Isle of Wight Sightings in 2005

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The Island's only RSPB reserve is at "Brading Marsh", (Marshland S. of Bembridge Harbour).
NB. It can only be seen from the perimeter footpaths - these will be connected near the Bembridge ponds by a boardwalk
In addition there will be guided walks into the reserve in the New Year from Brading Station Car Park at 10.00

A "must see" is the "Hersey NR" at Seaview Duver, excellent public hide with good views of Waders, Herons etc.

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Redshank & Spotshank Bembridge Ponds, 24th Mar.	Reed Bunting (F) Brading, 25th Mar.	Willow Warbler Alum Bay, 26th Mar.	Spotted Redshank Bemb. Ponds 1st April

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West High Down, 2nd April Short Eared Owl
Laundry Lane, 3rd April Dartford Warbler (M)
Luccombe Down, 5th April Sandwich Tern
Yarmouth, 4th April

Latest Sightings/Reports 2005.

(Mainly my own sightings, plus Reports and News from other Birders.)

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DECEMBER 2005: Click for monthly species lists, December total = 119

Saturday	Windy, Sunny Intervals	Brisk SW Wind		Happy New Year
31/12	Brading Sewage Wks.	Chiffchaff	2	(1 by Filter Beds, 2nd in L.Lane)
31/12	(8.10)	Grey Wagtail	1
31/12	"	Pied Wagtail	1
31/12	"	Sparrowhawk	1
31/12	Laundry Lane	Bullfinch	1f
31/12	"	Raven	1	(Over SE)
31/12	"	Buzzard	3
31/12	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Same one?)
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31/12	Sandown Esplanade	Shelduck	1	(Canoe Lake)
31/12	(9.30)	Tufted Duck	1m	"
31/12	"	Pied Wagtail	4
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31/12	Newchurch	Woodlark	6	(New Plantation E of Church)
31/12	(10.00)	Mistle Thrush	1
31/12	"	Meadow Pipit	2
31/12	"	Linnet	12
31/12	"	Green Woodpecker	3
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31/12	Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Off Southsea)
31/12	(13.10)	Great Crested Grebe	5
31/12	"	Sanderling	c50	(c35 on beach, 16W in Solent)
31/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,2f
31/12	"	Razorbill	1	(Distant)
31/12	"	Red Throated Diver	1W	(Past Forts @13.30)
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31/12	Hersey NR	Teal	20+
31/12	(14.10)	Wood Duck	1m	(Escape)
31/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
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31/12	Laundry Lane	Short Eared Owl	1	(from Bexley Point Gap at 16.55)
31/12	(16.15 - 17.10)	Canada Geese	c150
31/12	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
31/12	"	Shoveler	2	(Over)
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Thursday	Light Snow cover, to S.Int.	Very Cold
29/12	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	1m
29/12	(10.10 - 11.50)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Great views)
29/12	Ponds all frozen over	Muscovy	1	(No sign of Bearded Tits)
29/12	"	Dunlin	c40
29/12	"	Little Grebe	4
29/12	"	Goldfinch	c35
29/12	"	Greenfinch	c30
29/12	"	Water Rail	2	(heard)
29/12	"	Song Thrush	2
29/12	"	Kingfisher	2
29/12	"	Reed Bunting	2f
29/12	"	Little Egret	4
29/12	"	Heron	2
29/12	"	Buzzard	1
29/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1m
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29/12	Puckpool (15.30)	Shoveler	1m,2f	(On sea, very unusual here)
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Reported (Chris M.)	Luccombe	Firecrest	1	Near Haddons Pits, also 2 Peregrine, 1 Raven
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Wednesday	Cold, Sunny Intervals
28/12	Bembridge Harbour	Shelduck	11
28/12	(8.40 - 9.05)	Little Grebe	6+
28/12	"	Coal Tit	1	(Trees Latimer Road)
28/12	St Helens Bridge	Wigeon	c10
28/12	"	Heron	1
28/12	"	Lapwing	c200	(Over Ammo Hut pond)
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28/12	Dulcie Av. Bembridge	Blackcap	2m,1f	(m @ Pump Lane feeders, & pair further on)
28/12	(Coastal Path)	Long Tailed Tit	5
28/12	(9.10)	Stock Dove	1
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28/12	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1
28/12	(9.40 - 11.04)	Kingfisher	2f
28/12	"	Greenshank	2
28/12	"	Snipe	7
28/12	"	Water Rail	3	(heard)
28/12	"	Shelduck	2
28/12	"	Tufted Duck	1f
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28/12	Laundry Lane	Short Eared Owl	1	(from Bexley Point Gap at 16.40)
28/12	(16.00 - 17.20)	Canada Geese	c150
28/12	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(and 1 Barnacle Goose)
28/12	"	Stonechat	1f
28/12	Brading Sewage Wks.	Chiffchaff	5
28/12	"	Grey Wagtail	1
28/12	"	Pied Wagtail	1
28/12	"	Meadow Pipit	2
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Reported (Tim J.)	Yarmouth	Bearded Tit	4	2m, 2f - showing well beyond style, also 2 Spotted Redshank
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Tuesday	Light Snow to clear & cold	Bitter N. Wind
27/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Sanderling	c70	(Large count for Seaview)
27/12	(11.05)	Curlew	c15
27/12	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
27/12	"	Little Grebe	6
27/12	"	Common Gull	2	(More on Beach)
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Reported (Tim J.)	Werrar, R. Medina	Short Eared Owl	2	flushed in set-aside fields by Farm
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Monday	Cold to Sunny Int.
26/12	Island Marina	Kingfisher	1
26/12	(8.15 - 9.35)	Mallard	c50
26/12	to Folly Lake, (E. Shore)	WHIMBREL	1
26/12	"	Turnstone	24
26/12	"	Dunlin	43
26/12	"	Ringed Plover	8
26/12	"	Grey Plover	1
26/12	"	Wigeon	57
26/12	"	Brent Geese	c60
26/12	"	Skylark	5
26/12	"	Meadow Pipit	6
26/12	"	Rock Pipit	3
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Sunday	Cold to Sunny Int.	"Happy Xmas"	to	everyone
25/12	Sandown Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	1	(Beach)
25/12	(8.30 - 8.55)	Snipe	2	(Flying up from marsh)
25/12	"	Pied Wagtail	4
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25/12	Culver Down	Chiffchaff	2	(Just E. of C.G Cottages)
25/12	(9.00 - 9.30)	Raven	1	(E. along Cliffs)
25/12	"	Stonechat	1m
25/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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Saturday	Mainly Cloudy
24/12	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	c20
24/12	(8.40 - 10.20)	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
24/12	"	Muscovy	1
24/12	"	Dunlin	c140
24/12	"	Black Tailed Godwit	70
24/12	"	Spotted Redshank	1
24/12	"	Lapwing	c150
24/12	"	Water Rail	2	(heard)
24/12	"	Song Thrush	1
24/12	"	Kingfisher	1m
24/12	"	Little Egret	2
24/12	"	Reed Bunting	2
24/12	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Rofford Marsh)
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24/12	Newtown NR	Knot	c300
24/12	(10.40 - 11.50)	Goldeneye	13f,1m
24/12	"	Dunlin	c1000
24/12	"	Razorbill	1	(Swimming E. in Solent)
24/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
24/12	"	Little Grebe	5
24/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Harbour Entrance)
24/12	"	Turnstone	3
24/12	"	Pintail	5m	(Causeway Lake, plus some females)
24/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	5m,7f
24/12	"	Bar Tailed Godwit	3
24/12	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c5
24/12	"	Peregrine	2
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Reported (Friday 23rd)	Howard Rd, Shanklin	Firecrest	1	in scrub by cliff edge, and 1 Chiffchaff (Chris M.)
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Thursday	Mild, Sunny Intervals
22/12	Medina Estuary	Curlew	18
22/12	(10.10 - 11.40)	Buzzard	4
22/12	"	Stonechat	1m	(Werrar)
22/12	"	Kestrel	2
22/12	"	Mistle Thrush	2
22/12	"	Goldfinch	c25	(Werrar Stubble Fields)
22/12	"	Linnet	c50	"
22/12	"	Wigeon	27
22/12	"	Dunlin	12
22/12	"	Canada Geese	c70	(Fields to E.)
22/12	"	Brent Geese	c120	(Folly Lake)
22/12	"	Little Grebe	8
22/12	"	Little Egret	2
22/12	"	Kingfisher	1
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Reported (David B.)	St Helen's Bridge	Hen Harrier	1f	E. of River at 11.25, flew off E.
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Wednesday	Misty to Sunny Intervals
21/12	Ryde Sands	Bar tailed Godwit	1	(End of Sandbank)
21/12	(8.20)	Mediterranean Gull	1	(W. of Pier)
21/12	"	Brent Geese	c250	(Mostly W. of Pier)
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21/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	2	(off Puckpool moving E. seen again @ Seaview)
21/12	"	Red Necked Grebe	1	(and a 3rd. further out by Fort near 3 Scoter)
21/12	(8.40 - 9.30)	Great Crested Grebe	3
21/12	"	Common Scoter	10	(Groups of 4, 3 and 1 on Sea, plus 2W)
21/12	"	Great Northern Diver	1	(Just off Puckpool)
21/12	"	Shag	1
21/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
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Tuesday	Cold Cloudy
20/12	St. Helens Duver	Goosander	1f	(Flew E. along beach at 9.15)
20/12	(7.50 - 9.15)	Black Redstart	1f/juv	(By Attrill's shipyard)
20/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
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20/12	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	c20
20/12		Greenshank	2
20/12	"	Little Grebe	4
20/12	"	Kingfisher	1
20/12	"	Little Egret	1
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20/12	Laundry Lane (N. end)	Bullfinch	1m
20/12	(10.00)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
20/12	"	Chaffinch	6
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Monday	Sunny Intervals
19/12	Arreton	Red legged Partridge	20	(2 Coveys of 10)
19/12	"	Pheasant	3
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19/12	Rookley (Stubble Fields)	Yellowhammer	4
19/12	(8.40 - 9.40)	Mistle Thrush	2
19/12	"	Wood Pigeon	c300	(In flocks of 100+)
19/12	"	Buzzard	1
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19/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	1
19/12	(14.30 - 15.20)	Great Crested Grebe	3
19/12	"	Common Scoter	1f
19/12	"	Great Northern Diver	1
19/12	"	Shag	1
19/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m
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19/12	Barnsley Farm	Fieldfare	12
19/12	Behind "Tesco" (15.30)	Song Thrush	1
19/12	"	Redwing	5
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	1
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Sunday	Cold, Sunny Intervals
18/12	Medina Estuary	Black Tailed Godwit	5
18/12	(8.40 - 10.15)	Bullfinch	10	(at least)
18/12	"	Merlin	1f	(Chasing Pipits @ Pinkmead Stubble Field)
18/12	"	Kestrel	3
18/12	"	Sparrowhawk	1
18/12	"	Fieldfare	10+
18/12	"	Redshank	c20
18/12	"	Linnet	20+
18/12	"	Wigeon	38
18/12	"	Little Grebe	13+
18/12	"	Lapwing	c20
18/12	"	Siskin	1f	(From Dodnor Bridge, others heard to N.)
18/12	"	Little Egret	2
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18/12	Seaview to Puckpool	Red Necked Grebe	1
18/12	(14.20 - 15.10)	Great Crested Grebe	6
18/12	"	Common Scoter	5	(Further out in Solent)
18/12	"	Razorbill	1
18/12	"	Shag	2
18/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	3m,1f
Reported (Jay)	"	Red Throated Diver	1	and 2 Gt Northern Divers earlier.
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Reported (Bob G.)	Newtown NR	Short Eared Owl	2	over W. Spit
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Saturday	Cold, Sunny Intervals
17/12	Bembridge Harbour	Knot	2	(Unusual here)
17/12	(8.15)	Teal	c60
17/12	"	Greenshank	1
17/12	"	Redshank	c20
17/12	"	Dunlin	14
17/12	"	Little Grebe	4
17/12	"	Lapwing	c100
17/12	St Helens Bridge	Little Egret	2
17/12	"	Bullfinch	2	(m,f)
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17/12	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1
17/12	(9.05)	Redshank	1
17/12	"	Greenshank	2
17/12	"	Snipe	8
17/12	"	Water Rail	1	(heard)
17/12	"	Shelduck	3
17/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m
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17/12	Newchurch	Woodlark	6	(New plantation, NE of School C.Pk)
17/12	(11.00)	Meadow Pipit	1
17/12	"	Buzzard	4
17/12	"	Kestrel	2
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17/12	Quay Lane, Brading	Barn Owl	1	(Over Railway Bridge at 17.20)
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Friday	Sunny Intervals	Strong Cold NW. Wind
16/12	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c450
16/12	(8.20)	Mediterranean Gull	1
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16/12	Bembridge Harbour	Dunlin	6
16/12	(9.00)	Teal	c40
16/12	"	Shelduck	2
16/12	"	Little Grebe	4
16/12	"	Little Egret	1
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Reported (13/12)	Newtown NR	Hen Harrier	1f	Hunting over scrape
(Jim C.)	"	Brambling	2	Near C.G Cottages, also 1f Merlin
(Dave H.)	Medina Estuary	Whimbrel	1	entrance to the Island Harbour Marina
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Reported (11/12)	Brading S.Wks.	Water Pipit	1	Showing well, 1 R.N Grebe still off Seaview
(Graham S.)	Bembridge L.B Stn.	Goosander	1f	Flew round from Bembridge, & 8 Purple S.P.
(James G.)	Newchurch	Woodlark	6	on new plantation NE of School car park
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Sun-Thurs	Trip to Gloucestershire
Sun 11th	Farlington	Avocet	16	also 1-2 Merlin.
"	Titchfield Haven	Bittern	1	also 11 Eider offshore
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Mon 12th	Forest of Dean	Hawfinch	1	Mandarin, Raven, Redwing, Siskin
to Wed 14th	"	Goshawk	1	Dipper, Nuthatch, Redpoll etc.
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Thur 15th	Slimbridge WWT	Bewick Swan	30+	4 Ruff, c300 White Fronted Geese, 1 Peregrine
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Cold Start
10/12	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	c10
10/12	(8.05 - 8.45)	Tufted Duck	3f
10/12	"	Muscovy	1
10/12	"	Dunlin	c90
10/12	"	Black Tailed Godwit	42
10/12	"	Snipe	1
10/12	"	Water Rail	4	(1 seen running, 3 more heard)
10/12	"	Reed Bunting	1m
10/12	"	Little Grebe	2
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10/12	W. High Down & Alum Bay	Stonechat	5	(4m,1f)
10/12	(9.00 - 11.45)	Raven	2
10/12	"	Peregrine	1
10/12	"	Song Thrush	1
10/12	"	Rock Pipit	10+	(Cliff edge)
10/12	"	Fulmar	1
10/12	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	c15
10/12	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
10/12	"	Fulmar	1
10/12	"	Redwing	4	(S. of Road to Bay)
10/12	"	Oystercatcher	1	(Alum Bay, unusual here)
10/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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Friday	Cold Hazy S.Int.	Cold NE. Wind
09/12	St. Catherine's Pt.	Stonechat	1m,1f
09/12	(7.50 - 8.55)	Pheasant	4m
09/12	Valley behind "Bridge Cottage"	Firecrest	1
09/12	"	Goldcrest	c10	(6+ seen more heard)
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09/12	Gore Cliff	Little Owl	2	(On Cliffs)
09/12	(9.05)	Peregrine	2
09/12	"	Goldcrest	2+	(By Car Park)
09/12	"	Long Tailed Tit	6+	"
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09/12	Atherfield Area	Fieldfare	18
09/12	(9.30 - 11.20)	Mistle Thrush	4
09/12	"	Red Legged Partridge	10
09/12	"	Skylark	9
09/12	"	Stonechat	5	(3m, 2f)
09/12	"	Pheasant	30+	(includes 22 around Whale Chine)
09/12	Ash Hill Farm	Linnet	54
09/12	"	Lapwing	81
09/12	"	Golden Plover	1	(With Lapwings)
09/12	"	Buzzard	1
09/12	"	Kestrel	3	(1 Whale Chine, 2 Inland)
09/12	Ash Hill Fm Pond	Mallard	100+
09/12	"	Little Grebe	1
09/12	"	Tufted Duck	1f
Reported (Tony F.)	Yarmouth Reedbed	Bearded Tit	4	Present all this week
Thursday	Cloudy, Showers	Cold NW Wind
08/12	Hersey NR	Pochard	2f
08/12	(9.30)	Little Grebe	2
08/12	(Door Lock still missing)	Coot	22
08/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
08/12	"	Cormorant	1
08/12	"	Little Egret	1
08/12	"	Lapwing	2
08/12	Seaview Toll Road	Shag	3	(Offshore)
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08/12	Firestone Copse	Redwing	4+
08/12	(14.00)	Mistle Thrush	1
08/12	"	Coal Tit	1
08/12	"	Goldcrest	5
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Wednesday	Cold Fine & Sunny
07/12	St. Helens Duver	Goosander	1f	(Off St. Helens Beach)
07/12	(7.50 - 9.15)	Redshank	c10	(Beach)
07/12	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	c20
07/12		Teal	c50
07/12	"	Little Grebe	4
07/12	"	Kingfisher	1
07/12	"	Little Egret	1
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07/12	Culver Down	Grey Wagtail	2	(Over to N.)
07/12	(9,30 - 10.20)	Buzzard	3	(On posts and trees)
07/12	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
07/12	"	Green Woodpecker	3
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07/12	Centurions Copse etc.	Fieldfare	1	(Heard)
07/12	(13.50 - 15.15)	Meadow Pipit	c20	(Stubble Field)
07/12	"	Skylark	19	"
07/12	"	Swan	14	(On marsh, 4ad, 10 imm.)
07/12	"	Bullfinch	2	(m&f -but not together)
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Tuesday	Bright Int. Cloudy	Cold NW Wind
06/12	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	12	(7m. 5f)
06/12	(8.50 - 10.30)	Tufted Duck	1m,4f
06/12	"	Muscovy	1
06/12	"	Teal	c100
06/12	"	Dunlin	c80
06/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
06/12	"	Redwing	4
06/12	"	Snipe	1
06/12	"	Water Rail	2	(heard)
06/12	"	Song Thrush	1
06/12	"	Little Egret	2
06/12	"	Reed Bunting	2m,6f
06/12	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1
06/12	"	Linnet	1f
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06/12	Newtown NR	Knot	c100
06/12	(10.45 - 11.30)	Goldeneye	1f
06/12	"	Bullfinch	2
06/12	"	Little Grebe	2
06/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	4	(Harbour Entrance)
06/12	"	Ringed Plover	c10
06/12	"	Pintail	6m	(Causeway Lake)
06/12	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1
06/12	"	Spotted Redshank	1
06/12	"	Kingfisher	1
06/12	"	Peregrine	1
06/12	"	Kestrel	1f
06/12	"	Linnet	1m
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06/12	Seaview Toll Road	Red Necked Grebe	1
06/12	(14.40 - 15.30)	Great Crested Grebe	5
06/12	"	Slavonian Grebe (?)	1	(Further out in Solent)
06/12	"	Shag	6
06/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	6m,2f
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Monday	Colder, Clouds & clear int.
05/12	Fishbourne Beach	Great Northern Diver	1	(off W. side of Creek)
05/12	(8.00 - 9.30)	Little Egret	4
05/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	4
05/12	"	Water Rail	2	(heard @ Quarr ponds)
05/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	"
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1
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05/12	Lane End/Foreland	Red Throated Diver	1	(SW)
05/12	(14.30 - 16.00)	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Just offshore by "Crab & Lobster" Pub, looks like a new bird not one from Seaview)
05/12	"	Purple Sandpiper	3+	(Under Lifeboat Stn.)
05/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
05/12	"	Guillemot	1	(NE)
05/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	7	(4m, 3f)
05/12	"	Shag	10+
05/12	"	Cormorant	c40	(c30 roosting on St. Helens Fort)
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Sunday	Cloudy, clear int.
04/12	Blackwater	Siskin	1f+	(Alders by FP to Shide)
04/12	(8.00 - 10.00)	Goldfinch	c15	(Adlers Paradise Fm)
04/12	"	Little Owl	2	(Field W. of FP to Shide)
04/12	"	Treecreeper	1
04/12	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Sandy Lane)
04/12	"	Sparrowhawk	2	(Chasing each other and calling)
04/12	"	Kestrel	2
04/12	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
04/12	"	Water Rail	2	(1 heard, 1 crossed FP into ditch)
Mammal Insect	" Ryde Garden	Red Squirrel Bumblebee!	1 1	Shide FP On my Fuscia bush
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04/12	Seaview	Great Northern Diver	1	(W. at 11.36)
04/12	(11.15)	Great Crested Grebe	6
04/12	"	Shag	3
04/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	2m
04/12	"	Common Scoter	1f
04/12	"	Rock Pipit	3
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04/12	Hersey NR	Pochard	1f
04/12	(12.00)	Little Grebe	3
04/12	Door Lock Missing	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
04/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
04/12	"	Heron	1	(Eating large Plaice)
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04/12	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	20+	(Goosander reported at N. end of Millpond )
04/12	(8.00 - 8.40)	Teal	c60
04/12	"	Shelduck	5
04/12	"	Little Grebe	5
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04/12	Laundry Lane	Hen Harrier	1m	(Flew up and down marsh at 16.15)
04/12	(8.00 - 8.40)	Wigeon	c50
04/12	"	Lapwing	100+
04/12	"	Shelduck	3	(N.)
04/12	"	Water Rail	2	(1 Heard and 1 feeding in open at dusk)
04/12	Carpenders Road	Redwing	5	(Horse Paddock)
04/12	"	Fieldfare	2	"
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Reported (Graham S.)	Yarmouth	Bearded Tit	4	2m,2f Near Old Station in reedbed, & 40 Snipe, 2 Spotted Redshank, 70 Dunlin, 8 Tufted Duck, 28 Skylark, 11 Reed Bunting, & 1 Brambling, 1 Lesser Redpoll over.
Reported (Robin A.)	Rookley area	Brambling	c27	in sweetcorn field with c300 Chaffinch, 90 Yellowhammer, 1 Chiffchaff, 8 Buzzard
Reported (George & Pat W.)	Medina Estuary	Slavonian Grebe Siskin	2 6	Still present near Werrar. near the bridge at Dodnor
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Saturday	Showers & Bright Int.	Wet later
03/12	Newtown NR	Knot	c200
03/12	(8.30 - 9.45)	Goldeneye	3f
03/12	"	Common Scoter	1f	(Clamerkin Channel)
03/12	"	Little Grebe	5
03/12	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
03/12	"	Rock Pipit	5
03/12	"	Ringed Plover	15
03/12	"	Pintail	1m	(Over)
Reported (George & Pat W.)	"	Great Northern Diver Black Throated Diver	1 1	Seen after I left! & from last Sunday, (27/11) (2 Slavonian Grebes @ Folly Lake, Werrar)
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03/12	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	12+	(10m. 2+f)
03/12	(10.05 - 11.00)	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
03/12	"	Muscovy	1
03/12	"	Teal	c100
03/12	"	Shelduck	4
03/12	"	Snipe	c35	(Flushed by rising tide)
03/12	"	Water Rail	2	(1 seen 1 heard)
03/12	"	Song Thrush	3
03/12	"	Heron	3
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Reported (Graham S.)	St. Catherine's Pt. (7.30 -8.30)	Razorbill	2W	11 Brent E, 1 Firecrest -top of Lane.
Reported (Robin A.)	Parkhurst Forest (N. end)	Crossbill Marsh Tit	1 3	& 1 Long Eared Owl, 1 Raven over c65 Great Tit (!) -at Marks Corner
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Friday	Wet, Stormy some Bright Int.	Strong SE. Wind
02/12	Bembridge Harbour	GOOSANDER	1f	(In Millpond @8.15, then flew around Harbour)
02/12	(8.00 - 8.40)	Teal	c40
02/12	"	Shelduck	5
02/12	"	Little Grebe	2
02/12	"	Sparrowhawk	1
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02/12	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(in Lagoon)
02/12	(9.40)	Greenshank	1
02/12	"	Redshank	1
02/12	"	Kingfisher	1
02/12	"	Sparrowhawk	1
02/12	"	Snipe	4
02/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
02/12	"	Tufted Duck	2m
02/12	"	Little Egret	1
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02/12	Seaview	Red Breasted Merganser	3m	(in very rough seas)
02/12	(13.30)	Great Crested Grebe	c8	(with the RN Grebes? in "Raft" of 10)
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Thursday	Cloudy and Showers	Strong S. Wind
01/12	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Common Scoter	2	(W. close in)
01/12	(7.50 - 9.00)	Kittewake	4	(2W, 2E)
01/12	"	Red Throated Diver	1	(E. rather distant)
01/12	"	Fulmar	3	(W. one close in)
01/12	"	Gannet	7	(5W. & 2E.)
01/12	"	Auk Sp,	2	(W. prob. Guillemots)
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01/12	Ventnor Park	Mandarin	1m	(Still present)
01/12	(9.15)	Moorhen	3
01/12	"	Goldcrest	c6	(Heard)
01/12	"	Jay	1
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01/12	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	2	(Filter Beds at Sewage Wks)
01/12	(10.30)	Water Pipit	1
01/12	"	Canada Geese	c220	(With 1 Greylag Hybrid)
01/12	"	Buzzard	1	(over Marsh)
01/12	"	Kestrel	2	(Marsh)
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01/12	Ryde East Sands	Dunlin	24	(a Good count for Ryde)
01/12	(13.30)	Ringed Plover	15
01/12	"	Sanderling	c20
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01/12	Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	2	(Offshore opposite Hersey NR)
01/12	(13.50)	Great Crested Grebe	6	(In a "Raft" with the RN Grebes)
01/12	"	Red Breasted Merganser	2m
01/12	"	Ringed Plover	2	(on beach)
01/12	Puckpool beach	Sanderling	c10
01/12	"	Turnstone	1	(Unusual to see many waders here)
01/12	"	Grey Plover	1
01/12	"	Redshank	1
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01/12	Hersey NR	Teal	26
01/12	(14.00)	Little Grebe	3
01/12	New Seats!	Greenshank	1
01/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m,4f
01/12	"	Lapwing	1
01/12	"	Little Egret	3
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NOVEMBER 2005: Click for monthly species lists, November total = 123

Wednesday	Cold, Showers
30/11	Bembridge Harbour	Kingfisher	1+	(Probably 2)
30/11	(8.00 - 9.00)	Teal	c40
30/11	"	Dunlin	c60
30/11	"	Redshank	c30
30/11	"	Curlew	17
30/11	"	Snipe	2	(Flushed by rising tide)
30/11	"	Shelduck	2
30/11	"	Little Grebe	4
30/11	"	Little Egret	2
30/11	"	Rock Pipit	2+
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30/11	Seaview "Toll Road"	Red Necked Grebe	2	(Offshore opposite Hersey NR)
30/11	(9.40)	Great Crested Grebe	2
30/11	"	Red Breasted Merganser	5	(3m,2f)
30/11	Hersey NR (Metal seats fitted today)	Tufted Duck	5	(4m,1f, )
Tuesday	Cold, Sunny Int.
29/11	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds at Sewage Wks)
29/11	(7.20 - 9.00)	Water Pipit	1	(2 reported yesterday)
29/11	"	Bullfinch	1f
29/11	"	Swan	11	(4 ad, 7 cygnets)
29/11	"	Peregrine	1	(In tree on hill)
29/11	"	Buzzard	1	(Soaring over Downs)
29/11	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Along FP)
29/11	"	Kestrel	3	(Marsh)
29/11	Centurions Copse etc.	Fieldfare	c6
29/11	"	Meadow Pipit	c50	(Stubble Field)
29/11	"	Skylark	6	"
29/11	"	Green Woodpecker	1
29/11	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
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29/11	Puckpool & Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Offshore opposite Hersey NR)
29/11	(11.00)	Great Crested Grebe	8
29/11	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m
29/11	"	Sanderling	91	(Puckpool beach, 205 reported along coast)
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Monday	Sunny Int. & Showers	Cold N. Breeze
28/11	Luccombe Down, Ventnor	Dartford Warbler	1	(In remaining Gorse bushes W. Slope)
28/11	(10.00)	Kestrel	4
28/11	"	Buzzard	1
Mammal	"	Fox	1
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Reported (Gary H.)	Seaview a.m.	Red necked Grebe Red Breasted Merganser	1 3	and 5 Great Crested Grebe and 1f Common Scoter still
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Sunday	Cold,Sunny Int.& Showers
27/11	Shide to Blackwater FP	Siskin	c20	(c15 Shide end, c6 Sandy Lane, Blackwater)
27/11	(8.00 - 10.00)	Goldfinch	c20	(In Adlers with Siskin)
27/11	"	Treecreeper	2
27/11	"	Redwing	2	(Sheep Field)
27/11	"	Pheasant	13	(10m, 3f)
27/11	"	Little Egret	1
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27/11	Laundry Lane	Canada Geese	c100	(with 1 Bar Headed Goose)
27/11	16.30 - 17.20	Owl Sp.	1	(Over lane at dusk, probably a Little Owl)
Reported (GS & CM)	"	Hen Harrier	1m	Flew in to roost at 16.30 (Also seen yesterday)
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Reported (David B.)	Bembridge Ponds	Jack Snipe Merlin	1 1f	in full view for c4 minutes behind Boatyard at 12.00 on S side of the track, about 30 minutes later
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Saturday	Cold, Short Sunny Int.
26/11	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	2	(Filter Beds)
26/11	(10.40)	Pied Wagtail	2
26/11	"	Green Woodpecker	1
26/11	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
26/11	"	Chiffchaff	c3
26/11	"	Water Pipit	1
26/11	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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26/11	Hersey NR	Teal	9
26/11	(14.40)	Little Grebe	2
26/11	No benches in Hide	Greenshank	2	(Very active)
26/11	"	Tufted Duck	1m
26/11	"	Lapwing	12
26/11	"	Little Egret	3
26/11	"	Dunlin	2	(Beach)
26/11	"	Sanderling	11	(Beach)
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26/11	Seaview Esplanade	Red Breasted Merganser	1m	(Seagrove Bay)
26/11	(15.10)	Great Crested Grebe	1
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Friday	Fine, Sunny, Cold	bitter NW Wind
25/11	Bembridge Harbour	Kingfisher	2
25/11	(9.10)	Teal	c40
25/11	"	Dunlin	7
25/11	"	Redshank	c30
25/11	"	Shelduck	3
25/11	"	Little Egret	1
25/11	"	Fieldfare	1	(Over Marina W.)
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25/11	Foreland, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	8	(On rock ledge off beach)
25/11	(9.40)	Rock Pipit	1
25/11	"	Ringed Plover	1
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25/11	Bembridge Ponds	Kingfisher	2
25/11	(10.00 - 11.00)	Spotted Redshank	1
25/11	"	Water Rail	c3	(Heard)
25/11	"	Little Egret	1
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25/11	Shide (FP to Bk Wtr.)	Little Owl	2
25/11	(16.20)	Grey Wagtail	1m
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Reported (Gary H.)	Hersey NR Brading Marsh	Gadwall Water Pipit	1m 1	11.45 with Greenshank Filter Beds 13.00, plus 2 Pintail over L.Lane
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Thursday	Cold & Cloudy
24/11	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	3	(Filter Beds)
24/11	(7.50)	Pied Wagtail	1
24/11	"	Green Woodpecker	1
24/11	"	Chiffchaff	1
24/11	"	Redwing	5	(inc. 4 over N.)
24/11	"	Song Thrush	1
24/11	"	Kestrel	1
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24/11	Laundry Lane	Canada Geese	c260	(Field to W. of Lane)
24/11	"	Goldcrest	5	(2 seen, 3 heard)
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24/11	Sandown Esplanade	Guillemot	1	(In Bay)
24/11	(8.50)	Moorhen	9	(and 14 Coots)
24/11	Canoe Lake	Pochard	17	(11m. 6f)
24/11	"	Tufted Duck	7	(1m, 6f)
24/11	"	Siskin	6	(Over W. to Marsh)
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Tuesday	Foggy, Cloudy Start,	to Sunny Intervals
22/11	Seaview Toll Road (9.00)	Common Scoter	1f	(Just offshore)
22/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
22/11	"	Shag	1
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22/11	Bembridge Harbour (9.30)	Kingfisher	2
22/11	"	Teal	c60
22/11	"	Dunlin	c15
22/11	"	Redshank	c10
22/11	"	Little Egret	2
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22/11	Bembridge Ponds (10.00)	Redshank	1
22/11	"	Spotted Redshank	1	(It's Back!)
22/11	"	Water Rail	c2	(Heard)
22/11	"	Shelduck	2
22/11	"	Tufted Duck	2m
22/11	"	Little Egret	2
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Monday	Cold Start, Fine Sunny
21/11	St. Helens Bridge (R.Yar) On View from 9.30 - 11.35	BITTERN	1	In full view on reeds 200m S. of Bridge (RHS) eventually went up bank into reeds
21/11	"	Black Tailed Godwit	5	(Flew into Pond on L. of river)

21/11	Laundry Lane	Greylag	7	(7 Bean Geese reported??)
21/11	(11.50)	Canada Geese	100+	(With Brent Geese and 1 Hybrid Greylag)
21/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
21/11	"	Song Thrush	1
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21/11	Medham,Cowes	Chaffinch	c30	(1 part Albino! see pictures)
21/11	(15.00)	Bullfinch	1f
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Sunday	Cold Start, Fine Sunny	Some foggy patches		(IWOG Walk)
20/11	Whale Chine to Atherfield	HEN HARRIER	1m	(Along cliff NW, then inland @ 7.55)
20/11	(7.55 - 11.40)	Skylark	c20
20/11	"	Black Redstart	1m	(On rocks at Chine Mouth)
20/11	"	Raven	2	(With Sand Eels!)
20/11	"	Wigeon	2f/juv	(Flew onto sea, Chale Bay)
20/11	"	Peregrine	2	(1 on Cliff edge, 1 on fields)
20/11	"	Stonechat	3	(2m&f by Military Road, and L. Atherfield Fm.)
20/11	"	Yellowhammer	10+	(Little Atherfield Farm)
20/11	"	Song Thrush	2
20/11	"	Mistle Thrush	6+
20/11	"	Kestrel	4
20/11	"	Golden Plover	2	(Inland field with c80 Lapwing)
20/11	"	Lapwing	c100
20/11	"	Grey Partridge	7
20/11	"	Red Legged Partridge	c20
20/11	"	Goldfinch	c25	(Chine)
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20/11	Puckpool & Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	2	(Offshore opposite Hersey NR)
20/11	(15.00)	Great Crested Grebe	5
20/11	"	Common Scoter	c11	(1 Duck on Sea, c10 E)
20/11	"	Shag	2+	(and plenty of Cormorants)
Mammal	Puckpool Beach	54ft FINN WHALE (Dead)	1m	Don't stand downwind of it!
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	Jack Snipe	1	behind Arthur Robinson's about mid-day (David B.)
Saturday	Frosty to Fine Sunny
19/11	Newtown NR,	Knot	33
19/11	(8.15 - 10.30)	Golden Plover	7
19/11	"	Goldeneye	2f
19/11	"	Ringed Plover	c10
19/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
19/11	"	Little Grebe	6
19/11	"	Red Breasted Merganser	25
19/11	"	Dunlin	1000+
19/11	"	Turnstone	5
19/11	"	Brent Geese	c1000
19/11	"	Reed Bunting	4
19/11	"	Yellowhammer	c20
19/11	"	Rock Pipit	4	(Boathouse)
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19/11	Freshwater Causeway	Black Brant (S.Sp.)	1	(100m N.of Church on "Freshwater Way" FP)
19/11	(11.00)	Brent Geese	c120
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Reported (Chris M.)	Foreland to Puckpool (11.45 - 16.25)	Red Necked Grebe Red Throated Diver	1-2 1	also;- 3 Great Crested Grebes, and 1 Purple S.P. still at the Lifeboat Stn.
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Reported (Robin A.)	St. Catherines Pt. (7.45 - 10.45)	WAXWING Snow Bunting	7E 3E	@8.05 also;- Siskin 57E, Brambling 27E, @7.55 (2), 8.05 (1) also;- Chaffinch 80E
"	Rocken End	Yellow Browed Warbler Firecrest	1 4	& Cetti's Warbler at Castlehaven Marsh.
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Friday	Cold Start, Fine Sunny
18/11	Whale Chine, Chale Bay	GOLDENEYE	6f	(Fishing offshore just E. of Atherfield Pt.)
18/11	(8.15 - 10.10)	Skylark	c15
18/11	"	Peregrine	2	(Ad. + juv on field, then chased a Stock Dove)
18/11	"	Stonechat	3	(2m&f near Military Road)
18/11	"	Song Thrush	5	(3 on Cliff edge set-aside, 2 inland)
18/11	"	Kestrel	2	(m&f)
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18/11	Dungewood Lane	Yellowhammer	2	(Over)
18/11	(10.25)	Buzzard	3
18/11	"	Skylark	6
18/11	"	Linnet	1+	(Distant -with mixed finch flocks in maize stubble)
18/11	"	Goldfinch	20+
18/11	"	Lapwing	65	(54 together on Field)
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Thursday	Frosty Fine Sunny
17/11	Brading Sewage Wks.	Raven	2	(Over W. calling)
17/11	(7.50 - 8.45)	Rook	c20	(At nests!)
17/11	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Drumming!)
17/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
17/11	"	Pied Wagtail	1
17/11	"	Kestrel	3
17/11	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
17/11	"	Buzzard	2
17/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen, both heard)
17/11	"	Song Thrush	2
17/11	"	Chiffchaff	1
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Reported	Yarmouth Estuary	Black Brant (S.Sp.)	1	still Between Churchyard and King's Manor Farm also 1 Whinchat seen recently.
Reported (Jim C. etc.)	Newtown NR	Red Throated Diver Short Eared Owl	1 1	& 8 Goldeneye
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Reported (David B.)	Bembridge Marina	Common Sandpiper Black Redstart	1 2	On bank of R. Yar Latimer Road
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Wednesday	Cloudy (Showers am.)	Cold NW. Wind
16/11	Ryde Esplanade	Stock Dove	4	(Canoe Lake)
16/11	(8.20)	Brent Geese	c500
16/11	"	Sanderling	c120	(c70 W.of Pier)
16/11	"	Dunlin	1
16/11	"	Ringed Plover	c40
16/11	Appley Park	Redwing	7
16/11	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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16/11	Puckpool & Seaview	Guillemot	1	(off Seaview Esplanade)
16/11	(14.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m
16/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
16/11	"	Cormorant	8
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16/11	Hersey NR	Teal	21
16/11	(14.30)	Little Grebe	3
16/11	"	Wood Duck	1m	(Escape)
16/11	"	Tufted Duck	7	(5m, 2f)
16/11	"	Pochard	5m
16/11	"	Snipe	1
16/11	"	Little Egret	6	(On beach)
16/11	"	Barnacle Geese	250+	(Feral, and 1 Snow Goose)
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Reported	Yarmouth Estuary	S.Sp. BLACK BRANT	1	W. side on Stubble near King's Manor Farm with c100 Brent Geese
Tuesday	Rain at first
15/11	Ryde Esplanade	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Offshore)
15/11	(8.50)	Brent Geese	c500	(Most off E. Sands, with 34 W.of Pier)
15/11	"	Sanderling	c60	(c40 W.of Pier)
15/11	"	Dunlin	9
15/11	"	Ringed Plover	50
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15/11	Bembridge Ponds (15.40)	Pochard	10+	(10m at least)
15/11	"	Snipe	3
15/11	"	Water Rail	c2	(Heard)
15/11	"	Shelduck	1
15/11	"	Shoveler	2	(m&f)
15/11	"	Tufted Duck	7	(3m, 4f)
15/11	Harbour	Greenshank	1
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Weekend 12/13	Cloudy	(Trip to London)		-Sample sightings
Gosport (Fri)	Haslar Creek/Pond	Red Breasted Merganser	5	poss R.B. Gull, (Didn't find the Laughing Gull)
Staines(Sat)	Moor and Reservoir	Black Necked Grebe	5	1 Little Egret @ Moor with c10 Ring Nk. Parakeets
Welney (Sun)	WWT Reserve	Ruff	c100	200+ Whooper Swan, 4+ Bewick, 2 Egyptian Geese
Rickmansworth(Mon)	Stockers Lake	Goldeneye	2f	c50 Gadwall, 1 Crossbill over, 10 Siskin etc.
And from the IOW;-
Reported (13/11)	St. Catherine's Pt. (8.00 to 10.00)	Brambling	26	10 Bullfinch, Lighthouse Lane Some though to be Northern types
(Graham S.)	Whale Chine (11.00 to 12.30)	Snow Bunting	2	1 in the car park, joined by a 2nd. Both flew over road to stubble fields.
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Reported (Jim C. etc.)	Newtown NR	Gadwall Slavonian Grebe	1m,1f 1
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Reported(14/11) (Chris M.)	Whale Chine	Golden Plover Lapwing	5 80+	field by road flushed by nearby shooting
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Friday	Cloudy	(Trip to London)
11/11	Fishbourne (from Ferry)	Sandwich Tern	1
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Thursday	Cloudy, Light Rain	W. Wind
10/11	Ryde Esplanade	Sandwich Tern	1	(Just offshore, moving W.-back to Wootton?)
10/11	(7.40)	Brent Geese	220	(Mostly E. of Pier)
10/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	2	(Out at sea)
10/11	"	Rock Pipit	2	(by "Prince Consort")
10/11	"	Sanderling	c15
10/11	"	Ringed Plover	c30
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10/11	Foreland, Bembridge	PURPLE SANDPIPER	1	(Under the end of Lifeboat Pier, on concrete ledge)
10/11	(8.30 - 9.20)	SWALLOW	2	(W. over "Crab & Lobster" PH, late ones!)
10/11	"	Fieldfare	c80	(Over moving gradually W.)
10/11	"	Shag	3
10/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
10/11	"	Brent Geese	18	(W. seen later at Seaview?)
~
10/11	Seaview Esplanade	Shag	2	(Shag Numbers increasing in Solent)
10/11	(9.30)	Rock Pipit	1
10/11	"	Cormorant	c20	(10+ on St Helen's Fort)
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E-Mail Report	Ryde Esplanade	House Martin	1	Around Bowling Alley
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News	Hersey NR	Hide Vandalised again!	~	Benches removed, Pictures pulled down, how stupid!
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Wednesday	Cold Start, Fine Sunny
09/11	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Little Owl	3	(1 in tree below cliff near Car Park, 2 further E. on Cliff)
09/11	(8.25 - 9.25)	poss. Crossbill	1f	(Moving W. under cliff)
09/11	"	Stock Dove	100+	(On clifftop Stubble field, flew E.)
09/11	"	Skylark	4
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09/11	Whale Chine	Wheatear	1	(On post along Military Road-an even later one!)
09/11	(9.35 - 10.35)	Skylark	21
09/11	"	GREY PARTRIDGE	10	(Flew up from "set-aside" strip, N. over road)
09/11	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
09/11	"	Stonechat	2	(m&f near Military Road)
09/11	"	Kestrel	2	(m&f)
09/11	"	Wood Pigeon	c1000	(Large flocks on stubble fields)
09/11	"	Lapwing	c100	(Fields)
09/11	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
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09/11	Ryde Sands	Ringed Plover	13
09/11	(9.15)	Sanderling	c25	(Disturbed by lots of dogs on beach)
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09/11	Bembridge Marina (15.20)	Black Redstart	4	(1m, 3f/juv -On roofs, and by Boat Trailers)
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09/11	Bembridge Ponds (16.10)	Pochard	5	(4m,1f)
09/11	"	Snipe	5
09/11	"	Water Rail	c3	(Heard)
09/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
09/11	"	Tufted Duck	17	(8m, 9f)
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Tuesday	Cloudy, Bright Intervals	Strong S. Wind		Gale force above Needles
08/11	Carisbrooke Pond (7.45)	Pochard	1m	(Very Scarce at present)
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08/11	Needles and West High Down	WHEATEAR	1	(Very late one)
08/11	(8.10 - 10.00)	Sparrowhawk	1
08/11	"	Peregrine	2	(1 came over low doing 100mph or so)
08/11	"	Redwing	200+	(W. towards Alum Bay, & flocks feeding in trees)
08/11	"	Rock Pipit	2
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08/11	Newtown NR,	SLAVONIAN GREBE	1	(Harbour entrance @ 11.05)
08/11	(10.45 - 11.40)	Golden Plover	404
08/11	"	Grey Plover	c30
08/11	"	Ringed Plover	c15
08/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
08/11	"	Little Grebe	4	(1 with unusually long neck)
08/11	"	Red Breasted Merganser	2	(m&f)
08/11	"	Dunlin	200+
08/11	"	Turnstone	c10
08/11	"	Shelduck	c30
08/11	"	Brent Geese	200+
08/11	"	Stonechat	1m
08/11	"	Rock Pipit	3	(Boathouse)
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Reported (Gary H.)	Ventnor, (Seawatch) (9.15 to 11.15)	Sooty Shearwater Gannet	6 285	& 8 Common Scoter, also 5 Auk Sp.
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Monday	Early Shower to Fine Sunny
07/11	Fishbourne Beach	SANDWICH TERN	2	(1 on Buoy off Creek, 1E to Ryde)
07/11	(7.40 - 9.20)	Reed Bunting	3	(1m, 2f/juv Reedbed at Quarr Pond)
07/11	"WeBS Count"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard at pond)
07/11	"	Little Egret	5
07/11	"	Redshank	1
07/11	"	Shag	4	(Unusual here)
07/11	"	Grey Plover	1	(With Turnstones)
07/11	"	Turnstone	17	(Shingle spit, moving E.)
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07/11	Wootton Creek	Sandwich Tern	2	(seen again @ 2pm N. of Wootton Bridge)
07/11	(13.50)	Black Headed Gull	c680
07/11	"	Little Egret	2
07/11	"	Heron	6	(Lakeside)
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Reported	Bembridge Marina	Black Redstart	3	(pm), on roofs along lower Latimer Road (David B.)
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Sunday	Wet and Windy	Strong W-SW. Wind
06/11	Ryde Esplanade	Grey Plover	2	(Out on sandbank, moving E.)
06/11	(8.00)	Brent Geese	c700	(E. side of Pier)
06/11	"	Curlew	25
06/11	"	Dunlin	1	(& 100+ Sanderling)
06/11	"	Ringed Plover	2
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06/11	Seaview Beach	RED NECKED GREBE	1	(@ 9.10 Just offshore by Hersey outlet pipe)
06/11	(9.00)	Shag	1
06/11	"	Cormorant	8
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06/11	Hersey NR	Teal	23
06/11	(9.15 - 9.50)	Little Grebe	3
06/11	"	Lapwing	3
06/11	"	Snipe	8	(Feeding at Water's edge)
06/11	"	Barnacle Geese	100+	(Feral)
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Reported (Ventnor Group)	"La Faliase", (Seawatch) (9.00 to 13.00+)	LEACH'S PETREL Sooty Shearwater	2 13	(pm), & 1 Arctic & 1 Great Skua, (from 11.40), & 6 Common Scoter, 1 small Shearwater Sp.
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Saturday	Showers to Sunny Int			W. Wind
05/11	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Brambling	2W	(Overhead calling)
05/11	(8.00)	Bullfinch	2+
05/11	"	Redwing	c30	(in fields and along lane)
05/11	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c70
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05/11	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Redwing	c300	(Flying over W, and feeding along path)
05/11	(8.20 - 10.45)	Spotted Redshank	2	(Scrape)
05/11	(No sign of Bearded Tits today)	Fieldfare	3
05/11	"	Skylark	2
05/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(with 1 Pied Wagtail)
05/11	"	Blackcap	1m,1f
05/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
05/11	"	Lapwing	c30
05/11	"	Snipe	1
05/11	"	Grey Plover	2
05/11	"	Black Tailed Godwit	7
05/11	"	Turnstone	1
05/11	"	Stonechat	2
05/11	"	Kingfisher	1
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05/11	Yarmouth Town (10.00)	Redwing	100	(Moving W. in flocks of 30-50)
05/11	"	Fieldfare	30+	(With Redwings)
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Reported (Chris M.)	West High Down (6.25 to 13.00)	Ring Ouzel	13	(Groups of 4 & 5), 2 Wheatear, 1 Firecrest Over;- 1061 Wood Pigeon, 186 Linnet,131+ Brambling, 21 Redpoll, 11 Siskin, 159 Fieldfare, 25 Mistle Thrush, 41 Bullfinch, 35 Skylark, 954 Starling
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Friday	Fine Sunny			W. Wind
04/11	Yarmouth Town (8.30)	Black Redstart	1	(Next to "George" Hotel)
04/11	"	Redwing	100+	(Moving W. in flocks of 30-50)
04/11	"	Fieldfare	4	(With Redwings)
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04/11	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	BEARDED TIT	13	(Flying over Reedbed -SE. of Old Station, @9.01, moved E. at 9.03, then 2 seen feeding @10.00)
04/11	(8.50 - 10.30)	Black Tailed Godwit	1	(High water levels)
04/11	"	Redwing	c10
04/11	"	Wigeon	100+
04/11	"	Teal	100+	(1 poss. Garganey?)
04/11	"	Kingfisher	1
04/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
04/11	"	Lapwing	c10
04/11	"	Snipe	1
04/11	"	Reed Bunting	2f
04/11	"	Dunlin	5
04/11	"	Turnstone	1
04/11	"	Stonechat	3	(m & 2f)
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04/11	Newtown NR,	Shelduck	c50
04/11	Cassey Bridge (8.00)	Bullfinch	1m
04/11	"	Pintail	15	(4m,11f)
04/11	Boathouse (11.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	2	(Clamerkin Channel)
04/11	"	Dunlin	c120
04/11	"	Oystercatcher	c50
04/11	"	Grey Plover	c100
04/11	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
04/11	"	Turnstone	20+
04/11	"	Peregrine	1
04/11	"	Meadow Pipit	1
04/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
04/11	"	Stonechat	1f
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04/11	Union St, Ryde (13.00)	Swallow	1	(Feeding overhead)
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04/11	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	1	(Feeding on flooded field)
04/11	(15.45 - 17.20)	Large Wader Sp. (Stone Curlew ?)	1	(Came over Lane landed in Field at dusk Larger than Lapwing, Pale with Short bill, pointed wings, zigzag flight.)
04/11	"	Green Woodpecker	1
04/11	"	Stonechat	1
04/11	"	Starling	c1000	(Large Flocks merging)
04/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
04/11	"	Redwing	30+
04/11	"	Kestrel	2
04/11	Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	2
04/11	"	Pied Wagtail	1
04/11	"	Chiffchaff	1
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Reported	Horseshoe Bay, Bonchurch	Snow Bunting	1	Along seawall 15.00-16.30, (Ventnor Group)
Thursday	Cloudy, Heavy Showers	SW. Gales
03/11	"La Falaise" Ventnor	SOOTY SHEARWATER	5W	(1@8.45, 2@9.36, 1@9.57 and 1@10.08 -KG saw 8!)
03/11	(Seawatch 7.40 - 10.25)	Gannet	35+	(More reported)
03/11	"	Great Skua	1	(E@7.57)
03/11	"	Auk Sp.	9E	(15+ Reported)
03/11	"	Brent Geese	16E	(2@9.01, 14@10.21)
03/11	"	Kittiwake	2+E
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03/11	Ventnor Park (11.00)	Mandarin	1m	(In small pond by road)
03/11	"	Redwing	100+	(Flocks everywhere)
03/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
03/11	"	Merlin	1f	(Flew E. towards Boniface Down)
03/11	"	Goldcrest	2+	(More heard)
Reported	by "Royal Hotel"	Brambling	c6	Feeding in Sycamores (Ventnor Group)
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03/11	Ryde Esplanade (12.40)	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Fishing just off "Wimpy" Kiosk in Rough Seas)
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Wednesday	Heavy Showers	S. Wind
02/11	Hersey NR	Teal	34
02/11	(11.15)	Tufted Duck	5	(1m.4f)
02/11	"	Lapwing	2
02/11	"	Snipe	5	(Feeding at Water's edge)
02/11	"	Oystercatcher	15
02/11	"	Wood Duck	1m	(Esc. from Flamingo Park)
02/11	"	Barnacle Geese	100+	(Feral)
02/11	"	Rock Pipit	1	(on beach)
02/11	"	Redwing	c25	(Over to W.)
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Tuesday	Cloudy, Showers, Bright Int.	SW. Wind		Good Finch Movement
01/11	Bembridge Down/Culver	Ring Ouzel	7+	(4+ In valley W. of Fort, 3 over CG Cottages)
01/11	"	Stonechat	5+	(Redcliff and by CG Cottages)
01/11	"	Bullfinch	5	(W. 2 pairs and single)
01/11	"	Chaffinch	9
01/11	"	Linnet	c40
01/11	"	Skylark	18	(Some migrants, c12 local)
01/11	"	Redwing	1+
01/11	"	Song Thrush	4
01/11	"	Buzzard	3	(all pale)
01/11	"	Sparrowhawk	1
01/11	"	Kestrel	3
01/11	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
01/11	"	Pied Wagtail	9
01/11	"	Siskin	c15	(W)
01/11	"	Redpoll	2	(W)
01/11	"	Yellowhammer	1m
01/11	"	Wood Pigeon	1250+	(Some moving SW, large flocks on fields)
01/11	"	Stock Dove	2
01/11	"	Red Legged Partridge	1	(and 3 Pheasants)
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Reported	Howard Road, Shanklin	ALPINE SWIFT	1	Flying round houses at 11.10 (Chris M.) and 1 Short Eared Owl, in off sea 11.15
01/11	Shanklin Cliff Path	Peregrine	2	(No sign of Alpine Swift)
01/11	(11.35)	Wood Pigeon	c1000	(Large flocks of 50-100 over constantly)
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Reported	Monk's Bay, Bonchurch	GREY PHALAROPE	1	@11.15 (Ventnor Group)
01/11	Monk's Bay (12.50)	Little Egret	1	(No sign of Phalarope)
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01/11	Ryde Esplanade	Golden Plover	4	(Out on sandbank briefly @16.00, flew off W.)
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OCTOBER 2005: Click for monthly species lists, October total = 127 so far

Monday	Rain to Cloudy	Light Wind
31/10	Ryde Esplanade (8.20)	Sanderling	136	(Disturbed by Dogs as usual)
31/10	"	Ringed Plover	24	("Wimpy" beach roost)
31/10	"	Dunlin	1
31/10	"	Brent Geese	402	(334 W. of Pier, 68 on E. side)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals, showers			S/SW. Wind
30/10	Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	1500!	(Amazing passage W. mainly 9-10am)
30/10	(7.20 - 11.00)	Kittiwake	c20	(W.)
30/10	"	Little Gull	1	(W)
30/10	"	Red Breasted Merganser	2	(W. @ 7.28)
30/10	"	Brent Geese	5	(W)
30/10	"	Guillemot	1	(Oiled, just off beach)
30/10	"	Auk Sp.	c6	(W)
30/10	"	Merlin	1-3f	(3 sightings-in off sea-different birds?)
30/10	"	Rock Pipit	1	(On rocks around Harbour)
Reported	"	Arctic Skua	3	and 2,400 Gannet (W).
(Graham S.)	"	Pomarine Skua	2juv	1 "Bonxie" chasing a Gannet (W.)
(7.20 - 12.15)	"	Little Gull	1(1st.w)	1 (1st.w) Yellow Legged Gull, 218 Kittiwake, (W.), 2 Mediterranean Gull, 17 Auk Sp. (&2 R/Bill)
30/10	Union St, Ryde	Swallow	c6	(Feeding overhead)
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30/10	Laundry Lane	HEN HARRIER	1juv.m	(E. of Lane 16.15 & 16.48)
30/10	(15.30 - 17.20)	Raven	1juv	(Landed in Field)
30/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
30/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
30/10	"	Stonechat	4	(2m,2f)
30/10	"	Starling	c1500	(Large Flocks merging)
30/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
30/10	"	Kestrel	3
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Reported	Rookley	Snow Bunting	2	2 SW @ 08.20, one very white, 1 Blackcap and 1 Firecrest (Robin A.)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Bright Int.	S/SE. Wind
29/10	Alum Bay Chine	Firecrest	1	(By steps to Chine)
29/10	(8.05 - 11.40)	Redpoll	c20	(Flock of 13 in Chine, small groups over downs)
29/10	"	Brambling	c10	(4 feeding in Chine, others over)
29/10	"	Song Thrush	5	(Chine and Downs)
29/10	"	Chiffchaff	3	(With Tit flock)
29/10	"	Goldcrest	35+	(about 20 in chine, 10+ on Downs)
Reported	"	PALLAS'S WARBLER	1	@9.50 (but not relocated), 3 Ring Ouzel (WHD cliff edge), 1Black Redstart.
(Robin A.)	Yarmouth	Bearded Tit	2	(1m) @ Station Reedbed at 14.15, flew off high to E at 14.25, 15 Shoveler and 1 Blackcap
29/10	West High Down	Sparrowhawk	3	(2 hunting together)
29/10	(N. Slope)	Swallow	1	(E then W again)
29/10	"	Peregrine	1
29/10	"	Merlin	1f	(m. reported further W.)
29/10	"	Buzzard	2
29/10	"	Redwing	c35
29/10	"	Linnet	150+
29/10	"	Siskin	20+
29/10	"	Dartford Warbler	2
29/10		Ring Ouzel	2	(1 seen, 1 heard opposite Warren Fm.)
29/10	"	Stonechat	2	(m&f)
29/10	"	Bullfinch	12+	(Flocks of 6,5 and singles)
29/10	"	Skylark	6
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29/10	Bembridge Airport FP	Ring Ouzel	1f	(On large bush)
29/10	(16.10)	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Feral)
29/10	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Feral/Hybrid)
29/10	"	Canada Geese	c250	(Fields N. of FP)
29/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
29/10	"	Kestrel	3
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29/10	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	1m	(Back of Causeway)
29/10	(17.20)	Tufted Duck	3	(2m,1f)
29/10	"	Kingfisher	1
29/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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Reported	West High Down	Long Eared Owl	1	scrub near the Chalk Pit Car Park at first light and a Barn Owl hunting
(Graham S.	& Chris M.)	Woodcock	4	Over SE/E;- 264 Chaffinch, 212 Greenfinch, 32 Redpoll, 17 Brambling, 266 Linnet, 40 Siskin, 120 Redwing,
(7.00 - 16.15)	& Alum Bay Chine	Firecrest	2	18 Song Thrush, 190 Woodpigeon, 16 Stock Dove, 9 Skylark, 3 Swallow, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Grey Wagtail.
"	"	Merlin	1m	On Ground;- 70 Goldcrest, 2 Ring Ouzel, 1 Wheatear, c15 Bullfinch (5 at Whitecliff Cottage and 6 by Chine)
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Friday	Rain to Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
28/10	Puckpool & Seaview	Skylark	1	(Heard flying over)
28/10	(11.05)	Rock Pipit	2	(On seawall)
28/10	"	Little Egret	9	(Field inland)
28/10	"	Swallow	1	(E. in Solent, no Grebes though)
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Mammal	off Yarmouth Pier	Bottlenosed Dolphin	1	(Dubbed "Ethelred", best seen from Pierhead)
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Reported	Rookley	Woodlark	13	SW, 4 @ 09.10, 9 @ 17.00), 1 Ring Ouzel 200 Redwing and 1 Firecrest
(Robin A.)	Ventnor	Great Skua	1	W, 80 Gannet, 4 Shelduck and 3 Firecrest (2 @ Park & 1@ Botanic Gardens)
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Thursday	Fine Sunny Warm			S. Wind
27/10	Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	1	(Looked very quiet today)
27/10	(7.50 - 9.00)	EIDER	1f	(E. @ 8.20 very low and close in)
27/10	"	Rock Pipit	2	(On rocks around Harbour)
27/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over the Town)
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27/10	Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin	Goldcrest	10+
27/10	(9.40)	Coal Tit	1
27/10	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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Wednesday	Cloudy, Clear Int.	S. Wind
26/10	Bembridge Down/Culver	Ring Ouzel	8+	(In valley W. of Fort)
26/10	(8.00 - 10.00)	Goldfinch	c80	(m & f in picture? - m. has bigger red mask)
26/10	"	CROSSBILL	8+	(Over to W.)
26/10	"	Chiffchaff	3
26/10	"	Linnet	c20
26/10	"	Merlin	1f/juv	(Hunting valley and Redcliff bushes)
26/10	"	Buzzard	4	(all pale)
26/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1-2	(Chasing Finches)
26/10	"	Kestrel	2
26/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
26/10	"	Pied Wagtail	5
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26/10	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
26/10	(15.45 - 17.50)	Swallow	c10
26/10	"	Ring Ouzel	1-4	(Flushed by Sparrowhawk)
26/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(With prey-looked like a Blackbird)
26/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
26/10	"	Redwing	1
26/10	"	Lapwing	c25
26/10	"	Teal	10+
26/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c6
26/10	"	Starling	c200	(2 Large Flocks)
26/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	4+	(Heard)
26/10	"	Buzzard	1
26/10	"	Kestrel	3
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Reported	Newtown NR (Jim C.)	Hen Harrier	1m	E. to far end of Clamerkin Lake, till left 8.35
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Reported	off Seaview (Jeff G.)	Black Necked Grebe	2
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Tuesday	V. Heavy Showers	and Sunny Intervals		Strong SW. Wind
25/10	Ryde Sands	Ringed Plover	13
25/10	(9.15)	Sanderling	c25	(Disturbed by lots of dogs on beach)
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25/10	Bembridge Harbour	Greenshank	5	(Millpond)
25/10	"	Little Egret	9	(2 Harbour, 7 from St Helens Bridge)
25/10	Ponds (14.50)	Kingfisher	1
25/10	"	Snipe	1
25/10	"	Tufted Duck	1f
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25/10	Foreland (15.40)	prob. LONG TAILED SKUA	1juv	(Just under Cliff with BH Gulls @ 16.06, then flew NE. All dark, square tail with projecting stub)
25/10	"	Little Egret	9	(2 Harbour, 7 from St Helens Bridge)
25/10	"	Rock Pipit	2	(Beach)
25/10	"	Pied Wagtail	6+	(Field on clifftop)
25/10	"	Goldfinch	8	(Car Park)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	S. Wind
23/10	Newtown NR,	Golden Plover	252	(from Boathouse)
23/10	(8.30 - 11.30)	Spotted Redshank	6
23/10	IWOG Walk	White Wagtail	1	(On roof along lane)
23/10	"	Pintail	1m	(Causeway Lake, 55 reported recently)
23/10	"	Shelduck	c30
23/10	"	Knot	5
23/10	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Up to 3 seen lately)
23/10	"	Bullfinch	2	(m & f Town Copse)
23/10	"	Redwing	83	(flocks of 57 and 25)
23/10	"	Skylark	16	(Overhead)
23/10	"	Reed Bunting	4	(W. side of meadow)
23/10	"	Stonechat	1m	(N. side of meadow)
23/10	"	Wheatear	1
23/10	"	Red Breasted Merganser	11	(Clamerkin Channel)
23/10	"	Dunlin	c130
23/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
23/10	"	Ringed Plover	12
23/10	"	Turnstone	8
23/10	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c50	(1 colour ringed)
23/10	"	Peregrine	1
23/10	"	Buzzard	1
23/10	"	Kestrel	2
23/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
23/10	"	Rock Pipit	1
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23/10	Gore Cliff	Little Owl	1	(On cliff)
23/10	"	Raven	2
Reported	FP to Blackgang from V.Pt	Yellow Browed Warbler	1	till13.30, and 1 Firecrest. (Graham S.) -but not found at 16.00
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23/10	Nansen Hill	Treecreeper	1	(N. Slope Woods at 17.15)
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Reported	Whale Chine	Hen Harrier	1	9 - 12, Field opposite Chine
(Graham S.)	"	Wood Pigeon	2937	1 flock of 2000! also W. 7 Brambling, 2 Golden Plover, 45 Greenfinch, 93 Skylark.
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Reported	Laundry Lane	Hen Harrier	1	Carpenters Area (Chris M.)
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Reported	Luccombe Down	Short Eared Owl	5	Flushed from heather, also 40+ Stonechat, 3+ Ring Ouzels, 1 Hawfinch (W), 2 Brambling
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Reported	Haylands, Ryde	Whitethroat	1	@Recreation Gnd. -Feeding on Blackberries. (John C.)
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Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
22/10	Bembridge Down/Culver	Black Redstart	1f/juv	(On PH roof and around Monument)
22/10	(7.50 - 11.00)	Ring Ouzel	12+
22/10		Wheatear	1	(N. of Monument, ringed)
22/10		Goldfinch	c100
22/10		Reed Bunting	1juv.m
22/10	"	Chaffinch	c10
22/10	"	Chiffchaff	4
22/10	"	Goldcrest	4
22/10	"	Siskin	8+
22/10	"	Linnet	c30	(With Goldfinch and Meadow Pipits)
22/10	"	Buzzard	3	(1 v. pale)
22/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chasing Finches)
22/10	"	Kestrel	1
22/10	"	Meadow Pipit	20+
22/10	"	Skylark	4	(Over)
22/10	"	Pied Wagtail	6	(on ground, 1 ringed)
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Reported	West High Down	Hawfinch	10	1,2, then 7@ 8.30! Over;- 226 Greenfinch, 500 Redwing, 277 Chaffinch, 370 Woodpigeon,
(Graham S.	& Chris M.)	Goosander	1f	NE over Headon Warren at 12.15, and- 1 Crossbill, 12 Ring Ouzel
(7.00 - 14.00)	"	Firecrest	6	On Ground;- also, 2 Black Redstart, 3 Woodcock,1 Merlin, 4 Sparrowhawk
"	"	Woodlark	6	W then E @9.55, 12 Brambling, 30 Song Thrush, 4 Reed Bunting, 42 Skylark, 66 Siskin, 9 Redpoll,
"	"	Siberian Chiffchaff	1	"tristis" type @ Alum Bay Cottages
Earlier-	Havenstreet	Long Eared Owl	1	@6.00 over Garden
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Friday	Heavy Rain,	to Sunny Intervals		(Strong SW Wind)
21/10	Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	244	Mostly W. (Graham's total was 380)
21/10	(8.10 - 11.00)	Wigeon	5	(W. also c10 small ducks -Teal?)
21/10	(with Chris M.)	Auk Sp.	2	(W. probably Razorbills)
21/10	(and Graham S.)	Linnet	c50	(W.)
21/10	"	Goldfinch	c30	(W.)
21/10	"	Swallow	c6	(W.)
21/10	"	Rock Pipit	4	(On rocks around Harbour)
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Thursday	Rain O/N,	to Sunny Intervals		Fresh WSW Wind
20/10	St. Catherines Pt.	Gannet	2W	(Very quiet at Sea today))
20/10	(7.30 - 8.30)	Siskin	1	(over to W.)
20/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c15	(In off sea and W.)
20/10	"	Goldfinch etc.	c40	(& Flocks of Linnet, and Meadow Pipit
20/10	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(W. over land)
20/10	"	Swallow	6	(W.)
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20/10	Rylstone Gardens	Goldcrest	2-7	(2 on bushes and 5 Thrushes over E.)
20/10	(9.40)	Coal Tit	1	(Singing)
20/10	"	Goldfinch	c50	(Small flocks going over)
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	1	Around Swiss Chalet
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Reported	St. Catherines Pt.	Snow Bunting	1	Over;- 124 Greenfinch, 296 Goldfinch, 22 Chaffinch, 114 Woodpigeon, 26 Pied Wagtail, 70 Mipit, 4 Rock Pipit, 16 Skylark, 9 Swallow, 2 Reed Bunting and 2 Redpoll
(Graham S.)	"	Pintail	1	At Sea;-10 Wigeon and 21 Brent
(9.00 - 12.15)	"	Firecrest	1	On Ground;- also, 1 Ring Ouzel, 11 Stonechat and 2 Wheatear
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Reported	Culver Down	Ring Ouzel	27	2m,4f Blackcaps (feeding on the elder fruit).
(John C.)	(10.30 - 12.30)	Wheatear	2	(cliff edge), 2m,4f Stonechat
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Wednesday	Showers to	Sunny Intervals		Brisk SW. Wind
19/10	Newtown NR,	Golden Plover	212	(from Boathouse)
19/10	(8.30 - 10.05)	Shoveler	1f	(Scrape, with all yellow bill!)
19/10	"	Wigeon	c80
19/10	"	Teal	100+
19/10	"	Shelduck	37
19/10	"	Brent Geese	c130
19/10	"	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(W. of Gull Is.)
19/10	"	Dunlin	c120
19/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
19/10	"	Ringed Plover	7
19/10	"	Turnstone	9
19/10	"	Black Tailed Godwit	15
19/10	"	Peregrine	1
19/10	"	Buzzard	2
19/10	"	Kestrel	2
19/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
19/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
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19/10	Puckpool Seawatch	Auk Sp.	2	(E. c14.20 poss. Razorbill)
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Reported	St. Catherines Pt.	Arctic Tern	1	(1st w.), 3 Kittwake, 68 Gannets etc.
(Graham S.)	"	Arctic Skua	1	26 Auks ( includes 7 Razorbill & 2 Guillemot)
"	"	Great Skua	1	1 Red Breasted Merganser, 7 Common Scoter, On Ground;-1 Firecrest, 5 Ring Ouzel and 14 Stonechat.
Reported	Newtown NR	Scaup	1f	@ 1st Light, with Merganser, till flew SE @ 8.30
(Jim C.)	"	Osprey	1	Came in @ 13.30, tried catching fish, then left towards Shalfleet
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Tuesday	Cloudy	Fresh E./SE. Wind
18/10	Ryde Sands	Brent Geese	370	(305 W. Sands, c40 E. Sands+Appley Beach)
18/10	(8.15)	Little Egret	12	(W. Sands)
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18/10	Hersey NR (9.20)	Tufted Duck	1m	(E. of hide)
18/10	"	Little Egret	6+
18/10	"	Lapwing	1
18/10	"	Little Grebe	9
18/10	"	Teal	19
18/10	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral, with c200 Barnacle Geese)
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Reported	Whale Chine	Merlin	1	1 Ring Ouzel (in Chine), 4 (1w) Yellow Legged Gull (fields) Over to E, 1933 Linnet, 335 Goldfinch and 396 Swallow
(Graham S.)	St Catherine's Pt.	Ring Ouzel	11	At sea 13.30-14.30, 7 Razorbill, 2 Guillemot, 1 Common Scoter, Gannets etc.
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Reported	Fort Victoria	Osprey	1	SE @ c13.30 (Jim C.)
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Reported	Newtown NR	Short Eared Owl	1	also 1ad. Little Gull (Bob G.)
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Monday	Foggy start-	to Sunny Warm		Light E. Wind
17/10	Fishbourne Beach	OSPREY	1	(In off sea at 9.32 when fog cleared, chased by Kestrel and Crows, flying very low heading SE)
17/10	(7.50 - 9.40)	Reed Bunting	4	(1m, 1f, 2juv in Reedbed at Quarr Pond)
17/10	"WeBS Count"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard at pond)
17/10	"	Little Egret	9
17/10	"	Brent Geese	75	(Flew onto beach)
17/10	"	Oystercatcher	25	(Shingle spit)
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17/10	(& @ 16.00)	Razorbill	1	(Fishing round rocky Island off Woodside)
17/10	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2	(On shingle bank)
17/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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Reported	Brading Marsh	Merlin	1f/imm	- hunting around Carpenters marsh (Chris M.)
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Reported	Culver Down	Ring Ouzel	18	Brambling, Merlin, 6 Redpoll, 13 Stonechats (E-Mail)
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Sunday	Misty Start to Hazy Sun	E. Wind		"All Thrushes & Finches"
16/10	Bembridge Down/Culver	WOODLARK	1	(With Skylarks over stubble field E. of Yaverland Manor)
16/10	(7.10 - 11.40)	Goldfinch	c350
16/10	(With Chris M.)	Redpoll	1	(Landed in bushes)
16/10	"	Brambling	1	(Pit above Redcliff with 4 Chaffinches)
16/10	"	Chaffinch	c20
16/10	"	Chiffchaff	4
16/10	"	Goldcrest	5	(and prob. FIRECREST heard)
16/10	"	Blackcap	1m
16/10	"	Brent Geese	7	(Over Culver headland!)
16/10	"	Curlew	1	(Heard above Whitecliff Bay)
16/10	"	Siskin	7+
16/10	"	Linnet	55
16/10	"	Buzzard	3	(1 v. pale)
16/10	"	Kestrel	2
16/10	"	Meadow Pipit	20+
16/10	"	Skylark	30+
16/10	"	Yellowhammer	6
16/10	"	Pied Wagtail	35	(over to NE. and on ground)
16/10	"	Wheatear	1
16/10	"	FIELDFARE	1	(With Redwings)
16/10	"	REDWING	c40
16/10	"	Song Thrush	c20
16/10	"	Mistle Thrush	2
16/10	"	Blackbird	20+
16/10	"	Ring Ouzel	4	(3m,1f/juv at least)
16/10	"	Stonechat	4	(2m, 2f/juv)
16/10	"	Swallow	30+	(Moving E.)
16/10	"	Sparrowhawk	2
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Reported	Yarmouth Estuary	Spoonbill	1	c9.30 seen from the road bridge (Dave W.)
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Reported	Nodes Holiday Camp	Redwing	c130	SE @ 7.30 - 8.00 (Dave W.)
(Graham S.)	Rowborough Down	Crossbill	2	and 6 Brambling, 25 Siskin, 1 Snipe
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Saturday	Misty Start	Warm & Sunny Later		E. Wind
15/10	Bembridge Down/Culver	"ALL WHITE" Gull Sp.	1	(Iceland? or Albino Herring Gull? E. along cliff @9.16)
15/10	(7.50 - 9.40)	Goldfinch	c100
15/10	(Met Mark B.)	REDPOLL	1	(E. Heard)
15/10	"	BRAMBLING	1	(E. Heard)
15/10	"	Siskin	3+	(E. Heard)
15/10	"	Linnet	50+
15/10	"	Buzzard	2	(1 v. pale)
15/10	"	Kestrel	2
15/10	"	Meadow Pipit	8+
15/10	"	Swallow	c10	(S.)
15/10	"	Skylark	11
15/10	"	Yellowhammer	1	(over)
15/10	"	Pied Wagtail	10	(over NE.)
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15/10	Bembridge Ponds (10.10)	Kingfisher	1
15/10	"	Snipe	2
15/10	"	Teal	3
15/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
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15/10	St. Helens Bridge (10.30)	Kingfisher	1	(E. Riverbank)
15/10	"	Snipe	2
15/10	"	Teal	9
15/10	Bembridge Harbour	Little Egret	9
15/10	"	Redshank	c20
15/10	"	Cormorant	5
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Reported	Culver Down	HAWFINCH	5	2 S. of Fort 9.45, left towards Sandown, 3 N. of Monument flew into field below
(E-Mail)	"	Ring Ouzel	1	Bottom of slope N. of Monument
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Reported	St Catherines Point	Snow Bunting	2E	Over with 1 Lapland Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 Tree Sparrow, 8 Woodlark
(Robin A.)	Alum Bay	Yellow Browed Warbler	1	c200yds W. of the "Clock Museum".
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(Graham S.)	Newchurch	Snow Bunting	1W	and 1 Woodlark E. early @ Mersley Down
Friday	Overcast	Cool N Wind
14/10	Ryde Esplanade (8.30)	Sanderling	260+	(Running about -so difficult to count)
14/10	"	Ringed Plover	29	("Wimpy" beach roost)
14/10	"	Rock Pipit	2	(Marina wall)
14/10	"	Sandwich Tern	1-2	(1 Seen W. of Pier, 1 at Marina -the same one?)
14/10	"	Pied Wagtail	19	(11 W. of Pier, 8 on E. side)
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14/10	Ryde Canoe Lake (8.45)	Kingfisher	1	(Flew over briefly)
14/10	"	Swan	64
14/10	"	Mallard	71
14/10	"	Canada Geese	2
14/10	"	Stock Dove	2
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Reported	Hazeley Ponds	Water Pipit	1N
(Graham S.)	Hale Common	Redpoll	9W
Thursday	Overcast	Cool NW Wind
13/10	Ryde Esplanade (7.35)	Sanderling	263	(Numbers still increasing)
13/10	"	Ringed Plover	22
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13/10	Appley Park (8.20)	Mistle Thrush	2
13/10	"	Swallow	1
13/10	"	Green Woodpecker	2
13/10	"	Stock Dove	3
13/10	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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13/10	Sandown Esplanade (9.30)	Pied Wagtail	15
13/10	"	Little Grebe	1
13/10	"	Meadow Pipit	1
13/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
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Wednesday	Bright to Misty,	Wet pm.		S Wind
12/10	Ventnor Esplanade	Little Egret	1	(W)
12/10	(8.00)	Gannet	19	(17W. & 2E.)
12/10		Brent Geese	2	(E.)
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12/10	Luccombe Down	Redstart	1f
12/10	(9.15 - 11.10)	Black Redstart	1-2	(W. Slope with Meadow Pipits)
12/10	"	Stonechat	18
12/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
12/10	"	Chiffchaff	6+
12/10	"	Linnet	c40	(Moving SW)
12/10	"	Peregrine	1	(Swooping after Jackdaws)
12/10	"	Dartford Warbler	3
12/10	"	Swallow	3+
12/10	"	House Martin	20	(Feeding around Nansen Hill/Luccombe Valley)
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals,	Showers
11/10	Ryde Esplanade (8.00)	Brent Geese	63	(W. of Pier)
11/10	"	Sanderling	200+
11/10	"	Ringed Plover	6
11/10	"	Swan	58	(Canoe Lake)
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11/10	Bembridge Harbour	Kingfisher	2	(1 on R. Yar, 1 Harbour)
11/10	(8.30)	Rock Pipit	4
11/10	"	Greenshank	6
11/10	"	Redshank	7
11/10	"	Lapwing	3
11/10	"	Little Egret	3
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11/10	Bembridge Ponds	Hobby	1	(on small tree near Home Fm.)
11/10	(8.55 - 9.35)	Kingfisher	1
11/10	"	Pochard	1m
11/10	"	Tufted Duck	2	(m & f)
11/10	"	Cormorant	2
11/10	"	Little Grebe	8+
11/10	"	Little Egret	1
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Monday	Fine Sunny Warm	Light S. Wind
10/10	Carisbrooke Pond	Grey Wagtail	1
10/10	(8.20)	Kingfisher	1	(Flew over Pond)
10/10	"	Little Grebe	1
10/10	"	Goldcrest	6	(2 seen others heard)
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10/10	Newtown NR,	Golden Plover	50	(2 @ Clamerkin, 48 by Boathouse)
10/10	(9.00 - 11.10)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Hay Meadow)
10/10	"	Peregrine	1f	(Flushing everything, about 200 Teal flew up)
10/10	"	Knot	8
10/10	"	Dunlin	49
10/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
10/10	"	Ringed Plover	15
10/10	"	Turnstone	7
10/10	"	Shelduck	12
10/10	"	Black Tailed Godwit	58
10/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c6
10/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	2	& 3 Red Admiral, 1 Wall Brown
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10/10	Hersey NR (16.00)	Kingfisher	1	(Right past hide)
10/10	"	Lapwing	1
10/10	"	Little Grebe	10
10/10	"	Teal	7
10/10	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral-Blue Phase)
10/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c200	(Feral)
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	Hobby	1	and 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard (Ventnor Group)
Reported	Cliff Path, Lake	Coal Tit	1	"Continental" ater type (Chris M.)
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Sunday	Sunny Warm	Light S. Wind
09/10	W. High Down, Totland	Black Redstart	1juv	(Around C.G. Cottages)
09/10	(7.50 - 11.30)	Ring Ouzel	3+	(2m, 1f at least, slope opposite Warren Fm.)
09/10	"	Stonechat	10
09/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
09/10	"	Rock Pipit	4
09/10	"	Skylark	4	(Over Needles, W.)
09/10	"	Wheatear	4
09/10	"	Song Thrush	5
09/10	"	Dartford Warbler	1
09/10	"	Peregrine	1
09/10	"	Tree Pipit	1	(Heard flying over Alum Bay)
09/10	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Flew E. over CG Cottages-migrant?)
09/10	"	Swallow	20+
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09/10	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Barn Owl	1	(Flying behind Scrape at 12.00!)
09/10	(Brief visit 11.50)	Spotted Redshank	2
09/10	"	Wigeon	c10
09/10	"	Lapwing	c20
09/10	"	Teal	c50
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09/10	Laundry Lane (16.20)	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Feral -With 15 Canadas)
09/10	"	Reed Bunting	1m
09/10	"	Swallow	c40
09/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
09/10	"	Meadow Pipit	9
09/10	"	Starling	50
09/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
09/10	"	Buzzard	2	(also 4 Kestrels)
09/10	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Works)
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Reported	Whale Chine area	Merlin	1	and 1ad. Yellow Legged Gull
"	Graham S. (8.30 - 10.30)	Redpoll	17	, 20 Siskin, 68 Skylark, flying over
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Saturday	Misty to	Sunny Intervals		Fresh S. Wind
08/10	Culver Down	Song Thrush	2
08/10	(7.45 - 9.10)	Goldfinch	c40	(With Linnets, past Monument)
08/10	"	Meadow Pipit	50+
08/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1	( S. of Fort)
08/10	"	Swallow	c80	(SE.)
08/10	"	Pied Wagtail	6+	(S)
08/10	"	Kestrel	2
08/10	"	Blackcap	2	(f, N. Slope, m, FP to Whitecliff Bay)
08/10	"	Chiffchaff	2+
08/10	"	Peregrine	2
08/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
Reported	"	Ring Ouzel	1	W. along N slope, also 2 Siskin, 1 Redpoll over (E-Mail)
Reported	"	Wheatear	1	Cliff edge @ CG Cottages.
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08/10	Medina Estuary	Kingfisher	1	(Werrar)
08/10	(15.45 - 17.15)	Black Tailed Godwit	c10	(by Pinkmead inlet)
08/10	"	Oystercatcher	c70
08/10	"	Rock Pipit	2	(Werrar waters edge)
08/10	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	2	at the Medham end
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Reported	W. High Down, Alum Bay	Ring Ouzel	3	inc. 1m, and Lesser Whitethroat below Beacon
"	(Chris M.)	Yellow Browed Warbler	1	Alum Bay Chine 9.30,
"	"	Firecrest	1	and 2juv M? Black Redstarts by CG Cottages
Reported	Newtown NR, (Gary H.)	Merlin	1	scattering the waders, also 37 Golden Plover
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Friday	Misty with Drizzle
07/10	Ryde Esplanade (16.15)	Sanderling	c150
07/10	"	Dunlin	3
07/10	"	Ringed Plover	c6
07/10	"	Brent Geese	15	(W. of Pier)
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07/10	Laundry Lane (16.40)	Stonechat	3	(Bushes to E.)
07/10	"	Swallow	c100
07/10	"	Little Egret	3
07/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
07/10	"	Meadow Pipit	10+
07/10	"	Starling	50
07/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
07/10	"	Buzzard	1	(also 4 Kestrels)
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Reported	Needles Battery	Black Redstart	2	C.G. Cottages. (Caroline D.)
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Thursday	Misty with Drizzle
06/10	Brading (7.40)	Blackcap	2m,1f	(Bushes along path at Sewage Wks)
06/10	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds)
06/10	"	Pied Wagtail	3
06/10	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
06/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard, Laundry Lane)
06/10	"	Buzzard	2	(also 2 Kestrels)
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06/10	Bembridge Down	Song Thrush	2-7	(2 on bushes and 5 Thrushes over E.)
06/10	(8.45 - 9.50)	Goldfinch	c40	(Flocks of 15 - 20)
06/10	"	Buzzard	2	(1 v. pale)
06/10	"	Meadow Pipit	8+
06/10	"	Green Woodpecker	3	(Together S. of Fort)
06/10	"	Swallow	c10	(S.)
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06/10	Ryde Esplanade (15.45)	Sanderling	c230
06/10	"	Dunlin	3
06/10	"	Ringed Plover	7
06/10	"	Brent Geese	21
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06/10	Appley Park (16.00)	Mistle Thrush	3
06/10	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
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06/10	Hersey NR (17.00)	Kingfisher	1	(On tree to RHS)
06/10	"	Little Grebe	11
06/10	"	Teal	8
06/10	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral)
06/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c150	(Feral)
06/10	Seaview Beach	Mediterranean Gull	3
06/10	"	Little Egret	4
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Wednesday	Cloudy, cool	NW Wind
05/10	Ryde Esplanade (7.50)	BRENT GEESE	28	(2 weeks later than last year)
05/10	"	Little Egret	23	(Near record numbers today)
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05/10	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Little Owl	2	(About 200m apart)
05/10	(8.30 - 10.00)	Siskin	c30	(Moving E.)
05/10	"	Greenfinch	c40	(Other flocks of Finches E.)
05/10	"	House Martin	100's	(Feeding under Gore Cliff and moving E. over sea)
05/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c10	(Moving N.)
05/10	"	Chiffchaff	4	(By Car Park)
05/10	"	Mistle Thrush	4	(3 together)
05/10	"	Peregrine	1
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05/10	Whale Chine	ex-Barn Owl	1juv	(Found dead -near cliff edge)
05/10	(10.05 - 10.30)	Skylark	c6
05/10	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
05/10	"	House Martin	c20	(Over)
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04/10	Corve Farm ponds, Atherfield	Sedge Warbler	2	(In reeds)
05/10	(10.35 - 12.15)	Red Legged Partridge	30+	(Ready for a shoot!)
05/10	"	Grey Partridge	6
05/10	"	Canada Geese	c200	(Fields)
05/10	"	Buzzard	3	(1 very pale with eyestripe)
05/10	"	Linnet	70+
05/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
05/10	"	Yellowhammer	1m
05/10	"	Stonechat	6+
05/10	"	Skylark	c15
05/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c10	(More Moving NE.)
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Tuesday	Cold Start but Sunny	NW Wind
04/10	Shide/Blackwater FP	Grey Wagtail	1	(R. Medina, by Garage)
04/10	(8.00 - 10.00)	Siskin	c10	(Adlers about halfway along)
04/10	"	Bullfinch	2+	(1 Imm. seen, others heard)
04/10	"	Blackcap	1m	(Marvel Lane)
04/10	"	Mistle Thrush	1
04/10	"	Song Thrush	2	(and 2 Thrushes over, maybe Redwings?)
04/10	"	Red Legged Partridge	3
04/10	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
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04/10	Newtown NR,	RED BREASTED MERGANSER	2f	(Clamerkin channel)
04/10	(10.30 - 11.15)	Golden Plover	7	(W. of Boathouse)
04/10	"	Dunlin	20
04/10	"	Knot	3
04/10	"	Ringed Plover	c15
04/10	"	Turnstone	3
04/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c6
04/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
04/10	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(Posts at harbour entrance)
04/10	"	Skylark	12	(Over to W.)
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04/10	Luccombe Down	Long Eared Owl	1	(Hunting low over W. Slope at dusk, 19.15)
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Monday	Cloudy
03/10	Ryde Esplanade (8.10)	Sanderling	242	(Highest count of year so far)
03/10	"	Curlew	c25
03/10	"	Little Egret	1
03/10	"	Cockatiel	1f	(2yr Fem "Yellow" Cockatiel says local cage bird expert, has been here about 2 weeks)
03/10	Appley Park (9.00)	Blackcap	1f	(Near Gardens, S. side)
03/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Flying low)
03/10	"	House Martin	40+	(Over W. with some Swallows)
03/10	"	Goldcrest	c6	(3 seen)
03/10	"	Green Woodpecker	2
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03/10	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	2	(1 back of Causeway Pond, 1 Lagoon)
03/10	(14.10 - 15.05)	Teal	6
03/10	"	Water Rail	2	(1 seen ,1 heard)
03/10	"	Tufted Duck	1m
03/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
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Reported	Blackgang	REDWING	20+	W. @ 10.45, 2 more @ 12.00. (George & Pat W.)
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Sunday	Cold Start but Sunny	NW Wind
02/10	Ventnor Esplanade (7.40)	Kingfisher	1f	(On breakwater, unusual here)
02/10	"	Gannet	1	(W)
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02/10	Luccombe Down	Redstart	1f
02/10	(8.30 - 11.30)	Whinchat	1
02/10	"	Stonechat	10+
02/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
02/10	"	Wheatear	2
02/10	"	Dartford Warbler	2	(1m singing, very approachable)
02/10	"	Raven	2-3
02/10	"	Siskin	2+	(Heard flying over)
02/10	"	Swallow	30+
02/10	"	House Martin	100+
02/10	"	Sand Martin	1
02/10	"	Kestrel	4
02/10	"	Buzzard	6
Insects	"	"Fox Moth" Caterpillar	1	(On path NE. of Car Park)
Reported	" (Chris M.)	Woodlark	1	Flushed just S of the carpark
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02/10	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Black Tailed Godwit	64
02/10	(15.30 - 17.05)	Spotted Redshank	2
02/10	"	Shoveler	3
02/10	"	Wigeon	6
02/10	"	Kingfisher	1
02/10	"	Lapwing	6
02/10	"	Teal	c80
02/10	"	Snipe	9	(8 visible on Rofford Marsh, more hidden?)
02/10	"	Muscovy	1
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02/10	Newtown NR,	Shelduck	6
02/10	(17.20 - 18.20)	Greater Black Backed Gull	10
02/10	"	Dunlin	20
02/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
02/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
02/10	"	Spotted Redshank	1
Mammals	"	Grey Seal	1	(Harbour entrance)
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Saturday	Fine Sunny	Cool SW. Wind
01/10	Ryde Esplanade (7.35)	Sanderling	16+
01/10	"	Dunlin	1
01/10	"	Little Egret	4
01/10	"	Cockatiel	1f	(Canoe Lake bank, Esc.)
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01/10	Sandown Esplanade (9.20)	Yellow Wagtail	1	(Flying SW calling)
01/10	"	Wheatear	1	(Flying around Crazy Golf area)
01/10	"	Swallow	80+	(Streaming though, many over sea)
01/10	"	Shag	c16	(Roosting on end of Culver Cliff)
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01/10	Sandown Pier	RED NECKED GREBE	1	( 100m off Pierhead, moving SW from14.10 - 15.00)
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01/10	Hersey NR (15.40)	Kingfisher	1f	(On sluice gates)
01/10	"	Stonechat	2	(m&f on E. fenceline)
01/10	"	Little Egret	2
01/10	"	Little Grebe	11
01/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral)
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01/10	Brading Marsh (19.15)	Barn Owl	1	(Flying S. towards Yarbridge)
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Reported	Yarmouth	Common Sandpiper	1	also 1 Knot, 2 Spotted Redshank & 1 Bar T. Godwit still(Chris M.)
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SEPTEMBER 2005: Click for monthly species lists, September total = 122

Friday	Rain early to Cloudy	SW. Wind
30/9	Hersey NR (9.15)	Tufted Duck	1m	(Flying over)
30/9	"	Kingfisher	1	(Causeway Pond)
30/9	"	Little Egret	5
30/9	"	Little Grebe	1
30/9	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral)
30/9	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(By Seawall)
30/9	Seaview Esp.	Gannet	3	(1W,2E far out)
30/9	"	Shag	2	(on Bouys)
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30/9	Sandown Pier	RED NECKED GREBE	1	(SW of Pier @14.30 from White Marker "6" to "4", moving SW. towards Shanklin)
30/9	Seawatch	Razorbill	2	(SW @ 15.30, another reported fishing by Pierhead)
30/9	(14.15 - 16.15)	Common Scoter	1	(SW @ 15.20)
30/9	"	Gannet	5
30/9	"	Shag	2	(another 30 roosting on the end of Culver Cliff)
30/9	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
30/9	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	3	(SW)
Reported	Lake (from Seawall)	Brent Goose	1	Flying SW. (Chris M.)
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Reported	Yarmouth "Old Station" Pond	Garganey	1f/imm	on LH Pond at 18.00 (Caroline D.)
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Thursday	Long Sunny Intervals	Cold Start		W-NW. Wind
29/9	Ryde Esplanade (7.30)	Sanderling	161	(Still no Brent Geese -late this year)
29/9	"	Ringed Plover	25	(Roosting by Wimpy Kiosk)
29/9	"	Curlew	30	(W along beach)
29/9	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Canoe Lake, E. end)
29/9	"	Rock Pipit	1	(W. side of Pier)
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29/9	Luccombe/Shanklin Down	Redstart	1f	(E. Slope)
29/9	(8.20 - 11.10)	House Martin	c60	(Moving S.)
29/9	"	Swallow	c30	(Moving S.)
29/9	"	Wheatear	c8	(1 with rings, see picture)
29/9	"	Stonechat	c12	(No sign of Wryneck since Tuesday)
29/9	"	Chiffchaff	c10
29/9	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
29/9	"	Green Woodpecker	2
29/9	"	Whitethroat	1	(Shanklin Down)
29/9	"	Goldfinch	c70	(Shanklin Down on thistles)
29/9	"	Siskin	1+	(Heard going overhead)
29/9	"	Sparrowhawk	1
29/9	"	Kestrel	3
29/9	"	Buzzard	1
Mammals	"	Fox	2	(Shanklin Down)
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29/9	Hersey NR (15.40)	Teal	10
29/9	"	Kingfisher	2
29/9	"	Little Egret	1
29/9	"	Little Grebe	14	(2 groups of 7, flushed out by Fox)
29/9	"	Barnacle Geese	c25	(Feral)
Mammals	"	Fox	1
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29/9	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	5
29/9	(16.20)	Kingfisher	1
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29/9	Bembridge Ponds	Kingfisher	1	(Causeway Pond, =4 seen in 1 hour!)
29/9	(16.35)	Teal	6
29/9	"	Coot	36	(Many more than usual)
29/9	"	Little Grebe	6
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Wednesday	Sunny to Cloudy, wet ev.
28/9	Newtown NR,	Shelduck	12
28/9	(8.20 - 9.30)	Sandwich Tern	4
28/9	"	Knot	1
28/9	"	Dunlin	3
28/9	"	Oystercatcher	c50
28/9	"	Ringed Plover	c30
28/9	"	Grey Plover	c20
28/9	"	Turnstone	1
28/9	"	Raven	2	(E. over Hay Meadow)
28/9	"	Meadow Pipit	6
28/9	"	Rock Pipit	4
28/9	"	Bullfinch	1f
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28/9	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Bar Tailed Godwit	1	(With the Bk. Tailed Godwits)
28/9	(10.05 - 12.05)	Spotted Redshank	2
28/9	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c80
28/9	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
28/9	"	Wigeon	6
28/9	"	Kingfisher	1
28/9	"	Coal Tit	2	(By path, unusual)
28/9	"	Lapwing	c10
28/9	"	Teal	c40
28/9	"	Snipe	1
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Reported	Off Sandown Pier	Razorbill	1	(Chris M.)
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Tuesday	Cloudy, Showers	SW. Wind
27/9	Ventnor Winter Gardens	Sand Martin	2	(W. with Swallows)
27/9	Seawatch (8.00 - 9.00)	Swallow	c20	(W.)
27/9	(But rather quiet)	Peregrine	1juv	In from sea carrying a fish! (Very Odd) (Taken from a Fishing Boat or Gull perhaps?)
27/9	"	Pied Wagtail	2+
27/9	"	Chiffchaff	2+	(around bushes)
27/9	"	Siskin (?)	30+	(2 flocks W. very low)
27/9	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(Just offshore)
27/9	"	Gannet	11	(6E & 5W, some close in)
27/9	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
27/9	"	Cormorant	3
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27/9	Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin	Chiffchaff	2+	(heard)
27/9	(9.30)	Mixed Tit Flock	15+	(Blue, Great & Long Tailed + Goldcrests)
27/9	"	Jay	3
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	1
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27/9	Ryde Esplanade (12.00)	Common Tern	3	(On beach)
27/9	"	Sandwich Tern	10	(Close in, more further out on sea?)
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Monday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
Reported	Yarmouth Car Park	ROSE COLOURED STARLING	1juv	With Starlings around 15.00 (Tony F.)
26/9	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sand Martin	2+
26/9	(7.30 - 8.40)	Little Grebe	1
26/9	"	Reed Warbler	1	(On the reeds, E. side)
26/9	"	Swallow	100's	(Streaming though SW. and some House Martins)
26/9	"	Pied Wagtail	20+	(12 on Bowling Green alone)
26/9	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
26/9	"	Starling	c40
26/9	"	Sandwich Tern	3	(In Bay)
26/9	"	Gannet	5	(Distant)
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26/9	Bembridge Down & Redcliff	Redstart	1m
26/9	(8.50 - 10.00)	Raven	1
26/9	"	Stonechat	4	(f/juv)
26/9	"	Swallow	c20	(Going S.)
26/9	"	Whitethroat	1
26/9	"	Blackcap	1
26/9	"	Jay	3
26/9	"	Chiffchaff	c4
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals
25/9	Ryde Esplanade (8.30)	Sanderling	c170
25/9	"	Sandwich Tern	6	(On sandbank)
25/9	"	Ringed Plover	40
25/9	"	Dunlin	2
25/9	"	Curlew	c15	(a similar no. of Oystercatchers)
25/9	"	Little Egret	2
25/9	"	Swallow	2	(Over beach, many more inland)
25/9	"	Rock Pipit	1	(W. of Pier)
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25/9	Hersey NR (16.40 - 17.30)	Swallow	c50
25/9	"	Little Egret	5
25/9	"	Little Grebe	5
25/9	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral)
25/9	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral, with Barnacles)
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Reported	Luccombe Down	Wryneck	2	Near Dew pond, (2nd Day), also 1 Grasshopper Warbler
Saturday	Sunny Intervals
24/9	Ryde East Sands (7.15)	Sanderling	170	(But still no Brent Geese)
Reported	W. of Tennyson Monument	Dotterel	2	Till 13.30 then flew N. (Chris M.)
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24/9	Newtown NR,	Shelduck	5	(1 juv)
24/9	(9.30 - 12.00)	Sandwich Tern	3
24/9	but no Ospreys today	Turnstone	7
24/9	"	Oystercatcher	c50
24/9	"	Wheatear	1	(E. of Clamerkin Lake)
24/9	"	Whinchat	1m	(Meadow W of Hide)
24/9	"	Stonechat	1m	(Meadow W of Hide)
24/9	"	Golden Plover	1	(from Boathouse)
24/9	"	Rock Pipit	5
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24/9	Tennyson Down, Totland	Wheatear	c10	(Missed Dotterels -AGAIN!)
24/9	(14.10 -16.30)	Dartford Warbler	2
24/9	"	Redstart	3	(2m,1fjuv)
24/9	"	Stonechat	6+
24/9	"	Whinchat	3
24/9	"	Dartford Warbler	1+
24/9	"	Raven	2
24/9	"	Peregrine	1
24/9	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chasing Wheatear, it escaped OK)
24/9	"	Buzzard	1
24/9	"	Kestrel	4
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Reported	Headon Warren	Marsh Harrier	4	c17.15, 2juv, 1imm, 1m. heading NW. (Chris M.)
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Reported	St. Catherines Point	ORTOLAN BUNTING	1	E @ 8.30, and 1 Osprey W @8.40
(Robin A.)	"	Swallow	1850	E, and 155 House Martin, 1 Sand Martin.
"	"	Siskin	235	E, and 780 Meadow Pipit, 1 Great Skua (W), 3 Whimbrel.
Friday	Cloudy to Wet, then Fine	Fresh SW. Wind pm.
23/9	St Helens Bridge	Grey Wagtail	1	(On concrete wall)
23/9	(8.10)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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23/9	Bembridge Ponds	Meadow Pipit	6	(1 was paler with a supercillium)
23/9	(8.30)	Teal	8
23/9	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
23/9	"	Kingfisher	1	(Causeway Pond)
23/9	"	Little Grebe	6
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23/9	Hersey NR (9.30 - 10.00)	Teal	7
23/9	"	Little Egret	2
23/9	"	Little Grebe	6	(5 together, 2ad, 3juv)
23/9	"	Barnacle Geese	c250	(Feral)
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23/9	Laundry Lane, Brading	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds)
23/9	(16.20 - 17.40)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
23/9	"	Lapwing	c25	(Over L. Lane, going E.)
23/9	"	Swallow	c20
23/9	"	Wheatear	1
23/9	"	Stock Dove	2
23/9	"	Goldfinch	c40	(on thistles)
23/9	"	Jay	2
23/9	"	Kestrel	3
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Thursday	Misty to Hazy Sun
22/9	Bembridge/Culver Down	Stonechat	3	(f/juv)
22/9	(8.10 - 10.00)	Blackcap	6+	(S. of Fort)
22/9	"	Chiffchaff	4
22/9	"	Linnet	c40	(W.)
22/9	"	Chaffinch	6+
22/9	"	Wheatear	1	(Redcliff Slope)
22/9	"	Green Woodpecker	3
22/9	"	Swallow	10	(S.)
22/9	"	Kestrel	1
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Wednesday	Cloudy, to Sunny Intervals
21/9	Tennyson Down, Totland	Wheatear	5	(No sign of Dotterels, first reported Sunday!)
21/9	(7.40 -10.20)	Dartford Warbler	2
21/9	"	Yellow Wagtail	3	(With Cattle)
21/9	"	Stonechat	3	(2m,1f)
21/9	"	Blackcap	2f
21/9	"	Raven	2	(E. along Cliff Edge)
21/9	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
21/9	"	Kestrel	1
Reported	" (Dave H.)	Dotterel	1	Seen flying W. then again later E. again
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21/9	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Stonechat	1f	(Bushes S. of Scrape)
21/9	(10.30)	Wigeon	6
21/9	"	Redshank	c30
21/9	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c40
21/9	"	Turnstone	1
21/9	"	Lapwing	25
21/9	"	Teal	c40
21/9	"	Shoveler	8-10
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21/9	Newtown NR,	Shelduck	10	(They're back!)
21/9	(12.00)	Sandwich Tern	3
21/9	but no Ospreys today	Turnstone	1
21/9	"	Oystercatcher	c50
21/9	"	Wheatear	1	(W. of Causeway Lake)
21/9	"	Rock Pipit	1
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals
20/9	Foreland, Bembridge	Cormorant	35	(Flock of 30 came in from Culver)
20/9	(8.35)	Swallow	c30	(with some Martins)
20/9	"	Curlew	1
20/9	"	Heron	6
20/9	"	Little Egret	c10
20/9	"	Oystercatcher	c15
20/9	"	Sandwich Tern	3
20/9	"	Wheatear	1	(Horse Paddocks)
20/9	"	Linnet	c20	(Fields to W.)
20/9	"	Chiffchaff	4	(Bushes under cliff)
Moths	"	Silver Y	2	(seawall by "Crab & Lobster" PH)
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Reported	Tennyson Down	DOTTEREL	2juv	W. of Monument, between cliff edge and wooden seat
20/9	Tennyson Down, Totland	Wheatear	2	(No sign of Dotterel, last seen 18.00)
20/9	(18.50 -19.40)	Sparrowhawk	1
20/9	"	Kestrel	1
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Monday	Sunny Intervals
19/9	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	150	(But no Brent Geese yet)
19/9	(8.20)	Sandwich Tern	6	(On sandbank)
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19/9	Hersey NR (9.00 - 10.00)	Common Sandpiper	1
19/9	"	House Martin	200++	(Sky full of them!)
19/9	"	Swallow	c20
19/9	"	Sand Martin	1	(at least)
19/9	"	Little Egret	3
19/9	"	Whinchat	1	(At back of centre channel, on post)
19/9	"	Little Grebe	5
19/9	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral)
19/9	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral, with Barnacles)
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19/9	Fishbourne Beach	Sandwich Tern	15+
19/9	(15.40)	Common Tern	6
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Sunday	Becoming Sunny and Warm
18/9	S. Wellow (IWOG Walk)	Skylark	c8
18/9	(8.00 - 11.15)	Red Legged Partridge	c20
18/9	"	Wheatear	1
18/9	"	Whinchat	1
18/9	"	Yellowhammer	8
18/9	"	Chiffchaff	3+
18/9	"	Whitethroat	1
18/9	"	Greenfinch	4
18/9	"	Bullfinch	1f
18/9	"	Stock Dove	4
18/9	"	Canada Geese	42	(On Stubble field)
18/9	"	Buzzard	3	(poss. Hobby earlier scattering Swallows)
Butterfly	"	Small Fritillary Sp.(?)	1	(Very late, so a bit of a mystery)
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18/9	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	21
18/9	(16.00)	Little Egret	1
18/9	St Helens Bridge	Kingfisher	1	(On riverbank)
18/9	"	Greenshank	7	(Flew up from pond E. of Yar)
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18/9	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	1
18/9	(16.40)	Teal	13
18/9	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
18/9	"	Kingfisher	1	(Lagoon)
18/9	"	Water Rail	1
18/9	"	Little Grebe	8	(6 together)
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Reported	Luccombe Down	White Stork	1	S. then high out to sea at 10.45
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Saturday	Cold to Fine Sunny			NW. Wind
17/9	Fishbourne Beach (11.00)	Sandwich Tern	2	(ad & juv on post S. of Ferry Terminal)
17/9	(WeBS Count)	Little Egret	13	(Beach and Quarr Pond)
17/9	"	Oystercatcher	19	(Beach)
17/9	"	Common Gull	8
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17/9	Ashey Down	Wheatear	3-4	(a paler one attracted interest )
17/9	(15.00 - 17.00)	Redstart	2
17/9	"	Swallow	c20
17/9	"	Stock Dove	1
17/9	"	Buzzard	2
17/9	"	Kestrel	2
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Reported	Culver, Ashey, Luccombe	Siskin	c400	Includes 330 at Luccombe Down! Remarkable
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Friday	Showers	Cold N. Wind
16/9	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	c140
16/9	(7.20)	Dunlin	5
16/9	"	Wheatear	1	(seawall by Wimpy Kiosk)
16/9	Ryde West Sands	Little Egret	5
16/9	"	Herring Gull	c100
16/9	"	Kingfisher	1	(On groyne)
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16/9	Laundry Lane	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds)
16/9	(10.30 - 11.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
16/9	"	House Martin	c20
16/9	"	Swallow	c20
16/9	"	Yellow Wagtail	4	(Flying over from Cattle fields)
16/9	"	Wheatear	1
16/9	"	Stock Dove	3
16/9	"	Buzzard	2	(1 very pale)
16/9	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(& poss. Merlin)
16/9	"	Kestrel	4	(1 chasing Meadow Pipits)
Insects	"	Ruddy Darter	5	also c10 Southern Hawker DF, Specked Wood, Comma and Red Admiral BF
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16/9	Newtown NR (14.30)	Osprey	1	(On post, E. side, another reported earlier)
16/9	"	Swallow	c50
16/9	"	Rock Pipit	2
16/9	"	Grey Plover	3
16/9	"	Black Tailed Godwit	11
Reptiles	"	Common Lizard	5	(along Boardwalk at Meadow)
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16/9	Hersey NR (18.20 - 19.10)	Common Sandpiper	2
16/9	"	Little Egret	2
16/9	"	Little Grebe	3
16/9	"	Barnacle Geese	c40	(Feral)
16/9	"	Snow Goose	1	("Blue Phase" Feral)
16/9	"	Kestrel	1
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Thursday	Drizzle, Cloudy to Wet	SW Wind
15/9	Bembridge/Culver Down	RING OUZEL	1m	(NE. of Monument down slope)
15/9	(9.30 - 10.50)	Blackcap	10+	(S. of Fort, and Pit as above)
15/9	"	Willow Warbler	4+
15/9	"	Chiffchaff	10+
15/9	"	Green Woodpecker	2
15/9	"	Swallow	c100	(W.)
15/9	"	House Martin	c20	(W.)
15/9	"	Kestrel	2
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Sunny Intervals	Misty on hills		Fresh SW. Wind
14/9	Luccombe Down (9.30)	Blackcap	2m	(W. Slope)
14/9	"	Wheatear	3	(around Car Park)
14/9	"	Meadow Pipit	c16	(around Car Park)
14/9	"	Willow/Chiffs	3+	(Heard in cover)
14/9	"	Swallow	10+	(Moving N.)
14/9	"	Kestrel	1	(No other raptors today)
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Tuesday	Hazy Sun to Cloudy			E. Wind
13/9	Blackgang Viewpoint	Swift	1
13/9	(9.15)	Swallow	100's	(Streaming E. all morning, with some Martins)
13/9	"	Raven	1	(Heard)
13/9	"	Little Owl	1	(on cliff near Car Park)
13/9	"	Yellow Wagtail	c30	(With Cattle N. of Blackgang Roundabout)
13/9	"	Blackcap	2f	(Elderberry bushes)
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13/9	Whale Chine	Yellow Wagtail	c20	(Stubble Field W. of Car Park)
13/9	(10.05 - 11.15)	Wheatear	3
13/9	"	Linnet	c10
13/9	"	Rook	c40
13/9	"	Kestrel	1
13/9	"	Raven	2	(W. along Cliff)
13/9	"	Buzzard	1	(Sitting in field)
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13/9	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	Whinchat	4	(along hedge)
13/9	(11.30)	Yellowhammer	1m
13/9	"	Skylark	5
13/9	"	Buzzard	3
Insects	"	Devil's Coach-Horse Beetle	1	on lane
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13/9	Laundry Lane	Redstart	1f	(Embankment N. from Bexley Point)
13/9	(15.20 - 17.20)	Blackcap	1f
13/9	"	Spotted Flycatcher	1-2
13/9	"	Sand Martin	2
13/9	"	Yellow Wagtail	c15	(10+ around cattle, 4 over etc.)
13/9	"	Water Rail	1-2	(Heard)
13/9	"	Kestrel	5
Insects	"	Ruddy Darter	2m	also 4 Southern Hawker
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Reported	From FP just N. of Mill, Yarmouth	Curlew Sandpiper	1	from 15.00 -16.00, Jim C.
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Reported	Luccombe Down	Honey Buzzard	2	also 1f Hen Harrier and 2 Hobbies (approx 10 - 12am)
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Monday	Cloudy
12/9	Yaverland, Sandown	SISKIN	c25	(E. along Redcliff, my 1st this year on IOW)
12/9	(8.15 - 10.00)	Shag	c20	(Roost at end of Culver Cliff)
12/9	"	Whitethroat	5
12/9	"	Pied Wagtail	17	(15 by Car Park)
12/9	"	Swallow	c40	(E. with a few Sand Martins)
12/9	"	Meadow Pipit	c10	(With flocks of finches E.)
12/9	"	Rock Pipit	4+	(Redcliff ledges)
12/9	"	Fulmar	2	(Sandown Bay)
12/9	"	Gannet	4	(S.W.)
12/9	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Distant)
12/9	"	Wheatear	1f
12/9	"	Blackbird	8	(Eating Blackberries)
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12/9	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Garganey	1f	(Still at Station Pond)
12/9	(16.30 - 18.00)	Snipe	5	(W. side of pond)
12/9	"	Redshank	2
12/9	"	Kingfisher	2	(Together over Scrape)
12/9	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
12/9	"	Spotted Redshank	3	(1ad, 2juv?)
12/9	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c85
12/9	"	Teal	c50
12/9	"	Shoveler	3
12/9	"	Wigeon	5
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Sunday	Cloudy, cool	Freshening N. Wind
11/9	Hersey NR (9.30 - 10.35)	Common Sandpiper	2	(Does the Picture show a tag on the wing?)
11/9	"	Greenshank	1	(at far end of centre channel)
11/9	"	Little Egret	1
11/9	"	Little Grebe	5
11/9	"	Teal	c10
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11/9	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	GARGANEY	1f	(Station Ponds)
11/9	(13.20)	Osprey	1	(Flew E.)
11/9	"	Redshank	4
11/9	"	Kingfisher	1-2
11/9	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
11/9	"	Wheatear	1m	(Scrape)
11/9	"	Spotted Redshank	3	(1ad, 1-2juv, the RH bird maybe another adult)
11/9	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c50
11/9	"	Teal	c50
11/9	"	Shoveler	2
11/9	"	Wigeon	4
11/9	"	Canada Geese	200+
11/9	"	Buzzard	2
~
11/9	Newtown NR,	Whimbrel	2	(Over Boathouse calling)
11/9	(16.00)	Sandwich Tern	2
11/9	"	Canada Geese	c150
11/9	"	Oystercatcher	c50
~
Reported	Yarmouth Harbour	Razorbill	1	Diving for bait fish, (Barry).
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Spells			S. Wind
10/9	Shanklin (13.00)	Peregrine	1	(Knock Cliff)
10/9	"	Fulmar	2	(By Chine)
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	1	(Rylstone Gardens)
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10/9	Gore Cliff (17.30)	Fulmar	2
10/9	"	Little Owl	1	(On cliff near Car Park again)
10/9	"	Raven	2
Reported	Newtown NR	Osprey	3	2 in same tree, also 2 Pintail
(Chris M.)	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Garganey	1	Seen several times, very ellusive, also 3 Greenshank, 2 Kingfisher
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Friday	Foggy to Sunny Intervals
09/9	Rylstone Gardens, Shanklin	Goldcrest	3+	(3 seen feeding many others heard)
09/9	(8.00)	Coal Tit	1
09/9	"	Jay	1
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	1
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09/9	Luccombe	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(Haddon's Pits)
09/9	(9.20 - 10.20)	Whitethroat	1
09/9		Blackcap	1f
09/9	"	Jay	1
~
09/9	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Shoveler	2	(1F, 1ecl. M)
09/9	(14.30 - 16.30)	Greenshank	2	(1 on Scrape and another at Rofford Marsh)
09/9	"	Snipe	2
09/9	"	Redshank	c10
09/9	"	Wigeon	6
09/9	"	Kingfisher	1
09/9	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c80	(Picture also shows the Muscovy Duck)
09/9	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
09/9	"	Black Headed Gull	c400
09/9	"	Grey Plover	1
09/9	"	Lapwing	c10
09/9	"	Teal	c60
09/9	"	Canada Geese	c250	(1 Hybrid )
Reported	Station Pond, Yarmouth	Garganey	1f/juv	16.30 Caroline D. (I missed it!)
Reported	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Black Tern	1	Last Wednesday(?) up to 3f Garganey recently
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Thursday	Cloudy to Warm Sunny			S. Wind
08/9	Bleak Down (7.40)	Red Legged Partridge	5
08/9	"	Pheasant	10+
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08/9	Gore Cliff (8.20 - 9.20)	Fulmar	5
08/9	"	Peregrine	2
08/9	"	Raven	2
08/9	"	Wheatear	2	(1 was very approachable)
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08/9	Whale Chine to Atherfield Pt	Stonechat	2	(m&f by CG Cottages)
08/9	(9.30 - 11.15)	Whinchat	4-5	(4 in same bush)
08/9	"	Linnet	c30
08/9	"	Rook	c100
08/9	"	Kestrel	2
08/9	"	Buzzard	2
08/9	"	Starling	c80
08/9	"	Oystercatcher	1	(over fields calling)
08/9	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	4	(Field inland side of road)
08/9	"	Yellow Legged Gull	1	(On beach)
08/9	"	Swallow	c50
~
Reported	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	GARGANEY	2f/juv	Flooded field at Thorley end, (via Caroline D.)
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Reported	Borthwood (Gary H.)	Hobby	1	17.15 attacking the local Swallows, also 7 Yellow Wagtails with cattle/horses
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Wednesday	Hazy to Sunny Warm
07/9	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sedge Warbler	3+	(Behind Dino Museum)
07/9	(7.20 - 8.20)	Little Grebe	5
07/9	"	House Martin	80+
07/9	"	Sand Martin	c10	(and about 10 Swallow)
07/9	"	Yellow Wagtail	2+	(m&f seen, others heard)
07/9	"	Sand Martin	c10	(and about 10 Swallow)
07/9	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
07/9	"	Reed Bunting	1f/juv
07/9	"	Starling	c80	("Crazy Golf" area)
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07/9	Bembridge Down/Redcliff	Redstart	4	(2m,2f)
07/9	(8.30 - 10.20)	Spotted Flycatcher	15+
07/9	"	Swallow	c20
07/9	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2
07/9	"	Whitethroat	4
07/9	"	Blackcap	3	(2m,1f/juv)
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07/9	Laundry Lane	Redstart	1f	(Embankment N. from Bexley Point)
07/9	(15.20 - 17.20)	Whitethroat	4
07/9	"	Spotted Flycatcher	2
07/9	"	Swallow	c20
07/9	"	Yellow Wagtail	2	(Flew S. from field of cattle)
07/9	"	Water Rail	1-2	(Heard)
07/9	"	Sparrowhawk	1
07/9	"	Kestrel	4
Insects	"	Ruddy Darter	2m,1f	also 2 Southern Hawker
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Reported	Luccombe Down	Honey Buzzard	4	about 9.30 and 12.00 see Kris's website
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Tuesday	Cloudy	Light E. Wind
06/9	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	c80	(out on sandbank)
06/9	(7.20)	Ringed Plover	19
06/9	"	Little Egret	20
06/9	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
06/9	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
06/9	"	Sandwich Tern	6
06/9	"	Common Tern	5+
06/9	Canoe Lake	Swan	41
06/9	"	Mallard	c80
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06/9	Medina Estuary	Whinchat	1m	(Weedy field W. of Werrar)
06/9	(10.30- 11.50)	Common Sandpiper	1	(Werrar)
06/9	"	Little Egret	1
06/9	"	Whitethroat	4+
06/9	"	Bullfinch	2	(Heard)
06/9	"	Green Woodpecker	2
06/9	"	Sparrowhawk	1
06/9	"	Buzzard	1	(and 1 Kestrel)
06/9	"	Stock Dove	4
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Reported	Laundry Lane (David B.)	Marsh Harrier	1f	2nd yr? low over Brading Marsh, around noon
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Monday	Showers
05/9	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	c50	(End of sandbank)
05/9	(7.50)	Curlew	18
05/9	"	Bar Tailed Godwit	1
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05/9	Appley Park	Treecreeper	1	(SW corner)
05/9	(8.00 - 9.00)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
05/9	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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05/9	Shide to Blackwater FP	Treecreeper	1-2	(With Tit Flock)
05/9	(10.50 - 12.20)	Long Tailed Tit	c10	(With Blue and Great Tits)
05/9	"	Goldcrest	c6	(With Tit Flock along path)
05/9	"	House Martin	c40	(Over Football ground)
05/9	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Bridge by "Matalan" car park)
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Sunday	Misty start to Warm Sunny			Strong E. Wind
04/9	Luccombe Down (9.00)	Blackcap	1m	(W. Slope)
04/9	"	Whitethroat	2
04/9	"	Long Tailed Tit	6+	(With Blue & Great Tits)
04/9	"	Wheatear	1	(Car Park)
04/9	"	Goldfinch	c80	(In Radar Stn. field on thistles)
04/9	"	Willow Warbler	1+	(Also Chiffchaffs)
04/9	"	Swallow	30+	(Moving E.)
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04/9	Gore Cliff (10.00)	Fulmar	2	(1 on Cliff, 1 flying)
04/9	"	Wheatear	1
04/9	"	Yellow Wagtail	3-5	(With cattle, across road on St. Catherine's Down)
04/9	"	Swallow	20+	(Moving E.)
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04/9	Whale Chine(10.50)	Linnet	100+	(Stubble field to W. of Car Park)
04/9	"	Wheatear	1
04/9	"	Yellow Wagtail	10+	(Stubble)
04/9	"	Swallow	50+	(Moving E.)
~
Saturday	Overcast to Sunny and Warm	E. Wind
03/9	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	c100	(End of sandbank)
03/9	(7.15)	Curlew	17
03/9	"	Little Egret	3
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03/9	Bembridge Down	Spotted Flycatcher	1-2	(Valley bottom, SW of Fort)
03/9	(9.00 - 10.00)	Whitethroat	4+
03/9	"	Wheatear	2m,1f	(By road W. of Fort)
03/9	"	Buzzard	1
03/9	"	Swallow	c30	(Very low going E.)
03/9	"	Sand Martin	1	(and 1 House Martin with Swallows)
Reported	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2	and 2 Redstart. (Mark B.)
~
03/9	Newtown NR,	Osprey	2	(1 in tree-with fish, & 1juv flew down Clamerkin La.)
03/9	(14.50 - 16.20)	Common Tern	c20	(Off harbour entrance)
03/9	"	Grey Plover	c45
03/9	"	Knot	23
03/9	"	Dunlin	c20
03/9	"	Redshank	c35
03/9	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c30
03/9	"	Whimbrel	1	(Flew over calling)
03/9	"	Curlew	35+
03/9	"	Turnstone	1
03/9	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
03/9	"	Redstart	1	(Hay Meadow at NW. end)
03/9	"	Wheatear	2
03/9	"	Raven	2	(Brickfields)
03/9	"	Buzzard	4
~
Reported	West High Down	Osprey	1	low south over WHD @ 12:05
(Chris M.)	Yarmouth	Osprey	1juv	pale markings on it's back, on Rofford Marsh @ 14:20 -Probably the one seen at Newtown later
~
Friday	Sunny and Warm
02/9	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Shoveler	3	(2F, 1ecl. M)
02/9	(9.05 - 10.55)	Greenshank	2	(1 on Scrape and another at Rofford Marsh)
02/9	"	Redshank	c10
02/9	"	Curlew	8
02/9	"	Oystercatcher	2
02/9	"	Black Tailed Godwit	38
02/9	"	Grey Plover	4
02/9	"	Ringed Plover	2
02/9	"	Teal	c30
02/9	"	Greenfinch	c20
02/9	"	Redstart	1m
02/9	"	Sparrowhawk	1m	(Far side of Rofford Marsh)
02/9	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2	(Past Scrape in bushes)
02/9	"	Whitethroat	2	(By old Station)
02/9	"	Reed Warbler	2
02/9	"	Lapwing	c20
02/9	"	Dunlin	1
02/9	"	Canada Geese	100+
~
02/9	Newtown NR,	Osprey	2	(1 on fence line eating fish and 1 on Flagpole)
02/9	(11.10 - 12.20)	Common Tern	11	(40+ Reported)
02/9	"	Sandwich Tern	6
02/9	"	Grey Plover	8
02/9	"	Dunlin	2
02/9	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape early)
02/9	"	Whinchat	1-2	(Hay Meadow on hedge)
02/9	"	Wheatear	4	(1 on spit from Boathouse, 3 W. of Causeway Lake)
02/9	"	Buzzard	2
02/9	Earlier	Kingfisher	2	(Cassey Bridge @ 7.20)
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02/9	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	2
02/9	(18.30)	Mediterranean Gull	6
02/9	"	Rock Pipit	2
02/9	St Helens Bridge	Yellow Wagtail	c6	(Around cattle to SW.)
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02/9	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	2
02/9	(19.00)	Teal	6
02/9	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/9	"	Kingfisher	1	(Seen earlier in Harbour)
02/9	"	Heron	2
~
Thursday	Misty, Cloudy to Warm Sunny			W. Wind
01/9	Luccombe Down (7.40 - 10.40)	Wryneck	1	(Eastern slope of Shanklin Down next to woods)
01/9	"	TREE PIPIT	2	(over Shanklin Down calling)
01/9	"	GRASSHOPPER WARBLER	1	(W. of Car Park, flew across road)
01/9	@10.30	Merlin	1f	(Just W. of Car Park)
01/9	"	Meadow Pipit	c40	(Flushed by Merlin)
01/9	"	Redstart	5+	(inc. 3m)
01/9	"	Wheatear	1	(N. end)
01/9	"	Willow Warbler	2
01/9	"	Yellow Wagtail	3	(Heard)
01/9	"	Swallow	80+	(Moving N.)
01/9	"	Kestrel	3
01/9	"	Raven	3+
Reported	"	Honey Buzzard	1	@11.30 see Kris's website
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01/9	Seaview Beach (13.05)	Sandwich Tern	8	(Most out in Solent)
01/9	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	(2nd sum.)
01/9	"	Common Gull	1	(carrying an apple core!)
01/9	Hersey NR (13.10 - 14.45)	Common Sandpiper	2
01/9	"	Greenshank	1	(W. side)
01/9	"	Little Egret	9	(3 juv.)
01/9	"	Little Grebe	6
01/9	"	Teal	3
01/9	"	Oystercatcher	11
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01/9	Bembridge Harbour	Greenshank	3
01/9	(19.20)	Mediterranean Gull	3+
01/9	"	Heron	2
~
01/9	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	1
01/9	(19.45)	Teal	13
01/9	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/9	"	Heron	3
~
01/9	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(N. of Sea Wall@20.30)
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AUGUST 2005: Click for monthly species lists, August total = 122

Wednesday	Hot Sunny, Thunderstorm	by evening		Light E. Wind
31/8	Sandown Canoe Lake	Wheatear	2	(Behind Dino Museum)
31/8	(8.20 - 9.10)	Little Grebe	8	(3 juv, 5ad -2 family groups?)
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Reported	Luccombe Down	TAWNY PIPIT	1	Late Morning, flew E. see Kris's website
Reported	Morton Common (Pete B.)	Osprey	1	@13.00 "right overhead at 15-20ft. fantastic sight"
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny
30/8	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Shoveler	1f
30/8	(7.40 - 9.40)	Greenshank	2
30/8	"	Spotted Redshank	1
30/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c50
30/8	"	Grey Plover	4
30/8	"	Snipe	1	(Estuary off Mill)
30/8	"	Ringed Plover	2
30/8	"	Teal	c60
30/8	"	Kingfisher	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
30/8	"	Dunlin	2
30/8	"	Lapwing	c20
30/8	"	Canada Geese	200+
30/8	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(on Station pond with Canadas)
30/8	"	Reed Bunting	3 juv	(Just E. of Old Station)
30/8	"	Spotted Flycatcher	2	"
30/8	"	Garden Warbler	1	(Bushes towards Mill)
30/8	"	Whitethroat	5
30/8	"	Muscovy Duck	1	(Feral)
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30/8	Newtown NR,	Osprey	1ad	(On post, Signal Hill also 1juv reported, flew W.)
30/8	(10.10 - 11.30)	Knot	23
30/8	"	Sandwich Tern	1ad,1juv
30/8	"	Grey Plover	4+
30/8	"	Dunlin	25+
30/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c70	(Cassey Bridge)
30/8	"	Curlew	c20	(Cassey Bridge)
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Monday	Warm Sunny
29/8	Luccombe Down(10.00 - 12.15)	WRYNECK	1	(Just S. of Car Park showing well at 12.00)
29/8	@11.15	HONEY BUZZARD	4	(with 1 "pale morph" type)
29/8	@10.15	MERLIN	1f	(W. side sparring with Sparrowhawks and Kestrels)
29/8	"	Buzzard	6
29/8	"	Sparrowhawk	2
29/8	"	Kestrel	4
29/8	"	Raven	2
29/8	"	Spotted Flycatcher	c10
29/8	"	Redstart	2f
29/8	"	Willow Warbler	c10
29/8	"	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Heard)
29/8	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
29/8	"	Swallow	c10
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Sunday	Warm Sunny			Light W. Wind
28/8	Luccombe Down	Black Redstart	1 juv(m)	(With Redstarts and Flycatchers)
28/8	(7.30 - 12.15)	PIED FLYCATCHER	c4
28/8	(IWOG Walk)	Spotted Flycatcher	c35
28/8	"	Redstart	10	(4m, f & juv)
28/8	"	Willow Warbler	c40
28/8	"	Chiffchaff	c20
28/8	"	Blackcap	1m
28/8	"	Garden Warbler	1-2	(1 at base of Nansen Hill, N. side)
28/8	"	Mistle Thrush	1	"
28/8	"	Whitethroat	3
28/8	"	Dartford Warbler	1m
28/8	"	Wheatear	c4	(1 "Greenland" type)
28/8	"	Whinchat	2
28/8	"	Meadow Pipit	c40
28/8	"	OSPREY	1juv	(In over Sandown Bay then W @ 11.55)
28/8	"	Buzzard	4
28/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1
28/8	"	Kestrel	4
28/8	"	Raven	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
28/8	"	Swallow	c20
28/8	"	Sand Martin	4	(Also House Martins)
28/8	"	Swift	3+
Reported	" (Niel N.)	Wryneck	1	Near Car Park
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28/8	Brading Marsh, (19.20 - 20.20)	Whitethroat	1	(Laundry Lane)
28/8	"	Blackcap	1m	"
28/8	"	Long Tailed Tit	20+	(Larger flocks are forming now)
28/8	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(1st heard since 4th July)
28/8	"	Heron	2
28/8	"	Reed Warbler	3	(By Bridge)
28/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1
28/8	"	Buzzard	1
28/8	"	Kestrel	4
~
Saturday	Black clouds to Sunny Intervals			SW. Wind
27/8	St. Catherine's Pt.	Wheatear	2	(Cliff edge)
27/8	(7.30 - 9.00)	Yellow Wagtail	2	(with Cattle by Lighthouse)
27/8	"	Whitethroat	6
27/8	"	Blackcap	1f/juv
27/8	"	Linnet	25
27/8	"	poss. Merlin	1m	(On beach dashing around the large rocks)
27/8	"	Buzzard	2
27/8	"	Linnet	25
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27/8	St. Catherine's Down (9.05)	Whinchat	1	(Fence N. of "Pepper Pot")
27/8	"	Wheatear	c20	(5 on fence, c6 on weedy field, 7 on FP back)
27/8	"	Meadow Pipit	c20	(With a few Linnets)
27/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1f	(Mobbed by Crows)
Butterflies	"	Small Tortoiseshell	1	(Now seem quite rare, and 1 Small White)
~
27/8	Gore Cliff, Blackgang (10.30)	Little Owl	1	(On cliff near Car Park)
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Reported	Luccombe Down(Chris M.)	WRYNECK	1	Near Car Park mid morning, also 7 Spotted FC.
Reported	" (Dean)	RING OUZEL	1
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27/8	Bembridge Ponds,	Greenshank	3
27/8	(18.45 -19.30)	Common Sandpiper	1
27/8	"	Mandarin	1m(ecl.)
27/8	"	Kingfisher	2	(Also seen at St. Helens Bridge)
27/8	"	Little Egret	2
27/8	"	Heron	2
27/8	"	Reed Warbler	2
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Friday	Sunny Intervals later
26/8	Culver Down	Whinchat	1	(Cliff edge 100m W. of CG Cottages)
26/8	(7.10 - 9.15)	Wheatear	5	(3 with Whinchat, 2 W. of Fort)
26/8	"	Whitethroat	2
26/8	"	Swallow	c20
26/8	"	Green Woodpecker	4+
26/8	"	Goldfinch	25
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26/8	Ryde Esplanade (19.00)	Sanderling	11	(on Beach at High Tide)
26/8	"	Ringed Plover	9
26/8	"	Dunlin	1	(with Sanderling and Plovers)
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals, Showers pm			Strong W. Wind
25/8	Fort Victoria	Sandwich Tern	6+	(1 juv)
25/8	(7.30 - 9.00)	Common Tern	20+
25/8	"	Gannet	6W.
25/8	"	Wheatear	1f	(on old pier)
25/8	"	Canada Geese	5	(NW)
Moths	"	Hummingbird Hawkmoth	1	By Fort Arches
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25/8	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	SHOVELER	4	(3F, 1ecl. M)
25/8	(9.05 - 10.55)	Greenshank	1
25/8	"	Redshank	c40
25/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	114
25/8	"	Grey Plover	1
25/8	"	Teal	c30
25/8	"	Kingfisher	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
25/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1
25/8	"	Lapwing	c20
25/8	"	Canada Geese	100+
~
25/8	Newtown NR,	Osprey	1	(Flying at 11.30 &12.10, 2nd one reported, didn't stay)
25/8	(11.10 - 12.20)	Knot	23
25/8	"	Ringed Plover	10+
25/8	"	Sandwich Tern	1ad,1juv
25/8	"	Grey Plover	10+
25/8	"	Dunlin	30+
25/8	"	Greenshank	1
25/8	"	Buzzard	2	(Soaring with Osprey)
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23/8	Ryde Pier (16.00 - 17.10)	Sandwich Tern	c3
23/8	"	Common Tern	c100	(Feeding E. of Pier, with Bk. Headed Gulls)
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25/8	Hersey NR (19.05 - 19.45)	Whinchat	2	(On posts at back of Central Channel)
25/8	"	Little Egret	1
25/8	"	Stock Dove	1
25/8	"	Barnacle Geese	c200	(Ferals around Flamingo Park)
Mammals	"	Fox	1 juv
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int, then Rain	about 10.00		Strong S.W. Wind
24/8	Ventnor Esp. Seawatch	ARCTIC SKUA	1juv	(W. at 9.00, fairly close)
24/8	(7.55 - 9.08)	Fulmar	3
24/8	"	Gannet	c30	(20W. 8E, more very distant)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals			NW Wind
23/8	Ryde Esplanade (7.40)	Sanderling	c20
23/8	(Not many Terns)	Little Egret	11	(9 W. of Pier)
~
23/8	Newtown NR,	Knot	14	(From E. Hide, 1 with some Summ. Plumage)
23/8	(8.30 - 12.15)	Ringed Plover	30+
23/8	"	Grey Plover	9
23/8	"	Dunlin	c100
23/8	"	Sandwich Tern	c20
23/8	"	Teal	c50	(Over Clamerkin)
23/8	"	Garden Warbler	1
23/8	"	Spotted Flycatcher	5	(4ad, 1juv hedgeline S. of E. Hide path)
~
23/8	Ryde Marina (15.00 - 16.00)	Sandwich Tern	c3
23/8	"	Common Tern	c150	(c50 Feeding offshore, c100 W. along Solent)
~
Monday	Rain to Showers
Reported	Ryde E. Sands (Kris G.)	Roseate Tern	1	On Boat, 100's Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, (Feeding off Marina), 1 Black Tern.
22/8	Laundry Lane (19.00)	Sand Martin	20+
22/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1f	(Hunting along hedges)
22/8	"	Buzzard	3
22/8	Ashey Road Garage 20.50	Little Owl	1	(On power wires)
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Sunday	Overcast to Sunny Intervals
21/8	Ryde Sands (7.45)	BAR TAILED GODWIT	1	(End of sandbank)
21/8	"	Common Tern	13
21/8	"	Sandwich Tern	1
21/8		Mediterranean Gull	5
21/8	"	Curlew	21	(5 W. Sands & 16 E. Sands)
21/8	West Sands	Whimbrel	2	(Flying E. calling)
~
21/8	Appley Park (8.00)	Treecreeper	2	(inc. 1 juv)
21/8	"	Goldcrest	2+	(Same tree as Treecreepers)
21/8	"	Jay	2
~
21/8	Fishbourne Beach (9.10)	Common Tern	c30
21/8	(WeBS Count)	Sandwich Tern	8
21/8	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
21/8	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
21/8	"	Little Egret	16	(Quarr pond roost)
~
21/8	Wootton Bridge (11.45)	Little Egret	38	(Almost double the previous maximum here!)
21/8	(WeBS Count)	Common Sandpiper	2
21/8	"	Black Headed Gull	c250
~
21/8	Hersey NR (18.45 - 20.10)	Whinchat	2	(Field at back of Central Channel, on post)
21/8	"	Little Egret	1 juv
21/8	"	Stock Dove	1
21/8	"	Barnacle Geese	c40	(Ferals around Flamingo Park)
Saturday	Sunny Intervals			Cold NW. Wind
20/8	Luccombe Down	BLACK REDSTART	1 juv(m)	(With m. Redstart)
20/8	(7.40 - 11.50)	Redstart	c5	(Includes one bright Male)
20/8	"	Marsh Harrier	1f/juv	(Over to W @ 10.55)
20/8	"	Buzzard	11+	(9 soaring together at N. end)
20/8	"	Willow Warbler	10+
20/8	"	Whitethroat	4
20/8	"	Dartford Warbler	2	(Juv seen, another heard)
20/8	"	Wheatear	25-30	(All around the hill top)
20/8	"	YELLOW WAGTAIL	1	(Over with Meadow Pipits)
20/8	"	Sparrowhawk	2
20/8	"	Kestrel	6+
20/8	"	Swallow	c10
20/8	"	Swift	1
Reported	" (John M.)	Whinchat	3	and 1 Tree Pipit, 1 Crossbill over
~
Reported	Brading RSPB (Graham S.)	Wood Sandpiper	1	and 2 Green SP at Dynamite Pond
"	"	Sedge Warbler	8	and c130 Sand Martin, 7 Wheatear
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20/8	Luccombe Down	Long Eared Owl (?)	2	(Large dark owls between Dew Pond and Car Park 20.50)
20/8	(20.00 - 21.00)	Wheatear	c6	(around the Car Park)
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20/8	Nunwell, Brading	Barn Owl	1	(Crossed road by New Farm)
Friday	Wet Start, Cloudy, Showers	37mm Rain earlier		in Thunderstorm.
19/8	Hersey NR (15.25 - 15.50)	Little Grebe	4
19/8	" (No Sandpipers)	Little Egret	5	(3 in reserve, 2 on beach)
~
19/8	Bembridge Ponds,	Water Rail	1
19/8	(16.30 -17.30)	Common Sandpiper	1	(Heard)
19/8	"	Dunlin	1 juv	(These can be mistaken for Curlew SP etc.)
19/8	"	Sand Martin	c20	(over marsh with c10 Swallows and a few House Martins)
19/8	"	Little Egret	2
19/8	"	Heron	2
19/8	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Bush by path)
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Reported	Newtown NR (Chris M.)	Osprey	1juv	also 1 Peregrine, and 1 Golden Plover (with Grey Plovers)
Thursday	Hot Sunny			V. Light Wind
18/8	Culver Down	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(E. end of Culver Down)
18/8	(7.40 - 10.10)	Garden Warbler	1juv	(No Tail!)
18/8	"	Whitethroat	2
18/8	"	Swallow	c10
18/8	"	Green Woodpecker	2
18/8	"	Linnet	3
18/8	Bembridge Down	Yellowhammer	1m,1f	(W. of Fort)
18/8	"	Meadow Pipit	10+
18/8	"	Skylark	4
Butterflies	"	Common Blue	2+	(and 50+ Chalkhill Blue , Small Heath, Meadow Brown.)
~
Reported	Havenstreet (via Graham S.)	Crossbill	25+	Over, also Green SP at Haseley Ponds
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Reported	Luccombe Down (Neil N.)	Pied Flycatcher	2	and 2 Grasshopper Warbler
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Wednesday	Hot Sunny			SE Wind
17/8	Shide to Bk. Water FP	Blackcap	1m,2juv
17/8	(8.00 - 9.10)	Song Thrush	3	(includes 1 juv)
17/8	"	Long Tailed Tit	c6
~
17/8	Yarmouth Ponds & Estuary	Spotted Redshank	1	(Scrape-Winter Plumage)
17/8	(9.45 - 11.40)	Greenshank	2
17/8	"	Shelduck	1imm.	(First one for a while)
17/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c85
17/8	"	Teal	c20
17/8	"	Snipe	5-8	(3 on pond, 5 flew over to E.)
17/8	"	Kestrel	1
17/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1
17/8	"	Lapwing	23
~
17/8	Newtown NR,	Osprey	1juv	(Flying at 12.30, 2nd one reported, not seen)
17/8	(11.50 - 12.50)	Marsh Harrier	1juv
17/8	"	Ringed Plover	10+
17/8	"	Sandwich Tern	c20
17/8	"	Common Tern	c25
17/8	"	Grey Plover	2
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Reported	Hale Common (Graham S.)	Yellow Wagtail	1	In Greenhouse!
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals			E Wind
16/8	Mottistone Estate (7.45 - 9.10)	Spotted Flycatcher	3
16/8	"	Whitethroat	10
16/8	"	Yellowhammer	4	(1m, 3f/juv)
16/8	"	Mistle Thrush	2
16/8	"	Raven	1
16/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1
16/8	"	Kestrel	1
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16/8	Newtown NR,	OSPREY	1juv	(Flying at 9 & 11, 1st reported yesterday 13.45)
16/8	(9.30 - 11.40)	Sanderling	1
16/8	"	Ringed Plover	10+
16/8	"	Little Egret	10+
16/8	"	Buzzard	2
Reported	" (Bob G.)	Wigeon	5	also Teal, Knot and 1 Golden Plover
~
16/8	Ryde Esplanade (19.30)	Sanderling	82	(Appley Beach, high numbers for August)
16/8	"	Ringed Plover	12
16/8	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
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Monday	Sunny Intervals			V. Light Wind
15/8	Luccombe Down	Redstart	3	(inc. 2 juv males)
15/8	(8.05 - 11.40)	Lesser Whitethroat	1
15/8	"	Chiffchaff	4+
15/8	"	Willow Warbler	15+
15/8	"	Whitethroat	9
15/8	"	Dartford Warbler	5	(Family group)
15/8	"	Wheatear	8
15/8	"	Yellowhammer	1m
15/8	"	Buzzard	4
15/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1
15/8	"	Kestrel	1
15/8	"	Swallow	c20
15/8	"	Swift	2
Reported	Yarmouth (Caroline D.)	Spotted Redshank	1	-Winter Plum. with 2 Greenshank in Mill Copse Scrape
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals			cool NW Wind
14/8	Newtown NR,	Common Tern	2
14/8	(8.20 - 11.30)	Dunlin	c150
14/8	"	Curlew	c40	(Juv in scrape very like a Whimbrel, even shows Crown stripe)
14/8	"	Sandwich Tern	6
14/8	"	Common Sandpiper	2	(W. side of Harbour Entrance)
14/8	"	Greenshank	1
14/8	"	Ringed Plover	30+
14/8	"	Turnstone	20+
14/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	10
14/8	"	Little Egret	3
~
14/8	Hersey NR (19.05 - 20.20)	Common Sandpiper	2
14/8	"	Green Sandpiper	1	(Back of central channel)
14/8	"	Greenshank	1
14/8	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
14/8	"	Black Headed Gull	c150
14/8	"	Oystercatcher	4
14/8	"	Little Egret	5
14/8	"	Little Grebe	1
~
Reported	"Dynamite Pool" RSPB (G.S.)	Snipe	3	6 Wheatear on fields
Reported	Bembridge Ponds(Graham S.)	Green Sandpiper	1	and 2 Common SP, 6 Greenshank, c30 Sand Martin
Reported	Rowborough Down (Graham S.)	Turtle Dove	1	and 1 Redstart
~
Reported	Luccombe Down (Chris M.)	Black Redstart	1m	and 3f/juv Redstart, 8 Wheatear, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 20+ Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Spotted Flycatcher
Reported	Laundry Lane (Chris M.)	Spotted Flycatcher	2	behind the "Bishops House"
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Saturday	Sunny Int, Rain PM			SW Wind increasing
13/8	Ventnor Esp. Seawatch	Grey Wagtail	1-2juv	(On wall)
13/8	(7.35 - 9.10)	Wheatear	2	(On wall)
13/8	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(On beach)
13/8	"	Gannet	c25	(Mainly W. 4E, 1 fishing)
13/8	"	Common Scoter	8	(E.@ 8.35)
13/8	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
13/8	Luccombe Down	MARSH HARRIER	1f	(@10.30 left NE towards Brading Marsh)
13/8	(9.30 - 11.20)	Raven	5
13/8	"	Buzzard	2
13/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1
13/8	"	Kestrel	3
13/8	"	Chiffchaff	2
13/8	"	Willow Warbler	5+
13/8	"	Whitethroat	2
13/8	"	Blackcap	1f/juv
13/8	"	Swift	5+
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	1	(and Chalkhill Blue)
Insects	"	Southern Hawker	3
~
13/8	Fort Victoria	Common Scoter	3	(W. past Keyhaven)
13/8	(18.10)	Gannet	2
13/8	"	Sandwich Tern	4+
13/8	"	Common Tern	10+
~
Friday	Fine, Sunny Intervals			Cool NW. Wind
12/8	Ryde West Sands (7.55)	Little Egret	9
12/8	"	Curlew	9
~
12/8	Appley Park (19.10)	Little Owl	1	(Disturbed by sparring Wood Pigeons)
12/8	"	Green Woodpecker	3
12/8		Coal Tit	3
12/8		Swift	1
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Thursday	Hot Sunny			V. Light Wind
11/8	Sandown Esp, (8.10 - 8.40)	Gannet	2	(W. in Bay)
11/8	"	Sandwich Tern	1
11/8	Sandow Canoe Lake	Little Grebe	2
11/8	"	House Martin	c10
11/8	"	Kestrel	1
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11/8	Bembridge Down/Culver Down	Spotted Flycatcher	2	(200m S. of Fort)
11/8	(9.00 - 10.40)	Wheatear	10	(4 on road up, 2 SW of Fort, 4 Redcliff -cliff edge.)
11/8	"	Yellowhammer	2m
11/8	"	Meadow Pipit	6
11/8	"	Skylark	4
11/8	"	Swallow	c15
11/8	"	Fulmar	1	(Redcliff)
11/8	"	Green Woodpecker	1
11/8	"	Linnet	3
~
11/8	Bembridge Ponds, (21.00)	Common Sandpiper	1-2
11/8	"	Greenshank	1
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11/8	Bembridge Windmill FP, (21.30)	Little Owl	1	(and 2 Barn Owls reported)
~
Reported	Hersey NR	Pintail (eclipse)	1m	and 2 Common Sandpipers
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Wednesday	Turning cloudy
10/8	Hersey NR (9.35 - 10.20)	Common Sandpiper	3
10/8	"	Teal	3	(2f and ecl. m)
10/8	"	Greenshank	1
10/8	"	Little Egret	1
10/8	"	Little Grebe	2
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10/8	Ryde Pier (14.30 - 15.30)	Common Tern	5	(On railings etc.)
10/8	"	Sandwich Tern	c10	(W. of Pier)
10/8	"	Swift	1	(Most of them left yesterday)
10/8	"	Feral Pigeon	c50
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Tuesday	Long Sunny Intervals			Warm
09/8	Medina, Dodnor to Kingston	Whimbrel	1-2
09/8	(8.25 - 10.10)	Bullfinch	2+	(f. feeding juv)
09/8	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Werrer)
09/8	"	Blackcap	1f
09/8	"	Whitethroat	3+
09/8	"	Song Thrush	2
09/8	"	Skylark	5
09/8	"	Buzzard	2
09/8	"	Kestrel	2
09/8	"	Curlew	c20
09/8	"	Little Egret	2
09/8	"	Lapwing	19
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09/8	Newtown NR,	Common Tern	c100	(mainly on Spit off Boathouse)
09/8	(10.20 - 12.00)	Dunlin	c30
09/8	"	Sandwich Tern	1
09/8	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Scrape)
09/8	"	Redshank	c80
09/8	"	Ringed Plover	15
09/8	"	Turnstone	2
09/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	26
09/8	"	Little Egret	4
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09/8	Ryde Esplanade (19.10)	Sanderling	68	(High numbers-far out on Sandbank)
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09/8	Hersey NR (19.20 - 20.20)	Common Sandpiper	3	(No sign of Green SP)
09/8	"	Greenshank	1
09/8	"	Little Egret	1
09/8	"	Little Grebe	1
09/8	"	Barnacle Geese	3	(Ferals- with 1 Greylag , 15 Canada Geese)
09/8	Seaview Beach	Heron	3
09/8	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(At sea)
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Monday	Fine Sunny Warm			Light Wind
08/8	Nansen Hill/Luccombe Down	REDSTART	1m	(Base of Nansen, W. side)
08/8	(7.45 - 10.20)	Raven	2
08/8	"	Nightjar	1	(Flushed from path by Goat enclosure gates)
08/8	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1m
08/8	"	Chiffchaff	3+	(Seen, more heard)
08/8	"	Willow Warbler	15+
08/8	"	Whitethroat	1juv
08/8	"	Buzzard	2
08/8	"	Kestrel	2
08/8	"	House Martin	10+
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	(and 40+ Chalkhill Blue, Red Admiral, Small Skipper, Painted Lady, Gatekeeper, Peacock.)
Moths	"	Hummingbird Hawkmoth	1
Reptiles	"	Adder	1
~
08/8	Shide, (FP to Blackwater)	Grey Wagtail	1m	(By bridge)
08/8	(18.45)	Willow Warbler	3+
Insects	"	Southern Hawker	4
~
Reported	Kings Quay	Osprey	1	(A. Roberts)
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Sunday	Fine Sunny Warm			Fresh N/NE Wind
07/8	Freshwater Causeway (7.15)	Kingfisher	1	(By bridge)
07/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	13
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07/8	West High Down, Totland	Wheatear	11
07/8	(7.35 - 11.05)	Meadow Pipit	15
07/8	"	Rock Pipit	9	(some juvs.)
07/8	"	Willow/Chiffs	10+	(including 4 bright Willow Warblers)
07/8	"	Shag	1
07/8	"	Cormorant	c20
07/8	"	Yellowhammer	2m
07/8	"	Peregrine	1juv.
07/8	"	Raven	1-2
07/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1f
07/8	"	Kestrel	5
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	(and 100+ Chalkhill Blue, White Admiral, Small Skipper, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Marbled White.)
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07/8	Yarmouth Station Ponds,	Green Sandpiper	1	(Mill Copse Scrape )
07/8	(11.10 -12.35)	Greenshank	2	(Scrape)
07/8	"	Dunlin	2
07/8	"	Lapwing	16
07/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c100	(c70 by Mill, c40 over to pond)
07/8	"	Redshank	18
07/8	"	Canada Geese	c150
07/8	"	Buzzard	2
07/8	"	Kestrel	2
07/8	"	Little Egret	6
~
Reported	Gunville (in Garden)	Nuthatch	1	@ feeders-photographed (via Rob G.)
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Saturday	Cloudy, spots of rain			NW. Wind
06/8	Bleak Down (7.40)	Red Legged Partridge	8
06/8	"	Yellowhammer	1+
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06/8	Gore Cliff (8.00)	Fulmar	8	(3 on ledges, 2 juv. )
06/8	"	Peregrine	1
06/8	"	Little Owl	2	(On cliffs)
~
06/8	Whale Chine (9.00)	Stonechat	2	(Weedy field by CG Cottages)
06/8	"	Linnet	c250	(Stubble field W. of C.Park, with 1 Greenfinch!)
06/8	"	Chat Sp.	1	(Poss. WHINCHAT in set-aside strip)
06/8	"	Sparrowhawk?	1	(In car park on post, possibly a MERLIN)
06/8	"	Chaffinch	7	(on path, moulting males very dull and patchy)
06/8	"	Rook	c100
06/8	"	Kestrel	3
06/8	"	Swallow	c20
06/8	"	Skylark	6
06/8	"	Raven	1	(W. of Atherfield Pt.)
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06/8	Little Atherfield (11.40)	Little Grebe	3	(Irrigation pond)
06/8	"	Mallard	c60	"
06/8	"	Yellowhammer	1f
06/8	"	Starling	c80	(On wires to SW.)
06/8	"	Willow Warbler	2+	(Bright yellow)
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Friday	Cloudy, drizzle to Sunny Int.			(W. Wind)
05/8	Brading Marsh, (8.40 - 10.10)	Whitethroat	1	(By Railway Line)
05/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Brilliant views)
05/8	"	Heron	3
05/8	"	Kestrel	4
05/8	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(1ad, 1juv)
Mammals	"	Brown Rat	4	(In straw dump from stables)
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05/8	Hersey NR (6.50 - 20.10)	Common Sandpiper	4
05/8	"	Green Sandpiper	1	(Came out briefly at far end)
05/8	"	Little Egret	3
05/8	"	Little Grebe	3
05/8	"	Barnacle Geese	13	(Ferals)
Mammals	"	Fox	1	(Caught young coot/moorhen)
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Thursday	Sunny Start, cloudy later			W. Wind
04/8	East Hide, Newtown (8.00)	Whimbrel	3+	(3 seen others heard)
04/8	"	Grey Plover	11	(Summer plumage & Juvs )
04/8	"	Dunlin	c50
04/8	"	Ringed Plover	6+
04/8	"	Common Tern	6+	(c80 along Solent)
04/8	"	Common Sandpiper	2
04/8	"	Peregrine	1juv
04/8	"	Kestrel	4
~
04/8	Newtown NR, (10.10 & 11.15)	Wheatear	2	(SW. of Boathouse)
04/8	"	Turnstone	1
04/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c70
04/8	"	Pheasant	c7	(Female with c6 small chicks )
Butterflies	"	Small Skipper	1	(and Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Chalkhill Blue,)
~
04/8	Ryde Esplanade (19.10)	Sanderling	7	(Far out on Sandbank)
04/8	"	Sandwich Tern	1
04/8	"	Curlew	16
04/8	Appley Park	Greenfinch	c35	(Gathering on treetops)
04/8	"	Song Thrush	1	(can be ellusive in August)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy start to Sunny			(W. Wind)
03/8	Ryde Esplanade (7.30)	Sanderling	12	(Far out on Sandbank)
03/8	"	Common Tern	c4
03/8	"	Curlew	9
03/8	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
03/8	Hersey NR (9.10 - 10.10)	Common Sandpiper	5
03/8	"	Green Sandpiper	1	(Came out briefly at far end)
03/8	"	Little Egret	4
03/8	"	Little Grebe	3
03/8	"	Barnacle Geese	100+	(Ferals- with 1 Greylag Goose)
03/8	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral-With Barnacles)
03/8	"	Oystercatcher	4
03/8	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
~
03/8	Brading Marsh, (14.20 - 16.30)	Whitethroat	1juv	(By Sewage Wks,)
03/8	"	Buzzard	3	(1 very dark)
03/8	"	Heron	2
03/8	"	Kestrel	4
03/8	"	Swan	14	(2ad, with 6 Cygnets and 1ad, with 5 Cygnets.)
Butterflies	"	White Admiral	1	(and Red Admiral, Holly Blue, Comma, Peacock, Gatekeeper, Small Heath, Small White,)
Dragonflies	"	Ruddy Darter	3+	(and 4 Southern Hawker)
~
03/8	Firestone Copse, (21.00)	Nightjar	1m	(Churring 21.15, flew over path N. of C.Park 21.30)
Bats	"	Noctule	1	(and Pipestrelles)
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Tuesday	Misty start to Sunny Intervals			Light Wind
02/8	Bembridge Down/Culver Down	Cuckoo	1 juv	(300m SW of Fort, same as yesterdays? -Odd plumage, white spots etc)
02/8	(7.40 - 10.40)	Wheatear	1f / juv	(on Cliff edge at CG Cottages)
02/8	"	Yellowhammer	4	(2m, 1f, 1juv)
02/8	"	Sand Martin	1	(with 10+ Swallows)
02/8	"	Fulmar	3	(Redcliff)
02/8	"	Sparrowhawk	1
02/8	"	Kestrel	2
02/8	"	Peregrine	2
02/8	"	Buzzard	1
02/8	"	Willow Warbler	c10	(With 3 Chiffchaff)
02/8	"	Blackcap	1 juv
02/8	"	Whitethroat	2 juv
02/8	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1
02/8	"	Green Woodpecker	3
02/8	"	Linnet	c15
~
02/8	Newtown NR, (14.50 - 16.20)	Redshank	40
02/8	"	Dunlin	50
02/8	"	Black Tailed Godwit	45
02/8	"	Whimbrel	1
02/8	"	Common Sandpiper	1
~
02/8	Brading Marsh, (20.10 - 21.20)	Barn Owl	1	(Carrying prey into Centurions Copse)
02/8	"	Kingfisher	1	(Along river at "Duckers Bridge")
02/8	"	Heron	3
02/8	"	Kestrel	4
02/8	"	Green Woodpecker	2
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Monday	Cloudy, Showers
01/8	Hersey NR (8.45 - 9.50)	Common Sandpiper	4
01/8	"	Tufted Duck	1f	(Flew off 9.25)
01/8	"	Little Egret	9	(3 juv)
01/8	"	Little Grebe	4
01/8	"	Barnacle Geese	9	(Ferals, over from Flamingo park)
01/8	"	Canada Geese	5
01/8	"	Willow Warbler	1	(With 1 Chiffchaff)
01/8	"	Reed Warbler	1
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01/8	Bembridge Ponds, (16.00)	Water Rail	1juv	(Shorter bill)
01/8	"	Greenshank	2	(In harbour)
01/8	"	Sand Martin	c50	(over marsh with Swallows and House Martins)
01/8	"	Little Egret	2
01/8	"	Reed Warbler	5
~
01/8	Hersey NR (19.10 - 20.10)	Common Sandpiper	5
01/8	"	Green Sandpiper	1	(Flew off 9.25)
01/8	"	Little Egret	6	(1 struggled with a larger fish )
01/8	"	Barnacle Geese	4	(Ferals)
01/8	"	poss. Cuckoo	1	(Juv or Rufus F, flew over path but too quick for proper look)
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JULY 2005: Click for monthly species lists, July total = 109

Sunday	Sunny Intervals,			SW. Wind
31/7	Bembridge Harbour (8.15 - 9.00)	Mediterranean Gull	35	(1 juv, 3 ringed)
31/7	"	Common Gull	6
31/7	"	Little Egret	6	(Roosting in tree at back of Millpond)
31/7	St Helen's Bridge	Tufted Duck	3	(1f with 2 ducklings-pond to RHS of Bridge)
31/7	"	Buzzard	1
~
31/7	Bembridge Ponds, (9.00)	Water Rail	1
31/7	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(1st one here lately)
31/7	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Early migrants?)
31/7	"	Tufted Duck	2f
31/7	"	Little Egret	5
31/7	"	Reed Warbler	3
31/7	"	Sand Martin	1+	(over marsh with Swallows and House Martins)
31/7	"	Green Woodpecker	3	(2ad, 1juv)
Reported	Here Earlier (Graham S.)	Common Sandpiper	2	3 Greenshank, Ad and Juv Water Rail.
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31/7	Newtown NR, (14.45 - 16.45)	Grey Plover	2+	(1 in Summer Plumage)
31/7	"	Dunlin	62
31/7	"	Turnstone	2
31/7	"	Ringed Plover	5
31/7	"	Black Tailed Godwit	50
31/7	"	Whimbrel	3
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Saturday	Showers, short Sunny Int.			Fresh SW Wind
30/7	Newtown NR, (7.50 & 12.15)	Turnstone	8
30/7	"	Dunlin	43	(up to 100 reported earlier)
30/7	"	Barn Owl	1	(on post W of Hide at 7.55, flew over Hay Meadow)
30/7	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Hedge, Hay Meadow)
30/7	"	Dunlin	42
30/7	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Scrape)
30/7	"	Ringed Plover	5
30/7	"	Common Tern	8
~
30/7	Fort Victoria (9.00)	Fulmar	1
30/7	"	Common Tern	10+	(Close in, c100 on Keyhaven side)
30/7	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(Close)
30/7	"	Gannet	1	(Beyond Needles)
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30/7	Yarmouth Station Ponds, (10.00 -12.00)	GREY PLOVER	4	(S. Along Estuary)
30/7	"	Whimbrel	1
30/7	"	Curlew	5
30/7	"	Lapwing	52
30/7	"	Tufted Duck	1f
30/7	"	Buzzard	2
30/7	"	Kestrel	2
30/7	"	Raven	2	(over to E.)
30/7	"	Ringed Plover	1
30/7	"	House Martin	c20
30/7	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c45
30/7	"	Dunlin	3	(1 pale brown, juv?)
30/7	"	Greenshank	2	(Scrape)
30/7	"	Oystercatcher	2
30/7	"	Redshank	31
30/7	"	Little Egret	6
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Reported	Brading Marsh-RSPB Walk	Green Sandpiper	3-4	& 2 Crossbill to S. (Graham S.)
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Friday	Fine Sunny			Fresh SW Wind
29/7	Ventnor Esplanade (7.40 - 8.30)	Gannet	c50	(Most W about 20E)
29/7	"	Fulmar	1
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29/7	Wheeler's Bay (8.40)	Cormorant	5
29/7	"	Sandwich Tern	5	(1 juv )
29/7	"	Rock Pipit	1
29/7	"	House Sparrow	26
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29/7	Ventnor Downs (9.25 - 11.40)	Peregrine	1juv
29/7	"	Kestrel	3
29/7	"	Buzzard	2
29/7	"	Sparrowhawk	1
29/7	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Migrant?)
29/7	"	Swallow	c20	(Moving S. migrants?)
29/7	"	Sand Martin	1
29/7	"	Whitethroat	3	(Top of Nansen Hill)
29/7	"	Jay	2
~
29/7	Hersey NR (19.00)	Common Sandpiper	2
29/7	"	Swift	c50	(Over fields towards Nettlestone)
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Thursday	Showers, to Fine Sunny			Strong SW Wind
28/7	Puckpool Park (7.50)	Spotted Flycatcher	c3	(at least 1ad feeding 1juv. in Oaks by Western Car Park & Moat)
28/7	At sea	Gannet	14	(Feeding off sandbank moving E.)
28/7	"	Fulmar	1	(Unusual here)
28/7	"	Sandwich Tern	1
~
28/7	Ryde Esplanade (9.00)	Sanderling	19	(Far out on Sandbank)
28/7	"	Common Tern	c4
28/7	"	Sandwich Tern	3+	(inc. 2 juv)
28/7	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	30+
~
28/7	Newtown NR, (14.30)	Turnstone	1
28/7	"	Whimbrel	2
28/7	"	Dunlin	27
28/7	"	Common Sandpiper	1
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28/7	Yarmouth Station Ponds, (15.30)	Snipe	1	(Flushed by rising tide)
28/7	"	House Martin	c15
28/7	"	Black Tailed Godwit	78	(76 Station Pond, 2 on scrape)
28/7	"	Dunlin	2	(Flew across Estuary)
28/7	"	Greenshank	2	(Scrape)
28/7	"	Oystercatcher	2
28/7	"	Redshank	1
28/7	"	Curlew	5
~
28/7	Hersey NR (20.00)	Common Sandpiper	1
28/7	"	Teal	1	(Spotted FC still at Puckpool)
~
Reported	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Green Sandpiper	1	14.45 (George and Pat W.)
Reported	Haseley Ponds	Green Sandpiper	1	& 2 Common SP since W/E (Graham S.)
~
Wednesday	Showers, Mist and Fog			(Typical summer weather!)
27/7	Sandown Esplanade (8.10)	Swan	2a,6juv
27/7	Canoe Lake	Little Grebe	1-2
27/7	Canoe Lake	Coot	10+	(3 juv )
27/7	"	Raptor Sp.	1	(High with Swifts, then SW with prey, flapping & gliding, pointed wings, eating on wing poss. Hobby or Peregrine?)
27/7	W. of Pier	Sandwich Tern	1
27/7	W. of Pier on beach	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
27/7	Offshore	Gannet	1W
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Reported	Puckpool Pt. (Kris G.)	Spotted Flycatcher	c5	(Adults feeding 3 juv.)
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Tuesday	Showers, Dry spell in morning
26/7	Hersey NR (9.30 - 10.30)	Common Sandpiper	1	(now down to 1, no Greenshank either)
26/7	"	Little Egret	2	(1 juv)
26/7	"	Little Grebe	4
26/7	"	Green Woodpecker	1
26/7	"	Canada Geese	2	(20+ on field to W.)
Mammals	"	Fox	1
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Monday	Cloudy			NW Wind
25/7	Ryde Esplanade (8.00)	Little Egret	c20	(10 W. Sands, 11 E. Sands)
25/7	"	Curlew	15
25/7	"	Sandwich Tern	1+	(and 1+ Common Tern)
25/7	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	20+
~
25/7	Appley Park Ryde (8.15)	Coal Tit	2	(includes juv. Singing from Oak)
25/7	"	Treecreeper	3	(2 N.E. corner, 1 on W. side)
25/7	"	Song Thrush	2
25/7	"	Robin	3	(includes juvs.)
~
25/7	Newtown NR, (11.20 - 12.20)	Dunlin	28
25/7	"	Whimbrel	1	(Causeway Lake)
25/7	"	Curlew	c60
25/7	"	Redshank	76
25/7	"	Black Tailed Godwit	34
25/7	"	Ringed Plover	2
25/7	"	Common Tern	6+
25/7	"	Oystercatcher	c10
25/7	"	Canada Geese	68
~
Sunday	Heavy Rain, Sunny Intervals pm			Fresh SW. Wind
24/7	Bembridge Ponds (16.10)	Heron	6
24/7	"	Little Egret	5
24/7	"	Mallard	c40	(More than usual)
~
24/7	Laundry Lane, RSPB (17.00)	Buzzard	2
24/7	"	Kestrel	4+
24/7	"	Goldfinch	3
24/7	"	Green Woodpecker	2	(and 1 Gt. Spotted)
Insects	"	Comma	2	(and Specked Wood, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral)
~
Saturday	Overcast	Light NW. Wind
23/7	Fishbourne/Quarr Beach	Mediterranean Gull	12
23/7	(8.10 - 10.00)	Common Tern	5
23/7	"	Sandwich Tern	4
23/7	"	Common Gull	12
23/7	"	Curlew	c10
23/7	"	Little Egret	7	(at roost tree, Quarr fishponds)
23/7	"	Reed Warbler	4	(inc. 2 juv- at ponds)
~
23/7	Ryde E. Sands	Shelduck	1	(far out on Sandbank)
23/7	(19.00)	Sandwich Tern	2
23/7	"	Curlew	14
~
Friday	Fine Sunny	Light NW. Wind
22/7	Bembridge Down/Culver Down	Whitethroat	4
22/7	(7.35 - 10.00)	Linnet	c20
22/7	"	Yellowhammer	2m,1f
22/7	"	Skylark	5
22/7	"	Green Woodpecker	4	(2 juv by Monument)
22/7	"	Kestrel	2	(f and juv)
22/7	"	Fulmar	1
22/7	"	Gannet	1	(Out at Sea E.)
22/7	"	Sand Martin	2	(In-Off sea, then along cliff edge)
Insects	"	Six Spot Burnet Moth	3	(and Chalkhill Blue , Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Red Admiral, Marbled White)
~
22/7	Hersey NR (18.35 - 19.45)	Greenshank	1
22/7	"	Common Sandpiper	3
22/7	"	Little Egret	4	(1 juv)
22/7	"	Little Grebe	3
22/7	"	Canada Geese	6
22/7	"	Stock Dove	1
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	Fresh W-NW. Wind
21/7	Thorness Bay, (8.15 - 10.30)	SANDERLING	5	(at water's edge, some summer plumage)
21/7	"	Turnstone	2
21/7	"	Ringed Plover	2+
21/7	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(Paired with a Herring Gull!)
21/7	"	Linnet	c6
21/7	"	Swallow	5	(Collecting mud)
21/7	"	Pied Wagtail	2ad, 5juv
*
21/7	Newtown NR, (10.50 - 12.10)	Dunlin	7	(Gull Island)
21/7	"	Peregrine	1juv	(Over Meadow going S.)
21/7	"	Sandwich Tern	c3
21/7	"	Common Tern	6
21/7	"	Oystercatcher	c30
~
Wednesday	Showers & Sunny Intervals			W. Wind
20/7	Brading Marsh, RSPB (8.30)	Whitethroat	4juv	(2 more along Laundry Lane)
20/7	"	Blackcap	1m	(Bushes)
20/7	"	Dunnock	4	(mostly juv.)
20/7	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(On filter beds)
20/7	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
20/7	"	Green Woodpecker	2
20/7	Laundry Lane, RSPB (9.00)	Buzzard	6
20/7	"	Goldfinch	4ad,1juv
Insects	"	Gatekeeper	1	(and Specked Wood, Meadow Brown, Red Admiral)
~
20/7	Hersey NR (15.15 - 15.45)	Mediterranean Gull	4ad	(along Beach)
20/7	"	Greenshank	1
20/7	"	Common Sandpiper	1
20/7	"	Little Egret	4	(1 juv)
20/7	"	Little Grebe	4
~
20/7	Ryde E. Sands	Dunlin	14	(far out on Sandbank)
20/7	(19.10)	Sandwich Tern	6
20/7	"	Curlew	1	(another 16 on W. Sands)
~
20/7	Bembridge Ponds/Harbour	Greenshank	3	(In Harbour)
20/7	(19.30 - 20.20)	Little Egret	5	(2 at ponds 3 in harbour)
20/7	"	Heron	1
~
Tuesday	Trip to Hayling Oyster Beds	and Hamble River		Sunny Intervals, strong W. Wind
19/7	Fishboune Ferry, 8.00	Common Gull	1 (1s)	(on marker post)
19/7	Hayling Oyster Beds (14.00)	Knot	1	Little Tern, Whimbrel, Grey Plover.
Monday	Sunny Intervals	Fresher W. Wind		Cooler
18/7	Town Copse, 8.00	Whimbrel	2	(1 seen 1 heard near Clamerkin Lake)
18/7	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Clamerkin Lake)
Insects	"	White Admiral	1	(and Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown etc.)
~
18/7	Freshwater Causeway, 9.10	Coal Tit	1	(by Church)
18/7	(and FP "F1" towards Yarmouth)	Green Woodpecker	3	(1 juv)
18/7	"	Raven	1	(Heard)
18/7	"	Mistle Thrush	1
18/7	"	Song Thrush	2
18/7	"	Whitethroat	4	(Juv)
18/7	"	Stock Dove	2
18/7	"	Whimbrel?	1	(On side of Yar but distant)
~
18/7	Fort Victoria, 10.30	SHEARWATER Sp.	1	E. at 10.50, prob. Balearic, (One was reported off Hurst Castle @ 8.10)
18/7	"	Common Tern	c20
18/7	"	Sandwich Tern	c4
18/7	"	Gannet	4	(2ad, 2juv W.)
~
18/7	Yarmouth Station Ponds, 9.00	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse scrape)
18/7	"	Black Tailed Godwit	53
18/7	"	Dunlin	2
18/7	"	Redshank	12
18/7	"	Oystercatcher	2
18/7	"	Lapwing	6
18/7	"	Curlew	1
18/7	"	Little Egret	5	(with 1 Heron)
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Sunday	Fine Sunny, Hot	Light E. Wind
17/7	Brighstone Down, 8.15	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing briefly on Gorse Bush)
17/7	"	Bullfinch	3	(1m, 1f, and poss. juv)
17/7	"	Yellowhammer	c6
17/7	"	Linnet	3
17/7	"	Buzzard	2
Insects	"	Silver Y Moth	1
Insects	"	Silver Washed Fritillery	2	(and Marbled White, Small Skipper, Meadow Brown)
~
17/7	Newtown NR, 10.00 - 11.00	TURNSTONE	1	(Gull Island)
17/7	"	Common Tern	6	(4 on Raft, W side of harbour entrance)
~
17/7	Town Copse, 11.10	Lapwing	5	(Clamerkin Lake)
17/7	"	Curlew	c95	(91 at Clamerkin roost)
Insects	"	Silver Washed Fritillery	2	(and White Admiral, Gatekeeper, Beetle; Strangalia maculata )
~
Reported	(Jim C.)	Whimbrel	3	(Clamerkin Lake)
Saturday	Trip to Titchfield Haven	and Farlington		Fine sunny warm
16/7	Fishboune Ferry, 8.00	Common Gull	1	(on marker post)
16/7	Titchfield Haven (9.40)	Turnstone	6	also 100+ Common Tern, Black Tailed Godwit, Ringed Plover.
16/7	Farlington Marsh (14.00)	Avocet	1	Black Tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Snipe.
Friday	Fine, Sunny Hot			Light SW. Wind
15/7	St. Catherines Pt. (8.00 - 9.00)	Gannet	16	(15E. mostly juv, 1W.)
15/7	"	Yellowhammer	2m
15/7	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1juv
15/7	"	Green Woodpecker	1+ad,1juv	(Others heard)
15/7	"	Whitethroat	1
~
15/7	Whale Chine to Atherfield Pt.	Skylark	10+
15/7	(9.40 - 11.15)	Kestrel	2
15/7	"	Stonechat	1m	(By C.G. Cottages, poss f. as well)
15/7	"	Linnet	c10
15/7	"	Raven	2	(Along cliff edge)
Insects	"	Keeled Skimmer DF	4+	And; Marbled White, Large White, Sm. Skipper, Meadow Bn. Sand Digger Wasp
~
15/7	Hersey NR (19.50 - 20.45)	Mediterranean Gull	2ad
15/7	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(at back of main channel)
15/7	"	Little Egret	11	(3+ juv)
15/7	"	Little Grebe	2
~
Thursday	Fine Sunny Hot	Light Wind
14/7	Town Copse/ E. Hide, 8.00	Treecreeper	1	(First here for ages)
14/7	"	Lapwing	2	(N. bank of Clamerkin Lake)
14/7	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(on Spit N. of hide)
14/7	"	Black Tailed Godwit	14	(Similar number from Boathouse later)
~
14/7	Newtown NR, (9.30 - 11.20)	DUNLIN	5	(3 to E. and 2 on W. side of Boathouse)
14/7	(Returning Waders)	Redshank	67	(Group of 58 W. of Boathouse)
14/7	"	Mediterranean Gull	1ad,3juv
14/7	"	Oystercatcher	c10
14/7	"	Shelduck	2
14/7	"	Curlew	c40	(around reserve)
14/7	"	Canada Geese	123
14/7	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Path to Hide)
14/7	"	Linnet	3	(one carrying nest material)
Insects	"	Small Skipper	1	(& Marbled White, Gatekeeper, Small Heath.)
~
Wednesday	Fine Sunny Hot
13/7	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	4+
13/7	(7.45 - 9.40)	Bullfinch	3	(1 Male, 2f/juv)
Insects	"	White Admiral	1	And; Red Admiral, Lg. Skipper, Meadow Bn. Comma, 3 SW Fritillary
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	3
~
13/7	Bembridge Ponds (11.00)	Mandarin	1f (?)	(Bill would be more yellow on Ecl. Male)
13/7	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(heard)
13/7	"	Reed Warbler	4	(2 heard, 2 juv in bush)
13/7	"	Little Grebe	2
Insects	"	Black Tailed Skimmer DF	1
13/7	Hersey NR (19.40)	Mediterranean Gull	10+	(2 over, 8+ on beach)
13/7	"	Little Egret	5	(+2 on beach)
13/7	"	Little Grebe	4	(all adults)
Mammals	"	Fox	1
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Warm
12/7	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	10+	(c6 juv seen)
12/7	(8.00 - 9.30)	Little Egret	1	(Creek mudflats with BH Gulls)
12/7	"	poss Crossbill	2	(Conifers NW. of Car Pk. then flew W.)
Insects	"	Ringlet	1m	Also; White Admiral, Lg. Skipper, Meadow Bn.
~
12/7	Hersey NR (9.20)	Mediterranean Gull	8	(1s &2s on spit, 5+ on beach)
12/7	"	Little Egret	2	(1 older juv.)
12/7	"	Little Grebe	1
Reported	" (Chris M.)	Common Sandpiper	2	Evening
~
Reported	Dover St. Ryde (Mark B.)	Crossbill	c40	E. at 17.45
Reported	Bembridge Ponds (Chris M.)	Mandarin	1m(ecl.)	Seen again
Reported	"	Kingfisher	1	and 20+ Sand Martins on wires
~
Monday	Fine, Sunny, Hot
11/7	Appley Park Ryde (8.25)	Coal Tit	1juv	(Singing from Conifer)
11/7	"	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
11/7	"	Song Thrush	1
11/7	"	Mistle Thrush	1
~
11/7	Hersey NR (9.20)	Kingfisher	1	(On sluice gate by entrance)
11/7	(Hide Locked)	Common Sandpiper	1	(on dead tree in pond))
11/7	"	Reed Warbler	4	(Feeding by path in reeds)
11/7	"	Little Grebe	1
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny Warm
10/7	West High Down, Totland	Peregrine	2	(on cliffs)
10/7	(8.45 - 11.30)	Rock Pipit	7	(at least 2 juv)
10/7	"	Dartford Warbler	2	(singing on Gorse bushes)
10/7	"	Whitethroat	2	(Heard)
10/7	"	Goldfinch	c30	(Mobbing Kestrel)
10/7	"	Cormorant	c25
10/7	"	Shag	2+
Insects	"	Summer Chafer	1	(Amphimallon solstitialis I.D. help from Robin A. again)
Insects	"	Painted Lady	1	(and Marbled White, Small Heath, 3 Dk. Gn. Fritillary, Comma.)
~
10/7	W. Wight location, 12.00	Wheatear	2-3juv
~
10/7	Ryde E. Sands	Common Gull	1	(with BH Gulls on Sandbank)
10/7	(20.20)	Mediterranean Gull	22
10/7	"	Little Egret	10
~
10/7	Nettlestone Church (20.50)	Little Owl	1	(On pole next to Cemetary)
10/7	Bembridge Ponds (21.00)	Tufted Duck	2m	(Back of Causeway Lake)
Reported	here recently (Chris M.)	Mandarin	1m(ecl.)	with poss. Wood Duck
~
Saturday	Trip to New Forest	and Keyhaven		Becoming warm and sunny
09/7	Beaulieu Road Station	Tree Pipit	2+	also Redstart, Stonechat, Nuthatch, Spotted FC.
09/7	Keyhaven Marsh	Little Ringed Plover	1ad, 4juv	Black Tailed Godwit, Eider
Friday	Fine Sunny, Cloudy later	Light N. Wind
08/7	Brighstone Down, 8.15	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing briefly on Gorse Bush)
08/7	"	Yellowhammer	c6
08/7	"	Linnet	5
08/7	"	Buzzard	2
Insects	"	Minotaur Beetle	1	(Robin A. ID's this as Typhaeus typhoeus)
Insects	"	Southern Hawker DF	2	(and Marbled White, Small Heath, Large Skipper, Meadow Brown)
~
08/7	Newtown NR, 10.50	Mediterranean Gull	8	(3ad. 5juv)
08/7	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(W. of Tern Raft)
08/7	"	Common Tern	c10	(On Raft, W side of harbour entrance)
08/7	"	Redshank	1
08/7	"	Oystercatcher	5
08/7	"	Shelduck	20+
08/7	Shalfleet Quay	Black Tailed Godwit	2
~
08/7	Parkhurst Forest,	Nightjar	3+	(m,f and poss Juv)
08/7	(20.40 - 22.20)	Woodcock	1	(Heard)
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals, Showers	N-NW Wind
07/7	Luccombe Down	Peregrine	1	(Over to W.)
07/7	(9.45 - 11.20)	Meadow Pipit	c15
07/7	"	Linnet	5
07/7	"	Whitethroat	c3	(Singing males)
07/7	"	Chiffchaff	1
Reptiles	"	Adder	1	Also; Southern Hawker DF, 2 Hares
~
07/7	Bembridge Ponds	Sand Martin	1	(With Swallows and House Martins)
07/7	(15.50)	Little Egret	2	(and 3 Herons)
07/7	"	Canada Geese	5
07/7	"	Reed Warbler	4	(Singing males)
07/7	"	Little Grebe	2
~
07/7	FP W. from Bembridge Windmill	Skylark	1+	(Heard)
07/7	(16.30)	Meadow Pipit	2
07/7	"	Goldfinch	5
07/7	"	Whitethroat	c3	(approx 2 juv)
Insects	"	Meadow Brown	40+	Also; Marbled White, Large Skipper & Small Heath, Common Darter DF
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals and Showers	NW Wind
06/7	Shide to Blackwater FP	Grey Wagtail	1m	(Shide Garage)
06/7	(7.45 - 9.20)	Blackcap	4+
06/7	"	Chiffchaff	4
06/7	"	Treecreeper	1-2
06/7	"	Whitethroat	3	(Singing males)
06/7	"	Chiffchaff	4
06/7	"	Goldcrest	1
06/7	"	Swift	2
06/7	"	House Martin	6
Insects	"	Comma	2	Also; Red Admiral, Large Skipper
~
06/7	Dodnor to Pinkmead	Curlew	9	(N. up Medina)
06/7	(9.30 - 11.30)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Active and Churring non-stop)
06/7	"	Buzzard	1
06/7	"	Bullfinch	1m
06/7	"	Mistle Thrush	2
~
Insects	Shide/Dodnor	Southern Hawker	2	(1 at each location)
06/7	Hersey NR (15.45)	Mediterranean Gull	9	(8 on reserve, 1 on beach)
06/7	(no waders)	Little Egret	7	(2 on reserve, rest on fields and beach)
06/7	"	Little Grebe	1
06/7	"	Barnacle Geese	20+	(Feral flock)
06/7	"	Heron	1
06/7	"	Stock Dove	1	(on beach)
Mammals	"	Fox	1
~
Tuesday	Clouding over, showers			Brisk SW. Wind
05/7	Appleford Cross (8.00)	Red Legged Partridge	3
05/7	"	Yellowhammer	5
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05/7	Whale Chine (9.00)	Corn Bunting	1m	(On small bushes, singing N. of Car Park Now very scarce on the Island-the last one?)
05/7	"	Swallow	c6
05/7	"	Skylark	4
05/7	"	Linnet	c15
05/7	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Towards Chale)
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05/7	Gore Cliff (9.40)	Fulmar	6
05/7	"	Little Owl	1	(On cliffs)
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int. and Showers	Brisk SW-W. Wind
04/7	Sandown Canoe Lake (7.50)	Swan	2a,6juv
04/7	"	Little Grebe	2
04/7	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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04/7	Bembridge Down (8.20)	Whitethroat	c15	(Most still singing)
04/7	(Spectacular show of Poppies )	Raven	1-2	(Cliff Edge)
04/7	"	Linnet	11	(Includes 2 juv)
04/7	"	Yellowhammer	2m
04/7	"	Skylark	2
04/7	"	Buzzard	1	(and Kestrels)
04/7	"	Cormorant	9	(On sea, flock of 8 together)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals,			SW. Wind
03/7	Appley Park, Ryde (8.00)	Mistle Thrush	2
03/7	"	Stock Dove	2	(Courtship display)
03/7	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
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03/7	Bembridge Ponds, (9.00)	Greenshank	1	(Seen on Causeway)
03/7	"	Heron	2ad, 2juv
03/7	"	Reed Warbler	4+	(Heard)
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03/7	Foreland (9.40)	House Martin	10+	(Collecting Mud)
03/7	"	Pied Wagtail	1ad, 1juv
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03/7	Laundry Lane, RSPB (16.20)	Buzzard	5
03/7	"	Stock Dove	1
03/7	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1juv
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03/7	Brading Marsh, RSPB (20.20)	Buzzard	2	(1 very pale)
03/7	"	Barn Owl	1	(Hunting Marsh at 21.04, came right at me! Back with prey at 21.11)
03/7	"	Swift	c50
03/7	Centurions Copse	Long Eared Owl	1	(Flushed from FP "BB23" at 20.50, juv?)
03/7	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 Heard on Marsh, another in Copse)
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Saturday	Cloudy, brighter later	SW. Wind
02/7	Fort Victoria, 8.15	poss. Little Tern	3
02/7	"	Common Tern	c40
02/7	"	Gannet	3
02/7	"	Rock Pipit	1
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02/7	Yarmouth Station Ponds, 9.00	Swan	1ad, 6juv
02/7	"	Teal	1m,2f
02/7	"	Swift	15+
02/7	"	House Martin	4
02/7	"	Black Tailed Godwit	11
02/7	"	Oystercatcher	1
02/7	"	Redshank	2
02/7	"	Shelduck	6
02/7	"	Sedge Warbler	1m
02/7	"	Reed Warbler	4+	(heard)
02/7	"	Reed Bunting	2m
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02/7	Newtown NR, 10.45	Mediterranean Gull	1
02/7	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
02/7	"	Redshank	2
02/7	"	Oystercatcher	5
02/7	"	Shelduck	6+
02/7	"	Canada Geese	c60
02/7	"	Whitethroat	3	(Path to Hide)
Insects	"	Meadow Brown	many	(and Marbled White, Small Heath etc.)
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02/7	FP S. from Wootton Br, 14.00-17.00	Kestrel	2ad,2juv
02/7	"	Stock Dove	4
02/7	"	Whitethroat	4
02/7	"	Blackcap	3m	(Heard)
02/7	"	Curlew	2	(Over to W.)
02/7	Bridlesford Copse	Treecreeper	2
02/7	Wootton Bridge	Heron	1ad, 3juv
02/7	"	Little Egret	2
02/7	"	Buzzard	4
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02/7	Firestone Copse, 21.30 - 22.15	Nightjar	2	(From clearing into Car Cark!)
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Friday	Sunny Intervals
01/7	Appley Park Ryde (8.10)	Green Woodpecker	1juv	(Fence W. side)
01/7	"	Song Thrush	4
01/7	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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01/7	Hersey NR (9.20)	Mediterranean Gull	2	(2 "1s")
01/7	"	Little Egret	9	(includes 1 Juvenile)
01/7	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Singing near entrance)
01/7	"	Little Grebe	2
01/7	"	Barnacle Geese	50+	(Feral flock)
01/7	"	Heron	1
01/7	"	Sand Martin	1
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JUNE 2005: Click for monthly species lists, June total = 106

Thursday	Wet, to Showers, Brighter later
30/6	Fishbourne (from ferry) (16.15)	Common Tern	c40	(Shingle bank off E. Beach)
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30/6	Hersey NR 18.30	Common Sandpiper	1	(To W. of Hide)
30/6	"	Mediterranean Gull	3	(1 "2s" and 2 "1s")
30/6	"	Little Egret	12	(includes 1 Juvenile)
30/6	"	Little Grebe	2
30/6	"	Barnacle Geese	10+	(Feral flock)
30/6	"	Stock Dove	1
30/6	"	Heron	2
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Mon-Thurs	Trip to Gloucestershire
Mon 27th	Keyhaven Marsh	Little Ringed Plover	3ad, 2juv	also Lapwings with Chicks
"	Beaulieu Road, New Forest	Tree Pipit	2+	also Stonechat, Redstart
"	Crabtree Hill, Forest of Dean	Turtle Dove	4+	Tree Pipit, Woodcock, Mandarin.
Tue 28th	Forest of Dean	Dipper	2	Nuthatch, Spotted Flycatcher etc.
Wed 29th	"Sugarloaf", Abergavenny	Whinchat	c35	Stonechat, Skylark, Wheatear, Meadow Pipit
Thur 30th	Slimbridge WWT	Green Sandpiper	2	Black Tailed Godwit, Redshank, Spotted Redshank, Lapwing, Common Tern
Sunday	Sunny Intervals, warm			NE. Wind
26/6	Quarr Abbey and Beach (8.10 - 10.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard at Ponds on beach)
26/6	"	Curlew	8	(Foreshore)
26/6	"	Common Tern	9	(feeding offshore)
26/6	"	Blackcap	4	(1 seen near Abbey, others heard)
26/6	"	Buzzard	1
26/6	"	Kestrel	1
26/6	"	Buzzard	1
Insects	By Ponds by beach	Marbled White	5+
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26/6	FP S. of Wootton Bridge, (15.00)	Little Owl	2 juv	(Perched in Oak Tree)
26/6	"	Buzzard	3
26/6	"	Kestrel	1
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26/6	Bembridge Ponds, (19.20)	Water Rail	1	(Seen at Lagoon)
26/6	"	Reed Bunting	1m
26/6	"	Swallow	c20	(With c6 House Martin)
26/6	"	Buzzard	2
26/6	"	Reed Warbler	3+	(Heard)
26/6	"	Shelduck	2
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Saturday	Overcast and Misty
25/6	Appley Park (7.30 - 8.00)	Mistle Thrush	2
25/6	(No Flycatchers today)	Song Thrush	3	(1 juv)
25/6	"	Green Woodpecker	1
25/6	"	Little Egret	3	(Beach)
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25/6	Hersey NR 19.00	Little Grebe	1	(low water level)
25/6	"	Little Egret	11	(includes 3 Juveniles)
25/6	"	Shelduck	2
25/6	"	Barnacle Geese	50+	(Feral flock)
25/6	"	House Martin	c10	(Also Swallows)
25/6	"	Heron	5	(4 on Beach with 2 more Egrets)
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Reported	"	Kingfisher	1	24/6 in Sightings book
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25/6	Newtown NR, 13.20 - 14.30	Mediterranean Gull	6
25/6	"	Black Headed Gull	200+	(Many juv. around reserve)
25/6	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2	(They're back)
25/6	"	Redshank	1
25/6	"	Oystercatcher	c15	(2 in Scrape)
25/6	"	Shelduck	20+	(3 tiny ducklings in scrape)
25/6	"	Curlew	c60	(Big influx)
25/6	"	Common Tern	4
*
25/6	Shalfleet Mill, 14.40	Kingfisher	1	(Returning bird?)
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25/6	Parkhurst Forest (20.20 - 22.55)	Nightjar	1m,1f	(Clearing S. of Study field)
25/6	(IWOG Walk)	Woodcock	c3	(2 heard, 4+ sightings)
25/6	"	Long Eared Owl	2	(juv heard, 1 seen at clearing)
Insects	"	Glow Worm	c6
*
Friday	Bright Start, then Thunderstorms!
24/6	Laundry Lane (7.50 - 9.10)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing W of Lane, N. End)
24/6	(No sign of WC Shrike)	Whitethroat	3ad, 2juv
24/6	"	Linnet	6+
24/6	"	Dunnock	1ad, 1juv
24/6	"	Reed Warbler	4+
24/6	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
24/6	St Helens Bridge 9.15	Tufted Duck	2	(pair on River Yar)
24/6	Bembridge Harbour 9.25	Little Egret	1
24/6	"	Curlew	1	(1st for a while)
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Reported	NW. Over Shanklin@13.30	Honey Buzzard	1	Chris M.
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Thursday	Fine Sunny, Warm
23/6	Ryde Esplanade 8.50	Grey Wagtail	2	(Along beach at Appley)
23/6	"	Little Egret	3
23/6	"	Oystercatcher	4
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23/6	Appley Park (9.00 - 10.00)	Stock Dove	3
23/6	(No Flycatchers today)	Song Thrush	3
23/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
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23/6	Hersey NR 19.00	Oystercatcher	1	(Water level now low)
23/6	"	Barnacle Geese	3	(Ferals)
23/6	"	House Martin	c20
Reported	"	Little Gull	1	a few days ago (Jay)
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23/6	Sandown Esplanade 20.10	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard by Canoe Lake)
23/6	"	Swan	2ad,6 cyg.
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23/6	Laundry Lane (21.15 - 10.00)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing W of Lane, N. End)
23/6	(No sign of WC Shrike)	Swallow	c20
23/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
Reported	By bridge over stream@SZ621883	WOODCHAT SHRIKE	1m	@19.30 - 20.30 by Mike S.
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny
22/6	Shide to Blackwater FP	Barn Owl	1	(Hunting field W. side, Shide end 8am-9am)
22/6	(7.45 - 10.30)	Blackcap	4+
22/6	"	Garden Warbler	1-2	(Singing males, 1 seen, 1? heard)
22/6	"	Whitethroat	3	(Singing males)
22/6	"	Chiffchaff	4
22/6	"	Goldcrest	4
22/6	"	Buzzard	2	(Marvel Lane)
22/6	"	Yellowhammer	2	(Singing males)
22/6	"	House Martin	3
22/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
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22/6	Brighstone/Mottistone Downs	Turtle Dove	1m	(Heard)
22/6	(20.35 - 22.45)	Nightjar	1m	(Active and Churring non-stop)
22/6	"	Buzzard	1
22/6	"	Yellowhammer	4
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny, Warm	N. Wind
Insects	My Garden, Ryde	Hummingbird Hawkmoth	1	@8.05
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21/6	Ryde Esplanade 8.20	Mediterranean Gull	9	(3x1st sum, 2x2nd sum, 2 ringed)
21/6	"	Little Egret	3
21/6	"	Oystercatcher	2
21/6	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	10+
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21/6	Appley Park (8.45 - 9.40)	Spotted Flycatcher	1+	(1 seen, poss. Juv heard)
21/6	"	Mistle Thrush	6+	(2 family groups)
21/6	"	Pied Wagtail	2	(Adult Male feeding juv.)
21/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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Fri-Mon	Trip to Watford	Overseas!
Fri 17th	Farlington Marsh	SARDINIAN WARBLER	1m	@09.30, and 3 Bearded Tits at Lake.
"	Thursley Common	Tree Pipit	6+	also Stonechat, Dartford Warbler
Sat 18th	Staines Moor	Little Ringed Plover	1	Parakeets, Skylark etc.
Sun 19th	Wetland Centre, Barnes	Snipe	1	8+ Little Ringed Plover, Redshank etc
Mon 20th	Rickmansworth, River Chess	Spotted Flycatcher	1	Willow Warbler, Blackcap etc
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Thursday	Overcast, Light Rain	W. Wind
16/6	Ryde Esplanade 8.20	Curlew	1	(1st for a while)
16/6	"	Little Egret	1
16/6	"	Oystercatcher	5
16/6	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	15+
16/6	"	Stock Dove	3	(Canoe Lake)
16/6	"	Canada Geese	4	(2ad, 2 juv, at Canoe Lake)
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16/6	Appley Park (8.40 - 10.00)	Little Owl	1	(SE. of Appley Tower)
16/6	"	Treecreeper	1juv
16/6	"	Song Thrush	3
16/6	"	Mistle Thrush	3
16/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2, 1 juv
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals			SW. Wind
14/6	Luccombe Down, Ventnor	Willow Warbler	2m	(Heard on lower W. slope)
14/6	(7.45 - 9.10)	Yellowhammer	3	(2m,1f)
14/6	"	Whitethroat	6+
14/6	"	Kestrel	1
14/6	"	Buzzard	2
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14/6	Gore Cliff, Blackgang (9.30)	Peregrine	1	(Flew along cliff then out to sea)
14/6	"	Fulmar	13	(5 were on Cliff ledges)
14/6	"	Cormorant	5
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14/6	Whale Chine (10.15)	Skylark	10+	(No Corn Bunting again)
14/6	"	Linnet	c25
14/6	"	Kestrel	1
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14/6	Parkhurst Forest (20.15 - 22.30)	Nightjar	3	(Pair seen S. of Study field, +Churring male further E.)
14/6	"	Woodcock	c3	(2 heard, 1 seen)
14/6	"	Raven	2
*
Reported	R. Yar at St. Helens Bridge	Ruddy Duck	1m	@06.30 by Richard S.
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Monday	Sunny Intervals, Warm	W. Wind
13/6	St Helens Duver 8.00	Lesser Whitethroat	2	(Quiet prolonged warbling, also "scolding" noise like Wrens!)
13/6	Bembridge Harbour	Mallard	25
13/6	(No sign of Ruddy Ducks)	Little Egret	1
13/6	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	1
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13/6	Thorness Bay (11.05 - 12.20)	Ringed Plover	1	(near Shingle bank))
13/6	"	Oystercatcher	5	(Calling and displaying)
13/6	"	Skylark	1	(Dust bathing on beach)
13/6	"	Pied Wagtail	1ad, 3 juv	(On beach)
13/6	Lane to Farm	Mistle Thrush	4	(at least 2 juv.)
13/6	"	Chiffchaff	4	(1ad, 3 juv. sunbathing)
13/6	"	Goldfinch	2	(Ad. feeding juv.)
Reported	"	Marsh Harrier	1juv	seen here recently
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13/6	Ryde Esplanade (19.15)	Gannet	5	(Offshore in Solent)
13/6	"	Shelduck	2
13/6	"	Little Egret	1
13/6	"	Sandwich Tern	1
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13/6	Hersey NR (19.40)	Heron	1
13/6	"	Little Egret	1
13/6	"	House Martin	c50	(c20 over reserve, c30 over Nettlestone)
13/6	"	Barnacle Geese	c10	(Feral)
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Sunday	Overcast and Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
12/6	Ryde Esplanade 7.40	House Martin	c15	(Collecting mud on beach)
12/6	"	Sandwich Tern	2
12/6	"	Little Egret	3
12/6	"	Oystercatcher	6
12/6	"	Mediterranean Gull	1 (2nd Sum)	(With missing foot)
12/6	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	20+
12/6	"	Canada Geese	4	(2ad, 2 juv, at Canoe Lake)
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12/6	Appley Park (8.05 - 9.20)	Spotted Flycatcher	1-2	(E. of Appley Tower)
12/6	"	Treecreeper	1juv
12/6	"	Song Thrush	4, 1juv
12/6	"	Mistle Thrush	3
12/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	3, 1 juv
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12/6	St Helens Bridge, 15.55 - 16.45	RUDDY DUCK	2	(Pair on Yar about 200m S. of Bridge)
12/6	"	Little Grebe	2
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12/6	Laundry Lane, 17.00	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Heard at N. End by barn)
12/6	"	Little Egret	1
12/6	"	Lapwing	5
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Saturday	Fine Sunny, warm
11/6	Town Copse, 8.15	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Heard in field S. of entrance to Copse)
11/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2-3
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11/6	Cassey Bridge, 8.45	Nightingale	1m	(Heard in lane to E.)
11/6	"	Bullfinch	1m,1f
11/6	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Calling to the W.)
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11/6	Newtown NR, 9.10 - 11.00	Mediterranean Gull	4
11/6	"	Black Headed Gull	200+	(Many well grown chicks on Scrape Islands)
11/6	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	2	(The Lesser B.B. Gulls have now gone)
11/6	"	Redshank	6	(1 in Scrape)
11/6	"	Oystercatcher	c10	(3 in Scrape)
11/6	"	Shelduck	10+
11/6	"	Curlew	3
11/6	"	Common Tern	1
11/6	"	Reed Bunting	1m, 2 juv	(NW corner of Meadow in hedge)
11/6	"	Little Egret	3
Reported	"	Ringed Plover	1	from Boathouse
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Friday	Cloudy
10/6	Fishbourne Beach 8.15	Mediterranean Gull	1
10/6	"	Curlew	1
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10/6	Ryde Esplanade 8.55	House Martin	c20	(Collecting mud on beach)
10/6	"	Oystercatcher	9
10/6	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	40+
10/6	"	Canada Geese	4	(2ad, 2juv at Canoe Lake)
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10/6	Carpenters Road, St. Helens	Yellowhammer	c3	(Heard, & 1 seen)
10/6	(20.30 -21.40)	Buzzard	2	(No sign of Night Heron)
10/6	"	Kestrel	1
10/6	"	Barn Owl	1	(out at 21.30)
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Reported	St Catherine's Point	Golden Oriole	1	-No details
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Thursday	Fine Sunny Warm
09/6	West High Down, Totland 8.05 - 10.35	Turtle Dove	1	(Flew from cliff edge over field)
09/6	"	Wheatear	3	(1m and 2 fem/juv at Rocket Site)
09/6	"	Rock Pipit	5	(3 ad, 2 juv)
09/6	"	Dartford Warbler	3	(2 singing males and another heard)
09/6	"	Whitethroat	3
09/6	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
09/6	"	Raven	5	(2ad and 3juv at Rocket Site and Cliffs)
09/6	"	Guillemot	3	(2 on sea)
09/6	"	Cormorant	c25
09/6	"	Shag	2+
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09/6	YarmouthPonds & Estuary, 11.00-11.45	Swan	2ad,8juv
09/6	"	Teal	5	(4m,1f in Station pond-unseasonal)
09/6	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(Estuary)
09/6	"	House Martin	1
09/6	"	Black Tailed Godwit	3	(Mill Copse Scrape)
09/6	"	Oystercatcher	1
09/6	"	Redshank	4	(3 in Scrape)
09/6	"	Shelduck	8
09/6	"	Reed Warbler	2+	(Seen and heard)
09/6	"	Reed Bunting	1m
09/6	"	Little Egret	3
09/6	"	Heron	1
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09/6	"Harbour Quay" GC (opp. "Oasis")	Reed Warbler	3+	(heard)
09/6	(15.10 - 16.50)	Heron	3
09/6	(& 19.40 - 21.15 from Laundry Lane)	Whitethroat	6+	(Singing males)
09/6	(Night Heron not found)	Chiffchaff	1
09/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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Still Present	"Harbour Quay" GC (opp. "Oasis")	Night Heron	1ad.	seen before we arrived
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny
08/6	Appley Park (8.05 - 9.30)	Spotted Flycatcher	1(m?)	(E. of Appley Tower)
08/6	"	Jay	2	(1 mobbed by Blue tits after stealing a juv.)
08/6	"	Song Thrush	4
08/6	"	Mistle Thrush	4+juv
08/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	3
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08/6	Shide to Blackwater FP	Grey Wagtail	1m,1f	(on gravel bank in river, Shide end)
08/6	(14.15 - 16.10)	Blackcap	8
08/6	"	Whitethroat	2	(Singing males)
08/6	"	Chiffchaff	7
08/6	"	Goldcrest	1ad, 2juv
08/6	"	Mistle Thrush	1	(Blackwater Cycleway)
08/6	"	House Martin	6+
08/6	"	Song Thrush	3
08/6	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(Nest hole now quiet)
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Reported	Brading Marsh, (by the Foreman)	Night Heron	1	at the proposed Golf Course, opposite the "Oasis" garden centre
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny Warm			E. Wind
07/6	St. Catherine's Point (7.40 - 9.40)	Kittiwake	35	(E. biggest flock 22 @ 8.24)
07/6	"	Gannet	60	(most E. with 11W)
07/6	"	Fulmar	3+
07/6	"	Auks	7	(E. with 1 Guillemot W. & 2 more on Sea)
07/6	"	Manx Shearwater	9	(E. 2@7.50, 7@8.05)
07/6	"	Sandwich Tern	20+	(In flock feeding just offshore)
07/6	"	Shag	1	(Ringed)
07/6	"	Cormorant	7&1juv
07/6	"	Shelduck	2E.
07/6	"	Heron	1
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07/6	Gore Cliff, Blackgang (10.00)	Little Owl	1
07/6	"	Fulmar	16	(9 were on Cliff ledges)
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07/6	Whale Chine (11.00)	Skylark	4+	(No Corn Buntings though)
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07/6	Location withheld (16.45)	Hobby	2	(Hunting insects and calling)
*
07/6	Firestone Copse(21.00 -22.20)	Nightjar	2	("Churring" 200m E. of Car Park, @21.50)
07/6	"	Woodcock	1
07/6	"	Barn Owl	1	(Over Car Park)
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Monday	Showers to Cloudy pm.
06/6	Dodnor to Kingston, Medina Esty.	Cuckoo	1m	(W. of Dodnor Bridge in tree)
06/6	(14.05 - 17.20)	Lesser Whitethroat	2m
06/6	"	Whitethroat	6+
06/6	"	Skylark	c3
06/6	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard)
06/6	"	Little Grebe	1	(Dodnor pond)
06/6	"	Reed Warbler	c3	(Dodnor reedbed)
06/6	"	Jay	2
06/6	"	Mistle Thrush	5	(Inc. family group of 4)
06/6	"	Oystercatcher	4	(2 by Estuary, 2 on field)
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Sunday	Sunny Int. to showers pm.			W. Wind
05/6	Foreland (8.10)	Sandwich Tern	c15	(Including 9 on the beach)
05/6	"	Gannet	1	(W)
05/6	"	Wader Sp.	5	(N. poss. Grey Plover?)
05/6	"	Starling	50+	(On beach, mostly juv.)
05/6	"	House Martin	30+	(some collecting mud for nests)
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05/6	FP W. of Bembridge Windmill, (9.10)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m
05/6	"	Stonechat	5	(Pair with 3 juv.)
05/6	"	Whitethroat	4+
05/6	"	Green Woodpecker	2
05/6	"	Meadow Pipit	3
05/6	"	Buzzard	1
05/6	"	Kestrel	1m
~
05/6	Bembridge Ponds, (10.18)	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard by Lagoon)
05/6	"	Reed Bunting	1m
05/6	"	Sparrowhawk	1
05/6	"	Buzzard	2
05/6	"	Reed Warbler	3+	(Heard)
05/6	"	Shelduck	4	(Pair mating at Causeway pond)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals, light showers pm	W. Wind
04/6	Fort Victoria, 9.05	Little Tern	6
04/6	"	Common Tern	c20
04/6	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
04/6	Yarmouth Station Ponds, 9.35	Swan	2ad,7juv
04/6	"	Swift	50+
04/6	"	House Martin	c30
04/6	"	Black Tailed Godwit	17	(Mill Copse Scrape)
04/6	"	Oystercatcher	6
04/6	"	Redshank	1
04/6	"	Shelduck	7+
04/6	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Singing by path)
04/6	"	Reed Warbler	4+	(Seen and heard)
04/6	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
04/6	"	Reed Bunting	1m
~
04/6	Newtown NR, 11.00	Mediterranean Gull	3
04/6	"	Swift	10+
04/6	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
04/6	"	Redshank	1
04/6	"	Oystercatcher	5
04/6	"	Shelduck	6+
04/6	"	Red Legged Partridge	1	(Hay Meadow, at nest?)
04/6	"	Reed Warbler	c2	(heard, meadow W. of Hide)
04/6	"	Common Tern	2
04/6	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Heard)
04/6	"	Little Egret	1
~
04/6	Brading Marsh, 20.05	Kestrel	3	(2 on Marsh, 1 to E.)
04/6	" (en route)	Little Owl	1	(Nunwell, at 19.55)
04/6	"	Long Eared Owl	2juv	(Heard Centurion's Copse 20.30-21.00)
04/6	"	Barn Owl	1	(Carrying vole at 21.20)
04/6	"	Swift	10+
04/6	"	Swallow	c4
04/6	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard about 21.00)
04/6	"	Lapwing	1
04/6	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Singing by bridge)
~
Friday	Cloudy, heavy showers pm	W. Wind
03/6	Bembridge Down, 9.05	Raven	2	(W.)
03/6	"	Buzzard	1	(Very pale on head and chest)
~
03/6	Yarmouth Station Ponds, 15.25	Swan	1ad,1juv	(Cygnet riding on adult's back!)
03/6	"	Swift	7
~
Thursday	Cloudy
02/6	Ryde Esplanade, 18.30	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Off W. Sands)
02/6	"	Sandwich Tern	6	(5 E. Sands, 1 W. Sands)
02/6	"	Oystercatcher	14
02/6	Appley Park	House Martin	c30
02/6	"	Mistle Thrush	2
02/6	"	Coal Tit	2
~

MAY 2005: Click for monthly species lists, May total = 119

Sunday	Cloudy to Short Sunny Int.
29/5	Fishbourne, 8.00	Great Crested Grebe	2	(1 just offshore, another further out)
Reported, (Caroline D.)	West High Down,18.30	Red-backed Shrike	1f	between Tennyson Down & WHD
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Saturday	Cloudy to Short Sunny Int.			Fresh SW. Wind
28/5	FP W. of Bembridge Windmill,	Wheatear	1m	(On distant gate)
28/5	(7.40 - 9.00, No sign of WC Shrike)	Stonechat	4	(Pair with 2 juv. very active)
28/5	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Calling by Hangers, then flew W.)
28/5	"	Meadow Pipit	c6
28/5	"	Reed Bunting	2m
28/5	"	Whitethroat	2+
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28/5	Bembridge Ponds	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard by Lagoon)
28/5	(9.10 - 9.50)	Tufted Duck	4	(2 Pairs)
28/5	"	Reed Warbler	2+	(Heard)
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Reported	Fort Victoria (am)	Little Tern	6	feeding just offshore
(Chris M.)	"	Sandwich Tern	6	& 23 Common Tern
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Friday	Fine Sunny Warm			E. Wind
27/5	St. Catherine's Point (8.00 - 10.40)	Kittiwake	1	(E.)
27/5	"	Gannet	40	(E & W)
27/5	"	Fulmar	10+
27/5	"	Common Scoter	22	(E.)
27/5	"	Sandwich Tern	3
27/5	"	Oystercatcher	4	(E.)
27/5	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Singing up the lane!)
~
27/5	Gore Cliff, Blackgang (10.00)	Little Owl	1
27/5	"	Fulmar	6
~
27/5	Shide to Blackwater FP (15.00)	Little Owl	1	(On post)
27/5	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2+	(Adults at nesthole, juv. looking out )
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27/5	FP from Bembridge Windmill, towards Airport	WOODCHAT SHRIKE	1m	(On fence, 200m N of old Seawall)
27/5	on RSPB reserve (20.50)	Stonechat	3	(Bushes N. of Old Seawall)
27/5	"	Barn Owl	1	(Hunting about 21.20)
~
Report	Chris M. found the	WC Shrike-	-	at SZ636875 about 15.00 today
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Thursday	Sunny Int. warmer	Brisk SW. Wind
26/5	Luccombe Down, Ventnor (8.25)	Dartford Warbler	3-4	(3 singing on bushes)
26/5	"	Buzzard	2
26/5	"	Kestrel	2
26/5	"	Swift	c15	(2 seen Mating "on the wing")
26/5	"	House Martin	3
26/5	"	Meadow Pipit	10+
26/5	"	Willow Warbler	2m	(Heard on W. slope)
26/5	"	Chiffchaff	2m	(Heard on W. slope)
26/5	"	Whitethroat	3
~
26/5	Shanklin/Lake (11.00)	poss. Hobby	1	(N. over Railway Bridge)
26/5	"	Fulmar	1	(Along Cliffs)
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26/5	Mark's Corner (20.30 - 22.00)	Nightjar	2	(Churring Males, both seen)
26/5	(Clearing half mile S.)	Woodcock	3
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Wednesday	Overcast, Drizzle, Fine later	Light Winds
25/5	Quarr Abbey area	Mistle Thrush	5	(inc. 1juv)
25/5	(8.00 - 10.00)	Blackcap	4
25/5	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard N.E. of Abbey)
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Tuesday	Rain, Brighter by evening			S.W. Wind
24/5	Centurions Copse (20.40)	Long Eared Owl	2+	(2 juv. seen/heard, and poss Adult)
24/5	"	Barn Owl	1	(Flew right past Long Ears)
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Monday	Showers, sunny intervals.			SW. Wind
23/5	Hersey NR, Seaview (8.00)	House Martin	30+
23/5	(High water level)	Swallow	2+	(over ponds)
23/5	"	Swift	1
23/5	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
23/5	"	Whitethroat	1
23/5	"	Shelduck	1
23/5	"	Canada Geese	5
23/5	"	Greylag Goose	1esc.	(Domestic type)
23/5	"	Barnacle Goose	4esc.	(and 1 Snow Goose, on field to W.)
~
23/5	Bembridge Ponds (9.00)	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
23/5	"	Whitethroat	1
23/5	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Heard by Lagoon)
23/5	"	Shelduck	2
23/5	"	Little Egret	2
23/5	"	Reed Warbler	4+	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny			Light E. Wind
22/5	Brighstone Down (7.35 - 9.20)	Turtle Dove	1-2	(on FP BS 8, silent, -poss Female)
22/5	"	Yellowhammer	4+
22/5	"	Willow Warbler	3m	(2 singing at junctions of FPs "BS" 5,7& 8)
22/5	"	Linnet	6
Insects	"	Small Copper	4	and Speckled Yellow Moth
"	"	Green Hairstreak	1
22/5	Whale Chine (10.00)	Corn Bunting	1m	(Singing in Rape field next to Car Park)
22/5	"	Swallow	c6
22/5	"	Skylark	4
~
Reported	Freshwater (Antony R.)	BEE EATER	1	flying in the field behind St Agnes church, about 16.30
Reported	West High Down	Wheatear	4	(and 43 Cormorants, 11 nests)
Dave H.	(IWOG walk)	Dartford Warbler	1	(also 1 Spotted Flycatcher)
~
Reported	St Helens @ 11.45 (David B.)	Honey Buzzard	1	heading NW.
Friday	Showers to Hazy Sunny Int.			S.W. Wind
20/5	Whale Chine (14.30)	Grey Partridge	3	(100m N. of Car Park)
20/5	"	Skylark	4+
20/5	"	Swallow	c20
~
Dips	Whale Chine/Atherfield area	Corn Bunting	-	none found
20/5	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield (15.30)	Yellowhammer	4
20/5	"	Red Legged Partridge	1	(Along Lane)
20/5	"	Swift	4
~
Reported	N. end Brading Marsh (David B.)	Cuckoo	1m	heard @ 07.00
~
Thursday	Rain & Showers, Cloudy
19/5	Appley Park (7.45 - 8.25)	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(E. of Appley Tower in young Oaks)
19/5	"	Treecreeper	1m
19/5	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1f
19/5	"	Mistle Thrush	1
~
19/5	Newtown NR (11.00 - 11.40)	Mediterranean Gull	2	(Scrape Islands)
19/5	(No waders in scrape)	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
19/5	"	Shelduck	3
19/5	"	Dunlin	24	(From Boathouse- in Summer Plumage)
19/5	"	Common Tern	1
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals
18/5	Shide to Blackwater FP	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(@ S. end of Marvel Lane-showing well)
18/5	(7.35 - 10.10)	Blackcap	14+	(Singing males, 1 female, 1 juv)
18/5	"	Whitethroat	2	(Singing males)
18/5	"	Chiffchaff	9
18/5	"	Yellowhammer	4m	(Sandy Lane, Marvel Lane)
18/5	"	Goldcrest	1	(Singing along FP)
18/5	"	Grey Wagtail	2	(Shide end on River)
18/5	"	Mistle Thrush	1	(Blackwater Cycleway)
18/5	"	House Martin	3
18/5	"	Song Thrush	2
~
18/5	Centurions Copse (20.30)	Long Eared Owl	2+	(2 juv. seen/heard, another squeaking)
Reported	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	Carrying food
~
Reported	Scrape, Newtown NR	Curlew Sandpiper	1	and 4 Dunlin
(Jim C.)	"	Whimbrel	2	and 2 Bar T. Godwit
~
Tuesday	Cold, cloudy to Sunny Int.	N. Wind
17/5	Sandown Esplanade (7.30)	Swan	2a,7juv	(only 1 egg left in nest.)
17/5	"	House Martin	c15	(over Canoe Lake)
17/5	"	Swallow	c10
17/5	"	Shelduck	2
17/5	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
17/5	"	Sandwich Tern	4	(In Bay)
~
17/5	Bembridge Down (8.20)	Whitethroat	c6
17/5	"	Yellowhammer	1m
17/5	"	Skylark	1+	(Heard)
17/5	"	Buzzard	1
~
17/5	Ryde East Sands (14.20)	Mediterranean Gull	4
17/5	"	Oystercatcher	c6
~
17/5	Bembridge Harbour (14.45)	Swallow	2
17/5	"	Curlew	2
17/5	"	Oystercatcher	2
17/5	Bembridge Ponds (15.10)	Whitethroat	c4
17/5	"	Reed Warbler	3+	(Seen/Heard)
17/5	"	Shelduck	4
~
Monday	Fine Sunny
16/5	Rookley to Chillerton (7.30 - 9.10)	Red Legged Partridge	6
16/5	(No sign of Golden Oriole)	Yellowhammer	3
16/5	"	Whitethroat	6
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Sunday	Fine Sunny			Light E. Wind
15/5	St. Catherine's Point (7.30 - 9.50)	Manx Shearwater	4	(E. + a poss. 13 more)
15/5	"	Arctic Skua	1	(E. very close)
15/5	"	Kittiwake	113	(E. biggest group 28)
15/5	"	"Commic" Tern	c100	(E. biggest group c60)
15/5	"	Sandwich Tern	13
15/5	"	Gannet	c80	(E. & W. also fishing offshore)
15/5	"	Fulmar	4+
15/5	"	Common Scoter	79	(E. biggest group 25)
15/5	"	Auk Sp.	4	(including 2 Guillemot)
15/5	"	Oystercatcher	1-2	(E. & W.)
15/5	"	Whimbrel	5	(E.)
15/5	"	Diver Sp.	2	(E. Red Throated?)
15/5	"	Swallow	10+	(in off sea)
15/5	"	Red Legged Partridge	2	(by lane)
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Reported	Bunker's Copse, Rookley	Golden Oriole	1 juv m	11.20 - 13.00 (at least), SZ503844
(Robin A.)	-earlier S. of Godshill Ch.	Golden Oriole	1 juv m	@ 9.15 flew towards Rookley (the same bird?)
(Robin A.)	North Appleford	Blue headed wagtail	1m	@ 8.00 then went N.
(Graham S.)	Centurions Copse	Long Eared Owl	4 juvs	Out already! (very early.)
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15/5	Laundry Lane (16.10 -17.10)	Sedge Warbler	2m
15/5	"	Reed Warbler	2m
15/5	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Along Embankment FP)
15/5	"	Swift	30+	(Over marsh)
15/5	"	House Martin	20+
15/5	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Showers, cool	Strong NE Wind
14/5	West High Down / Alum Bay	Wheatear	1m,1f	(Below Rocket Test Site )
14/5	(7.15 - 10.15)	Stonechat	1m,1f	(Above Alum Bay)
14/5	"	Swift	12	(E)
14/5	"	Guillemot	5	(on sea S. side)
14/5	"	Peregrine	1	(Above Alum Bay)
14/5	"	Yellowhammer	3
14/5	"	Swift	12	(E)
14/5	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Path to Beacon)
14/5	"	Whitethroat	2+	(Headon Warren etc.)
~
Friday	Showers, cloudy, cooler.	Strong NE. Wind
13/5	Hersey NR, Seaview (16.20)	House Martin	15+
13/5	(High water level)	Swallow	6+	(over ponds)
13/5	"	Swift	3
13/5	"	Canada Geese	6
13/5	"	Greylag Goose	1esc.	(Domestic type)
~
Thursday	Fine Sunny	NE. Wind
12/5	Thorness Bay (7.50 - 9.10)	Little Tern	1m,1f	(Fishing and seen mating)
12/5	"	Oystercatcher	4
12/5	"	Redshank	1
12/5	"	Whimbrel	1
12/5	"	Swift	55+	(Moving SE.)
12/5	"	Sand Martin	2
12/5	"	Skylark	3
~
12/5	Newtown NR (9.20 - 11.30)	Mediterranean Gull	3	(Scrape Islands)
12/5	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2	(Taking chicks from BH Gull colony)
12/5	"	Black Tailed Godwit	3
12/5	"	Knot	1
12/5	"	Shelduck	10
12/5	"	Common Tern	3
12/5	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Boathouse)
~
Wednesday	Fine Sunny			Fresh N.E.- E. Wind
11/5	St. Catherine's Point (7.40 - 10.20)	Bar Tailed Godwit (?)	8+	(E. but distant)
11/5	"	Gannet	c40	(E & W)
11/5	"	Peregrine	1	(soaring over sea)
11/5	"	Shelduck	2	(E)
11/5	"	Mute Swan	2	(W)
11/5	"	Fulmar	4+
11/5	"	Common Scoter	5	(E.)
11/5	"	Sandwich Tern	4
11/5	"	Auk Sp.	4
11/5	"	Kittiwake	1	(E)
11/5	"	Swallow	50+	(in off sea)
11/5	"	Swift	4	(in off sea)
11/5	"	House Martin	10+	(in off sea)
11/5	"	Red Legged Partridge	1	(By Farm on wall)
~
11/5	Firestone Copse(20.10 -21.20)	NIGHTJAR	1	(Heard "Churring" 200m E. of Car Park, @21.03)
11/5	"	Woodcock	1	(Flew over 200m E. of Car Pk @ 21.06)
~
Tuesday	Sunny	N. Wind
10/5	Sandown Esplanade (7.30)	Sanderling	8	(on beach, some Summer Plumage showing)
10/5	"	Sandwich Tern	4	(In Bay)
10/5	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Singing/Displaying next to Canoe Lake hide)
10/5	"	Swift	3	(over Canoe Lake)
10/5	"	House Martin	1	(over Canoe Lake with Swallows)
~
10/5	Bembridge Down (8.10)	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	1	(Bottom of Valley SW. of Fort)
10/5	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing SW. of Fort)
10/5	"	Whitethroat	3
10/5	"	Blackcap	1m
10/5	"	Yellowhammer	2m
10/5	"	Swallow	c10	(Moving Through to N.)
10/5	"	Willow Warbler	3+	(Heard)
10/5	"	Buzzard	1
~
Monday	Fine Sunny Warm			N.W. Wind
09/5	St. Catherine's Point (7.20 - 9.40)	Whinchat	1f	(Bushes S. of Lane)
09/5	"	Hobby	1	(In off @ 8.45)
09/5	"	Peregrine	1m,1f	(Just offshore)
09/5	"	Manx Shearwater	1	(E.)
09/5	"	Great Crested Grebe	2	(W.)
09/5	"	Gannet	c30	(E & W)
09/5	"	Fulmar	4+
09/5	"	Common Scoter	12	(E.)
09/5	"	Sandwich Tern	4
09/5	"	Guillemot & Auk Sp.	10+	(E. 5 Guillemot on sea)
09/5	"	Shag	2	(one on sea )
~
09/5	Gore Cliff, Blackgang (10.00)	Raven	2
09/5	"	Peregrine	1
09/5	"	Little Owl	1	(On cliff above Blackgang)
~
09/5	Whale Chine (11.00)	Skylark	4
09/5	"	Red Legged Partridge	1
Dips	"	Corn Bunting	-	sadly none found
~
Sunday	Long Sunny Intervals	Light Winds
08/5	Quarr Abbey area	Mistle Thrush	6	(Field near Road)
08/5	(7.15 - 9.00)	Blackcap	4
08/5	"	Whitethroat	1	(Heard by Farm)
~
08/5	Fishbourne Beach-Quarr ponds	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Offshore)
08/5	(9.05 - 9.50)	Common Tern	11	(Mouth of Creek)
08/5	"	Whimbrel	1	(E. along beach)
08/5	"	Little Egret	2
08/5	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard @Ponds)
08/5	"	Reed Warbler	c4	(Heard @Ponds)
~
Saturday	Long Sunny Intervals	Strong W-NW Wind
07/5	West High Down / Needles	Wheatear	1	(Above Rocket Test Site )
07/5	(7.40 - 10.50)	Swallow	c15
07/5	"	Hobby	1	(WHD@8.05, W. of Beacon drifting W.)
07/5	"	Kestrel	2+
07/5	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(N. Slope)
07/5	"	Yellowhammer	2+
07/5	"	Rock Pipit	4
07/5	"	Fulmar	5
07/5	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(Cliffs)
07/5	"	Shag	3
07/5	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2m	(Path to Beacon and N. Slope)
07/5	"	Whitethroat	2+	(N. slope etc.)
Mammals	"	Wild Goats	2	keeping the vegetation down
~
07/5	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds,	Teal	5	(just few left)
07/5	(11.10 - 12.00)	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
07/5	"	Shelduck	12
07/5	"	Reed Warbler	4+
07/5	"	Reed Bunting	2m	(Heard)
07/5	"	Swift	10+
07/5	"	House Martin	1	(over Ponds)
07/5	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard @ Rofford Marsh)
~
07/5	Firestone Copse(20.50 -21.40)	LONG EARED OWL	1	(N. over clearing E. of Car Park, 21.30)
Dips	"	no Nightjars yet	-	but possible Woodcock calling
~
Friday	Cloudy to Sunny	W. Wind
06/5	Bembridge Down (7.30)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing N. of Fort, then flew S.)
06/5	"	Swallow	c15	(Moving Through to N.)
06/5	"	Willow Warbler	3+	(Heard)
06/5	"	Skylark	4+
06/5	"	Linnet	9+	(Singing)
06/5	"	Kestrel	1
06/5	"	Buzzard	1
~
06/5	Borthwood (15.30-16.40)	Hobby	1	(Over field S. of Wood, drifting N.@16.30)
06/5	"	Kestrel	2	(Circling with Hobby)
06/5	"	Buzzard	1
~
Thursday	Cloudy, to Sunny Intervals
05/5	Shide / Blackwater FP (7.35 - 10.00)	Garden Warbler	3	(1 Singing male, and 2 seen)
05/5	"	Blackcap	8	(Singing males, and 1 female seen)
05/5	"	Whitethroat	2	(Singing males)
05/5	"	Chiffchaff	6+
05/5	"	Yellowhammer	2m,1f	(Sandy Lane, Marvel Lane)
05/5	"	Goldcrest	3	(Singing along FP)
05/5	"	Grey Wagtail	1f
05/5	"	Mistle Thrush	1	(Watergate Lane)
05/5	"	Rook	20+	(over 30 nests at Rookery W. of Blackwater Road)
05/5	"	Swallow	7	(Collecting mud)
05/5	"	Sand Martin	1	(With Swallows)
05/5	"	House Martin	1
05/5	"	Song Thrush	4
~
05/5	Dodnor to Kingston, Medina Esty.	Whimbrel	3	(Werrer area)
05/5	(14.25 - 16.20)	Sandwich Tern	3	(In Estuary)
05/5	"	Skylark	c3
05/5	"	Lapwing	8
05/5	"	Curlew	3
Butterflies	"	Brimstone	2	also 2 Orange Tip, 1 Red Admiral
~
Wednesday	Showers, Cloudy	Cold N. Wind
04/5	Appley Park (8.50 - 9.55)	Treecreeper	1m
04/5	"	Jay	2
04/5	"	Goldcrest	1
04/5	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1f
04/5	"	Song Thrush	6	(3 seen, 3 singing)
~
04/5	Newtown NR (15.20 - 16.20)	Mediterranean Gull	4	(Scrape Islands)
04/5	"	Whimbrel	3	(1 W. of Boathouse, 2 Clamerkin Lake)
04/5	"	Oystercatcher	10
04/5	"	Shelduck	10
04/5	"	Nightingale	1m	(Heard S. hedge of Hay Meadow)
04/5	"	Sandwich Tern	3	(Boathouse)
04/5	"	Brent Goose	1	(E. Side)
~
04/5	Town Copse (16.00)	Bullfinch	1f
04/5	"	Blackcap	3+
~
Tuesday	Showers, cloudy, cooler.			Increasing S.-SW. Wind
03/5	St. Catherine's Point (7.20 - 9.40)	POMARINE SKUA	1	(E. @ 7.56)
03/5	"	Arctic Skua	2	(E. Dark Ph.)
03/5	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(E.)
03/5	"	Manx Shearwater	2	(W.)
03/5	"	Little Egret	1	(E.)
03/5	"	Kittiwake	3	(E.)
03/5	"	Fulmar	10+
03/5	"	Gannet	c50	(E. & W.)
03/5	"	Guillemot & Auk Sp.	6	(E. one on sea)
03/5	"	Shag	3	(2E. one on sea )
03/5	"	Buzzard	3
Reported	here earlier (Mark B.)	"Bonxie"	1	also 20+ Scoter, c100 Auks, +2 Manx Shearwater
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03/5	Gore Cliff, Blackgang (10.00)	Fulmar	10+	(7 on cliffs)
03/5	"	Stock Dove	2
03/5	"	Buzzard	1
03/5	Appleford Cross (10.30)	Red Legged Partridge	1+
03/5	"	Yellowhammer	3
03/5	"	Skylark	2	(Singing)
03/5	"	Swift	2
03/5	"	House Martin	2
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03/5	Hersey NR, Seaview (14.45)	Wheatear	1m	(On LH bank, now mown short)
03/5	"	Swallow	10+	(over ponds)
03/5	"	Swift	3
03/5	"	House Martin	6+
03/5	"	Shelduck	11
03/5	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(and 1 Kestrel)
03/5	"	Canada Geese	3
03/5	"	Barnacle Geese	40+	(Esc.)
03/5	"	Sandwich Tern	3	(In Solent)
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Mayday BH	Showers then Warm Sunny later	S.E. Wind
02/5	Ventnor Esp. Seawatch	Great Skua "Bonxie"	2	(SW. just off harbour at 8.46)
02/5	(8.10 - 9.10)	Scoter	11	(E. at 8.53)
02/5	"	Gannet	7	(E. & W.)
02/5	"	Fulmar	c5+	(Local birds)
02/5	"	Shag	1	(Fishing in bay)
02/5	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Singing below the Winter Gardens)
02/5	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over town)
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02/5	Wheelers Bay, (9.30)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Bushes up slope from Seawall, singing)
02/5	"	Swallow	3
02/5	"	Greenfinch	3	(With mystery "orangey" finch, could it be a late Brambling?)
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02/5	Nansen Hill, (9.50)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Bushes to N. above main road)
02/5	"	Swallow	3
02/5	"	Green Woodpecker	1-2
Scrub Clearance	Base of Hill now cleared	Birds down to just a	few	(due to loss of habitat)
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02/5	Ryde Esplanade (14.00 Low Tide)	Sanderling	17	(Coming into Summer Plumage)
02/5	(On distant isolated sandbank)	Dunlin	13
02/5	"	Common Tern	6
02/5	"	Sandwich Tern	2
02/5	"	Swift	7
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Sunday	V. Foggy but Warm Sunny later	S.W. Wind
01/5	West High Down / Needles	Wheatear	1	(Above Rocket Test Site )
01/5	(8.00 - 9.30)	Swallow	c10
01/5	"	Yellowhammer	2+
01/5	"	Stonechat	1m	(Roadside above Bay
01/5	"	Blackcap	1m	(Path up to Beacon)
01/5	"	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing W. of Beacon)
01/5	"	Whitethroat	2+	(N. slope etc.)
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01/5	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds,	HOBBY	1	(High over ponds with Gulls )
01/5	(9.55 - 11.15)	LITTLE TERN	1	(W. side of Estuary on the Mud)
01/5	"	Cuckoo	1m	(In tall tree behind Ponds)
01/5	"	Teal	c20
01/5	"	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
01/5	"	Sedge Warbler	1m
01/5	"	Reed Warbler	4+
01/5	"	Reed Bunting	3m
01/5	"	Swift	c3
01/5	"	Swallow	6	(over Ponds)
01/5	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard by old Station)
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Reported	Fort Victoria (Mike S. etc)	Wood Warbler	1m	Singing in woods by BBQ area
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01/5	Bembridge Ponds (16.10)	Redshank	1	(with deformity)
01/5	"	Greenshank	2
01/5	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Causeway Pond)
01/5	"	Shelduck	3
01/5	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
01/5	"	Swallow	2
01/5	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
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01/5	Laundry Lane (16.45)	Saker Falcon	1esc.	(eating Rabbit)
01/5	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/5	"	Kestrel	2
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01/5	Ninham, Lake (20.50)	Barn Owl	1	(from FP "SS 21")
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Reported	St Helens Duver (Peter S.)	Eider	1m	only 20yds offshore at Baywatch Cafe!

APRIL 2005: Click for monthly species lists, March total = 130

Saturday	Foggy but Warm Sunny later
30/4	Alum Bay / Needles (7.15 - 10.30)	PIED FLYCATCHER	1m	(On fenceline of Road to Battery)
30/4	"	WHINCHAT	1-2	(W. High Down, E of C.G. Cotts))
30/4	"	TURTLE DOVE	1	(Slope below old Rocket Testing site)
30/4	"	GARDEN WARBLER	1	(In Chine with Willow Warblers)
30/4	"	Wheatear	1-2	(Near C.G. Cotts)
30/4	"	Swallow	c30	(From Alum Bay to Needles)
30/4	"	Sand Martin	2-5	(Between Alum Bay Chine & Needles)
30/4	"	Yellowhammer	3+
30/4	"	Blackcap	1m	(Path up to Headon Warren)
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Reported	" (approx. 7.30)	Nightjar	1m	Flushed from garden S. of Alum Bay
Chris M.	"	Grasshopper Warbler	1m	(Heard, S. of Warren Farm)
"	"	Black Redstart	1m	(Singing at Rocket Site)
Friday	Misty to Cloudy p.m.
Birdguides	Freshwater Bay	HOOPOE	1	(Afton Marsh @ 10.00)
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29/4	Freshwater Bay (13.40 - 16.50)	Skylark	6+	(Golf Course)
29/4	(No sign of Hoopoe)	Linnet	50+	(1 flock of c50)
29/4	"	Fulmar	2+	(offshore)
29/4	"	Stonechat	2m,1f	(Near Clifftop)
29/4	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Near Clifftop)
29/4	"	Reed Warbler	3+	(Heard in Marsh)
29/4	"	Blackcap	6m+	(Afton Marsh)
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Reported	St Helens Duver (Peter S.)	Wheatear	c12	at 11.00 on beach and bushes
Thursday	Light Showers, Cloudy, cooler	Brisk S. Wind
28/4	Sandown Esplanade (14.40)	Sanderling	3	(On beach)
28/4	(No sign of Ruddy Duck)	Swallow	5	(Over Canoe Lake)
28/4	"	House Martin	1	(Over Canoe Lake)
28/4	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
28/4	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(In bay)
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28/4	Bembridge Down (15.10)	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1m	(Singing SW. of Fort)
28/4	"	Red Legged Partridge	2
28/4	"	Kestrel	1m,1f
28/4	"	Whitethroat	1	(Singing)
28/4	"	Green Woodpecker	1
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals, warm	SW. Wind
27/4	St. Catherine's Point (7.20 - 11.10)	Whimbrel	3	(W. close in, and 1 E.)
27/4	"	Common Scoter	4	(E.)
27/4	"	Sandwich Tern	10	(E. & W.)
27/4	"	Arctic Skua	1	(E.)
27/4	"	Manx Shearwater	1	(E.)
27/4	"	Red Throated Diver	3	(E.)
27/4	"	Wheatear	1m,2f
27/4	"	Swallow	4
27/4	"	Kittiwake	6	(E.)
27/4	"	Fulmar	20+	(Raft on sea)
27/4	"	Gannet	c70	(E. & a few W.)
27/4	"	Auk Sp.	6	(E.)
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Tuesday	Showers, Cloudy later
26/4	Shide / Blackwater FP (7.45 - 9.30)	Blackcap	14	(Singing males, and 2 females seen)
26/4	"	Chiffchaff	6+
26/4	"	Yellowhammer	2m,1f	(Sandy Lane, Marvel Lane)
26/4	"	Bullfinch	1m,1f
26/4	"	Goldcrest	6+	(Singing along FP)
26/4	"	Grey Wagtail	2
26/4	"	Little Owl	1
26/4	"	Mistle Thrush	1	(Watergate Lane)
26/4	"	Rook	20+	(over 30 nests at Rookery W. of Blackwater Road)
26/4	"	Swallow	5
26/4	"	Song Thrush	5
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26/4	Sandown Canoe Lake (14.30)	RUDDY DUCK	1m	(Scarce on IOW)
26/4	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
26/4	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
26/4	"	Whitethroat	1
26/4	"	Sandwich Tern	4	(In bay)
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26/4	Laundry Lane (16.40)	"Saker" Falcon type	1	(on ground)
26/4	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen)
26/4	"	Buzzard	4	(and 1 Red Tailed Hawk hybrid)
26/4	"	Kestrel	2
27/4	"	Swallow	c10
27/4	"	House Martin	5
27/4	"	Swift	3
26/4	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
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Reported	earlier	Marsh Harrier	1f
Monday	Showers, Misty
25/4	Ryde Esplanade (8.00 Low Tide)	Sanderling	20	(Coming into Summer Plumage)
25/4	(On distant isolated sandbank)	Dunlin	60
25/4	"	Knot	3	(till flushed off by incoming Hovercraft)
25/4	"	Common Tern	1
25/4	"	Sandwich Tern	5
25/4	"	Oystercatcher	3
25/4	"	Little Egret	4	(2 by Wimpy Kiosk, 2 at Appley beach)
25/4	"	Swallow	3
25/4	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Canoe Lake, feeding on bank)
25/4	"	Swan	62	(Canoe Lake)
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25/4	Appley Park (8.30 - 9.30)	Sand Martin	3	(NW)
25/4	"	Swift	1	(W)
25/4	"	Swallow	6	(W)
25/4	"	Stock Dove	3
25/4	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
25/4	"	Song Thrush	2+	(Collecting food)
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25/4	Laundry Lane (17.10)	"Saker" Falcon type	1	(in tree)
25/4	and Centurion's Copse	Cetti's Warbler	3	(2 towards Centurions Copse)
25/4	"	Buzzard	5
25/4	"	Kestrel	2
25/4	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
25/4	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Heard)
25/4	"	Blackcap	3+
25/4	"	Whitethroat	2
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Reported	10mins earlier!	Marsh Harrier	1m,1f	(Over, going higher, heading N.)
(Mike S. etc.)	(about 17.00)	Peregrine	1	(With Harriers, Buzzards and 2 Sparrowhawks)
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Reported (David B.)	Nettlestone	Turtle Dove	2
Sunday	Sunny Intervals
24/4	Newchurch, (FP to Alverstone) (7.30)	NIGHTINGALE	2m	(Singing N of FP)
24/4	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard at marsh)
24/4	IWOG walk 8.30 -11.40	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Heard at marsh)
24/4	"	SWIFT	2	(Over, with plenty of Swallows)
24/4	"	House Martin	3	(over)
24/4	"	Mistle Thrush	3+	(2 @ Nest)
24/4	"	Song Thrush	2+	(1@nest)
24/4	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard)
24/4	"	Long Tailed Tit	4	(2 nests seen)
24/4	"	Coal Tit	1m	(Heard)
24/4	"	Willow Warbler	1m	(Heard in woods doing "Chiffchaff" impression!)
24/4	"	Chiffchaff	4+	(Heard at marsh)
24/4	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard at marsh)
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Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	1	(and Speckled Wood BF)
"	"	Stoat	1
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Reported (David B.)	In Garden, (W. of St Helens Duver)	Short Eared Owl	1	heading towards Laundry Lane @19.45.
Saturday	Wet a.m. to Hazy Sunny Int. p.m.
23/4	Hersey NR (15.40)	Teal	1m,1f	(Central channel)
23/4	"	Shelduck	2
23/4	"	Sandwich Tern	1+	(offshore)
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Reported	Alum Bay	Grasshopper Warbler	1m	(heard near mouth of Chine)
(Chris M.)	"	Common Sandpiper	3	(At base of Chairlift)
	"	Wood Warbler	1	(Heard in Chine)
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Friday	Misty to Sunny Int.	E. Wind
22/4	St. Catherine's Point (7.25 - 11.10)	Whimbrel	45	(E.)
22/4	"	Bar Tailed Godwit	c60	(E.)
22/4	"	Common Scoter	308	(E. biggest group 80+)
22/4	"	Common/Arctic Tern	23	(E.)
22/4	"	Sandwich Tern	c20	(E.)
22/4	"	Arctic Skua	3	(Pale Phase E.)
22/4	"	GREAT SKUA "Bonxie"	2	(E. @7.34 &10.02)
22/4	"	MANX SHEARWATER	1	(E.@8.40-distant)
22/4	"	LITTLE GULL	8	(E. biggest group 4)
22/4	"	Diver Sp.	3	(E. all Red Throated?)
22/4	"	Brent Geese	6	(E.)
22/4	"	Swallow	4	(in off sea)
22/4	"	Fulmar	20+	(Raft on sea)
22/4	"	Gannet	c30	(E. & W.)
22/4	"	Guillemot	17	(E. also 5 Auk Sp.)
22/4	"	Oystercatcher	1	(E.)
22/4	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(on post)
Reported (Jim C.)	earlier @ 6.30	Eider	1m,1f	(very close)
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Thursday	Misty to Sunny Int.	V. Cold E. Wind
21/4	St. Catherine's Point (7.45 - 11.10)	Whimbrel	11	(E.)
21/4	"	Bar Tailed Godwit	44	(E.)
21/4	"	Dunlin(?)	4	(E.)
21/4	"	Common Scoter	60	(E. biggest group 50+)
21/4	"	COMMON TERN	9	(E.)
21/4	"	Sandwich Tern	32	(most E.)
21/4	"	Arctic Skua	1	(E.)
21/4	"	House Martin	1	(in off sea)
21/4	"	Sand Martin	2	(in off sea)
21/4	"	Swallow	c15	(in off sea)
21/4	"	Fulmar	5	(Local birds)
21/4	"	Gannet	c40	(E. & W.)
21/4	"	Kittiwake	2	(E. 1x1st w)
21/4	"	Shag	1	(E.)
21/4	"	TREE PIPIT	2	(in off sea)
21/4	"	Guillemot	4	(1 on the sea)
21/4	"	Wheatear	2m	(on cliff edge, 1 very bright)
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny
20/4	Bembridge Windmill / Airport (8.00)	Whitethroat	2m
20/4	"	Stonechat	2m,1f
20/4	"	Swallow	3
20/4	"	Linnet	7
20/4	"	Saker Falcon	1 esc.	(In tree)
20/4	"	Redshank	1
20/4	"	Buzzard	1
20/4	"	Shelduck	2
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Tuesday	Sunny Int.			(E. Wind)
19/4	Appley Park (8.10)

Ring Ouzel (M) West High Down, 2nd April	Short Eared Owl Laundry Lane, 3rd April	Dartford Warbler (M) Luccombe Down, 5th April	Sandwich Tern Yarmouth, 4th April