BIRDING ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW)
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My Pictures of IOW birds this year
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2015
JANUARY 2015
| Ringed Plover & Dunlin Ryde Marina, 25th. December | Sanderling Seaview, 2nd. January | Greenshank Seaview, 2nd. January | Raven BembridgeMarsh, 2nd. January |
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| Mandarin (M) St. Mary's Pond, 4th. January | Chiffchaff Alverstone FP, 9th January | Turnstone Seaview Beach, 10th. January | Goldcrest Blackwater, 11th. January |
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| Fieldfare Dungewood Lane, 21st. January | Cormorant (in Breeding Plumage) Hersey NR, 22nd. January | Snipe Hersey NR, 26th. January | Yellow Wagtail (Eastern?) Shepherds Chine, 30th. January |
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FEBRUARY 2015
| Purple Sandpipers Foreland, 3rd. February | Meadow Pipit Needles, 17th. February | Dartford Warbler (M) Headon Warren, 27th. February | Stonechat (M) Culver Down, 4th. March |
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MARCH - APRIL 2015
| Wheatear (M) St.Catherines Pt. 14th. March | Jackdaw (Eastern type?) Culver, 14th March | Garganey (M,F) St.Helens Br.Pool,17th March | Nuthatch (Rare on the Island) Quarr Road, Binstead19th March |
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| Little Owl Newtown NR, 21st. March | Dartford Warbler Luccombe Down, 24th. March | Little-ringed Plover (3) Laundry Lane, 3rd. April | Whimbrel Dodnor,13th. April |
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| Water Rail Hersey NR, 24th. April | Whinchat (M) St.Catherines Pt. 26th. April | Redstart (M) Nansen Hill, 28th. April | Yellowhammer (M) Mottistone Down, 30th. April |
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MAY - JUNE 2015
| Gannet St.Catherines Pt. 2nd, May | Whimbrel Newtown NR, 5th. May | Lapwing Chick Laundry Lane, 7th. May | Red-legged Partridge Blacksmiths Arms, 30th. May |
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| Dartford Warbler Luccombe Down, 4th. June | Sandwich Tern Puckpool, 11th. June | Guillemots Main Bench, 15th. June | Avocets Yarmouth Ponds, 18th. June |
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JULY- AUGUST 2015
| Greenshank New Bridge Ponds, 25th. June | Little Owl Newtown NR, 18th. July | Little-ringed Plovers New Bridge Ponds, 20th. July | Common Sandpiper Hersey NR, 27th. July |
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| Dartford Warbler (Juv) Luccombe Down, 29th. July | Green Woodpecker (Juv) Shanklin Down, 29th. July | Long-eared Owl (Juv) Mottistone Down, 12th. August | Long-eared Owl (Juv) Mottistone Down, 12th. August |
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| Spotted Flycatcher Gander Down,13th. August | Cuckoo (Juv) Luccombe Down,17th. August | Whinchat Redcliff, Culver, 19th August | Dotterel (Juv) Afton Down, 29th. August |
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SEPTEMBER 2015
| Dotterel (Juv) Afton Down, 29th. August | Redstart (Juv. m) Brading Marsh, 4th. September | Osprey -with fish Ryde Sands,14th. September | Dotterel (Juv) Luccombe Down,16th. September |
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| Wheatear Culver, 23rd. September | GREATER YELLOWLEGS Folly Lake, 23rd. September | Jay Dodnor 27th. September | Hobby (Juv) Bembridge FP, 10th. October |
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OCTOBER 2015
| Cuckoo (Juv) Needles V.Pt. 18th. October | Redpoll Werrar, 27th. October | Kestrel with Vole Hersey NR, 30th. October | Snipe (4) Hersey NR, 30th. October |
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DECEMBER 2015 - JANUARY 2016
| Red-breasted Merganser (M) Newtown NR, 20th. November | Yellowhammer (M) Merstone FP, 23rd. November | Gt. Northern Diver St.Helens Duver, 2nd. December | Golden Plovers Newtown NR, 9th. December |
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| Snipe (8) Hersey NR, 18th. December | Shag (Juv) Egypt Point, 23rd. December | Black Redstart (F) Wheeler's Bay, 4th. January | Black Redstart (M) Wheeler's Bay, 4th. January |
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