Isle of Wight bird news

Wednesday 29th September 2021

DateSpeciesSiteCountObserver
29/09/21Yellow WagtailNiton40D Wooldridge
19:24
ad and juv. feeding in a field with horses ca.number.  
29/09/21Red KiteCowes1A P Twyman
15:30
SW over the house in Place Road. Mobbed by crows.  
29/09/21Mediterranean GullSt. Catherine's Point50G A Heath
West. [SCP].  
29/09/21Sandwich TernSt. Catherine's Point2G A Heath
West. [SCP].  
29/09/21Balearic ShearwaterSt. Catherine's Point5G A Heath
West. Per Steve Smith. [SCP].  
29/09/21Pied WagtailSt. Catherine's Point22G A Heath
Over. [SCP].  
29/09/21Grey WagtailSt. Catherine's Point6G A Heath
Over. [SCP].  
29/09/21SiskinSt. Catherine's Point2G A Heath
Over. [SCP].  
29/09/21Meadow PipitSt. Catherine's Point250G A Heath
Over. [SCP].  
29/09/21HobbyCranmore1R Pearson
18:30
Flew low (about 8 feet) across the garden. SZ394896.  
29/09/21HobbyBrading Marsh2A Brown
11:30
Possibly 3 feeding on the plentiful dragonflies. With Mark B. [RSPB Reserve].  
29/09/21JayCulver Down34M Buckley
08:30
A single group. A few were heard near the Battery car park shortly before the whole flock suddenly took flight, circled a couple of times, then headed for the large trees at the bottom of the slope north of the monument.  
29/09/21Meadow PipitCulver Down370M Buckley
06:53
6.45 - 9.00. All arriving from NE before heading west.  
29/09/21HobbyCulver Down1M Buckley
06:53
Came off Sandown Bay and headed west.  
29/09/21Marsh HarrierQuarr Road1F Josephs
11:55
[Binstead].  
29/09/21Marsh HarrierQuarr Road1F Josephs
11:55
[Binstead].  
29/09/21Meadow PipitNansen Hill50J M Sparshott
07:30
Trickle, West or NW, in an hour. [Ventnor Downs NT].  
29/09/21Pied WagtailNansen Hill10J M Sparshott
07:30
NW. [Ventnor Downs NT].  
29/09/21SiskinNansen Hill2J M Sparshott
07:30
2+ Heard. [Ventnor Downs NT].  
29/09/21House MartinNansen Hill35J M Sparshott
07:30
Lingering. [Ventnor Downs NT].  
29/09/21JayNansen Hill8J M Sparshott
07:30
At least seven came in from the east, briefly landed, then filtered west towards Bonchurch Down. Single bird followed the coast line SW. [Ventnor Downs NT].  
29/09/21BullfinchUpper Ventnor5N Newnham
08:18
All in a five minute flurry.  
29/09/21Pied WagtailUpper Ventnor2N Newnham
08:18
 
29/09/21House MartinUpper Ventnor25N Newnham
08:18
West.