A list of all the species I've seen this year.
Gives an idea of what can be seen at the various locations
and at what date they first appear.
Birds in CAPITALS are first time sightings,("Lifers" or 1st on IOW),
(IOW total in Brackets). Feral/Escaped birds (E), Sub-species (Ssp)
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen in- JANUARY | LOCATION |
---|---|---|---|
Jan 1st.-- | "Birdrace" | from 7.30 to 17.30 in order of sightings. | (IOW only) |
7.45 | (01 - 42) | Robin, Blackbird, Herring Gull, Brent Geese, Red-breasted Merganser, Curlew, Canada Geese, Crow, Wigeon, Great-crested Grebe,
Great Black-back Gull, Shelduck, Meadow Pipit, Goldeneye, Grey Plover, Teal, Dunlin, Little Grebe, Kingfisher, Redshank, Wren, Fieldfare, Feral Pigeon, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Oystercatcher, Little Egret, (Reed Bunting), Pintail, Peregrine, Ringed Plover, Stonechat, Dunnock, Snipe, Skylark, Starling, (Jay), Wood Pigeon, Lapwing, Black-tailed Godwit, Mallard, Jackdaw, |
Newtown NR |
10.05 | (43 - 46) | Shoveler, Black-headed Gull, Cormorant, Rook, | Rofford Marsh |
10.10 | (47 - 52) |
Green Woodpecker, Magpie, Song Thrush, Kittiwake, Mediterranean Gull, Shag,
|
Fort Victoria |
11.10 | (53 - 66) | Sparrow, Coot, Tufted Duck, Moorhen, (Cetti's Warbler), Greenfinch, Bullfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch,
Rock Pipit, Swan, Greenshank, Pheasant, Buzzard, |
Yarmouth |
12.20 | (67) | Collared Dove | Forest Road |
12.40 | (68 - 71) | (Great-spotted Woodpecker),Stock Dove, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, | Quarr Road |
13.40 | (72) | Sanderling, | Ryde Esplanade |
14.10 | (73 - 76) | Common Gull, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Slavonian Grebe | Puckpool |
14.00 | (77 - 78) | Raven, Eider, | Hersey NR to Seaview |
15.20 | (79 -84) | Gadwall, Marsh Harrier, Heron, (Water Rail), Pochard, (Goldcrest), | Bembridge Harbour to Ponds |
16.25 | (85) | CATTLE EGRET | Laundry Lane |
Jan 2nd. | (86) | Glossy Ibis (1) | Laundry Lane |
Jan 3rd. | (87) (88) (89) (90) (91) (92) (93) |
Black-necked Grebe (1) Redwing (c6) Linnet (c60) Brambling (c30) Yellowhammer (1m) Kestrel (1) Turnstone (1) |
Ryde W. Sands Appley Park Fields S. of Borthwood " " " " Ashey Down Seaview Beach |
Jan 4th. | (94) (95) (96) (97) (98) (99) |
Purple Sandpiper (1) Gannet (c6) Red-throated Diver (1) Fulmar (2) Black-throated Diver (1) Chiffchaff (1) |
E. Cowes Esplanade St. Catherine's Point " " " " " " Laundry Lane |
Jan 5th. | (100) (101) (102) (103) (104) |
Blackcap (1m) Black Redstart (1f/imm) Sparrowhawk (1m) Firecrest (1) Great Northern Diver (3) |
St. Catherine's St. " " Shanklin Pond Quarr Road, Binstead Springvale, Puckpool. |
Jan 6th. | (105) (106) (107) (108) (109) |
Little Owl (1) Mistle Thrush (1) Redpoll (1+) Siskin (c10) Red-legged Partridge (1) |
Blackwater to Shide FP " " " " " " Bleak Down |
Jan 7th. | (110) (111) |
Mandarin (1m) Jack Snipe (6) |
Dodnor Pond Werrar, (R. Medina) |
Jan 8th. | (112) (113) |
Golden Plover (c150) Knot (1) |
Newtown NR " " |
Jan 9th. | (114) (115) (116) |
Greylag Geese (16) Sandwich Tern (4) White-fronted Geese (16) |
Laundry Lane Seaview Laundry Lane |
Jan 10th. | (117) (118) (119) |
Lesser Whitethroat (1) Short-eared Owl (1) Barn Owl (1) |
St. Catherines St. Steps, Ventnor Samber Hill Bohemia Lane |
DATE | TOTAL | Mainland Trip, 12th-16th. | Cambs, Norfolk |
Jan 12th. | 120 121 122 123 124 125 |
Bearded Tit (2) Avocet (37) Ring-necked Parakeet (6+) Lesser Black-backed Gull (4) Red-crested Pochard (3m, 1f) Treecreeper (1) |
Farlington Marsh " " Stockers Lake " " " " " " |
Jan 13th. | 126 127 |
Tree Sparrow (4+) Whooper Swan (100+) |
Ouze Washes RSPB & Welney WWT |
Jan 14th. | 128 129 130 131 132 |
Pink-footed Geese (c300) Common Scoter (c20) Guillemot (1) Egyptian Goose (1) Bar-tailed Godwit (c20) |
Titchwell RSPB " " " " " " " " |
Jan 15th. | 133 134 |
Red Kite (2) Goosander (4m,3f) |
Paxton Pits/St. Neots Grafham Water |
Jan 17th. | ----- (120) | Common Scoter (1) | Puckpool Point |
Jan 19th. | ----- (121) | Bar-tailed Godwit (1) | Newtown NR |
Jan 20th. | 135 (122) 136 (123) ----- (124) |
BLACK GUILLEMOT (1st. w,) Red-necked Grebe(1) Guillemot (1) |
Seaview Esplanade Puckpool " " |
Jan 20th. | ----- (125) 137 (126) |
Treecreeper (1) Great White Egret) |
Mottistone Down Clamerkin, Newtown |
Jan 26th. | 138 139 140 141 |
Bewick Swan (c50) Little Stint (1) Ruff (2) Common Crane (5) |
Slimbridge WWT " " " " " " |
Jan 27th. | 142 143 144 145 146 |
Tawny Owl (H) Hawfinch (8) Nuthatch (2) Penduline Tit (1m) Dipper |
Speech House Parkend Sports Ground " " Plonk Court NR Wenchford |
Jan 28th. | 147 148 |
Great Grey Shrike (1) Crossbill (5) |
Crabtree Hill " " |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen - FEB-MARCH | LOCATION |
Feb 4th. | 149 (127) | Spoonbill (2) | Clamerkin, Newtown |
Feb 7th. | ----- (128) | Hawfinch (1) | Shalfleet Churchyard |
Feb 17th. | 150 (129) | Dartford Warbler (1-2) | Luccombe Down |
Feb 19th. | ----- (130) | Lesser Black-backed Gull (2) | Briddlesford Road |
Feb 20th. | 151 152 |
Goshawk (2) Marsh Tit (2) |
Pipers Wait, Hants Eyeworth Pond, Hants |
March 4th. | ----- (131) | Avocet (2) | Yarmouth |
March 11th. | 153 (132) | LITTLE BUNTING (1) | Doctors Lane, Brading |
March 17th. | 154 (133) | Iceland Gull (1) | Seaview Esplanade |
March 26th. | 155 (134) | Wheatear (3) | West Highdown, Totland |
March 27th. | 156 (135) | Sand Martin (6+) | St. Helens Bridge |
March 31st. | 157 (136) | Woodcock (2+) | Tuckers Gate, Parkhurst |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen - APRIL | LOCATION |
April 2nd. | 158 (137) | Arctic Skua (2 dark) | St. Catherine's Pt. |
April 3rd. | 159 (138) | Willow Warbler (2+) | Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth |
April 4th. | 160 (139) | Common Tern (4) | St. Catherine's Pt. |
April 5th. | 161 (140) 162 (141) 163 (142) |
Whimbrel (2) Little Gull (5+) Swallow (1) |
St. Catherine's Pt. " " Bierley |
April 8th. | 164 (143) | Osprey (1) | Newtown NR |
April 9th. | 165 (144) 166 (145) |
House Martin (c20) Garganey (3m) |
Yarmouth Marsh Pond E. side of St. Helens Bridge |
April 10th. | 167 (146) | Reed Warbler (H) | Laundry Lane |
April 11th. | 168 (147) | Sedge Warbler (H) | Brading Marsh |
April 12th. | 169 (148) | Ring Ouzel (2) | Alum Bay (Valley) |
April 14th. | 170 (149) | Common SP (1) | R. Medina S. of Medham |
April 16th. | 171 (150) | Great Skua (8E) | St. Catherine's Pt. |
April 17th. - day trip to the New Forest. |
172 173 174 175 176 |
Redstart (1m,1f) Woodlark (1) Little-ringed Plover (2) Cuckoo (H) Hobby (1) |
Eyeworth Woods Pipers Wait Blashford Lakes Acres Down " " |
April 19th. | 177 (151) ----- (152) |
Whinchat (1-2) Cuckoo (H) |
Mottistone Down Yarmouth Estuary |
April 20th. | 178 (153) 179 (154) ----- (155) |
Grasshopper Warbler (H) Whitethroat (3) Egyptian Geese (3) |
Brading Marsh Laundry Lane " " |
April 21st. | 180 (156) | Yellow Wagtail (1m) | Redcliff, Culver Down. |
April 24th. | 181 (157) | Swift (c10) | St. Helens Bridge |
April 25th. | 182 (158) 183 (159) 184 (160) |
Nightingale (H) Garden Warbler (2) Hoopoe (1) |
Clamerkin Lake Brighstone Down Haddon's Pits, Luccombe |
April 28th. | Ssp. 1 | "White Wagtail" (1) | Field at Puckpool |
April 29th. | ----- (161) | Redstart (1m) | St. Catherine's Pt. |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen - Summer | LOCATION |
May 1st. | 185 (162) | Manx Shearwater (1E) | St. Catherine's Pt. |
May 3rd. | 186 (163) | Long-eared Owl (H) | Parkhurst Forest |
May 5th. | 187 (164) | PURPLE HERON (1) | Laundry Lane |
May 6th. | 188 (165) | Bittern (H) | St. Helens Bridge |
May 8th. | 189 (166) 190 (167) |
Pomarine Skua (1E) Hobby (2) |
St. Catherine's Pt. Mill Farm, Bembridge |
May 9th. | 191 (168) | Nightjar (H) | Parkhurst Forest |
May 12th. | 192 (169) | Turtle Dove (1m) | Mersley Farm |
May 13th. | 193 (170) | Little Tern (2) | Newtown Harbour |
May 19th. (Mainland Trip) | 194 | Tree Pipit (5) | Crabtree Hill, FOD |
May 20th. | 195 196 |
Wood Warbler (1) Pied Flycatcher (H) |
Nagshead NR Cannop Ponds |
May 31st. | ----- (171) | Little-ringed Plover (1E) | St. Catherine's Pt. |
June 2nd. | 197 | Spotted Flycatcher (1) | Tempsford, A1 |
June 3rd. | 198 | Stone Curlew (2) | Weeting Heath |
June 29th. | 199 (172) | Black Tern (1) | Fort Victoria |
July 5th. | 200 (173) | Green Sandpiper (1) | New Bridge Ponds, Laundry Lane |
July 29th. | 201 202 |
Curlew SP (3) Wood SP (1) |
Slimbridge WWT " " |
DATE | TOTAL | SPECIES Seen - Autumn | LOCATION |
August 4th. | ----- (174) ----- (175) |
Pied FC (2) Spotted FC (2) |
Haddon's Pits & Luccombe Down " " |
August 14th. | ----- (176) | Tree Pipit (3) | Nansen Hill |
September 4th. | 203 (177) | Wryneck (1) | St. Catherine's Pt. |
September 13th. | 204 (178) | Spotted Redshank (1) | Mill Copse Scrape, Yarmouth |
October 6th. | 205 | Spotted Crake (1) | Wilstone Reservoir, Tring, Herts. |
October 28th. | 206 (179) | Yellow-browed Warbler (1) | "Warbler Valley", St. Catherines Point |
November 4th. | ----- (180) 207 (181) |
Goosander (5) Merlin (1m) |
Newtown NR " " |
November 13th. | ----- (182) | Crossbill (1) | Culver Down |
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