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The Island's only RSPB reserve is at "Brading Marsh", (Marshland S. of Bembridge Harbour to Brading and Centurion's Copse).
NOTE; There is no public access.
It can only be viewed from the perimeter footpaths such as the "Laundry Lane" Cycleway
from St. Helens to Brading, or from Gander Down.
The FP from Brading to Bembridge Windmill (NT) via "Centurion's Copse" also gives views over the marsh.
The "New Bridge" Pools to the West of Laundry Lane are excellent for waders and Ducks.
"Hersey NR" at Seaview Duver, has an excellent public hide giving good views of Waders, Herons etc.
There are many National Trust (NT) properties on the Island, the largest being Newtown Nature Reserve, which has a Visitor's Centre and 2 hides.
| Redwing Merstone, 3rd. Jan. | Kingfisher (F) Newtown NR, 4th. Jan. |
Crossbill (M) Bouldnor Forest,10th. Jan. | Hooded Crow Cowes College,13th. Jan. |
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| Golden Plovers Newtown, 22nd Jan. | Lapwing Rofford Marsh, 2nd. Feb. |
Kingfisher (F) Newtown NR,15th. Dec. | White-Fronted Goose Brading Marsh,31st Dec. |
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"River Medina"---Sunday February 8th. @ 9.00
With Dave Hunnybun for Winter Ducks and Waders
Meet at the bottom of Stag Lane,
(NB. Horsebridge Road is partly closed, so the best access is to walk from Dodnor Lane)
SZ503916 (Click for map).
| Monday | Cloudy to Sunny Intervals | SE Wind | ||
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| 02/02 | Newtown NR | Red-breasted Merganser | 2 | |
| 02/02 | (8.00) | Lapwing | 10 | |
| 02/02 | " | Dunlin | c300 | |
| 02/02 | " | Grey Plover | c20 | |
| 02/02 | " | Ringed Plover | c20 | |
| 02/02 | " | Turnstone | 2 | |
| 02/02 | " | Brent Geese | c100 | |
| 02/02 | " | Shelduck | 50+ | |
| 02/02 | " | Redshank | 2 | |
| 02/02 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
| 02/02 | " | Little Grebe | 1 | |
| 02/02 | " | Great-crested Grebe | 1 | |
| 02/02 | " | Goldfinch | 2 | |
| 02/02 | " | Yellowhammer | 1m | |
| 02/02 | " | Redwing | 25 | |
| 02/02 | " | Fieldfare | 3 | |
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| 02/02 | Yarmouth Estuary | Black-tailed Godwit | c30 | |
| 02/02 | (9.30) | Snipe | c30 | (Flushed by rising tide)) |
| 02/02 | -Path flooded | Lapwing | c20 | |
| 02/02 | " | Curlew | 2 | |
| 02/02 | " | Oystercatcher | 3 | |
| 02/02 | " | Wigeon | c40 | |
| 02/02 | " | Teal | c100 | |
| 02/02 | " | Mallard | 5 | |
| 02/02 | " | Pintail | 5 | |
| 02/02 | " | Little Egret | 3 | |
| 02/02 | " | Little Grebe | 1 | |
| 01/02 | " | Robin | 1+ | |
| 02/02 | " | Blue Tit | 4 | |
| 02/02 | " | Dunnock | 1+ | (Heard) |
| 02/02 | Rofford Marsh | Shoveler | 3 | |
| 02/02 | (9.25) | Coot | 4 | |
| 02/02 | -Path blocked by floods | Moorhen | 2 | |
| 02/02 | " | Tufted Duck | 1m | |
| 02/02 | " | Lapwing
Click for Picture
| 2 | |
| 02/02 | " | Great Tit | 1 | |
| 02/02 | " | Blackbird | 2 | |
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| 02/02 | Laundry Lane | Black-headed Gull | 30+ | |
| 02/02 | (8.40) | Common Gull | 4 | |
| 02/02 | -Flooded | Herring Gull | c200 | |
| 02/02 | " | Wigeon | c60 | |
| 02/02 | " | Teal | c20 | |
| 02/02 | " | Mallard | 4 | |
| 01/02 | " | Shoveler | 4+ | |
| 02/02 | " | Snipe | 1 | (Heard) |
| 02/02 | " | Dunnock | 2 | |
| 02/02 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
| 02/02 | " | Canada Geese | c150 | |
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| Sunday | Rain, Showers, Rain | SW. Wind | ||
| 01/02 | Bembridge Harbour | Gadwall | 8 | |
| 01/02 | (7.50) | Lapwing | 80+ | |
| 01/02 | -no sign of the RN Grebe | Little Grebe | 3 | |
| 01/02 | " | Teal | c50 | |
| 01/02 | " | Shelduck | 2 | |
| 01/02 | " | Mallard | 6 | |
| 01/02 | " | Ringed Plover | 15 | |
| 01/02 | " | Dunlin | c50 | |
| 01/02 | " | Oystercatcher | 6 | |
| 01/02 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
| 01/02 | " | Swan | 2 | |
| 01/02 | " | Brent Geese | c80 | |
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| 01/02 | Laundry Lane, (N. End) | Lapwing | 100+ | |
| 01/02 | (8.40) | Curlew | 11 | |
| 01/02 | " | Shoveler | 10 | |
| 01/02 | " | Wigeon | c30 | |
| 01/02 | " | Teal | c40 | |
| 01/02 | " | Mallard | 4 | |
| 01/02 | " | Coot | 4 | |
| 01/02 | " | Moorhen | 2 | |
| 01/02 | " | Goldcrest | 1 | |
| 01/02 | " | Blue Tit | 1 | |
| 01/02 | " | Dunnock | 2 | |
| 01/02 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
| 01/02 | " | Greylag Geese | 2 | |
| 01/02 | " | Canada Geese | c30 | |
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| 01/02 | Puckpool | Great Northern Diver | 2 | (Together) |
| 01/02 | (9.10) | Great-crested Grebe | 1 | |
| 01/02 | -misty at sea | Red-breasted Merganser | 1m | |
| 01/02 | " | Slavonian Grebe | 1 | (Quite Close) |
| 01/02 | " | Shag | 2 | |
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| 10/12 | Hersey Beach | Sanderling | c70 | (At the high tide roost) |
| 10/12 | (9.42) | Turnstone | 10 | |
| 10/12 | " | Rock Pipit | 1 | |
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| 01/02 | Seaview | Great Northern Diver | 1 | |
| 01/02 | (9.50) | Cormorant | 2 | |
| 01/02 | " | Shag | 2 | |
| 01/02 | " | Sandwich Tern | 15 | (My highest count here) |
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| January | 116 Species | seen on the IOW | ||
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| Saturday | Sunny Intervals | SW. Wind | ||
| 31/01 | Bembridge Harbour | RED-NECKED GREBE
 Click for Picture
| 1 | |
| 31/01 | (7.40) | Lapwing | 50+ | |
| 31/01 | -finally got the RN Grebe | Little Grebe | 3 | |
| 31/01 | " | Teal | c50 | |
| 31/01 | " | Gadwall | 2 | |
| 31/01 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
| 31/01 | " | Swan | 2 | |
| 31/01 | " | Brent Geese | c40 | |
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| 31/01 | Laundry Lane, (N. End) | Lapwing | 200+ | |
| 31/01 | (15.45) | Canada Geese | c60 | |
| 31/01 | " | Shoveler | 1 | |
| 31/01 | " | Wigeon | c30 | |
| 31/01 | " | Teal | c40 | |
| 31/01 | " | Gadwall | 2 | |
| 31/01 | " | Curlew | 11 | |
| 31/01 | " | Great Tit | 3 | |
| 31/01 | " | Chaffinch | 3 | |
| 31/01 | " | Cetti's Wabler | 1 | (Heard) |
| 31/01 | " | Water Rail | 1 | (Heard) |
| 31/01 | " | Starling | c30 | |
| 31/01 | " | Marsh Harrier | 1 | |
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| Friday | Sunny Intervals, Rain pm. | S. Wind | ||
| 30/01 | Ryde W. Sands | Great-crested Grebe | 32 | (Together on the Sea) |
| 30/01 | (10.05) | Brent Geese | c30 | |
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| 30/01 | Springvale | Great Northern Diver | 1 | |
| 30/01 | (10.25) | Cormorant | 3 | |
| 30/01 | " | Shag | 1 | |
| 30/01 | " | Great-crested Grebe | 1 | |
| 30/01 | " | Turnstone | 9 | (On a stone breakwater) |
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| 30/01 | Bembridge Harbour | Ringed Plover | 12 | |
| 30/01 | (12.40) | Dunlin | 15 | |
| 30/01 | -similar to Thursday | Greenshank
 Click for Picture
| 2 | (1 Pictured with a Redshank) |
| 30/01 | " | Redshank | 18 | |
| 30/01 | " | Curlew | 3 | |
| 30/01 | " | Black-tailed Godwit | 23 | |
| 30/01 | " | Lapwing | 50+ | |
| 30/01 | " | Little Grebe | 3 | |
| 30/01 | " | Teal | c30 | |
| 30/01 | " | Gadwall | 8 | |
| 30/01 | " | Coot | 6 | |
| 30/01 | " | Kingfisher | 1 | |
| 30/01 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
| 30/01 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 7 | |
| 30/01 | " | Common Gull | 6 | |
| 30/01 | " | Black-headed Gull | c80 | |
| 30/01 | " | Herring Gull | c20 | |
| 30/01 | " | Great Black-back Gull | 2 | |
| 30/01 | " | Swan | 2 | |
| 30/01 | " | Brent Geese | 25 | |
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| Thursday | Sunny Intervals, Cloudy pm. | SE. Wind | ||
| 29/01 | St. Helens Bridge & FP | Song Thrush | 2 | (Heard) |
| 29/01 | (7.30) | Cormorant | 26 | |
| 29/01 | " | Great Egret | 1 | |
| 29/01 | " | Heron | 3 | |
| 29/01 | " | Marsh Harrier | 1m,1f | |
| 29/01 | " | White-tailed Eagle
 Click for Picture
| 1 | |
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| 29/01 | Bembridge Harbour | Ringed Plover | 3 | |
| 29/01 | (7.40 & 12.35) | Dunlin | 1 | |
| 29/01 | " | Redshank | 4 | |
| 29/01 | " | Curlew | 2 | |
| 29/01 | " | Lapwing | 50+ | |
| 29/01 | " | Shelduck | 2 | |
| 29/01 | " | Teal | c30 | |
| 29/01 | " | Little Grebe | 2 | |
| 29/01 | " | Coot | 11 | |
| 29/01 | " | Little Egret | 1 | |
| 29/01 | " | Common Gull | 2 | |
| 29/01 | " | Black-headed Gull | c70 | |
| 29/01 | " | Herring Gull | c20 | |
| 29/01 | " | Great Black-back Gull | 14 | |
| 29/01 | " | Brent Geese | c40 | |
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| 29/01 | FP to Bembridge Ponds | Tufted Duck | 16 | |
| 29/01 | (7.50) | Little Grebe | 5 | |
| 29/01 | " | Mallard | 12 | |
| 29/01 | " | Brent Geese | c30 | |
| 29/01 | " | Egyptian Goose | 1 | (Over) |
| 29/01 | " | Coot | 5 | |
| 29/01 | " | Moorhen | 1 | |
| 29/01 | " | Magpie | 2 | |
| 29/01 | " | Sparrowhawk | 1 | |
| 29/01 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
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| Wedneday | Cloudy | SE. Wind | ||
| 28/01 | Ryde W. Sands | Great-crested Grebe | 27 | |
| 28/01 | (8.00) | Brent Geese | c40 | |
| 28/01 | " | Herring Gull | c10 | |
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| 28/01 | Puckpool | Great-crested Grebe | 22 | |
| 28/01 | (8.15) | Cormorant | 3 | |
| 28/01 | " | Sandwich Tern | 2 | (Off Seaview) |
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| 28/01 | Brading Marsh | Canada Geese | c45 | |
| 28/01 | (10.00) | Blackbird | 3 | |
| 28/01 | -showers | Pheasant | 3m | |
| 28/01 | " | Teal | 6 | |
| 28/01 | " | Mallard | 4 | |
| 28/01 | " | Chaffinch | 1+ | |
| 28/01 | " | Blue Tit | 3 | |
| 28/01 | " | Great Tit | 2 | |
| 28/01 | " | Starling | 8 | |
| 28/01 | " | Rook | c25 | |
| 28/01 | " | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | (Heard) |
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| Reported 28/01 | Bembridge Harbour | Red-necked Grebe | 1 | Near entrance channel @12.30, 2nd day (Alan B.) |
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| 28/01 | Bembridge Harbour | Little Grebe | 2 | |
| 28/01 | (12.30) | Great Northern Diver | 1 | |
| 28/01 | -no sign of the RN Grebe | Oystercatcher | 11 | |
| 28/01 | Redshank | 6 | ||
| 28/01 | " | Curlew | 1 | |
| 28/01 | " | Lapwing | 50+ | |
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| 28/01 | Seaview | Great-crested Grebe | 1 | (Off Shore) |
| 28/01 | (13.15) | Great Northern Diver | 2 | |
| 28/01 | " | Sandwich Tern | 11 | |
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| Tuesday | Rain to Cloudy, Showers | SE Wind | ||
| 27/01 | E. Cowes Esplanade | PURPLE SANDPIPER
 Click for Picture
| 1 | |
| 27/01 | (9.15) | Turnstone | 3 | |
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| 27/01 | Laundry Lane, (N. End) | Stonechat | 1m,1f | |
| 27/01 | (15.45) | Canada Geese | c100 | |
| 27/01 | -Very Flooded | Shoveler | 4 | |
| 27/01 | " | Wigeon | c30 | |
| 27/01 | " | Teal | c40 | |
| 27/01 | " | Gadwall | 2 | |
| 27/01 | " | Curlew | 9 | |
| 27/01 | " | Snipe | 2 | |
| 27/01 | " | Lapwing | c150 | |
| 27/01 | " | Pied Wagtail | 8 | |
| 27/01 | " | Great Tit | 1 | |
| 27/01 | " | Greylag Geese | 4 | |
| 27/01 | " | Marsh Harrier | 1f | |
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| Monday | Cloudy to Sunny Intervals | SE Wind | ||
| 26/01 | Yarmouth Estuary | Spoonbill
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| 1 | |
| 26/01 | (8.10) | Reed Bunting | 1 | (Heard) |
| 26/01 | -Low Tide | Lapwing | c70 | |
| 26/01 | " | Knot | 1 | |
| 26/01 | " | Grey Plover | 2 | |
| 26/01 | " | Golden Plover | c50 | |
| 26/01 | " | Curlew | 3 | |
| 26/01 | " | Dunlin | 4 | |
| 26/01 | " | Black-tailed Godwit | 25 | |
| 26/01 | " | Wigeon | c80 | |
| 26/01 | " | Teal | c200 | |
| 26/01 | " | Mallard | 5 | |
| 26/01 | " | Little Egret | 3 | |
| 26/01 | " | Blue Tit | 4 | |
| 26/01 | " | Dunnock | 6+ | |
| 26/01 | Rofford Marsh | Shoveler | 11m,6f | |
| 26/01 | (9.25) | Coot | 8 | |
| 26/01 | " | Moorhen | 1 | |
| 26/01 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
| 26/01 | " | Blackbird | 3 | |
| 26/01 | " | Buzzard | 1 | |
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| 26/01 | Newtown NR | Red-breasted Merganser | 4 | |
| 26/01 | (10.00) | Lapwing | 100+ | (Over) |
| 26/01 | -Low Tide | Dunlin | c350 | |
| 26/01 | " | Grey Plover | 6 | |
| 26/01 | " | Knot | 1 | |
| 26/01 | " | Brent Geese | c50 | |
| 26/01 | " | Shelduck | 50+ | |
| 26/01 | " | Redshank | 10+ | |
| 26/01 | " | Dunnock | 1 | |
| 26/01 | " | Meadow Pipit | 5 | |
| 26/01 | " | Goldfinch | 9 | |
| 26/01 | " | Yellowhammer
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| 2 | |
| 26/01 | " | Reed Bunting
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| 1f | |
| 26/01 | " | Fieldfare | 6 | |
| 26/01 | " | Skylark | 1 | |
| 26/01 | " | Peregrine | 1 | |
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| 26/01 | Puckpool | Slavonion Grebe | 2 | |
| 26/01 | (15.10) | Great-crested Grebe | 1 | |
| 26/01 | " | Red-breasted Merganser | 1m | |
| 26/01 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | |
| 26/01 | " | Shag | 1 | |
| 26/01 | " | Cormorant | 2 | |
| 26/01 | " | Brent Geese | 3 | |
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| Sunday | Showers to Rain | SE. Wind | ||
| 25/01 | St. Helens Bridge & FP | Song Thrush | 2 | (Heard) |
| 25/01 | (7.30) | Cormorant | 36 | |
| 25/01 | " | Canada Geese | 2 | (Others heard) |
| 25/01 | " | Little Grebe | 1 | |
| 25/01 | " | Marsh Harrier | 1 | |
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| 25/01 | Bembridge Harbour | Gadwall | 6+ | |
| 25/01 | (7.35) | Black-tailed Godwit | 20 | |
| 25/01 | " | Redshank | 4 | |
| 25/01 | " | Curlew | 4 | |
| 25/01 | " | Lapwing | 50+ | |
| 25/01 | " | Teal | c30 | |
| 25/01 | " | Little Grebe | 2 | |
| 25/01 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
| 25/01 | " | Brent Geese | c40 | |
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| 25/01 | Foreland, Bembridge | Curlew | 1 | |
| 25/01 | (8.00) | Oystercatcher | 1 | |
| 25/01 | " | Herring Gull | c20 | |
| 25/01 | " | Brent Geese | 3 | |
| 25/01 | " | Shag | 3 | |
| 25/01 | " | Cormorant | 2 | |
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| 25/01 | Sandown Canoe Lake | Pochard | 13 | |
| 25/01 | (8.55) | Tufted Duck | c80 | |
| 25/01 | " | Shoveler | 1m | |
| 25/01 | " | Coot | 4 | |
| 25/01 | " | Feral Pigeon | c20 | |
| 25/01 | " | Black-headed Gull | c10 | |
| 25/01 | " | Herring Gull | 15 | |
| 25/01 | " | Swan | 2 | |
| 25/01 | " | Pied Wagtail | 4 | |
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| Saturday | Sunny Intervals, showers | Brisk SSE Wind | ||
| 24/01 | St. Catherine's Point | Fulmar | 2 | (Local Birds) |
| 24/01 | (7.50 - 8.40) | Gannet | 4E,2W | |
| 24/01 | -quiet at sea | Herring Gull | 8 | |
| 24/01 | " | Great Black-back Gull | 1W,1E | |
| 24/01 | " | Wren | 1 | |
| 24/01 | " | Magpie | 5 | |
| 24/01 | " | Buzzard | 1 | |
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| 24/01 | Birchmore Lane/Blackwater | FIRECREST | 1 | (By "Nature Zones" entrance) |
| 24/01 | (9.10) | Chaffinch | 1 | |
| 24/01 | " | Green Woodpecker | 1 | (Heard) |
| 24/01 | " | Blue Tit | 1+ | |
| 24/01 | " | Great Tit | 2 | |
| 24/01 | " | Robin | 2 | |
| 24/01 | " | Heron | 1 | |
| 24/01 | " | Rook | c50 | |
| 24/01 | " | Crow | 2 | |
| 24/01 | " | Pheasant | 2 | |
| 24/01 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
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| 24/01 | St. Helens Bridge & FP | Lapwing | c150 | |
| 24/01 | (15.00) | Cormorant | 5 | |
| 24/01 | -Showers | Great Tit | 1 | |
| 24/01 | " | Blue Tit | 1+ | |
| 24/01 | " | Pheasant | 1m | |
| 24/01 | " | Marsh Harrier
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| 1m,1f | (Dive bombing the WTE) |
| 24/01 | " | White-tailed Eagle | 1 | |
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