4
31/10	"	Goldfinch	4
31/10	"	Buzzard	2
31/10	"	Kestrel	1m
31/10	"	Magpie	12
31/10	"	Pheasant	4m,7f
~
31/10	Gore Cliff	Peregrine	1m
31/10	(10.05)	Jackdaw	c50
31/10	-windswept!	Kestrel	1m
31/10	"	Pheasant	1m
~
31/10	Dungewood Lane	Skylark	4
31/10	(10.40 - 11.15)	Linnet	3
31/10	"	Chaffinch	1m
31/10	"	Dunnock	2
31/10	"	Song Thrush	5
31/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
31/10	"	Greenfinch	6
31/10	"	Robin	1
31/10	"	Buzzard	1
31/10	"	Pheasant	1m,4f
~
Wednesday	Fine Sunny Intervals
30/10	Culver Down	Black Redstart	1f/juv	(On Cafe roof by the Coastguard cottages)
30/10	(7.20 - 8.10)	Goldfinch	c20
30/10	"	Pied Wagtail	1
30/10	"	Robin	3
30/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
30/10	"	Skylark	4	(Over)
30/10	"	SWALLOW	2W	(Late ones)
30/10	"	Kestrel	1
~
Reported 30/10	Stenbury Down	Snow Bunting	1m	still present on track to Mast
~
Tuesday	Rain, Showers, Fine pm.	S. Wind
29/10	Fort Victoria	Great Black-backed Gull	5
29/10	(8.00)	Black Headed Gull	12
29/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
29/10	"	Common Gull	1
29/10	"	poss. Skua	1W	(Arctic?)
29/10	"	Turnstone	1E.
29/10	"	FIELDFARE	c25W.	(Over Car Park)
29/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
29/10	"	Raven	2
29/10	"	Peregrine	1
29/10	at nearby Heathfield Road	Barn Owl	1	(In Nest Box)
~
29/10	Yarmouth	Brent Geese	c30
29/10	(9.15 - 10.05)	Grey Plover	1
29/10	"	Redshank	7
29/10	"	Curlew	4
29/10	"	Meadow Pipit	2
29/10	"	Wigeon	46
29/10	"	Teal	31
29/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	55
29/10	"	Skylark	2	(Over)
29/10	"	Kestrel	1m
29/10	"	Reed Bunting	1m
29/10	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
~
29/10	Newtown NR	RED-BREASTED MERGANSER	1m,2f
29/10	(10.20 - 10.50)	Golden Plover	3
29/10	-a quick visit	Dunlin	c100
29/10	"	Ringed Plover	c10
29/10	"	Grey Plover	c20
29/10	"	Redshank	5
29/10	"	Turnstone	4
29/10	"	Curlew	c30
29/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
29/10	"	Shelduck	6
Mammals	"	Grey Seal	2
~
29/10	Hersey NR	Snipe	3
29/10	(14.55 - 15.10)	Little Egret	5	(No sign of the GWE)
29/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
29/10	"	Greenshank	1
29/10	"	Tufted Duck	1m
29/10	"	Lapwing	1
29/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c40	(Feral)
~
Monday	Wet & Windy, Bright Spells and Showers later	Storm force SW winds moderating during the day
28/10	Wootton Bridge (7.20)	Little Egret	6
28/10	Fishbourne Beach (7.35)	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Offshore)
28/10	"	Brent Geese	c50	(Out on Sea)
28/10	Ryde Sands (7.50)	Sanderling	15
28/10	Puckpool to Seaview (8.00)	Brent Geese	c100
28/10	"	Cormorant	3
28/10	Laundry Lane, by Laundry (8.50)	Marsh Harrier	1f/juv
28/10	"	Canada Geese	c50
~
28/10	Laundry Lane, Brading	Peregrine	1f
28/10	(15.40 - 16.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
28/10	"	Canada Geese	c200
28/10	"	Barnacle Geese	1	(Feral)
28/10	"	Heron	1
28/10	"	Buzzard	1
28/10	"	Black-headed Gull	c50	(On flooded fields)
28/10	"	Goldfinch	c40	(In trees by Sewage Wks)
~
Sunday	Showers, Wet	SW Gales
27/10	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Gannet	1W
27/10	(7.50 - 8.40)	Great Black-backed Gull	1
27/10	-good waves but no birds!	Black-headed Gull	3
~
27/10	Rylstone Gardens	Goldcrest	2	(Heard)
27/10	(9.10 - 9.50)	Jay	2
~
Reported 27/10	Stenbury Down	Snow Bunting	1m	still present by 2nd Mast
Reported 27/10	Newchurch	House Martin	1	over ~2pm (Mick C.)
~
Saturday	Showers, Heavier pm.	SW Wind, Squally at times
26/10	Newtown NR	Brent Geese	c90
26/10	(9.45 - 10.30)	Knot	6
26/10	"	Wigeon	3
26/10	"	Teal	c25
26/10	"	Golden Plover	10
26/10	"	Grey Plover	c20
26/10	"	Ringed Plover	10
26/10	"	Redshank	2
26/10	"	Dunlin	c20
26/10	"	Little Egret	4
26/10	"	Shelduck	18
26/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
26/10	Laundry Lane, Brading	Greylag Geese	3
26/10	(13.10 - 16.20)	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
26/10	"	Great White Egret	2
26/10	"	Brent Geese	10
26/10	"	Canada Geese	c150
26/10	"	Bar-headed Geese	2	(Feral)
26/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	3
26/10	"	Curlew	11
26/10	"	Wigeon	c150
26/10	"	Teal	c100
26/10	"	Skylark	6
26/10	"	Heron	2
26/10	"	Stock Dove	2
26/10	"	Stonechat	1f
26/10	"	Lapwing	c90
26/10	"	Starling	c100
26/10	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
26/10	"	Marsh Harrier	3-4
26/10	"	Peregrine	1
26/10	"	Buzzard	1
~
Reported 26/10	Stenbury Down	SNOW BUNTING	1m	still present
Reported 26/10	Whitwell Garden	Black Redstart	1	2 Blackcap. (Alastair R.)
~
Friday	Misty, Drizzle to Bright Intervals	SW. Wind
25/10	Stenbury Down	SNOW BUNTING -Click for video on You Tube	1m	(On gravel path to Transmitter Masts SZ538789 (Click for map).)
25/10	(7.45 - 9.30)	Sparrowhawk	1
25/10	-quiet at sea	Redwing	c20	(Over to NE)
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals to Cloudy	S. Wind
24/10	Bembridge Harbour	Great White Egret	1	(In the Millpond)
24/10	(8.20)	Curlew	1
24/10	"	Lapwing	c20
24/10	St. Helens Bridge	Kingfisher	1m	(On post up the river)
24/10	(8.35)	Cormorant	c30
24/10	"	Swan	3
~
24/10	Foreland	Brent Geese	2
24/10	(8.10)	Pied Wagtail	c10
24/10	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	14
24/10	"	Little Egret	15
24/10	"	Heron	3
24/10	"	Cormorant	7
24/10	"	Shag	1
24/10	"	Oystercatcher	15
24/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	c10
~
24/10	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f/juv
24/10	(16.00 - 17.00)	Swallow	2
24/10	"	Kestrel	2
24/10	"	Buzzard	1
24/10	"	Water Rail	1	(heard)
~
Reported 24/10	Stenbury Down	SNOW BUNTING	1m	12.30 @ Grid ref SZ538788 (Tony R.)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Sunny	SW. Wind
23/10	Laundry Lane	Green Sandpiper	1	(Flew up just NW of Bexley Point)
23/10	(9.05 - 10.00)	Canada Geese	c130
23/10	"	Swallow	2
23/10	"	Chiffchaff	1
23/10	"	Goldcrest	2	(Heard)
23/10	"	Teal	c25
23/10	"	Wigeon	c20
23/10	"	Raven	1
~
23/10	Hersey NR	Great White Egret	1	(Flew up high at 16.00 so may have left)
23/10	(15.30 - 16.30)	Little Egret	6
23/10	"	MARBLED TEAL	1	(Escaped from "Wildlife Experience")
23/10	"	Water Rail	1	(W. end by reeds)
23/10	"	Snipe	5
23/10	"	Snow Geese	2	(Feral)
23/10	"	Pied Wagtail	2
23/10	"	Heron	2
23/10	"	Greenshank	1
23/10	Offshore	Guillemot	2
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	by entrance
~
Reported 23/10	Freshwater Causeway	Mediterranean Gull	148+	am. (Stephen P.)
Reported 23/10	Ventnor	Swift	1	W. @13.15 (Steve J.)
~
Tuesday	Rain, Showers, Fine pm.	S. Wind
22/10	Newtown NR	Brent Geese	c60
22/10	(10.50 - 11.50)	Golden Plover	c60
22/10	"	Dunlin	c50
22/10	"	Ringed Plover	18
22/10	"	Grey Plover	c20
22/10	"	Redshank	7
22/10	"	Greenshank	3
22/10	"	Turnstone	7
22/10	"	Curlew	10
22/10	"	Meadow Pipit	6
22/10	"	Wigeon	c230
22/10	"	Teal	33
22/10	"	Pintail	8
22/10	"	Shelduck	19
~
22/10	Hersey NR	Great White Egret	1	(On mown field)
22/10	(14.50 - 15.45)	Little Egret	6
22/10	"	Heron	2
22/10	"	Greenshank	1
22/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
22/10	"	Snipe	2
22/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c30	(Feral)
22/10	"	Kestrel	1m	(Catching Dragonflies by entrance)
~
Monday	Showers, Cloudy	S. Wind
21/10	Bembridge Harbour	Lapwing	c30
21/10	(9.00)	Curlew	8
21/10	"	Greenshank	1
21/10	"	Redshank	4
21/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	31
~
21/10	St. Helens Bridge	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
21/10	(9.15)	Cormorant	c30
21/10	"	Little Grebe	2
21/10	"	Tufted Duck	2
21/10	"	Shoveler	2
~
21/10	Bembridge Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	1
21/10	(9.25 - 9.45)	Wigeon	2
21/10	"	Shoveler	2
21/10	"	Pochard	2m,2f
21/10	"	Coot	c120
21/10	"	Little Grebe	5
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Very Heavy Thundery Showers	Brisk SW Wind
20/10	Tapnell Farm, on B3399	Linnet	c60
20/10	(8.40 - 9.20)	Goldfinch	c40
20/10	-no sign of Glossy Ibis here but -see below.	Mallard	c40
20/10	"	Jackdaw	c150
20/10	"	Starling	c200
20/10	"	Pied Wagtail	5
20/10	"	Sparrow	5
20/10	"	Wheatear	1
20/10	"	Buzzard	1
~
20/10	Thorley/Rofford Marsh	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
20/10	(9.30)	Reed Bunting	1	(Heard)
20/10	"	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
~
20/10	Yarmouth Estuary	Brent Geese	14
20/10	(9.45 - 10.10)	Heron	1
20/10	"	Little Egret	4
20/10	"	Wigeon	c100
20/10	"	Teal	c50
20/10	"	Lapwing	4
20/10	"	Grey Plover	2
20/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	34
20/10	"	Greenshank	1
20/10	"	Redshank	18
20/10	"	Curlew	2
20/10	"	Reed Bunting	1f
~
20/10	Afton Down, FP "F28" by B3399	GLOSSY IBIS	1 juv	(Feeding in a dung heap near the road, 200m E. of "E. Afton" Farm)
20/10	(15.40 - 16.40)	Meadow Pipit	c6
20/10	"	Skylark	2
20/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Bright Intervals	SW Wind
19/10	Culver Down	BLACK REDSTART	2f/juv	(In front of the Coastguard cottages)
19/10	(7.30 - 8.10)	Goldfinch	9
19/10	"	Pied Wagtail	4
19/10	"	Robin	3
19/10	"	Meadow Pipit	2
19/10	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1f
19/10	"	Kestrel	2
~
19/10	Brading Marsh to Centurions	Yellowhammer	2	(On hedge between Centurion's Copse and the Airfield.)
19/10	(8.30 - 10.00)	Reed Bunting	7
19/10	"	Song Thrush	1
19/10	"	Skylark	18
19/10	"	Goldcrest	4
19/10	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Quay Lane)
19/10	"	Meadow Pipit	1
19/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
19/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
19/10	"	Black Swan	2
~
Reported 19/10	Between E. Afton & Tapnell Farms	GLOSSY IBIS	1	on B3399 to Freshwater (Robbie P.)
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Friday	Cloudy, Bright Intervals	SE. Wind
18/10	St. Catherines Point	Gannet	5E.
18/10	(8.00 - 9.00)	Black-headed Gull	21W, 29E
18/10	-quiet at sea	Auk Sp.	1E	(Razorbill?)
18/10	"	Brent Goose	1W
18/10	"	Mistle Thrush	3	(Over)
18/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c6
18/10	"	Greenfinch	c40E
18/10	"	Goldfinch	c10E
18/10	"	Linnet	c60E
18/10	"	Buzzard	1
18/10	"	Shag	1E.
18/10	"	Peregrine	1	(Carrying prey over sea but dropped it)
18/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	2	(Chasing the Peregrine!)
~
18/10	Rocken End	Goldcrest	3
18/10	(9.10 - 10.00)	Chiffchaff	1
18/10	"	Long-tailed Tit	6+
18/10	"	Blue Tit	2+
18/10	"	Great Tit	1
18/10	"	Wren	2
18/10	"	Mistle Thrush	1
18/10	"	Buzzard	1
18/10	"	Peregrine	1
~
18/10	Bembridge RSPB	Marsh Harrier	1	(With the "Wh/Gn" Wingtags)
18/10	-with CM. (16.50 - 18.25)	Pintail	1
18/10	"	Gadwall	c30
18/10	"	Wigeon	c20
18/10	"	Shoveler	5
18/10	"	Teal	c60
18/10	"	Skylark	2
18/10	"	Meadow Pipit	12
18/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c25
18/10	"	Snipe	12
18/10	"	Coot	c20
18/10	"	Heron	1
18/10	"	Greylag Geese	3
18/10	"	Kestrel	1
18/10	"	Buzzard	1
18/10	"	Peregrine	1
~
Thursday	Rain to Cloudy	NE-E. Wind
17/10	Ryde Sands	Brent Geese	c600
17/10	(8.00)	Gannet	2W
17/10	"	Sanderling	133	(Numbers increasing)
17/10	"	Ringed Plover	17
17/10	"	Curlew	10
17/10	"	Oystercatcher	25
17/10	"	Great Black-backed Gull	2
17/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
17/10	Appley Park	Blackcap	1m
17/10	"	Stock Dove	2
17/10	"	Jay	2
~
17/10	Hersey NR	Great White Egret	1	(Right in-front of the hide!)
17/10	(9.15 - 10.00)	Little Egret	3
17/10	"	Heron	2
17/10	"	Greenshank	1
17/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
17/10	"	Snipe	15
17/10	"	House Martin	c6
17/10	"	Swallow	c30
17/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c30	(Feral)
17/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
17/10	Beach	Guillemot	1	(Just off beach)
17/10	"	Gannet	12W, 2E.
17/10	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
Wednesday	Wet to Sunny Intervals	S-SW Wind
16/10	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Gannet	3E,1W
16/10	(8.00 - 9.00)	Great Black-backed Gull	2
16/10	-unexpectedly quiet at sea	Black-headed Gull	c10
~
16/10	Brading Marsh	Black Swan	1	(with 2 Mute Swan and 2 Cynets)
16/10	(18.10 - 19.10)	Snipe	1	(Heard)
16/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
16/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
16/10	"	Canada Geese	c100	(Over)
~
Tuesday	Long Sunny Intervals
15/10	Culver Down	Wheatear	3	(by top Car Park)
15/10	(7.25 - 8.00)	Chiffchaff	2
15/10	"	Linnet	9
15/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
15/10	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
15/10	"	Goldfinch	5
15/10	"	Brent Geese	2E
15/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
15/10	"	Raven	1
15/10	"	Kestrel	1f
15/10	"	Peregrine	1
~
15/10	Brading Marsh	YELLOW-CROWNED BISHOP (Escape)	1	(50m E. of the "Bishop's House" on small trees/bushes.)
15/10	(8.10 - 9.00)	Goldfinch	2
15/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
15/10	FP to Sewage Works	Chiffchaff	1
15/10	"	Grey Wagtail	2
15/10	"	Pied Wagtail	1
15/10	"	Meadow Pipit	1
15/10	"	Starling	12
15/10	"	House Sparrow	7
~
Reported 15/10	Whiteley Bank	GLOSSY IBIS	1	@10.00. flew S. over A3020 to Millbank Farm, not re-located (Iain O.)
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals, Showers later
14/10	Newtown NR	Brent Geese	c130
14/10	(8.15 - 10.20)	Stonechat	1m
14/10	"	Wigeon	7
14/10	"	Teal	16
14/10	"	Golden Plover	c85
14/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
14/10	"	Ringed Plover	c25
14/10	"	Redshank	5
14/10	"	Dunlin	c100
14/10	"	Little Egret	8
14/10	"	Skylark	2	(Over)
14/10	"	Raven	1
14/10	"	Peregrine	2
Mammals	"	Grey Seal	2
~
14/10	Laundry Lane, Brading	Greylag Geese	2	(Away from the Domestic Greylags, Hybrids and Canada Geese)
14/10	(15.40 - 17.10)	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
14/10	"	Great White Egret	1
14/10	"	Wigeon	c30	(Over)
14/10	"	Canada Geese	c160
14/10	"	Heron	2
14/10	"	Water Rail	1	(heard)
14/10	"	Stock Dove	1
14/10	"	Swallow	6
14/10	"	Buzzard	1
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Rain pm.
13/10	Bembridge & Culver Downs	House Martin	c60	(Over NT Car Park)
13/10	(7.40 - 9.10)	Siskin	7	(Over to W.)
13/10	"	REDWING	6	(N. Slope behind Monument)
13/10	"	Linnet	2
13/10	"	Meadow Pipit	3
13/10	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
13/10	"	Chiffchaff	3
13/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
13/10	"	Goldcrest	3
13/10	"	Kestrel	3	(1m,2f)
13/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chasing a Kestrel)
13/10	"	Buzzard	1
~
Saturday	Rain to Cloudy	NE-E. Wind
12/10	Ryde Sands	Brent Geese	c680
12/10	(9.00)	Pintail	1m	(On sea)
12/10	"	Ringed Plover	6
12/10	"	Curlew	13
12/10	"	Oystercatcher	23
12/10	"	Great Black-backed Gull	6
12/10	"	Rock Pipit	1
12/10	"	Pied Wagtail	3
~
12/10	Hersey NR	Great White Egret	1	(One from Brading Marsh perhaps?)
12/10	(9.30 - 9.50)	Little Egret	2
12/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
12/10	"	Snipe	3
12/10	"	Wheatear	1f	(By entrance)
12/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
12/10	Fishbourne Beach	Brent Geese	28
12/10	(14.00)	Heron	3
12/10	"	Little Egret	3
12/10	"	Greenshank	1
12/10	"	Curlew	5
12/10	"	Oystercatcher	6
12/10	"	Great Black-backed Gull	6
12/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
Mon to Fri	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos.
Friday 11th.	Slimbridge	Common Crane	4	1 un-ringed, 35 Redwing, c30 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 White-fronted Geese.
"	"	Spotted Redshank	1	5 Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 25 Dunlin, 1 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), 5 Ruff,
Thursday 10th.	Cannop Ponds	Kingfisher	1
"	Linear Park, Cinderford	Canada Geese	4	1 Heron, 2 Cormorant
"	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	1f	Crossbills heard over
Wednesday 9th.	Crabtree Hill, Cinderford	Crossbill	c20	1f Kestrel c15 Siskin, 1 Bank Vole
Tuesday 8th.	Wenchford	Dipper	1
"	Mallards Pike	Mandarin	16m,15f
"	New Fancy Viewpoint	Crossbill	23	2 Siskin.
Monday 7th.	Cannop Ponds	Kingfisher	1	1 Raven, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4 Little Grebe, 2 Swan, 4 cyg.
"	Woorgreens	Wigeon	3f	2 Little Grebe, Crossbills (Heard)
TOTALS	74 Species seen on trip	Yearlist now=197	~
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
07/10	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	2	(Heard)
07/10	(7.10)	Coal Tit	2	(Heard)
07/10	"	Jay	2
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals
06/10	West Highdown, Totland	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(Path to Beacon)
06/10	(7.45 - 10.50)	Dartford Warbler	1	(A welcome sighting on small tree by cliff edge)
06/10	-IWOG walk from 8.10	Stonechat	2m,1f
06/10	"	Chiffchaff	c20
06/10	"	Goldfinch	12
06/10	"	Linnet	c20
06/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
06/10	"	Siskin	c4	(Heard over)
06/10	"	Blackcap	11
06/10	"	Yellow Wagtail	1m
06/10	"	Dunnock	6
06/10	"	Skylark	16	(Over)
06/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
06/10	"	Swallow	c100
06/10	"	House Martin	c120
06/10	"	Sparrowhawk	2
06/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c45
06/10	"	Raven	1
06/10	"	Kestrel	2
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06/10	Laundry Lane, Brading Marsh	Snipe	3
06/10	(15.20 - 16.25)	Buzzard	2
06/10	"	Yellow Wagtail	2+	(With cattle by old Seawall)
06/10	"	Chiffchaff	12
06/10	"	Swallow	6
06/10	"	Teal	23
06/10	"	Moorhen	8
06/10	"	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
06/10	"	Canada Geese	c120
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Reported 06/10	Shepherds Chine	Red-backed Shrike	1 juv.	still there today pm. (Caroline D.)
Reported 06/10	Woody Head	Wryneck	1	pm. (Steve J.)
Reported 06/10	Niton Village	Yellow-browed Warbler	1	behind Greenlyd Close, in sycamores@ 07.20 (Ian R.)
Reported 06/10	St. Catherine's Point	Yellow-browed Warbler	1-3	1 at Castlehaven, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Green SP. (Ian R.)
Reported 06/10	Ventnor Downs	Hen Harrier	1	Ringtail, also Hawfinch (Chris D.)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Spots Rain, Brighter pm.
05/10	Shepherd's Chine	RED-BACKED SHRIKE	1 juv.	(Still on E. slope above the old Pumping House)
05/10	(8.20 - 9.20)	Whitethroat	1
05/10	"	Blackcap	1m,1f
05/10	"	Chiffchaff	5
05/10	"	Stonechat	1f
05/10	"	Blackcap	1m,1f
05/10	"	Peregrine	1
05/10	"	Kestrel	1f
05/10	"	Swallow	c80E
~
05/10	Dungewood Lane	Ring Ouzel	1	(Heard)
05/10	(10.00 - 10.40)	Yellowhammer	1m
05/10	"	Skylark	20+
05/10	"	Blackcap	1m,1f
05/10	"	Swallow	c50E
05/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
05/10	"	Whitethroat	3
05/10	"	Stock Dove	2
05/10	"	Chiffchaff	2
05/10	"	Linnet	c20
05/10	"	Canada Geese	c40
05/10	"	Pheasant	1m
05/10	"	Robin	2
05/10	"	Whitethroat	3
~
05/10	Culver Down	GRASSHOPPER WARBLER	1	(SW of Beacon in bramble bushes)
05/10	(15.30 - 16.10)	Great White Egret	1	(Scoped on Brading Marsh)
05/10	"	Swallow	c100
05/10	"	House Martin	c20
05/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
05/10	"	Raven	1	(By Monument)
05/10	"	Stonechat	1f
~
05/10	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Little Owl	1	(on dead tree at 18.45)
~
Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
04/10	Newtown NR	Brent Geese	5
04/10	(7.40 - 9.20)	Pintail	29
04/10	"	Wigeon	82
04/10	"	Teal	c20
04/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
04/10	"	Ringed Plover	63
04/10	"	Redshank	4
04/10	"	Dunlin	c10
04/10	"	Knot	7
04/10	"	Turnstone	5
04/10	"	Wheatear	1f
04/10	"	Sandwich Tern	4
04/10	"	Rock Pipit	1
04/10	"	Pied Wagtail	3
~
04/10	Laundry Lane, Brading	Hobby	1
04/10	(16.10 - 17.45)	Buzzard	2
04/10	"	Kestrel	2
04/10	"	Stock Dove	1
04/10	"	Chiffchaff	5
04/10	"	Swallow	16
~
Thursday	Cloudy, Heavy Rain, Dry & Brighter pm	E-SE. Wind
03/10	St. Catherines Point	Gannet	25E, 4W.
03/10	(7.55 - 9.10)	Black-headed Gull	4W.
03/10	"	House Martin	c80E
03/10	"	Swallow	c300	(Streaming though constantly)
03/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c30E
03/10	"	Greenfinch	c40E
03/10	"	Linnet	c60E
03/10	"	Kestrel	1
03/10	"	poss. Merlin	1m	(W. along cliffs)
03/10	"	Shag	1E.
~
03/10	Wheelers Bay	Gannet	2E, 1W.
03/10	(9.30 - 10.30)	Guillemot	4E.
03/10	"	Large Wader Sp.	5W	(Possibly Curlew)
03/10	"	Swallow	c50E
03/10	"	Sparrow	14
~
03/10	Alverstone NR	Song Thrush	1
03/10	(13.50 - 16.40)	Mistle Thrush	2
03/10	"	Jay	2	(Heard)
03/10	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(heard)
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	2
Reptiles	"	Common Lizard	2
Dragonflies	"	Ruddy Darter	2
Butterflies	"	Comma	3	2 Red Admiral.
Moth, Catapillar	"	Knot Grass	1
~
Reported 03/10	Shepherds Chine	Red-backed Shrike	1 juv.	still there today in the same area.
~
Wednesday	Foggy, Cloudy, Spots Rain	S. Wind
02/10	West Highdown, Totland	WRYNECK	1	(In Valley E. of Warren Farm)
02/10	(8.20 - 11.00)	Ring Ouzel	2	(S. of Alum Bay Car Park)
02/10	"	Whinchat	1
02/10	"	Stonechat	2m,1f
02/10	"	Chiffchaff	c10
02/10	"	Goldfinch	c40
02/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
02/10	"	Gannet	1	(On sea)
02/10	"	Swallow	3
02/10	"	Shag	1
02/10	"	Raven	1
02/10	"	Jackdaw	c40
02/10	"	Kestrel	2
02/10	"	Wheatear	3f
~
02/10	Compton Cliffs	Wheatear	4
02/10	(12.30 - 13.10)	Kestrel	2
02/10	"	Buzzard	2
02/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c30
02/10	"	Stonechat	1m
~
02/10	Shepherd's Chine	RED-BACKED SHRIKE	1 juv.	(On E. slope above the old Pumping House)
02/10	(14.50 - 16.00)	Kestrel	4
02/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
02/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
~
Tuesday	Misty, Cloudy, drizzle	SE Wind
01/10	Ryde Sands	Dunlin	1
01/10	(7.20)	Sanderling	1
01/10	"	Ringed Plover	8
01/10	Canoe Lake	Swan	12
01/10	"	Mallard	c120
~
01/10	Bembridge Harbour	Teal	c40
01/10	(7.50)	Curlew	4
01/10	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
~
01/10	St. Helens Bridge	Marsh Harrier	1	(With Wh/Gn Wingtags)
01/10	(8.10)	Cormorant	12
01/10	"	Little Grebe	2
01/10	"	Lapwing	19
~
01/10	Bembridge Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	9
01/10	(8.20 - 9.15)	Greenshank	8
01/10	"	Redshank	1
01/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
01/10	"	Chiffchaff	2
01/10	"	Little Grebe	6
01/10	"	Wigeon	12
01/10	"	Shoveler	2
01/10	"	Gadwall	1m
01/10	"	Pochard	2m,2f
01/10	"	Tufted Duck	8
01/10	"	Coot	c100
01/10	"	Little Egret	4
01/10	"	Little Grebe	2
~
01/10	Hersey NR	Heron	1
01/10	(9.30 - 10.00)	Little Egret	2
01/10	"	Stock Dove	1
01/10	"	Little Grebe	2
01/10	"	Snipe	5
~
01/10	Laundry Lane, Brading	Yellow Wagtail	c20	(In flock of c30 with some Meadow Pipits)
01/10	(11.20 - 12.00)	Chiffchaff	2+
01/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/10	"	Swallow	2
~
Reported 01/10	St. Catherine's Point	YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER	1	below Windy Corner at 10.30 (Ian R.)
Reported 01/10	St. Catherine's Point	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1E	at 8.35 (Steve C.)
Reported 01/10	West Highdown	SHORT-EARED OWL	1	fenceline between Highdown and Tennyson Down
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September 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for September =122 (This year's IOW total = 171)

Monday	Sunny Intervals, shower	NW Wind
30/09	Haddon's Pits, Luccombe	Bullfinch	1	(heard)
30/09	(8.00)	Blackcap	1f
30/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c30	(Over to E.)
~
30/09	Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin	Coal Tit	1	(heard)
30/09	(8.30)	Goldcrest	2+	(heard)
30/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c30	(Over to E.)
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Sunday	Cloudy	Foggy start
29/09	Lakeside, Wootton Bridge	Little Egret	19
29/09	(8.00)	Heron	8
29/09	"	Greenshank	1
29/09	"	Redshank	3
29/09	"	Moorhen	3
~
29/09	Medham, Cowes	Little Egret	2
29/09	(8.20 - 9.)	Heron	2
29/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	1
29/09	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
29/09	"	Mallard	33
29/09	"	Feral Pigeon	c50
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29/09	Newtown NR	Brent Geese	2
29/09	(14.10 - 15.20)	Golden Plover	45
29/09	"	Grey Plover	4
29/09	"	Ringed Plover	c10
29/09	"	Wheatear	1f
29/09	"	Whinchat	1
29/09	"	Redshank	1
29/09	"	Dunlin	c10
29/09	"	Turnstone	3
29/09	"	Sandwich Tern	2
29/09	"	Common Tern	2	(1 juv)
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29/09	Laundry Lane, Brading	Great White Egret	1
29/09	(15.20 - 17.15)	Whinchat	1
29/09	"	Stonechat	1m
29/09	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m
29/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
29/09	"	Hobby	2
29/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
29/09	"	Teal	c50
29/09	"	Coot	3
29/09	"	Heron	2
29/09	"	Kestrel	2
29/09	"	Swallow	c50
~
Reported 29/09	Wheelers Bay, Ventnor	Swift	1	SE. low over sea (Andy B.)
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Saturday	Light Rain, Brighter later	Light E. Wind
28/09	St. Catherines Point	Gannet	46E, 5W.
28/09	(7.45 - 9.10)	Brent Geese	1W.
28/09	"	Common Scoter	2E.
28/09	"	Knot (?)	1E	(Medium wader, mostly grey, medium length bill)
28/09	"	Kestrel	1
28/09	"	Red-legged Partridge	7
~
28/09	Bembridge RSPB	Great White Egret	1
28/09	-with CM. (10.15 - 12.45)	Pintail	6
28/09	"	Gadwall	c40
28/09	"	Teal	c100
28/09	"	Wheatear	3
28/09	"	Whinchat	1
28/09	"	Stonechat	1f
28/09	"	Skylark	8
28/09	"	Lapwing	21
28/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	2	(Over)
28/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c100
28/09	"	Snipe	8
28/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
28/09	"	Coot	c20
28/09	"	Heron	2
28/09	"	Marsh Harrier	2	(1 with Gn/Wh Wing Tags 1 imm.)
28/09	"	Hobby	3-5
28/09	"	Merlin	1f
28/09	"	Kestrel	4
28/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
28/09	"	Buzzard	2
28/09	"	Sand Martin	c10
28/09	"	Swallow	c50
28/09	"	Canada Geese	c70
~
Friday	Cloudy, to Sunny Intervals pm.	Brisk E. Wind
27/09	Culver Down	Raven	2
27/09	(7.30 - 9.00)	Meadow Pipit	c40E.
27/09	"	Swallow	c50
27/09	Redcliff Marl Pit	RING OUZEL	1m, 1f	(Flushed by Crow attack)
27/09	"	Buzzard	2	(1 Very Pale )
27/09	"	Kestrel	2
~
27/09	Ryde Sands	Sanderling	12	(@ 9.40)
~
27/09	St. Catherines Point	Gannet	20E, 2W.	(3 were diving for fish offshore, fantastic)
27/09	(15.45 - 17.05)	Brent Geese	7E.
27/09	"	Magpie	7
27/09	"	Kestrel	1
~
Thursday	Mist and Drizzle to Sunny Intervals
26/09	Firestone Copse	Buzzard	1
26/09	(8.00 - 8.50)	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
26/09	"	Coal Tit	2	(Heard)
26/09	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
26/09	Stream/Creek	Little Egret	4
26/09	"	Mallard	5
~
26/09	Hersey NR	Snipe	1
26/09	(14.00 - 14.50)	Common Sandpiper	1
26/09	"	Water Rail	1
26/09	"	Little Egret	3
26/09	"	Heron	1
26/09	"	Little Grebe	6
26/09	Seaview Beach	Mediterranean Gull	2
26/09	"	Common Gull	1
26/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1
~
Reported 26/09	West Highdown	Wryneck	1	E. of stile near Alum Bay Cottage (Graham and Jon S.)
~
Wednesday	Misty to Sunny Intervals, Showers
25/09	Ryde Sands	Brent Geese	45	(More have arrived)
25/09	(7.30)	Little Egret	20
25/09	"	Great Black-backed Gull	1
25/09	"	Curlew	5
25/09	"	Oystercatcher	11
~
25/09	Foreland, Bembridge	Sandwich Tern	1
25/09	(8.05)	Curlew	3
25/09	"	Oystercatcher	14
25/09	"	Rock Pipit	2
25/09	"	Pied Wagtail	14
25/09	"	Sparrow	14
25/09	"	Heron	2
25/09	"	Little Egret	12
25/09	"	Shag	1
25/09	"	Cormorant	8
~
25/09	Bembridge Ponds	POCHARD	3m, 1f	(At the back of Causeway pond)
25/09	(8.40 - 9.10)	Wigeon	2
25/09	"	Tufted Duck	2m,4f
25/09	"	Teal	10
25/09	"	Little Grebe	12
25/09	"	Water Rail	1
25/09	"	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
25/09	"	Canada Geese	10
~
25/09	Newtown NR	Sandwich Tern	3
25/09	(14.10 - 15.20)	Golden Plover	17
25/09	-High Tide and misty!	Grey Plover	4
25/09	"	Ringed Plover	26
25/09	"	Greenshank	13
25/09	"	Redshank	18
25/09	"	Dunlin	16
25/09	"	Turnstone	7
25/09	"	Canada Geese	186
25/09	"	Bar-headed Geese	2
~
Tuesday	Foggy to Sunny Intervals
24/09	Culver Down	Blackcap	6+
24/09	(7.50 - 9.00)	Goldfinch	c30
24/09	-very foggy at first	Buzzard	2	(1 noisy juv.)
24/09	"	Kestrel	2
24/09	"	Swallow	c80
24/09	"	Meadow Pipit	22
~
Reported 24/09	St. Catherines Point	ROSE-COLOURED STARLING	1juv.	@8.20 but flew off @8.40 (Graham & Jon S.)
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals, shower	NW Wind
23/09	Ryde Esplanade	BRENT GEESE	22	(Just in)
23/09	(7.50)	Little Egret	28
23/09	"	Oystercatcher	6
23/09	"	Curlew	8
23/09	Appley Park	Spotted Flycatcher	1
23/09	(8.20)	Chiffchaff	2+
23/09	"	Mistle Thrush	1
23/09	"	Starling	16
23/09	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
~
Reported 23/09	West Highdown	LAPLAND BUNTING	1	By CG Cotts.also 1 Ring Ouzel and 1 Firecrest (Graham & Jon S.)
~
Sunday	Cloudy	Foggy start
22/09	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Gannet	1E
22/09	(8.00 - 9.10)	Cormorant	6
22/09	"	Curlew	5
22/09	"	Great Black-back Gull	1
22/09	New Road at 13.25	Redshank	20
~
22/09	Yarmouth Estuary	RUFF	1juv.	(In scrape with 8 Redshank)
22/09	(9.35 - 11.00)	Stock Dove	1
22/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(By the Old Station)
22/09	"	Wigeon	5
22/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	6
22/09	"	Lapwing	21
22/09	"	Little Grebe	2
~
22/09	Brading RSPB	Great White Egret	1
22/09	-with CM. (14.30 - 16.45)	Whinchat	2
22/09	"	Sedge Warbler	1
22/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	c4	(Over)
22/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
22/09	"	Peregrine	1
22/09	"	Hobby	1
22/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
22/09	"	Teal	c30
22/09	"	Coot	c50
22/09	"	Heron	2
22/09	"	Marsh Harrier	2 f/juv.
22/09	"	Kestrel	3
22/09	"	Sand Martin	c20
22/09	"	Swallow	c100
~
Reported 22/09	Thorness Bay	Grey Phalarope	1 juv.	Still on same pool till 19.15 at least (Richard G.)
~
Saturday	Light Cloud
21/09	Thorness Bay	GREY PHALAROPE	1	(Still in Lagoon behind beach in channel between the 2 larger pools) -Click for video on You Tube
21/09	(8.00 - 9.30)	Curlew	2
21/09	"	Ringed Plover	14
21/09	"	Turnstone	14
21/09	"	Oystercatcher	2
21/09	"	Little Egret	2
21/09	"	Linnet	3
21/09	"	Meadow Pipit	4
21/09	"	Swallow	10+
~
21/09	Bembridge RSPB	Great White Egret	2
21/09	-with CM. (13.30 - 17.00)	Pintail	2-3
21/09	"	Gadwall	c40
21/09	"	Teal	c35
21/09	"	Great-crested Grebe	1 imm.
21/09	"	Dunlin	1
21/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
21/09	"	Snipe	12
21/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
21/09	"	Coot	c40
21/09	"	Little Egret	3
21/09	"	Lesser Black-Backed Gull	1
21/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	6
21/09	"	Skylark	3
21/09	"	Meadow Pipit	6
21/09	"	Wheatear	1f
21/09	"	Heron	3
21/09	"	Marsh Harrier	4	(2 with Wing Tags now, & 2 imm.)
21/09	"	Hobby	1
21/09	"	Kestrel	3
21/09	"	Buzzard	4
21/09	"	Sand Martin	c80
21/09	"	Swallow	c50
~
Friday	Fine Sunny Intervals
20/09	Ryde Sands	Common Tern	2
20/09	(7.25)	Sandwich Tern	1
20/09	"	Ringed Plover	35
20/09	"	Curlew	12
20/09	"	Oystercatcher	21
20/09	"	Little Egret	1
20/09	"	Gannet	1W.
20/09	Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	1m
20/09	"	Swan	14
~
20/09	Merstone "Old Station"	Goldfinch	c20
20/09	(8.25 - 9.40)	Spotted Flycatcher	1
20/09	"	Whitethroat	3
20/09	"	Yellowhammer	1m
20/09	"	Chiffchaff	2
~
20/09	Brading Marsh, Old Sea-wall	Marsh Harrier	1 juv.
20/09	(14.30 - 16.20)	Kestrel	4
20/09	"	Buzzard	4
20/09	"	Starling	1
20/09	"	Swallow	c100
20/09	"	House Martin	c50
20/09	"	Meadow Pipit	4
20/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
20/09	"	Heron	3
20/09	"	Chiffchaff	6
20/09	"	Raven	2
20/09	"	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
~
20/09	Thorness Bay	GREY PHALAROPE	1	(In Lagoon behind beach in channel between the 2 larger pools)
20/09	(18.30 - 19.30)	Curlew	4
20/09	"	Ringed Plover	2
20/09	"	Little Egret	1
~
Thursday	Cloudy, Rain later	Increasing SW Wind
19/09	Fort Victoria	Sandwich Tern	21W.
19/09	(8.00 - 9.00)	Great Black-backed Gull	4
19/09	"	Cormorant	3
19/09	"	Swan	4W.
19/09	"	poss. Common Scoter	1E.
~
19/09	Yarmouth Estuary	Wigeon	2
19/09	(9.15 - 10.10)	Teal	c20
19/09	-the Station ponds are still dry	Black-tailed Godwit	65
19/09	"	Curlew	3
19/09	"	Lapwing	14
19/09	"	Swallow	c5
19/09	"	Redshank	6
19/09	"	Heron	1
19/09	"	Little Egret	3
Reported 19/09	(Earlier)	RUFF	2 juv.	On Scrape -then flew over estuary (Stephen P.)
~
19/09	Newtown NR	Sandwich Tern	3
19/09	(10.50 - 11.30)	Peregrine	2
19/09	"	Greenshank	8
19/09	"	Redshank	30+
19/09	"	Ringed Plover	c10
19/09	"	Dunlin	c20
19/09	"	Turnstone	6
19/09	"	Oystercatcher	c80
~
Wednesday	Cloudy, Showers
18/09	Ryde Sands	Greenshank	1	(The first I've seen here)
18/09	(7.25)	Little Egret	12
18/09	"	Great Black-backed Gull	2
18/09	"	Curlew	20
18/09	"	Ringed Plover	18
18/09	"	Oystercatcher	26
18/09	"	Starling	30+
18/09	"	Swallow	c50
18/09	"	Sand Martin	c10
~
18/09	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sedge Warbler	2+	(Reedbed by Dinosaur Museum)
18/09	(8.10)	Shoveler	3
18/09	"	Coot	22
18/09	"	Moorhen	8
18/09	In Bay	Gannet	2W
~
18/09	Culver Down	MERLIN	1f	(On fencepost by road up to Fort)
18/09	(8.50 - 9.20)	Raven	3
18/09	"	Wheatear	1f
18/09	"	Swallow	c20
18/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c15W
~
18/09	Newtown NR	Golden Plover	3
18/09	(14.10 - 16.10)	Greenshank	9
18/09	"	Redshank	48
18/09	"	Shelduck	2
18/09	"	Grey Plover	3
18/09	"	Ringed Plover	c20
18/09	"	Turnstone	6
18/09	"	Dunlin	c10
18/09	"	Wheatear	1f
18/09	"	Meadow Pipit	2
18/09	"	Linnet	12
18/09	"	Kestrel	1
18/09	"	Peregrine	1
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Heavy Rain	NW. Wind
17/09	St. Catherines Point	Stonechat	1f	(By the Two Pillars)
17/09	(8.20 - 9.45)	Gannet	3W, 4E.
17/09	"	Magpie	7
17/09	"	Chiffchaff	c4	(Heard)
17/09	"	Meadow Pipit	6W.
17/09	"	Swallow	3
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals, shower	NW Wind
16/09	Ryde Esplanade	Ringed Plover	30
16/09	(7.30)	Dunlin	2
16/09	"	Oystercatcher	36
16/09	"	Sand Martin	80+	(Swooping over beach and Canoe Lake)
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Wet & Windy pm.	SW. Wind increasing
15/09	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	2
15/09	(7.30 - 10.45)	Raven	1
15/09	-IWOG Walk from 8.15	Redstart	1f
15/09	"	Whitethroat	1
15/09	"	Chiffchaff	c4
15/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c90
15/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
15/09	"	Swallow	c50
15/09	"	House Martin	c10
15/09	"	Sand Martin	6
15/09	"	Kestrel	2
15/09	"	Buzzard	1
15/09	Shanklin Down	Redstart	3
15/09	-combe on E. side	Spotted Flycatcher	6	(1 very bright)
15/09	"	Blackcap	1m,1f
15/09	"	Whitethroat	2
Also Reported 15/09	"	Stonechat	2	and some Yellow Wagtails heard.
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Bright Intervals
14/09	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	14
14/09	(7.40)	Kingfisher	1m
14/09	"	Little Egret	1
14/09	"	Little Grebe	1
14/09	St. Helens Bridge	Marsh Harrier	2 f/imm.
14/09	(7.40)	Swallow	c50
14/09	"	Sand Martin	c100
14/09	"	Little Grebe	1
~
14/09	Bembridge Ponds	Common Sandpiper	3	(2 in Lagoon, & 1 heard)
14/09	(8.10 - 9.15)	Kingfisher	2
14/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	4
14/09	"	Greenshank	1
14/09	"	Little Egret	1
14/09	"	Little Grebe	8
14/09	"	Wigeon	1
14/09	"	Shoveler	1
14/09	"	Tufted Duck	5
14/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
14/09	"	Stock Dove	1
~
14/09	Brading Marsh, Centurian's Copse	Yellow Wagtail	c30	(Over to N.)
14/09	(15.00 - 16.20)	Mallard	c30
14/09	"	Swan	2, 2 cyg.
14/09	"	Chiffchaff	2
14/09	"	Long-tailed Tit	3+
14/09	Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	1
14/09	"	Whitethroat	3
14/09	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1
14/09	"	Chiffchaff	2
14/09	"	Starling	23
14/09	Laundry Lane	Spotted Flycatcher	1
14/09	(16.40)	Great White Egret	1
~
Reported 14/09	Bembridge & Culver Downs	Merlin	1 SW	360 M. Pipit, 1 Golden Plover, 2 Spotted FC. (by E. Mail)
~
Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	W Wind
13/09	Ryde Esplanade	Ringed Plover	31
13/09	(8.20)	Curlew	5
13/09	"	Oystercatcher	19
13/09	"	Sandwich Tern	3
13/09	Appley Park	Stock Dove	2
13/09	(9.00)	Swallow	c30
13/09	Archery Field	Rook	c30
13/09	"	Jackdaw	c10
~
13/09	Puckpool	Grey Wagtail	1	(Over)
13/09	(9.30)	Pied Wagtail	1	(Over)
13/09	"	Oystercatcher	19
13/09	Beach	Sandwich Tern	2
13/09	"	Little Egret	2
~
13/09	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On E. side of Clamerkin Lake)
13/09	(14.30 - 15.50)	Greenshank	2
13/09	"	Redshank	1
13/09	"	Shelduck	5
13/09	"	Swallow	c40
13/09	"	Ringed Plover	c20
13/09	"	Turnstone	1
13/09	"	Dunlin	c10
13/09	"	Knot	8
13/09	"	Swan	2
Mammals	"	Grey Seal	1	E. Spit
~
Thursday	Mist and Drizzle to Cloudy
12/09	Firestone Copse	Treecreeper	1m
12/09	(7.50 - 9.35)	Goldcrest	c4	(Heard)
12/09	"	Coal Tit	3
12/09	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
12/09	Stream/Creek	Little Egret	1
12/09	"	Heron	1
~
12/09	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
12/09	(11.00 - 11.35)	Green Woodpecker	1
12/09	"	Little Egret	2
12/09	"	Little Grebe	1
12/09	"	Snow Goose	1	(Escape)
12/09	"	Barnacle Geese	c90	(Feral Flock)
12/09	"	Swallow	c30
12/09	Beach	Heron	1
~
12/09	Brading Sewage Works	Lesser Whitethroat	1
12/09	(14.50 - 16.50)	Whitethroat	1
12/09	Laundry Lane	Hobby	2
12/09	"	Great White Egret	1
12/09	New Bridge Ponds	Snipe	2
12/09	"	Green Sandpiper	1
12/09	"	Marsh Harrier	1 f/imm.
12/09	"	Heron	1
~
12/09	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Flying at 20.10)
12/09	(19.50 - 20.20)	Black Swan	1	(Escape, over with Canada Geese)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy	Brisk NW. Wind
11/09	West Highdown, Totland	Redstart	1m
11/09	(8.20 - 11.00)	Wheatear	13
11/09	"	Whinchat	3
11/09	"	Whitethroat	1
11/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	4	(Field E. of Alum Bay Car Park, with cattle)
11/09	"	Chiffchaff	1
11/09	"	Goldfinch	12
11/09	"	Rock Pipit	3
11/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
11/09	"	Linnet	17
11/09	"	Stonechat	1m,2f/juv
11/09	"	Gannet	1	(S. Side)
11/09	"	Swallow	c20
11/09	"	Shag	4
11/09	"	Cormorant	10
11/09	"	Rook	c50
11/09	"	Jackdaw	c100
11/09	"	Kestrel	3
11/09	"	Peregrine	1
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	W/NW. Wind
10/09	Bembridge Down	Redstart	1m
10/09	(9.00 - 10.00)	Wheatear	5
10/09	-most birds in Valley W. of Fort	Spotted Flycatcher	6
10/09	"	Whinchat	1
10/09	"	Chiffchaff	1
10/09	"	Whitethroat	2
10/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
10/09	"	Swallow	c30
10/09	"	House Martin	14
~
Reported 10/09	Tennyson Down	Wheatear	40+	cliff edge path, 3 Whinchats, also 1 Dartford Warbler seen (Mike R.)
~
Monday	Cloudy, Showers, some heavy
09/09	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On dead tree E. side)
09/09	(8.25 - 11.10)	Peregrine	2
09/09	"	Greenshank	2
09/09	"	Redshank	16
09/09	"	Ringed Plover	53
09/09	"	Dunlin	9
09/09	"	Knot	4
09/09	"	Turnstone	4
09/09	"	Grey Plover	18
09/09	"	Lapwing	15
09/09	"	Oystercatcher	c40
09/09	"	Whinchat	1f	(And poss. f. Stonechat)
09/09	"	Buzzard	2
09/09	"	Wigeon	1
09/09	"	Teal	3
09/09	"	Shelduck	3
09/09	"	Little Grebe	3
09/09	"	Little Egret	4
09/09	"	Swallow	c20
09/09	"	Sand Martin	2
~
Sunday	Heavy Showers & Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
08/09	Ventnor Esplanade, ("La Falaise")	Gannet	7W, 3E
08/09	(7.50 - 8.20)	Cormorant	3E
08/09	"	Great Black-back Gull	5
~
08/09	Gore Cliff	Stock Dove	2
08/09	(8.50 - 9.40)	Jackdaw	c30
08/09	"	Great Black-back Gull	4	(On beach)
~
08/09	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	2
08/09	(10.00)	Pheasant	25
08/09	"	Buzzard	1
~
08/09	Brading RSPB	Great White Egret	2	(Flew to E. side, then seen on field together)
08/09	-with CM. (14.45 - 17.00)	Reed Bunting	1m
08/09	"	Sedge Warbler	10+	(In reeds, showing after heavy rain)
08/09	"	Reed Warbler	3+	(There must have been many more we didn't see)
08/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
08/09	"	Gadwall	7
08/09	"	Teal	c40
08/09	"	Coot	c50
08/09	"	Heron	3
08/09	"	Cormorant	36
08/09	"	Marsh Harrier	2 f/juv.	(1 with Wing Tags still here)
08/09	"	Kestrel	2
08/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	3
08/09	"	Sand Martin	c100
08/09	"	Swallow	c20
~
Saturday	Showers & Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
07/09	Ryde Esplanade, (E & W Sands)	Raven	2
07/09	(7.10 - 8.30)	Ringed Plover	8
07/09	"	Oystercatcher	6
07/09	"	Heron	5
07/09	"	Curlew	17
07/09	"	Great Black-back Gull	14
07/09	"	Pied Wagtail	8
07/09	"	Little Egret	13
07/09	"	Gannet	1E.
07/09	Appley Park	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
07/09	"	Stock Dove	1
07/09	"	Robin	3
~
07/09	Bembridge RSPB	Great White Egret	1
07/09	-with CM. (8.45 - 12.30)	Pintail	1	(On Dynamite Pool)
07/09	"	Gadwall	17
07/09	"	Shoveler	3
07/09	"	Teal	c50
07/09	"	Little Egret	2
07/09	"	Heron	3
07/09	"	Cormorant	c40
07/09	"	Marsh Harrier	2 f/juv.	(1 with Wing Tags still here)
07/09	"	Hobby	3
07/09	"	Kestrel	2
07/09	"	Green Sandpiper	1
07/09	"	Snipe	6	(1 over with a very long bill)
07/09	"	Lapwing	7
07/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
07/09	"	Whinchat	4
07/09	"	Wheatear	3
07/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	c15	(Around cattle, and over calling)
07/09	"	Skylark	4
07/09	"	Meadow Pipit	1
07/09	"	Sand Martin	c150
07/09	"	Swallow	c60
07/09	"	Kingfisher	1	(From St. Helens Bridge)
Dragonflies	"	Southern Hawker	4	and Common Darters
~
Reported 07/09	Ventnor Bay	Balearic Shearwater	1	heading SE. (Steve J.)
~
Friday	Wet start to Sunny Intervals
06/09	Brading Sewage Wks	Whitethroat	3
06/09	(10.50 - 13.00)	poss. Garden Warbler	1
06/09	"	Magpie	3
06/09	"	Starling	1
06/09	Laundry Lane	Hobby	3-4	(1 From Embankment FP, 3 over Brading Marsh)
06/09	"	Marsh Harrier	1 imm.
06/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1f
06/09	"	Kestrel	3
06/09	"	Peregrine	1
06/09	"	Snipe	5
06/09	"	Swallow	c10
06/09	"	Sand Martin	c6
06/09	"	House Martin	4
06/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1
06/09	"	Teal	c20
06/09	"	Heron	1
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals, warm
05/09	Ryde Sands	Ringed Plover	18
05/09	(7.10)	Curlew	9
05/09	"	Oystercatcher	20
~
05/09	Bembridge Down	Yellow Wagtail	12	(With cattle by fort)
05/09	(7.40 - 8.40)	Chiffchaff	4+
05/09	Culver, N. Slope	Garden Warbler	1-2
05/09	"	Blackcap	1m, 2f
05/09	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1
05/09	"	Whitethroat	3
05/09	"	Linnet	c30
05/09	"	Goldfinch	c15
05/09	"	Swallow	4
~
Wednesday	Foggy start to Fine Sunny
04/09	Yarmouth Estuary	Kingfisher	1m
04/09	(8.20 - 9.30)	Black-tailed Godwit	27
04/09	"	Curlew	3
04/09	"	Lapwing	2
04/09	"	Swallow	c15
04/09	"	Redshank	9
04/09	"	Sparrow	38	(A good count)
04/09	"	Oystercatcher	2
~
04/09	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On dead tree E. side)
04/09	(9.50 - 10.45)	Peregrine	1
04/09	"	CURLEW SANDPIPER	1 juv.	(In scrape)
04/09	"	Greenshank	8
04/09	"	Redshank	6
04/09	"	Ringed Plover	1
04/09	"	Dunlin	2
04/09	"	Whinchat	1m
04/09	"	Oystercatcher	c30
~
04/09	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(To W. of hide, calling)
04/09	(18.10 - 19.10)	Little Grebe	2
04/09	"	Stock Dove	2
04/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
04/09	"	Buzzard	1
04/09	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral)
~
Tuesday	Fine Sunny, Warm
03/09	Quarr Road, Binstead	Treecreeper	1
03/09	(7.40 - 8.50)	Coal Tit	2	(Heard)
03/09	"	Greenfinch	1ad, 1juv
03/09	Beach	Little Egret	6
03/09	"	Heron	2
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	3
~
Reported 03/09	Yarmouth Estuary	Curlew Sandpiper	1	at low tide (Stephen P.)
Reported 03/09	Bembridge Down	TAWNY PIPIT	1	in off sea just before the mist was forming @ 16.45, and heard @ 19.00 (John S.)
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Monday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
02/09	Ryde Sands	Ringed Plover	10
02/09	(7.40)	Little Egret	1
02/09	"	Sandwich Tern	4
02/09	"	Common Gull	1
02/09	"	Oystercatcher	4
~
02/09	Brading Sewage Wks	Whitethroat	3
02/09	(8.05)	Song Thrush	3
02/09	"	Chiffchaff	2
02/09	"	Magpie	3
02/09	"	Oystercatcher	4
02/09	"	Starling	10+
02/09	Laundry Lane	Hobby	2	(From Embankment FP)
02/09	(8.40 - 9.15)	Great White Egret	2	(Flew up from reedbed next to River Yar)
02/09	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m
02/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/09	"	Heron	2
~
02/09	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On dead tree on skyline)
02/09	(14.10 - 15.45)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chased by Swallows)
02/09	"	Swallow	c20
02/09	"	Redshank	2
02/09	"	Ringed Plover	1
02/09	"	Knot	7	(Showing a bit of summer plumage-a "pinkish" grey)
02/09	"	Whimbrel	1
02/09	"	Oystercatcher	c10
02/09	"	Swan	2
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny	Light N. Wind
01/09	Stenbury Trail	Spotted Flycatcher	1
01/09	(7.30 - 8.40)	Wheatear	4
01/09	"	Whinchat	1f
01/09	"	Whitethroat	1
01/09	"	Sand Martin	1
~
01/09	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	2
01/09	(9.00 - 11.15)	Spotted Flycatcher	3
01/09	"	Redstart	2m, 2f
01/09	"	Whitethroat	1
01/09	"	Willow Warbler/ Chiffchaff	c25
01/09	"	Hobby	2
01/09	"	Peregrine	1
01/09	"	Sparrowhawk	2
01/09	"	Swallow	c80
01/09	"	House Martin	2
01/09	"	Kestrel	1
01/09	"	Buzzard	3
01/09	Shanklin Down	Redstart	4
01/09	-combe on E. side	Spotted Flycatcher	11
01/09	"	Skylark	1
01/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	10+ Common Blue
Mammal	"	Stoat	1
Reported 01/09	Luccombe Down	Pied Flycatcher	1	I missed that one! (Ventnor Group)
~
01/09	St. Helens Bridge	Hobby	3
01/09	(14.45)	Heron	3
01/09	"	Great White Egret	1	(Still here)
01/09	"	Teal	3
01/09	"	Tufted Duck	1f
01/09	"	Little Grebe	2
01/09	"	Cormorant	38
01/09	"	Lapwing	1
01/09	"	Marsh Harrier	3	(Ad. with wing tags, 2 dark juv.)
01/09	"	Sand Martin	1
01/09	"	Swallow	c20
01/09	"	Peregrine	1
01/09	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	6
01/09	(16.00)	Greenshank	1
01/09	"	Redshank	4
01/09	"	Curlew	2
Reported 01/09	Bembridge Marsh RSPB	Osprey	1	all the Gulls in the Harbour flew up as it came over (Chris M.)
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01/09	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Little Owl	1	(Near FP at 20.10)
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August 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for August =123-a new record for my August list! (This year's IOW total = 168)

Saturday	Sunny Intervals, warm	NW Wind
31/08	Bembridge Down	Wheatear	4	(On road up)
31/08	(7.35 - 8.30)	Green Woodpecker	2-3
31/08	"	Kestrel	2
31/08	"	Buzzard	2
31/08	"	Magpie	5
31/08	"	Swallow	c10
~
31/08	Bembridge RSPB	Great White Egret	1
31/08	-with CM. (8.45 - 12.50)	PINTAIL	1	(On Dynamite Pool with Shelduck)
31/08	"	Gadwall	c20
31/08	"	Shoveler	2
31/08	"	Teal	c90
31/08	"	Shelduck	2 imm.
31/08	"	Kingfisher	2	(From St. Helens Bridge)
31/08	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
31/08	"	Heron	2
31/08	"	Cormorant	c50
31/08	"	Marsh Harrier	2f/juv.	(1 with Wing Tags still here)
31/08	"	Hobby	3
31/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1
31/08	"	Peregrine	1
31/08	"	Kestrel	1
31/08	"	Green Sandpiper	1
31/08	"	Snipe	1
31/08	"	Lapwing	6
31/08	"	Whinchat	4
31/08	"	Wheatear	3
31/08	"	Yellow Wagtail	c7	(Around cattle)
31/08	"	Skylark	10+
31/08	"	Meadow Pipit	2
31/08	"	Sand Martin	c10
31/08	"	Swallow	c20
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Friday	Cloudy, Shower Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
30/08	Shide to Blackwater FP	Treecreeper	1m	(Heard and then seen later)
30/08	(9.45 - 10.55)	Chiffchaff	1
30/08	"	Coal Tit	2
30/08	"	Chaffinch	3
30/08	"	House Martin	4
30/08	"	Buzzard	3
30/08	"	Rook	c60
~
30/08	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On E. side of Clamerkin Lake eating a fish)
30/08	(9.45 - 10.55)	Peregrine	1	(E. Spit)
30/08	"	Shelduck	3
30/08	"	Swallow	c40
30/08	"	Redshank	2
30/08	"	Ringed Plover	c20
30/08	"	Turnstone	1
30/08	"	Dunlin	c10
30/08	"	Oystercatcher	c20
30/08	"	Swan	2
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals
29/08	Quarr Abbey area	Goldcrest	2
29/08	(7.40)	Jackdaw	c20
29/08		Stock Dove	2	(Heard)
~
29/08	Mersley Down	Mistle Thrush	9	(on Field opposite the Garlic Farm)
29/08	(8.30)	Red-legged Partridge	3	(Many others heard)
29/08	-FP to S.	Canada Geese	c60
~
29/08	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Flying @ 20.40 infront of Centurions Copse)
29/08	(20.15 - 20.45)	Heron	1
Mammal	"	Water Vole	1	(Just N. of Ducker's Bridge)
~
Wedneday	Fine Sunny	Light N. Wind
28/08	Nansen Hill	Spotted Flycatcher	1
28/08	(8.05 - 11.40)	Redstart	1m, 2f
28/08	"	Willow Warbler	2
28/08	"	Whitethroat	1
28/08	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	8+
28/08	"	Spotted Flycatcher	5
28/08	"	Redstart	4m, 2f
28/08	"	Whitethroat	2
28/08	"	Meadow Pipit	2
28/08	"	Swift	2
28/08	"	Sand Martin	1
28/08	"	Swallow	c40
28/08	"	Buzzard	3
28/08	Shanklin Down	Redstart	2m
28/08	-coombe on E. side	Spotted Flycatcher	4
28/08	"	Willow Warbler	c4	(Heard)
28/08	"	Meadow Pipit	2
28/08	"	Nightingale	1
28/08	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1
28/08	"	Kestrel	1
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	4 Common Blue
Reported 28/08	Luccombe Down	Pied Flycatcher	1	I missed that one! (Birdguides)
~
Reported 28/08	St. Catherines Point	Wryneck	1	(Ian R.)
Reported 28/08	Steephill Down, Ventnor	Wryneck	1	(Steve J.)
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny, Warm
27/08	Newtown NR	OSPREY	1	(On E. side of Clamerkin Lake)
27/08	(8.30 - 10.45)	WIGEON	3
27/08	"	KNOT	3
27/08	-by E. Hide	Spotted Flycatcher	1
27/08	"	Redstart	2m
27/08	"	Garden Warbler	1
27/08	"	Whitethroat	1
27/08	"	Shelduck	3 imm.
27/08	"	Swallow	c10
27/08	-Scrape	Common Sandpiper	1
27/08	"	Redshank	4
27/08	-Boathouse	Wheatear	1f
27/08	"	Ringed Plover	c40
27/08	"	Grey Plover	11
27/08	"	Turnstone	7
27/08	"	Greenshank	3
27/08	"	Dunlin	c10
27/08	"	Oystercatcher	c20
27/08	"	Swan	2, 4 cyg.
27/08	"	Kestrel	2
Spiders	"	Wasp Spider	4	by main hide
~
Reported 27/08	Luccombe Down	Wryneck	1	flushed by the Dew Pond, not re-located. (Neil N.)
Reported 27/08	Luccombe Down	Hen Harrier	1f	1 Pied FC, 35 Spotted FC, 25 Redstart, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Swift (Gary H.)
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	N. Wind
26/08	Ryde Sands	Ringed Plover	22
26/08	(8.00)	Little Egret	8
26/08	"	Great Black-backed Gull	8
26/08	"	Curlew	15
26/08	"	Oystercatcher	11
26/08	Appley Park	Green Woodpecker	1, 1 juv.
26/08	(8.20)	Stock Dove	3	(Heard)
26/08	"	Starling	10+
~
26/08	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	1f
26/08	(10.10 - 12.20)	Raven	2
26/08	"	Buzzard	5
26/08	"	Swallow	c20E.
26/08	Shanklin Down	Redstart	2m
26/08	"	Willow Warbler	c4	(Heard)
26/08	"	Meadow Pipit	1
26/08	"	Whitethroat	5
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	1 Small Copper
~
Reported 26/08	Tennyson Down	Dotterel	1 juv	a delayed report (a Visiting Birder?)
~
Sunday	Overcast, Showers, Sunny Intervals
25/08	Brading Marsh	Whitethroat	2
25/08	(7.20 - 8.30)	Goldfinch	3
25/08	"	Chaffinch	1
25/08	"	Blackcap	2
25/08	"	Song Thrush	1
25/08	"	Swallow	c20
25/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
~
25/08	Bembridge RSPB	Great White Egret	2	(1 Roosting with Cormorants)
25/08	-IWOG Walk (9.00 - 10.40)	Garganey	1	(Flew up with Teal)
25/08	"	Gadwall	7
25/08	"	Shoveler	2
25/08	"	Teal	c50
25/08	"	Little Egret	2
25/08	"	Heron	6
25/08	"	Cormorant	c50
25/08	"	Marsh Harrier	1f/juv.
25/08	"	Snipe	5	(Over)
25/08	"	Whinchat	1
25/08	"	Wheatear	2
25/08	"	Yellow Wagtail	1	(Heard)
25/08	"	Black Swan	1	(Escape)
25/08	"	Sand Martin	c50
25/08	"	House Martin	1
25/08	"	Swallow	c50
~
25/08	Brading Marsh	Hobby	1	(Flying at 20.30)
25/08	(20.10 - 21.00)	Heron	1
25/08	"	Snipe	1	(Heard)
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Bright Intervals	Fresh NW wind
24/08	Brook Down (FP S19)	Redstart	2
24/08	(8.00 - 8.30)	Chiffchaff	2
24/08	"	Kestrel	2
~
24/08	West Highdown, Totland	Whinchat	1
24/08	(8.40 - 10.55)	Wheatear	8
24/08	"	Stonechat	1m, 2f
24/08	"	Raven	2
24/08	"	Kestrel	4
24/08	"	Linnet	5
Butterflies	"	Wall Brown	3
~
24/08	Newtown NR, Main Hide	Greenshank	4
24/08	(11.15 - 13.00)	Redshank	2
24/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
24/08	"	Dunlin	c10	(And 3 juv. -thought they might be Curlew SP, but sadly not)
24/08	"	Ringed Plover	12
24/08	"	Grey Plover	4
~
24/08	Brading Marsh, Centurian's Copse	Hobby	1
24/08	(15.00 - 16.20)	Buzzard	1
24/08	"	Swallow	12
24/08	"	Sand Martin	2
24/08	"	Great White Egret	1	(In a ditch E. of Lane)
24/08	New Bridge Ponds	Canada Geese	c50
24/08	"	Coot	5
24/08	"	Moorhen	6
24/08	"	Linnet	1
~
Reported 24/08	Brading Marsh RSPB (a.m.)	Garganey	1	1 Ruff, 9 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Hobby, 2 Marsh Harrier. (Chris M.)
~
Friday	Misty to Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
23/08	Bleak Down	Pheasant	14
23/08	(7.50)	Buzzard	3
23/08	"	Stock Dove	3
23/08	"	Whitethroat	2
23/08	"	Yellowhammer	1	(heard)
Mammals	"	Hare	2
~
23/08	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	4E, 5W
23/08	(8.30 - 9.30)	Auk Sp.	1W	(Guillemot?)
23/08	"	Fulmar	1W
23/08	"	Cormorant	4
23/08	"	Bullfinch	1m
23/08	"	Dunnock	4
23/08	"	Whitethroat	1
23/08	"	Magpie	12
23/08	"	Kestrel	1
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	1
~
Reported 23/08	Brook Down (FP S19)	Spotted Flycatcher	4	here for last 4 days.(Sandie M.)
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Thursday	Early Showers to Fine Sunny
22/08	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Dunlin	2	(Rarely seen here)
22/08	(8.05 - 9.15)	Little Egret	8
22/08	"	Common Gull	6
22/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
22/08	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	4
22/08	"	Curlew	8
22/08	"	Oystercatcher	8
22/08	"	Heron	1
22/08	"	Raven	2	(Over to SE.)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals
21/08	Bembridge Harbour	Greenshank	1
21/08	(7.50)	Curlew	4
21/08	"	Oystercatcher	2
21/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
21/08	St. Helens Bridge	Kingfisher	1
21/08	"	Marsh Harrier	1f / juv
21/08	"	Reed Bunting	1m
~
21/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m, 2f
21/08	(8.00 - 9.00)	Sedge Warbler	2
21/08	"	Water Rail	1
21/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	3
21/08	"	Little Grebe	2
21/08	"	Little Egret	6
21/08	"	Teal	3
21/08	"	Coot	c40
~
21/08	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1
21/08	(13.30 - 16.35)	Curlew	c50
21/08	"	Ringed Plover	c40
21/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	3
21/08	"	Turnstone	1
21/08	"	Greenshank	3
21/08	"	Shelduck	3
21/08	"	Dunlin	c30
21/08	"	Oystercatcher	c50
21/08	"	Swan	3
21/08	"	Swallow	c20
21/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
21/08	"	Wheatear	1f
21/08	"	Kestrel	1
21/08	"	Pied Wagtail	6
Spiders	"	Wasp Spider	1
~
Tuesday	Fine Sunny	Light SW Wind
20/08	Garlic Farm, Mersley	Song Thrush	1
20/08	(7.50 - 8.15)	Willow Warbler	6+
20/08	"	Chiffchaff	2
20/08	"	Whitethroat	1
20/08	"	Peacock	3	(Captive)
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	10+ Meadow Brown, 4 Large White.
~
20/08	Bembridge Down	Redstart	2m	(1 imm.)
20/08	(8.35 - 9.45)	Wheatear	2f
20/08	"	Linnet	3
20/08	"	Swallow	4
20/08	"	Raven	1
20/08	"	Whitethroat	2
20/08	"	Chiffchaff	2
20/08	"	Green Woodpecker	3
Butterflies	"	Common Blue	10+	1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Painted Lady, c10 Chalkhill Blue, 4 Large White.
~
20/08	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
20/08	(14.15 - 14.45)	Little Egret	2
20/08	-hide locked	Heron	1
20/08	"	Moorhen	2, 2juv.
20/08	"	Coot	2
20/08	Beach	Swallow	c25
Dragonflies	"	Southern Hawker	5+
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	NW Wind
19/08	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	2f
19/08	(8.10 - 10.20)	Redstart	4 f/juv
19/08	"	Willow Warbler	c10
19/08	"	Chiffchaff	2
19/08	"	Skylark	1
19/08	"	Whitethroat	3
19/08	"	Swallow	c20
19/08	"	Buzzard	1
19/08	"	Raven	2
19/08	Shanklin Down	Redstart	2m, 4f/juv.
19/08	"	Willow Warbler	c10
19/08	"	Meadow Pipit	3
~
19/08	Laundry Lane and "New Bridge" Pools	Black-tailed Godwit	4	(Near Bridge)
19/08	(15.40 - 17.00)	Lapwing	3
19/08	"	Heron	2
19/08	"	Canada Geese	c40
19/08	"	Sand Martin	2
19/08	"	Swallow	c20
19/08	"	Buzzard	2
Dragonflies	"	Migrant Hawker	6+	2 Common Darter.
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	S-SW Wind
18/08	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1
18/08	(8.10 - 10.45)	Curlew	c15
18/08	"	Ringed Plover	c50
18/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	12
18/08	"	Dunlin	c30
18/08	"	Oystercatcher	c20
18/08	"	Swan	4
18/08	"	Swallow	c20
18/08	"	Linnet	5
18/08	"	Kestrel	3
18/08	"	Pied Wagtail	14
18/08	"	Grey Plover	5
18/08	"	Starling	100+
Spiders	"	Bordered Orb Weaver	1	4 Wasp Spider.
Reported 18/08	Newtown NR (Later)	Osprey	1	in sightings book.
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18/08	Bembridge RSPB	Marsh Harrier	2 f / imm.
18/08	- with CM, (15.40 - 17.40)	Great White Egret	1	(Flew to W. of River)
18/08	"	Swift	3
18/08	"	Heron	3
18/08	"	Cormorant	c40
18/08	"	Skylark	2
18/08	"	Wheatear	1
18/08	"	Sand Martin	c6
18/08	"	Shoveler	4
18/08	"	Pochard	1	(Eclipse plumage)
18/08	"	Gadwall	2
18/08	"	Tufted Duck	1f,6 juv.
18/08	"	Teal	c40
18/08	"	GARGANEY	2	(Flew up with Teal)
18/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	3
18/08	"	Green Sandpiper	1
18/08	"	Peregrine	1
18/08	"	Kestrel	4
Reported 17/08	Brading Marsh RSPB (a.m.)	Yellow Wagtail	1	1 Hobby. (Chris M.)
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
17/08	Haddon's Pits, Luccombe	Willow Warbler	c15
17/08	(7.35 - 8.10)	Chiffchaff	2
17/08	"	Blackcap	2 juv.
17/08	"	Bullfinch	1	(heard)
17/08	"	Whitethroat	6
17/08	"	Jay	1	(Heard)
17/08	"	Wren	1	(Heard)
17/08	"	Peregrine	1 juv.
~
17/08	Nansen Hill	REDSTART	2f / juv.
17/08	(8.20 - 9.10)	Willow Warbler	1
17/08	"	Whitethroat	1
~
17/08	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	7
17/08	(13.40)	Black-headed Gull	c70
17/08	"	Pied Wagtail	2
17/08	Marina	Swallow	3 chicks	(in nest @ the Reculver Building)
17/08	"	Swift	2
17/08	"	Kestrel	1
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Reported 17/08	Brading Marsh RSPB	Great White Egret	2	2 Garganey (eclipse males?) (Chris M.)
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Friday	Showers Cloudy	W. Wind
16/08	Ryde Sands	Ringed Plover	8
16/08	(8.20)	Sandwich Tern	1
16/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
16/08	Canoe Lake	Moorhen	4, 2 juv.
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16/08	Laundry Lane and "New Bridge" Pools	Little-ringed Plover	1 juv.	(Near Bridge)
16/08	(8.50 - 10.00)	Blackcap	1m
16/08	"	Green Sandpiper	1
16/08	"	Snipe	2
16/08	"	Lapwing	1
16/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	5
16/08	"	Canada Geese	c100
16/08	"	Marsh Harrier	1	(Very Dark, no wing tags)
16/08	Brading Sewage Wks	Grey Wagtail	1
16/08	"	Swallow	c20
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16/08	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1
16/08	(14.30 - 16.00)	Curlew	c30
16/08	-no Osprey today	Turnstone	3
16/08	"	Grey Plover	3, 1 imm.
16/08	"	Ringed Plover	c30
16/08	"	Dunlin	c30
16/08	"	Oystercatcher	c60
16/08	"	Swan	3, 4 cyg.
16/08	"	Little Egret	2
16/08	"	Swallow	4
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Reported 15/08	Hanover Point	Osprey	1	@16.00 flying over sea towards the Needles (via Daphne W.)
Reported 14/08	Shanklin Down	Pied Flycatcher	1	2 Redstart, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Wheatear (Gary H.)
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Sun to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Titchfield Haven		Glos.
Thursday 15th.	Slimbridge	Brent Goose	1	2 Yellow Wagtail, 1m Spoonbill, 2 Ruff, 2 Kingfisher, 1 Peregrine, 2 Ringed Plover, c20 Curlew.
Wed. 14th.	New Fancy V.Pt	Hobby	1f	2 Crossbill,
"	Gorsty Knoll	Linnet	4	1 Marsh Tit.
Tuesday 13th.	Coombehill Meadows	Little Egret	9	1 Snipe, 2 Lapwing, 8 Teal.
"	Cannop Ponds	Grey Wagtail	4	1 Marsh Tit, 1f Mandarin.
Monday 12th.	Crabtree Hill, Cinderford	Crossbill	1m	1 Tree Pipit, 6 Willow Warbler.
"	Cannop Ponds	Dipper	1 juv.	1m Kingfisher, 2f Mandarin
"	Ross on Wye	Sand Martin	2	1 Kingfisher, 10 Herring Gull, 1 Skylark.
Sunday 11th.	Farlington	Curlew Sandpiper	1	1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, c40 Black-tailed Godwit
"	Titchfield Haven	Avocet	2	2 Shoveler, 3 Common Sandpiper
"	Slimbridge	Spoonbill	1m	1, 2juv Common Tern, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Green SP, 1 Common SP.
TOTALS	88 Species seen on trip	Yearlist now=192	~
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals
10/08	Brading Marsh, Centurian's Copse	Kestrel	1f
10/08	(8.00 - 9.20)	Goldfinch	14
10/08	"	Chaffinch	2
10/08	"	Chiffchaff	2
10/08	"	Willow Warbler	1	(Heard)
10/08	"	Collared Dove	3
10/08	Centurions	Green Woodpecker	1
10/08	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
10/08	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard)
10/08	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
10/08	"	Stock Dove	1
10/08	"	Yellowhammer	1m
10/08	"	Great White Egret	1	(S. of Dynamite pool)
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	2	5 Common Blue, c20 Gatekeeper, c15 Meadow Brown.
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Butterflies	Firestone Copse (14.05)	Silver Washed Fritillary	8	1 White Admiral, c10 Gatekeeper, c10 Meadow Brown.
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Friday	Sunny Intervals
09/08	Clamerkin Lake, Newtown	Whimbrel	2
09/08	(8.40 - 9.40)	Oystercatcher	3
09/08	"	Curlew	12
09/08	"	Shelduck	6, 4 juv.
09/08	"	Ringed Plover	9
09/08	"	Common Sandpiper	2
09/08	"	Greenshank	1
09/08	"	Swallow	6
09/08	"	Linnet	2
Butterflies	Town Copse	Silver Washed Fritillary	1	1 White Admiral, c10 Gatekeeper, c10 Meadow Brown.
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09/08	Fort Victoria	Sandwich Tern (?)	1W.	(possibly a Roseate, -very white)
09/08	(10.00)	Black Headed Gull	c100
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09/08	Yarmouth	Green Sandpiper	1	(Station Pond)
09/08	(10.30 - 11.40)	Black-tailed Godwit	14
09/08	"	Mediterannean Gull	1
09/08	"	Lapwing	5
09/08	"	Little Egret	3
09/08	"	Curlew	1
09/08	"	Redshank	1 juv.
09/08	"	Oystercatcher	2
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Thursday	Fine Sunny
08/08	Ryde Sands	Sanderling	7
08/08	(7.15)	Common Tern	1
08/08	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	11
08/08	"	Curlew	15
08/08	"	Oystercatcher	12
08/08	Canoe Lake	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
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08/08	Gander and Bembridge Downs	Wheatear	1f/imm.	(By cattle trough, Gander Down -E. side)
08/08	(8.00 - 9.50)	Blackcap	1m,1f/juv.
08/08	"	Whitethroat	2
08/08	"	Chiffchaff	c4
08/08	"	Willow Warbler	c6
08/08	"	Skylark	1
08/08	"	Linnet	2
08/08	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
08/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1 imm.
08/08	"	Buzzard	2
08/08	"	Kestrel	1f/imm.
08/08	Brading Marsh (By Scope)	Great White Egret	1	(Flew into the "Ibis" pool)
Butterflies	"	Peacock	1	50+ Chalkhill Blue, 2 Marbled White, c20 Gatekeeper, c15 Meadow Brown.
Reported 08/08	Bembridge Down	WRYNECK	1	@16.45 in ditch SW corner of Car Park opposite the Fort (Ian R.)
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08/08	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1
08/08	(14.35 - 16.15)	Common Sandpiper	2	(1 in Scrape, 1 on Hamstead side)
08/08	-no Osprey today either	Turnstone	2
08/08	"	Greenshank	3
08/08	"	Oystercatcher	c10
08/08	"	Swan	6
08/08	"	Pied Wagtail	1
08/08	"	Sandwich Tern	1
08/08	"	Ringed Plover	c50	(14 in the scrape, then all on Gull Is.)
08/08	"	Dunlin	c30	(9 in the scrape, then all on Gull Is.)
08/08	"	Swallow	9
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals
07/08	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackbird	2, 5 juv.
07/08	(7.50 - 9.50)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
07/08	"	Green Woodpecker	2	(Heard)
07/08	"	Chiffchaff	2
07/08	"	House Martin	4
07/08	"	Swallow	3
07/08	"	Buzzard	7
07/08	"	Kestrel	1
07/08	"	Starling	c20
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny
06/08	West Highdown, Totland	Wheatear	2	(Resident or migrant?)
06/08	(8.00 - 10.50)	Stonechat	1m,2f
06/08	"	Shag	26	(A massive 24 on Old Pepper Rock!)
06/08	"	Whitethroat	3
06/08	"	Chiffchaff	c7
06/08	"	Willow Warbler	c6
06/08	"	Skylark	1	(on path)
06/08	"	Rock Pipit	1
06/08	"	Raven	6
06/08	"	Peregrine	2
06/08	"	Linnet	5
Mammal	"	Fox Cub	1
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	5	c40 Gatekeeper, 50+ Chalkhill Blue, 2 Marbled White, 4 Large White, 1 Peacock and c20 Silver Y Moths.
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06/08	Hide, Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1
06/08	(11.15 - 11.45)	Curlew	c20
06/08	-no Osprey today	Redshank	7
06/08	"	Greenshank	7
06/08	"	Oystercatcher	2
06/08	"	Swallow	4
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Monday	Brief Sunny Intervals, Heavy Showers	SW Wind
05/08	"Bandstand" Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	575 (Wow)	(527E, 48W. I must have missed many more, -the 2nd bird in picture has a cord round it's neck)
05/08	(8.15 - 9.15)	Common Scoter	6E
05/08	-the promised storm didn't happen!	Mediterranean Gull	1E
05/08	"	Black-headed Gull	c100	(Mainly on Beach)
05/08	"	Herring Gull	c100	(Beach and Rooftops etc.)
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05/08	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	2
05/08	(14.40 - 16.15)	Curlew	c15
05/08	"	Redshank	9
05/08	"	Ringed Plover	3
05/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
05/08	"	Dunlin	34
05/08	"	Oystercatcher	c20
05/08	"	Shelduck	2 imm.
05/08	"	Swan	7, 1 cyg.
05/08	"	Swallow	4
05/08	"	Linnet	1
05/08	"	Kestrel	1
05/08	"	Buzzard	1
05/08	"	Peregrine	1
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	S-SW Wind
04/08	Bembridge & Culver Downs	Yellowhammer	1m
04/08	(7.30 - 9.40)	Meadow Pipit	3
04/08	"	Linnet	3
04/08	"	Swallow	4
04/08	"	Raven	1
04/08	"	Whitethroat	2
04/08	"	Chiffchaff	2	(1 very bright)
04/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	2	c10 Gatekeeper, 2 Comma, 1 Marbled White, 4 Large White.
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04/08	Bembridge RSPB	Great-crested Grebe	1 imm.	(Unusual here)
04/08	- with CM, (10.40 - 11.40)	Great White Egret	1	(Flew to W. of River)
04/08	"	Little Egret	2
04/08	"	Heron	2
04/08	"	Cormorant	44
04/08	"	Skylark	4
04/08	"	Sedge Warbler	1
04/08	"	Sand Martin	2
04/08	"	House Martin	6
04/08	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	27
04/08	"	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
04/08	"	Teal	12
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Reported 04/08	Laundry Lane	Great White Egret	1	@15.00 then 1 Wood SP about 20min later (Tony S.)
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals, Showers	Brisk SW Wind
03/08	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(Heard)
03/08	(7.10 - 7.45)	Coal Tit	1	(heard)
03/08	"	Robin	3
03/08	"	Jay	2
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	3
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03/08	Newtown NR -Hide	Common Sandpiper	2
03/08	(9.20 - 10.45)	Greenshank	4
03/08	"	Redshank	3
03/08	Boat House	Ringed Plover	c30
03/08	-on Gull Island	Dunlin	36
03/08	"	Turnstone	4	(in almost full summer plumage)
03/08	"	Oystercatcher	c20
03/08	"	Shelduck	1
03/08	"	Curlew	c30
03/08	"	Sandwich Tern	4
03/08	"	Swan	7, 4 cyg.
03/08	"	Swallow	2
03/08	"	Linnet	1
03/08	"	Kestrel	1
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03/08	"New Bridge" Ponds (W. of Laundry Lane) SZ617883 (Click for map)	WOOD SANDPIPER	1	(Chased off by Coots a few times)
03/08	(16.00 - 17.30)	Green Sandpiper	3
03/08	"	Lapwing	1
03/08	Laundry Lane	Buzzard	3
03/08	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(With Green and White wing-tags)
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03/08	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Little Owl	1	(On dead tree by FP @ 21.00)
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Friday	Cloudy Drizzle am, Sunny Intervals pm.
02/08	Ryde East Sands	Mediterannean Gull	44
02/08	(7.15) -High Tide	Common Gull	1
02/08	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	1
02/08	Canoe Lake	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
02/08	"	Moorhen	3
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02/08	Appley Park	Stock Dove	4	(2 seen, 2 heard)
02/08	(7.30 - 8.20)	Coal Tit	2
02/08	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
02/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
02/08	"	Swift	5
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02/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m, 4f
02/08	(16.15 - 17.00)	Common Sandpiper	1	(heard)
02/08	"	Little Grebe	1	(another in the harbour)
02/08	"	Little Egret	4
02/08	"	Heron	2
02/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1
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Reported 02/08	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	in sightings book.
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Thursday	Fine Sunny, Hot
01/08	Laundry Lane	Grey Wagtail	1 juv.	(@ Sewage Wks)
01/08	(7.10 - 9.20)	Long-tailed Tit	c6
01/08	"	Chiffchaff	2
01/08	"	Buzzard	4
01/08	"	Reed Warbler	3	(1 seen)
01/08	"	Sedge Warbler	1
01/08	"	Great White Egret	1	(In the usual tree by river, S. end of Dyno Pool)
01/08	"	Raven	2
01/08	"New Bridge" Ponds-W. of Laundry Lane	Whitethroat	c10
01/08	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1
01/08	"	Green Sandpiper	3	(4 reported)
01/08	"	Lapwing	4
01/08	"	Snipe	13
01/08	"	Common Sandpiper (?)	1
01/08	"	Greenfinch	6
01/08	"	Buzzard	4
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01/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	3
01/08	(18.10 - 19.10)	Little Egret	4
01/08	"	Heron	2
01/08	"	Moorhen	2, 2juv.
01/08	"	Coot	2
01/08	"	Greenshank	2
01/08	"	Stock Dove	2
01/08	"	Swallow	c12
01/08	"	Canada Geese	c40
01/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
01/08	"	Black-headed Gull	15
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01/08	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c4	(1m,1f seen, 2 heard)
01/08	(20.40 - 21.50)	Jackdaw	c150
01/08	"	Crow	c60
01/08	"	Buzzard	1
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Reported 01/08	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	in sightings book.
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July 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for July =116 (This year's IOW total = 166)

Wednesday	Mist & Rain to Cloudy	Brisk SW Wind
31/07	Bembridge & Culver Downs	Chiffchaff	2
31/07	(7.35 - 9.20)	Long-tailed Tit	c6
31/07	-Misty on downs	Yellowhammer	1m
31/07	"	Buzzard	2
31/07	"	Linnet	2
31/07	"	Skylark	3
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31/07	Newtown NR -Hide	Little Owl	1	(In tree hole)
31/07	(10.30 - 12.00)	Curlew	1
31/07	"	Whimbrel	1
31/07	"	Grey Plover	1 juv.
31/07	"	Greenshank	1
31/07	"	Redshank	3
31/07	Boat House	Ringed Plover	6
31/07	"	Dunlin	19
31/07	"	Oystercatcher	c20
31/07	"	Linnet	3
31/07	"	Swallow	c10
31/07	"	Shelduck	8
31/07	"	Curlew	8
31/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	8
31/07	"	Common Tern	2
31/07	"	Swan	5
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31/07	St. Catherine's Point	Common Scoter	2E, 13W
31/07	(16.10 - 17.40)	Gannet	1 imm. W.
31/07	"	Yellowhammer	1m
31/07	"	Buzzard	2
31/07	"	Linnet	3
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Tuesday	Wet to Cloudy later	SW Wind
30/07	Folly Lake, R. Medina	Mediterannean Gull	1
30/07	(14.20 - 15.00)	Whimbrel	1
30/07	"	Curlew	2
30/07	"	Redshank	4
30/07	"	Oystercatcher	10
30/07	"	Canada Geese	10
30/07	"	Swan	6
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Monday	Cloudy to Brighter Later
29/07	Ryde East Sands	Sandwich Tern	3
29/07	(7.35)	Common Tern	12	(Many more out at sea)
29/07	"	Mediterannean Gull	33
29/07	"	Curlew	2
29/07	"	Oystercatcher	5
29/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	10
29/07	Canoe Lake	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
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29/07	Springvale, Seaview	Common Gull	1
29/07	(8.20)	Common Tern	1
29/07	"	Mediterannean Gull	9
29/07	"	Curlew	1
29/07	Inland field	Kestrel	2 juv.
29/07	"	Stock Dove	2
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29/07	Foreland, Bembridge	Whimbrel	2
29/07	(9.00 - 9.35)	Little Egret	6
29/07	"	Heron	3
29/07	"	Cormorant	4
29/07	"	Oystercatcher	2
29/07	"	Wader Sp	1	(Over calling "dee-dee-dee" but softer than a Greenshank)
29/07	"	Mediterannean Gull	7
29/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	22
29/07	"	Pied Wagtail	6
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29/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	3
29/07	(18.15 - 19.00)	Little Egret	1
29/07	"	Heron	1
29/07	"	Moorhen	1
29/07	"	Greenshank	1
29/07	"	Stock Dove	2
29/07	"	Swallow	c15
29/07	"	Canada Geese	20
29/07	"	Barnacle Geese	3	(Feral)
29/07	"	Linnet	6
29/07	"	Buzzard	1
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Reported 29/07	Compton	Hobby	2	SE. Side of Golf Course (Nick P.)
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Sunday	Misty on hills to Sunny Intervals	Brisk SW Wind
28/07	Luccombe & Shanklin Downs	CROSSBILL	1m	(Over to W. calling)
28/07	(7.30 - 10.30)	Bullfinch	1 juv.	(Shanklin Down)
28/07	"	Linnet	7
28/07	"	Meadow Pipit	8
28/07	"	Whitethroat	1
28/07	"	Swift	1
28/07	"	Swallow	3
28/07	"	Skylark	4
28/07	"	Stock Dove	7	(3E. & 4N.)
28/07	"	Buzzard	3
28/07	"	Kestrel	1
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28/07	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Flying @ 21.16 just before the heavy rain came)
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Reported 28/07	Laundry Lane	Cuckoo	3	feeding at S. end, also 1f Marsh Harrier-with wing tags. (Bill P.)
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Saturday	Very Warm & Sunny
27/07	Haddon's Pits, Luccombe	Willow Warbler	3	(Near road, N. end)
27/07	(7.45 - 8.50)	Chiffchaff	4
27/07	"	Crossbill (?)	13	(Over to NW @ 8.15, large Finch Sp.)
27/07	"	Bullfinch	2	(1m seen, another heard)
27/07	"	Whitethroat	2+
27/07	"	Jay	2
27/07	"	Wren	2
27/07	"	Peregrine	1	(Over with prey, then back later)
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Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Later
26/07	Ryde West Sands	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Off Binstead, un-seasonal)
26/07	(7.15)	Oystercatcher	3
26/07	"	Curlew	12
26/07	"	Heron	1
26/07	"	Little Egret	2
26/07	"	Mediterannean Gull	14
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26/07	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	5	(Far out on Sandbank, 1 reported there on Saturday 27th)
26/07	(7.30 - 8.00)	Common Tern	4
26/07	"	Mediterannean Gull	1
26/07	"	Curlew	1
26/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	14
26/07	Canoe Lake	Black Swan	1	(Feral)
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26/07	Yarmouth	Green Sandpiper	1
26/07	(18.35 - 19.30)	Teal	8
26/07	"	Lapwing	3
26/07	"	Little Egret	11
26/07	"	Heron	3
26/07	"	Canada Geese	12
26/07	"	Curlew	2
26/07	"	Redshank	7
26/07	"	Swallow	1
26/07	"	Black-tailed Godwit	61	(Many in Summer Plumage)
26/07	"	Shelduck	5 imm.
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26/07	Fort Victoria	Common Tern	c15
26/07	(19.40 - 20.15)	Black Headed Gull	c20
26/07	"	Mediterannean Gull	1
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Reported 26/07	Bonchurch	Crossbill	20	Groups of 13 and 7 over to W. (Ian R.)
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Thursday	Misty Drizzly to Bright later	SW Wind
25/07	St. Catherine's Point	Common Scoter	5E	(@ 8.40)
25/07	(8.30 - 9.40)	Gannet	1W, 4E
25/07	"	Sandwich Tern	2E
25/07	"	Whitethroat	1
25/07	"	Swallow	2
25/07	"	Buzzard	1
25/07	"	Yellowhammer	1m
25/07	"	Dunnock	6
25/07	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
25/07	"	Green Woodpecker	1
25/07	"	Linnet	1m
25/07	"	Magpie	9
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Fine Sunny & Warm
24/07	Newtown NR	Common Tern	3
24/07	(8.30 - 10.10)	Curlew	c30
24/07	"	Grey Plover	1
24/07	"	Greenshank	1
24/07	"	Redshank	3
24/07	"	Ringed Plover	22
24/07	"	Dunlin	7
24/07	"	Oystercatcher	25
24/07	"	Whimbrel	2
24/07	"	Canada Geese	c60
24/07	"	Swallow	c10
24/07	"	Shelduck	8
24/07	"	Peregrine	2
24/07	"	Sparrowhawk	1
24/07	"	Kestrel	1
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24/07	Laundry Lane and New Bridge Ponds	Cuckoo	1
24/07	(18.50 - 20.10)	Green Sandpiper	1
24/07	"	Snipe	1
24/07	"	Pied Wagtail	3
24/07	"	Swan	2
24/07	"	Lapwing	9
24/07	"	Little Egret	1
24/07	"	Heron	2
24/07	"	Cormorant	c40
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals & Showers
23/07	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Mediterannean Gull	37
23/07	(8.00 - 9.20)	Sandwich Tern	1
23/07	"	COMMON GULL	1	(My first returning bird)
23/07	"	Curlew	11
23/07	"	Oystercatcher	2
23/07	"	Little Egret	22
23/07	New Road Wootton at 13.00	Redshank	8
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Reported 21/07	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	in sightings book again.
Reported 20/07	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	in sightings book.
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Fri to Mon	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington		Herts.
Monday 22nd.	Stockers Lake area	Little Owl	1	1m Reed Bunting, 2 Whitethroat. 1 Red Kite.
"	West Hyde	CORN BUNTING	2	4 Skylark
Sunday 21st.	Ruislip Lido	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2	c40 Swan,
"	Broadwater Lake & Canal	Little Grebe	1	c20 Great-crested Grebe, 8 Ring-necked Parakeet.
"	Stockers Lake	Little Egret	4	1 Snipe, 6 Pochard, 4 Reed Bunting, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Redshank, 3 Oystercatcher.
"	West Hyde	CORN BUNTING	4	1f Reed Bunting, 4 Skylark, 1 Red Kite
Saturday 20th.	Wilstone & Tring Reservoirs	Red-crested Pochard	1f	4 Red Kite, 2 Lapwing.
"	College Lake	Yellow Wagtail	1m,1f	1 Snipe, 6 Pochard.4 Reed Bunting, 4 Whitethroat, 1 Redshank, 3 Oystercatcher.
Friday 19th.	Farlington	Green Sandpiper	1	35 Black-tailed Godwit
"	Springwell Lake	Common Tern	2
"	Stockers Lake	Pochard	1m	c12 Common Tern, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Stock Dove.
TOTALS	73 Species seen on trip	Yearlist now=188	~
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Friday	Fine Sunny Hot
19/07	Fishbourne	Common Sandpiper	1
19/07	(6.50)	Redshank	6
19/07	"	Curlew	3
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Reported 19/07	Yarmouth Ponds	Great White Egret	4	on the Phalarope pond.
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Thursday	Fine Sunny & Hot
18/07	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	5	(Seen/Heard)
18/07	(7.35 - 9.30)	Treecreeper	1
18/07	"	Swallow	2
18/07	"	Long-tailed Tit	c6
18/07	"	Coal Tit	1	(heard)
18/07	"	Dunnock	3
18/07	"	House Sparrow	3
18/07	"	Green Woodpecker	2
18/07	"	Buzzard	2
Butterflies	"	Ringlet	2	c10 Meadow Brown.
Dragonfly	"	Southern Hawker	2	+Azure and Blue-tailed Damselfies
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18/07	Brading Marsh RSPB	Great White Egret	1	(In tree S. end of Dynamite Pond by river still)
18/07	(20.10 - 21.30)- with CM.	Little Egret	2
18/07	"	Snipe	6+
18/07	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(With wing tags)
18/07	"	Teal	6
18/07	"	Shoveler	1
18/07	"	Hobby	1
18/07	"	Sedge Warbler	2m	(Heard)
18/07	"	Sand Martin	c40
18/07	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
18/07	"	Reed Bunting	2m
18/07	"	Tufted Duck	1
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Reported 18/07	W. of Laundry Lane	Little Ringed Plover	1	1juv Cuckoo, 4 Green SP, Great White Egret still nearby (Jon S.)
Reported 18/07	Yarmouth Ponds	Little Ringed Plover	2	2 Common SP, 1-2 Greenshank, (via Caroline D.)
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny & Hot
17/07	Laundry Lane	Little Egret	10+	(by the New Bridge, W. of the Lane)
17/07	(8.10 - 9.40)	Pied Wagtail	1m
17/07	"	Snipe	2	(Over)
17/07	"	Swallow	1
17/07	"	Linnet	5
17/07	"	Skylark	3	(Heard)
17/07	"	Lapwing	3
17/07	"	Great White Egret	1	(Flew into the Oxbow Lake)
17/07	"	Heron	2
17/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	2m	(Heard)
17/07	"	Reed Warbler	3m	(Heard)
Butterflies	"	Meadow Brown	c20	c30 Marbled White.
Dragonfly	"	Broad Bodied Chaser	1m
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny & Hot
16/07	Mottistone Down	Yellowhammer	2m, 2f
16/07	(8.35 - 10.00)	Green Woodpecker	2
16/07	"	Garden Warbler	1m
16/07	"	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
16/07	"	Goldcrest	1m	(Heard)
Butterflies	"	Dark Green Fritillary	18	c30 Marbled White, c40 Meadow Brown, 3 Ringlet, 4 Speckled Wood.
Dragonflies	"	BROWN HAWKER	1	-scarce on the Island. Also 30+ Six-Spot Burnet Moths
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16/07	Newtown NR	Ringed Plover	1
16/07	(10.20 - 11.25)	Common Tern	4
16/07	"	Curlew	c10
16/07	"	Redshank	13
16/07	"	Grey Plover	1 juv.
16/07	"	Shelduck	4
16/07	"	Swallow	10
16/07	"	Oystercatcher	c10
16/07	"	Pied Wagtail	3
16/07	"	Little Egret	2
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Reported 16/07	Laundry Lane	Little Ringed Plover	1	at "New Bridge Pools" W. of lane am, also 1 Green SP. (Gary H.)
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Monday	Fine Sunny & Hot
15/07	Newtown NR	Dunlin	2
15/07	(8.00 - 11.30)	Peregrine	1	(Under the "T" Pole)
15/07	"	Curlew	23
15/07	"	Redshank	2
15/07	"	Grey Plover	1 juv.
15/07	"	Shelduck	7
15/07	"	Common Tern	4
15/07	"	Swallow	10
15/07	"	Oystercatcher	c10
15/07	"	Pied Wagtail	3
15/07	"	Little Egret	5
15/07	"	Canada Geese	c90
15/07	"	Yellowhammer	1m
15/07	Walter's Copse	Blackcap	2m
15/07	"	Coal Tit	3m	(Heard)
Butterflies	Walter's Copse	Silver Washed Fritillary	4	4+ White Admiral, 1 Large Skipper, 10+ Meadow Brown
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Sunday	Fine Sunny & Hot
14/07	Town Copse to Clamerkin, Newtown	Oystercatcher	3
14/07	(8.00 - 8.30)	Barnacle Goose	1	(Feral)
14/07	"	Canada Geese	2
14/07	"	Curlew	5
14/07	"	Shelduck	3
14/07	"	Swallow	18
14/07	"	Little Egret	2
14/07	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1f
14/07	"	Jay	1
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14/07	Wellow Area	Skylark	c6
14/07	(9.10 - 11.30) -IWOG Walk	Blackcap	2	(Seen/Heard)
14/07	"	Whitethroat	2
14/07	"	Yellowhammer	5
14/07	"	Raven	1
14/07	"	Crow/Jackdaw flock	100+
Butterflies	"	Marbled White	3	c10 Meadow Brown, 1 Red Admiral, 1 Small Skipper.
Dragonfly	"	Emperor	1m	by Prospect Quarry
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Reported 14/07	Ventnor	Crossbill	14	Over Zig Zag Road@9.56 (Steve J.)
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Saturday	Very Warm & Sunny
13/07	Bembridge and Culver Downs	WHINCHAT	1f	(Bushes on slope above Redcliff)
13/07	(8.30 - 10.00)	Skylark	2
13/07	"	Meadow Pipit	1m
13/07	"	Goldfinch	c15
13/07	"	Linnet	2
13/07	"	Great White Egret	1	(On tree S. end of Dynamite Pool -by scope)
Butterflies	"	Marbled White	c30	c20 Meadow Brown, 1 Red Admiral
Moth	"	Hummingbird Hawk Moth	1	flew by but didn't stop
Flowers	"	Pyramidal Orchid	c50
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Reported 13/07	Ventnor	Crossbill	9	Over Ocean View Road@6.50 (Steve J.)
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13/07	Parkhurst Forest (21.20 - 22.10)	Nightjar	c7
Beetle	"	Glow Worm	1
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Friday	Fine Sunny & Warm
12/07	Luccombe Down	Meadow Pipit	9
12/07	(8.05 - 10.00)	Whitethroat	2m
12/07	-I haven't seen any Dartford Warblers here this year	Linnet	5
12/07	"	Dunnock	2
12/07	"	Swift	4
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12/07	Laundry Lane / North Marsh	Lesser Whitethroat	1
12/07	(14.25 - 15.20)	Pied Wagtail	1m
12/07	"	Sand Martin	1
12/07	"	Swallow	c10
12/07	"	Lapwing	5, 1juv
12/07	"	Little Egret	1
12/07	"	Heron	1
12/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
12/07	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
Butterflies	"	Meadow Brown	72	25 Marbled White, 4 Large White, 1 Comma, 2 Small Heath, 2 Small Tortoiseshell.
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Thursday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals
11/07	Sandown Canoe Lake	Rook	c20
11/07	(8.00)	Mallard	40
11/07	"	Coot	12
11/07	"	Swan	1
11/07	Sandown Bay	Sandwich Tern	5
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11/07	Sandown Water Wks to Alverstone	Bullfinch	1-2	(Heard)
11/07	(8.35 - 10.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
11/07	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
11/07	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Heard)
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	2	(At hide)
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Reported 11/07	Newtown NR	Osprey	2	together by "T" Post pm.(Baz S.)
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny & Warm
10/07	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	1 juv.
10/07	(7.45)	Chaffinch	1m
10/07	Laundry Lane	Green Sandpiper	1	(Flushed by dog near the New Bridge)
10/07	(8.00 - 10.30)	Pied Wagtail	2, 4juv
10/07	"	Sand Martin	1
10/07	"	Swallow	c10
10/07	"	Swift	6
10/07	"	Linnet	5
10/07	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1, 1juv.
10/07	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
10/07	"	Lapwing	13	(+1 juv.)
10/07	"	Great White Egret	1	(On tree by River Yar on RSPB Reserve)
10/07	"	Little Egret	2
10/07	"	Heron	2
10/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
10/07	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
Butterflies	"	Meadow Brown	6	1 Marbled White, 1 Large Skipper
Reptile	"	Adder	1f	on Embankment FP
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny & Hot
09/07	Firestone Copse	Goldcrest	1m	(Heard)
09/07	(7.45 - 8.30)	Coal Tit	3m	(Heard)
09/07	"	Song Thrush	3
09/07	"	Blackbird	4
Butterflies	"	White Admiral	2	2 Large Skipper, 1 Speckled Wood.
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09/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
09/07	(14.25 - 14.50)	Little Egret	1
09/07	"	Greenfinch	1
09/07	"	Moorhen	1
09/07	"	Pied Wagtail	1	(On beach)
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09/07	Brading Marsh RSPB	Great White Egret	1
09/07	(20.10 - 21.50)- with CM.	Little Egret	2
09/07	"	SNIPE	2
09/07	"	Kingfisher	1	(Flew down river)
09/07	"	Teal	17
09/07	"	Skylark	3
09/07	"	Hobby	1m
09/07	"	Sedge Warbler	1m
09/07	"	Sand Martin	10
09/07	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
09/07	"	Reed Bunting	2m
09/07	"	Tufted Duck	1
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Reported 09/07	W. of Laundry Lane	Little Ringed Plover	1	on New Bridge Pools @ 9.45 (James A.)
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Monday	Fine Sunny & Warm
08/07	Laundry Lane	Green Sandpiper	2	(Pool S. of the New Bridge, 1 had some features of Wood SP)
08/07	(7.50 - 10.20)	Pied Wagtail	2,2juv
08/07	"	Sand Martin	c20
08/07	"	Swallow	c20
08/07	"	Linnet	8
08/07	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1, 2juv.
08/07	"	Teal	2
08/07	"	Lapwing	5
08/07	"	Little Egret	3
08/07	"	Heron	1
08/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	3m	(Heard)
08/07	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
08/07	"	Kestrel	1
Butterflies	"	Marbled White	4
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08/07	Bembridge Windmill FP	GREAT WHITE EGRET	1	(On S. end of Dynamite Pool-seen by scope)
08/07	(14.20 - 14.50)	Little Egret	2
08/07	"	Swan	4
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08/07	Deacon's Lane	Little Owl	1	(Seen at 21.30)
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Sunday	Fine Sunny & Hot
07/07	Newtown NR	Little Tern	1
07/07	(8.00 - 11.10)	Peregrine	1	(Killed an imm. Black-headed Gull but failed to pick it up)
07/07	"	Curlew	46
07/07	"	Greenshank	1
07/07	"	Redshank	3
07/07	"	Grey Plover	1
07/07	"	Dunlin	1	(On Gull Is. in Summer Plumage)
07/07	"	Shelduck	8
07/07	"	Common Tern	c5
07/07	"	Swallow	12
07/07	"	Oystercatcher	c20
07/07	"	Pied Wagtail	c10	(Many juveniles)
07/07	"	Little Egret	3
07/07	"	Canada Geese	c60
07/07	"	Yellowhammer	3
Butterflies	"	Marbled White	1
07/07	Town Copse	Garden Warbler	1m	(Heard by FP)
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Reported 07/07	Brading Marsh RSPB	Great-white Egret	1	On dynamite pool & ditch west of it, @3pm, with 8 Little Egret. -View from Bembridge windmill (Chris M.)
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Saturday	Cloudy to Warm & Sunny
06/07	Laundry Lane, Brading	Cetti's Warbler	3	(1 seen by lane & 2 heard)
06/07	(7.50 - 8.50)	Lapwing	7
06/07	"	Reed Bunting	1m
06/07	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	4
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06/07	Bembridge Marina	Swallow	2	(Nest empty, chicks fledged)
06/07	(9.00)	Sparrow	4+
Moths	"	Puss Moth	1	by St. Helens Bridge, a bit battered!
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06/07	Bembridge RSPB	OSPREY	1
06/07	(9.20 - 12.10) - with CM.	Marsh Harrier	1	(With wing tags)
06/07	"	Great Black-backed Gull	7
06/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
06/07	"	Gadwall	2m, 1f
06/07	"	Teal	7
06/07	"	Tufted Duck	3
06/07	"	Sand Martin	c70	(Just a few at first but more and more came in)
06/07	"	House Martin	1
06/07	"	Swallow	2
06/07	"	Swift	c10
06/07	"	Lapwing	5
06/07	"	Redshank	3
06/07	"	Curlew	2
06/07	"	Swan	8, 4cyg.
06/07	"	Little Egret	10+
06/07	"	Heron	3
06/07	"	Reed Warbler	6+	(Heard)
06/07	"	Sedge Warbler	4m	(2 seen, 2 more heard)
06/07	"	Linnet	5
06/07	"	Skylark	c6
06/07	"	Reed Bunting	2m	(Heard)
06/07	"	Coot	55
06/07	"	Buzzard	2
06/07	"	Kestrel	1
06/07	"	Sparrowhawk	1
Butterflies	"	Small Tortioseshell	c6	4 Meadow Brown
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06/07	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	c5	(2 were Roding which is very unseasonal)
06/07	(21.05 - 22.20)	Nightjar	c5	(There were 3 flying around me at one point)
06/07	"	Song Thrush	2m
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Friday	Fine Sunny & Very Warm
05/07	West Highdown, Totland	Wheatear	1m
05/07	(8.05 - 10.05)	Stonechat	4+	(m & f with 2-3 juv.)
05/07	"	Guillemot	c10	(on sea)
05/07	"	Shag	5
05/07	"	Rock Pipit	2
05/07	"	Meadow Pipit	1
05/07	"	Skylark	1
05/07	"	Linnet	5
05/07	"	Kestrel	2 juv.
05/07	"	Swallow	2
05/07	"	Swift	2
05/07	"	Fulmar	1
05/07	"	Raven	2
05/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	4
05/07	"	Cormorant	12
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	5 Common Blue, 4 Meadow Brown.
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05/07	Headon Warren	Yellowhammer	2
05/07	(10.15 - 11.10)	Whitethroat	2
05/07	-no sign of the Dartford Warblers	Linnet	2
05/07	"	Blackcap	1m
05/07	"	Jay	1
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05/07	Laundry Lane	Green Sandpiper	2	(Flew up by the New Bridge)
05/07	(18.25 - 20.20)	Pied Wagtail	1m,3f/juv
05/07	-no sign of the Wood Sandpiper	Hobby	1	(From end of Quay Lane)
05/07	"	Swift	c10
05/07	"	Swallow	c6
05/07	"	Tufted Duck	1m
05/07	"	Lapwing	5,1juv
05/07	"	Little Egret	2
05/07	"	Heron	2
05/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	2m	(Heard)
05/07	"	Reed Warbler	3m	(Heard)
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Reported 05/07	"New Bridge" pools W. of Laundry Lane	WOOD SANDPIPER	1	also 1 Green Sandpiper and a Kingfisher (Gary H.)
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Thursday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
04/07	Quarr Road to Quarr Abbey	Nuthatch	1
04/07	(7.20 - 8.10)	Stock Dove	2
04/07	"	Collared Dove	1
04/07	"	Mistle Thrush	3
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04/07	Culver Down	Peregrine	1
04/07	(10.30 - 11.20)	Meadow Pipit	6
04/07	"	Linnet	5
04/07	"	Rook	8
Flowers	"	Pyramidal Orchid	c50
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Fine Sunny & Warm
03/07	Yarmouth	Reed Warbler	3	(Seen/heard)
03/07	(8.05 - 9.30)	Teal	3m,4f
03/07	"	Lapwing	3
03/07	"	Little Egret	11
03/07	"	Canada Geese	5
03/07	"	Swan	2, 2 cyg.
03/07	"	Curlew	2
03/07	"	Redshank	5
03/07	"	Common Tern	1
03/07	"	Black-tailed Godwit	62	(Many in Summer Plumage)
03/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	2m	(Heard)
03/07	"	Skylark	1m	(Heard)
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03/07	Fort Victoria	Common Tern	c20
03/07	(9.40)	Gannet	2W
03/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	1
03/07	"	Cormorant	1
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03/07	Newtown NR	Common Tern	2
03/07	(10.10 - 11.40)	Curlew	c6
03/07	"	Grey Plover	1
03/07	"	Oystercatcher	c20
03/07	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1,1juv.
03/07	"	Canada Geese	c70
03/07	"	Swallow	2
Butterflies	"	Meadow Brown	4
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03/07	Laundry Lane	Reed Bunting	1m
03/07	(15.35 - 16.50)	Shoveler	1f
03/07	"	Chiffchaff	1
03/07	"	Swift	c30
03/07	"	Lapwing	9
03/07	"	Little Egret	1
03/07	"	Heron	2
03/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
03/07	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
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Tuesday	Sunny Spells, Rain pm.
02/07	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	3
02/07	(7.45)	Oystercatcher	3
02/07	"	Curlew	1
02/07	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Heard)
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02/07	FP to Bembridge Ponds	Whitethroat	2m
02/07	(8.10 - 9.10)	Stock Dove	3
02/07	"	Linnet	1m
02/07	"	Tufted Duck	10m,2f
02/07	"	Swift	4
02/07	"	Mallard	15
02/07	"	Swan	1, 5 cyg.
02/07	"	Little Grebe	2, 2 juv.
02/07	"	Heron	1
02/07	"	Canada Geese	c90
~
02/07	Hersey NR	Little Egret	1
02/07	(14.15 - 14.45)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
02/07	"	Greenfinch	5
02/07	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
02/07	"	Moorhen	2
02/07	"	Coot	1
02/07	"	Barnacle Geese	5	(Feral)
02/07	Beach	Sandwich Tern	1
02/07	"	Little Egret	2	(On beach)
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Monday	Sunny Warm later	SW. Wind
01/07	Garlic Farm, Mersley	Turtle Dove	1
01/07	(8.05 - 8.45)	Pheasant	1m
01/07	"	Chiffchaff	1m	(Heard)
01/07	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
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01/07	Laundry Lane	Blackcap	1m
01/07	(9.00 - 10.45)	Whitethroat	1m
01/07	"	Chiffchaff	1
01/07	"	Long-tailed Tit	1
01/07	"	Lapwing	2
01/07	"	Little Egret	2
01/07	"	Heron	2
01/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
01/07	"	Reed Warbler	3ad, 2 juv
01/07	"	Skylark	1m	(Heard)
Butterflies	"	Large Skipper	1
Insects	"	Dark Bush Cricket	4
~
01/07	Newtown NR	Sandwich Tern	2
01/07	(14.20 - 15.20)	Curlew	c10
01/07	"	Shelduck	21
01/07	"	Oystercatcher	c10
01/07	"	Common Tern	5
01/07	"	Canada Geese	c70
01/07	"	Swallow	2
Butterflies	"	Large Skipper	1	2 Meadow Brown
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June 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for June =104 (This year's IOW total = 164)

Sunday	Misty, Sunny Warm later	SW. Wind
30/06	St. Catherine's Point	Red-legged Partridge	2
30/06	(9.00 - 10.15)	Pheasant	1m
30/06	-very foggy, cleared a bit then returned!	Whitethroat	3m
30/06	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Heard)
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30/06	Deacon's Lane	Little Owl	1	(Heard at 21.20, then seen at 21.30)
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Saturday	Warm Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
29/06	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	3	(1 juv. seen by lane & 2 adults heard)
29/06	(7.20 - 8.40)	Stock Dove	1m	(Heard)
29/06	"	Jay	1
29/06	"	Song Thrush	2m	(Heard)
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29/06	Bembridge Marina	Swallow	2ad, 3 juv	(At nest in "De-Survey" building)
29/06	(8.40)	Sparrow	6+
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29/06	Bembridge RSPB	Marsh Harrier	1f	(With White and Green Wing Tags)
29/06	(9.15 - 12.20)	Peregrine	1	(Carrying prey)
29/06	"	Great Black-backed Gull	2
29/06	"	Heron	5
29/06	"	Teal	8
29/06	"	Tufted Duck	5
29/06	"	Reed Warbler	6+	(Heard)
29/06	"	Sedge Warbler	2m
29/06	"	Swift	c10
29/06	"	House Martin	c6
29/06	"	Linnet	1
29/06	"	Skylark	6
29/06	"	Reed Bunting	2m	(Heard)
29/06	"	Buzzard	4
29/06	"	Kestrel	1
29/06	"	Raven	3
Butterflies	"	Small Tortioseshell	c12	1 Large White, 4 Meadow Brown
Dragonflies	"	Black-tailed Skimmer	c10	3 Common Darter, c15 Blue-tailed Damselfly
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Friday	Rain am, Sunny Spells pm.
28/06	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
28/06	(14.30 - 14.50)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
28/06	"	Little Egret	1
28/06	"	Moorhen	2
28/06	"	Coot	2
28/06	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
28/06	"	Stock Dove	1
28/06	Beach	Gannet	1	(Off Seaview)
28/06	"	Linnet	1	(On beach)
28/06	"	Swallow	1
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28/06	Bembridge Ponds	Shelduck	2
28/06	(15.00 - 15.40)	Tufted Duck	6
28/06	"	Mallard	23
28/06	"	Little Grebe	2
28/06	"	Heron	1
28/06	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
28/06	"	Chiffchaff	1m	(Heard)
28/06	"	Canada Geese	c70
28/06	"	Barnacle Geese	1	(Feral)
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals, rain later
27/06	Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin	Coal Tit	1ad. 1 juv.
27/06	(8.10)	Jay	1
27/06	"	Dunnock	1
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27/06	Wheelers Bay	Sandwich Tern	2
27/06	(8.40 - 10.40)	Fulmar	1
27/06	"	Gannet	1W
27/06	"	Cormorant	2
27/06	"	Swallow	2
27/06	"	Swift	3	(Feral)
27/06	"	Sparrow	6+
Butterflies	"	Glanville Fritillary	4	3 Large White, 5 Common Blue, 1 Meadow Brown, 8 Small Tortioseshell
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Fine Sunny & Warm
26/06	Headon Warren	Dartford Warbler	1f, 2 juv.	(Very scarce this year)
26/06	(8.05 - 9.50)	Whitethroat	7
26/06	"	Meadow Pipit	1
26/06	"	Linnet	3
26/06	"	Yellowhammer	2m
26/06	"	Jay	1
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26/06	Fort Victoria	Common Tern	5
26/06	(10.05)	Gannet	3	(SW of Hurst Castle)
26/06	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
26/06	"	Cormorant	2
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26/06	Hersey NR	Moorhen	2
26/06	(14.25 - 15.10)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
26/06	"	Coot	3
26/06	"	Heron	1
26/06	"	Little Egret	1
26/06	"	Swallow	2
26/06	"	Barnacle Geese	5	(Feral)
Moth	by Seawall	Hummingbird Hawk Moth	1	& 2 Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies
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26/06	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	2
26/06	(20.35 - 22.10)	Nightjar	3
26/06	"	Barn Owl	1	(Flying along main path by Squirrel Trail @ 22.00)
26/06	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
26/06	"	Song Thrush	2m	(Heard)
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Tuesday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals
25/06	Newtown NR	Peregrine	2
25/06	(8.00 - 10.10)	Curlew	12
25/06	"	Shelduck	16
25/06	"	Grey Plover	2	(1 in Summer Plumage, 1 Winter/juv. Plumage)
25/06	"	Oystercatcher	c10
25/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	7
25/06	"	Canada Geese	c70
25/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2
25/06	"	Blackcap	1m
25/06	"	Swallow	2
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Monday	Cloudy, some Sunny Intervals
24/06	Newport to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	5	(Seen/Heard)
24/06	(8.10 - 10.30)	House Martin	1
24/06	"	Swallow	2
24/06	"	Swift	c10
24/06	"	Swan	3ad. 1 cyg.
24/06	"	Goldcrest	2	(Heard)
24/06	"	House Sparrow	6
24/06	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
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24/06	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Seen @ 21.38 and 22.00)
24/06	(21.20 - 22.10)	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
Mammals	"	Badger	1	and 1 Fox
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News	Yarmouth Ponds	Wilson's Phalarope	0	not seen today so it may have left.
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Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
23/06	Fishbourne Beach, WeBS	Little Egret	7
23/06	(7.25 - 8.30)	Common Tern	12
23/06	"	Curlew	2
23/06	"	Oystercatcher	2
23/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
23/06	"	Shelduck	1
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23/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
23/06	(8.40 - 9.20)	Stock Dove	1m	(Heard)
23/06	"	Green Woodpecker	1
23/06	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(Heard)
23/06	Beach	Little Egret	3
23/06	Canoe Lake	Black Swan	1
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23/06	Yarmouth Old Station Ponds	Wilson's Phalarope	1f	(Flushed by dog, but landed again)
23/06	(14.05 - 15.50)	Green Sandpiper	1
23/06	"	Little Egret	3
23/06	"	Black-tailed Godwit	9
23/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
23/06	"	Common Tern	1
23/06	"	Lapwing	2
23/06	"	Kestrel	1
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Saturday	Wet, Misty to Sunny Intervals	Strong SW. Wind
22/06	"La Faliase", Ventnor	Gannet	26W, 2E
22/06	(7.40 - 8.30)	Herring Gull	c60	(On beach)
22/06	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2ad, 3 imm.	(On beach)
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22/06	Firestone Copse	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
22/06	(13.45 - 14.40)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
22/06	"	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
22/06	"	Heron	1
22/06	"	Little Egret	1
Amphibian	"	Tadpoles	c50	in the Dragonfly Pond
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Reported 22/06	Yarmouth Station Ponds	Wilson's Phalarope	1f	still present, please watch from the FP only.
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Friday	Misty, Showers to Fine Sunny	W. Wind
21/06	Yarmouth Old Station Ponds	Wilson's Phalarope	1f	(Showing at 7.45, and at 10.15 -My 2nd Visit.)
21/06	(7.35 & 10.10)	Redshank	2
21/06	"	Little Egret	3
21/06	"	Black-tailed Godwit	15
21/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1 juv.
21/06	"	Teal	2m
21/06	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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21/06	West Highdown, Totland	Linnet	11
21/06	(9.05 - 10.00)	Green Woodpecker	2
21/06	-looking for Dartford Warblers, none found.	Whitethroat	2
21/06	"	Swift	2
21/06	"	Greenfinch	1m
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21/06	Newtown NR	Peregrine	2
21/06	(11.10 - 11.30)	Curlew	8
21/06	"	Shelduck	4
21/06	"	Grey Plover	1
21/06	"	Heron	1
21/06	"	Oystercatcher	c20
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Amphibian	My Garden	Frog	1	had a close shave with my Lawnmower!
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Thursday	Foggy, Drizzle am. Sunny Spells pm.
20/06	Luccombe Down	Linnet	6
20/06	(8.10 - 9.40)	Meadow Pipit	11
20/06	-looking for Dartford Warblers in the fog	Swallow	2
20/06	"	Dunnock	1
20/06	"	Skylark	1m
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20/06	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
20/06	(14.20 - 15.20)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
20/06	"	Heron	1
20/06	"	Swallow	2
20/06	"	Barnacle Geese	2	(Feral)
20/06	"	Whitethroat	1m
20/06	Beach	Sandwich Tern	1
20/06	"	Little Egret	1
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	4	1 Large White, 1 Speckled Wood
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Fine Sunny & Warm
19/06	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	WILSON'S PHALAROPE	1f	(Showing well till 9.10, and from 15.15. Click for video on You Tube )
19/06	(7.35 - 9.20)	Redshank	7
19/06	"	Little Egret	2
19/06	"	Lapwing	4
19/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2ad,2 juv.
19/06	"	Wigeon	1m	(Summering bird)
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19/06	Fort Victoria	Common Tern	2
19/06	(9.55 - 10.15)	Sandwich Tern	1	(Heard)
19/06	"	Black-headed Gull	c50
19/06	"	Cormorant	2
19/06	"	Gannet	3E
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19/06	Newtown NR	Peregrine	1
19/06	(10.25 - 10.45)	Curlew	3
19/06	"	Shelduck	6
19/06	"	Cormorant	2
19/06	"	Common Tern	3
19/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
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Tuesday	Overcast, Muggy
18/06	Quarr Area	Mistle Thrush	2
18/06	(7.55 - 9.20)	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
18/06	"	Chiffchaff	4m	(Heard)
18/06	"	Green Woodpecker	1m
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18/06	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	WILSON'S PHALAROPE	1f	(What a stunner!)
18/06	(20.35 - 21.30)	Redshank	2
18/06	"	Little Egret	2
18/06	"	Lapwing	1
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Monday	Cloudy
17/06	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	7	(Seen/Heard)
17/06	(8.05 - 9.50)	House Martin	4
17/06	"	Jay	1 juv.
17/06	"	Goldcrest	2	(Seen/Heard)
17/06	"	House Sparrow	8
17/06	"	Song Thrush	3	(Heard)
17/06	"	Swift	2
17/06	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
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17/06	Brading Marsh	Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
17/06	(20.30 - 21.20)	Reed Bunting	2m	(Heard)
17/06	-no Owls tonight	Reed Warbler	4m	(Heard)
17/06	"	Song Thrush	1m
17/06	"	Heron	2
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Sunday	Cloudy Light Rain, Brighter later	SW. Wind
16/06	Fort Victoria	Common Tern	5
16/06	(8.10 - 8.25)	Sandwich Tern	3
16/06	"	Black-headed Gull	c50
16/06	"	Cormorant	2
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16/06	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Wigeon	1m	(Summering here, maybe injured)
16/06	(8.30 - 10.10)	Shelduck	3a,9 juv.
16/06	"	Little Egret	7
16/06	"	Black-tailed Godwit	11
16/06	"	Sedge Warbler	1m
16/06	"	Read Warbler	5	(Heard)
16/06	"	Common Tern	1
16/06	"	Great Black-backed Gull	1
16/06	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
16/06	"	Heron	2
16/06	"	Reed Bunting	2
16/06	"	Swan	2ad,2 cyg.
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16/06	Newtown NR	Turnstone	1
16/06	(10.20 - 10.45)	Curlew	1
16/06	"	Ringed Plover	1
16/06	"	Grey Plover	1
16/06	"	Shelduck	10
16/06	"	Cormorant	2
16/06	"	Common Tern	3
16/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	6
16/06	Coleman's Lane	Bullfinch	1m
16/06	"	Swallow	2
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Saturday	Warm Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
15/06	Knighton Valley FP "NC4"	Turtle Dove	1m	(Heard in Conifers by the Water Works)
15/06	(7.55 - 8.30)	Whitethroat	2m
15/06	"	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
15/06	"	Mistle Thrush	2
15/06	"	Green Woodpecker	1
15/06	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
15/06	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
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15/06	Newtown NR	KNOT	1	(In Scrape, summer plumage, an early one)
15/06	(9.15 - 10.22)	GREY PLOVER	2	(Also early)
15/06	"	Redshank	1
15/06	"	Shelduck	13
15/06	"	Oystercatcher	c10
15/06	"	Curlew	2
15/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
15/06	"	Common Tern	4
15/06	"	Canada Geese	c30
15/06	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
15/06	"	Peregrine	1	(E. Spit)
15/06	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
15/06	"	Great Black-backed Gull	4
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15/06	Laundry Lane	Teal	c10
15/06	(15.15 - 17.30)	Hobby	1m	(On post by Lane!)
15/06	-no Squacco Heron sightings today	Goldfinch	2
15/06	"	House Martin	4
15/06	"	Swift	c50
15/06	"	Little Egret	5
15/06	"	Heron	2
15/06	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
15/06	"	Lapwing	6
15/06	"	Shelduck	2
15/06	"	Skylark	2
15/06	"	Canada Geese	c30
15/06	"	Barnacle Goose	1	(Feral)
15/06	"	Buzzard	2
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15/06	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	c4	(6 "contacts")
15/06	(20.30 - 22.50)	Nightjar	4+	(2m,1f seen together, others seen/heard)
15/06	-IWOG Walk	Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
15/06	"	Song Thrush	2m	(Heard)
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Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
14/06	West Highdown and Headon Warren	Wheatear	1m
14/06	(7.45 - 10.00)	Peregrine	1
14/06	"	Kestrel	3
14/06	"	Raven	4	(A family goup)
14/06	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
14/06	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
14/06	"	Fulmar	3
14/06	"	Gannet	1E
14/06	"	Guillemot	11	(Flying out and back to Cliff Ledges)
14/06	"	Rock Pipit	2
14/06	"	Meadow Pipit	3
14/06	"	Linnet	c10
14/06	"	Whitethroat	3
14/06	"	Jay	1
14/06	"	Swallow	6
14/06	"	Shag	1
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14/06	Compton Car Park	Stonechat	1m, 2f/juv.
14/06	(10.15 - 10.30)	Meadow Pipit	2
14/06	-no sign of BH Bunting	Skylark	1	(Heard)
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Reported 14/06	Laundry Lane (N. end)	Squacco Heron	1	In small pool E. of Iron Bridge at 17.00 (RSPB Warden)
Reported 14/06	Afton Down	Hobby	1	On the Golf Course (Nick P.)
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Thursday	Cloudy am. Sunny Spells pm.	Strong SW. Wind
13/06	Laundry Lane	Teal	3m
13/06	(8.20 - 10.30, & 15.15 - 16.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
13/06	-a possible glimpse of the Squacco Heron (?)	Great Tit	2ad, 3juv.
13/06	"	Swallow	4
13/06	"	House Martin	c20
13/06	"	Swift	c40
13/06	"	Little Egret	3
13/06	"	Heron	3
13/06	"	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard)
13/06	"	Lapwing	4
13/06	"	Shelduck	8
13/06	"	Canada Geese	c30
13/06	"	Buzzard	3
13/06	"	Kestrel	1m
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Wednesday	Misty, Showers, Wet later	Strong SW. Wind
12/06	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	3W, 4E
12/06	(8.10 - 8.45)	Whitethroat	2m
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12/06	Compton Car Park	Stonechat	c5	(1m, 1-2f, several Juv)
12/06	(9.15 - 10.10)	Buzzard	2
12/06	-no sign of Bk-Headed Bunting 06.00 - 10.10	Meadow Pipit	4
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12/06	Newtown NR	Curlew	2
12/06	(10.30 - 11.10)	Redshank	2
12/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
12/06	"	Shelduck	5
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Reported 12/06	Laundry Lane (N. end)	Squacco Heron	1	In ditch by Iron Bridge at 16.00 (RSPB Warden)
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Tuesday	Misty, Showers, some clear intervals	SE. Wind
11/06	Compton Car Park-SZ367854 (Click for map).	BLACK-HEADED BUNTING	1	(Appeared at 10.30 when the mist lifted, perched on fence posts 50m. N. of Road)
11/06	(8.35 - 11.30)	Stonechat	1m,1f,1juv
11/06	"	Meadow Pipit	4
11/06	"	Linnet	4
11/06	"	Song Thrush	1 juv.
11/06	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
11/06	"	Raven	1
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	SE. Wind
10/06	Foreland, Bembridge	Sandwich Tern	7
10/06	(9.05 - 9.35)	House Martin	4
10/06	"	Heron	1
10/06	"	Little Egret	2
10/06	"	House Sparrow	6
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10/06	Bembridge Windmill FP	SQUACCO HERON	1	(Flew E. and landed behind Bembridge ponds @11.06, flew W. to a ditch at 11.17)
10/06	(9.40 - 11.40)	Swan	5
10/06	-with Ian R.	Heron	4
10/06	"	Shelduck	5
10/06	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(With wing tags)
10/06	"	Swallow	c6
10/06	"	Little Egret	9	(Flying into harbour, in groups of 4 and 5)
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10/06	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	c3	(5 "contacts")
10/06	(20.50 - 22.20)	Nightjar	3	(Seen/Heard)
10/06	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
10/06	"	Song Thrush	1m	(Heard)
10/06	"	Goldcrest	1m	(Heard)
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Sunday	Cool Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	NE. Wind
09/06	Bembridge Windmill FP	SQUACCO HERON	1	(Distant view, flew W. and landed in reeds by Dynamite Pool)
09/06	(8.45 - 10.20)	Swan	2
09/06	"	Heron	2
09/06	"	Shelduck	2
09/06	"	Gadwall	3
09/06	"	Marsh Harrier	1
09/06	"	Little Egret	2
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09/06	Bembridge Marsh RSPB	RED-RUMPED SWALLOW	1	(Flew over us by Dynamite Pool at 10.52)
09/06	(10.30 - 11.30)	Great Black-backed Gull	17
09/06	"	Teal	13
09/06	"	Shelduck	2
09/06	"	Gadwall	3
09/06	"	Marsh Harrier	1
09/06	"	Little Egret	c30
Reported 09/06	later at 12.00	SQUACCO HERON	1	at the back of Bembridge Ponds (Chris M & Dave H.)
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09/06	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Flying by Centurions Copse at 20.04)
09/06	(19.10 - 20.20)	Reed Bunting	1m
09/06	"	Reed Warbler	3m	(Seen/Heard)
09/06	"	Whitethroat	2
09/06	"	Long-tailed Tit	c4
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Reported 09/06	Compton Down	BLACK-HEADED BUNTING	1	16.00 singing in a car park at Compton Down SZ367854 (Click for map). (Birdguides)
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Saturday	Warm Sunny Intervals	NE. Wind
08/06	Bembridge Down	Whitethroat	2m
08/06	(7.20 - 8.30)	Skylark	6	(Seen/Heard)
08/06	"	Green Woodpecker	1
08/06	"	Swallow	3
08/06	"	Gannet	2	(Lingering in Sandown Bay)
08/06	"	Fulmar	1
08/06	"	Buzzard	1
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08/06	Bembridge RSPB	Marsh Harrier	1f	(With White and Green Wing Tags)
08/06	(9.30 - 12.00)	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
08/06	"	Great Black-backed Gull	13
08/06	"	Heron	2
08/06	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
08/06	"	Hobby	2
08/06	"	Swift	c50
08/06	"	Shelduck	3
08/06	"	Canada Geese	c50
08/06	"	House Martin	c4
08/06	"	Sand Martin	1
08/06	"	Tufted Duck	5
08/06	"	Reed Bunting	2m	(Heard)
08/06	"	Kestrel	2
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Reported 08/06	Brading Marsh RSPB	SQUACCO HERON	1	between Bembridge Ponds and Airport (Warden is out looking for it, news to follow)
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08/06	Bembridge Windmill FP	Little Egret	2	(No sign of Squacco Heron)
08/06	(18.15 - 19.10)	Swan	2
08/06	"	Heron	3
08/06	"	Shelduck	1
08/06	"	Canada Geese	c30
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Friday	Thunderstorms am, Warm Sunny pm.	Light NE. Wind
07/06	Laundry Lane	Lesser Whitethroat	2m
07/06	(14.15 - 15.40)	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Seen/Heard)
07/06	"	Teal	1m
07/06	"	Heron	3
07/06	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
07/06	"	Lapwing	21	(1 juv near New Bridge )
07/06	"	Swift	c20
07/06	"	Shelduck	8
07/06	"	Canada Geese	c30
07/06	"	Hobby	1
07/06	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
07/06	"	Kestrel	1m
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Sun to Thurs	MAINLAND TRIP	Pennington, Shatterford		Forest of Dean
Thursday 6th.	Slimbridge	Avocet	6	(3 breeding pairs), 3 Common Crane
Wednesday 5th.	Blorenge, near Abergavenny	Whinchat	4	2 Tree Pipit, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Stonechat
"	The Bryn	Goosander	1m,2f	1 Little-ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 14 Sand Martin
Tuesday 4th.	Wenchford	Dipper	1 juv.	2 Grey Wagtail, 2 Garden Warbler, 1m Cuckoo
"	Nagshead NR	Pied Flycatcher	1m	2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Wood Warbler, Firecrest (Heard)
Monday 3rd.	Combe Hill Meadows	Red-necked Phalarope	1f	1 Little-ringed Plover, 2m Yellow Wagtail, 1m Cuckoo, 1m,1f Shoveler.
"	Crabtree Hill	Tree Pipit	3m	1m Cuckoo, 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler
"	Cannop Ponds	Treecreeper	1m	1m,1f Mandarin, 2 Little Grebe
Sunday 2nd.	Pennington	Little Tern	1	2 Eider, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Turnstone, 1 Peregrine
"	Shatterford, New Forest	Redstart	2	1m Cuckoo , 2 Stonechat, 4 Meadow Pipit
"	A34/M4	Red Kite	4
"	Combe Hill Meadows	LITTLE GULL	1 imm.	2 Redshank, 1 Oystercatcher.
"	Boys Grave	Nightjar	1m	4 Woodcock
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TOTALS	106 Species seen on trip	Yearlist now=182	~
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Saturday	Warm Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
01/06	Mersley Garlic Farm	Turtle Dove	1m	(Heard in Conifer plantation NW of Farm)
01/06	(7.00 - 8.00)	Whitethroat	2m
01/06	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
01/06	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
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01/06	Brighstone Down	Yellowhammer	4
01/06	(8.25 - 9.30)	Garden Warbler	2m
01/06	"	Chiffchaff/W.Warbler Hybrid	1m	(Still here singing a bit of each species song!)
01/06	"	Skylark	2m
01/06	"	Meadow Pipit	1m	(Heard)
01/06	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
Moth	"	Speckled Yellow	1
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01/06	Newtown NR	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(In Scrape, winter plumage, a suprise indeed)
01/06	(10.00 - 11.20)	Redshank	1
01/06	"	Shelduck	6
01/06	"	Oystercatcher	4
01/06	"	Curlew	1
01/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
01/06	"	Common Tern	2
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01/06	FP to Bembridge Ponds	Hobby	1	(Far side of marsh, by airport)
01/06	(14.40 - 15.30)	Whitethroat	8
01/06	"	Swan	1
01/06	"	Heron	1
01/06	"	Tufted Duck	4m, 3f
01/06	"	Little Grebe	2
01/06	"	House Martin	1
01/06	"	Swallow	4
01/06	"	Swift	1
01/06	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
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01/06	Laundry Lane	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
01/06	(15.40 - 16.20)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/06	"	Heron	3
01/06	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/06	"	Lapwing	1
01/06	"	Cormorant	14
01/06	"	Swift	4
01/06	"	Shelduck	10
01/06	"	Canada Geese	c70
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01/06	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	c3
01/06	(20.15 - 22.05)	Nightjar	2-3	(Heard)
01/06	"	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
01/06	"	Song Thrush	3m	(Heard)
01/06	"	Mistle Thrush	1m
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Reported 01/06	Blackgang	Red Kite	13+	flew W. over Gore Cliff @ 11.00 (Ian R.)
Reported 01/06	Ventnor Downs	Spotted Flycatcher	15+	N. edge of Coombe Bottom (Steve J.)
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May 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for May =122 (This year's IOW total = 160)

Friday	Warm Sunny Intervals
31/05	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	2
31/05	(16.10 - 16.50)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
31/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2m	(Heard)
31/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
31/05	"	Lapwing	5
31/05	"	Cormorant	24
31/05	"	Teal	1m
31/05	"	Shelduck	6
31/05	"	Barnacle Goose	1	(Feral)
31/05	"	Canada Geese	c20
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals
30/05	Brading Marsh	Swift	c40
30/05	(18.10)	Cetti's Warbler	2m	(Heard)
30/05	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
30/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m
30/05	"	Swallow	2
30/05	"	Jay	1
30/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
30/05	"	Starling	c20	(Mainly Juveniles)
30/05	"	Buzzard	4
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30/05	Laundry Lane	Hobby	1
30/05	(19.00 - 19.40)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
30/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
30/05	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
30/05	"	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard)
30/05	"	Lapwing	18	(Over in one flock)
30/05	"	Cormorant	2
30/05	"	Shelduck	1
30/05	"	Swift	c70
30/05	"	Blackcap	1m
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals, Showers
29/05	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(Heard to N. of Quarr Road)
29/05	(9.00 - 10.00)	Coal Tit	3
29/05	"	Song Thrush	2	(heard)
29/05	"	Pheasant	1f
29/05	"	Jay	2
29/05	"	Stock Dove	1	(heard)
29/05	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(seen/heard)
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Monday	Fine Sunny	W Wind
27/05	Bembridge Windmill FP	Green Woodpecker	2
27/05	(7.45)	Heron	2
27/05	-no sign of GWE	Shelduck	12
27/05	"	Canada Geese	c75
27/05	"	Swan	5
27/05	"	Jay	5
27/05	"	Mistle Thrush	4
27/05	"	Swallow	2
27/05	"	Kestrel	1
27/05	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard)
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27/05	Foreland	Sandwich Tern	2	(Off ledge fishing)
27/05	(8.15)	House Martin	c8	(Collecting mud from seawall)
27/05	"	Swallow	1
27/05	"	Sparrow	8
27/05	"	Cormorant	3
27/05	"	Herring Gull	12
27/05	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	1
27/05	"	Greenfinch	4
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27/05	Hersey NR	Garden Warbler	1m	(Still singing on path to hide)
27/05	(9.00)	Shelduck	2
27/05	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
27/05	"	Garden Warbler	1m
27/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
27/05	"	Whitethroat	1	(Heard)
27/05	"	Linnet	1
27/05	"	Greenfinch	2
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Sunday	Warm Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
26/05	Mersley Garlic Farm	TURTLE DOVE	1m	(Heard in Conifer plantation to SE.)
26/05	(7.30 - 8.10)	Whitethroat	2m
26/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
26/05	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
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26/05	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	9E, 2W
26/05	(8.35 - 10.00)	Collared Dove	3	(Over Lighthouse)
26/05	"	Linnet	1f
26/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
26/05	"	Crow	2	(At nest just N. of Knowles Farm)
26/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
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Reported 26/05	Brading Marsh	GREAT WHITE EGRET	1	@ Dynamite Pool flew towards Airport ponds @ 9.30 (Gary H.)
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26/05	Bembridge Windmill FP	GREAT WHITE EGRET	1	(To L. of Dynamite Pool-by Scope, c1km away!)
26/05	(14.10 - 15.20)	Little Egret	1
26/05	"	Swan	5
26/05	"	Heron	3
26/05	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard)
26/05	"	Green Woodpecker	2
26/05	"	Kestrel	1
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Saturday	Cloudy start. Warm Sunny Intervals	NE. Wind
25/05	Ningwood Common NR	Nightingale	1	(Heard W. side)
25/05	(7.45 - 9.10)	Blackcap	2
25/05	"	Stock Dove	1
25/05	"	Chiffchaff	3	(Heard)
25/05	"	Goldcrest	2	(Heard)
25/05	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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25/05	Newtown NR	Redshank	2
25/05	(9.25 - 10.15)	Curlew	2
25/05	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
25/05	"	Shelduck	21
25/05	"	Cormorant	1
25/05	"	Common Tern	2
25/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
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25/05	Bembridge Marsh RSPB	Swift	c20
25/05	-with CM. (13.45 -17.30)	Hobby	4	(8 reported by Warden)
25/05	"	Shoveler	3m
25/05	"	Tufted Duck	8
25/05	"	Gadwall	6
25/05	"	Shelduck	4
25/05	"	Swallow	1
25/05	"	Peregrine	1
25/05	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
25/05	"	Great Black-backed Gull	7
25/05	"	Skylark	1
25/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1
25/05	"	Reed Warbler	c6	(Heard)
25/05	"	Swan	3
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Reported 25/05	E. of Garlic Farm	TURTLE DOVE	1+	in Knighton E. Wood
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Thursday	Overcast, Sunny Intervals, Showers	Brisk N. Wind
23/05	Parkhurst Forest	Green Woodpecker	c3	(1 seen, 2 Heard)
23/05	(8.00 - 9.15)	Blackcap	3
23/05	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
23/05	"	Mistle Thrush	2
23/05	"	Song Thrush	1ad, 2 juv.
23/05	"	Goldcrest	2m	(Heard)
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23/05	Newtown NR	Curlew	2
23/05	(9.35 - 11.20)	Swallow	c6
23/05	"	Shelduck	12
23/05	"	Oystercatcher	15
23/05	"	Ringed Plover	c11	(Landed on E. Spit)
23/05	"	Canada Geese	12
23/05	"	Common Tern	3
Flowers	"	Green Wing Orchid	100+
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Wednesday	Overcast, Brighter later	NW Wind
22/05	Laundry Lane (N. End)	Skylark	1	(Heard)
22/05	(7.40 - 8.25)	Canada Geese	c20
22/05	"	Shelduck	10
22/05	"	Swift	c40
22/05	"	Heron	2
22/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
22/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Bexley Point)
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22/05	Bembridge Down	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	2	(In valley S. of Fort moving W.)
22/05	(8.35 - 9.15)	Skylark	2	(Heard)
22/05	"	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
22/05	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
22/05	"	Whitethroat	1m
22/05	"	Swallow	10
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22/05	Laundry Lane	Greylag Geese	2	(Feral)
22/05	(14.05 - 16.20)	Canada Geese	c20
22/05	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
22/05	"	Lapwing	3
22/05	"	Buzzard	3
22/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
22/05	"	Reed Warbler	5	(heard)
22/05	"	Blackcap	1m
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Reported 22/05	Week Down	Hen Harrier	1m	in off sea then N. at 12.55 (Perry F.)
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Tuesday	Overcast, Brighter later	NW Wind
21/05	Laundry Lane (N. End)	"Dark Morph" Grey Heron	1	(On field E. of lane. Flew NW.)
21/05	(7.40 - 8.55)	Canada Geese	c20
21/05	"	Shelduck	3
21/05	"	Swift	c40
21/05	"	Heron	2
21/05	"	Linnet	3
21/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(heard)
21/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Bexley Point)
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21/05	Hersey NR	Stock Dove	2
21/05	(14.00 - 14.40)	Shelduck	2
21/05	"	Garden Warbler	1m	(Singing on path to hide)
21/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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Monday	Light Rain, Cloudy, Brighter later	N. Wind
20/05	Shide to Blackwater FP.	Treecreeper	1m	(Near Blackwater end, E. side)
20/05	(8.05 - 10.30)	Swallow	12
20/05	"	House Martin	2
20/05	"	Blackcap	5m
20/05	"	Whitethroat	1m
20/05	"	Song Thrush	5
20/05	"	Mistle Thrush	2
20/05	"	Buzzard	1
20/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
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Reported 20/05	Laundry Lane (N. end)	PURPLE HERON (?)="Dark Morph" Heron	1	rather mobile (Graham A.)
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20/05	Brading Marsh RSPB	PURPLE HERON (?)	1	(Now known to be a rare "Dark Morph" Grey Heron.)
20/05	(15.50 - 17.40)	Marsh Harrier	1f
20/05	"	Hobby	3
20/05	"	Canada Geese	c20
20/05	"	Shelduck	2
20/05	"	Swift	c50
20/05	"	Heron	2
20/05	"	Buzzard	2
20/05	"	Great Black-backed Gull	6
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Reported 20/05	Whitwell	HONEY BUZZARD	1	at 11.00 and another probable 20.50 over Niton (Ian R.)
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Sunday	Light Rain, Sunny Intervals late pm.	NW. Wind
19/05	Ryde Esplanade	Raven	1
19/05	(7.30)	Canada Geese	c20
19/05	"	Great Black-backed Gull	1 imm.
19/05	Appley Park	Stock Dove	2	(Heard)
19/05	(7.45)	Blackbird	8
19/05	"	Blackcap	3
19/05	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
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19/05	Bembridge Down	Skylark	3
19/05	(8.35 -9.50)	Meadow Pipit	2
19/05	"	Swallow	2
19/05	"	Whitethroat	3
19/05	"	Blackcap	3m
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19/05	Bembridge Marsh RSPB	Hobby	3
19/05	-with CM. (15.20 - 17.30)	Greylag Goose	1	(Feral)
19/05	"	Canada Geese	c50
19/05	"	Oystercatcher	3
19/05	"	Wheatear	1f
19/05	"	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
19/05	"	Gadwall	1m,1f
19/05	"	Shoveler	3m
19/05	"	Shelduck	6
19/05	"	Swift	c50
19/05	"	Swallow	c10
19/05	"	Lapwing	6
19/05	"	Coot	c30
19/05	"	Reed Warbler	c10	(Heard)
19/05	"	Swan	3
19/05	"	Little Egret	2
19/05	"	Heron	3
19/05	"	Buzzard	3
19/05	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
19/05	"	Great Black-backed Gull	8
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Reported 19/05	Madeira Road, Ventnor	BEE-EATER	1	over at 10.30 (Chris D. via Andy B.)
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Light NE. Wind
18/05	Brighstone & Mottistone Down	Garden Warbler	1m
18/05	(8.00 - 9.40)	Blackcap	3
18/05	"	Yellowhammer	1m
18/05	"	Chiffchaff	3	(1 seemed to be a hybrid with a Willow Warbler!)
18/05	"	Linnet	2
18/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
18/05	"	Skylark	2m
Butterflies	"	Wall Brown	1
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18/05	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1
18/05	(9.50 - 10.50)	Swallow	4
18/05	"	Shelduck	9
18/05	"	Redshank	1
18/05	"	Lapwing	4
18/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	8
18/05	"	Common Tern	1
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18/05	Laundry Lane	Cuckoo	1m	(heard)
18/05	(9.50 - 10.50)	Swallow	4
18/05	"	Shelduck	4
18/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	4	(Heard)
18/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m
18/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
18/05	-New Bridge W. of Lane	Little-ringed Plover	1
18/05	"	Hobby	3
18/05	"	Little Grebe	2
18/05	"	Lapwing	2
18/05	"	Swift	c20
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Reported 18/05	Brading Marsh RSPB	Whinchat	2f	1f Marsh Harrier, 9 Gadwall, 2 Teal, 2 Cuckoo (Chris M.)
Reported 18/05	Hurst Point View, Totland	Spotted Flycatcher	1	in trees by pond @16.30 (Caroline D.)
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18/05	Island Harbour	Short-eared Owl	1	(On far side at Dodnor at 19.35)
18/05	(18.10 - 19.45)	Swallow	4
18/05	"	Shelduck	4
18/05	"	Oystercatcher	3
18/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
18/05	"	Skylark	3
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Friday	Sunny Intervals	Light NE. Wind
17/05	Nansen Hill & Luccombe Down	Meadow Pipit	12
17/05	(8.10 - 10.00)	Swallow	8
17/05	-still no Dartford Warblers.	Linnet	3
17/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
17/05	"	Skylark	2m
17/05	"	Raven	1
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17/05	Mersley Garlic Farm	Whitethroat	2
17/05	(14.15 - 14.50)	Swallow	1
17/05	"	Buzzard	3
Butterflies	"	Green Veined White	1f
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Reported 17/05	Laundry Lane	Red Kite	1	13.54 on W. side, 2 Hobby, 1 Little Ringed Plover still by Bridge (Keith B.)
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals
16/05	Quarr Road, Binstead	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
16/05	(7.40)	Coal Tit	2	(Seen/Heard)
16/05	"	Jay	1
16/05	"	Stock Dove	1	(heard)
16/05	"	Chiffchaff	2	(heard)
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16/05	Brading Marsh	Cuckoo	1m	(In trees E. of Station)
16/05	(8.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
16/05	"	Reed Warbler	3	(seen/heard)
16/05	"	Reed Bunting	2m
16/05	"	Swallow	7
16/05	"	House Martin	1
16/05	"	Whitethroat	3m
16/05	"	Kestrel	1
Butterflies	"	Orange Tip	1m
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16/05	Laundry Lane	Buzzard	2
16/05	(9.15 - 10.10)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(One seen, one heard)
16/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2m
16/05	"	Chiffchaff	2	(heard)
16/05	"	Reed Warbler	3	(seen/heard)
16/05	"	Lapwing	2
16/05	"	Jay	1
16/05	"	Shelduck	3
16/05	"	Swift	2
16/05	"	Skylark	1m
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Reported 16/05	St. Catherines Point	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	2	and 1 Common Sandpiper (Jon S.)
Reported 16/05	Island Harbour	Short-eared Owl	1	Seen between 18.30 and 19.30 several times, and a Sandwich Tern (Chris C.)
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Wednesday	Cloudy	SW. Wind
15/05	Mersley "Garlic Farm"	Mistle Thrush	2
15/05	(8.05)	Blackcap	2m
15/05	"	Chiffchaff	2
15/05	"	Whitethroat	3
15/05	"	Swift	2
15/05	"	Buzzard	1
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15/05	Langbridge FP	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard)
15/05	(8.25)	Blackcap	2m
15/05	"	Chiffchaff	2
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15/05	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Common Tern	35
15/05	(8.25)	Little Egret	2
15/05	"	Oystercatcher	3
15/05	"	Shelduck	2
15/05	"	Cormorant	1
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15/05	Wootton Bridge (WeBS)	Common Gull	1, (2nd Yr.)	(That's a late one)
15/05	(14.20)	Shelduck	4
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Reported 14/05	Thorley	Hen Harrier	1m	over Broad Lane (Jamie M.)
Reported 00/05 (Exact date not known)	Pondwell	Hoopoe	1	seen in a garden for a few days
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Fri. to Tues.	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington		Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
Tuesday 14th.	Paxton Pits	Lesser Whitethroat	1	2 Nightingale, 4 Garden Warbler, 1 Cuckoo
"	Stockers Lake, Herts	Little Ringed Plover	1	2 Common Tern, 1 Red Kite
Monday 13th.	Paxton Pits	Red-crested Pochard	1m	5 Nightingale, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1m Yellowhammer.
"	Grafham Water	Sanderling	1	1 Red Kite, 1 Buzzard.
Sunday 12th.	Paxton Pits	Nightingale	2 heard	1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Bullfinch
"	Welney WWT	Avocet	48	15 Whooper Swan, 4 Redshank
Saturday 11th.	Weeting Heath	STONE CURLEW	3
"	Lakenheath	BITTERN	Heard	2 COMMON CRANE , 2 Marsh Harrier, 4 Hobby, 1 Cuckoo
"	Paxton Pits	Nightingale	c5	3 seen! 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler
Friday 10th	Farlington, Hants	BEARDED TIT	3
"	Stockers Lake, Herts	Red-crested Pochard	2m	12 Common Tern, 1 Pochard, 2 Egyptian Geese.
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TOTALS	98 Species seen on trip	Yearlist now=175	~
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals, showers pm.	Strong S.-SW. Wind
09/05	St. Catherine's Point	Kittiwake	12E
09/05	(7.20 - 9.40)	Great Skua	1E
09/05	-some good movements at sea	Gannet	53W, 64E
09/05	"	Oystercatcher	1E
09/05	"	Fulmar	4
09/05	"	Auk Sp.	51	(mostly Guillemots?)
09/05	"	Whitethroat	1m
09/05	"	Linnet	2
09/05	"	Kestrel	1
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Reported 09/05	Laundry Lane	Little-ringed Plover	1	W. of Lane @12.00, viewed from the new bridge (Keith via Chris M.)
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Wednesday	Rain, Cloudy, Misty	Brisk SW. Wind
08/05	Laundry Lane	Blackcap	1m
08/05	(7.20 - 8.10)	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
08/05	-no sign of Garganey	Lapwing	3
08/05	"	Oystercatcher	2
08/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard)
08/05	"	Tufted Duck	3m,4f
08/05	"	Shelduck	3
08/05	"	Gadwall	1m
Reported 08/05 (Later)	"	GARGANEY	1m	W. of Lane seen briefly at 16.00 (Jon S.)
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08/05	St. Catherine's Point	Common Scoter	13E	(Groups of 8 and 5)
08/05	(8.55 - 11.50)	Arctic Skua	1E
08/05	-very quiet at sea	Gannet	65W, 27E
08/05	"	Fulmar	4
08/05	"	Auk Sp.	5	(Includes 3 Guillemot)
08/05	"	Yellowhammer	1m
08/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
08/05	"	Whinchat	1m
08/05	"	Peregrine	1
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny Warm	Light E. Wind
07/05	Quarr Abbey area	Blackcap	4
07/05	(7.30 - 9.00)	Mistle Thrush	4
07/05	"	Wren	3	(Heard)
07/05	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
07/05	"	Song Thrush	2	(Heard)
07/05	"	Greenfinch	3
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07/05	St. Catherine's Point	Common Scoter	27E	(Groups of 25 and 2)
07/05	(10.20 - 11.45)	Bar-tailed Godwit	14E	(One group)
07/05	-very quiet at sea	Gannet	6E
07/05	"	Fulmar	4
07/05	"	Swallow	4	(In off sea)
07/05	"	Yellowhammer	1m
07/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
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Reported 07/05	Culver Down	Red Kite	1	E. end at 14.00 (Pete B.)
Reported 07/05	Luccombe Down	Red Kite	1	seen here around midday-probably the same bird.
Reported 07/05	Laundry Lane	GARGANEY	2	W. of Lane @17.00, view from embankment FP-by new bridge (via Chris M.)
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Monday	Sunny Intervals	Light S. Wind
06/05	Nansen Hill & Luccombe Down	Wheatear	2
06/05	(7.45 - 9.10)	Bullfinch	1f
06/05	-poss. Dartford heard?	Linnet	9	(2 collecting nesting material)
06/05	"	Meadow Pipit	6	(1 collecting nesting material)
06/05	"	Swift	1
06/05	"	Sand Martin	3
06/05	"	Swallow	c20
06/05	"	Blackcap	1m	(heard)
06/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
06/05	"	Skylark	1m	(heard)
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06/05	St. Catherine's Point	Common Tern	3E
06/05	(9.45 - 11.10)	Whimbrel	1	(Heard)
06/05	-fog bank offshore	Gannet	1W, 5E
06/05	-so very quiet at sea	Common Scoter	4E
06/05	"	Fulmar	3
06/05	"	Swallow	c10
06/05	"	Whitethroat	2m	(By lane)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Light S. Wind
05/05	Headon Warren, Alum Bay	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Rather mobile, singing at several locations)
05/05	(7.50 - 8.45)	Wheatear	2f
05/05	"	Whitethroat	2
05/05	"	Shelduck	3
05/05	"	Swallow	2
05/05	"	Sand Martin	3
05/05	"	Green Woodpecker	2
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05/05	Needles and West Highdown	Raven	2
05/05	(9.00 -10.20)	Wheatear	2f
05/05	"	Stonechat	1m
05/05	"	Rock Pipit	2
05/05	"	Peregrine	2
05/05	"	Wheatear	1m,1f
05/05	"	Linnet	2
05/05	"	Swallow	c10
05/05	"	Fulmar	4
05/05	"	Guillemot	2	(on sea)
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05/05	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
05/05	(18.10 - 18.40)	Shelduck	2
05/05	-hide locked	Heron	1
05/05	"	Whitethroat	1m
05/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
05/05	"	Chiffchaff	1m
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Fresh SW. Wind
04/05	St. Catherine's Point	Great Skua "Bonxie"	2E
04/05	(7.20 - 9.50)	Gannet	9E, 45W
04/05	"	Common Scoter	36E	(4 groups)
04/05	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	c30E	(Rather Distant)
04/05	"	Whimbrel	1E	(Close, calling)
04/05	"	Arctic Skua	1E (Light)
04/05	"	Shag	1E
04/05	"	Fulmar	5
04/05	"	Auk Sp.	22E	(Includes 11 Guillemot and 3 Razorbill)
04/05	"	Red-throated Diver	1E
04/05	"	Black-throated Diver (?)	1W
04/05	"	Sandwich Tern	4E
04/05	"	Yellow Wagtail	1	(Heard over)
04/05	"	Buzzard	2
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04/05	Bembridge Marsh RSPB	SWIFT	5
04/05	-with CM. (13.45 -17.00)	Greenshank	1
04/05	"	Redshank	1
04/05	"	Wheatear	4-6	(At least 1 "Greenland" type)
04/05	"	Tufted Duck	18
04/05	"	Gadwall	5
04/05	"	Teal	c20
04/05	"	Swallow	c30
04/05	"	House Martin	c4
04/05	"	Sand Martin	c10
04/05	"	Shoveler	9m,4f
04/05	"	Shelduck	9
04/05	"	Peregrine	1
04/05	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
04/05	"	Great Black-backed Gull	5
04/05	"	Skylark	c10
04/05	"	Sedge Warbler	2	(Heard)
04/05	"	Reed Warbler	c8	(Heard)
04/05	"	Swan	5
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Friday	Fine Sunny Warm	SW. Wind
03/05	Gander Down	Skylark	6
03/05	(7.45)	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
03/05	"	Rook	6
03/05	"	Magpie	3
03/05	"	Song Thrush	1	(heard)
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03/05	Bembridge Down, Redcliff	Skylark	4
03/05	(8.15 - 9.20)	Blackcap	3	(Seen / Heard)
03/05	"	Whitethroat	1
03/05	"	Yellowhammer	2
03/05	"	Song Thrush	1	(heard)
03/05	"	Swallow	2
03/05	"	Buzzard	1
Butterflies	"	Speckled Wood	2
~
03/05	Fishbourne Beach	Whimbrel	5
03/05	(13.15 - 13.30)	Curlew	2
03/05	"	Little Egret	4
03/05	"	Oystercatcher	1
03/05	"	Cormorant	2
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03/05	Firestone Copse	GARDEN WARBLER	1m	(Singing just N. of Car Park)
03/05	(13.40 - 14.45)	Goldcrest	3	(Heard)
03/05	"	Coal Tit	4	(Heard)
03/05	"	Buzzard	2
03/05	By Creek	Shelduck	2
03/05	"	Mallard	6
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03/05	Parkhurst Forest	NIGHTJAR	3-4m	(Churring from 20.50, 3 seen)
03/05	(20.10 - 21.30)	Woodcock	5-6	(Includes 3 together)
03/05	"	Nightingale	1m	(Heard)
03/05	"	Mallard	2
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Reported 03/05	St. Catherines Point	Manx Shearwater	4	@7.30, 1 Pomarine Skua @7.40 (Perry F.)
Reported 03/05	Laundry Lane	Blue Headed Wagtail	1	2 Yellow Wagtail, W. of Lane by new bridge (via Chris M.)
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Thursday	Fine Sunny Warm	E. Wind
02/05	Newtown NR	LITTLE TERN	1
02/05	(7.30 - 9.50)	Black-tailed Godwit	1
02/05	"	Whimbrel	24	(Includes a "flock" of 19 at Clamerkin)
02/05	"	Curlew	3
02/05	"	Grey Plover	2	(1 in summer plumage)
02/05	"	Redshank	2
02/05	"	Oystercatcher	c20
02/05	"	Shelduck	21
02/05	"	Nightingale	1m	(Heard across Clamerkin Lake)
02/05	"	Swallow	1
02/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	c10
02/05	"	Little Owl	1	(At hole in tree to R. of Scrape)
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02/05	Thorley	Yellowhammer	1m
02/05	(10.15)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
02/05	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
02/05	Rofford Marsh	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard)
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02/05	Yarmouth	Teal	6
02/05	(10.30 - 11.30)	Black-tailed Godwit	6
02/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
02/05	"	Reed Warbler	4	(Heard)
02/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m
02/05	"	Curlew	1
02/05	"	Oystercatcher	2
02/05	"	Shelduck	6
02/05	"	Little Egret	2
Butterflies	"	Orange Tip	2m	1 Speckled Wood, 1 Red Admiral
~
Reported 02/05	Parkhurst Forest	NIGHTJAR	2	and c6 Woodcock @21.00 near Marks Corner (Steve R.)
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	Light N. Wind
01/05	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	97	(I though there might be one or two still here!)
01/05	(7.25)	Oystercatcher	6
01/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
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01/05	Appley Park	Stock Dove	3
01/05	(7.45)	Blackcap	2
01/05	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
01/05	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
01/05	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
01/05	Bembridge Harbour	Whimbrel	1
01/05	(8.30)	Greenshank	1
01/05	"	Little Egret	1
~
01/05	St. Helens Bridge & FP	Lesser Whitethroat	1m
01/05	(8.45)	Whitethroat	1
01/05	"	Greenfinch	6
01/05	"	Tufted Duck	7
01/05	"	Shelduck	3
01/05	"	Cormorant	15+
01/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1
01/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
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01/05	Laundry Lane	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard to W. of Lane)
01/05	(9.15 - 10.30)	Shelduck	3
01/05	"	Whimbrel	3
01/05	"	Little Egret	2
01/05	"	Lapwing	2
01/05	"	Canada Geese	c20	(1 with 4 small Goslings)
01/05	"	Whitethroat	3
01/05	"	Skylark	1
01/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(heard)
01/05	"	Little Egret	2
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01/05	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
01/05	(14.45 - 15.15)	Shelduck	2
01/05	"	Barnacle Geese	7
01/05	"	Whitethroat	1
01/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
01/05	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1
01/05	(19.00 - 20.20)	Swallow	4
01/05	"	Heron	2
01/05	"	Blackcap	1
01/05	"	Whitethroat	1
01/05	"	Swan	3
01/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1
01/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
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April 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for April =134 (This year's IOW total = 154)

Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Light N. Wind
30/04	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	11
30/04	(7.30 - 9.15)	Goldcrest	5
30/04	"	Wren	15	(Mostly heard)
30/04	"	Chiffchaff	4
30/04	"	Song Thrush	5
30/04	"	Greenfinch	1
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30/04	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	17W,2E
30/04	(9.45 - 12.15)	Fulmar	4
30/04	-very quiet at sea	Auk. Sp.	2E
30/04	"	Swallow	7	(In off sea)
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Monday	Fine Sunny Warm	W. Wind
29/04	Mottistone Down	Lesser Whitethroat	1
29/04	(7.30 - 10.30)	Kestrel	1
29/04	"	Swallow	5
29/04	"	Blackcap	4
29/04	"	Whitethroat	2
29/04	"	Yellowhammer	6
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29/04	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	38	(W. Spit)
29/04	(10.50 - 11.30)	Black-tailed Godwit	23
29/04	"	Redshank	3
29/04	"	Oystercatcher	c30
29/04	"	Shelduck	c25
29/04	"	Nightingale	1m	(Heard between Cassey Bridge and Old Town Hall)
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29/04	St. Helens Bridge	Swallow	c25
29/04	(18.15)	House Martin	1
29/04	"	Sand Martin	1
29/04	"	Teal	17
29/04	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
29/04	"	Shelduck	4
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29/04	Bembridge Harbour	Whimbrel	1
29/04	(18.45)	Greenshank	1
29/04	"	Great Black-backed Gull	3
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Light S. Wind
28/04	St. Catherine's Point	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1m	(Bushes N. of Farm)
28/04	(7.50 - 9.40)	Shag	2
28/04	"	Cormorant	5	(3 on Rock with Shags)
28/04	"	Whitethroat	2
28/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
28/04	"	Gannet	27E, 15W
28/04	"	Fulmar	6
28/04	"	Auk Sp.	12E	(11 in one group)
28/04	"	Kittiwake	8E
28/04	"	"Commic" Terns	4E	(Common or Arctic="Commic")
28/04	"	Buzzard	3
Reported 28/04	later	Pomarine Skua	2	5 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skua (Perry F.)
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28/04	FP to Bembridge Ponds	HOBBY	1	(Over marsh with Swallows)
28/04	(14.35 -15.45)	Greenshank	1
28/04	"	Tufted Duck	5m,7f
28/04	"	Teal	37
28/04	"	Shoveler	4m
28/04	"	Shelduck	7
28/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
28/04	"	Whitethroat	2
28/04	"	Linnet	1
28/04	"	Swallow	c50
28/04	"	House Martin	c6
~
Reported 28/04	Thorley	Grey Partridge	2	on Thorley Street from gateway opposite Tattles Lane (Chris M.)
Reported 28/04	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	still here today
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Light NW. Wind
27/04	St. Catherine's Point	GREAT SKUA "Bonxie"	1E
27/04	(7.40 - 10.00)	Razorbill	1W
27/04	"	Black-throated Diver	1E
27/04	"	Gannet	11E, 37W
27/04	"	Fulmar	6
27/04	"	Raven	2
27/04	"	Wheatear	3
27/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
27/04	"	Swallow	1
27/04	"	Whitethroat	3	(Around Knowles Farm)
27/04	"	Buzzard	2
27/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1
Mammal	"	Fox	1
Reported 27/04	earlier	MANX SHEARWATER	1
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27/04	Newchurch to Alverstone FP	Chiffchaff	4	(Heard)
27/04	(17.50 - 19.10)	Blackcap	1f
27/04	-but no Nightingales or Cuckoo	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
27/04	"	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
27/04	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
27/04	"	Green Woodpecker	4	(2 seen, 2 heard)
27/04	"	Whitethroat	2
27/04	"	Song Thrush	2	(Heard)
27/04	"	Mistle Thrush	1
27/04	"	Jay	1
27/04	"	Buzzard	5
~
Reported 27/04	Brading Marsh RSPB 15.00 - 18.00	SWIFT	6+	1 Little-ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hobby. (Chris M.)
Reported 27/04	near Ventnor	EUROPEAN BEE-EATER	1	SE towards Ventnor, seen/heard (Ian R.)
Reported 27/04	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	on tree Brickfields side.
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Friday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
26/04	Knighton Valley, Ashey Down	Blackcap	2m
26/04	(10.00)	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
26/04	"	Dunnock	1
26/04	"	Buzzard	2
26/04	"	Jay	1
26/04	"	Pheasant	5
~
26/04	Brading Down	Whitethroat	2m
26/04	(10.25)	Willow Warbler	1
26/04	"	Song Thrush	1
~
26/04	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
26/04	(14.00 - 14.40)	Greenshank	1
26/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
26/04	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
26/04	"	Black-headed Gull	11
26/04	"	Herring Gull	5
26/04	"	Great Black-backed Gull	1
26/04	"	Pied Wagtail	2
26/04	"	Coot	3
26/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c40	(Feral)
Butterflies	"	Peacock	1	1 Small Tortoiseshell
~
Reported 26/04	Wootton	Red Kite	1	over Palmers Road at 12.30 (via Caroline D.)
Reported 26/04	Brading Marsh	Osprey	1	am. (Mick C.)
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Thursday	Foggy to Sunny Intervals,	Light SW. Wind
25/04	Bembridge Down, Redcliff	Whinchat	1m
25/04	(10.05 - 11.15)	Wheatear	2
25/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1m
25/04	"	Whitethroat	2
25/04	"	Raven	2
25/04	"	Skylark	4
25/04	"	Meadow Pipit	2
25/04	"	Linnet	13
25/04	"	Swallow	2
25/04	"	Kestrel	3
Butterflies	"	Peacock	1	1 Small Tortoiseshell
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Reported 25/04	St. Catherines Point	Pomarine Skua	3 (Pale)	together at 10.25, 1 Great Skua, also 2 Whinchat in lane (Perry F.)
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Wednesday	Misty, Cloudy	SW. Wind
24/04	Bembridge Harbour	Oystercatcher	4
24/04	(8.00)	Greenshank	1
24/04	"	Shelduck	2
24/04	"	Swallow	3
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24/04	to Bembridge Ponds	SEDGE WARBLER	1m	(Singing from bush E. of River)
24/04	(8.15 -9.10)	Greenshank	1
24/04	"	Whitethroat	4
24/04	"	Tufted Duck	5m,6f
24/04	"	Teal	13
24/04	"	Shoveler	1m
24/04	"	Canada Geese	12
24/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Escape)
24/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
24/04	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
24/04	"	Reed Bunting	1f
24/04	"	Shelduck	4
24/04	"	Chiffchaff	4
24/04	"	Swallow	2
~
24/04	Laundry Lane / Brading Marsh	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard in large reedbed)
24/04	(14.10 - 15.15)	Lapwing	3
24/04	"	Swallow	c20	(Around Oxbow Lake)
24/04	"	Shelduck	3
24/04	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
24/04	"	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
24/04	"	Whitethroat	3
24/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny Warm	W. Wind
23/04	Fattingpark Copse (Wootton)	Blackcap	5
23/04	(7.30 - 9.10)	Chiffchaff	2
23/04	-trying somewhere new	Willow Warbler	1	(Heard)
23/04	-a Marsh Tit was reported on nearby feeders	Goldcrest	2
23/04	"	Mistle Thrush	1
23/04	"	Swallow	1
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23/04	Brading Marsh	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
23/04	(10.10 - 10.50)	Kestrel	1
23/04	"	Swallow	2
23/04	"	Blackcap	3
23/04	"	Buzzard	4
~
23/04	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1	(Just N. of Boathouse)
23/04	(14.10 - 15.40)	Black-tailed Godwit	26
23/04	"	Redshank	4
23/04	"	Curlew	2
23/04	"	Shelduck	40
23/04	"	Brent Geese	12
23/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	22+
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Reported 23/04	Totland	HOOPOE	1	in the field between hurst point view and fort warden road (Harry S.)
Reported 23/04	Thorley	Great White Egret	1	seen again today -but not reported since.
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Monday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
22/04	Quarr Area	Blackcap	4
22/04	(7.30 - 8.30)	Swallow	1
22/04	"	Wren	4	(heard)
22/04	"	Chiffchaff	3
22/04	"	Greenfinch	3
22/04	"	Song Thrush	2	(Heard)
22/04	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
22/04	"	Green Woodpecker	2	(Heard)
~
Reported 22/04	St. Catherine's Point	Pomarine Skua	1E (Light)	at 10.55 rather poor watching otherwise. (Perry F.)
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22/04	Thorley Bridge	Great White Egret	1	(To W. side till flew E. at 15.10)
22/04	(14.15 - 15.20)	Little Egret	3
22/04	"	Bullfinch	1m,1f
22/04	"	Pied Wagtail	2
22/04	"	Teal	2
22/04	"	Swallow	c10
22/04	"	Sand Martin	3
22/04	"	House Martin	3
22/04	"	Heron	1
~
22/04	Yarmouth	Little Egret	3
22/04	(15.30 - 16.00)	Greenshank	1
22/04	"	Redshank	2
22/04	"	Shoveler	4m
22/04	"	Teal	7
22/04	"	Chiffchaff	4
22/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Cold start, but Sunny	SW. Wind
21/04	Thorley Bridge	REED WARBLER	1m	(Heard)
21/04	(7.30)	Reed Bunting	1m
21/04	-no sign of GWE but reported again later.	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
21/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Feral)
~
21/04	West Highdown, Totland	WHINCHAT	1m	(On gorse bush just W. of Tennyson & Highdown fenceline)
21/04	-IWOG Walk (8.00 - 11.15)	Wheatear	c12	(All around the bushes and trees)
21/04	"	Redstart	1m, 4f	(Mostly E. of Warren Farm)
21/04	"	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Heard)
21/04	"	Blackcap	3m,1f
21/04	"	Chiffchaff	2
21/04	"	Swallow	5
21/04	"	Peregrine	2
~
21/04	Laundry Lane / Brading Marsh	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard in large reedbed)
21/04	(15.15 - 16.50)	Lapwing	5
21/04	"	Swallow	c30	(Around Oxbow Lake)
21/04	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
21/04	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
21/04	"	Shelduck	7
21/04	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
21/04	"	Blackcap	1m
21/04	"	Whitethroat	2
Reported 21/04	"	Osprey	1	flew W. around 14.00 (Mick C.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Light E. Wind
20/04	St. Catherine's Point	WHOOPER SWAN	2E	(Medium distance at 9.39)
20/04	(7.30 - 10.10)	Sandwich Tern	2E
20/04	"	Red-throated Diver	2E
20/04	"	Kittiwake	3E
20/04	"	Gannet	23W, 23E
20/04	"	Common Scoter	21E, 4W	(The 4W landed on the sea)
20/04	"	Fulmar	6
20/04	"	Raven	1
20/04	"	Swallow	3
20/04	"	Whitethroat	1m	(By lane)
~
Reported 20/04	Brading Marsh RSPB	HOBBY	1	seen briefly around 14.00, also 2 Sedge Warbler and 20+ Reed Warbler heard (Chris M.)
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	N. Wind
19/04	Luccombe Down	Swallow	2
19/04	(8.00 - 9.40)	Meadow Pipit	16	(Back on territories)
19/04	-still no Dartford Warblers	Dunnock	5
19/04	"	Skylark	4
19/04	"	Linnet	3	(Over)
19/04	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
19/04	"	Magpie	6
19/04	"	Buzzard	1
19/04	"	Kestrel	1
~
Reported 19/04	Yarmouth	Great White Egret	1	still in the area usually at the Thorley end
Reported 19/04	Brighstone	Red Kite	3	low then high, drifted off west. 13.30 (Mick W.)
~
19/04	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Little Owl	1	(Heard at 20.30)
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Thursday	Showers, Sunny Intervals,	SW. Wind
18/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Swan	2	(1 at nest)
18/04	(8.10)	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
18/04	"	Coot	16
18/04	"	Mallard	10+
18/04	"	Dunnock	1
~
18/04	Sandown Water Wks to Alverstone	Blackcap	2m,1f
18/04	(8.35)	Song Thrush	2
18/04	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
18/04	"	Buzzard	1
~
18/04	Hersey NR	Heron	1
18/04	(14.25)	Chiffchaff	1
18/04	"	Greenshank	1
18/04	"	Canada Geese	2
18/04	"	Barnacle Geese	7
18/04	"	Moorhen	2
18/04	"	Coot	1
~
Reported 18/04	Upper Ventnor	Serin	1	calling from a garden by road wks E. of Steephill Down Road (Steve J.)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy am, Sunny Intervals pm.	SW. Wind
17/04	Newtown NR	NIGHTINGALE	1m	(Singing at Clamerkin Lake)
17/04	(7.55 - 9.40)	CUCKOO	1m	(Calling at E. end of Clamerkin Lake)
17/04	"	Grey Plover	1
17/04	"	Redshank	4
17/04	"	Curlew	4
17/04	"	Whimbrel	2
17/04	"	Teal	3
17/04	"	Shelduck	36
17/04	"	Brent Geese	24
17/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2
17/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	36
17/04	"	Little Grebe	4
17/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
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17/04	Laundry Lane	BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL	2m	(Triangular field between Bexley Point and the Cattle Shed)
17/04	(13.50 - 16.30)	Yellow Wagtail	3m,2f
17/04	"	"White Wagtail"	1
17/04	"	Pied Wagtail	2
17/04	"	WHITETHROAT	1f	(Brading Marsh)
17/04	"	Black Redstart	1f	(Log piles at old Quay)
17/04	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Wks)
17/04	"	Sand Martin	c15
17/04	"	Swallow	c20
17/04	"	Teal	3
17/04	"	Gadwall	4
17/04	"	Shoveler	2
17/04	"	Lapwing	4
17/04	"	Canada Geese	c50
17/04	"	Heron	5
17/04	"	Little Egret	2
17/04	"	Willow Warbler	1
17/04	"	Chiffchaff	4
17/04	"	Skylark	3
17/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1
17/04	"	Buzzard	1
~
Reported 17/04	Yarmouth	Great White Egret	1	seen again today by several birders
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Tuesday	Foggy on hills, Cloudy, Bright Intervals	SW. Wind
16/04	St. Catherine's Point	PIED FLYCATCHER	1m	(On slope above lane by Lighthouse entrance road)
16/04	(7.50 - 9.40)	YELLOW WAGTAIL	2	(Heard over)
16/04	"	"COMMIC" TERN	54E	(Common/Arctic Terns in lines of 6 to 18)
16/04	"	Gannet	1W, 4E
16/04	"	Common Scoter	2W
16/04	"	Fulmar	4
16/04	"	Linnet	13W
16/04	"	Swallow	3
16/04	"	Yellowhammer	1m
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Reported 16/04	Stenbury Down	Ring Ouzel	1	here for a 2nd day (Perry F.)
Reported 16/04	Yarmouth (Barnfields Farm)	Great White Egret	1	seen again this morning but mobile, but not found at 11.00
Reported 16/04	Broad Lane Quarry	Short-eared Owl	1	at 16.15 (Jamie M. -Wildlife Trust)
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
15/04	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	4
15/04	(7.30 - 9.10)	Goldcrest	2
15/04	"	Wren	8	(Mostly heard)
15/04	"	Chiffchaff	1
15/04	"	Skylark	1	(Heard, Marvel Lane)
15/04	"	Greenfinch	4
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Reported 15/04	Yarmouth	GREAT WHITE EGRET	1	at Mill Copse Scrape 12.00 (Chris D.) and at 15.00 (Jim C.)
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15/04	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	GREAT WHITE EGRET	1	(SE. of Mill Copse, near Barnfields Farm SZ363886 (Click for map). )
15/04	(15.45 - 16.50)	Greenshank	1
15/04	"	Shoveler	2m,2f
15/04	"	Wigeon	1
15/04	"	Teal	c20
15/04	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
15/04	"	Chiffchaff	4
15/04	"	Little Egret	5
15/04	"	Heron	1
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	S. Wind
14/04	Newtown NR	Golden Plover	c60	(Many in summer plumage)
14/04	(7.15 - 9.40)	Dunlin	c25
14/04	"	Grey Plover	c6
14/04	"	Redshank	6
14/04	"	Curlew	c20
14/04	"	Turnstone	1
14/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
14/04	"	Teal	c20
14/04	"	Shelduck	c35
14/04	"	Brent Geese	c40
14/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	c25
14/04	"	Peregrine	1
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14/04	Laundry Lane	HOUSE MARTIN	2
14/04	(15.00 - 16.30)	Sand Martin	c15
14/04	"	Swallow	c30
14/04	"	Teal	15
14/04	"	Tufted Duck	12m,11f
14/04	"	Shoveler	5
14/04	"	Wheatear	1m
14/04	"	Lapwing	4
14/04	"	Canada Geese	c50
14/04	"	Heron	4
14/04	"	Little Egret	1
14/04	"	Willow Warbler	3
14/04	"	Chiffchaff	2
14/04	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
Butterflies	"	Small Tortoiseshell	2	near Cetti's Gate
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Reported 14/04	St. Catherines Point	POMARINE SKUA	1 (Pale)	1 Arctic Skua, 4 Great Skua "Bonxie) (Perry F.)
Reported 14/04	Newtown NR	NIGHTINGALE	1m	Brickfields area (Crows Text)
Reported 14/04	Brading Marsh RSPB	"BLUE-HEADED" YELLOW WAGTAIL	2	1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Little-ringed Plover, 3 Whimbrel (Chris M.)
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Saturday	Foggy, Cloudy to Wet	S. Wind
13/04	St. Catherine's Point	Arctic Skua	1E	(Light-phase)
13/04	(7.45 - 9.30)	Red-throated Diver	1	(On sea)
13/04	"	Sandwich Tern	5E
13/04	"	Kittewake	2E
13/04	"	Gannet	36E
13/04	"	Common Scoter	22E	(A group of 18 went E, then W, then E. again!)
13/04	"	"Pale-bellied" Brent Geese	1E	(With 2 Dark-bellied)
Reported 13/04	"	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1	just before I arrived
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13/04	Pelham Wood, St. Lawrence	Treecreeper	1	(Heard)
13/04	(9.45 - 10.30)	Blue Tit	6
13/04	-no sign of recent Firecrests	Great Tit	1
13/04	"	Wren	1	(Collecting nest material)
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Friday	Rain, Cloudy	Light SW. Wind
12/04	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	SWALLOW	7	(4 over beach, 3 over sea later)
12/04	(7.50 - 9.00)	Willow Warbler	4	(By Quarr ponds)
12/04	"	Brent Geese	14	(Still a few left)
12/04	"	Canada Geese	4	(Unusual)
12/04	"	Heron	1	(Collecting twigs for nest)
12/04	"	Little Egret	4
12/04	"	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Offshore-a late one)
12/04	"	Little Grebe	1
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12/04	Springvale to Hersey NR	Swallow	1
12/04	(10.15 - 10.40)	Sand Martin	3	(By Hersey entrance)
12/04	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Heard)
12/04	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
12/04	"	Little Grebe	2
12/04	"	Teal	1
12/04	"	Chiffchaff	2
12/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral)
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12/04	Firestone Copse	Siskin	1m
12/04	(14.00 - 15.00)	Coal Tit	2	(Heard)
12/04	"	Pheasant	1f
12/04	Creek	Common Sandpiper	1
12/04	"	Redshank	1
12/04	"	Little Egret	3
12/04	"	Heron	1	(But none at the old Heronry site)
12/04	"	Teal	19
12/04	"	Shelduck	2
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Thursday	Misty, Bright Intervals, Showers	SW. Wind
11/04	St. Catherine's Point	REDSTART	1m	(On slope above Knowles Farm)
11/04	(8.25 - 10.10)	BLACKCAP	c20	(Mostly males)
11/04	"	WILLOW WARBLER	1	(Probably many more)
11/04	"	Chiffchaff	10+
11/04	"	Wheatear	1m
11/04	"	Goldcrest	1
11/04	"	Yellowhammer	2m	(Singing well)
11/04	"	Dunnock	4
11/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	4
11/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1m
11/04	"	Raven	2
11/04	"	Buzzard	2
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11/04	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	2
11/04	(18.20 -19.10)	Chiffchaff	5
11/04	"	Willow Warbler	1
11/04	"	Tufted Duck	7m,3f
11/04	"	Pochard	1m,1f	(Probably more)
11/04	Pond E.of St. Helens Bridge	Teal	c30
11/04	"	Shoveler	12
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Wednesday	Foggy to Hazy Sun	E. Wind
10/04	West Highdown, Totland	RING OUZEL	1m	(Along road to Needles)
10/04	(7.30 - 9.10)	Raven	4
10/04	"	Peregrine	2
10/04	"	Wheatear	7
10/04	"	Black Redstart	2f
10/04	"	Meadow Pipit	7
10/04	"	Stonechat	1m
10/04	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
10/04	"	Greenfinch	7
10/04	"	Chiffchaff	1
10/04	"	Fulmar	1
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10/04	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Golden Plover	100+	(Over Rofford Marsh)
10/04	(9.35 - 11.10)	Sandwich Tern	1
10/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	16
10/04	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
10/04	"	Wigeon	8
10/04	"	Teal	c35
10/04	"	Redshank	4
10/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	19
10/04	"	Brent Geese	45
10/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
10/04	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
10/04	"	Wren	1
10/04	"	Goldcrest	1
10/04	Rofford Marsh	Cetti's Warbler	1
10/04	"	Reed Bunting	3
10/04	"	Chiffchaff	6
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Tuesday	Rain am, Brighter pm	E. Wind
09/04	Culver Down	Stonechat	1f
09/04	(14.00 - 15.20)	Skylark	2
09/04	-no migrants here yet!	Meadow Pipit	4
09/04	"	Blackbird	11
09/04	"	Buzzard	1
09/04	"	Kestrel	1
09/04	"	Goldcrest	1
09/04	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
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Reported 09/04	St. Catherines Point	CUCKOO	1	massive fall of migrants, Velvet Scoter at sea (Perry F.)
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Reported 09/04	Road to the Needles	REDSTART	2m	3 Ring Ouzel, 4+ Black Redstart,
Reported 09/04	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	SWALLOW	several	and Sand Martins, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail at Thorley (Steven P.)
Reported 09/04	Brading Marsh	HOUSE MARTIN	-	Sand Martins and Swallows -but no Swifts yet (Chris M.)
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Monday	Cloudy	E. Wind
08/04	St. Catherine's Point	ARCTIC SKUA	2E	(Both Dark-phase)
08/04	(7.15 - 10.20)	Red-throated Diver	2E
08/04	"	Black-throated Diver	2E
08/04	"	Gannet	85E, 9W
08/04	"	Common Scoter	275E	(Largest group over 50 with 50 more following)
08/04	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2E	(With Scoter flocks)
08/04	"	Guillemot	1E	(and 2 Auk Sp.)
08/04	"	Sandwich Tern	1E
08/04	"	Whimbrel	1E
08/04	"	Brent Geese	243E
08/04	"	Little Egret	3E
Reported 08/04	"	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1	landed on sea at 12.00 then flew E. (Perry F.)
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Video now on You Tube	St. Helens Duver	White-spotted Bluethroat	1m	This video was recorded on 6/04/13 - new 16x9 HD version.
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	E-SE. Wind
07/04	St. Catherine's Point	Black Redstart	1m	(Near Watershoot Bay)
07/04	(7.15 - 10.20)	Red-throated Diver	19E	(Include flocks of 8 and 7.)
07/04	"	Black-throated Diver	7E	(and 2 more Diver Sp.)
07/04	"	Gannet	17E
07/04	"	Common Scoter	100E
07/04	"	Kittiwake	5E
07/04	"	Guillemot	1E	(and 2 Auk Sp.)
07/04	"	Sandwich Tern	5E
07/04	"	Curlew	2E
07/04	"	Brent Geese	49E
07/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
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07/04	Bembridge Harbour	Teal	c30
07/04	(15.15)	Curlew	1
07/04	-no sign of Bluethroat pm.	Little Grebe	2
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07/04	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	1
07/04	(16.00 -16.40)	Greenshank	2
07/04	"	Snipe	1
07/04	"	Tufted Duck	6
07/04	Pond E.of St. Helens Bridge	Gadwall	6
07/04	"	Shoveler	3
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07/04	Parkhurst Forest	WOODCOCK	1m	("Roding" @ 20.15)
07/04	(19.10 - 20.50)	Song Thrush	2
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Reported 07/04	Thorley	Water Pipit	2	on flooded fields (Steven P.)
Reported 07/04	Rofford Marsh	Bearded Tit	2	seen again today
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Saturday	Warm Sunny Intervals	Cold NE. Wind
06/04	St. Helens Duver	White-spotted Bluethroat	1m
06/04	(7.20 - 8.20)	Song Thush	1m	(Singing well)
06/04	"	Blackbird	3
06/04	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
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06/04	Laundry Lane	Pochard	1m
06/04	(9.05 & 15.10)	Gadwall	1m,1f
06/04	"	Wigeon	c80
06/04	"	Teal	c20
06/04	"	Shoveler	6
06/04	"	Canada Geese	c50
06/04	"	Heron	4
06/04	"	Little Egret	3
06/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
06/04	"	Buzzard	6
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Reported 06/04	St. Catherines Point	SERIN	1	(Birdguides)
Reported 06/04	Laundry Lane	GARGANEY	2	on Oxbow Lake (Robin A.)
Reported 06/04	Military Road	SWALLOW	2	on wires
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Friday	Cloudy	Cold E. Wind
05/04	Culver Down	Wheatear	3
05/04	(7.40 - 8.20)	Meadow Pipit	2
05/04	"	Blackbird	6
05/04	"	Goldcrest	1
05/04	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
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05/04	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	7
05/04	(8.30)	Meadow Pipit	1
05/04	"	Pied Wagtail	16	(A high count)
05/04	"	Chaffinch	2
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05/04	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
05/04	(9.05 - 9.50)	Gadwall	1m,1f
05/04	"	Wigeon	c120
05/04	"	Teal	c10
05/04	"	Shoveler	8
05/04	"	Black Swan	1
05/04	"	Canada Geese	c50
05/04	"	Heron	1
05/04	"	Little Egret	3
05/04	"	Raven	1
05/04	"	Buzzard	1
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Reported 05/04	Yarmouth Scrape	Avocet	1	still present early today.
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Thursday	Cloudy, very cold	Bitter NE. Wind
04/04	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	AVOCET	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
04/04	(7.45 - 9.10)	Shoveler	c25	(Mostly on flooded fields at the Thorley end)
04/04	"	Teal	c50
04/04	"	Shelduck	2
04/04	"	Wigeon	c40
04/04	"	Redshank	2
04/04	"	Curlew	2
04/04	"	Little Egret	4
04/04	"	Brent Geese	c20
04/04	"	Reed Bunting	2
04/04	"	Little Grebe	3
04/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
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04/04	Newtown NR	Grey Plover	c30
04/04	(9.20 - 9.50)	Dunlin	c50
04/04	"	Teal	c20
04/04	"	Shelduck	40
04/04	"	Wigeon	c10
04/04	"	Redshank	2
04/04	"	Curlew	2
04/04	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
04/04	"	Brent Geese	c100
04/04	"	Linnet	8
04/04	"	Fieldfare	4	(Meadow)
04/04	"	Redwing	5
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals to Cloudy	Bitter NE. Wind
03/04	Quarr Area	Nuthatch	1	(Heard)
03/04	(7.30 - 8.15)	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
03/04	On field W.side of Quarr Abbey entrance road	Redwing	36
03/04	"	Fieldfare	38
03/04	"	Mistle Thrush	3
03/04	"	Starling	c30
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03/04	St. Helens Duver (NT)	White-spotted Bluethroat	1m	(On grass by N. end of causeway @ 10.05.)
03/04	(9.55 - 10.40)	Pied Wagtail	2
03/04	"	Green Woodpecker	1
03/04	Harbour	Black-tailed Godwit	10+
03/04	"	Shelduck	2
03/04	"	Brent Geese	c20
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Reported 03/04	Yarmouth Scrape	Avocet	1	late Tues, and still present early today.
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Cold E. Wind
02/04	Heathfield Road, Freshwater 8.15	Barn Owl	1	(Part visible in nest box by Heathfield Farm House)
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02/04	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Grey Plover	5
02/04	(8.40 - 9.40)	Shoveler	4m,2f
02/04	"	Teal	c100
02/04	"	Shelduck	5
02/04	"	Wigeon	c50
02/04	"	Redshank	3
02/04	"	Curlew	4
02/04	"	Little Egret	3
02/04	"	Brent Geese	15
02/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m
02/04	"	Little Grebe	3
02/04	"	Snipe	3
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02/04	Newtown NR	Grey Plover	5
02/04	(10.05 - 10.50)	Dunlin	10
02/04	"	Teal	c100
02/04	"	Shelduck	40
02/04	"	Wigeon	c20
02/04	"	Redshank	2
02/04	"	Curlew	10
02/04	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
02/04	"	Brent Geese	c150
02/04	"	Linnet	8
02/04	"	Little Grebe	3
02/04	"	Fieldfare	1	(Meadow)
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02/04	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	5
02/04	(14.15)	Meadow Pipit	1
02/04	"	Pied Wagtail	3
02/04	"	Chaffinch	7
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02/04	Laundry Lane	Pintail	1m	(Oxbow Lake)
02/04	(14.25 - 16.00)	Gadwall	1m
02/04	"	Wigeon	c20
02/04	"	Teal	c10
02/04	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
02/04	"	Chiffchaff	2
02/04	"	Canada Geese	c50
02/04	"	Heron	3
02/04	"	Little Egret	1
02/04	"	Raven	1
02/04	"	Buzzard	2
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Easter Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	Bitter E. Wind continues
01/04	Ryde Sands	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
01/04	(7.30 - 7.45)	Sanderling	c50
01/04	"	Brent Geese	c95
01/04	"	Oystercatcher	5
01/04	"	Curlew	6
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01/04	St. Helens Duver (NT)	White-spotted Bluethroat	1m	(On shingle by N. end of causeway @ 8.15.)
01/04	(8.00 - 8.55)	Robin	2
01/04	"	Black Redstart	1f
01/04	"	Rock Pipit	1
01/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
01/04	Harbour	Black-tailed Godwit	18
01/04	"	Shelduck	2
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01/04	FP to Bembridge Ponds	Greater Black-backed Gull	12	(Dynamite Pond)
01/04	(9.00 - 9.40)	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
01/04	"	Gadwall	13
01/04	"	Wigeon	c40
01/04	"	Teal	c20
01/04	"	Shoveler	6
01/04	"	Canada Geese	c50
01/04	"	Swan	3
01/04	"	Shelduck	2
01/04	Ponds	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
01/04	"	Tufted Duck	6
01/04	"	Canada Geese	c20
01/04	"	Little Grebe	3
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01/04	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	21
01/04	(10.55)	Meadow Pipit	6
01/04	"	Pied Wagtail	3
01/04	"	Chaffinch	7
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01/04	Laundry Lane	Fieldfare	2	(And maybe 3 more over the Lane)
01/04	(11.10)	Heron	3
01/04	"	Black Swan	1
01/04	"	Canada Geese	c50
01/04	"	Wigeon	c20
01/04	"	Teal	c20
01/04	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
01/04	"	Chaffinch	2
01/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/04	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
01/04	"	Little Egret	2
01/04	"	Buzzard	3
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01/04	Brading Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f/imm.
01/04	(15.35 - 16.40)	Peregrine	1
01/04	"	Kestrel	1
01/04	"	Canada Geese	c20
01/04	"	Wigeon	c40
01/04	"	Teal	c20
01/04	"	Chiffchaff	6+
01/04	"	Little Egret	1
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Reported 01/04	Laundry Lane	Little-ringed Plover	2	in Triangular field, viewed from Embankment FP (Graham S.)
Reported 01/04	Totland	GARGANEY	1m,1f	on the pond at Hurst View field SZ326874 (Click for map). (Mike R.)
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March 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for March =117 (This year's IOW total = 131)

Easter Sunday	Fine Sunny	Cold E. Wind still
31/03	West Highdown, Totland	Black Redstart	1f	(At Rocket Site)
31/03	(7.50 - 10.30) BST	Raven	1
31/03	"	Peregrine	2
31/03	"	Wheatear	5
31/03	"	Rock Pipit	2
31/03	"	Meadow Pipit	7
31/03	"	Stonechat	1m
31/03	"	Skylark	1
31/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1
31/03	"	Kestrel	1
31/03	"	Greenfinch	c4
31/03	"	Shag	1	(On sea)
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31/03	St. Helens Duver (NT)	LITTLE-RINGED PLOVER	1	(On shingle by N. end of causeway but flew N. calling, showing no wing-bars)
31/03	(14.30 - 16.45)	Robin	4
31/03	"	Wheatear	1m
31/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
31/03	"	Wren	1
31/03	Harbour	Greenshank	1
31/03	"	Brent Geese	c60
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Saturday	Cloudy	Cold NE. Wind
30/03	St. Catherine's Point	Black Redstart	1 imm.	(Near Watershoot Bay)
30/03	(7.10 - 8.00)	Gannet	1W
30/03	-quiet at sea, and on land	Shag	2E
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30/03	Luccombe Down	Kestrel	1
30/03	(8.15 - 9.15)	Sparrowhawk	1
30/03	-no Darford Warblers or Meadow Pipits.	Crow	3
30/03	"	Thrush Sp.	5	(Over-probably Redwing)
30/03	"	Wren	1
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30/03	Bembridge Harbour	Oystercatcher	6
30/03	(10.00 - 10.45)	Curlew	11
30/03	-no sign of Bluethroat am.	Teal	c100
30/03	"	Redshank	3
30/03	"	Shelduck	2
30/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1m
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Reported 30/03	St. Helens Duver	Bluethroat	1	by the brush burning area again at 15.30 (Ian R.)
Reported 30/03	Brighstone	Red Kite	1	from New Road at 14.30, watched for 15mins (Mick W.)
Reported 30/03	Yarmouth	Bearded Tit	2	(Graham S.)
Reported 30/03	West Highdown	Ring Ouzel	2	near Rocket Site (Jon S.)
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Good Friday	Sunny Intervals to Cloudy	NE. Wind
29/03	Shide to Blackwater FP	Treecreeper	2
29/03	(7.30 - 9.00)	Siskin	c2	(Heard)
29/03	"	Goldcrest	3
29/03	"	Mistle Thrush	1
29/03	"	Song Thrush	1
29/03	"	Chiffchaff	4
29/03	"	Sparrowhawk	2
29/03	"	Kestrel	2
29/03	"	Buzzard	1
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29/03	Bembridge Harbour	Brent Geese	c160
29/03	(10.00)	Grey Plover	16
29/03	"	Teal	c70
29/03	"	Redshank	11
29/03	"	Turnstone	1
29/03	"	Oystercatcher	3
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29/03	St. Helens Duver (NT)	White-spotted Bluethroat	1m	(By the Scub Clearance area again)
29/03	(10.15)	Robin	1
29/03	"	Dunnock	1
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29/03	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Little Owl	1	(Heard @18.50, and possibly flying over the lane)
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals, Cloudy	NE. Wind
28/03	Bembridge Harbour	Peregrine	1
28/03	(8.00)	Curlew	4
28/03	"	Teal	c20
28/03	"	Redshank	1
28/03	"	Shelduck	2
28/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1m
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28/03	St. Helens Duver (NT)	White-spotted Bluethroat	1m	(By the path to E. of causeway showing well)
28/03	(8.15)	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
28/03	"	Chaffinch	3
28/03	"	Robin	2
28/03	"	Dunnock	1
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28/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	13
28/03	(10.00)	Grey Wagtail	1m
28/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1
28/03	"	Chaffinch	5
28/03	"	Goldcrest	1
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28/03	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	1
28/03	(10.45)	Lapwing	15
28/03	"	Black Swan	1
28/03	"	Canada Geese	c50
28/03	"	Brent Geese	c50
28/03	"	Wigeon	c50
28/03	"	Teal	c20
28/03	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
28/03	"	Chaffinch	2
28/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
28/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
28/03	"	Heron	3
28/03	"	Little Egret	2
28/03	"	Buzzard	3
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28/03	Parkhurst Forest	poss. Woodcock	1-2	(Not calling)
28/03	(18.20 - 19.40)	Song Thrush	2
28/03	"	Blackbird	3
28/03	"	Pheasant	2
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Reported 28/03	Newtown NR	OSPREY	1	over N. Marsh at 10.00 (John W.)
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Wednesday	Cloudy	Cold NE. Wind
27/03	Bembridge Harbour	Gadwall	2m,1f
27/03	(7.10 and 14.20)	Curlew	15
27/03	"	Teal	c40
27/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	22
27/03	"	Redshank	2
27/03	"	Shelduck	2
27/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1f
~
27/03	St. Helens Duver (NT)	BLUETHROAT	1m	(By the scrub clearance area, got wonderful views after a 2hr wait, even better pm.)
27/03	(7.15 - 10.30)	Green Woodpecker	2-3
27/03	2nd Visit (14.30 - 16.40)	Greenfinch	10+
27/03	"	Chaffinch	3
27/03	"	Robin	3
27/03	"	Dunnock	2
27/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	3+	(Over)
27/03	"	Rock Pipit	1
27/03	"	Black Redstart	1f
27/03	"	Wheatear	2
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Tuesday	Cloudy, bright spells	Cold E. Wind
26/03	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	31
26/03	(8.45 - 10.05)	Shoveler	26
26/03	"	Teal	c50
26/03	"	Shelduck	2
26/03	"	Wigeon	c50
26/03	"	Tufted Duck	4m,1f
26/03	"	Redshank	1
26/03	"	Curlew	1
26/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	c90
26/03	"	Little Egret	4
26/03	"	Brent Geese	c40
26/03	"	Wheatear	1m
26/03	"	Chiffchaff	4
26/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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26/03	Heathfield Road, Freshwater	Barn Owl	2	(Part visible in nest box by Heathfield Farm House)
26/03	(10.15)	Green Woodpecker	1
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Reported 26/03	St. Helens Duver	BLUETHROAT	1	St. Helens Duver by the brush burning area till 17.30 at least. (Ian R. & later Dave W.)
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Monday	Cloudy	Bitter E. Wind still
25/03	West Highdown, Totland	Black Redstart	2f	(At Rocket Site)
25/03	(8.20 - 10.30)	Raven	2-4	(2 over Alum Bay, 2 on S. Cliffs)
25/03	"	Peregrine	2
25/03	"	Wheatear	7	(Mostly males)
25/03	"	Rock Pipit	2
25/03	"	Meadow Pipit	7
25/03	"	Stonechat	2f
25/03	"	Fulmar	1
25/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	3
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25/03	Atherfield area	Dunlin	10+	(On flooded field on clifftop)
25/03	(14.15 - 15.30)	Golden Plover	c15	(Just W. of CG Cottages)
25/03	-no sign of the LRPs	Redshank(?)	1	(Medium sized Wader-see pictures)
25/03	"	Chiffchaff	8
25/03	"	Raven	1
25/03	"	Kestrel	1f
25/03	"	Skylark	1
25/03	"	Meadow Pipit	9
25/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	8
25/03	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
Reported 25/03	"	LITTLE RINGED PLOVER	2	on flooded field E. of Atherfield Point (Ian O.)
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Sunday	Overcast	Bitter E. Wind
24/03	St. Catherine's Point	BLACK REDSTART	4-5	(Nice male, female and imm. male etc.)
24/03	(7.40 - 10.20)	WHEATEAR	3m
24/03	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
24/03	"	Chiffchaff	3+
24/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c25
24/03	"	Dunnock	3
24/03	"	Magpie	18
24/03	"	Buzzard	2
24/03	-very quiet at sea	Common Scoter	2E
24/03	"	Sandwich Tern	1E
24/03	"	Gannet	1E
24/03	"	Fulmar	1
24/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Just offshore, that's unusual)
~
Reported 24/04	West Highdown, Totland	RING OUZEL	2	5 Sand Martin, 2 Black Redstart, Wheatears etc. (Jon S.)
~
Saturday	Wet to Cloudy	E. Wind
23/03	Bembridge Harbour	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
23/03	(10.30)	Sandwich Tern	2
23/03	"	Teal	2
23/03	"	Grey Plover	14
23/03	"	Dunlin	3
23/03	"	Oystercatcher	2
23/03	"	Little Grebe	1
23/03	St. Helens Bridge	Marsh Harrier	1m	(Full adult, originaly thought to be a Hen Harrier -maybe 2 Harriers here?)
23/03	(10.45 - 11.50)	Wigeon	c50
23/03	-with CM later	Shoveler	5m,1f
23/03	"	Gadwall	1m,1f
23/03	"	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
23/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
23/03	"	Common Gull	2
23/03	"	Reed Bunting	1m
23/03	"	Shelduck	8
23/03	"	Black Swan	1
23/03	"	Brent Geese	c100
23/03	"	Meadow Pipit	3	(Over)
23/03	"	Little Grebe	1
~
Reported 23/03	St. Catherine's Point	STONE CURLEW	1	Near Watershoot Bay (Crows Text)
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23/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	3
23/03	(14.30)	Reed Bunting	1m
23/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1
23/03	"	Kestrel	1
23/03	"	Meadow Pipit	4
23/03	"	Chaffinch	2
23/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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23/03	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1m
23/03	(15.00 - 16.30)	SAND MARTIN	2	(Over Oxbow Lake)
23/03	"	Lapwing	c25	(Displaying by Lane)
23/03	"	Shoveler	3m,2f
23/03	"	Wigeon	c60
23/03	"	Teal	c20
23/03	"	Chiffchaff	1
23/03	"	Song Thrush	2
23/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c20	(Over)
~
Friday	Cloudy	Strong E. Wind
22/03	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Sandwich Tern	1E	(@8.33)
22/03	(8.05 - 9.05)	Common Scoter	8E
22/03	-rather quiet at sea	Brent Geese	5E
22/03	"	Shoveler	c30E	(@9.02)
22/03	"	WHIMBREL	2E	(Corrected ID)
22/03	"	Gannet	3E
22/03	"	Fulmar	2	(Local Birds)
~
Reported 22/03	St. Catherine's Point	Wheatear	11	6 Guillemot, 38 Common Scoter, 4 Sandwich Tern, 52 Shoveler, 100+ Meadow Pipits-in off sea (Gary H.)
~
Thursday	Very Wet	Cold E. Wind
Video now on You Tube	Brading Marsh	Hen Harrier	1m	This video was recorded on 5/11/12
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Reported 21/03	Newtown NR	Black-tailed Godwit	c235	Near Cassey Bridge (John W.)
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Wednesday	Misty to Sunny Intervals	Cold N. Wind
20/03	St. Catherine's Point	Chaffinch	3
20/03	(8.00 - 9.05)	Yellowhammer	1m
20/03	-very quiet at sea	Red-legged Partridge	1
20/03	-no Wheatears	Pheasant	1m,1f
20/03	"	Dunnock	6
20/03	"	Magpie	8
20/03	"	Buzzard	2
~
20/03	Luccombe Down	Meadow Pipit	c20	(About 6 displaying)
20/03	(9.15 - 10.15)	Skylark	2
20/03	-no Dartford Warblers	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
20/03	"	Starling	c120E	(3 flocks over)
20/03	"	Stock Dove	1
20/03	"	Buzzard	2
~
Tuesday	Misty to Sunny Intervals
19/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Coot	9
19/03	(7.50)	Moorhen	3
19/03	"	Swan	3
19/03	"	Mallard	12
19/03	"	Black-headed Gull	23	(One ringed)
19/03	"	Dunnock	2
~
19/03	Bembridge Harbour	Black-tailed Godwit	9
19/03	(8.30)	Dunlin	32
19/03	"	Redshank	c10
19/03	"	Curlew	8
19/03	"	Teal	c50
19/03	"	Shelduck	2
19/03	"	Grey Plover	6	(8 more on St. Helens Beach)
19/03	Duver and Beach	Mediterranean Gull	2+
19/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
19/03	"	Reed Bunting	1m
19/03	"	Kestrel	1f
~
19/03	Culver Down	Meadow Pipit	c4	(But no Wheatears)
19/03	(9.55 - 11.00)	Skylark	2
19/03	"	Fulmar	3
19/03	"	Kestrel	1
19/03	"	Raven	2
19/03	"	Buzzard	5
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Showers, Brighter later	Gusty S. Wind
17/03	Culver Down	Peregrine	2
17/03	(7.45)	Raven	2
17/03	"	Skylark	2
17/03	"	Buzzard	1
~
17/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	4
17/03	(8.25)	Reed Bunting	1m
17/03	"	Grey Wagtail	2
17/03	"	Pied Wagtail	4
17/03	"	Goldcrest	1
17/03	"	Meadow Pipit	4
17/03	"	Chaffinch	2
~
17/03	Laundry Lane	Smew	1f
17/03	(9.35 - 10.30)	Heron	1
17/03	"	Lapwing	c20
17/03	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
17/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
17/03	"	Shoveler	6
17/03	"	Wigeon	c80
17/03	"	Teal	c20
17/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
17/03	"	Song Thrush	2
17/03	"	Starling	c50
~
Reported 17/03	Brading Marsh RSPB	WHEATEAR	1f	Near Green Bridge (Chris M. etc.)
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17/03	Brading Marsh	Short-eared Owl	1
17/03	(15.30 - 16.40	poss. Wheatear	1	(On Woodpile by river but very distant)
17/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	(over)
17/03	"	Heron	1
17/03	"	Buzzard	2
17/03	Laundry Lane	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
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Saturday	Rain then Cloudy	Strong S. Wind
16/03	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	3
16/03	(13.15)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
16/03	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
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16/03	Bembridge Harbour	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
16/03	(13.40)	Teal	20+
16/03	St. Helens Bridge	Shelduck	3
16/03	(14.30)	Wigeon	c30
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Friday	Sunny Intervals, Showers	Brisk SW. Wind
15/03	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Turnstone	2
15/03	(8.05 - 9.15)	Grey Plover	1
15/03	"	Brent Geese	169
15/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
15/03	"	Little Egret	2
15/03	"	Redshank	4
15/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
15/03	Wootton Bridge (WeBS)	Black-headed Gull	260
15/03	(14.00)	Common Gull	1
15/03	"	Redshank	14
~
Reported 10/03	Brading Marsh	AVOCET	1	On Dynamite Pool, and later at Foreland beach.
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Sun to Thurs	MAINLAND TRIP	Pennington, Shatterford		Forest of Dean
Thursday 14th.	Slimbridge	BEWICK SWAN	c70	1 BITTERN , 4 COMMON CRANE, 44 White-fronted Geese, 2 Redpoll.
Wednesday 13th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	4	8 Raven, 2 Buzzard
"	Parkend by "Fountain" PH	Dipper	2
Tuesday 12th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	GOSHAWK	1	2 Raven
"	Cannop Ponds	Marsh Tit	2	1 Treecreeper
"	Kerne Bridge	Goosander	2m,1f
Monday 11th.	Wenchford, Glos	DIPPER	1	1 MARSH TIT
"	New Fancy Viewpoint	Raven	8	1 Buzzard (but no Goshawks).
Sunday 10th.	Pennington	SPOTTED REDSHANK	1	5 EIDER, 1f Goldeneye
"	Shatterford, New Forest	HEN HARRIER	1m	4 Meadow Pipit
"	A34/M4	Red Kite	2
"	Cannop Ponds, Glos.	MANDARIN	21m,7f	4 SAND MARTIN
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TOTALS	93 Species seen on trip	Yearlist now=143	~
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Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals
09/03	Alverstone to Newchurch FP	REDPOLL	1
09/03	(13.55 - 14.40)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
09/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2	(Heard)
09/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	4
09/03	"	Buzzard	1
09/03	"	Mistle Thrush	1
09/03	"	Kestrel	2
09/03	Alverstone NR Hide	Treecreeper	1
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	2
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09/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	3
09/03	(14.15)	Reed Bunting	1m
09/03	"	Goldcrest	1
09/03	"	Chaffinch	2
~
09/03	Brading Marsh RSPB	Snipe	32
09/03	(14.40 - 16.50)	Redshank	1
09/03	-with CM & IO	Curlew	1
09/03	"	Lapwing	c150
09/03	"	Tufted Duck	26
09/03	"	Gadwall	3
09/03	"	Shoveler	12
09/03	"	Wigeon	c140
09/03	"	Teal	c50
09/03	"	White-fronted Geese	4
09/03	"	Greylag Geese	5
09/03	"	Brent Geese	192
09/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
09/03	"	Heron	4
09/03	"	Shelduck	2
09/03	"	Starling	c400
09/03	"	Cormorant	19
09/03	"	Kestrel	1
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Friday	Foggy & Wet am, Cloudy misty pm.
08/03	Newtown NR	GOOSANDER	1m,1f	(Clamerkin Channel)
08/03	(14.45 - 16.20)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
08/03	"	Wigeon	c80
08/03	"	Teal	c40
08/03	"	Knot	c500
08/03	"	Dunlin	c100
08/03	"	Ringed Plover	1
08/03	"	Redshank	c10
08/03	"	Grey Plover	c20
08/03	"	Lapwing	c230
08/03	"	Turnstone	1
08/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
08/03	"	Shelduck	75
08/03	"	Kestrel	1m
08/03	"	Brent Geese	c100
08/03	"	Little Grebe	3
08/03	"	Rock Pipit	1
08/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	6
~
Bat	Newnhan Lane, Binstead	Pipestrelle	1	@18.15
~
Wednesday	Cloudy	E. Wind
06/03	Culver Down	Meadow Pipit	1
06/03	(8.05)	Skylark	4
06/03	"	Green Woodpecker	1
06/03	"	Kestrel	1
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06/03	Alverstone to Newchurch FP	Chaffinch	5
06/03	(13.55 - 14.40)	Jay	1
06/03	-No Redpolls though	Goldcrest	4
06/03	"	Long-tailed Tit	4+
06/03	"	Mistle Thrush	1
06/03	"	Kestrel	2
06/03	"	Buzzard	1
~
Tuesday	Foggy to warm Sunny	E. Wind
05/03	St. Catherine's Point	Buzzard	2
05/03	(8.35 - 9.25)	Red-legged Partridge	2
05/03	"	Yellowhammer	1m
05/03	"	Red-throated Diver	1E	(Landed on sea)
05/03	"	Fulmar	1
05/03	"	Gannet	4E
05/03	"	Herring Gull	25
05/03	"	Shag	1E
05/03	"	Brent Geese	3E
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05/03	Brading Marsh (RSPB)	Marsh Harrier	1f
05/03	(14.15 -16.15)	White-fronted Geese	8	(Possibly 9)
05/03	"	Greylag Geese	12
05/03	"	Green Sandpiper	1	(Green Bridge Pool)
05/03	"	Snipe	9
05/03	"	Lapwing	c80
05/03	"	Shoveler	5
05/03	"	Gadwall	1m,1f
05/03	"	Shelduck	4
05/03	"	Herring Gull	3
05/03	"	Fieldfare	1
05/03	"	Wigeon	c150
05/03	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
05/03	"	Buzzard	1
05/03	"	Kestrel	1
~
Monday	Cloudy, Sunny Later	NE Wind
04/03	Ryde W. Sands	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
04/03	(7.30)	Brent Geese	c440
04/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
04/03	"	Sanderling	9
04/03	"	Oystercatcher	5
04/03	"	Curlew	5
~
04/03	Ryde W. Sands	Raven	2
04/03	(7.45)	Sanderling	36
04/03	"	Ringed Plover	1
~
04/03	Appley Park	Redwing	42
04/03	(8.00)	Song Thrush	3
04/03	"	Blackbird	9
04/03	"	Stock Dove	2
04/03	"	Goldfinch	3
04/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
04/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
04/03	"	Buzzard	1
~
04/03	Springvale	Sanderling	35
04/03	(13.45 - 14.30)	Peregrine	1
04/03	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
04/03	-hide locked after vandalisation.	Shelduck	1
04/03	"	Heron	1
04/03	"	Little Egret	1
~
04/03	Brading Marsh	Short-eared Owl	1	(Field E. of Railway @17.30)
04/03	(17.25 - 18.40)	Fieldfare	3
04/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
04/03	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
04/03	"	Snipe	1
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Sunny later	Bitter NE Wind
03/03	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	2
03/03	(7.45 - 8.30)	Coal Tit	3
03/03	"	Sparrowhawk	2
~
03/03	Bembridge Harbour	Shelduck	2
03/03	(10.00)	Black-tailed Godwit	9
03/03	"	Gadwall	2
03/03	"	Teal	50+
03/03	St. Helens Bridge	Greylag Geese	4
03/03	(10.15)	Wigeon	c70
03/03	"	Lapwing	c100
~
03/03	Foreland, Bembridge	"Pale Bellied" Brent	1	(With c100 DB Brent)
03/03	(10.30 - 11.10)	Common Scoter	1N.	(Flying off the main ledge)
03/03	"	Oystercatcher	4
03/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
03/03	"	Curlew	3
03/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
03/03	"	Shag	2
03/03	"	Cormorant	6
~
03/03	Brading Marsh	Green Sandpiper	1	(On Green Bridge Pool)
03/03	(15.15 - 16.30)	Fieldfare	1
03/03	"	Wigeon	c100
03/03	"	Lapwing	c80
03/03	"	Coot	c20
03/03	"	Snipe	1
03/03	Centurion's Field	Yellowhammer	1m
03/03	"	Reed Bunting	5
03/03	"	Skylark	1
03/03	"	Jay	1
~
03/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	1
03/03	(16.40)	Goldcrest	1
03/03	"	Reed Bunting	2
03/03	"	Chaffinch	2
~
Saturday	Cloudy
02/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	1
02/03	(8.00)	Grey Wagtail	1
02/03	"	Pied Wagtail	2
02/03	"	Bullfinch	1m
02/03	"	Collared Dove	2
02/03	"	Meadow Pipit	13
02/03	"	Chaffinch	7
02/03	"	Long-tailed Tit	2
02/03	Laundry Lane	Green Sandpiper	1	(By Seawall on puddles)
02/03	(8.15 - 9.40)	Blackbird	2
02/03	"	Redwing	1
02/03	"	Song Thrush	2
02/03	"	Gadwall	1
02/03	"	Shoveler	12
02/03	"	Wigeon	c70
02/03	"	Black Swan	1	(Escape)
02/03	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Escape)
02/03	"	Barnacle Goose	1	(Escape)
02/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
02/03	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
02/03	"	Kestrel	1
02/03	"	Buzzard	1
~
02/03	Brading Marsh	Short-eared Owl	1	(Field E. of Sewage Wks @17.10)
02/03	(16.20 - 17.40)	Fieldfare	12
02/03	"	Redwing	4
02/03	"	Moorhen	5
02/03	"	Coot	32
02/03	"	Snipe	1
02/03	"	Wigeon	c70
~
Friday	Cloudy, Light Showers	NE Wind
01/03	Newtown NR	Pintail	9	(Cassey Bridge)
01/03	(7.50 - 9.30)	Goldeneye	1f
01/03	"	Wigeon	c170
01/03	"	Teal	c50
01/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
01/03	"	Knot	c400
01/03	"	Dunlin	c100
01/03	"	Greenshank	1
01/03	"	Redshank	c10
01/03	"	Golden Plover	c240
01/03	"	Grey Plover	c50
01/03	"	Lapwing	c100
01/03	"	Turnstone	2
01/03	"	Shelduck	c50
01/03	"	Ringed Plover	1
01/03	"	Kestrel	1m
01/03	"	Brent Geese	c300
01/03	"	Little Grebe	2
01/03	"	Rock Pipit	4
01/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	24
01/03	"	Redwing	c20
01/03	"	Song Thrush	3
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01/03	Ryde W. Sands	Great Northern Diver	1	(Off Binstead)
01/03	(10.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
01/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
01/03	"	Sanderling	13
01/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	(On beach)
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01/03	St. Helen's Bridge to Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	11
01/03	(13.50 - 14.50)	Wigeon	c50
01/03	"	Swan	3
01/03	"	Lapwing	c300
01/03	"	Starling	c100
01/03	"	Peregrine	1
01/03	Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	15	(Some displaying -see picture)
01/03	"	Greenshank	1
01/03	"	Redshank	1
01/03	"	Pochard	17m,10f
01/03	"	Tufted Duck	8m,5f
01/03	"	Little Grebe	3
01/03	"	Water Rail	2	(heard)
~

February 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for February =110 (my 2013 IOW total is now 123)

Thursday	Cloudy	Cold NE Wind
28/02	Bembridge Harbour	Shelduck	2
28/02	(8.00)	Black-tailed Godwit	13
28/02	"	Gadwall	7
28/02	"	Teal	50+
28/02	St. Helens Bridge	Greylag Geese	12
28/02	(8.15)	Wigeon	c40
28/02	"	Lapwing	c100
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28/02	Foreland, Bembridge	Common Scoter	2f
28/02	(8.25 - 9.20)	PURPLE SANDPIPER	3	(Out on the end of the main ledge)
28/02	"	Brent Geese	c100
28/02	"	Oystercatcher	c10
28/02	"	Dunlin	5N
28/02	"	Curlew	3
28/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,2f
28/02	"	Shag	3
28/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chased by Crow)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy am, Sunny pm
27/02	Newchurch, Plantation	Long-tailed Tit	7
27/02	(7.40 - 8.20)	Pheasant	2m
27/02	"	Goldcrest	2
27/02	"	Stock Dove	2
27/02	"	Wood Pigeon	20+
27/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
27/02	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
27/02	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	1
27/02	(8.40)	Grey Wagtail	1
27/02	"	Pied Wagtail	2
27/02	"	Collared Dove	2
27/02	"	Meadow Pipit	9
27/02	Laundry Lane	Redwing	1
27/02	(8.50 - 9.20)	Blackbird	4
27/02	"	Gadwall	2	(Oxbow Lake)
27/02	"	Shoveler	4
27/02	"	Wigeon	c40
27/02	"	Coot	c30
27/02	"	Chaffinch	5
27/02	"	Robin	3
27/02	"	Buzzard	2
~
Tuesday	Cloudy	NE Wind
26/02	Newtown NR	Kingfisher	1	(On Cassey Bridge parapet)
26/02	(8.00 - 9.20)	Goldeneye	3f
26/02	"	Wigeon	c60
26/02	"	Teal	c50
26/02	"	Pintail	34	(Cassey Bridge)
26/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	9
26/02	"	Knot	c200
26/02	"	Dunlin	c100
26/02	"	Redshank	c20
26/02	"	Golden Plover	c150
26/02	"	Grey Plover	c10
26/02	"	Brent Geese	c300
26/02	"	Little Grebe	4
26/02	"	Rock Pipit	1
26/02	"	Fieldfare	3
26/02	"	Redwing	5
26/02	Lane by Town Copse	Treecreeper	1
~
26/02	Fort Victoria	Great-crested Grebe	1	(W. of Hurst Castle @ 9.45)
~
26/02	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	33
26/02	(10.00 - 10.40)	Shoveler	3m,1f
26/02	"	Wigeon	c35
26/02	"	Teal	c20
26/02	"	Dunlin	1
26/02	"	Redshank	c10
26/02	"	Grey Plover	3
26/02	"	Brent Geese	c40
26/02	"	Little Grebe	7
~
Reported 26/02	Field S. Of Borthwood Copse	WOODLARK	3-4	On ploughed field E. of FP @9.45 (Gary H.)
~
Monday	Cloudy, brighter intervals
25/02	Bembridge Harbour	Kingfisher	1
25/02	(7.50)	Black-tailed Godwit	8
25/02	"	Grey Plover	3
25/02	"	Greenshank	1
25/02	"	Curlew	18
25/02	"	Dunlin	c12
25/02	"	Gadwall	4
25/02	"	Teal	50+
25/02	St. Helens Bridge	Greylag Geese	11
25/02	(8.10)	Wigeon	c60
25/02	"	Lapwing	c150
25/02	"	Buzzard	1
~
25/02	Foreland, Bembridge	"Pale-bellied" Brent	1
25/02	(8.30 - 9.40)	Brent Geese	86
25/02	"	Oystercatcher	44
25/02	"	Curlew	17
25/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
25/02	"	Shag	5	(Together on the sea)
25/02	"	Rock Pipit	4
~
Sunday	Cloudy	Bitter N-NE Wind
24/02	Appley Park	NUTHATCH	1	(A first for this location, in trees by the car park)
24/02	(8.00 - 8.45)	Mistle Thrush	3
24/02	"	Greenfinch	4
24/02	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
24/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
24/02	"	Starling	c20
~
24/02	Ryde Canoe Lake	Black Swan	1
24/02	(8.50 - 9.15)	Pochard	2m
24/02	-IWOG Walk from 9.00)	Swan	48
24/02	"	Canada Geese	10
24/02	"	Tufted Duck	1f
24/02	Beach	Sanderling	c90
24/02	"	Oystercatcher	17
~
24/02	Hersey NR	Water Rail	1
24/02	(10.00 - 10.40)	Greenshank	1
24/02	"	Redshank	1
24/02	"	Coot	6
24/02	"	Kestrel	1
24/02	Beach	Sanderling	c40
24/02	"	Turnstone	7
24/02	"	Oystercatcher	17
24/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
24/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
24/02	"	Common Gull	4
24/02	"	Brent Geese	c100	(Earlier)
~
Reported 24/02	Bembridge, FP to Ponds	SPOONBILL	2	Near the Dynamite Pool @ 11.00 (James G.)
Reported 24/02	Foreland, Bembridge	PURPLE SANDPIPER	4	the PB Brent is still here as well (Jon S.)
~
24/02	Bembridge, FP to Ponds	Gadwall	3	(On River, but no sign of the Spoonbills)
24/02	(13.20)	Wigeon	c40
~
24/02	Bembridge, Windmill Farm	Greenshank	1	(Pool near old seawall FP, but no Spoonbills)
24/02	(13.45)	Curlew	1
~
Saturday	Snow Flurries, Cloudy	Cold NE Wind
23/02	Medham FP, Cowes	Blackbird	23	(All along the path)
23/02	(8.20)	Goldcrest	2
23/02	"	Long-tailed Tit	4
23/02	On the Medina	Brent Goose	22
23/02	"	Redshank	3
23/02	"	Grey Plover	1
23/02	"	Swan	6
23/02	"	Lapwing	c70	(Fields to E.)
~
23/02	Werrar	Peregrine	1	(Flew N. along the Medina carrying prey)
23/02	(9.45)	Song Thrush	1
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals
22/02	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	3
22/02	(9.00 - 10.15)	Jay	2
22/02	"	Blackbird	5
22/02	Creek	Little Egret	5
22/02	"	Teal	18
22/02	"	Heron	1
22/02	"	Wader Sp.	1	(Glimpsed flying up-stream, possibly a Common Sandpiper)
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	3
~
22/02	Hersey NR	Little Grebe	1
22/02	(14.20)	Grey Wagtail	1	(Compound E. of entrance)
22/02	"	Coot	10
22/02	Beach	Sanderling	2
22/02	"	Oystercatcher	4
22/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
22/02	"	Common Gull	4
22/02	"	Brent Geese	45
~
Wednesday	Sunny	Bitter NW. Wind
20/02	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	1
20/02	(7.35 - 8.30)	Pheasant	2m
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	3
~
20/02	Foreland, Bembridge	"Pale-bellied" BRENT	1
20/02	(10.00)	Brent Geese	118
20/02	"	Oystercatcher	7
20/02	"	Curlew	2
20/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
~
Tuesday	Freezing Fog then Fine Sunny
19/02	Newtown NR	Merlin	1f/imm.	(On post beyond the scrape)
19/02	(8.00 - 9.50)	Goldeneye	2m,2f
19/02	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
19/02	"	Wigeon	c100
19/02	"	Teal	c30
19/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,3f
19/02	"	Knot	c200
19/02	"	Dunlin	c20
19/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
19/02	"	Redshank	c20
19/02	"	Grey Plover	c10
19/02	"	Turnstone	3
19/02	"	Brent Geese	c100
19/02	"	Little Grebe	1
19/02	"	Rock Pipit	2
19/02	"	Goldcrest	1
~
19/02	Brading Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f
19/02	(16.00 -17.10)	SHORT-EARED OWL	1
19/02	"	Snipe	1
19/02	"	Lapwing	26
19/02	"	Canada Goose	c50
19/02	"	Teal	4
19/02	"	Wigeon	c60
19/02	"	Coot	23
19/02	"	Stonechat	1m
19/02	"	Fieldfare	c30
~
Monday	Cloudy to Light Rain
18/02	Parish Church, Ryde	Peregrine	1	(Flew off to E. at 9.45)
~
Reported 18/02	Brading Marsh	SHORT-EARED OWL	1	S. of old Seawall @ 17.00 (Jon S.)
~
Sunday	Cold Start, Sunny Intervals
17/02	Shide FP	Siskin	5
17/02	(7.50)	Collared Dove	2
17/02	"	Song Thrush	2
17/02	"	Long-tailed Tit	1
~
17/02	Parkhurst Forest (NW)	Coal Tit	4
17/02	(8.50)	Mistle Thrush	2
17/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
17/02	"	Green Woodpecker	1
17/02	"	Song Thrush	3
17/02	Hillis Gate Gardens	Siskin	2
17/02	"	Chaffinch	6
17/02	"	Blue Tit	6
~
17/02	Brading Marsh RSPB	Marsh Harrier	1f
17/02	(14.15 -16.45)-with CM.	Peregrine	2
17/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1
17/02	"	Snipe	23
17/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	9
17/02	"	Lapwing	c500
17/02	"	Curlew	c25
17/02	"	Black Swan	1	(Escape)
17/02	"	Brent Goose	c400
17/02	"	White-fronted Geese	8
17/02	"	Greylag Geese	4
17/02	"	Canada Goose	c150
17/02	"	Shoveler	c25
17/02	"	Teal	c80
17/02	"	Shelduck	2
17/02	"	Wigeon	c150
17/02	"	Great Black-backed Gull	6
17/02	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
17/02	"	Song Thrush	1
17/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
17/02	"	Cormorant	30
17/02	"	Reed Bunting	1
17/02	"	Fieldfare	1
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals
16/02	Bembridge Harbour	Black-tailed Godwit	5
16/02	(7.45)	Gadwall	2
16/02	"	Redshank	c15
16/02	"	Brent Goose	1
16/02	"	Lapwing	c20
16/02	"	Teal	c80
16/02	"	Shelduck	2
16/02	"	Pied Wagtail	1
16/02	"	Great Black-backed Gull	1
~
16/02	FP to Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	12	(6 on Dynamite Pool)
16/02	(8.00 - 9.00)	Wigeon	c70
16/02	"	Gadwall	8
16/02	"	Greylag Geese	6
16/02	"	White-fronted Geese	3	(E. of River)
16/02	Ponds	Kingfisher	1
16/02	"	Pochard	23m,7f
16/02	"	Swan	3
16/02	"	Tufted Duck	6
16/02	"	Little Grebe	3
16/02	"	Water Rail	1	(heard)
16/02	FP	Reed Bunting	1f
16/02	"	Goldfinch	6
16/02	"	Dunnock	3
16/02	"	Kestrel	1m
16/02	"	Song Thrush	1
~
16/02	Foreland, Bembridge	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(SW of Cafe)
16/02	(9.10 - 9.40)	Shag	3
16/02	"	Cormorant	8
16/02	"	Oystercatcher	8
16/02	"	Curlew	4
16/02	"	Brent Geese	23
16/02	"	Little Egret	4
16/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,3f
16/02	"	Great Black-backed Gull	7
~
16/02	Puckpool	Red-breasted Merganser	5m,3f
16/02	(14.00)	Great-crested Grebe	7
16/02	"	Cormorant	6
16/02	"	Great Black-backed Gull	4
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals
15/02	Borthwood, by Entrance	Yellowhammer	1f
15/02	(7.45)	Jay	2
15/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
15/02	"	Pied Wagtail	2
15/02	"	Chaffinch	4	(But no Brambling this time)
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1
~
15/02	Luccombe Down	Raven	2
15/02	(8.30)	Magpie	6
15/02	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(heard)
Mammal	"	Fox	1
~
15/02	Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	1
15/02	(14.00 -14.40)	Great-crested Grebe	7
15/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,4f
15/02	"	Cormorant	1
15/02	Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	1	(May be the same one)
15/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	2	(At least 1 extra, making 8 in total)
15/02	"	Great Black-backed Gull	3
15/02	"	Cormorant	4
15/02	"	Shag	3
15/02	On Rocks	Turnstone	1
15/02	"	Redshank	1
~
15/02	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Little Owl	1	(In old Oak trunk)
15/02	(17.20)	Kestrel	1
~
Thursday	Wet start to Sunny Intervals	Milder W. Wind
14/02	West Highdown, Totland	Raven	2+	(1 at Alum Bay, 2 eating a Rabbit on the clifftop)
14/02	(8.40 - 10.30)	Peregrine	1	(Over Alum Bay)
14/02	"	Rock Pipit	9
14/02	"	Skylark	3
14/02	"	Fulmar	6
14/02	"	Kestrel	2
14/02	"	Song Thrush	1
~
14/02	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	5
14/02	(14.40)	Tufted Duck	9
14/02	"	Gadwall	3
14/02	"	Wigeon	10+
14/02	"	Little Grebe	2
14/02	"	Heron	1
~
14/02	Bembridge Harbour	MERLIN	1f/ imm.	(Causing Panic)
14/02	(15.15)	Gadwall	16
14/02	"	Redshank	25
14/02	"	Brent Goose	1
14/02	"	Grey Plover	3
14/02	"	Lapwing	36
14/02	"	Teal	11
14/02	"	Shelduck	2
14/02	"	Common Gull	4
~
Wednesday	Cloudy, Snow Showers pm.	Bitter SE. Wind
13/02	Bembridge & Culver Downs	Raven	2	(Doing Aerobatics along the cliffs)
13/02	(8.10 - 9.10)	Linnet	54	(Along Cliff edge, and later by the Beacon)
13/02	"	Magpie	6
13/02	"	Robin	3
13/02	"	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
~
13/02	Springvale, Seaview	Turnstone	7
13/02	(14.30 - 15.00)	Common Gull	2
13/02	"	Oystercatcher	10
13/02	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
~
Tuesday	Snow Showers early	NW Wind
12/02	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Brent Geese	151
12/02	(7.45 - 8.50)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
12/02	"	Oystercatcher	16
12/02	Wootton Bridge	Redshank	16
12/02	(11.00)	Little Grebe	1	(Not usual here)
12/02	"	Shelduck	2
12/02	"	Black-headed Gull	214
12/02	"	Common Gull	6
~
Monday	Cloudy to Light Rain
11/02	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	4m,1f
11/02	(7.45 - 8.50)	Fieldfare	5
11/02	"	Pintail	10
11/02	"	Knot	100's
11/02	"	Dunlin	100's
11/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	6
11/02	"	Redshank	4
11/02	"	Golden Plover	4
11/02	"	Grey Plover	c50
11/02	"	Turnstone	1
11/02	"	Brent Geese	c200
11/02	"	Wigeon	c100
11/02	"	Teal	c30
11/02	"	Little Grebe	3
11/02	"	Rock Pipit	1
11/02	"	Mistle Thrush	1
11/02	"	Buzzard	1
~
11/02	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	1
11/02	(9.10 - 9.25)	Pheasant	4
11/02	"	Fieldfare	c20
11/02	"	Helmeted Guinneafowl	3
11/02	"	Buzzard	7
~
11/02	Merstone Old Railway FP (E)	Yellowhammer	1m
11/02	(9.35 - 9.55)	House Sparrow	14
11/02	"	Fieldfare	c10
11/02	"	Buzzard	7
~
Sunday	Wet	SE. Wind
10/02	"La Falaise", Ventnor	BLCK-THROATED DIVER	1E
10/02	(8.40 - 9.30)	Red-throated Diver	1E, 2W
10/02	"	Gannet	18W, 3E
10/02	"	Razorbill	1E
10/02	"	Fulmar	2	(Local Birds)
~
Saturday	Persistant Rain
09/02	St. Helens Bridge	White-fronted Geese	8	(E. of River near Canada Geese)
09/02	(9.00)	Greylag Geese	4
09/02	"	Gadwall	3
09/02	"	Shoveler	6
09/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	8
09/02	"	Brent Geese	c300
09/02	"	Wigeon	c20
09/02	"	Teal	c30
09/02	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
~
09/02	Springvale Beach	Redshank	2
09/02	(9.40)	Sanderling	53
09/02	"	Turnstone	8
09/02	"	Rock Pipit	1
09/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	2	(Just offshore)
~
09/02	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
09/02	(9.50)	Green Woodpecker	1
09/02	"	Mallard	12
09/02	"	Little Egret	1
09/02	"	Heron	1
09/02	"	Little Grebe	3
09/02	"	Goldcrest	1
09/02	"	Barnacle Geese	c60	(Feral-on Nettlestone Hill)
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals
08/02	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
08/02	(8.25 - 9.45)	Meadow Pipit	3
08/02	"	Chiffchaff	2
08/02	"	Pied Wagtail	2
08/02	"	Chaffinch	4
08/02	Brading Marsh	Canada Geese	c50
08/02	"	Fieldfare	1
08/02	"	Lapwing	c20
08/02	"	Wigeon	c40
08/02	"	Teal	c20
08/02	"	Coot	19
08/02	"	Kestrel	1
08/02	"	Buzzard	1
08/02	Field beyond Centurions Copse	Skylark	11
08/02	"	Reed Bunting	1f
08/02	"	Green Woodpecker	2
08/02	"	Snipe	2
~
08/02	Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	1
08/02	(10.50 -11.40)	Great-crested Grebe	1
08/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	4m,4f
08/02	"	Red-throated Diver	1W
08/02	"	Shag	1
08/02	Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	1
08/02	Springvale Beach	Sanderling	35
08/02	"	Turnstone	8
08/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
08/02	Foreland	Common Scoter	1f	(Just off ledge)
08/02	(14.00 - 14.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
08/02	"	Great Northern Diver	1NE.
08/02	"	Auk Sp.	1NE	(Razorbill?)
08/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
08/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
08/02	"	Shag	2
08/02	"	Ringed Plover	4
08/02	"	Dunlin	14
08/02	"	Curlew	7
08/02	"	Oystercatcher	8
08/02	"	Heron	2
08/02	"	Little Egret	1
08/02	"	Great Black-back Gull	6
~
08/02	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Flying @ 17.20)
08/02	(16.05 - 17.30)	Marsh Harrier	1f	(In to roost at 17.08)
08/02	"	Lapwing	c20
08/02	"	Snipe	2
08/02	"	Wigeon	c50
08/02	"	Teal	c20
08/02	"	Coot	c15
08/02	"	Green Woodpecker	1
08/02	"	Kestrel	1
08/02	"	Buzzard	1
08/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1
~
Reported 08/02	Laundry Lane	White-fronted Geese	8	still present, seen from St. Helens Bridge (Gary H.)
~
Thursday	Cold, Sunny Intervals	Cold NW Wind
07/02	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	22
07/02	(7.50 - 8.20)	Brent Geese	c50
07/02	"	Oystercatcher	3
07/02	Appley Park	Redwing	22
07/02	"	Treecreeper	1
07/02	"	Stock Dove	4
~
07/02	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	1m,1f
07/02	(10.15 - 11.50)	Fieldfare	5
07/02	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
07/02	"	Knot	c500
07/02	"	Dunlin	c100
07/02	"	Oystercatcher	c50
07/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	12
07/02	"	Shelduck	c100
07/02	"	Lapwing	c30
07/02	"	Redshank	4
07/02	"	Grey Plover	c100
07/02	"	Turnstone	1
07/02	"	Brent Geese	c400
07/02	"	Wigeon	c80
07/02	"	Teal	c30
07/02	"	Little Grebe	3
07/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
07/02	"	Rock Pipit	1
07/02	"	Pheasant	1	(On E. Spit!)
07/02	"	Buzzard	2
Mammal	"	Grey Seal	3
~
Wednesday	Sunny	Bitter NW. Wind
06/02	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(Heard)
06/02	(8.12)	Coal Tit	2
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	4
~
06/02	Brading Sewage Wks	Meadow Pipit	3
06/02	(9.10)	Grey Wagtail	1
06/02	"	Dunnock	3
06/02	"	Chiffchaff	2
06/02	"	Long-tailed Tit	2
~
06/02	Laundry Lane	Jay	2
06/02	(9.30)	Lapwing	c80
06/02	"	Canada Geese	c160
06/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
06/02	"	Green Woodpecker	1
06/02	"	Gadwall	5
~
06/02	Bembridge Harbour	Gadwall	10
06/02	(14.05)	Black-tailed Godwit	5
06/02	"	Redshank	15
06/02	"	Grey Plover	1
06/02	"	Curlew	4
06/02	"	Teal	c80
06/02	"	Shelduck	4
06/02	"	Common Gull	7
06/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	6
~
06/02	FP to Bembridge Ponds	Marsh Harrier	2f	(Out by Dynamite Pool)
06/02	(14.25)	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Escape)
06/02	"	Brent Geese	c400
06/02	"	Shoveler	6
06/02	"	Little Grebe	2
06/02	"	Pochard	19
06/02	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
06/02	"	Wigeon	50+
06/02	"	Tufted Duck	11
06/02	"	Gadwall	8
~
Reported 04/02	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Long-tailed Duck	1m	at approx 13.30 (Margaret R.)
~
Fri to Tues	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington		Herts, Cambs. Norfolk
Tuesday 5th.	Stockers Lake	Red Kite	1	1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 2 Teal, 3f Goldeneye, c10 Siskin.
Monday 4th.	Paxton Pits	Bullfinch	6	16 Greenfinch 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Green Woodpecker, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 Skylark.
"	Grafham Water	Little Grebe	9	3m 7f Goldeneye
"	Wimpole Hall	Treecreeper	1	2 Coal Tit, (no sign of Hawfinch)
Sunday 3rd.	Welney WWT	WHOOPER SWAN	50+	9 Red-legged Partridge, 3 Reed Bunting, 1 Marsh Harrier
"	Paxton Pits	GOOSANDER	1m	3m,5f Goldeneye, 5 Reed Bunting
Saturday 2nd.	Titchwell RSPB	Long-tailed Duck	1f	c50 RUFF, 14 AVOCET, 3 Brambling, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Barn Owl (A10)
"	Snettisham RSPB	EGYPTIAN GEESE	17	c50 Bar-tailed Godwit.
Friday 1st.	Farlington	White-fronted Goose	1	3 Turnstone, 6 Goldeneye
"	Springwell Lake	RING-NECKED PARAKEET	1	1 RED KITE, 12 Pochard
"	Stockers Lake	RED-CRESTED POCHARD	1	2 Red Kite, 3 Siskin, 1m,7f Goldeneye, 2 Nuthatch.
TOTALS	92 Species seen on trip	Yearlist now=127	~
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JANUARY 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for January =116

Thursday	Wet to Sunny Intervals	Strong W. Wind
31/01	St. Catherine's Pt.	KITTIWAKE	2W	(@ 8.44)
31/01	(8.10 - 9.30)	Razorbill	3W
31/01	"	Gannet	1W
31/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	4W
31/01	"	Common Gull	3W
31/01	"	Fulmar	2W
31/01	"	Raven	1
31/01	By Lane	Red-legged Partridge	5
31/01	"	Green Woodpecker	1
31/01	"	Bullfinch	1	(heard)
31/01	"	Magpie	6
~
31/01	Blackwater to Shide FP	Siskin	1	(Over calling)
31/01	(10.05 - 11.05)	Goldcrest	2
31/01	"	Long-tailed Tit	6
31/01	"	Stock Dove	1
31/01	"	Buzzard	1
~
31/01	Puckpool	Mediterranean Gull	1, (1st w.)	(Beach)
31/01	(13.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
31/01	"	Shag	1
31/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Spells and Showers	Brisk W. Wind
30/01	Merstone to Horringford	Fieldfare	120+	(3 or 4 flocks around the fields)
30/01	(8.05 - 10.00)	Redwing	2+
30/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2
30/01	"	YELLOWHAMMER	2	(Over to W. seen from old Railway FP)
30/01	Fields by Old Station	Gulls	c200	(Herring, Black-headed and Common)
30/01	"	Rook	c60
30/01	"	Mallard	c20
30/01	"	Heron	3
30/01	"	Kestrel	1
~
30/01	Samber Hill	Sparrowhawk	1
30/01	(16.20 - 17.20)	Pheasant	4
30/01	-no Short-eared Owls	Crow/Jackdaw	c150
30/01	"	Buzzard	4
30/01	"	Kestrel	2
Mammal	"	Hare	2	and a Fox
~
Reported 30/01	Leechmoor Cross	Marsh Harrier	3	@14.45 with 11 Buzzard, and c100 Gulls (Alastair R.)
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Tuesday	Wet and Windy to drizzle	Strong SW Wind
29/01	Yarmouth	Shoveler	12m,7f	(Mostly on Rofford Marsh)
29/01	(10.20 - 10.50)	Gadwall	3	(No sign of Bearded Tits)
29/01	-brief visit in terrible weather	Swan	2	(One ringed "K10" lives here)
29/01	Yarmouth Pier	Turnstone	2	(On beach)
29/01	"	Cormorant	1
29/01	"	Shag	1
~
29/01	Puckpool	Great Northern Diver	1
29/01	(14.00 -14.20)	Slavonian Grebe	1
~
Monday	Fine start, Rain later
28/01	Brading Sewage Wks	Meadow Pipit	3
28/01	(7.45)	Pied Wagtail	2
28/01	"	Dunnock	3
28/01	"	Chiffchaff	2
28/01	"	Bullfinch	2
~
28/01	Laundry Lane	Fieldfare	c40
28/01	(8.10 - 8.50)	Lapwing	c40
28/01	"	Canada Geese	c100
28/01	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Escape)
28/01	"	Black Swan	1	(Escape)
28/01	"	Goldcrest	1
28/01	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
28/01	"	Water Rail	3	(1 Seen, 2 Heard)
28/01	"	Buzzard	1
~
Reported 28/01	Rofford Marsh	BEARDED TIT	2	reeds infront of Old Station (Jon S.)
Reported 28/01	Bembridge Ponds	Smew	1f	still here @ 11.15 (Ian R.)
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Sunday	Wet early, then Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
27/01	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	4m,10f	(Clamerkin Lake)
27/01	(8.10 - 10.50)	Golden Plover	c200
27/01	"	Bullfinch	c2	(By Old Town Hall)
27/01	-IWOG Walk from 09.10	Knot	c800
27/01	"	Dunlin	c100
27/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,6f
27/01	"	Shelduck	c100
27/01	"	Lapwing	c30
27/01	"	Redshank	4
27/01	"	Grey Plover	c100
27/01	"	Turnstone	4
27/01	"	Brent Geese	c200
27/01	"	Wigeon	c100
27/01	"	Teal	c50
27/01	"	Little Grebe	3
27/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
27/01	"	Rock Pipit	1
27/01	"	Meadow Pipit	2
27/01	"	Skylark	3
27/01	"	Snipe	1
27/01	"	Peregrine	1	(Causing Panic)
Mammals	"	Grey Seal	1	and 2 Foxes on E. Spit
~
27/01	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	c80	(No sign of Bearded Tit)
27/01	(15.30 - 16.20)	Little Grebe	4
27/01	"	Redshank	2
27/01	"	Wigeon	c100
27/01	"	Teal	c50
27/01	"	Swan	3
27/01	"	Little Egret	1
27/01	"	Shelduck	3
27/01	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
27/01	"	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
Reported 27/01	Rofford Marsh	BEARDED TIT	1	flew into reeds south of Rofford Marsh sign at 12.00. (Carl M.)
~
Reported 27/01	Dungewood Lane	SHORT-EARED OWL	1	Male Hen Harrier also reported around 14.00 (Ian R.)
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals
26/01	Dungewood Lane	Fieldfare	c250
26/01	(8.00 - 9.00)	Starling	c150
26/01	"	Wood Pigeon	c80
26/01	"	Skylark	3
26/01	"	Linnet	c25
26/01	"	Lapwing	c120
26/01	"	Golden Plover	1
26/01	"	Collared Dove	6
~
26/01	Whale Chine	Peregrine	1
26/01	(9.10)	Kestrel	1
26/01	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
~
26/01	Sheppards Chine	Redwing	1
26/01	(9.35)	Red-legged Partridge	4
26/01	"	Sparrow	6
26/01	"	Collared Dove	2
~
26/01	Puckpool	Great Northern Diver	2
26/01	(13.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	6m,6f
26/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
26/01	"	Auk Sp.	2E
26/01	"	Shag	1
~
26/01	Seaview	Great Northern Diver	1	(Could be the third)
26/01	(13.50)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m
26/01	"	Shag	2
26/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	3
26/01	"	Turnstone	6	(On rocks)
26/01	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
26/01	Foreland	COMMON SCOTER	1	(Just off ledge)
26/01	(15.35 - 15.50)	Dunlin	26
26/01	-low tide	Grey Plover	2
26/01	"	Ringed Plover	6
26/01	"	Dunlin	2
26/01	"	Curlew	5
26/01	"	Oystercatcher	6
26/01	"	Little Egret	1
26/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	3
~
26/01	Bembridge Windmill FP	Lapwing	c200
26/01	(16.00 - 17.20)	Starling	c50
26/01	"	Canada Geese	c60
26/01	"	Cormorant	26
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JANUARY 2013: Click for monthly species lists, total for January =119

Thursday	Wet to Sunny Intervals	Strong W. Wind
31/01	St. Catherine's Pt.	KITTIWAKE	2W	(@ 8.44)
31/01	(8.10 - 9.30)	Razorbill	3W
31/01	"	Gannet	1W
31/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	4W
31/01	"	Common Gull	3W
31/01	"	Fulmar	2W
31/01	"	Raven	1
31/01	By Lane	Red-legged Partridge	5
31/01	"	Green Woodpecker	1
31/01	"	Bullfinch	1	(heard)
31/01	"	Magpie	6
~
31/01	Blackwater to Shide FP	Siskin	1	(Over calling)
31/01	(10.05 - 11.05)	Goldcrest	2
31/01	"	Long-tailed Tit	6
31/01	"	Stock Dove	1
31/01	"	Buzzard	1
~
31/01	Puckpool	Mediterranean Gull	1, (1st w.)	(Beach)
31/01	(13.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
31/01	"	Shag	1
31/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Spells and Showers	Brisk W. Wind
30/01	Merstone to Horringford	Fieldfare	120+	(3 or 4 flocks around the fields)
30/01	(8.05 - 10.00)	Redwing	2+
30/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2
30/01	"	YELLOWHAMMER	2	(Over to W. seen from old Railway FP)
30/01	Fields by Old Station	Gulls	c200	(Herring, Black-headed and Common)
30/01	"	Rook	c60
30/01	"	Mallard	c20
30/01	"	Heron	3
30/01	"	Kestrel	1
~
30/01	Samber Hill	Sparrowhawk	1
30/01	(16.20 - 17.20)	Pheasant	4
30/01	-no Short-eared Owls	Crow/Jackdaw	c150
30/01	"	Buzzard	4
30/01	"	Kestrel	2
Mammal	"	Hare	2	and a Fox
~
Reported 30/01	Leechmoor Cross	Marsh Harrier	3	@14.45 with 11 Buzzard, and c100 Gulls (Alastair R.)
~
Tuesday	Wet and Windy to drizzle	Strong SW Wind
29/01	Yarmouth	Shoveler	12m,7f	(Mostly on Rofford Marsh)
29/01	(10.20 - 10.50)	Gadwall	3	(No sign of Bearded Tits)
29/01	-brief visit in terrible weather	Swan	2	(One ringed "K10" lives here)
29/01	Yarmouth Pier	Turnstone	2	(On beach)
29/01	"	Cormorant	1
29/01	"	Shag	1
~
29/01	Puckpool	Great Northern Diver	1
29/01	(14.00 -14.20)	Slavonian Grebe	1
~
Monday	Fine start, Rain later
28/01	Brading Sewage Wks	Meadow Pipit	3
28/01	(7.45)	Pied Wagtail	2
28/01	"	Dunnock	3
28/01	"	Chiffchaff	2
28/01	"	Bullfinch	2
~
28/01	Laundry Lane	Fieldfare	c40
28/01	(8.10 - 8.50)	Lapwing	c40
28/01	"	Canada Geese	c100
28/01	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Escape)
28/01	"	Black Swan	1	(Escape)
28/01	"	Goldcrest	1
28/01	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
28/01	"	Water Rail	3	(1 Seen, 2 Heard)
28/01	"	Buzzard	1
~
Reported 28/01	Rofford Marsh	BEARDED TIT	2	reeds infront of Old Station (Jon S.)
Reported 28/01	Bembridge Ponds	Smew	1f	still here @ 11.15 (Ian R.)
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Sunday	Wet early, then Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
27/01	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	4m,10f	(Clamerkin Lake)
27/01	(8.10 - 10.50)	Golden Plover	c200
27/01	"	Bullfinch	c2	(By Old Town Hall)
27/01	-IWOG Walk from 09.10	Knot	c800
27/01	"	Dunlin	c100
27/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,6f
27/01	"	Shelduck	c100
27/01	"	Lapwing	c30
27/01	"	Redshank	4
27/01	"	Grey Plover	c100
27/01	"	Turnstone	4
27/01	"	Brent Geese	c200
27/01	"	Wigeon	c100
27/01	"	Teal	c50
27/01	"	Little Grebe	3
27/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
27/01	"	Rock Pipit	1
27/01	"	Meadow Pipit	2
27/01	"	Skylark	3
27/01	"	Snipe	1
27/01	"	Peregrine	1	(Causing Panic)
Mammals	"	Grey Seal	1	and 2 Foxes on E. Spit
~
27/01	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	c80	(No sign of Bearded Tit)
27/01	(15.30 - 16.20)	Little Grebe	4
27/01	"	Redshank	2
27/01	"	Wigeon	c100
27/01	"	Teal	c50
27/01	"	Swan	3
27/01	"	Little Egret	1
27/01	"	Shelduck	3
27/01	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
27/01	"	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
Reported 27/01	Rofford Marsh	BEARDED TIT	1	flew into reeds south of Rofford Marsh sign at 12.00. (Carl M.)
~
Reported 27/01	Dungewood Lane	SHORT-EARED OWL	1	Male Hen Harrier also reported around 14.00 (Ian R.)
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals
26/01	Dungewood Lane	Fieldfare	c250
26/01	(8.00 - 9.00)	Starling	c150
26/01	"	Wood Pigeon	c80
26/01	"	Skylark	3
26/01	"	Linnet	c25
26/01	"	Lapwing	c120
26/01	"	Golden Plover	1
26/01	"	Collared Dove	6
~
26/01	Whale Chine	Peregrine	1
26/01	(9.10)	Kestrel	1
26/01	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
~
26/01	Sheppards Chine	Redwing	1
26/01	(9.35)	Red-legged Partridge	4
26/01	"	Sparrow	6
26/01	"	Collared Dove	2
~
26/01	Puckpool	Great Northern Diver	2
26/01	(13.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	6m,6f
26/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
26/01	"	Auk Sp.	2E
26/01	"	Shag	1
~
26/01	Seaview	Great Northern Diver	1	(Could be the third)
26/01	(13.50)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m
26/01	"	Shag	2
26/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	3
26/01	"	Turnstone	6	(On rocks)
26/01	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
26/01	Foreland	COMMON SCOTER	1	(Just off ledge)
26/01	(15.35 - 15.50)	Dunlin	26
26/01	-low tide	Grey Plover	2
26/01	"	Ringed Plover	6
26/01	"	Dunlin	2
26/01	"	Curlew	5
26/01	"	Oystercatcher	6
26/01	"	Little Egret	1
26/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	3
~
26/01	Bembridge Windmill FP	Lapwing	c200
26/01	(16.00 - 17.20)	Starling	c50
26/01	"	Canada Geese	c60
26/01	"	Cormorant	26
~
Friday	Mostly Cloudy	Bitter SE Wind
25/01	Bembridge & Culver Downs	Linnet	c25	(Field near beacon)
25/01	(9.00 - 10.15)	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
25/01	"	Song Thrush	5
25/01	"	Blackbird	4
25/01	"	Jay	1
25/01	"	Goldcrest	2
~
25/01	Springvale	Shag	1
25/01	(13.15)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
25/01	Beach	Grey Plover	1
25/01	"	Turnstone	4
25/01	"	Sanderling	2
25/01	"	Greenshank	1
~
Thursday	Cloudy to Bright intervals	Bitter E. Wind
24/01	Bembridge Harbour	Gadwall	25
24/01	(7.40)	Curlew	c30
24/01	"	Teal	c30
24/01	"	Shelduck	4
24/01	St. Helens Bridge	Shoveler	2m,1f
~
24/01	Laundry Lane (N. End)	WHITE-FRONTED GEESE	8	(E. of Lane towards river)
24/01	(8.10 - 10.20)	WATER PIPIT	1	(Perched on a post, great views)
24/01	"	Golden Plover	100+
24/01	"	Lapwing	150+
24/01	"	Fieldfare	80+
24/01	"	Greylag Geese	4
24/01	"	Brent Geese	500+
24/01	"	Barnacle Goose	1
24/01	"	Bar-headed Goose	1
24/01	"	Black Swan	1
24/01	"	Little Egret	3
24/01	"	Heron	2
24/01	"	Buzzard	2
~
Wednesday	Cloudy	Cold E. Wind
23/01	Borthwood	BRAMBLING	1m	(In garden next to entrance)
23/01	(8.30 - 9.30)	Chaffinch	5	(With Brambling)
23/01	"	Blue Tit	6
23/01	"	Long-tailed Tit	8
23/01	"	Wren	1
23/01	"	Jay	4
23/01	Fields to E.	Fieldfare	27
23/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2
23/01	"	Lapwing	1
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Reported 23/01	Laundry Lane	WHITE-FRONTED GEESE	5	in front of St Helens station. (RSPB Warden)
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Tuesday	Cloudy, Wet pm.	E. Wind
22/01	Langbridge to Horringford	Robin	6
22/01	(8.30 - 9.30)	Blackbird	12
22/01	"	Buzzard	1	(Very pale)
22/01	"	Collared Dove	3
22/01	"	Cormorant	1
22/01	"	Heron	1
~
Reported 22/01	Newtown NR	BITTERN	1	seen twice recently on Hamstead Side (Laurence B.)
~
Monday	Cloudy, Snow Flurries
21/01	Binstead Church to Beach	Fieldfare	8
21/01	(8.45 - 9.15)	Redwing	16
21/01	"	Pied Wagtail	1
21/01	"	Mistle Thrush	1
21/01	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard drumming)
21/01	"	Greenfinch	3
21/01	Beach	Dunlin	1
21/01	"	Turnstone	1
21/01	"	Curlew	1
21/01	"	Oystercatcher	11
21/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	3
21/01	"	Brent Geese	46
21/01	"	Black-headed Gull	58
~
21/01	Brading Sewage Wks.	Song Thrush	2
21/01	(15.15 - 16.45)	Meadow Pipit	1
21/01	"	Chaffinch	2
21/01	Brading Marsh	Canada Geese	c100	(Over)
21/01	"	Fieldfare	10
21/01	"	Lapwing	c20
21/01	"	Wigeon	c200
21/01	"	Teal	c20
21/01	"	Shoveler	2m
21/01	"	Coot	31
21/01	"	Kestrel	1
21/01	"	Buzzard	1
21/01	Field beyond Centurions Copse	Skylark	c50
21/01	"	Reed Bunting	7	(But still no Yellowhammers)
21/01	"	Fieldfare	35
21/01	"	Mistle Thrush	1
21/01	"	Jackdaw	c100	(Over)
21/01	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(and poss. Merlin)
21/01	"	Meadow Pipit	2
Reported 21/01	Laundry Lane	Bittern	1	flew up from Triangular Field then E. (Mick C.)
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Sunday	Light Snow Showers	Bitter E. Wind
20/01	Bembridge Harbour	Gadwall	34	(A big influx!)
20/01	(13.50)	Black-tailed Godwit	13
20/01	"	Greenshank	1
20/01	"	Redshank	14
20/01	"	Dunlin	32
20/01	"	Ringed Plover	1
20/01	"	Grey Plover	5
20/01	"	Curlew	15
20/01	"	Teal	c80
20/01	"	Shelduck	5
20/01	"	Kingfisher	1	(Flew towards the Mill)
20/01	"	Common Gull	17
20/01	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
~
20/01	Bembridge Ponds	Gadwall	16	(Thats 50 in this area)
20/01	(14.15)	Little Grebe	5
20/01	"	Pochard	13
20/01	"	Wigeon	6
20/01	"	Tufted Duck	4
20/01	"	Kingfisher	1f	(Lagoon)
20/01	"	Greenshank	2
~
Saturday	Dull and Cloudy with Lying Snow	Bitter NE Wind
19/01	Ryde Esplanade	Raven	1
19/01	(8.10)	Brent Geese	c50
19/01	Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	c6
~
19/01	Brading Sewage Wks	Meadow Pipit	4
19/01	(8.30 & 16.30)	Pied Wagtail	4
19/01	"	Grey Wagtail	1
19/01	"	Chiffchaff	4
19/01	"	Bullfinch	1m,2f
Reported 19/01	"	WATER PIPIT	1	(Chris M.) - I just missed it.
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19/01	Laundry Lane	Fieldfare	13
19/01	(8.45 - 9.30)	Song Thrush	5
19/01	"	Canada Geese	c200
19/01	"	Goldcrest	2
19/01	"	Green Woodpecker	1
19/01	"	Buzzard	1
19/01	"	Water Rail	1	(Seen by path)
~
19/01	Brading Marsh RSPB	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Causing panic)
19/01	-with CM.(14.15 - 16.30)	Wigeon	c250
19/01	"	Pintail	2m,1f
19/01	"	Gadwall	2	(Over)
19/01	"	Teal	c100
19/01	"	Fieldfare	8
19/01	"	Song Thrush	7
19/01	"	Redwing	c15
19/01	"	Stonechat	1m
19/01	"	Golden Plover	4	(Over)
19/01	"	Lapwing	c200
19/01	"	Snipe	8
19/01	"	Cormorant	c25
19/01	"	Heron	2
19/01	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
19/01	"	Brent Geese	c200
19/01	"	Canada Geese	c200
19/01	"	Skylark	10+
19/01	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen in reeds)
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Friday	Heavy Snow till 15.00	Bitter E. Wind
18/01	Garden, Ryde	Goldfinch	18	(A big flock for the garden)
18/01	(8.00 - 12.00)	Starling	4
18/01	-trapped indoors by snow	Collared Dove	3
18/01	"	Blue Tit	3
18/01	"	Robin	1
18/01	"	Dunnock	1
~
Thursday	Cold, mainly cloudy
17/01	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	1m,1f
17/01	(8.30 - 9.40)	Golden Plover	c200
17/01	"	Knot	c300
17/01	"	Dunlin	c300
17/01	"	Oystercatcher	c50
17/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
17/01	"	Shelduck	c100
17/01	"	Lapwing	c30
17/01	"	Redshank	4
17/01	"	Grey Plover	4
17/01	"	Turnstone	2
17/01	"	Brent Geese	c200
17/01	"	Wigeon	c100
17/01	"	Teal	c50
17/01	"	Little Grebe	3
17/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
17/01	"	Meadow Pipit	2
17/01	"	Reed Bunting	1m,1f
17/01	"	Pheasant	4
17/01	"	Buzzard	2
17/01	"	Peregrine	1
~
17/01	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	61
17/01	(10.00 - 10.40)	Little Grebe	7
17/01	"	Turnstone	8
17/01	"	Redshank	4
17/01	"	Wigeon	c100
17/01	"	Teal	c50
17/01	"	Goldeneye	1m
17/01	"	Brent Geese	c240
17/01	"	Swan	4,5 imm.
17/01	"	Little Egret	1
17/01	"	Shelduck	3
17/01	"	Grey Plover	2
17/01	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
17/01	"	Song Thrush	1
~
17/01	Fort Victoria	Razorbill	3	(On sea E. of Sconce Buoy)
17/01	(10.45)	Cormorant	2
~
Wednesday	Frosty, Light Snow Showers, Fine later
16/01	Shanklin Old Village	FIRECREST	1	(In lane to Chine Entrance by "Crab" PH)
16/01	(8.30 - 9.00)	Goldcrest	2
16/01	"	Wren	1
16/01	"	Long-tailed Tit	4
~
16/01	Bembridge Ponds	SMEW	1f	(At back of pond near small island)
16/01	(10.45 - 12.00)	Little Grebe	4
16/01	"	Pochard	c20
16/01	"	Wigeon	c12
16/01	"	Teal	4
16/01	"	Shoveler	6+
16/01	"	Tufted Duck	4
16/01	"	Gadwall	6
16/01	"	Kingfisher	1m	(On Gate by farm)
16/01	"	Greenshank	1
16/01	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
16/01	In Harbour	Sandwich Tern	1
~
Tuesday	Cloudy, Sunny Later	Bitter N. Wind
15/01	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
15/01	(8.10 - 10.00)	Meadow Pipit	3
15/01	"	Pied Wagtail	2
15/01	"	Bullfinch	1m
15/01	"	Song Thrush	1
15/01	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
15/01	Brading Marsh	Canada Geese	c40
15/01	"	Blackbird	5
15/01	"	Goldfinch	4
15/01	"	Buzzard	1
15/01	Field beyond Centurions Copse	Skylark	13
15/01	"	Reed Bunting	11	(But no Yellowhammers)
15/01	"	Redwing	4
15/01	"	Song Thrush	2
15/01	"	Buzzard	1
15/01	Centurions Copse	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
15/01	"	Goldcrest	3	(Heard)
~
Monday	Showers, Sleet turning to Rain
14/01	Fishbourne Beach	COMMON SANDPIPER	1	(On muddy inlet opposite the Ferry Terminal)
14/01	(8.05 - 9.05)	Great-crested Grebe	5
14/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,4f
14/01	"	Redshank	7
14/01	"	Cormorant	7
14/01	"	Brent Geese	50
~
14/01	Puckpool	Shag	1
14/01	(14.35)	Red-breasted Merganser	5m,3f
14/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
Reported 14/01	Brading Marsh RSPB	BITTERN	1	flying @ 12.30 near the Airport (Kieth B. warden)
~
Reported 13/01	Newtown NR	MERLIN	1m	@10.00 perched by the salt pan (Steve & Sue P.)
Reported 13/01	Fort Victoria	EIDER	4	3 Merganser, 1 Auk Sp. (Steven P.)
~
Saturday	Persistant Rain	Cold E-NE Wind
12/01	Puckpool	Fulmar	1	(Unusual here)
12/01	(9.05)	Red-breasted Merganser	4m,7f
12/01	"	Shag	1
12/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	1
12/01	Beach	Oystercatcher	5
~
12/01	Bembridge RSPB	Marsh Harrier	2f / imm.	(Causing chaos)
12/01	-with CM.(14.15 - 15.10)	Wigeon	c20
12/01	"	Shoveler	4
12/01	"	Gadwall	2	(Over)
12/01	"	Teal	c100
12/01	"	Lapwing	c100
12/01	"	Curlew	c30
12/01	"	Greylag Geese	9
12/01	"	Brent Geese	c200
12/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	60+	(A record number on field E. of Dynamite Pool)
12/01	Bembridge Ponds	Gadwall	4m,4f
12/01	(15.20 - 16.20)	Little Grebe	3
12/01	"	Pochard	8m,2f
12/01	"	Shoveler	3+
12/01	"	Tufted Duck	6
12/01	"	Water Rail	1	(Seen on Lagoon)
~
Friday	Colder, Fine and Sunny	W. Wind decreasing
11/01	Alum Bay, West Highdown	DARTFORD WARBLER	1	(SW of Beacon, flitting around the Gorse bushes)
11/01	(8.30 - 10.00)	Raven	3	(1 over Alum Bay, 2 on S. Cliffs)
11/01	"	Peregrine	1
11/01	"	Rock Pipit	2
11/01	"	Meadow Pipit	6
11/01	"	Song Thrush	1
11/01	"	Kestrel	2
~
11/01	Freshwater Bay	STONECHAT	1f	(Afton Down above the NT Car Park)
11/01	(10.15)	Fulmar	2	(Off Fort Redoubt)
11/01	"	Meadow Pipit	2
11/01	"	Feral Pigeon	4	(On cliffs like the original Rock Doves)
~
11/01	Samber Hill	Buzzard	2
11/01	(16.15 - 17.15)	Pheasant	4
11/01	-no Short-eared Owls	Crow/Jackdaw	c200
Mammal	"	Hare	4
~
Thursday	Misty start, Cloudy
10/01	Newtown NR	Pintail	6
10/01	(8.25 - 9.40)	Mistle Thrush	2
10/01	-High Tide	Knot	100+
10/01	"	Dunlin	1
10/01	"	Oystercatcher	c50
10/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
10/01	"	Shelduck	c100
10/01	"	Goldeneye	1m,6f
10/01	"	Greenshank	1
10/01	"	Grey Plover	c40
10/01	"	Peregrine	1
10/01	"	Rock Pipit	4
10/01	"	Linnet	10
~
10/01	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	42	(Rofford Marsh)
10/01	(10.00 - 11.10)	Little Grebe	7
10/01	-High Tide	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
10/01	"	Shoveler	2m
10/01	"	Little Egret	3
~
10/01	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	5
10/01	(12.55)	Shag	2
10/01	"	Kestrel	1m,1f	(Fighting with locked talons at Battery)
10/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
10/01	"	Greenshank	1
10/01	"	Oystercatcher	7
~
10/01	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Wks)
10/01	(16.00 - 17.15)	Chiffchaff	2	(By Sewage Wks)
10/01	-no owls tonight	Pied Wagtail	1
10/01	"	Snipe	3	(Over)
10/01	"	Wigeon	c50	(Green bridge pool)
10/01	"	Teal	c30	(Green bridge pool)
10/01	"	Heron	1
~
Wednesday	Light Drizzle to Cloudy
09/01	Blackwater to Shide FP	SISKIN	c60	(Feeding in Alders by the crossing to Standen House)
09/01	(8.40 - 10.10)	Goldcrest	2
09/01	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
09/01	"	Long-tailed Tit	4
09/01	"	Goldfinch	4	(In Alders with Siskins)
09/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2
09/01	"	Greenfinch	4
~
09/01	Foreland	LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL	1	(On furthest ledge)
09/01	(13.40 - 14.20)	Cormorant	15
09/01	-low tide	Mediterranean Gull	25
09/01	"	Ringed Plover	11
09/01	"	Dunlin	2
09/01	"	Curlew	6
09/01	"	Oystercatcher	3
09/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
09/01	"	Little Egret	4
09/01	"	Heron	2
09/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	5
09/01	"	Brent Geese	5
~
Tuesday	Cloudy	SW. Wind
08/01	Culver Down	Linnet	c50	(Fields SW of Fort)
08/01	(7.35 - 8.20)	Magpie	3
08/01	"	Green Woodpecker	2	(Heard)
~
08/01	Puckpool	LONG-TAILED DUCK	1m	(Briefly on sea about 100m offshore, what a stroke of luck)
08/01	(10.20 - 11.05)	Great Northern Diver	1	(To NE -off Seaview)
08/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	8
08/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	5
08/01	Beach	Oystercatcher	5
08/01	"	Greenshank	1
~
Monday	Drizzle, Cloudy
07/01	Bathingbourne Reservoir	Tufted Duck	4m,5f
07/01	(8.10)	Mallard	c30
07/01	"	Coot	4
~
07/01	Gore Cliff	Fulmar	5	(The picture shows a rather dark-winged one)
07/01	(9.20)	Raven	1
07/01	"	Jackdaw	c30
~
07/01	Dungewood Lane	Fieldfare	c100
07/01	(10.05)	Starling	c200
07/01	"	Wood Pigeon	c40
07/01	"	Jackdaw	c30
07/01	"	Mistle Thrush	1
07/01	Pyle Manor	Muscovy Duck	2	(Esc.)
~
Sunday	Foggy start to Cloudy
06/01	Binstead Church	Goldcrest	2
06/01	(8.40 - 9.10)	Song Thrush	1
06/01	"	Long-tailed Tit	4+
06/01	"	Greenfinch	4
~
06/01	Brading RSPB	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	(On Oxbow Lake)
06/01	-with CM.(14.15 - 16.40)	CETTI'S WARBLER	c3	(Heard)
06/01	-very muddy but the flooding has reduced	Peregrine	2	(On posts E. of River)
06/01	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
06/01	"	Raven	2
06/01	"	Buzzard	3
06/01	"	Teal	100+
06/01	"	Wigeon	c60
06/01	"	Pintail	2
06/01	"	Shoveler	2m
06/01	"	Shelduck	4
06/01	"	poss. Water Pipit	1	(The call sounded right at least)
06/01	"	Meadow Pipit	3
06/01	"	Lapwing	c200
06/01	"	Golden Plover	1	(Flying over with Lapwing)
06/01	"	Snipe	24
06/01	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
06/01	"	Canada Geese	c150
06/01	"	Heron	4
06/01	"	Little Egret	1
06/01	"	Black Swan	1	(With Canada Geese)
06/01	"	Redwing	1
06/01	"	Reed Bunting	2+
06/01	"	Redwing	1
~
Saturday	Cloudy, with Drizzle all day
05/01	Ryde Esplanade	Great-crested Grebe	4	(W. of Pier)
05/01	(7.45 - 8.15)	Sanderling	82
05/01	"	Brent Geese	172
05/01	"	Curlew	16
05/01	"	Ringed Plover	4
05/01	"	Dunlin	19
05/01	"	Oystercatcher	23
05/01	"	Pied Wagtail	2
05/01	"	Black Swan	1	(Feral-on Canoe Lake again)
~
05/01	Quarr Abbey area	Mistle Thrush	3
05/01	(8.30 - 9.10)	Fieldfare	c10
05/01	"	Redwing	c40
05/01	"	Song Thrush	1
05/01	"	Goldfinch	8
05/01	"	Greenfinch	4
05/01	"	Goldcrest	2	(No sign of Blackcap)
~
05/01	Centurion's Copse	Stock Dove	3
05/01	(10.15 - 11.15)	SKYLARK	27	(Field to E. of Copse by Airport)
05/01	"	SNIPE	5
05/01	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
05/01	Springvale, Seaview	SANDWICH TERN	4
05/01	(13.30 - 15.00)	Great-crested Grebe	3
05/01	"	Razorbill	1	(On sea)
05/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	10m,2f
05/01	"	Shag	2
05/01	"	Cormorant	4
05/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
05/01	"	Turnstone	7
05/01	"	Sanderling	8
~
Reported 05/01	Freshwater Bay	COMMON SCOTER	1f	preening and feeding in Bay (Caroline D.)
~
Friday	Cloudy
04/01	Lynch Lane, Calbourne	Stock Dove	3
04/01	(8.05)	MISTLE THRUSH	1	(Heard)
04/01	"	FIELDFARE	c20	(In trees by Gotten Leaze)
04/01	"	REDWING	c10
04/01	"	Kestrel	1
~
04/01	Shide to Blackwater FP	TREECREEPER	1
04/01	(8.45 - 10.15)	Goldcrest	3
04/01	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
04/01	"	Long-tailed Tit	7
04/01	"	Goldfinch	c6	(In Alders, sadly no Siskins)
04/01	"	Buzzard	1
04/01	"	Jay	1
~
04/01	Springvale, Seaview	GREAT NORTHERN DIVER	1	(Distant to NE =100th Species for year)
04/01	(13.15 - 14.20)	Great-crested Grebe	2
04/01	"	Auk Sp.	1E	(Razorbill?)
04/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	5m,3f
04/01	"	Shag	2
04/01	"	Cormorant	4
04/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
04/01	"	Barnacle Geese	100+	(Feral)
04/01	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral-Blue Phase)
~
Thursday	Cloudy	Light SW Wind
03/01	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	LITTLE OWL	1	(Perched near Nestbox, calling @7.10)
~
03/01	Bleak Down	RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE	6
03/01	(7.45 & 10.20)	Pheasant	60+
03/01	"	Buzzard	2
03/01	"	Chaffinch	6
03/01	"	Helmeted Guineafowl	1	(Esc. -in fields)
~
03/01	St. Catherine's Point	GANNET	1E
03/01	(8.05) -Quiet at sea	FULMAR	1
03/01	"	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
03/01	"	Buzzard	1
03/01	"	Kestrel	1
~
03/01	Whale Chine	Kestrel	1E
03/01	(9.00)	Pheasant	3m
~
03/01	Laundry Lane	MARSH HARRIER	1f
03/01	(14.40 - 16.20)	Barn Owl	1	(Along Lane and fields to W.)
03/01	"	Song Thrush	1
03/01	"	Shelduck	2
03/01	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
~
Reported 03/01	Seaview/Springvale Beach	SANDWICH TERN	2	on marker posts pm. (Gary H.)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy
02/01	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
02/01	(8.10 - 9.15)	Chiffchaff	1
02/01	"	Magpie	8
02/01	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
02/01	Laundry Lane	Canada Geese	c100	(With Hybrid and Domestic Greylag)
02/01	"	Greylag Geese	4	(Near the River- on W side)
02/01	"	Lapwing	c30
02/01	"	Buzzard	1
02/01	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
~
02/01	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Stock Dove	3
02/01	(9.30)	Black-headed Gull	c60
02/01	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
02/01	"	Buzzard	1
~
02/01	Puckpool to Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	1
02/01	(13.25)	Great-crested Grebe	4
02/01	"	Auk Sp.	1E	(Razorbill?)
02/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	5m,2f
02/01	"	Shag	4
02/01	"	Cormorant	2
02/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
02/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	8
~
02/01	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
02/01	(14.20)	Black-headed Gull	8
02/01	"	Mallard	9
02/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
02/01	"	Barnacle Geese	c150	(Feral-on Nettlestone Hill)
~
Tuesday	Colder, Fine Sunny	Light W-NW. Wind
01/01	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	43
01/01	(7.05 - 8.40)	Kingfisher	1
01/01	-My New Year birdrace.	Goldeneye	1m
01/01	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
01/01	"	Curlew	3
01/01	"	Shoveler	10
01/01	"	Heron	1
01/01	"	Little Egret	1
01/01	"	Brent Geese	c80
~
01/01	Fort Victoria	Razorbill	1W
01/01	(8.50)	Shag	1	(On old pier)
01/01	"	Great Black-back Gull	4
~
01/01	Newtown NR	Pintail	c15
01/01	(9.20 - 10.40)	Bar-tailed Godwit	2
01/01	"	Knot	100+
01/01	"	Dunlin	100+
01/01	"	Oystercatcher	c50
01/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	c6
01/01	"	Shelduck	30+
01/01	"	Turnstone	1
01/01	"	Ringed Plover	10+
01/01	"	"White" Grey Plover	1	(An odd bird indeed, sticking out like a sore thumb)
01/01	"	Peregrine	1
01/01	"	Rock Pipit	2
01/01	"	Linnet	15
~
01/01	Binstead Beach	Black-necked Grebe	1	(Out in Solent)
01/01	(11.10)	Great-crested Grebe	3
01/01	"	Common Gull	1
01/01	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
~
01/01	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	1
01/01	(11.30)	Coal Tit	2
01/01	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
~
01/01	Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	2
01/01	(13.25)	Red-throated Diver	1
01/01	"	Auk Sp.	2E	(Razorbills?)
01/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
01/01	Bembridge Ponds	Gadwall	1m,1f
01/01	(13.50)	Pochard	3m,2f
01/01	"	Shoveler	c15
~
01/01	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Flying infront of Centurions Copse at 16.55)
01/01	(14.30 - 17.15)	Chiffchaff	3	(By Sewage Wks)
01/01	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard)
01/01	"	Snipe (?)	1	(Over high up)
01/01	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
~

MY NEW YEAR BIRDRACE;- 6.50 to 17.15, Fine Sunny

Birds seen today, (those just heard are in brackets),

YARMOUTH 7.05
01 Robin, Blackbird, Crow, Moorhen, Mallard, Teal, Wigeon, Canada Geese, Reed Bunting,
10 Coot, Little Grebe, Wren, Herring Gull, (Water Rail), Swan, Black-tailed Godwit, Brent Geese, Black-headed Gull, Curlew,
20 Redshank, Grey Plover, Magpie, Little Egret, Heron, Goldeneye, Wood Pigeon, Kingfisher, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk.
30 Tufted Duck, Goldcrest. Greenfinch, Pied Wagtail, Great Tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock, Blue Tit, Golden Plover, Starling, Curlew, Greenshank,
40 Goldfinch, Collared Dove, Pheasant, Jay, Long-tailed Tit, Shoveler, Jackdaw,
FORT VICTORIA 8.50
47 Shag, Razorbill, Great Black-backed Gull, Cormorant,
CASSEY BRIDGE 9.20
51 Rook, Oystercatcher, Pintail, Lapwing, Meadow Pipit,
NEWTOWN NR 9.55
Dunlin, Knot, Shelduck, Linnet,
60 Ringed Plover, Raven, Bar-tailed Godwit, Buzzard, Red-breasted Merganser, Turnstone, Rock Pipit, Turnstone, Peregrine, Chaffinch,
BINSTEAD BEACH 11.10
70 Common Gull, Great-crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, (Green Woodpecker),
QUARR ROAD 11.30
74 (Great-spotted Woodpecker),Coal Tit, Nuthatch,
RYDE Esplanade 13.00
77 Sanderling, Feral Pigeon,
PUCKPOOL 13.35
79 Mediterranean Gull, Slavonian Grebe, Red-throated Diver,
BEMBRIDGE, Harbour and Ponds 14.10
82 Pochard,Gadwall,
BRADING Sewage Wks./Laundry Lane. 14.30
84 Chiffchaff, (Bullfinch), Barn Owl.

Total=86

Possibles-not counted
NEWTOWN-Great Northern Diver, BRADING-Snipe, (Water Pipit), Song Thrush.

Dips -some I could have seen!
Gannet, Fulmar, Marsh Harrier, Stock Dove, Song & Mistle Thrushes, Redwing, Fieldfare,
Cetti's Warbler, Black Redstart, Short-eared Owl

Robin Attrill got 119, another remarkable total.
(The hightest reported total was 121 in Hampshire.)

With some unique reports;-
Gatcombe Withy Bed, Blackwater;- MARSH TIT, WOODCOCK
Newport;- WAXWING 3W, Lesser Black-back Gull
Forest Side;- RED KITE
Quarr;- Blackcap, Grey Wagtail.
Binstead;- Black-necked Grebe (3), Great Northern Diver.
Brading/Laundry Lane;- Water Pipit, MERLIN, GREEN SANDPIPER, BITTERN, WAXWING (20), Stonechat.
Bembridge/Foreland;- Gannet, Fulmar, GREAT SKUA
And another 17 species not in my list.

My last IOW Marsh Tit was on 20/08/03!

Note, several regular rarities and wintering birds were missing this year
Bean Goose, White-fronted Geese, Hen Harrier, Black Redstart, Red-necked Grebe, Scoter, Eider.

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MY NEW YEAR BIRDRACE;- 6.50 to 17.15, Fine Sunny

Robin Attrill got 119, another remarkable total. (The hightest reported total was 121 in Hampshire.)

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Robin Attrill got 119, another remarkable total.
(The hightest reported total was 121 in Hampshire.)

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or here for Archives 2001 - 2011