Isle of Wight bird news
Search results
You searched for all sightings reported between 01/01/2022 and 31/12/2022.
Submit | Map view | Search | Today
| Date | Species | Site | Count | Observer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/12/22 | Merlin | Military Road | 1 | P Campbell |
| 14:00 | imm. On top of a roadside bush just past IOW Pearl. | |||
| 06/11/22 | Merlin | Spur Lake, Newtown | 1 | H M Fletcher |
| 16:58 | ||||
| 29/10/22 | Merlin | Whale Chine | 1 | A P Twyman |
| 11:15 | f. Perched on bush in field north side of the road. | |||
| 22/10/22 | Merlin | Gore Down | 1 | K Vine |
13:00 | A second longer view would have helped. It was chasing the flocks then out of sight. | |||
| 17/10/22 | Merlin | Culver Down | 1 | S Clemons |
| 08:20 | Acrobatic pursuit of hirundines low over rough field east of Fort. | |||
| 21/10/22 | Merlin | Culver Down | 1 | M Buckley |
| 10:30 | ||||
| 15/10/22 | Merlin | Niton Undercliff | 2 | T MANSHIP |
| 15:00 | Seemingly hunting together or at least employing the same tactic - hanging high above fields into the W wind and stooping to LI flock and repeat continually. One was successful after around 20 minutes, the other took almost an hour. | |||
| 08/10/22 | Merlin | Niton Undercliff | 1 | T MANSHIP |
| 08:00 | Came in from East chased LI flock singled one out but missed and carried on going West. | |||
| 05/10/22 | Merlin | Brading Marsh | 1 | A Brown |
| 09:30 | [RSPB Reserve]. | |||
| 04/10/22 | Merlin | Cranmore | 1 | R Pearson |
| 09:00 | fem. A sudden panic in the garden and the next thing we saw was a female merlin standing on the bottom window-sill which is at nearly ground level, and 6 feet from us. Both nearly dropped the coffee mugs! SZ394896. | |||
| 01/10/22 | Merlin | Laundry Lane | 1 | T Jolliffe |
| 16:45 | Most probably the same bird Chris M saw 20 mins earlier - flying over the Marsh towards the House on the Marsh. ID verified by MB via distant record shot. [Brading marsh RSPB]. | |||
| 01/10/22 | Merlin | Brading Marsh | 1 | C Meaney |
| 16:25 | f/imm. Hunting across the marsh and seen later chasing a small bird unsuccessfully. [RSPB Reserve]. | |||
| 27/09/22 | Merlin | Rofford Marsh | 1 | K Lover |
| 11:45 | ||||
| 20/09/22 | Merlin | West High Down | 1 | J M Sparshott |
| 07:45 | Fem type, along the southern fence line, chasing mips/linnets, continued east following the coastline. [WHD]. | |||
| 17/09/22 | Merlin | Culver Down | 1 | M Buckley |
| 10:00 | fem/imm. In flight over the Redcliff field, also seen later by ABr hunting near Culver Haven. | |||
| 01/09/22 | Merlin | Newtown NNR | 1 | H M Fletcher |
| 17:19 | male. | |||
| 31/03/22 | Merlin | St. Catherine's Point | 1 | D Fairlamb |
| 10:30 | [SCP]. | |||
| 19/03/22 | Merlin | Isle of Wight Pearl | 1 | A Brown |
| 10:00 | On fence post. | |||
| 10/03/22 | Merlin | Dunsbury Farm | 1 | D Fairlamb |
| 09:30 | fem. | |||
| 08/03/22 | Merlin | Arreton Down | 1 | R Edwards |
| 08:20 | male. Seen from car as it flew across Downs Road. | |||
| 03/03/22 | Merlin | Atherfield Farm | 1 | H M Fletcher |
| 13:15 | fem. female perched on post just north of pond which is circa 1.25 km north of Atherfield Farm House. | |||
| 25/01/22 | Merlin | Little Atherfield | 1 | M Buckley |
| 13:00 | Quite high, trying to catch a Skylark. | |||
| 20/01/22 | Merlin | Arreton | 1 | D Fairlamb |
| 08:00 | ||||
| 17/01/22 | Merlin | Whale Chine | 1 | J M Sparshott |
| 13:00 | ||||
| 14/01/22 | Merlin | Brading Marsh | 1 | C Meaney |
| 16:00 | Flying over the river at 16:30. [RSPB Reserve]. | |||
| 01/01/22 | Merlin | Fort Victoria | 1 | A P Twyman |
| 10:00 | f. In off the sea from Keyhaven direction. | |||