BIRDING ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW)
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My Pictures of IOW birds this year
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2016
DECEMBER 2015 - JANUARY 2016
| 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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| Rock Pipit Foreland, 5th. January | Blackcap (F) Wheelers Bay, 13th. January | Buzzard Roud 25th. January | Dartford Warbler (F) West Highdown 28th. January |
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FEBRUARY-MARCH 2016
| Greater Yellowlegs Pinkmead, 31st. January | Lesser Black-backed Gull Old Argos Roof, 4th. February | Blackcap (F) Wheelers Bay, 12th. February | Kestrel (F) Wheeler's Bay, 19th February |
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| Goldcrest Brading 22nd. February | Great-crested Grebe (Imm) Ryde Canoe Lake, 25th. February | Treecreeper Shide-Blackwater FP, 7th. March | Lesser Redpoll (F) Shide-Blackwater FP, 7th. March |
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| Firecrest (F) Werrar, Medina Valley, 8th. March | Common Crane, 11th. March Mill Farm, Bembridge RSPB, | Common Crane, 11th. March Mill Farm, Bembridge RSPB, | Skylark Culver Down, 17th. March |
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| Wheatear (M) Culver Down, 21st. March | Raven (close-up) West Highdown 25th. March | Little Ringed Plover New Bridge Ponds, 31st. March | Little Ringed Plover New Bridge Ponds, 31st. March |
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APRIL 2016
| Shoveler (M) Laundry Lane, 1st. April | RingOuzel (M) Redcliff, Culver 3rd. April | Cetti's Warbler Laundry Lane, 4th. April | Peregrine West Highdown, 5th. April |
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| Jay Shide FP, 7th. April | Swallow (M) Shalfleet Quay, 17th. April | Great-spotted Woodpecker (M) Langbridge FP, 18th. April | Chiffchaff Alverstone NR. 20th. April |
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| Blackcap (M) Laundry Lane, 23rd. April | Spotted Flycatcher Redcliff, Culver 30th. April | Whimbrel Clamerkin Inlet, 3rd. May | GardenWarbler (M) Mottistone Down, 4th. May |
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MAY- JUNE 2016
| Lesser Whitethroat (M) Laundry Lane, 8th. May | Kestrel (F) Bembridge Down, 10th. May | Garganey (M) New Bridge Ponds12th. May | Goldeneye (F) Puckers Copse Pond12th. May |
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| Whitethroat (M) Laundry Lane, 19th. May | Kestrel (M) Needles CG Lookout, 23rd. May | Spoonbill New Bridge Ponds, 2nd. June | Spoonbill New Bridge Ponds, 2nd. June |
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| Guillemot Ledge Main Bench, 5th. June | Ringed Plover Thorness Bay, 21st. June | Little Owl (Juv) Newtown NR, 21st. June | Turtle Dove (M) An E. Wight Location, 27th. June |
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JULY 2016
| Stonechat (M) Culver Down, 3rd. July | Wheatear (Juv) Culver Down, 13th. July | Mediterranean Gull (Ad & Juv) Newtown Scrape, 13th. July | Redstart (Juv) Shanklin Down15th. July |
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| Little-ringed Plover (juv) "New Bridge" Ponds17th. July | Wood Sandpiper New Bridge Ponds, 24th. July | Common Sandpiper Hersey NR, 29th. July | Yellow-legged Gull Bembridge Harbour, 1st. August |
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AUGUST 2016
| Wheatear (F) Luccombe Down, 5th. August | Whitethroat Newtown NR. 8th. August | Spotted Flycatcher Gander Down (E),10th. August | Sedge Warbler Rofford Marsh, 12th. August |
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| Kestrel (F) Redcliff, Culver. 18th. August | Whinchat Nansen Hill 24th. August | Swallows Clamerkin, Newtown. 27th. August | Osprey Newtown NR. 29th. August |
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SEPT/OCT 2016
| Wryneck Redcliff Pit, 1st. September | Red-backed Shrike (Juv) Culver, (N. slope),1st. September | Pectoral Sandpiper (Juv) New Bridge Ponds, 9th. September | Grey Wagtail (M) Ventnor Park, 6th. October |
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| Golden Plovers Newtown NR 8th. October | Firecrest St.Catherines Pt. 11th. October | White-fronted Goose Laundry Lane, 20th. October | White-fronted Geese Laundry Lane, 20th. October |
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NOV / DEC 2016
| Greylag Geese Bembridge Airport FP, 20th. October | Kestrel (M) Blackgang V.Pt. 1st. November | Red-breasted Merganser (M) Newtown NR, 20th. November | Purple Sandpiper Foreland, 9th. December |
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