Isle of Wight bird news

Saturday 25th September 2021

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
25/09/21Little OwlThorness Bay1A P Twyman
19:00
Seen and heard.  
25/09/21FirecrestSt. Catherine's Point1G A Heath
Singing in the valley. Unsure whether local or a migrant. [SCP].  
25/09/21Grey WagtailSt. Catherine's Point3G A Heath
[SCP].  
25/09/21ChiffchaffSt. Catherine's Point30G A Heath
C.30. [SCP].  
25/09/21BlackcapSt. Catherine's Point75G A Heath
C.75. [SCP].  
25/09/21Manx ShearwaterWheelers Bay3P Campbell
18:10
West in one group. [Ventnor].  
25/09/21Mediterranean GullWheelers Bay1P Campbell
18:10
ad. East. [Ventnor].  
25/09/21GannetWheelers Bay42P Campbell
18:10
ad. All East except two. between 1810 & 1850. [Ventnor].  
25/09/21Balearic ShearwaterWheelers Bay1P Johnson
17:15
East. [Ventnor].  
25/09/21SwallowWatergate Road/ Nunnery Lane300S Thompson
18:10
Approximately 300 mixed hirundines feeding over house and field. Impressive! SZ496874.  
25/09/21GannetWheelers Bay50P Campbell
08:00
Estimated minimum over the course of 2 hours, mainly adults. Both E & W. [Ventnor].  
25/09/21Balearic ShearwaterWheelers Bay8P Campbell
08:30
A group going West at 0830, confirmed by AB. (a further 7: 4-East & 3 West seen by Nick.L. from Spring gardens). [Ventnor].  
25/09/21Grey HeronBembridge Ledge2P Campbell
13:00
With the Meds. [Bembridge/Foreland].  
25/09/21Little EgretBembridge Ledge6P Campbell
13:00
With the Meds. [Bembridge/Foreland].  
25/09/21OystercatcherBembridge Ledge60P Campbell
13:00
Minimum,With the Med Gulls. [Bembridge/Foreland].  
25/09/21Mediterranean GullBembridge Ledge300P Campbell
13:00
Minimum, resting up at the innaccessable dog-free rocks and beach under Culver at high tide. Almost exclusively adults. [Bembridge/Foreland].