Red-legged Partridge | | Brownwich 28/03 |
Quail | | Seen 21/07 at Brownwich only Herd a few days after |
Pheasant | | |
Dark-bellied Brent Goose | | |
Canada Goose | | |
Barnacle Goose | | 11/04 3 flying east |
Greylag Goose | | 7 flying in from the west from Chilling Direction 02/01 |
Russian White-fronted Goose | | First Seen flying across Brownich then into TH 10/02 |
Mute Swan | | |
Egyptian Goose | | Up to a flock of 8 locally flying around |
Shelduck | | |
Garganey | | Male + Female on the sea Hill Head 17/03 |
Shoveler | | |
Gadwall | | |
Wigeon | | |
Mallard | | |
Pintail | | |
Teal | | |
Pochard | | Two Drakes on Posbrook flood 07/01 |
Tufted Duck | | Single bird on the river usually with a Drake Pochard |
Eider | | |
Velvet Scoter | | X6 01/01 Off Brownwich |
Common Scoter | | |
Goldeneye | | Drake flew east 01/03 |
Goosander | | 16/01 two Redheads flying east past Hill Head picked up by Richard Carpenter |
Red-breasted Merganser | | Pair off Brownwich flew off Towards Southampton water 19/03 |
Alpine Swift | | Flying west over Brownwich cliffs 29/03 |
Swift | | First one on 30/04 |
Cuckoo | | 21/04 just south of Posbrook |
Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon | | |
Stock Dove | | |
Woodpigeon | | |
Collared Dove | | |
Water Rail | | On the T Haven river along the edge of the reeds 13/01 |
Spotted Crake | | Feeding on the edge of the North Scrape 05/09 |
Moorhen | | |
Coot | | |
Little Grebe | | |
Great Crested Grebe | | Highest count 235 on the sea on 16/01 Counted by Amy .R |
Slavonian Grebe | | One of two wintering off HillHead/Brownich |
Black-necked Grebe | | Off Osbourne View 06/03 |
Oystercatcher | | |
Avocet | | ********** |
Lapwing | | |
Golden Plover | | 120 plus Brownwich 13/01 |
Grey Plover | | Single bird with Golden Plover flock 29/03 |
Ringed Plover | | |
Little Ringed Plover | | ********** |
Whimbrel | | First bird of Spring going east 06/03 |
Curlew | | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | | Single bird usually on the scrapes |
Black-tailed Godwit | | |
Turnstone | | |
Knot | | Group going east 11/04 |
Ruff | | Group of 11 east past hill head 21/03 |
Curlew Sandpiper | | South Scrape 13/09 |
Sanderling | | |
Dunlin | | |
Little Stint | | South Scrape 13/09 |
Woodcock | | In flight circling over the Canal path 30/12 |
Snipe | | |
Common Sandpiper | | 19/04 Hill Head / flying around came out of the reserve |
Green Sandpiper | | Over Posbrook floods 12/04 |
Redshank | | |
Wood Sandpiper | | On Posbrook floods 25/04 |
Spotted Redshank | | Summer plumage bird 22/06 south scrape |
Greenshank | | 2 on the South scrape 05/03 |
Kittiwake | | |
Black-headed Gull | | |
Little Gull | | Adult Winter hawking over Posbrook 13/03 |
Mediterranean Gull | | |
Common Gull | | |
Great Black-backed Gull | | |
Herring Gull | | |
Yellow-legged Gull | | Adult off Chalets before being flushed 14/05 |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | | |
Sandwich Tern | | Wintering birds seen throughout January |
Little Tern | | 2 going east 11/04 |
Roseate Tern | | ********** |
Common Tern | | Going east 02/04 |
Arctic Tern | | Numerous birds going east one one resting on the beach 23/04 |
Black Tern | | Two going east 23/04 |
Great Skua | | High over the Solent originally going east 24/04 |
Arctic Skua | | East 10/04 |
Guillemot | | |
Razorbill | | This species is a lot more abundant in Winter than Guillemot it appears locally |
Red-throated Diver | | Most days throughout Jan seen Flying or lingering |
Black-throated Diver | | 02/01 came in from the East landed on the sea for minuets before heading off west during a band of Rain/wind |
Great Northern Diver | | A few sightings but not a easy bird to see off hill head this winter! |
Leach's Petrel | | X3 off Hill Head 01/11 |
Fulmar | | Going west past Hill Head 06/04 |
Sooty Shearwater | | 4 sightings in the Solent 26/11 |
Manx Shearwater | | West past Hill Head 06/04 |
Gannet | | |
Cormorant | | |
Shag | | Sum Plum Drifting west on the sea 01/03 |
Glossy Ibis | | Seen in flight 3 times finally photographed as it departed N/E 17/01 |
Spoonbill | | 3 going east in through the Solent 29/04 |
Bittern | | |
Cattle Egret | | Decembers lingering bird at Posbrook 03/01 |
Grey Heron | | |
Great White Egret | | Flying south down the reserve thanks Amy R for the tip off 16/05 |
Little Egret | | |
Osprey | | Flying out in Southampton water thanks Bob.M for heads up 👍 |
Honey-buzzard | | |
Sparrowhawk | | |
Marsh Harrier | | |
Hen Harrier | | ********** |
Red Kite | | Lingering over the reserve 29/01 |
Buzzard | | |
Barn Owl | | Usual split tree pair plus single hunting south end of the canal path |
Tawny Owl | | Seen well on the 15/01 was herd in numerous locations |
Little Owl | | 19/04 |
Short-eared Owl | | Spent the morning near the Meon shore hide 14/09 |
Kingfisher | | Usual Harbour/river male individual |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | | |
Green Woodpecker | | Not seen until 15/01 |
Kestrel | | |
Merlin | | Brownich hunting |
Hobby | | In off 24/04 |
Peregrine | | |
Jay | | |
Magpie | | |
Jackdaw | | |
Rook | | |
Carrion Crow | | |
Raven | | |
Coal Tit | | |
Blue Tit | | |
Great Tit | | |
Bearded Tit | | Heard most days but not always seen! |
Woodlark | | Brownwich 11/09 |
Skylark | | |
Sand Martin | | 7 in off the sea 18/03 |
Swallow | | In off the sea 06/04 |
House Martin | | In off the sea 11/04 |
Red-rumped Swallow | | Gliding over Posbrook flood 22/04 |
Cetti's Warbler | | |
Long-tailed Tit | | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | | Hammonds bridge found by Mark Palmer 31/10 |
Willow Warbler | | Posbrook 04/04 |
Chiffchaff | | 21/01 Siberian Chiff seen opposite the spurgin hide along the canal path |
Sedge Warbler | | Heard previous days but first seen 13/04 |
Reed Warbler | | Finally saw my first on 24/04 herd every day for a week previous 🤦♂️ |
Grasshopper Warbler | | |
Blackcap | | Female Visitor centre garden 10/03 |
Garden Warbler | | Scrub opposite the toilet block 07/08 |
Lesser Whitethroat | | Bridge st flood area 18/04 |
Whitethroat | | Arrival of Birds along the chalets to Brownich 12/04 |
Dartford Warbler | | ********** |
Firecrest | | 24/01 Along Meon road |
Goldcrest | | |
Wren | | |
Nuthatch | | |
Treecreeper | | |
Starling | | |
Ring Ouzel | | Gardens north of the Chalets 02/04 |
Blackbird | | |
Fieldfare | | |
Redwing | | |
Song Thrush | | |
Mistle Thrush | | |
Spotted Flycatcher | | Posbrook 14/05 |
Robin | | |
Pied Flycatcher | | Just west of meon shore hide 25/08 |
Black Redstart | | ********** |
Redstart | | Immature male Pony field Posbrook 19/04 |
Whinchat | | 25/08 two near the west entrance |
Stonechat | | |
Wheatear | | Brownwich fields 29/03 |
House Sparrow | | |
Dunnock | | |
Yellow Wagtail | | In off 24/04 |
Grey Wagtail | | 31/01 along the canal path |
Pied Wagtail | | White wagtails seen at Posbrook and Brownwich |
Meadow Pipit | | |
Tree Pipit | | 27/08 |
Water Pipit | | Flying Calling over Bridge street flood 03/01 |
Rock Pipit | | 12/03 Sailing club |
Chaffinch | | |
Brambling | | Flying over Posbrook horse Field calling 08/03 |
Bullfinch | | |
Greenfinch | | |
Linnet | | |
Lesser Redpoll | | In off 10/04 |
Goldfinch | | |
Siskin | | Going west 08/10 |
Reed Bunting | | Hasn’t been a easy bird to see this winter |