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Late news from Last Week
I should have reported it, I saw a Speckled
Wood at Liphook golf course on the 15th.
Monday 20th
We saw a Red Kite soaring above Walderton
during the morning of Sunday 19th. First time we’ve seen one
this far south.
Green Sandpiper Southmoors 1On end pool by spit, Langstone Bridge end. Also five med gull on gull roost there. 16:00 R Doye.
There were around 900 knot on the Nore Barn mud at around 1500 when they flew south into the Thorny channel. 3 tame one stayed on the mud at the Stream. JG
Snow Bunting
Sandy Point (Hayling Island) 2 ....and then there were two. Just N
of lifeboat station.
SZ7498. B Rodger11:30
Langstone Channel Red-breasted Merganser 5 Two males and three females were mid channel up from the Royal oak pub. Greenshank 1 One bird with redshanks viewed from opposite the Royal Oak pub.
P S Scorey13:40
Farlington
Marshes Common Gull 4 [20-30 on
the lake at 16:00]12:30 Black-tailed Godwit 3 colour-ringed birds. Common Sandpiper 1 13:00 Little Egret 1 13:00
mixing with Shoveler and Pintail in one of the pools on the
Langstone Harbour side of reserve. Mediterranean Gull 1 13:00 bird in full breeding plumage. Frequenting the area of water
alongside the reed bed near the information hut. Avocet 11:45
Showing well on main pool.
R Toft.
Sandwich Tern Eastney Point 4 M F Wearing 10:00
Two marsh harriers over the reeds at Farlington around 1600. I
understand from Jamie that up to 3 are roosting on the reserve.
JG
Woodpecker drumming at The Rowans today.
A barn owl has been seen at the Rowans in the afternoon on two
occasions in the last couple of weeks. I have not seen it
myself but the sightings are from a reliable source.
Wednesday 22nd
The big surprise today was the snow bunting
we found near to Prinsted Point, but with a strong wind blowing we were
lucky to see 54 bird species.
Thursday 23rd
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Friday 24th.
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26th
Havant
Hayling & Emsworth
A chiffchaff visited a garden near the
Emsworth Health Centre in 13th.
On the same day spotted red, red and
greenshanks were seen together at Nore Barn. On 14th there
were over 50 pintails in Emsworth Harbour.
An Iceland gull was seen at Budds
Farm/Broadmarsh from 13th to 18th.
On 13th a marsh harrier was seen at the
Thorney Island Little Deeps before it flew west. A count of
over 100 shelducks at the Great Deeps on 15th probably included birds moving
west from the cold weather further east. A skylark was
singing here on 17th.
Three grey partridges were seen in the
Thornham House fields this week.
On 14th a water rail was seen near Mill
Rythe and between 15th and 17th one was on the
River Ems at Emsworth.
Three razorbills and a seal were seen in
the sea at Sandy Point on 14th. At least 3 of the 4 snow buntings were still on
the beach on 19th. Six shovelers were on the reserve and 2
red throated divers were also seen that day.
On 15th a dozen pond skaters were active
on the Westbrook Stream in Emsworth.
The last report of the shore lark at the
oyster beds was on 14th when a greenshank was also there.
Among the 1,200 knot off Nore Barn this
week were 3 very tame ones seen where the stream enters the harbour at the end
of Warblington Road on 16th.
A little owl has been seen at the oyster
beds twice this week. A sighting of 2
sparrowhawks ‘duelling’ with 3 kestrels on 17th is a remarkable report.
Butterbur is in flower by the Langbrook
Stream.
Portsmouth & Portsdown
On 15th a pair of bullfinches were in
the hedges north of The Churchillian on Portsdown. A
sparrowhawk and a Peregrine (right) squabbled high overhead at lunch time.
Five purple sandpipers were on the rocks
at Southsea Castle at low tide on 16th. Four were present on
19th.
A red admiral was seen in central
Portsmouth and others at Waterlooville and Gosport.
Fareham and Gosport
A black redstart was seen in the
cemetery at Portchester Castle on13th.
At Titchfield Haven this week a marsh
harrier was present on 13th and 3 barnacle geese on 19th.
A little owl was present
in trees immediately south of the Bridge St car-park at Titchfield on 18th.
A speckled wood in flight in a Gosport
garden on 16th is the earliest known emergence in Hampshire.
Waterlooville and South Downs
Four bullfinches (1F & 2M) fed on a
gravel path in a Denmead garden on 13th.
Fourteen crossbills were showing really
well in Creech Wood Denmead on 14th.
The first report of frogspawn comes from
a little pond in a Waterlooville garden on 18th.
Further Afield
Male and female peregrines have been
seen at the nest site on Chichester Cathedral this week.
