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Hampshire bird news

Sunday 10th April 2016

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Date	Species	Site	Count	Observer
10/04/16	Tufted Duck	Bullington	2	D Murdoch
	1 pr on pond. SU468409.
10/04/16	Pochard	Bullington	2	D Murdoch
	Pair on the rather skanky pond. SU468409.
10/04/16	Marsh Tit	Wonston	1	D Murdoch
	By the bridge.
10/04/16	Tufted Duck	Wonston	4	D Murdoch
	2 prs on small pond by bridge.
10/04/16	Pochard	Stoke Charity	2	D Murdoch
	Pair present for 3 days - very unusual, first time the local birder has seen the; presumably migrants.
10/04/16	Mandarin Duck	Redenham Park	2	M Ison
18:00	ad pair. By paddock pond again.
10/04/16	Cuckoo	Ashley Walk	1	K Davies
11:30	Heard only, calling from Cockley Bushes.
10/04/16	Yellow-legged Gull	Hill Head	1	M J Palmer
18:30	3w moulting into 4th year.
10/04/16	Sand Martin	Alton Kings Pond	2	S Mansfield
09:15
10/04/16	Raven	Havant Thicket	2	M Collins
08:00	Pair flew up from amongst the new lambs in gypsies plain.
10/04/16	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Alton Kings Pond	2	S Mansfield
15:30	ad. Sat on water.
10/04/16	Kingfisher	Alton Kings Pond	1	S Mansfield
15:30
10/04/16	Grey Heron	Alton Kings Pond	5	S Mansfield
09:00	2ad 3 juv. Now a third nest with sitting adult.
10/04/16	Little Grebe	Alton Kings Pond	4	S Mansfield
09:00	3 ad. 1 small juv.
10/04/16	Blackcap	Alton Kings Pond	1	S Mansfield
09:00
10/04/16	Willow Warbler	Alton Kings Pond	3	S Mansfield
09:00	All singing - high count for here so presumably some migrants.
10/04/16	Barnacle Goose	Alton Kings Pond	2	S Mansfield
09:00	Esacapes - both ringed. Fortunately out of water so rings visible.
10/04/16	Russian White-fronted Goose	Timsbury	1	N Jones
19:10	1w /2cy. Reckon it's a first winter bird as few black marks on chest.
10/04/16	Raven	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	4	R Chapman
	on a raid of the rookery on Somerley, watched from Tern hide.
10/04/16	Pied Wagtail	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	15	R Chapman
	14 males, 1 fem.
10/04/16	White Wagtail	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	1	R Chapman
	male.
10/04/16	Peregrine	Hurst Beach	1	N J Montegriffo
12:10	E towards IoW.
10/04/16	Black-throated Diver	Hurst Beach	1	N J Montegriffo
09:30	East, then West.
10/04/16	Great Skua	Hurst Beach	2	N J Montegriffo
09:10	in off, well W of beach, appearing to head towards Bournemouth.
10/04/16	Little Gull	Hurst Beach	1	N J Montegriffo
08:55	ad. E.
10/04/16	House Martin	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	6	R Chapman
10/04/16	Swallow	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	100	R Chapman
	At least, by far the most numerous hirundine.
10/04/16	Slavonian Grebe	Blashford Lakes - Ibsley Water	1	R Chapman
	Looking good and still there.
10/04/16	Chiffchaff	Fishlake Meadows	3	A Lester
	dropped in during rain.
10/04/16	Willow Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	2	A Lester
18:45	Southern watch point during rain then north.
10/04/16	Sedge Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	1	A Lester
18:45	Southern watch point. Dropped in during rain and headed north.
10/04/16	Great Crested Grebe	Fishlake Meadows	8	A Lester
18:45	Four pairs-main lake.
10/04/16	Pochard	Fishlake Meadows	17	A Lester
18:45	Southern watch point/main lake.
10/04/16	Sand Martin	Fishlake Meadows	75	A Lester
18:45	Southern watch point. Dropped in during rain and departed east.
10/04/16	House Martin	Fishlake Meadows	1	A Lester
18:45	Southern watch point, departed south.
10/04/16	Swallow	Fishlake Meadows	25	A Lester
18:45	From southern watchpoint. Arrived with evening rain and departed east.
10/04/16	Peregrine	Fishlake Meadows	1	A Lester
18:45	Juvenile learning to hunt from dead poplars as viewed from southern watch point.
10/04/16	Egyptian Goose	Timsbury	4	A Lester
18:30	again in fields opposite quarry entrance.
10/04/16	Russian White-fronted Goose	Timsbury	1	A Lester
18:30	2nd cy still with 26 grey lag geese in field opposite entry to quarry. Parking along access track is prohibited and viewing from road is limited.
10/04/16	Barnacle Goose	Titchfield Haven	1	A 2
	Hybrid still present on meadow.
10/04/16	Cetti's Warbler	Hockley Meadows	1	T R Jordan
	singing from bramble clump. SU474261.
10/04/16	Kingfisher	Hockley Meadows	1	T R Jordan
	also 6 Swallows, 2 Willow Warblers and 2 Grey Wags.
10/04/16	Wheatear	Twyford Down	1	T R Jordan
	male on the Dongas.
10/04/16	Blackcap	Southampton Airport (Eastleigh)	2	M J Smith
16:00
10/04/16	Great Black-backed Gull	Southampton Airport (Eastleigh)	2	M J Smith
16:00
10/04/16	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Southampton Airport (Eastleigh)	8	M J Smith
16:00	Between Sewage Farm and Airport.
10/04/16	Bullfinch	Southampton Airport (Eastleigh)	6	M J Smith
16:00
10/04/16	Willow Warbler	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	3	M J Smith
16:00
10/04/16	Lapwing	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	4	M J Smith
16:00
10/04/16	Sand Martin	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	10	M J Smith
16:00
10/04/16	House Martin	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	2	M J Smith
16:00
10/04/16	Swallow	Eastleigh Sewage Farm	100	M J Smith
16:00	Small groups of 6, 8, 10 etc north up the Navigation over an hour or two. Most birds then gathered at the Sewage Farm.
10/04/16	Russian White-fronted Goose	Timsbury	1	W Borras
15:00	Still there 1500.
10/04/16	Hobby	Timsbury	1	W Borras
	With Ron Lee.
10/04/16	Woodlark	Burley	4	D E Dicks
12:30	Along the old railway line ,south of Burley.
10/04/16	Tree Pipit	Farlington Marshes	1	I R Hainsworth
10:30	Found by HOS group on Farlington Marshes walk.
10/04/16	Kestrel	Butser Hill	2	J Thurnell-read
13:40	pair hunting over fields viewed from Red lion.
10/04/16	Common Tern	Fleet Pond	3	G Stephenson
14:00
10/04/16	Redwing	Fleet Pond	1	G Stephenson
08:30	Flew north.
10/04/16	Green Sandpiper	Winchester Sewage Farm	2	T R Jordan
	Flew in at 1519, circled lake a few times before landing on water. Eventually found a bit of mud on the near shore. No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275.
10/04/16	Stonechat	Winchester Sewage Farm	2	T R Jordan
	Pair. No access to private site; view only from Morestead Road at c.SU495275.
10/04/16	Whinchat	Ashley Walk	1	K Davies
13:15	Viewed from path along the brook.
10/04/16	Wheatear	Ashley Walk	1	K Davies
13:15	Viewed from path along the brook.
10/04/16	Stonechat	Ashley Walk	2	K Davies
12:30
10/04/16	Buzzard	Pitts Wood Inclosure	1	K Davies
12:30
10/04/16	Raven	Ashley Walk	1	K Davies
11:30	One being hassled by carrion crows.
10/04/16	Woodlark	Ashley Walk	2	K Davies
11:30	SU186156.
10/04/16	Dartford Warbler	Ashley Walk	1	K Davies
01:30	Viewed from path along the brook. SU186156.
10/04/16	Egyptian Goose	Timsbury	4	S Ingram
14:00	+ WFG still.
10/04/16	Sparrowhawk	Alresford Watercress Beds	1	D A Levy
11:00	male.
10/04/16	Red Kite	Alresford Watercress Beds	1	D A Levy
	ad. 5 seen and appeared to be displaying,over the The New Watercress ,cressbed nr the old village hall 11.00.
10/04/16	House Martin	Alresford Watercress Beds	12	D A Levy
	ad. Approx 12 House Martins fly with roughly the same count of Swallows,over the The New Watercress cressbeds near the village hall approx. 10.30.
10/04/16	Swallow	Alresford Watercress Beds	12	D A Levy
	ad. there were approx 12 Swallows flying with the roughly the count of House Martins Approx 10.30.
10/04/16	Peregrine	Blackfield	2	D Shrive
	Two having a tussle over my garden fairly high up.
10/04/16	Sedge Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	7	D Thelwell
10/04/16	Pochard	Fishlake Meadows	12	D Thelwell
08:00
10/04/16	Great Crested Grebe	Fishlake Meadows	10	D Thelwell
08:00
10/04/16	Willow Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	12	D Thelwell
08:00
10/04/16	Chiffchaff	Fishlake Meadows	20	D Thelwell
08:00
10/04/16	Cetti's Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	18	D Thelwell
08:00
10/04/16	Russian White-fronted Goose	Timsbury	1	D Thelwell
10:00	1st w. on floods with Greylags.
10/04/16	Swallow	Hayling Billy Path (North)	2	I Mears
12:30	Feeding over flooded field.
10/04/16	Sandwich Tern	Hill Head	1	A D Tindale
08:10	East close in over the surf.
10/04/16	Common Tern	Fishlake Meadows	2	P Lord
	Seen flying in from North at 11.20 Still present at 12.00, view from road. On photographic evidence, birds are Common Terns not Arctic, thanks to Ian Wells for photographs.
10/04/16	Common Tern	Hill Head	4	D Wallace
11:00	In off sea, then flew north. With ABH and DES.
10/04/16	Whitethroat	Nursling Gravel Pit	1	G Alexander
10:30	ad male. Full song and display. SU367167.
10/04/16	Red-throated Diver	Hill Head	1	D Houghton
07:40	Flew in from the east and up Southampton water.
10/04/16	Arctic Skua	Hill Head	2	D Houghton
	Both East. Intermediate phase very close in at 08:25 and a dark phase at 08:39.
10/04/16	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office	2	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Kestrel	Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office	1	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Chiffchaff	Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office	4	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Linnet	Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office	8	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Sparrowhawk	Chandlers Ford	1	S C Harvey
10:50	f or imm. SU4421.
10/04/16	Greenfinch	Southampton, Ordnance Survey Head Office	10	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Chiffchaff	Fishlake Meadows	7	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Dartford Warbler	Gilkicker Point	1	K J Ilsley
	imm male attempting sub-song.
10/04/16	Chiffchaff	Gilkicker Point	2	K J Ilsley
10/04/16	Arctic Tern	Gilkicker Point	1	K J Ilsley
07:43	east long beach.
10/04/16	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Gilkicker Point	1	K J Ilsley
	ad. offshore.
10/04/16	Common Tern	Gilkicker Point	8	K J Ilsley
	east between 7.15-8.15 all in pairs.
10/04/16	Kestrel	Fishlake Meadows	1	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Willow Warbler	Fishlake Meadows	1	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Buzzard	Fishlake Meadows	2	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Lesser Redpoll	Fishlake Meadows	5	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Swallow	Fishlake Meadows	10	S Ritchie
10/04/16	Willow Warbler	Anton Lakes	1	I Cavey
	in the trees on the south bank of the main lake.
10/04/16	Common Tern	Brownwich	2	S Ingram
09:30	SE along beach then over cliffs inland.
10/04/16	Shelduck	Stokes Bay	1	I Calderwood
09:15	east during seawatch 0815-10000.
10/04/16	Mediterranean Gull	Stokes Bay	5	I Calderwood
09:15	3 adults west, 2 imms east.
10/04/16	Sanderling	Stokes Bay	20	I Calderwood
09:15	two small flocks west.
10/04/16	Swallow	Stokes Bay	3	I Calderwood
09:15	in off sea.
10/04/16	Little Egret	Stokes Bay	1	I Calderwood
09:15	south.
10/04/16	Common Tern	Stokes Bay	1	I Calderwood
09:15	east.
10/04/16	Sandwich Tern	Stokes Bay	14	I Calderwood
09:15	east.
10/04/16	Wheatear	Stokes Bay	1	I Calderwood
09:15	fem. on beach.
10/04/16	Arctic Skua	Stokes Bay	2	I Calderwood
10:00	2 dark morph East 0900,0929.
10/04/16	Arctic Skua	Milford Shelter	1	A R Howe
09:45	Another two dark morphs thru between 09:30-10:00. Getting up high - presumably to look down The Solent.
10/04/16	Reed Warbler	Blashford Lakes - Ivy Lake	1	R Chapman
	male. singing, the first here this year.
10/04/16	Peregrine	Milford Shelter	1	A R Howe
09:30	East.
10/04/16	Raven	Milford Shelter	1	A R Howe
09:30
10/04/16	Dunlin	Milford Shelter	2	A R Howe
09:30	East.
10/04/16	Grey Plover	Milford Shelter	1	A R Howe
09:30	East.
10/04/16	Dark-bellied Brent Goose	Milford Shelter	60	A R Howe
09:30	Approx; all East.
10/04/16	Shoveler	Milford Shelter	6	A R Howe
09:30	3 x 2 pairs; all East.
10/04/16	Sandwich Tern	Milford Shelter	20	A R Howe
09:30	All East. Fewer numbers of Common.
10/04/16	Fulmar	Milford Shelter	2	A R Howe
09:30	As many as 4; possible duplication.
10/04/16	Common Scoter	Milford Shelter	100	A R Howe
09:30	Approx; mostly East in varying flocks from 2-15.
10/04/16	Teal	Milford Shelter	4	A R Howe
09:30	East.
10/04/16	Sanderling	Milford Shelter	4	A R Howe
09:30	East.
10/04/16	Gannet	Milford Shelter	6	A R Howe
09:30	As many as 10.
10/04/16	Arctic Skua	Milford Shelter	2	A R Howe
09:30	Both dark morphs East including one over Shelter. CA had another dark individual East moments before we arrived.
10/04/16	Great Northern Diver	Milford Shelter	1	A R Howe
09:30	East, then back around the IOW.
10/04/16	Black-throated Diver	Milford Shelter	1	A R Howe
09:30	East.
10/04/16	Manx Shearwater	Milford Shelter	2	A R Howe
08:20	07:30-09:30. At least two typically distant West, with one of the same or a third 10-15 mins later.

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