BIRDING ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW)
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JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2012
| Spotted Redshank Newtown NR, 2nd. December | Kestrel (M) Hersey NR, 17th. December | Black Swan Ryde Canoe Lake, 12th January | Barnacle Geese (Feral) Nettlestone.15th January |
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| Glossy Ibis Laundry Lane 2nd. February | Teal (M) Yarmouth, 7th. February | Song Thrush Newtown NR, 9th. February | Fulmar Gore Cliff, 11th. February |
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| Goldcrest (F) Rylstone Gardens,14th. February | Purple Sandpipers Foreland Ledge,16th. February | Spotted Redshank (1st w.) Yarmouth Ponds, 17th. February | Bittern Brading RSPB, 26th February |
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MARCH 2012
| Robin Centurions Copse, 4th March | Dartford Warbler (M) Luccombe Down, 6th. March | Blackcap (F) Ryde Garden, 13th. March | CattleEgret Laundry Lane, 15th. March |
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| Short-eared Owl Brading Marsh, 21st. March | Dunnock Hersey NR, 23rd. March | Red-breasted Mergansers Newtown NR, 24th. March | Black Redstart (F) Culver Down, 31st. March |
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APRIL 2012
| Greenshank, Black-tailed Godwits Bembridge Ponds, 2nd. April | Pied Wagtail (M) Newtown NR, 11th. April | Red-legged Partridge St. Catherine's Pt. 16th. April | Gannets St. Catherine's Pt. 17th. April |
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| Common Sandpiper Hersey NR, 19th April | Wren Alverstone, 27th. April | Whitethroat (M) Alverstone Bridge, 27th. April | Little Owl Blackwater FP. 16th May |
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MAY 2012
| Yellowhammer (M) Hazely Manor, 19th. May | Rock Pipit Redcliff Beach, 23rd. May | Reed Bunting (M) Yarmouth, 24th. May | Common Tern Newtown NR, 24th. May |
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JUNE 2012
| Kestrel (M) Brading Marsh27th. May | Great Spotted Woodpecker (juv) Quarr Abbey, 6th. June | Great White Egret Bembridge Marsh, 8th. June | Goldfinch Shide FP, 09th. June |
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| Dartford Warbler (M) Luccombe Down, 13th. June | Stock Dove Hersey NR, 15th. June | Blackbird "Sunning" Wootton Bridge 18th. June | Redshank Yarmouth, 28th. June |
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JULY 2012
| Juvenile Swallows Brickfields, 13th. July | Buzzard (Juv), 15th. July Dukem Copse, Gatcombe | Mistle Thrush Appley Park, 23rd. July | Greenshank Wootton Creek, 25th. July |
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AUGUST 2012
| Mediterranean Gull Ryde Beach, 1st. August | Little Owl Appley Park, 1st. August | Robin (Juv) Culver, 3rd. August | Balearic Shearwater Fort Victoria, 7th. August |
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| Wheatear (F) St. Catherines Pt.11th. August | Stone Curlew Newtown NR, 17th. August | Stone Curlew & Whimbrel Newtown NR, 17th. August | Spotted Flycatcher Gander Down, 3rd. September |
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SEPT - NOVEMBER 2012
| Redstart (juv M) Brading Marsh, 4th. September | Kestrel (F) Luccombe Down, 9th. September | Sandwich Tern Seaview Beach, 5th. October | Blackcap (F) Yarmouth,10th. October |
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| Rock Pipit Seaview, 20th. October | Turnstone Seaview, 20th. October | Snow Bunting (M) Tennyson Down, 23rd. October | Spanish Sparrow (M), 5th. Nov. School Close, Newchurch |
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| Yellowhammer (M) Centurions Field, 8th. November | Goldfinch Brading Marsh, 11th. November | Fieldfare Newtown NR, 14th. November | Curlew (Rings), Redshank etc. Bembridge Harb. 5th December |
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