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You searched for all sightings of Nightjar reported between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2024.
| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/07/24 | Nightjar | Woolmer Forest | 2 | M Lawn |
| 08:45 | both male. In daylight: 1 perched on pine branch, another flushed from ground close by. SU7933. | |||
| 07/07/24 | Nightjar | Poundhill Heath, NF | 2 | M Daniel |
| 21:40 | Two churring males heard. Easier to see and more numerous at Hincheslea Bog, where at least five on 4 July. | |||
| 26/06/24 | Nightjar | Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
| 22:25 | Heard from garden, coming from Blackwell common direction. | |||
| 23/06/24 | Nightjar | Mortimer West End | 3 | P J Hickman |
| 22:02 | At least three males at 50 Acre Piece. | |||
| 23/06/24 | Nightjar | Mortimer West End | 2 | P J Hickman |
| 21:45 | At least two males at 100 Acre Piece. | |||
| 22/06/24 | Nightjar | Sway | 3 | L Etheridge |
| 22:15 | One bird churred non stop for over five minutes. | |||
| 20/06/24 | Nightjar | Cadnam Common | 1 | D Allnutt |
| 15:10 | Briefly churring. | |||
| 20/06/24 | Nightjar | Newtown Common | 1 | S Melville |
| 12:10 | male. Male churring briefly at 11.42am. SU474628. | |||
| 19/06/24 | Nightjar | Hamble Common | 1 | I R Watts |
| 21:36 | m. Churred briefly. | |||
| 18/06/24 | Nightjar | Burton Common | 4 | A P Holding |
| 21:50 | 4 in the air many more churring all around site. | |||
| 18/06/24 | Nightjar | Hincheslea Bog, NF | 5 | M Daniel |
| 22:05 | At least five including four males from 21.36 to 22.05 seen en route back to Brockenhurst. Some spectacular displaying. | |||
| 17/06/24 | Nightjar | Creech Wood, Denmead | 4 | C Mayhead |
| 21:30 | 3 m + 1f. 3 singing males and "wing clapping" + 1 female present. | |||
| 17/06/24 | Nightjar | Ringwood | 1 | P C Donaldson |
| 22:33 | Seen crossing Crow Lane. Then watched hawking around lights at the Raptor and Reptile Centre car park. Appeared to be taking moths attracted to the lights. An odd place to see a Nightjar. | |||
| 16/06/24 | Nightjar | Sway | 1 | C D Roseveare |
| 06:30 | male. Flushed from heath by female Marsh Harrier. | |||
| 12/06/24 | Nightjar | Blackfield | 1 | J G Ross |
| 22:00 | Heard from my garden. | |||
| 12/06/24 | Nightjar | Woolmer Forest | 1 | M Lawn |
| 10:20 | male. Flushed from pine tree in daylight. In mixed woodland/scrub, not heathland. SU7933. | |||
| 10/06/24 | Nightjar | Woolmer Forest | 1 | M Lawn |
| 09:15 | male. In daylight. SU8033. | |||
| 09/06/24 | Nightjar | Poundhill Heath, NF | 3 | M Daniel |
| 21:30 | ||||
| 06/06/24 | Nightjar | Hut Wood | 2 | I R Watts |
| 22:00 | m. 2 Churring. | |||
| 02/06/24 | Nightjar | Bramshot Heath | 1 | J M Clark |
| 21:35 | churred briefly. After visiting nearby Hartland Country Park to check without success, returned here. No churring, but a bird seen and heard calling 100m away. SU828549. | |||
| 02/06/24 | Nightjar | Sway | 2 | L Etheridge |
| 21:45 | heard and seen. Also single glow worm. . | |||
| 01/06/24 | Nightjar | Liphook | 1 | M S Whitaker |
| 21:30 | male. Churred briefly and flew close to check me out. Heathland south of Deers Hut Pub. | |||
| 26/05/24 | Nightjar | Roydon Woods (Brockenhurst) | 2 | M Daniel |
| 21:24 | Two males churring from 9.31; left soon after so may have been more. | |||
| 25/05/24 | Nightjar | Bolderwood, NF | 1 | K Brewer |
| 04:30 | 100m SW of car park. Heard churring then landed on track 10m away. | |||
| 20/05/24 | Nightjar | Hut Wood | 3 | I R Watts |
| 21:00 | 2m+1f. 2 males churring plus female in flight. | |||
| 21/05/24 | Nightjar | Martin Down | 1 | G D Fennemore |
| 19:20 | Between 06:30 and 07:30 a nightjar was churning intermittently from area of bushes and shrub. | |||
| 20/05/24 | Nightjar | Badminston Plantation | 4 | J G Ross |
| 20:45 | 4 churring. | |||
| 15/05/24 | Nightjar | Bashley | 2 | P C Donaldson |
| 22:16 | At least 2 very probably 3+ on heath opposite the Rising Sun Pub. One in flight over the Brockenhurst Road. | |||
| 15/05/24 | Nightjar | Roydon Woods (Brockenhurst) | 1 | M Daniel |
| 22:11 | ||||
| 15/05/24 | Nightjar | Bickton | 1 | R M Webb |
| 21:49 | Briefly over paddock to south of village at 9.30. | |||
| 12/05/24 | Nightjar | Broxhead Common | 3 | J F Smith |
| 21:00 | Not seen heard only.Two in nature reserve,plus one in central area of Broxhead. | |||
| 12/05/24 | Nightjar | Poundhill Heath, NF | 3 | M Daniel |
| 22:39 | 2m, 1f. | |||
| 12/05/24 | Nightjar | Whiteley Pastures | 3 | A Friend |
| 21:52 | Also woodcock. | |||
| 11/05/24 | Nightjar | Hut Wood | 2 | W R Roche |
| 21:50 | Two birds churring. SU426185. | |||
| 10/05/24 | Nightjar | Woodfidley Passage | 1 | M Daniel |
| 14:30 | Day time record. Flew from a low horizontal branch into the wood. | |||
| 08/05/24 | Nightjar | Roydon Woods (Brockenhurst) | 1 | M Daniel |
| 22:12 | Male. Active from 9pm, flying and churring for about 5 minutes. | |||
| 07/05/24 | Nightjar | Ampfield Wood | 2 | G Pullin |
| 20:50 | 2 males churring. One seen. | |||
| 05/05/24 | Nightjar | Wootton Bridge | 2 | P C Donaldson |
| 21:00 | Churring birds to north of car park. | |||
| 04/05/24 | Nightjar | Burley | 3 | P C Donaldson |
| 22:30 | Two churring birds at a private site on the outskirts of the village. My first this year. A single bird on the side of the road about 50 metres from Burbush car park illuminated by my headlights. | |||
| 04/05/24 | Nightjar | Turf Hill Inclosure, NF | 2 | N Jones |
| 03:00 | Churring males. | |||
| 30/04/24 | Nightjar | Ibsley Common | 2 | M J Bennett |
| 08:15 | male. First bird, 08:15, second 08:35. Neither birds were disturbed. Strong winds from the south overnight no doubt assisted their arrival. | |||
