ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW) Sightings for 2009

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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 are regular guided walks into the reserve (Charge applicable), see local press for details.

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

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Bar-headed Geese Ryde Canoe La. 27th Jan.	Nuthatch Marks Corner, 21st Nov.	Stonechat (M) WheelersBay, 24th Nov.	Cormorants Wheelers Bay, 29th. Nov.

Fieldfare & Redwings Brading Marsh, 1st Dec.	"Xmas" Robin Brading S.Wks. 11th Dec.	Water Pipit, Monks Bay Bonchurch, 6th Jan.	Wigeon (M&F) Yarmouth, 24th Jan.

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MY OWN SIGHTINGS, and Reports from other Birders- (Green=Confirmed, Red=Unconfirmed.)

DECEMBER 2009: Click for monthly species lists, December total =111

Thursday	Cloudy and Cold	NE Wind
31/12	Blackwater	Peregrine	1	(Over)
31/12	(8.10)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over)
31/12	"	Goldfinch	c40	(But no Siskins)
31/12	"	Goldcrest	2	(Heard)
31/12	"	Treecreeper	1m	(Heard)
31/12	"	Buzzard	3
31/12	"	Mistle Thrush	2
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31/12	Mersley Down, S. Slope	Red-legged Partridge	c20	(They'll get blasted tomorrow!)
31/12	(9.20)	Pheasant	c10
31/12	"	Chaffinch	c6	(A large flock was reported here recently)
31/12	"	Buzzard	1
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31/12	Ryde W. Sands	Pale Bellied Brent	1	(With c100 Dark Bellied)
31/12	(12.40)	Great-crested Grebe	1
31/12	"	Rock Pipit	1	(On wall)
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Wednesday	Misty with Showers
30/12	Ryde East Sands	Ringed Plover	11
30/12	(8.15)	Dunlin	7
30/12	"	Sanderling	11
30/12	Canoe Lake	Pintail	1m	(Probably an escape)
30/12	"	Swan	78	(One with Orange ring "D3F")
30/12	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Domestic type)
30/12	"	Canada Geese	9	(and 2 hybrids)
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30/12	Bembridge Harbour	Shelduck	8
30/12	(9.10)	Little Grebe	3
30/12	St. Helens Bridge	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
30/12	on flooded fields	Shoveler	10m,9f
30/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	7
30/12	"	Lapwing	c40
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30/12	Lane End, Bembridge	Shag	1-2
30/12	(9.40)	Cormorant	12
30/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m	(Flew E.)
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30/12	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	1m,1f
30/12	(10.00)	Pochard	10m,3f
30/12	"	Tufted Duck	3m,4f
30/12	"	Fieldfare	1
30/12	"	Redwing	3
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30/12	Seaview Esp.	Great-crested Grebe	2	(Flying E.)
30/12	(10.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
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Monday	Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
28/12	Little Atherfield to Dungewood	Golden Plover	32
28/12	(8.30 - 9.20)	poss. Grey Partridge	5
28/12	"	Lapwing	c60
28/12	"	Buzzard	3
28/12	"	Linnet	c60
28/12	"	Teal	c40
28/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
28/12	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
28/12	"	Firecrest	1
28/12	"	Redwing	c30
28/12	"	Fieldfare	c25
28/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1
28/12	"	Song Thrush	4
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28/12	Gore Cliff	Fulmar	6	(Back here early this winter)
28/12	(9.40)	Stock Dove	2
28/12	"	Linnet	c20
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28/12	Brading Marsh	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
28/12	(15.30 - 16.40)	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
28/12	"	Lapwing	c100
28/12	"	Canada Geese	c30
28/12	"	Wigeon	8
28/12	Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
28/12	"	Pied Wagtail	1
28/12	"	Chaffinch	4
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Sunday	Showers to Sunny Int	Strong SW Wind
27/12	Brading Marsh	Water Pipit	1
27/12	(8.00 - 11.20)	Merlin	1f/juv
27/12	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
27/12	"	Peregrine	2	(Chasing Pigeons and Lapwing)
27/12	"	Lapwing	c300
27/12	"	Firecrest	2	(By N. end of Laundry Lane)
27/12	"	Golden Plover	2+
27/12	"	Snipe	2+
27/12	"	Canada Geese	c100
27/12	"	Bar-headed Goose	1
27/12	"	Wigeon	c100
27/12	"	Teal	c50
27/12	"	Pintail	1m
27/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Flew into reeds)
27/12	"	Reed Bunting	2
27/12	"	Meadow Pipit	12
27/12	"	Linnet	c20
27/12	"	Stonechat	1f
27/12	Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	2
27/12	"	Pied Wagtail	2
27/12	"	Chiffchaff	4+
27/12	"	Water Pipit	1	(Over, maybe a second bird)
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27/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1
27/12	(14.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
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Boxing Day	Showers & Sunny Int	Milder SW Wind
26/12	Fishbourne Beach	Great Northern Diver	1	(Just W. of Creek entrance)
26/12	(10.15 - 10.40)	Red-breasted Merganser	3
26/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	5
26/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	(On shingle bar in Creek)
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26/12	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Shoveler	2m,2f
26/12	(14.00 - 14.50)	Wigeon	c80
26/12	"	Teal	c50
26/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c50
26/12	"	Water Rail	1	(heard)
26/12	"	Brent Geese	c130
26/12	"	Redshank	3
26/12	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
26/12	"	Golden Plover	c80
26/12	"	Grey Plover	6
26/12	"	Lapwing	25
26/12	"	Little Grebe	2
26/12	"	Snipe	4	(Rofford Marsh)
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26/12	Main Hide, Newtown NR	Avocet	1	(In scrape)
26/12	(15.05 - 15.30)	Spotted Redshank	1	"
26/12	-quick visit	Goldeneye	1f	(Clamerkin Lake)
26/12	"	Shelduck	c100
26/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
26/12	"	Dunlin	500+
26/12	"	Knot	100+
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Xmas Day	Sunny Int
25/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	9m,17f
25/12	(8.30)	Coot	48
25/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
25/12	"	Teal	1
25/12	Sandown Bay	Gannet	2E
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25/12	Sandown Golf Course FP	Treecreeper	1
25/12	(9.20)	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
25/12	"	Goldcrest	2
25/12	"	Great Tit	6
25/12	"	Blue Tit	8+
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25/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Off Puckpool but distant)
25/12	(11.00)	Great-crested Grebe	5
25/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,3f
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25/12	Rowlands Wood	Treecreeper	1
25/12	(13.35)	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
25/12	-walking off Xmas Lunch!	Fieldfare	1
25/12	"	Robin	1	(Xmas card pose)
25/12	"	Great Tit	4
25/12	"	Blue Tit	6
25/12	"	Coal Tit	8	(A good count)
25/12	"	Raven	1
25/12	"	Song Thrush	1
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Xmas Eve	Wet to Sunny Int
24/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Off Seaview)
24/12	(10.05 - 10.45)	Great-crested Grebe	3
24/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	10
24/12	"	Shag	3
Reported	"	RED-NECKED GREBE	1	2 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Razorbill (Graham S. & Chris M.)
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Wednesday	Icy with Wintery Showers	S. Wind, strong on coast
23/12	Whale Chine	Yellowhammer	c10
23/12	(9.00)	Raven	2
23/12	with CM and GS.	Buzzard	3
Reported	"	Hen Harrier	1m	just before we arrived. (Chris M.)
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23/12	Little Atherfield to Dungewood	Golden Plover	c400	(Many flocks over and on the fields)
23/12	(9.45 - 10.30)	Red-legged Partridge	c10
23/12	"	Lapwing	c10
23/12	"	Buzzard	6
23/12	On Resevoir	Gadwall	1f
23/12	"	Teal	c40
23/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
23/12	"	Pochard	2m
23/12	"	Mallard	c50
23/12	"	Little Grebe	2
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23/12	Sud Moor, Military Road	Green Sandpiper	1	(Flew into field by road)
23/12	(11.00)	Stonechat	2
23/12	"	Song Thrush	c20
23/12	"	Buzzard	2
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23/12	Limerstone	Greenfinch	c15
23/12	(11.40)	Goldfinch	c20
23/12	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
23/12	"	Chaffinch	6
23/12	"	Collared Dove	5
23/12	"	Buzzard	2
23/12	"	Pheasant	5
23/12	"	Golden Plover	c200	(Some from Atherfield?)
23/12	"	Lapwing	c50
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Reported	Bouldnor Car Park	GOOSANDER	2juv	just offshore. Also 2 Bearded Tits still at Yarmouth (Graham S. & Chris M.)
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Tuesday	Foggy to Sunny Int
22/12	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Shoveler	15
22/12	(8.05 - 9.50)	Wigeon	c50
22/12	Counts approximate due to fog	Teal	c30
22/12	"	Reed Bunting	5	(No sign of Bearded Tits)
22/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	14
22/12	"	Water Rail	2-3	(1 on path others heard)
22/12	"	Brent Geese	3
22/12	"	Kestrel	1
22/12	"	Redshank	2
22/12	"	Grey Plover	1
22/12	"	Little Grebe	11
22/12	"	Snipe	2	(Rofford Marsh)
22/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1
22/12	"	Song Thrush	6
22/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
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22/12	Newtown NR	Knot	c50
22/12	(10.00 - 10.30)	Goldeneye	1f
22/12	-quick visit, still foggy	Shelduck	c50
22/12	"	Buzzard	1
22/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
22/12	"	Dunlin	100+
22/12	"	Ringed Plover	1	(In scrape)
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22/12	Springvale, Puckpool	SLAVONIAN GREBE	2	(SE of Fort till 14.30+)
22/12	(14.00)	Great-crested Grebe	2	(just off beach)
22/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	8
22/12	On Beach	Sanderling	1
22/12	"	Oystercatcher	13
22/12	Inland field	Curlew	25	(E. of Boathouse PH)
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Monday	Showers to Wet	SW Wind
21/12	"La Falaise", Ventnor	FULMAR	1W	(unusual in December)
21/12	(8.05 - 9.10)	Gannet	1	(Fishing offshore)
21/12	Very quiet at sea	Brent Goose	1E
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Sunday	Cold to Sunny Int	NW-W. Wind
20/12	Fishbourne (WeBS)	Pintail	1f W.
20/12	(8.00 - 11.30)	Grey Plover	9
20/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
20/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
20/12	"	Common Gull	11
20/12	"	Brent Geese	95
20/12	"	Raven	2	(Over)
20/12	"	Curlew	12
20/12	Wootton Bridge	Redshank	24
20/12	"	Shelduck	4
20/12	"	Curlew	1
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20/12	Brook Hill House	Mistle Thrush	c6	(No sign of reported American Robin)
20/12	(14.15 - 15.30)	Song Thrush	c10
20/12	"	Coal Tit	1
20/12	"	Buzzard	3
20/12	"	Kestrel	1
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20/12	Limerstone	Buzzard	1	(No sign of Hoopoe)
20/12	(16.00)	Lapwing	c50	(In fields)
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Reported	Brook Hill House	poss. AMERICAN ROBIN	1	seen from road near entrance to grounds. Not seen since.
Reported	Yarmouth	Bearded Tit	2-3	Along FP opposite the old Station, 1f and 1 possibly 2m. (Caroline D.)
"	Barnes High, (Military Rd)	Hen Harrier	1f/juv	Ringtail (Chris M.)
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Saturday	V.Cold to Sunny Int	NW Wind
19/12	Bembridge Harbour	Black-tailed Godwit	2
19/12	(8.25)	Lapwing	c100
19/12	"	Teal	c100
19/12	"	Greenshank	2
19/12	"	Redshank	c10
19/12	"	Shelduck	2
19/12	"	Little Grebe	2
19/12	St. Helen's Bridge	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flew along River then landed by Dynamite Pool)
19/12		Wigeon	c150
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19/12	Quarr Lane, Binstead	Treecreeper	1	(But no Nuthatches today)
19/12	(9.05)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over)
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19/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	4
19/12	(11.05)	Red-breasted Merganser	4m,4f
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19/12	Brading Marsh	Buzzard	2
19/12	(15.45 - 16.40)	Cormorant	21
19/12	"	Snipe	2+
19/12	"	Canada Geese	c85
19/12	"	Heron	2
19/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
19/12	Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	2
19/12	"	Pied Wagtail	3
19/12	"	Meadow Pipit	2
19/12	"	Reed Bunting	1f
19/12	"	Chiffchaff	3
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Reported	Laundry Lane	Hen Harrier	1	1 Water Pipit, 4 Chiffchaff at Sewage Wks. (Graham S.)
Reported	Bowcombe Road	Red Kite	1	-with wing tag (Richard S.)
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Friday	Snow to Sunny Int	Bitter NE Wind
18/12	Brading Marsh	Redwing	1
18/12	(10.35)	Canada Geese	c20
18/12	"	Song Thrush	2
18/12	"	Lapwing	5	(by Green Bridge)
18/12	"	Kestrel	1
18/12	"	Heron	3
18/12	at Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
18/12	"	Pied Wagtail	2
18/12	"	Chiffchaff	2
18/12	"	Meadow Pipit	1
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18/12	Yarbridge	Barn Owl (?)	1	(Flew into tree by Railway @ 16.30, but looked rather dark -continental bird perhaps?)
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Reported	Limerstone	Hoopoe	1	Seen again today in a private garden. Wintering nearby?
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Thursday	Frosty with Sunny Int	Bitter NW Wind
17/12	Bathingbourne	Yellowhammer	3+
17/12	(8.55 - 9.50)	Skylark	14
17/12	"	Linnet	26
17/12	"	Fieldfare	13
17/12	on Reservoir	Tufted Duck	18
17/12	"	Pochard	1f
17/12	"	Coot	c60
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Wednesday	Frosty to Sunny Int
16/12	Ventnor Esplanade	Red-throated Diver	1W	(@8.25)
16/12	(8.10)	Cormorant	3
16/12	-very quiet at sea	Herring Gull	c12
16/12	"	Black-headed Gull	c40
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16/12	Ryde West Sands	Great-northern Diver	1	(Fishing just W. of Pierhead)
16/12	(11.45)	Great-crested Grebe	2
16/12	"	Brent Geese	c250	(On sea)
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Tuesday	Frosty with Drizzle
15/12	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c350	(c300 W. of Pier)
15/12	(8.00)	Curlew	1
15/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	2	(W. of Pier)
15/12	"	Sanderling	32
15/12	"	Dunlin	1
15/12	"	Oystercatcher	5
15/12	Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
15/12	"	Swan	66
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Monday	Short Sunny Int.
14/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1
14/12	(8.25)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
14/12	"	Shag	1
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14/12	Lane End, Bembridge	Shag	2
14/12	(9.00)	Cormorant	12
14/12	"	Feral Pigeon	4	(On new RNLI pier but no Purple SP as yet)
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14/12	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	7m,3f
14/12	(9.20 - 10.00)	Pochard	8m,2f
14/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m
14/12	"	Little Grebe	7
14/12	"	Greenshank	4	(In front of Harbour Farm)
14/12	"	Shelduck	2
14/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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Sunday	Cold to Sunny Int	NE Wind
13/12	Brading Marsh	Firecrest	1	(S. end of Laundry Lane @ 8.30)
13/12	(8.20 - 11.30)	Canada Geese	c200
13/12	(IWOG Walk from 9.15)	Song Thrush	3
13/12	"	Fieldfare	c20
13/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1
13/12	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(With Canadas)
13/12	"	Snipe	c10
13/12	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
13/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
13/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Seen and Heard)
13/12	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
13/12	"	Stonechat	3m,2f
13/12	"	Buzzard	2
13/12	"	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
13/12	"	Skylark	1
13/12	"	Meadow Pipit	2
13/12	"	Heron	2
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13/12	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Shoveler	3m,2f
13/12	(14.25 - 16.30)	Wigeon	c250
13/12	"	Teal	c50
13/12	"	Redshank	7
13/12	"	Lapwing	c150	(Over)
13/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	48
13/12	"	Brent Geese	c75
13/12	"	Canada Geese	c40
13/12	"	Little Grebe	3
13/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
13/12	"	Kingfisher	1m	(By Mill)
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Reported	Yarmouth	Bearded Tit	2	In Reeds just opposite the old Station, also 170 Golden Plover, 1 Pale-bellied Brent. (Graham S.)
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Saturday	Cold to Sunny Int	NE Wind
12/12	Brading Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Over Marsh @ 10.15)
12/12	with CM (8.00 - 12.30)	Lapwing	c150
12/12	later met GS.	Song Thrush	3
12/12	"	Pintail	1m,1f	(Over)
12/12	"	Snipe	c20
12/12	"	Shoveler	1m
12/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Seen and Heard)
12/12	"	Canada Geese	c100
12/12	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
12/12	"	Buzzard	2
12/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
12/12	"	Skylark	1
12/12	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
12/12	"	Heron	2
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12/12	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1	(Flying @ 16.55)
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Reported	Laundry Lane	Water Pipit	1	by small pool at Bexley Point gap (Graham S.)
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Friday	Cold with Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
11/12	Nansen Hill / Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1	(In Gorse on E. Slope below Dew Pond)
11/12	(8.40 - 10.00)	Kestrel	1
11/12	"	Stock Dove	2
11/12	"	Song Thrush	1	(Heard)
11/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1	(Heard)
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11/12	Puckpool	Cormorant	1
11/12	(14.20)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
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Sat to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Hants.		NW. London & Forest of Dean.
Thurs 10th	Slimbridge WWT	Bewick Swan	40	2 Cetti's Warbler (Heard), c2000 Golden Plover, 13 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe.
"	"	White-fronted Geese	c80	3 Ruff, 1 Reed Bunting,
"	Frampton	Stonechat	1f	1 Goldcrest.
Wed 9th	New Fancy VPt.	Goshawk	1
Tues 8th	Wenchford Picnic Site	Dipper	1	& 2 Marsh Tit, 2 Siskin at Cannop feeders.
Mon 7th	Cannop Ponds	Mandarin	8	1 Greylag Goose and 1 Marsh Tit at feeders.
"	Speech House/Fancy V.Pt.	Hawfinch	2	1 @ Arboretum Car Park, 1 from Fancy VPt.
"	Boy's Grave	Crossbill	c20
Sun 6th	Stocker's Lake	Red-crested Pochard	3m,4f	9 Goldeneye, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
"	A40	Red Kite	38	(Wow)
Sat 5th	Farlington Marsh	Bearded Tit	1	27 Avocet.
"	Scotsbridge, Rickmansworth	Little Egret	3	1 Ring-necked Parakeet.
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Friday	Frosty to Sunny Int.
04/12	Shide to Blackwater FP	Bullfinch	1m
04/12	(8.00 - 10.10)	Goldcrest	3+	(3 seen, others heard)
04/12	"	Siskin	4+
04/12	"	Long-tailed Tit	c12
04/12	"	Song Thrush	3
04/12	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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04/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	6
04/12	(11.40)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m
04/12	"	Shag	1
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04/12	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	c30
04/12	with CM (14.30)	Lapwing	c30
04/12	"	Redshank	c20
04/12	"	Shelduck	8
04/12	"	Little Grebe	3
04/12	St. Helen's Bridge	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Marsh to W. of River)
04/12	(15.00)	Teal	c20
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04/12	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	5m
04/12	(15.30 - 16.30)	Pochard	7m,4f
04/12	"	Little Grebe	8
04/12	"	Tufted Duck	3m,3f
04/12	"	Redwing	c15	(Over)
04/12	"	Pied Wagtail	c10	(Coming in to roost)
04/12	"	Water Rail	2-3	(Heard)
04/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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Thursday	Sunny Int	W-NW Wind
03/12	Fort Victoria	Common Scoter	2	(E. at 8.04)
03/12	(7.30)	Greater Black-backed Gull	4	(On sea)
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03/12	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Shoveler	11m,10f
03/12	(8.20 - 9.10)	Wigeon	c130
03/12	"	Teal	c50
03/12	"	Dunlin	2
03/12	"	Lapwing	c40	(Over)
03/12	"	Black-tailed Godwit	72
03/12	"	Brent Geese	c120
03/12	"	Redshank	3
03/12	"	Little Grebe	3
03/12	"	Linnet	c50	(Over)
03/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
~
03/12	Newtown NR	Bar-tailed Godwit	2	(On posts N. of Boathouse)
03/12	(9.20 - 10.30)	Goldeneye	1f	)
03/12	"	Peregrine	1
03/12	"	Snipe	14	(Flushed by rising tide)
03/12	"	Buzzard	1
03/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
03/12	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
03/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
03/12	"	Dunlin	500+
03/12	"	Golden Plover	c40	(Over Shalfleet Quay)
03/12	"	Ringed Plover	c20
03/12	"	Grey Plover	c80
03/12	"	Turnstone	3
~
03/12	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Over Marsh @ 15.55)
03/12	(15.30 - 16.50)	Lapwing	c40
03/12	"	Fieldfare	1
03/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard by path)
03/12	"	Canada Geese	c140
03/12	"	Greylag Geese	2	(Hybrid domestic types)
03/12	"	Kestrel	1
03/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
Wednesday	Showers and Bright Int	Light SW. Wind
02/12	Brading Marsh	Black Redstart	1f/juv	(On roof of Bishop's House)
02/12	(8.20)	Song Thrush	3
02/12	"	Fieldfare	1
02/12	"	Redwing	4
02/12	"	Canada Geese	c70	(No sign of Egyptian Goose)
02/12	"	Buzzard	2
02/12	"	Reed Bunting	2
02/12	"	Pheasant	8
~
02/12	Culver Down	Raven	2	(Pairing up?)
02/12	(9.00 - 10.10)	Stonechat	1m
02/12	"	Linnet	c20	(Over)
02/12	"	Meadow Pipit	3
~
02/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	12	(10 in a "Raft" and 2 singles)
02/12	(14.20)	Wigeon	14	(Together on sea)
02/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
02/12	"	Little Egret	6	(4 in field, 2 on beach)
02/12	"	Shag	1
~
Tuesday	Frosty with Sunny Int
01/12	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c200
01/12	(7.15)	Curlew	6
01/12	"	Sanderling	14
01/12	"	Oystercatcher	4
01/12	Canoe Lake	Pintail	2m
01/12	"	Moorhen	3
~
01/12	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	4m
01/12	(8.30 - 9.40)	Pochard	7m,4f
01/12	"	Teal	16
01/12	"	Tufted Duck	2m
01/12	"	Little Grebe	10
01/12	"	Grey Wagtail	2
01/12	"	Pied Wagtail	4
01/12	"	Cormorant	1
01/12	along FP	Stonechat	1m,1f
01/12	"	Chiffchaff	2
01/12	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
01/12	Newtown NR	AVOCET	1	(On Scrape from main Hide)
01/12	(13.40 - 15.15)	SPOTTED REDSHANK	1	(Just W. of Boathouse)
01/12	"	Peregrine	2	(On post)
01/12	"	Knot	c50
01/12	"	Pintail	8	(Over)
01/12	"	Buzzard	1
01/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
01/12	"	Meadow Pipit	3
01/12	"	Rock Pipit	2
01/12	"	Dunlin	500+
01/12	"	Golden Plover	28
01/12	"	Ringed Plover	c20
01/12	"	Grey Plover	c20
01/12	"	Turnstone	4
~

NOVEMBER 2009: Click for monthly species lists, November total =107

Monday	Showers to Sunny Int	Bitter N. Wind
30/11	Newport - Blackwater	Siskin	2+	(with c40 Goldfinch)
30/11	(8.40 - 9.45)	Goldfinch	c50
30/11	"	Redwing	10	(Over to N.)
30/11	"	Goldcrest	1
30/11	"	Muscovy Duck	1
30/11	"	Buzzard	1
30/11	Newport Quay	Hybrid Mallard?	1	(Crossed with what I wonder?)
~
Sunday	Heavy Showers to Wet	Cold Squally W. Wind
29/11	Ryde West Sands	Brent Geese	100+	(on sea)
29/11	(8.20)	Great-crested Grebe	2
29/11	"	Cormorant	2
~
29/11	Puckpool	Little Egret	5	(In field next to Boathouse PH)
29/11	(9.00)	Great-crested Grebe	1	(On sea)
29/11	"	Cormorant	2
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.	Light SW Wind
28/11	Puckpool to Seaview	Great-northern Diver	1	(W. of Forts again)
28/11	(8.20)	Great-crested Grebe	1	(On sea)
28/11	"	Cormorant	4
~
28/11	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	2	(1 seen plus another heard)
28/11	(10.40)	Redwing	1
~
Reported	Ryde East Sands	Pale-bellied Brent	1	(Jim B.)
~
Friday	Sunny Int. & Showers	SW Wind
27/11	Fort Victoria (8.20)	Common Gull	2W
~
27/11	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Snipe	1
27/11	(8.45 - 10.20)	Black-tailed Godwit	26
27/11	"	Wigeon	c40
27/11	"	Teal	c60
27/11	"	Shoveler	1m,2f
27/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard by path)
27/11	"	Reed Bunting	1f
27/11	"	Fieldfare	c30	(Over)
27/11	Yarmouth Estuary	Bullfinch	1m,1f
27/11	"	Greenfinch	8
27/11	"	Redwing	2
27/11	"	Teal	c40
27/11	"	Grey Plover	2
27/11	"	Redshank	2
27/11	"	Curlew	4
27/11	"	Lapwing	3
27/11	"	Brent Geese	c60
27/11	"	Canada Geese	c50
~
Thursday	Heavy Showers & Sunny Int	S-SW Wind
26/11	Medham, R .Medina	Bullfinch	4+	(2m and 1f seen, others heard)
26/11	(8.00 - 9.00)	Curlew	3
26/11	"	Lapwing	2
26/11	"	Oystercatcher	4
26/11	"	Chaffinch	c25
26/11	"	Heron	1
26/11	"	Brent Geese	20
26/11	"	Redwing	c20
26/11	"	Mistle Thrush	1
26/11	"	Song Thrush	2
~
Wednesday	Heavy Showers & Sunny Int	Strong S-SW Wind
25/11	Folly Lake, R .Medina	Black-tailed Godwit	21
25/11	(8.00)	Curlew	19	(No Whimbrel this year?)
25/11	"	Redshank	7
25/11	"	Turnstone	19
25/11	"	Lapwing	14
25/11	"	Oystercatcher	29
25/11	"	Wigeon	1m
25/11	"	Brent Geese	48
25/11	"	Skylark	6
25/11	"	Rock Pipit	2	(& poss. Water Pipit)
25/11	"	Meadow Pipit	2
25/11	"	Stonechat	1f
25/11	"	Fieldfare	1
25/11	"	Kestrel	1f
~
25/11	Hersey NR	Little Grebe	15
25/11	(14.10 - 14.25)	Little Egret	2
25/11	"	Heron	1
25/11	"	Teal	7
25/11	"	Tufted Duck	2m
25/11	"	Lapwing	3
25/11	"	Snipe	6
25/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
25/11	"	Chiffchaff	1
25/11	Off Springvale	Great-crested Grebe	1
25/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int. Showers	SW Wind increasing
24/11	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c550
24/11	(8.05)	Curlew	3
24/11	"	Sanderling	59
24/11	"	Oystercatcher	8
24/11	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	4
24/11	"	Cormorant	2
~
24/11	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1
24/11	(8.30)	Brent Geese	c30	(On sea)
24/11	"	Shag	2
24/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	4	(On beach)
~
24/11	Bembridge Harbour	Black-tailed Godwit	12
24/11	(9.02)	Lapwing	c30
24/11	"	Redshank	1
24/11	"	Pied Wagtail	3
24/11	"	Little Grebe	3
24/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
24/11	"	Common Gull	4
24/11	"	Cormorant	2
24/11	St. Helen's Bridge	Greylag Geese	3	(on flooded field W. of River)
24/11	(9.15)	Teal	c120
~
Monday	Wet and windy	Strong SW Wind
23/11	Brading Marsh	EGYPTIAN GOOSE	1	(Still by Green Bridge Pool)
23/11	(14.40 - 15.45)	SWALLOW	1-2	(E. of Bexley Pt. at 15.25, then by Bishop's House at 15.40)
23/11	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Infront of Windmill at 15.32)
23/11	"	Shelduck	2	(Over)
23/11	"	Chiffchaff	2	(1 very grey with a "chew-ee" call)
23/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Heavy Showers	Strong SW. Wind
22/11	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	1f
22/11	(7.50 - 10.30)	Brent Geese	300+
22/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	9
22/11	"	Knot	c140
22/11	"	Redshank	5
22/11	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
22/11	"	Dunlin	c1000
22/11	"	Turnstone	c10
22/11	"	Golden Plover	c10
22/11	"	Grey Plover	c50
22/11	"	Teal	7
22/11	"	Little Egret	3
22/11	"	Fieldfare	8
22/11	"	Skylark	2	(Over)
22/11	"	Stock Dove	c40	(Over)
22/11	"	Meadow Pipit	3
22/11	"	Peregrine	1
22/11	"	Buzzard	2
22/11	"	Raven	2
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Showers	SW Wind increasing
21/11	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Grey Plover	9
21/11	(8.05 - 9.20)	Little Egret	2
21/11	"	Turnstone	1
21/11	"	Brent Geese	c180
21/11	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Bank just S. of Ferry Terminal)
21/11	"	Snipe	1	(By ponds)
21/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
21/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
21/11	Wootton Bridge	Redshank	38
21/11	(11.20)	Shelduck	1
21/11	"	Common Gull	12
~
21/11	Brading Marsh	EGYPTIAN GOOSE	1	(By Green Bridge Pool)
21/11	(14.35)	Heron	1
21/11	"	Wigeon	1
~
Reported	Afton Marsh	poss. DUSKY WARBLER	1	seen at 10.00 (Crows Text Service)
Reported	Binstead	Nuthatch	1	seen at feeders recently (Cathy)
"	Ryde East Sands	Sandwich Tern	1	seen from the Wimpy Kiosk (Jim B.)
~
Thursday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	SW Wind
19/11	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c400
19/11	(7.40)	Curlew	22
19/11	"	Sanderling	59
19/11	"	Oystercatcher	13
19/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
19/11	Puckpool	GREAT-NORTHERN DIVER	1	(W. of Forts)
19/11	(8.35)	Brent Geese	c50	(On sea)
19/11	"	Shag	2
19/11	"	Cormorant	6
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int. Showers	SW Wind increasing
17/11	Puckpool to Seaview	Great-crested Grebe	2
17/11	(7.55)	Brent Geese	c50	(On sea)
17/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
~
17/11	Foreland	Shag	2
17/11	(8.35)	Cormorant	13
17/11	"	Pied Wagtail	3
17/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
17/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m
~
17/11	Bembridge Ponds	Kingfisher	2	(At Lagoon)
17/11	(9.20 - 10.40)	Pochard	3m,3f
17/11	"	Greenshank	5
17/11	"	Pied Wagtail	1
17/11	"	Teal	3
17/11	"	Tufted Duck	3m,11f
17/11	"	Little Grebe	10
17/11	"	Cormorant	1
17/11	along FP	Stonechat	1m,1f
17/11	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
17/11	"	Redwing	1
~
Monday	Showers to Sunny Int	Strong SW. Wind
16/11	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1
16/11	(9.10)	Brent Geese	c50	(Out on sea)
~
16/11	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(E. of Lane over marsh)
16/11	(14.05 - 15.10)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
16/11	"	Fieldfare	c50
16/11	"	Goldcrest	2
16/11	"	Meadow Pipit	1
16/11	"	Buzzard	1
~
Sunday	Sunny Int. Showers	Fresh SW. Wind
15/11	Freshwater Bay	LONG-TAILED DUCK	1m	(Not seen at 8.00, sea very rough, found at 14.30)
15/11	(8.00 & 14.20)	Black Redstart	1f	(On seawall by Lifeboat Station)
~
15/11	West High Down, Totland	Firecrest	2	(Path to Beacon, bottom end)
15/11	(8.30 - 9.30)	Redwing	8
15/11	"	Long-tailed Tit	6+
~
Saturday	Sunny Int. & Showers	SW Gales
14/11	Fort Victoria	Turnstone	4	(Along Seawall)
14/11	(9.10)	Brent Geese	2	(Crossing the Solent)
14/11	"	Cormorant	4
~
14/11	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Snipe	2
14/11	(10.20)	Black-tailed Godwit	22
14/11	"	Wigeon	c100
14/11	"	Teal	c40
14/11	"	Raven	2
~
Reported	Freshwater Bay	LONG-TAILED DUCK	1m	seen from 9.00 - 16.20 at least, in bay (Dave W. etc.)
~
Sat to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Hants.		NW. London & Forest of Dean.
Thurs 12th	Slimbridge WWT	WILSON'S PHALAROPE	1	1 Cetti's Warbler, c200 Golden Plover, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snipe.
"	"	Bewick Swan	15	17 White-fronted Geese, 1 Bar-headed Goose
Wed 11th	Wenchford	Dipper	1m	singing! 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Grey Wagtail.
Tues 10th	Coombe Hill Meadows	PINK-FOOTED GOOSE	1juv	1 Green Sandpiper, 5 Redshank, 3 Bullfinch, flocks of Redwing & Fieldfare.
Mon 9th	Farmers Green, Cannop	Hawfinch	3	1 Bullfinch, Siskins and 1 Marsh Tit at feeders.
"	R. Wye at Ross	GOOSANDER	4m,2f	12 Common Gull, 30+ Black-headed Gull
Sun 8th	Scotsbridge, Rickmansworth	Little Egret	1
"	Stocker's Lake	Ruddy Duck	1m,1f	3f Goldeneye, c20 Pochard, 8 Shoveler.
"	A40	Red Kite	22
Sat 7th	Farlington Marsh	Bearded Tit	12	11 Avocet, 28 Snipe.
"	Staines Moor	BROWN SHRIKE	1	A LIFER!
~
Friday	Sunny Int to Showers	NW Wind
06/11	Luccombe Down	Wood Pigeon	1000+	(Most over to S. c100 on the S. Slopes)
06/11	(7.30)	Meadow Pipit	c30
06/11	"	Redpoll	1+	(Heard flying over)
06/11	"	Raven	2
06/11	"	Kestrel	1f
06/11	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
06/11	"Smugglers Haven"	Goldrest	2-3
06/11	(9.30)	Blackcap	1m
06/11	"	Coal Tit	1
06/11	"	Treecreeper	1
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
05/11	Newtown NR	Knot	22
05/11	(8.00 - 9.15)	Brent Geese	500+
05/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	4
05/11	"	Golden Plover	171
05/11	"	Grey Plover	c50
05/11	"	Teal	c20
05/11	"	Little Egret	6
05/11	"	Redshank	c40
05/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	4
05/11	"	Dunlin	c100
05/11	"	Turnstone	c10
05/11	"	Redwing	4
05/11	"	Fieldfare	c20
05/11	"	Skylark	2	(Over to W.)
05/11	"	Linnet	c50
05/11	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
05/11	"	Yellowhammer	1
05/11	"	Reed Bunting	1f
05/11	"	Rock Pipit	2
~
05/11	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Teal	c40
05/11	(9.35 - 10.30)	Brent Geese	c50
05/11	"	Water Rail	3	(Rofford Marsh -by path)
05/11	"	Little Egret	3
05/11	"	Redshank	3
05/11	"	Grey Plover	3
05/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	5
05/11	"	Fieldfare	c20
05/11	"	Skylark	1	(Over to W.)
05/11	"	Meadow Pipit	2
05/11	"	Reed Bunting	1f
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int, showers later	Strong W. Wind
04/11	St. Catherine's Pt.	Red-legged Partridge	2
04/11	(8.10)	Magpie	12	(Together by lane)
04/11	Very quite at sea	Goldfinch	c50	(In small flocks around Lighthouse)
~
04/11	Limerstone	Red-legged Partridge	1
04/11	(10.20)	Sparrowhawk	1	(No sign of Hoopoe)
~
04/11	Plaish	Kestrel	2
04/11	(11.00)	Buzzard	2	(No sign of Red Kite, but see below)
~
Reported	Whitwell to Godshill	Red Kite	1	seen from car c11.20 (Jon, Ventnor Group)
~
Tuesday	Showers
03/11	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	2m,1f
03/11	(7.45)	Mediterranean Gull	2
03/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
03/11	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
03/11	(14.25)	Little Egret	3
03/11	"	Little Grebe	18
03/11	"	Lapwing	2
03/11	"	Barnacle Geese	c80	(Feral flock)
03/11	"	Snow Goose	1	(Blue Phase, feral bird)
03/11	Off Springvale	Shag	1-2
03/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
03/11	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	18
03/11	(15.00)	Lapwing	32
03/11	"	Cormorant	3
03/11	St. Helens Bridge	Teal	c100
03/11	"	Kestrel	1
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
02/11	Newtown NR	Pintail	3m,2f
02/11	(7.15 - 9.30)	Brent Geese	500+
02/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	12
02/11	"	Wigeon	c10
02/11	"	Teal	c20
02/11	"	Shelduck	57
02/11	"	Little Egret	6
02/11	"	Redshank	c20
02/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	7
02/11	"	Dunlin	c200
02/11	"	Turnstone	c10
02/11	"	Lapwing	12
02/11	"	Fieldfare	c20
02/11	"	Skylark	6	(Over to W.)
02/11	"	Linnet	c50
02/11	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
02/11	"	Yellowhammer	1
02/11	"	Reed Bunting	1f
02/11	"	Rock Pipit	2
02/11	"	Peregrine	1
~
Reported	Limerstone, in private garden	Hoopoe	1	seen again recently (Laura W.)
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int
01/11	Ryde Esplanade	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
01/11	(7.10)	Curlew	17
01/11	"	Ringed Plover	c25
01/11	"	Sanderling	5
01/11	"	Oystercatcher	18
~
01/11	Hersey NR	Little Grebe	18
01/11	(13.30 - 14.10)	Little Egret	3
01/11	"	Teal	3
01/11	"	Lapwing	2
01/11	"	Pied Wagtail	1
01/11	Off Springvale	Great-crested Grebe	2
01/11	"	Mediterranean Gull	9
~
01/11	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	1m,1f
01/11	(14.20 - 14.50)	Shoveler	3m,6f
01/11	"	Cormorant	1
01/11	"	Teal	1
01/11	"	Tufted Duck	11
01/11	"	Little Grebe	9
~
01/11	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Towards Culver Down)
01/11	(16.00 -17.20)	Merlin	1f/juv
01/11	"	Fieldfare	c100
01/11	"	Redwing	4
01/11	"	Meadow Pipit	1
01/11	"	Kestrel	1
01/11	"	Greylag Geese	3
01/11	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
01/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
01/11	"	Cormorant	28	(In roost tree)
~

OCTOBER 2009: Click for monthly species lists, October total =122

Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Int
31/10	Hersey NR	Little Grebe	22	(20 together on N. side, L of Hide)
31/10	(13.55 - 14.30)	Little Egret	1
31/10	"	Heron	1
31/10	"	Teal	1
31/10	"	Lapwing	1
31/10	"	Greenshank	1
31/10	Off Springvale	Great-crested Grebe	3
31/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
Friday	Cloudy, Brighter Later	E-SE. Wind
30/10	Folly Lake, R. Medina	poss. WATER PIPIT	1	(On E. bank with Rock Pipits)
30/10	(7.10 - 8.10)	Rock Pipit	2
30/10	"	Meadow Pipit	3
30/10	"	Skylark	9
30/10	"	Oystercatcher	65
30/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	32
30/10	"	Ringed Plover	18
30/10	"	Turnstone	28
30/10	"	Lapwing	8
30/10	"	Little Grebe	6
~
30/10	Fishbourne Beach	Great-crested Grebe	1
30/10	(8.25)	Cormorant	6
~
30/10	Puckpool to Seaview	Oystercatcher	17
30/10	(10.00)	Cormorant	6
~
30/10	Foreland, Bembridge	Heron	2
30/10	(14.30)	Oystercatcher	12
30/10	"	Shag	2
30/10	"	Cormorant	12
30/10	"	Little Egret	3
30/10	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	9
30/10	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
30/10	"	Common Gull	1
~
30/10	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	1m
30/10	(15.00 - 16.00)	Shoveler	4m,3f
30/10	"	Shelduck	1
30/10	"	Teal	13
30/10	"	Tufted Duck	14
30/10	"	Little Grebe	16
30/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
30/10	"	Pied Wagtail	1
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Pt. (am)	HAWFINCH	1	E at 9.45 (Warbler Valley), 1 Black Redstart (Lighthouse),
(James G.)	"	Great Skua ("Bonxie")	1	3 Razorbill, 9 Brent Geese
~
Thursday	Misty/Cloudy
29/10	Newtown NR	GOLDENEYE	1f
29/10	High Tide (7.25 - 10.05)	Brent Geese	200+
29/10	"	Pintail	1m,5f
29/10	"	Red-breasted Merganser	8
29/10	"	Wigeon	c10
29/10	"	Teal	c20
29/10	"	Shelduck	18
29/10	"	Little Egret	5
29/10	"	Curlew	c20
29/10	"	Redshank	4
29/10	"	Golden Plover	72
29/10	"	Dunlin	c40
29/10	"	Knot	c10
29/10	"	Turnstone	1
29/10	"	Lapwing	10
29/10	"	Fieldfare	c60	(Over Cassey Bridge)
29/10	"	Peregrine	1
29/10	"	Linnet	7
29/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
~
Wednesday	Cloudy
28/10	Bathingbourne to Gt. Budbridge Fm.	Redwing	c50	(Over)
28/10	(7.50 - 12.10)	Teal	4
28/10	Lessland Fm. Resr.	Cormorant	2
28/10	(No sign of Crane)	Snipe	6	(Over)
28/10	"	Yellowhammer	8
28/10	"	Chaffinch	c30
28/10	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
28/10	"	Skylark	c10	(Around the area)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
27/10	Bathingbourne to Hale Common	COMMON CRANE	1juv	(W. of Hale Fishing Ponds, in field W. of Old Railway Line, by Redway)
27/10	with CM, GS, JG, DH, MH (7.10 - 10.10)	Tufted Duck	8
27/10	Lessland Fm. Resr.	Little Grebe	2
27/10	"	Yellowhammer	3
27/10	"	Coot	c50
27/10	"	Raven	1
27/10	"	Skylark	c15	(Around the area)
27/10	Gt.Budbridge Farm	Firecrest	1
27/10	"	Redwing	1
27/10	"	Snipe	1	(Over)
~
Monday	Fine Sunny
26/10	Dungewood Lane	Stonechat	1m,2f
26/10	(8.10 - 9.15)	Skylark	16
26/10	"	Peregrine	1
26/10	"	Heron	1
26/10	"	Meadow Pipit	3
26/10	W. of Ash Hill	Lapwing	51
~
26/10	Luccombe Down	BRAMBLING	4	(Over to NW calling)
26/10	(9.40 - 11.05)	Dartford Warbler	3	(S. of Dew Pond)
26/10	"	Kestrel	2
26/10	"	Meadow Pipit	11
~
26/10	Bathingbourne to Gt. Budbridge	COMMON CRANE	1juv	(On E. bank of Reservoir by Lessland Fm. at 16.30)
26/10	with CM, JG (14.20 - 17.30)	Tufted Duck	7
26/10	"	Wigeon	2
26/10	"	Coot	c50
26/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
26/10	"	Little Grebe	2
26/10	"	Water Rail	1-2	(Heard)
26/10	Moor Farm	Pied Wagtail	c40	(In pig field)
26/10	"	Stonechat	1m,1f	(E. of Gt. Budbridge Manor)
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Sunday	Sunny Int.
25/10	IWOG Walk Culver Down	Redpoll	1	(Over, more reported earlier)
25/10	(7.05 - 10.20)	Ring Ouzel	1
25/10	"	Siskin	5
25/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
25/10	"	House Martin	1	(more reported earlier)
25/10	"	Stonechat	5
25/10	"	Peregrine	1
25/10	"	Yellowhammer	3
25/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c20	(Over)
25/10	"	Skylark	10+	(Heard over)
25/10	"	Swallow	4
25/10	"	Buzzard	4
Reported	"	Black Redstart	1juv	by Bembridge Fort
~
25/10	Plaish Copse, 2km. N. of Shorwell	RED KITE	1	(Seen here for 2 days now)
25/10	(15.15 - 16.30)	Buzzard	6
25/10	"	Red-legged Partridge	c60
25/10	"	Pheasant	c40	(with 1 white one)
25/10	"	Yellowhammer	1	(Heard)
25/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c10	(Over)
25/10	"	Swallow	2
~
Reported	Little Atherfield	Hen Harrier	1	(Ventnor Group)
~
Saturday	Light rain to Bright Intervals
24/10	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Towards Windmill)
24/10	(15.40 -17.10)	Canada Geese	c130
24/10	"	Buzzard	2
24/10	"	Swallow	5
24/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
24/10	"	Cormorant	6	(In roost tree)
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Friday	Sunny Int. Showers Later
23/10	Puckpool to Seaview	Little Owl	1	(In field by Boathouse PH)
23/10	(11.05 - 11.50)	Great-crested Grebe	6	(5 off Puckpool, 1 E. of Seaview)
23/10	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(On Springvale beach)
23/10	"	Cormorant	6
~
Reported	Headon Warren / WHD	Spotted Flycatcher	1	a late one! 11 Firecrest, 1 Ring Ouzel, 24 Redwing.
(Graham S.)	West Highdown	Brambling	6	over, with 18 Redpoll, 51 Skylark, 13 Reed Bunting
"	Niton area	COMMON CRANE	1	flew over late pm, but not located on ground (Ian R.)
~
Thursday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
22/10	R. Medina, Newport to Cowes	Common Sandpiper	1	(Opposite Kingston -SW of Power Station)
22/10	(8.30 - 10.40)	Little Egret	2
22/10	"	Kingfisher	1	(South St. Cross inlet again)
22/10	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
22/10	"	Lapwing	9
22/10	Werrar	Skylark	5
22/10	"	Curlew	8
22/10	"	Redshank	15
22/10	Medham	Feral Pigeon	100+
22/10	"	Bullfinch	2	(Heard)
22/10	"	Chaffinch	4
~
Wednesday	Cloudy Bright Int.	S. Wind
21/10	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c400	(c240 W. of Pier, c150 to E. side)
21/10	(8.35)	Common Scoter	2	(Distant, off Fishbourne on sea)
21/10	"	Wigeon	2	(With Brents at water's edge)
21/10	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Out on Sandbank)
21/10	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
21/10	"	Sanderling	80+	(Distant and scattered-hard to count)
21/10	"	Oystercatcher	20
21/10	"	Curlew	23
21/10	"	Raven	1
21/10	"	Swallow	c30	(Over beach and sea)
~
21/10	Puckpool Seawatch	LITTLE GULL	1	(juv/1st.w. on sea and flying about)
21/10	(9.10)	Great-crested Grebe	2
21/10	"	Brent Geese	12	(On sea but distant)
21/10	"	Gannet	1	(On sea)
~
Reported	St. Catherines Pt.	Black Redstart	3	10 Firecrest, 50 Robin (Graham S. etc)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy, wet later	SE. Wind
20/10	Ventnor Esplanade	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1E	(@9.23)
20/10	with KG.(8.15 - 9.50)	Gannet	45	(43E, 2W)
20/10	"	Common Scoter	1E	(@8.41)
20/10	"	Shag	2E
Reported	"	RED-THROATED DIVER	1	& 3 Golden Plover W. (KG)
~
Monday	Wet to Sunny Int.
19/10	Dodnor, R. Medina	Water Rail	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
19/10	(8.30 - 9.40)	Little Egret	1
19/10	"	Kingfisher	1	(South St. Cross inlet)
19/10	"	Coot	20
19/10	"	Little Grebe	6
~
Sunday	Light rain to Bright Intervals
18/10	Fishboune Beach (WeBS)	Little Egret	8
18/10	(8.05 - 9.30)	Curlew	11
18/10	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
18/10	"	Little Egret	4
18/10	"	Brent Geese	22
18/10	"	Common Gull	11
18/10	"	Cormorant	16
18/10	New Road	Redshank	41
~
18/10	Laundry Lane	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Wks.)
18/10	(15.20 -16.40)	Pied Wagtail	1	(Sewage Wks)
18/10	"	Buzzard	5
18/10	"	Swallow	5
18/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
18/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
18/10	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
18/10	"	Cormorant	28	(In roost tree)
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
17/10	St. Catherine's Pt.	FIRECREST	1	(Behind Bridge Cottage)
17/10	(8.35)	Buzzard	2
17/10	"	Blackcap	1f
17/10	"	Swallow	8
17/10	"	Rook	c50	(Fields by sea)
17/10	"	Skylark	1	(Over)
17/10	"	Pied Wagtail	3	(Over)
17/10	"	Jay	2
~
17/10	Gore Cliff	House Martin	c50
17/10	(9.45)	Meadow Pipit	9
17/10	"	Skylark	4
~
17/10	Limerstone, "Hoopoe Hunt"	Greenfinch	c15
17/10	(10.30)	Collared Dove	3	(No sign of Hoopoe)
~
17/10	Foreland, Bembridge	Curlew	6
17/10	(14.30)	Oystercatcher	49
17/10	"	Shag	1
17/10	"	Cormorant	8
17/10	"	Little Egret	5
17/10	"	Heron	3
~
Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
16/10	Culver Down	Raven	1
16/10	(8.10 - 9.00)	Buzzard	1
16/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
16/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
16/10	"	Siskin	c4	(Heard)
16/10	"	Skylark	4
16/10	"	Swallow	c50
~
Reported	Limerstone, in private garden	Hoopoe	1	seen again today -picture from Laura W.
~
Thursday	Cloudy
15/10	Newtown NR	RED-BREASTED MERGANSER	5
15/10	(8.25 - 9.45)	Brent Geese	159
15/10	"	Little Egret	8
15/10	"	Shelduck	31
15/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	34
15/10	"	Curlew	c30
15/10	"	Kingfisher	1
15/10	"	Redshank	19
15/10	"	Greenshank	1
15/10	"	Peregrine	1
15/10	"	Lapwing	11
15/10	"	Wigeon	c50
15/10	"	Teal	c20
15/10	"	Snipe	1
Mammals	"	Grey Seal	1	on E. Spit
~
15/10	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Kingfisher	1
15/10	(10.05 -11.20)	Ring Ouzel	1	(By Mill)
15/10	"	Teal	c40
15/10	"	Wigeon	2
15/10	"	Water Rail	2	(1 seen at Rofford Marsh, another heard at ponds)
15/10	"	Curlew	2
15/10	"	Redshank	6
15/10	"	Snipe	1
15/10	"	Swallow	3
15/10	"	Collared Dove	2
15/10	"	Curlew	c30
15/10	"	Grey Plover	4
15/10	"	Little Gebe	5
15/10	"	Reed Bunting	4	(f/juv)
15/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen/Heard)
15/10	"	Lapwing	24
15/10	"	Buzzard	1
15/10	"	Stonechat	1m
~
Reported	Ventnor Downs	Crossbill	69	8-9am also 1 Ring Ouzel, 6 Redpoll, 10 Siskin, 1 Brambling (James G.)
"	Limerstone Garden, today at 16.40	HOOPOE	1	picture from Laura W.
~
Wednesday	Cloudy
14/10	Bembridge Ponds	Water Rail	2	(heard)
14/10	(8.45 - 9.50)	Little Egret	3
14/10	"	Kingfisher	1
14/10	"	Teal	15
14/10	"	Wigeon	12
14/10	"	Shoveler	2m
14/10	"	Pochard	1m,1f
14/10	"	Tufted Duck	8
14/10	"	Grey Wagtail	2
14/10	"	Little Grebe	6
14/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	6
14/10	"	Greenshank	5
14/10	"	Redshank	1
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14/10	Bembridge Windmill FP	GREYLAG GEESE	7	(New arrivals?)
14/10	(10.05)	Canada Geese	c30
14/10	-Birds seen on Dynamite Pool (by Scope)	Lapwing	c100
14/10	"	Wigeon	11
14/10	"	Teal	50+
14/10	"	Black-headed Gull	c100
~
14/10	Foreland, Bembridge	Auk Sp.	4	(3 SW, 1 Guillemot on sea)
14/10	Tide still in (10.30)	Gannet	1NE
14/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
14/10	Hersey NR	Water Rail	2
14/10	(16.25 - 17.00)	Little Egret	1
14/10	"	Heron	1
14/10	"	Teal	1
14/10	"	Little Grebe	12
14/10	"	Greenshank	2
14/10	"	Barnacle Geese	7	(Feral)
14/10	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny
13/10	West Highdown, Totland	Ring Ouzel	3+	(m & 1st.w. on slope above Alum Bay, others heard)
13/10	(8.00 - 10.50)	Raven	7	(Together in a line)
13/10	"	Siskin	2	(Over to W.)
13/10	"	Linnet	c20
13/10	"	Stonechat	2m,3f
13/10	"	Swallow	3
13/10	"	Skylark	14	(Over to NW)
13/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
13/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
13/10	"	Pied Wagtail	5	(Over to N)
13/10	"	Song Thrush	4
13/10	"	Mistle Thrush	4	(Over, & 12 other Thrushes possibly Redwing)
13/10	"	Chiffchaff	1
13/10	"	Jay	2
~
Reported	Week Down, Ventnor	GREAT GREY SHRIKE	1	on tree by FP, flew to Rew Copse by Golf Course. (via Graham S.)
~
Monday	Fine Sunny
12/10	Gore Cliff	Peregrine	1
12/10	(8.30)	Skylark	1	(Heard)
12/10	"	Swallow	8
12/10	"	Meadow Pipit	7
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12/10	Atherfield, Ash Hill	Lesser Black-backed Gull	4
12/10	(9.20 - 10.35)	Black-headed Gull	c500
12/10	"	Herring Gull	c50	(with 4 Common Gull)
12/10	"	Lapwing	35
12/10	"	Pied Wagtail	23	(12 On ploughed field and 11 over)
12/10	Dungewood Lane	Stonechat	1m
12/10	"	Heron	2	(Over)
12/10	"	Skylark	8
12/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
~
12/10	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Offshore)
12/10	(13.15)	Cormorant	8
12/10	"	Little Egret	1
~
12/10	Foreland, Bembridge	Sandwich Tern	1
12/10	(13.40)	Cormorant	16
12/10	"	Shag	1
12/10	"	Brent Geese	6
12/10	"	Little Egret	8
12/10	"	Heron	2
12/10	"	Rock Pipit	4
12/10	"	Oystercatcher	27
12/10	"	Curlew	1
12/10	"	Grey Plover	2
12/10	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	18
~
12/10	Bembridge Ponds	Water Rail	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
12/10	(14.20 - 15.20)	Little Egret	3
12/10	"	Teal	5
12/10	"	Coot	c120
12/10	"	Little Grebe	8
12/10	"	Tufted Duck	c20	(With poss. Ruddy Duck still)
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Sunday	Light rain to Bright Intervals
11/10	Shide to Blackwater FP	Treecreeper	1
11/10	(8.15 -10.10)	Goldcrest	4	(1 seen and 3 heard)
11/10	"	Water Rail	1	(In ditch by path N. end)
11/10	"	Swallow	5
11/10	"	Stock Dove	1
11/10	"	Pheasant	2m,6f
11/10	"	Song Thrush	1
11/10	"	Buzzard	3
11/10	"	Raven	1	(Over)
~
11/10	Newtown NR	Shelduck	c30
11/10	(10.30 - 11.30)	Heron	1
11/10	"	Little Egret	4
11/10	"	Turnstone	15+
11/10	"	Dunlin	c50
11/10	"	Redshank	c20
11/10	"	Grey Plover	c60
11/10	"	Golden Plover	c60
11/10	"	Brent Goose	4
11/10	"	Skylark	2	(over)
11/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c50
11/10	"	Curlew	c20
Reported	"	Curlew SP	1	seen earlier, also Redwing and Fieldfare (Bob G.)
~
11/10	Laundry Lane	Yellow Wagtail	1	(That's a late one!)
11/10	(16.05 -17.30)	Pied Wagtail	1	(Sewage Wks)
11/10	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Along river at 16.30)
11/10	"	Swallow	5	(With some House Martins)
11/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
11/10	"	Chiffchaff	5
11/10	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
11/10	"	Cormorant	28	(In roost tree)
~
Reported	W. Highdown	Ring Ouzel	9	115 Redwing, 54 Siskin, 72 Songthrush, 10 Sand Martin (Dave H.)
"	St. Catherine's Pt.	Firecrest	4	2 f/juv Merlin, 3 Razorbill, 1 Guillemot, 2 Yellow-legged Gull. (Graham S.)
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Saturday	Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
10/10	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	58	(& poss. Grey Partridge)
10/10	(8.15)	Pheasant	c80
10/10	"	Skylark	2	(Heard)
10/10	"	Black-headed Gull	c100
~
10/10	St. Catherine's Pt.	BLACK REDSTART	1m	(In field N. of Knowles Farm, on fence)
10/10	(8.45 - 11.00)	Stonechat	1m,1f	(Mobbing the Bk. Redstart)
10/10	"Warbler Valley"	Blackcap	1m,2f
10/10	"	Chiffchaff	c20
10/10	"	SISKIN	5+	(Over calling)
10/10	"	Skylark	3	(Over)
10/10	"	Meadow Pipit	15+
10/10	"	Raven	1	(Heard)
10/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c5	(Over)
10/10	"	Jay	3
10/10	"	Buzzard	2
Late Butterflies	"	Small Copper	3	4 Painted Lady, 3 Red Admiral, 2 Clouded Yellow.
~
Reported	W. Highdown	REDWING	1	2 Redpoll, 10 Siskin, 1 Black Redstart, 1 Ring Ouzel (Graham S.)
~
Friday	Cloudy, rain later	Brisk E-SE. Wind
09/10	St. Catherine's Pt.	Common Scoter	5E
09/10	With CM (8.15 - 10.20)	Gannet	64	(9E, 55W.)
09/10	"	Golden Plover	1E	(Close at 9.11)
09/10	"	Shag	1juv	(Fishing just offshore)
09/10	"	Linnet	c250	(Flocks of 30-60 over to E.)
09/10	"	Meadow Pipit	50+	(Over and on fields)
09/10	"	Swallow	200+	(Streaming E. many over the sea)
09/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c15	(Over to NE.)
09/10	"	Stonechat	2m	(By Knowles Farm)
Reported	"	Firecrest	1f	W. of Bridge Cottage (Chris M.)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
08/10	Luccombe Down	CROSSBILL	c10	(Over W. slope going S. calling)
08/10	(8.00 - 11.30)	Chiffchaff	20+
08/10	"	Dartford Warbler	2	(With Stonechats)
08/10	"	Sparrowhawk	2
08/10	"	Stonechat	8
08/10	"	Wheatear	3
08/10	"	Swallow	c30
08/10	"	House Martin	c50
08/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c100
08/10	"	Dunnock	2
08/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
08/10	"	Raven	1
08/10	"	Skylark	2	(Heard)
08/10	"	Linnet	c50
~
08/10	Bembridge/Culver Downs	Blackcap	2
08/10	With CM (14.30 - 16.30)	Chiffchaff	2
08/10	"	Dartford Warbler	2	(With Stonechats)
08/10	"	Stonechat	3
08/10	"	Wheatear	3
08/10	"	Swallow	c20
08/10	"	House Martin	c50
08/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
08/10	"	Skylark	2	(Heard)
08/10	"	Linnet	c100
08/10	"	Raven	2
~
Wednesday	Drizzle, V. Wet later	SW. Wind
07/10	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	87	(Numbers increasing now)
07/10	(8.00)	Ringed Plover	c20
07/10	"	Sanderling	100+	(Distant and scattered-hard to count)
07/10	"	Oystercatcher	22
07/10	"	Curlew	22
07/10	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	3
07/10	(8.20)	Green Woodpecker	1
07/10	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
~
Tuesday	Misty with Rain	Fresh S. Wind
06/10	Bembridge Down	RING OUZEL	1	(On ridge 500m SW. of Fort SZ622859)
06/10	-Dreadful weather! (7.55 - 8.30)	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard in full song)
~
Monday	Wet, Brighter later	Brisk E. Wind
05/10	Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	1W
05/10	Very dead at sea! (8.30)	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
~
05/10	Sandown Canoe Lake	Swan	2,5cyg.
05/10	(9.15)	Little Grebe	1
05/10	-Low water level	Swallow	2
05/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
05/10	"	Heron	1
~
05/10	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	c24
05/10	(16.00)	Greenshank	1
05/10	"	Redshank	13
05/10	"	Curlew	5
05/10	"	Little Egret	3
05/10	"	Heron	1
05/10	"	Grey Wagtail	1
~
05/10	Bembridge Ponds	Ruddy Duck	1f	(Right at the back W. corner, behind Causeway)
05/10	(16.30)	Black-tailed Godwit	3
05/10	"	Kingfisher	1
05/10	"	Reed Bunting	1f
05/10	"	Wigeon	7
05/10	"	Tufted Duck	21
05/10	"	Shoveler	8
05/10	"	Teal	4
05/10	"	Coot	c60
05/10	"	Little Grebe	10
~
Sunday	Bright Intervals
04/10	Newtown NR	Red-backed Shrike	1juv	(SW of E.Hide, now in 3rd. Field to W.-on hedge)
04/10	(8.00 - 11.40)	CURLEW SANDPIPER	1	(On old wall N. of Boathouse about 11.00, with Dunlin and Ringed Plover)
04/10	"	Little Egret	6
04/10	"	Turnstone	10+
04/10	"	Dunlin	9
04/10	"	Redshank	c20
04/10	"	Grey Plover	49
04/10	"	Knot	c6
04/10	"	Lapwing	4
04/10	"	Golden Plover	29
04/10	"	Stonechat	2
04/10	"	Brent Goose	1
04/10	"	Mistle Thrush	4
04/10	"	Skylark	4	(over)
04/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	14	(Over)
04/10	"	Curlew	c30
04/10	"	Peregrine	1 imm.
~
04/10	Brading S. Wks	Grey Wagtail	2
04/10	(15.30 -17.30)	Pied Wagtail	2
04/10	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
04/10	"	Swallow	100+	(With House Martins)
04/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
04/10	"	Kestrel	2
04/10	"	Snipe	1	(Flew over)
04/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
04/10	"	Stock Dove	3
04/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
04/10	"	Blackcap	1m
04/10	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
~
Reported	Blackgang Chine	Firecrest	2	Around upper part of car park (Chris M.)
~
Saturday	Drizzle, Brighter later	Brisk W. Wind
05/10	Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	6	(Mostly E.)
03/10	(8.15)	Black-headed Gull	23	(Beach)
03/10	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
~
03/10	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c130
03/10	(11.50)	Ringed Plover	42
03/10	"	House Martin	6
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals
02/10	Newtown NR	RED-BACKED SHRIKE	1juv	(SW of E.Hide, 2nd. Field to W.-on hedge)
02/10	(8.00 - 11.15)	Pintail	2f
02/10	"	Little Egret	4
02/10	"	Turnstone	4
02/10	"	Dunlin	c15
02/10	"	Redshank	c20
02/10	"	Grey Plover	4
02/10	"	Golden Plover	18
02/10	"	Stonechat	3
02/10	"	Brent Goose	1
02/10	"	Mistle Thrush	2
02/10	"	Curlew	c20
02/10	"	Peregrine	1 imm.
Reported	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	@12.00 (Chris M.)
~
02/10	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1
02/10	(16.00 -17.15)	Chiffchaff	4
02/10	"	Pied Wagtail	1
02/10	"	Swallow	100+	(With House Martins)
02/10	Laundry Lane	Buzzard	6
02/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
02/10	"	Kestrel	2
02/10	"	Stock Dove	5
02/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
~
Reported last month	Freshwater Garden	Wryneck	1	(Dave W's picture.)
Reported 16th Sept.	Needles Headland	BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER	1	WoW!! shame we missed that one.(Lee M.)
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals
01/10	West Highdown, Totland	Skylark	1	(Shorelark reported last week-not seen today)
01/10	(8.00 - 10.30)	Wheatear	9
01/10	"	Linnet	c40	(E. along Cliff edge)
01/10	"	Stonechat	2m,2f
01/10	"	Swallow	c30
01/10	"	House Martin	1
01/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c100
01/10	"	Pied Wagtail	c25	(Over to NE)
01/10	"	Bullfinch	c2	(Heard)
01/10	"	Chiffchaff	c10
01/10	"	Blackcap	1f
01/10	"	Jay	5
01/10	"	Peregrine	2-3	(1juv.)
01/10	"	Raven	3
~
01/10	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Teal	c50
01/10	(10.40)	Grey Plover	6
01/10	Very high tide.	Little Egret	3
01/10	"	Heron	2
01/10	"	Oystercatcher	2
01/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
01/10	"	Curlew	6
01/10	"	Redshank	2
01/10	"	Chiffchaff	2
~
01/10	Newtown NR	Shelduck	3
01/10	(11.45)	Common Tern	2
01/10	"	Little Egret	6
01/10	"	Turnstone	4
01/10	Scrape	Greenshank	1
01/10	"	Redshank	3
~
01/10	Bembridge Ponds	POCHARD	1m
01/10	(15.15)	Black-tailed Godwit	1
01/10	"	Wigeon	8
01/10	"	Coot	c100
01/10	"	Little Grebe	13
01/10	"	Tufted Duck	24	(Poss. Ruddy Duck with them -but asleep)
01/10	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Escapes)
01/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~

SEPTEMBER 2009: Click for monthly species lists, September total =110

Wednesday	Cloudy, Brighter later
30/09	Culver Down	prob. CASPIAN GULL	1	(1st.w. flew along cliffs towards Sandown Bay)
30/09	(8.10 - 9.45)	Wheatear	1
30/09	"	Linnet	c60	(E. along Cliff edge)
30/09	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
30/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1juv	(Looked odd at first)
30/09	"	Swallow	300+
30/09	"	House Martin	c80
30/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
30/09	"	Chiffchaff	c10
30/09	"	Skylark	4
30/09	"	Raven	2
~
30/09	Foreland, Bembridge	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
30/09	(14.00)	Cormorant	6
30/09	"	Little Egret	8
30/09	"	Heron	4
30/09	"	Rock Pipit	4
30/09	"	Oystercatcher	27
30/09	"	Curlew	3
30/09	"	Sandwich Tern	4
30/09	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	13
~
30/09	Bembridge Ponds	RUDDY DUCK	1f
30/09	(14.40)	Black-tailed Godwit	9
30/09	"	Wigeon	10
30/09	"	Coot	c90
30/09	"	Little Grebe	14
30/09	"	Tufted Duck	14
30/09	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Escapes)
30/09	"	Chiffchaff	2
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals
29/09	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c150
29/09	(7.50 - 8.10)	Ringed Plover	43
29/09	"	Oystercatcher	2
29/09	"	Brent Geese	10
29/09	"	Wigeon	1f	(Off Binstead Beach)
~
29/09	Puckpool	Little Egret	1
29/09	(8.20)	Little Owl	1	(Fields to S.)
29/09	"	Cormorant	5
~
29/09	Bembridge Windmill FP	Redstart	1m
29/09	(10.30)	Chiffchaff	3
29/09	"	Kestrel	2
29/09	"	Buzzard	4
29/09	"	Swallow	c20
29/09	Dynamite Pond (by Scope)	Shoveler	2+
29/09	"	Lapwing	c30
29/09	"	Teal	c50
Dragonfly	"	Migrant Hawker	1	(Near Mill)
~
29/09	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1
29/09	(14.50)	Chiffchaff	2
29/09	"	Pied Wagtail	1
29/09	"	Pheasant	2	(m&f)
29/09	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Perched in a tree @15.10)
29/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
29/09	"	Kestrel	2
~
Monday	Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
28/09	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	3	(W. side, 2 seen, 1 heard)
28/09	(8.20 - 10.00)	Chiffchaff	3
28/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	2	(Over)
28/09	"	Swallow	c10
28/09	"	House Martin	c40
28/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
28/09	"	Dunnock	3
28/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
28/09	"	Raven	2
~
Reports
Sun 27th	West High Down	Richard's Pipit	1	along S. Cliffs at 8.20, also F/juv Merlin etc. (Graham S.)
Sat 26th	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Marsh Harrier	1f	2 Green SP, 1 Common SP, 17 Snipe, 190 Teal. (Graham S.)
NO ACCESS
Wed 23rd	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Garganey	2f/juv	20 Shoveler, 12 Wigeon, 1 Gadwall, 1f Marsh Harrier, (Graham S.)
NO ACCESS
Wed to Sun	MAINLAND TRIP	Hants.	&	Forest of Dean.
Sun 27th	Sharpness Canal, Frampton	Little Egret	2	4 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Gadwall, 1 Snipe.
"	Slimbridge	Ruff	6	2 Spotted Redshank, 27 Black-tailed Godwit, 100+ Lapwing, c20 Snipe, 1 Dunlin.
Sat 26th.	New Fancy V. Pt.	Goshawk	1	6 Crossbill.
Fri 25th	Coombe Hill Meadows	Little Egret	2	1 Shelduck, 6 Skylark, 3 Meaow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Kingfisher.
Thurs 24th	New Fancy V.Pt.	Goshawk	2	12 Crossbill, 3 Raven, 1 Buzzard, c50 House Martin, 2 Chiffchaff.
Wed 23rd.	Farlington Marsh	BEARDED TIT	4	2 Spotted Flycatcher, 6 Blackcap, 1 Snipe.
"	Cannop Ponds	Dipper	1	1m Pintail , 1 Water Rail, 3 Tufted Duck, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Siskin @ feeders
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.	Brisk SW. Wind
22/09	St. Catherine's Pt.	Yellow Wagtail	12+	(With cattle around the Lighthouse fields)
22/09	(8.50 - 10.20)	Gannet	15	(3E, 12W distant)
22/09	very quiet	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over the sea)
22/09	"	Kestrel	1
22/09	"	Meadow Pipit	1	(Over)
~
22/09	Bembridge Harbour	Little Egret	15
22/09	(14.25)	Cormorant	2
22/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
22/09	"	Black Headed Gull	c80
~
22/09	Bembridge Ponds	Water Rail	1
22/09	(15.00)	Black-tailed Godwit	2
22/09	"	Greenshank	2
22/09	"	Coot	c90
22/09	"	Little Grebe	7
22/09	"	Tufted Duck	2
22/09	"	Teal	10
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
21/09	Hersey NR	Little Grebe	11
21/09	(9.10 - 10.00)	Little Egret	1
21/09	"	Heron	1	(& 3 on beach)
21/09	Springvale Beach	Mediterranean Gull	c25
21/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Offshore)
~
21/09	Brading Sewage Works	Blackcap	4
21/09	(15.20)	Chiffchaff	1
21/09	Centurion's Copse	MERLIN	1	(Seen flying around Bembridge Airport)
21/09	(15.45 - 17.20)	Kestrel	2
21/09	"	Swallow	c20
21/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	2+	(Heard over)
21/09	"	Linnet	c20
21/09	"	Kestrel	2
21/09	Dynamite Pond (by Scope)	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Over pool at 16.10)
21/09	"	Greenshank	3
21/09	"	Cormorant	35
21/09	"	Lapwing	c25
21/09	"	Little Egret	13
21/09	"	Teal	c50
21/09	"	Wigeon	2-3
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
20/09	Fishbourne Creek	Common Sandpiper	1
20/09	WeBS (7.35)	Redshank	24	(Seen from New Road)
20/09	"	Little Egret	14	(On beach)
~
20/09	Brading Sewage Works	Blackcap	6+	(Feeding on berries, 6 seen, others hidden)
20/09	(15.30)	Chiffchaff	3
20/09	"	Swallow	c25
20/09	"	House Martin	1
20/09	Laundry Lane	Redstart	1juv.m
20/09	(15.50 - 16.25)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
20/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
20/09	"	Sand Martin	1
20/09	"	Swallow	70	(On wires)
20/09	"	Kestrel	2
20/09	"	Buzzard	5
Reported	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	E. of Lane from Bexley Pt. @17.15 (Chris M.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.
19/09	Fort Victoria	Gannet	11	(W. of Hurst Castle)
19/09	(9.10 - 9.25)	Oystercatcher	1N	(Crossing the Solent)
19/09	"	Cormorant	4
~
19/09	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Wigeon	3
19/09	(9.30 - 11.15)	Cetti's Warbler	1
19/09	"	Dunlin	1
19/09	"	Teal	c50
19/09	"	Grey Plover	4
19/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c35
19/09	"	Greenshank	1
19/09	"	Lapwing	33
19/09	"	Snipe	1	(Over Rofford Marsh)
19/09	"	Chiffchaff	3
~
19/09	Newtown	Osprey	1
19/09	(11.30)	Grey Plover	31
19/09	"	Dunlin	2
19/09	"	Turnstone	9
19/09	"	Sandwich Tern	6
19/09	"	Little Egret	c15
19/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	40+
19/09	"	Curlew	c30
19/09	"	Shelduck	7
19/09	Hide/Scrape	Greenshank	6
19/09	"	Redshank	1
~
Friday	Cloudy	E. Wind
18/09	Binstead to Quarr	Coal Tit	2+	(Heard)
18/09	(7.35)	Mistle Thrush	1
18/09	"	Robin	c6
~
18/09	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	3
18/09	(10.15)	Whitethroat	1
18/09	"	Swallow	8
18/09	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	2
18/09	(10.35)	Whitethroat	1
18/09	"	Blackcap	2
18/09	"	Swallow	c10
18/09	"	Goldfinch	6
18/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
18/09	"	Buzzard	2
~
18/09	Alverstone NR	Barn Owl	1	(Flying at 19.30 and 19.35)
18/09	(19.25)	Canada Geese	c120	(Over to E.)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
17/09	Brading Marsh RSPB	Meadow Pipit	c15	(Over mainly to N.)
17/09	(8.00 - 9.40)	Chiffchaff	4
17/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	1	(Heard over & a poss. 20 more but distant)
17/09	"	Swallow	12
17/09	"	Meadow Pipit	10+
17/09	"	Blackcap	c6	(4 seen, others heard)
17/09	"	Yellowhammer	1f
17/09	"	Green Woodpecker	2
17/09	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.	Strong NE. Wind
16/09	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c85
16/09	(8.15 - 9.10)	Ringed Plover	28
16/09	"	Oystercatcher	5
16/09	"	Dunlin	2
16/09	"	Shelduck	7E
16/09	"	Brent Goose	1	(Still the only one here)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Showers	NE Wind
15/09	Langbridge to Horringford	Blackcap	2m	(More heard)
15/09	(8.30 - 10.30)	Song Thrush	2
15/09	"	Kingfisher	1	(E. along stream)
15/09	"	Chiffchaff	1	(others heard)
15/09	"	Buzzard	2
15/09	"	Meadow Pipit	2
~
Monday	Sunny Int.
14/09	Knighton E.	Blackcap	2m,2f
14/09	(8.30)	Spotted Flycatcher	1
14/09	"	Mistle Thrush	4
14/09	"	Chiffchaff	c4
14/09	"	Buzzard	2
14/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
~
14/09	Mersley Down S.	Redstart	1
14/09	(9.30)	Red-legged Partridge	1	(Others heard)
14/09	"	Chiffchaff	2
14/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
Reported	"	Marsh Harrier	1	Newtown NR, the one from Atherfield perhaps? (Crows Text Report)
~
Sunday	Sunny Int.	E-NE Wind
13/09	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	14	(There must be a shoot soon!)
13/09	(8.00)	Pheasant	c80
~
13/09	Gore Cliff	Wheatear	2
13/09	(8.50)	House Martin	c200
13/09	"	Swallow	c50
13/09	"	Sand Martin	c4
13/09	Over the sea	Gannet	1E
13/09	"	Shag	2	(Rocken End rocks)
~
13/09	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	GREY PARTRIDGE	2+
13/09	(9.30)	Marsh Harrier	1	(Moving NE. over ridge with a Buzzard)
13/09	"	Whinchat	4
13/09	"	Sedge Warbler (?)	1	(Or possibly an Aquatic Warbler?)
13/09	"	Lapwing	4
~
13/09	"Sandy Way"-Shorwell to Kingston	Marsh Harrier	1	(Same bird? seen again @ 11.05)
~
Reported	Bembridge Ponds	Osprey	1juv	over at 10.50, also 1 Turnstone in Harbour (Jim B.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.	E. Wind
12/09	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	WIGEON	5
12/09	(8.40 - 10.15)	SHOVELER	1f
12/09	"	Kingfisher	1
12/09	"	Teal	c160
12/09	"	Grey Plover	5
12/09	"	Meadow Pipit	4
12/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	50+
12/09	"	Greenshank	2
12/09	"	Lapwing	c30
12/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
12/09	"	Buzzard	1
~
12/09	Newtown	Osprey	1
12/09	(10.30)	Ringed Plover	9
12/09	"	Dunlin	10
12/09	"	Turnstone	1
12/09	"	Oystercatcher	c20
12/09	"	Little Egret	3
12/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	10+
12/09	"	Curlew	c30
12/09	"	Shelduck	6
~
12/09	Lane End, Bembridge	Rock Pipit	7
12/09	(16.05)	Cormorant	4
12/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1
~
12/09	Laundry Lane	Redstart	1	(Along path)
12/09	(16.45)	Snipe	1	(Flew up from marsh)
12/09	"	Sand Martin	2
12/09	"	Swallow	c10
12/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
Friday	Sunny Int.
11/09	Culver Down	Skylark	1
11/09	(7.55)	Wheatear	6
11/09	"	Linnet	c25	(Set-aside E. of Yaverland Manor)
11/09	"	Goldfinch	c10
11/09	"	Kestrel	1juv
11/09	"	Buzzard	2
~
11/09	Brading Sewage Works	Blackcap	1f
11/09	(9.15)	Whitethroat	2
11/09	"	Swallow	8
11/09	"	Grey Wagtail	3
11/09	"	Pied Wagtail	1
11/09	"	Starling	c40
11/09	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	1
11/09	(9.40)	YELLOW WAGTAIL	c10
11/09	"	Sand Martin	2
11/09	"	Swallow	c10
11/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
11/09	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	1
11/09	(14.35)	Cormorant	2
11/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	c60
11/09	"	Little Egret	17
11/09	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
11/09	Bembridge Ponds	Water Rail	1
11/09	(15.40)	Black-tailed Godwit	7
11/09	"	Little Grebe	10+
11/09	"	Tufted Duck	3f
11/09	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Escapes)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
10/09	Luccombe Down	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(W. side- sheltered from the wind)
10/09	(7.50 - 10.10)	Chiffchaff	c10
10/09	with CM, then JG.	Redstart	3-4	(f/juv types)
10/09	"	Buzzard	1
10/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Attacked by Rook)
10/09	"	Stonechat	1f/juv
10/09	"	Swallow	c50
10/09	"	Sand Martin	1+
10/09	"	House Martin	c40
10/09	"	Whitethroat	2
10/09	"	Meadow Pipit	10+
10/09	"	Blackcap	1m
10/09	"	Wheatear	1
10/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
10/09	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
Reported	"	Honey Buzzard	1	over at 9.15 while driving up lane (James G.)
"	"	Nightjar	1m	flushed from path (Chris M.)
~
Wednesday	Warm Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
09/09	Clamerkin Lake, Newtown	Knot	3
09/09	(8.10)	Lapwing	6
09/09	"	Dunlin	2
09/09	"	Shelduck	3	(Imm.)
09/09	"	Grey Plover	10
09/09	"	Osprey	1
09/09	"	Whinchat	1
~
09/09	Mottistone Down	Redstart	4	(2m, 2f/juv)
09/09	(9.05)	Whinchat	1
09/09	"	Whitethroat	1
09/09	"	Chiffchaff	c6
09/09	"	Meadow Pipit	3
09/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
09/09	"	Raven	2	(Over)
~
09/09	Gore Cliff	House Martin	c100
09/09	(11.30)	Wheatear	1
09/09	"	Meadow Pipit	2
09/09	"	Kestrel	1
~
Tuesday	Warm Sunny
08/09	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Sparrowhawk	1
08/09	(10.50 - 12.30)	House Martin	c300	(Streaming though and feeding along cliff)
08/09	"	Swallow	c100
08/09	"	Sand Martin	c6
08/09	"	Wheatear	2	(Very tame)
08/09	"	Linnet	3
~
Monday	Sunny Int. to Cloudy
07/09	Ryde Esplanade	BRENT GOOSE	1	(Out on Sandbank, 1st of the Autumn)
07/09	(7.15 - 8.00)	Curlew	12
07/09	"	Oystercatcher	4
07/09	"	Common Tern	1
07/09	"	Ringed Plover	11
07/09	"	Little Erget	12
07/09	"	Heron	3
07/09	"	Sanderling	16	(On distant sand bar)
~
07/09	Binstead to Quarr	Coal Tit	c4	(Heard)
07/09	(8.10 - 8.45)	Blackcap	3
07/09	"	Chiffchaff	3
~
07/09	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	c10	(With Blue and Great Tits etc.)
07/09	(13.30 - 14.30)	Goldcrest	c6	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Bright Int.	NW. Wind
06/09	Luccombe Down	Spotted Flycatcher	5	(E. side of Shanklin Down)
06/09	(8.00 - 11.00)	Bullfinch	1f
06/09	(IWOG Walk)	Redstart	4
06/09	"	Dartford Warbler	1juv.
06/09	"	Chiffchaff	c10
06/09	"	Willow Warbler	4
06/09	"	Swallow	c50
06/09	"	Sand Martin	c20
06/09	"	House Martin	3
06/09	"	Whitethroat	3
06/09	"	Meadow Pipit	100+
06/09	"	Blackcap	2
06/09	"	Kestrel	4
06/09	"	Buzzard	2
~
06/09	Alverstone NR	Spotted Flycatcher	1
06/09	(14.40)	Sand Martin	c20
06/09	"	Great Tit	5
06/09	"	Blue Tit	8
~
06/09	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	1
06/09	(15.20)	Cormorant	2
06/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	c40
06/09	"	Little Egret	3
~
06/09	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	3
06/09	(16.10)	Black-tailed Godwit	c12
06/09	"	Common Sandpiper	1
06/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
06/09	"	Tufted Duck	c10
06/09	"	Reed Warbler	2
06/09	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Escapes)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	Honey Buzzard	1	seen from 2 locations by (Graham S. & Chris M.)
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Saturday	Sunny Int.	W. Wind
05/09	Ventnor Downs	Spotted Flycatcher	5	(3 Nansen Hill, 2 E. side of Shanklin Down)
05/09	(7.40 - 10.30)	Wheatear	11
05/09	"	Redstart	4
05/09	"	Dartford Warbler	3juv.
05/09	"	Chiffchaff	c25
05/09	"	Willow Warbler	4
05/09	"	Swallow	c50
05/09	"	Sand Martin	c10
05/09	"	Kestrel	4
05/09	"	Whitethroat	7
05/09	"	Meadow Pipit	8
05/09	"	Blackcap	2
05/09	"	Kestrel	4
05/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
05/09	"	Buzzard	2
~
05/09	Newtown	Sandwich Tern	11
05/09	(14.40)	Ringed Plover	c20
05/09	"	Dunlin	c20
05/09	"	Little Egret	3
05/09	"	Curlew	c30
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05/09	West Highdown	Shore Lark	1	(still 500m W. of Beacon on ridge FP)
05/09	(15.30 - 17.20)	Wheatear	15
05/09	"	Shag	c10
05/09	"	Rock Pipit	1
05/09	"	Meadow Pipit	8
05/09	"	Peregrine	1
05/09	"	Raven	1
~
Friday	Sunny Int.	Strong W. Wind
04/09	Bembridge Down / Redcliff	Wheatear	12	(1 Pale, but not a true Albino? )
04/09	(7.45 - 9.10)	Whinchat	1
04/09	"	Willow Warbler	1-2
04/09	"	Buzzard	2
04/09	"	Swallow	2
04/09	"	Linnet	c30
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Thursday	Sunny Int. & Showers	Strong W. Wind
03/09	Shide to Blackwater	Goldcrest	c4	(Heard)
03/09	(7.40 - 9.30)	House Martin	6
03/09	"	Swallow	4
03/09	"	Pheasant	1m,3f
~
03/09	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
03/09	(15.40 - 16.20)	Barnacle Geese	c50	(Escapes, Field by Holiday Chalets)
03/09	"	Little Grebe	12	(Several juv.)
03/09	"	Little Egret	6
03/09	"	Heron	1
03/09	"	Greenshank	2
03/09	Springvale Beach	Mediterranean Gull	3
~
03/09	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	3
03/09	(19.00 - 20.00)	Meadow Pipit	9
03/09	"	Raven	2	(Over to E.)
03/09	"	Kestrel	1
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Wednesday	Cloudy, Showers
02/09	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/09	(8.15)	Little Grebe	1
02/09	"	Fulmar	1	(Flew over the Pond, that was unexpected!)
02/09	Sandown Bay	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
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02/09	Brading Sewage Works	Blackcap	2f/juv
02/09	(9.10)	Whitethroat	1
02/09	"	Swallow	8
02/09	"	Grey Wagtail	1
02/09	"	Pied Wagtail	1
02/09	"	Little Egret	7
02/09	Laundry Lane	Blackcap	1m
02/09	(9.40)	Treecreeper	2
02/09	"	Sand Martin	3
02/09	"	Swallow	c15
02/09	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
02/09	"	Buzzard	1
02/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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Reported	St. Catherine's Point	Sooty Shearwater	10W	between 16.15 and 18.30, also 1 Swift. (Graham S)
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Tuesday	Sunny Int. and Showers	SW. Wind
01/09	Ryde Esplanade	Common Tern	1
01/09	(7.40 - 8.30)	Curlew	12
01/09	"	Oystercatcher	12
01/09	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	1
01/09	"	Buzzard	3
01/09	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1	(Heard)
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01/09	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	3
01/09	(8.45)	Cormorant	5
01/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	56
01/09	"	Little Egret	7
Dragonfly	"	Migrant Hawker	1	(Near Mill)
~
01/09	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	1
01/09	(9.10)	Black-tailed Godwit	19
01/09	"	Redshank	4
01/09	"	Water Rail	1
01/09	"	Swallow	c20
01/09	"	Swan	2, 3 cygnets
01/09	"	Tufted Duck	11
01/09	"	Reed Warbler	1
01/09	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Escapes)
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01/09	Newtown NR	Osprey	2	(E. side of Clamerkin)
01/09	(14.40 - 16.15)	Black-tailed Godwit	1
01/09	"	Little Egret	4
01/09	"	Redshank	2
01/09	"	Grey Plover	6
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AUGUST 2009: Click for monthly species lists, August total =112

Monday	Cloudy to Sunny	Light S. Wind
31/08	St. Catherine's Pt.	Gannet	5W
31/08	(8.25 - 10.35)	Shag	1	(on sea)
31/08	"	Peregrine	1
31/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1
31/08	"	Kestrel	2
31/08	"	Buzzard	3
31/08	"	Whitethroat	5	(Mostly Juv.)
31/08	"	Wheatear	1f
31/08	"	Swallow	16
31/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
31/08	Yarmouth Ponds	Greenshank	1
31/08	(14.50 - 16.00)	Black-tailed Godwit	63
31/08	"	Swan	2, 2 cygnets
31/08	"	Lapwing	1
31/08	"	Teal	8
~
31/08	Newtown NR	Osprey	2	(E. side of Clamerkin)
31/08	(16.10 - 11.30)	Black-tailed Godwit	2
31/08	"	Little Egret	4
31/08	"	Redshank	3
31/08	"	Greenshank	1
31/08	"	Dunlin	c12
31/08	"	Ringed Plover	c25
31/08	"	Grey Plover	6
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Sunday	Cloudy	W. Wind
30/08	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On post E. side of Clamerkin, till flushed by inflatable boats)
30/08	IWOG walk (7.50 - 11.20)	Grey Plover	26
30/08	"	Common Tern	10+	(More fishing in Solent)
30/08	"	Sandwich Tern	6	(On posts)
30/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c40
30/08	"	Ringed Plover	42
30/08	"	Dunlin	c50
30/08	"	Redshank	c10
30/08	"	Turnstone	15
30/08	"	Little Egret	6
30/08	"	Curlew	c30
30/08	"	Sand Martin	c6
30/08	"	Swallow	c50
30/08	"	Peregrine	1
30/08	"	Shelduck	2ad,4imm
30/08	"	Whinchat	1
30/08	"	Little Grebe	4
30/08	"	Swan	12	(Unusual numbers for Newtown)
Reported	"	Osprey	2	seen together ealier. Picture by Rob Walters
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Saturday	Fine Sunny	W. Wind
29/08	Clamerkin, Newtown	Turnstone	1
29/08	(7.50 - 8.20)	Grey Plover	6
29/08	"	Peregrine	1
29/08	"	Common Tern	3
29/08	"	Dunlin	2
29/08	"	Little Egret	3
29/08	"	Curlew	c20
29/08	"	Shelduck	10	(Imm.)
~
29/08	Fort Victoria	Common Tern	8W
Reported	"	Arctic Skua	4W	3 (Dave W.) & 1 (Graham S)
~
29/08	West Highdown	SHORE LARK	1	(500m W. of Beacon on ridge FP)
29/08	(9.20 - 11.15)	Wheatear	c40
29/08	"	Whinchat	2
29/08	"	Rock Pipit	3
29/08	"	Meadow Pipit	7
29/08	"	Peregrine	1
29/08	"	Kestrel	2
Reported	"	Tree Pipit	17	over (Graham S)
~
Friday	Sunny Int. & Showers	Strong W. Wind
28/08	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	c30
28/08	(14.10 - 15.30)	Redshank	5
28/08	"	Little Egret	8
28/08	"	Pied Wagtail	2
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28/08	Bembridge Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	19	(Numbers increasing)
28/08	(15.40 - 16.20)	Tufted Duck	6
28/08	"	Little Grebe	8
28/08	"	Little Egret	1
28/08	"	Heron	2
28/08	"	Teal	1
28/08	"	Reed Warbler	1
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Sun to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Hants. & Forest of Dean.
Thurs 27th	Sharpness Canal, Frampton	Spotted Flycatcher	1	3 Chiffchaff, 1 Raven, 1 Common Tern, 1 Green Sandpiper, c15 Teal.
"	Slimbridge	Ruff	2	32 Black-tailed Godwit, 10+ Gadwall, 100+ Lapwing, c40 Shoveler, 3 Green Sandpiper.
Wed 26th.	Cannop Ponds	Dipper	1	3 Grey Wagtail, 1juv Siskin @ feeders, 3 Mandarin.
Tues 25th	Coombe Hill Meadows	Little Ringed Plover	1juv	1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 4 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank.
"	Cannop Ponds	Mandarin	1m	3 Grey Wagtail, 1m Siskin @ feeders
"	Gorsty Knoll	Linnet	1
"	Linear Park, Cinderford	Chiffchaff	3	1 Bullfinch, 3f Tufted Duck.
"	Boy's Grave	Nightjar	1m	2m Tawny Owl (1 seen)
Mon 24th	Crabtree Hill	Blackcap	1f	4 Coal Tit, 2 Chiiffchaff
"	Gorsty Knoll	Linnet	1
Sun 23rd.	Farlington Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f/juv	1 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 2 Sedge Warbler, 4 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon.
"	Titchfield Haven	Avocet	4	5 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, Common Tern, 1 Sandwich Tern.
"	Cannop Ponds	Mandarin	1m	3 Grey Wagtail, 1m Siskin @ feeders
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Mon 24th	IOW Reports
Reported	in a Sandown Garden	WRYNECK	1	seen Sat 22nd & Mon (Danny V.)
Reported	Bembridge Harbour	WHITE-WINGED TERN	2 juv	by Old Seawall at 13.45 (James G,)
Reported	St. Helens	Roseate Tern	1	and Adult BLACK TERN between the Old Church & Priory Bay (Kris G.)
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Saturday	Sunny Int	SW.- S. Wind
22/08	Fishbourne WeBS	Common Tern	26	(Just off creek entrance)
22/08	(7.50 - 9.00)	Mediterranean Gull	4
22/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
22/08	"	Curlew	7
22/08	"	Redshank	11	(From New Road@12.00)
~
22/08	Newtown	OSPREY	1	(On flagpole at 9.30, back on ridge with fish @10.15)
22/08	(9.20 - 11.20)	Grey Plover	18	(Most in summer plumage)
22/08	"	Peregrine	1	(Chasing pigeons)
22/08	"	Common Tern	2,1juv	(Juv on Gull Island with 2 parents)
22/08	"	Ringed Plover	c20
22/08	"	Dunlin	c30	(Summer plumage now reduced)
22/08	"	Little Egret	12
22/08	"	Curlew	c20
22/08	"	Oystercatcher	30+
22/08	"	Shelduck	6
~
22/08	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	1	(Heard Churring @ 20.47)
~
Friday	Sunny Int.
21/08	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling(?)	c20	(On distant sandbar, so difficult to ID with bins)
21/08	(7.50 - 8.40)	Little Egret	2
21/08	"	Common Gull	2+
21/08	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
21/08	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	6
21/08	"	Oystercatcher	3
21/08	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Heard)
21/08	"	Pied Wagtail	14	(One with Yellow ring from the Ryde Pierhead roost)
~
21/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
21/08	(14.10)	Little Grebe	11
21/08	"	Greenshank	1
21/08	"	Heron	1
21/08	"	Water Rail	1
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Thursday	Dull Cloudy, Brighter later	Brisk SW. Wind
20/08	Newport to Werrar	Black-tailed Godwit	1
20/08	(8.00 - 10.10)	Little Egret	3
20/08	"	Black-headed Gull	100+
20/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	(Werrar)
20/08	"	Oystercatcher	c30
20/08	"	Curlew	3	(and a possible Whimbrel)
20/08	"	Skylark	1
20/08	"	Coot	c30
~
Wednesday	Fine Sunny, Hot	Light SW. Wind
19/08	Mottistone Down	Redstart	5	(Includes 1 bright male)
19/08	With CM (8.35 - 11.00)	Wheatear	3+
19/08	"	Blackcap	c4
19/08	"	Whitethroat	c10
19/08	"	Swallow	c40
19/08	"	House Martin	1
19/08	"	Linnet	4
19/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
19/08	"	Kestrel	3
19/08	"	Buzzard	8
19/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1
19/08	"	Raven	2W	(May have returned, see below)
19/08	Strawberry Lane	Yellowhammer	1m
Butterflies	"	Adonis Blue	c6	c20 Chalkhill Blue, 3 Wall Brown, 1 Comma, Gatekeeper, Small Heath etc.
~
19/08	Grammar's Common	Raven	2
19/08	(11.10)	Buzzard	2
19/08	"	Coal Tit	2	(Heard)
~
19/08	Presford Shute, SE. of Shorwell	Hobby	1	(Over to NW chased by Swallows @ 12.40)
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Tuesday	Sunny Int	Light Wind
18/08	Sandown Canoe Lake	Little Grebe	1
18/08	(8.05 - 8.50)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
18/08	"	Swan	2, 6 cygnets
18/08	"	Heron	1
18/08	"	Swallow	2
~
18/08	Culver Down	WHINCHAT	1	(Redcliff in tree)
18/08	(9.00 - 9.50)	Whitethroat	2
18/08	"	Goldfinch	15
18/08	"	Chiffchaff	1
18/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1
18/08	"	Kestrel	2
18/08	"	Buzzard	2
~
18/08	Gander Down	Skylark	1
18/08	(10.00)	Heron	1	(Over)
~
Monday	Cloudy to Bright	W Wind
17/08	Bembridge Ponds	Common Sandpiper	1	(Flew around Causeway Pond)
17/08	(8.50)	Reed Bunting	1m	(juv)
17/08	"	Redshank	5
17/08	"	Little Egret	3
17/08	"	Heron	1
17/08	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard at Lagoon)
17/08	"	Tufted Duck	38	(Big increase in numbers)
17/08	St. Helens Bridge	Kingfisher	1
17/08	"	Coot	50+
~
17/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
17/08	(14.50)	Little Grebe	5
17/08	Hide Locked	Willow Warbler	2	(By entrance sluice)
17/08	"	Whitethroat	4
17/08	"	Wheatear	1f
17/08	"	Little Egret	1
17/08	"	Heron	1
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int	W. Wind
16/08	Newtown	Sandwich Tern	1+
16/08	(9.05 - 11.10)	Grey Plover	3	(Most in summer plumage)
16/08	missed the Osprey!	Swan	1
16/08	"	Ringed Plover	c30
16/08	"	Dunlin	c50
16/08	"	Turnstone	8
16/08	"	Little Egret	5
16/08	"	Redshank	8
16/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	3
16/08	"	Common Sandpiper	2
16/08	"	Whimbrel	1
16/08	"	Curlew	c20
16/08	"	Oystercatcher	10+
16/08	"	Shelduck	1
16/08	"	Bullfinch	2m	(W. of Cassey Bridge)
~
16/08	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	3+	(2 ad, 1-2 juv.)
16/08	(15.50 - 16.30)	Pied Wagtail	2m
16/08	"	Buzzard	2
16/08	"	Kestrel	1
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	from E. Hide @ 7.50 (Bob G.)
Reported	Bembridge Ponds FP	Merlin	1f	by old cattle sheds @17.30 (Danny V.)
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Bright	SW Wind
15/08	Bembridge Ponds	Common Sandpiper	2	(Flew around Causeway Pond)
15/08	(9.00)	Greenshank	2
15/08	"	Redshank	3
15/08	"	Little Egret	1
15/08	"	Heron	3
15/08	"	Starling	c30
15/08	"	Reed Warbler	1
15/08	St. Helens Bridge	Coot	c50
15/08	"	Cormorant	8
~
15/08	Bembridge Harbour	Ringed Plover	13	(With some Juv)
15/08	(9.50 - 10.20)	Dunlin	2
15/08	"	SNIPE	1	(Flushed by dog)
15/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	c40	(On old wall)
15/08	"	Little Egret	4
15/08	"	Curlew	1
15/08	"	Whimbrel	1
15/08	"	Pied Wagtail	5	(some Juv)
15/08	"	Cormorant	4
~
Friday	Misty to Sunny Int.	Light SW. Wind
14/08	Luccombe Down	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	c6	(On fenceline S. side of Shanklin Down)
14/08	(9.00 - 11.10)	Redstart	3+	(2 males and f/juv)
14/08	"	Willow Warbler	c15
14/08	"	Chiffchaff	c2
14/08	"	Stock Dove	1
14/08	"	Whitethroat	10
14/08	"	Wheatear	c10
14/08	"	Swallow	2
14/08	"	Linnet	6
14/08	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
~
Reported	Ventnor Downs	Pied Flycatcher	2	3 Spotted FC, 6 Redstart, 11 Willow Warbler, 18 Wheatear, 6 Swift.
(Chris M.)	"	Whinchat	1	12 Whitethroat,
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Thursday	Wet to Sunny Int.
13/08	Ryde Esplanade	SANDERLING	47	(On distant sandbar at low tide)
13/08	(10.40)	Little Egret	10
13/08	"	Common Gull	2
13/08	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	7
13/08	"	Oystercatcher	3
13/08	"	Common Tern	6
13/08	"	Curlew	3
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int	SW. Wind
12/08	St. Catherines Down	Wheatear	6
12/08	(8.40)	Raven	2	(over calling)
12/08	"	Buzzard	2
12/08	"	Kestrel	3
12/08	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	(Flying S. over Chale)
~
12/08	Gore Cliff	Wheatear	5
12/08	(10.00)	Stock Dove	2
~
12/08	Ash Hill to Dungewood	Mistle Thrush	c12	(In one flock)
12/08	(11.00)	Little Grebe	4	(Irrigation Pond)
12/08	"	Coot	2
12/08	"	Moorhen	1
12/08	"	Buzzard	5
12/08	"	Kestrel	4
12/08	"	Green Sandpiper	1	(Flew over to NW)
12/08	"	Garden Warbler	1
12/08	"	Sedge Warbler	1
12/08	"	Skylark	2
12/08	"	Willow Warbler	c3
12/08	"	Red-legged Partridge	4
12/08	"	Buzzard	2
~
12/08	Hanover Point	Shag	5
12/08	(13.00)	Cormorant	7
~
12/08	West Highdown (13.30)	Wheatear	9	(no sign of Shorelark)
Mammals	"	Fox Cub	1	Very tame, wandering around without any fear.
~
12/08	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	c90
12/08	(16.00)	Greenshank	1
~
12/08	Newtown NR	Shelduck	2ad, 1juv
12/08	(16.40)	Heron	1
~
Tuesday	Dull to Fine Sunny	Light Wind
11/08	Binstead to Quarr	Nuthatch	1	(Heard briefly by Quarr Close woods)
11/08	(7.50 - 9.10)	Coal Tit	2+	(Heard)
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11/08	Laundry Lane	Rook	c100	(Ploughed fields by Carpenders Farm)
11/08	(10.30 - 11.30)	Sparrowhawk	1	(W. of Lane)
11/08	"	Willow Warbler	c3
11/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
11/08	"	Swallow	c40
11/08	"	House Martin	2+
11/08	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Wks)
Butterflies	"	Wall Brown	2	Large White, Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown & 2 Ruddy Darter DF.
~
11/08	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1	(Flying near woods @ 21.08)
11/08	(20.30 - 21.20)	Little Owl	1	(By farm)
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Reported	West Highdown, Totland	SHORE LARK	1	On ridge level with Warren Farm. (CROWS Text service)
Not yet confirmed
Reported	Newtown NR	OSPREY	1	Flying along Clamerkin Channel. (Bird Log book)
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Monday	Bright to Cloudy	SW. Wind
10/08	Ryde Esplanade	Gannet	3E
10/08	(8.45 - 10.20)	Little Egret	3
10/08	"	Common Gull	2
10/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	2+	(Probably many more further out, but no scope today)
10/08	"	Oystercatcher	12
10/08	"	Curlew	10+
10/08	Canoe Lake	Swan	48	(2 with orange rings, D3F and J9R)
10/08	"	Canada Geese	7	(Numbers falling here)
Butterflies/Moths	Appley Park	Silver "Y"	3	1 Gatekeeper, 4 Large White
~
Sunday	Sunny Int	Light Wind
09/08	Sandown Canoe Lake	Reed Warbler	3
09/08	(7.45 - 8.30)	Sedge Warbler	1
09/08	"	Swan	4, 8 cygnets	(1 pair with 2, and another with 6 cygnets)
09/08	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
09/08	"	House Martin	c40
09/08	"	Sand Martin	2
09/08	"	Swallow	c20
09/08	"	Swift	1
09/08	"	Wheatear	1
09/08	"	Gannet	3SW,	(Out in Bay)
~
09/08	Culver Down	Garden Warbler	1	(In Pit on Redcliff field)
09/08	(8.45 - 10.00)	Whitethroat	6
09/08	"	Wheatear	5
09/08	"	Linnet	8
09/08	"	Willow Warbler	c6
09/08	"	Yellowhammer	1m
09/08	"	Buzzard	3
~
09/08	Gander Down	Skylark	1
09/08	(10.20)	Whitethroat	3
~
Reported	Dynamite Pool	Green Sandpiper	7	2 Common SP, 30 Sedge Warbler, 20 Willow Warbler.
(Graham S.)	(Still NO ACCESS!!)	Black-tailed Godwit	4	2 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank, 3 Garden Warbler. (Graham S.)
NO ACCESS
Saturday	Fine Sunny	Light Wind
08/08	Luccombe Down	Redstart	3	(1juv by Car Pk, 2f at Radar Stn)
08/08	With GH. & later CM.	PIED FLYCATCHER	1m	(By road W. of Car Park in tree)
08/08	(8.15 - 10.30)	Willow Warbler	c25
08/08	"	Chiffchaff	c5
08/08	"	Dartford Warbler	1
08/08	"	Whitethroat	6
08/08	"	Green Woodpecker	2
08/08	"	Kestrel	2
08/08	"	Wheatear	c10
08/08	"	Swallow	c50
08/08	"	Sand Martin	2+
08/08	"	Swift	1	(Most have now left)
08/08	"	Linnet	6
08/08	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
Reported	"	HEN HARRIER	2	and 1 Marsh Harrier, after I'd left to catch the bus! (Chris M. and Gary H.)
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	c40 Painted Lady, Gatekeeper and Meadow Brown
~
Friday	Cloudy to Fine Sunny	NW. Wind
07/08	West High Down	BALEARIC SHEARWATER	1	(On sea with Gulls by Fishing Boat from Main Bench 13.15-45)
07/08	with CM.(8.30 - 14.10)	Hobby	1	(and poss. Cuckoo)
07/08	"	Peregrine	3	(1 Adult, 2juv)
29/07	"	Kestrel	8	(Several Juv.)
07/08	"	Little Owl	1juv	(Heard "squeaking just W. of Quarry CPk.)
07/08	"	Stonechat	5	(3ad,2juv)
07/08	"	Willow Warbler	c30
07/08	"	Green Woodpecker	3
07/08	"	Wheatear	18	(6 on W. Slope of Tennyson Down, c12 on S. Cliffs)
07/08	"	Yellowhammer	1
07/08	"	Linnet	12+
07/08	"	Bullfinch	1f
07/08	"	Meadow Pipit	c4
07/08	"	Rock Pipit	3	(Includes 1 recently fledged Juv.)
07/08	"	Blackcap	2m
07/08	"	Whitethroat	c4
07/08	"	Fulmar	1	(In Alum Bay)
07/08	"	Gannet	12	(Out by Needles)
07/08	"	Shag	c6	(on Old Pepper Rock)
07/08	Reported	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Seen by CM. -and poss. Sedge Warbler)
Moth/Butterflies	"	Chalkhill Blue (F) corrected	1	c20 Painted Lady, 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Silver Y Moth
~
Thursday	Cloudy to Rain
06/08	Bembridge Harbour	Teal	6	(Flew over millpond but left again)
06/08	(8.50 - 10.30)	Dunlin	1
06/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	c70	(On old wall)
06/08	"	Little Egret	5
06/08	"	Heron	1
06/08	"	Starling	c30
06/08	"	Pied Wagtail	16+	(Lots of Juv)
06/08	St. Helens Bridge	Tufted Duck	11	(and 1f with 6 ducklings)
06/08	"	Coot	c40	(Displaced from Dynamite Pond?)
06/08	"	Cormorant	15
~
Reported	Luccombe Down	HONEY BUZZARD	1	Dark, over Car Park @ 9.20 then over Ventnor, also 3 Redstart, 25+ Willow Warbler, 2 Wheatear (Jon)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy but Bright Int.
05/08	E-Hide, Newtown	Common Sandpiper	1
05/08	(8.40 - 11.10)	Grey Plover	10	(Most in summer plumage)
05/08	-still no Ospreys	Swan	1
05/08	"	Ringed Plover	c20
05/08	"	Dunlin	c50
05/08	"	Turnstone	1
05/08	"	Little Egret	c15
05/08	"	Redshank	3
05/08	"	Rock Pipit	2
05/08	"	Whimbrel	2
05/08	"	Curlew	61
05/08	"	Oystercatcher	10+
05/08	"	Shelduck	3
05/08	"	Willow Warbler	c6	(Bushes by spit)
~
05/08	Shalfleet Quay	Whitethroat	3
05/08	(11.30 - 12.30)	Yellowhammer	2m
05/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
05/08	"	Redshank	8
05/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
05/08	"	Swan	3
05/08	"	Buzzard	2
~
Tuesday	Cloudy, Spots of Rain
04/08	Ryde Esplanade	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(Appley end)
04/08	(8.05 - 9.30)	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
04/08	"	Common Gull	3
04/08	"	Common Tern	5
04/08	"	Oystercatcher	14
04/08	"	Curlew	18
04/08	Canoe Lake	Swan	59
04/08	"	Mallard	c145
~
Monday	Sunny Int	Light S. Wind
03/08	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	3f/juv
03/08	(8.30 - 10.00)	Treecreeper	2
03/08	"	Little Owl	1
03/08	"	Long-tailed Tit	c6
03/08	"	Goldcrest	4	(Heard)
03/08	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
03/08	"	Buzzard	5
~
03/08	Newtown NR	Common Sandpiper	2	(Scrape)
03/08	with CM(10.30 - 12.30)	Black-tailed Godwit	c15
03/08	-still no Ospreys	Swan	1
03/08	"	Cormorant	1
03/08	"	Turnstone	1
03/08	"	Little Egret	c15
03/08	"	Redshank	8
03/08	"	Rock Pipit	2
03/08	"	Curlew	c40
03/08	"	Oystercatcher	6
03/08	"	Whimbrel	2
03/08	"	Sand Martin	4
03/08	"	Swallow	50+
03/08	"	Peregrine	1
03/08	"	Common Tern	55
03/08	"	Dunlin	c20
03/08	"	Shelduck	3,2juv
Moth/Butterflies	"	(Pale?) Clouded Yellow	1	1 Jersey Tiger, c20 Gatekeeper, 1 Small Copper, 2 Large White.
~
Sunday	Sunny Int.	Light W. Wind
02/08	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	3	(1 by Car Pk, 2 by Dew-pond)
02/08	(9.05 - 10.40)	Willow Warbler	5
02/08	"	Raven	2
02/08	"	Whitethroat	4
02/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
02/08	"	Buzzard	2
02/08	"	Linnet	3
02/08	"	Meadow Pipit	3
~
02/08	Brading Marsh	Kestrel	2
02/08	(15.50 - 17.45)	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Wks)
02/08	"	Swallow	c20
02/08	"	Buzzard	2
02/08	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
02/08	"	Green Sandpiper	1	(flew over reedbed then landed)
02/08	"	Canada Geese	c90	(By river)
02/08	"	Hybrid Gooe	1	(Almost white Greylag type, looks like a bit like a Bar-headed)
~
Saturday	Sunny Int	Light S. Wind
01/08	Newtown NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(Scrape)
01/08	(8.40 - 11.30)	Black-tailed Godwit	2
01/08	"	Swan	2
01/08	"	Cormorant	15	(Over in one flock)
01/08	"	Turnstone	c10
01/08	"	Little Egret	c15
01/08	"	Redshank	23
01/08	"	Greenshank	4
01/08	"	Lapwing	1
01/08	"	Oystercatcher	6
01/08	"	Whimbrel	7
01/08	"	Sand Martin	3
01/08	"	Swallow	50+
01/08	"	Peregrine	2
01/08	"	Common Tern	5
01/08	"	Dunlin	c50
01/08	"	Shelduck	8,2juv
~
01/08	Yarmouth Ponds	Green Sandpiper	2	(Adult and Juv. LH Station Pond)
01/08	(12.00 - 13.00)	Black-tailed Godwit	c35
01/08	"	Swan	2, 4 cygnets
01/08	"	Lapwing	1
01/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
01/08	"	Sand Martin	c20
01/08	"	House Martin	c30
~
01/08	Bembridge Ponds	Water Rail	1	(At Lagoon)
01/08	(17.30 - 18.30)	Tufted Duck	13	(plus 7 Ducklings)
01/08	"	Swan	2, 4 cygnets
01/08	"	Redshank	1
01/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
01/08	"	Sand Martin	c40
01/08	"	House Martin	c20
01/08	"	Redshank	2
01/08	"	Greenshank	1
01/08	"	Little Grebe	3
01/08	"	Whitethroat	2+
01/08	Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	3
01/08	"	Pied Wagtail	2
01/08	Marina	House Sparrow	c30
01/08	Bridge	Cormorant	23	(In tree by river)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	BEARDED TIT	1	1juv Cuckoo, 22 Sedge Warbler, 20 Willow Warbler.
(Graham S.)	Dynamite Pool	CURLEW SANDPIPER	2	4 Green SP, 1 Spotted Redshank (Over), 1 Whimbrel, 3 Snipe, 2juv Yellow-legged Gull.
NO ACCESS

JULY 2009: Click for monthly species lists, July total =100

Friday	Sunny Int	Light S. Wind
31/07	Sandown Canoe Lake	Reed Warbler	3 juv.
31/07	(8.25 - 9.30)	Black-headed Gull	c50	(Browns GC)
31/07	"	Swan	2, 8 cygnets
~
31/07	Culver Down	Willow Warbler	c12
31/07	(10.00 - 11.00)	Whitethroat	4
31/07	"	Buzzard	2
~
31/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	4	(possibly 5)
31/07	(14.40)	Little Grebe	4
31/07	"	Little Egret	3
31/07	"	Oystercatcher	1
~
31/07	Bembridge Harbour	Common Gull	2
31/07	(16.15)	Whimbrel	1
31/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	4+
~
31/07	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	11
31/07	(17.00)	Little Grebe	8
31/07	"	Sand Martin	20+
31/07	"	Swallow	30+
31/07	"	Peregrine	1
31/07	"	Teal	1f
31/07	"	Willow Warbler	1
31/07	"	Whitethroat	3	(FP to St. Helens)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	Strong W. Wind
30/07	Newtown NR	Ringed Plover	c25	(Gull Island)
30/07	(9.00 - 11.30)	Dunlin	c20
30/07	by bus to Shalfleet then a walk	Turnstone	2
30/07	"	Curlew	10+
30/07	"	Whimbrel	1
30/07	"	Redshank	3	(Scrape)
30/07	"	Common Sandpiper	1	"
30/07	"	Peregrine	1
30/07	"	Linnet	8
30/07	"	Oystercatcher	6
30/07	"	Common Tern	1
30/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
30/07	"	Little Egret	4
30/07	"	Shelduck	8, 2juv
30/07	"	Meadow Pipit	4
~
Wednesday	Cloudy	SW. Wind
29/07	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	1	(By Dew-pond)
29/07	(8.15 - 10.40)	Willow Warbler	2
29/07	"	Peregrine	3	(Adults with juv?)
29/07	"	poss. Stonechat	1
29/07	"	Sparrowhawk	1
29/07	"	Green Woodpecker	4
29/07	"	Buzzard	1
29/07	"	Yellowhammer	2
29/07	"	Linnet	12+
29/07	"	Skylark	5
29/07	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
29/07	"	Coal Tit	2	(Smugglers Haven)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy
28/07	Binstead - Quarr	Oystercatcher	9	(Binstead Beach)
28/07	(7.30 - 8.40)	Curlew	1
28/07	"	Black-headed Gull	c110
28/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1E
28/07	"	Coal Tit	1	(Heard)
~
28/07	Packsfield, Wootton	Mistle Thrush	6
28/07	(13.10 - 14.50)	Buzzard	1
28/07	"	Chiffchaff	2
~
Reported	Luccombe Down	TWITE	1	on fenceline by Radar Station, also 4 Willow Warbler, 1 Wheatear (Jon)
~
Monday	Wet to Bright Int.	SW. Wind
27/07	Brading Marsh	Kestrel	3	(includes 1 juv)
27/07	(13.15 - 14.50)	Grey Wagtail	2	(Sewage Wks)
27/07	"	Swallow	c20
27/07	"	Buzzard	3
27/07	"	Robin	2
27/07	"	Swan	4	(2 pairs with 3 and 2+ Cygnets respectively)
27/07	"	Canada Geese	c40	(By river)
Moth/Butterflies	"	Jersey Tiger	1	c20 Gatekeeper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Large White.
~
Sunday	Cloudy
26/07	Bembridge Ponds	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	(Flew across pond, landed W. of Causeway)
26/07	(9.30 - 11.30)	Common Sandpiper	1	(On Causeway rocks)
26/07	"	Tufted Duck	12,7juv	(1f with 7 ducklings)
26/07	"	Sand Martin	c10
26/07	"	House Martin	4+
26/07	"	Swallow	30+
26/07	"	Whitethroat	1juv
26/07	"	Heron	4
26/07	"	Little Grebe	2
26/07	"	Willow Warbler	1m	(Singing by path)
26/07	"	Redshank	3	(Lagoon)
~
26/07	Pellhurst Road, Ryde	Raven	2	(Over calling at 13.20)
~
Reported	Luccombe Down	GOSHAWK	1	Flew S. on western side, also Grasshopper Warbler, Willow Warbler, 1f Redstart, 1m Black Redstart
(Ventnor Group)	"	CROSSBILL	20+	flocks seen on 19th, 21st and 25th
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.	Fresh W. Wind
25/07	Fort Victoria	Common Tern	c60
25/07	(14.30)	Black-headed Gull	c20
25/07	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1W
~
25/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	66
25/07	(15.00)	Greenshank	1
25/07	"	Redshank	1
25/07	"	Oystercatcher	2
25/07	"	Curlew	8
25/07	"	Sand Martin	5+
25/07	"	House Martin	4
25/07	"	Little Egret	11
~
25/07	Newtown NR	Ringed Plover	1	(Gull Island)
25/07	(15.30 - 17.30)	Dunlin	9
25/07	"	Curlew	20+
25/07	"	Oystercatcher	2
25/07	"	Sandwich Tern	1
25/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
25/07	"	Little Egret	3
25/07	"	Shelduck	2, 2juv
25/07	"	Meadow Pipit	2
~
Thursday	Cloudy
23/07	Ryde E. Sands	Greater Black-backed Gull	c15
23/07	(8.25)	Curlew	4
23/07	"	Oystercatcher	1
23/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	47	(1 with white ring 3L56)
23/07	W. Sands	Whimbrel	1
23/07	"	Cormorant	3
23/07	"	Oystercatcher	1
23/07	"	Little Egret	1
~
Wednesday	Showers, Cloudy	Fresh S-SW. Wind
22/07	Newtown NR	Ringed Plover	1
22/07	(8.15 - 10.20)	Greenshank	2	(Scrape)
22/07	"	Dunlin	29
22/07	"	Whimbrel	1	(Heard)
22/07	"	Curlew	10+
22/07	"	Oystercatcher	10+
22/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
22/07	"	Redshank	1
22/07	"	Little Egret	5
22/07	"	Shelduck	5	(Includes 1 juv.)
22/07	"	Canada Geese	c100
22/07	"	Meadow Pipit	4
22/07	"	Linnet	c25
~
Tuesday	Cloudy, Showers later	Light SE. Wind
21/07	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	87	(83E, 4W)
21/07	(7.35 - 9.10)	Fulmar	4
21/07	wind lighter than forecast!	Willow Warbler	1	(Bushes N. of lane)
21/07	"	Sand Martin	1
21/07	"	Swallow	10+	(Some leaving over sea)
21/07	"	Whitethroat	4
21/07	"	Yellowhammer	1m
21/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2W
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
20/07	Atherfield, Ash Hill to Dungewood	Red-legged Partridge	5
20/07	(8.30 -9.45)	Yellowhammer	5
20/07	"	Skylark	9
20/07	"	Rook	c100
20/07	"	Tufted Duck	1f,3juv	(On Irrigation pond Ash Hill Farm)
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	10+	1 Comma, c100 Gatekeeper, 30+ Meadow Brown
~
Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	STONE CURLEW	1	flushed from field by Dynamite Pool, flew W. (Kieth B.)
~
Sunday	Showers, Bright Int.	Strong W. Wind
19/07	Blackwater	Little Owl	1	(Well hidden in tree)
19/07	(7.50 - 9.15)	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard singing by path)
19/07	"	Skylark	1	(singing to W.)
19/07	"	Rook	c100	(Feeding in field)
~
19/07	Brading Marsh	Chaffinch	6	(1 juv )
19/07	(16.10 - 17.40)	Pied Wagtail	3juv.
19/07	"	Swift	c30
19/07	"	Little Egret	3
19/07	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
~
Reported	St. Catherines Point	BALEARIC SHEARWATER	1W	1 Whimbrel, 2 Common Scoter (W).
(Graham S.)	"	Manx Shearwater	17W	2 LBB Gulls (W), 1 Shag (E).
~
Saturday	Sunny Int. to Cloudy	W. Wind
18/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	29
18/07	(8.20 - 9.15)	Lapwing	6	(2 juv.)
18/07	"	DUNLIN	1
18/07	"	Common Sandpiper	1
18/07	"	Greenshank	2
18/07	"	Redshank	5
18/07	"	Oystercatcher	2
18/07	"	Curlew	8
18/07	"	House Martin	6
18/07	"	Little Egret	2
18/07	"	Canada Geese	8
18/07	"	Reed Warbler	2+
18/07	"	Reed Bunting	1f
~
18/07	Fort Victoria	Common Tern	c100
18/07	(9.30)	Black-headed Gull	c50
18/07	"	Cormorant	2
~
18/07	Newtown NR	RINGED PLOVER	5	(N. of Boathouse)
18/07	(10.20 - 11.30)	Greenshank	2
18/07	"	Dunlin	1
18/07	"	Curlew	20+
18/07	"	Oystercatcher	13
18/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
18/07	"	Redshank	1
18/07	"	Little Egret	6
18/07	"	Shelduck	20	(Includes 8 ducklings)
18/07	"	Canada Geese	c120	(With juveniles)
18/07	"	Meadow Pipit	2
18/07	"	Peregrine	1
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	Light W. Wind
16/07	Needles and W. High Down	Stonechat	1m,1f
16/07	(8.15 - 9.25)	Wheatear	1juv
16/07	"	Swallow	10+	(2 juv at C.G. Cottages)
16/07	"	Rock Pipit	3
16/07	"	Linnet	4
16/07	"	Peregrine	1
16/07	"	Kestrel	3
16/07	"	Shag	4+	(On "Old Pepper" Rock)
16/07	"	Whitethroat	2juv
16/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	5
16/07	"	Skylark	1
~
16/07	Newtown NR	Shelduck	5,8juv.	(Pair with 8 Ducklings on W. Spit)
16/07	(10.10 - 11.30)	Greenshank	2
16/07	"	Redshank	1	(Scrape)
16/07	"	Oystercatcher	4
16/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
16/07	"	Little Egret	6	(Including 2 juv.)
16/07	"	Canada Geese	119
16/07	"	Meadow Pipit	3
Insects	"	Wasp Spider	1f	10+ Marbled White, 1 Comma, 2 Small Copper.
~
Wednesday	Cloudy, Sunny Int.	Strong SW. Wind
15/07	St. Catherine's Point	Manx Shearwater	6W	(2@9.20 then singles till 9.36)
15/07	(8.35 - 9.40)	Fulmar	5
15/07	a bit stormy at sea	Gannet	71	(30W and 41E)
15/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2W
~
15/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
15/07	(18.35 - 19.05)	Greenshank	1
15/07	-Water level still high	Little Grebe	3
15/07	"	Kestrel	1
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Strong SW Wind
14/07	Culver Down	Skylark	2
14/07	(10.10)	Yellowhammer	2
14/07	"	Whitethroat	1juv
14/07	"	Goldfinch	4
14/07	"	Linnet	2
14/07	"	Herring Gull	c10
~
14/07	Brading Marsh	Kestrel	2
14/07	(11.15 - 12.10)	Grey Wagtail	1
14/07	"	Swallow	2
14/07	"	Buzzard	3
14/07	"	Reed Warbler	3+
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
13/07	Fishbourne Beach	Curlew	5
13/07	WeBS (11.30)	Whimbrel	1
13/07	"	Oystercatcher	9
13/07	"	Herring Gull	c130
~
Sunday	Warm Sunny Intervals	Fresh W. Wind
12/07	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1	(Causeway Lake)
12/07	(7.50 - 9.15)	Redshank	2
12/07	"	Shelduck	19
12/07	"	Little Owl	1
12/07	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Caught small bird over Clamerkin Lake)
12/07	"	Peregrine	1juv	(with prey)
12/07	"	Kestrel	1
12/07	"	Buzzard	1
~
12/07	Walter's Copse	Coal Tit	c2	(Heard)
12/07	IWOG Walk (9.30 - 11.15)	Tit Flock	10+	(Long-tailed, Blue and Great)
Butterflies	"	Silver Washed Fritillary	8	1 Purple Hairstreak, 2 Specked Wood, 1 Comma, c6 Gatekeeper, 10+ Meadow Brown
"	"	White Admiral	4	2 Ringlet, 1 Green-veined White, 2 Large Skipper & 2 Southern Hawker Dragonfly.
~
Saturday	Drizzle
11/07	Ryde Esplanade	Greater Black-backed Gull	c10
11/07	(8.40)	Curlew	5
11/07	"	Oystercatcher	3
11/07	"	Little Egret	7
~
11/07	Quarr Lane, Binstead	Bullfinch	1m
11/07	(9.15)	Great Tit	c10	(Plenty of juveniles about)
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
10/07	Ryde Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	3
10/07	(8.15)	Greater Black-backed Gull	16
10/07	"	Little Egret	12
10/07	Appley Park	Raven	1
~
10/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
10/07	(8.50)	Greenshank	1
10/07	-Water level now lower	Mallard	15
10/07	"	Little Egret	1
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
09/07	Brighstone Down	Turtle Dove	1	(Flew over path)
09/07	(8.15 - 9.45)	Yellowhammer	c5
09/07	"	Treecreeper	1	(Heard)
09/07	"	Goldcrest	2
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	2	2 Marbled White, 1 Comma, 2 Gatekeeper, 4 Meadow Brown
~
09/07	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1	(N. of Dew Pond again)
09/07	(20.15)	Meadow Pipit	c2
~
Wednesday	Warm Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
08/07	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	c5
08/07	(8.45)	Robin	2	(1 juv.)
08/07	"	Black-headed Gull	40
Butterflies	"	Silver Washed Fritillary	4	2 Marbled White, 1 Comma, 1 Gatekeeper, 10+ Meadow Brown
"	"	White Admiral	1	1 Ringlet, 1 Large White, 1 Large Skipper & Common Darter Dragonfly.
~
08/07	Gore Cliff	Little Owl	1
08/07	(14.45)	Fulmar	6
08/07	"	Kestrel	1
08/07	"	Buzzard	1
~
Tuesday	Showers & Sunny Int.	W. Wind
07/07	E. Hide, Newtown NR	Curlew	c35
07/07	(9.30 - 10.15)	Shelduck	18
07/07	"	Oystercatcher	10
07/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	1
07/07	"	Canada Geese	c50
07/07	"	Peregrine	1	(E. Spit)
~
Monday	Showers	NW. Wind
06/07	Ryde Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	2
06/07	(8.30)	Sandwich Tern	2
06/07	"	Curlew	7
06/07	"	Oystercatcher	6
~
06/07	Brading Marsh	Kestrel	1
06/07	(11.35)	Heron	2
06/07	-no sign of Cattle Egret	Whitethroat	1
06/07	"	Reed Warbler	2+
06/07	"	Swift	c20
06/07	"	House Martin	1
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny	SW. Wind
05/07	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	6	(2+ juv being fed)
05/07	(8.40)	Coal Tit	2+
05/07	"	Green Woodpecker	3
05/07	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
~
05/07	Brading Marsh	CATTLE EGRET	1	(With Cattle by Laundry Lane and from the Old Seawall)
05/07	(9.55 - 11.25)	Heron	2
05/07	"	Whitethroat	2
05/07	Beach	Reed Warbler	4+
~
Saturday	Showers to Sunny	W. Wind
04/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	15
04/07	(8.18 - 9.10)	Lapwing	1
04/07	"	Teal	12
04/07	"	Greenshank	2
04/07	"	Redshank	3	(Including 1 juv.)
04/07	"	Oystercatcher	4
04/07	"	House Martin	16
04/07	"	Little Egret	2
04/07	"	Shelduck	2
04/07	"	Canada Geese	6
04/07	"	Pied Wagtail	3juv.
04/07	"	Whitethroat	1m
04/07	"	Reed Warbler	4+
04/07	"	Reed Bunting	2
~
04/07	Fort Victoria	Common Tern	c20
04/07	(9.25 - 10.00)	Black-headed Gull	c50
04/07	"	Herring Gull	4
~
04/07	Main Hide, Newtown NR	Little Owl	1	(In tree to RHS of main Hide)
04/07	(10.12 - 11.15)	Greenshank	2
04/07	"	Oystercatcher	4
04/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
04/07	"	Redshank	9	(Including 2 juv.)
04/07	"	Little Egret	6	(Including 2 juv.)
04/07	"	Shelduck	2
04/07	"	Canada Geese	c120	(With juveniles)
04/07	"	Meadow Pipit	2
04/07	"	Peregrine	1
~
04/07	Hersey NR	Greenshank	2	(There's been an influx of Greenshank)
04/07	(16.30)	Little Grebe	1
04/07	-Water level very high	Stock Dove	2
04/07	Beach	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
04/07	Bembridge Harbour	Common Gull	1
04/07	(17.15)	Herring Gull	c10	(One has a damaged leg)
04/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	12
~
04/07	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1	(Out @ 22.22)
~
Friday	Hot Sunny	Fresh W. Wind
03/07	Newtown NR	Curlew	c15
03/07	(14.40 - 16.15)	Common Tern	2
03/07	"	Lapwing	4	(Clamerkin)
03/07	"	Oystercatcher	12
03/07	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
03/07	"	Swallow	c10
03/07	"	Shelduck	24
03/07	"	Canada Geese	c50	(With juveniles)
03/07	"	Meadow Pipit	3
03/07	"	Peregrine	2
03/07	Colemans Lane	Yellowhammer	1
Butterfly	Town Copse	White Admiral	1
~
Thursday	Hot Sunny
02/07	Sandown Canoe Lake	Mallard	c50
02/07	(7.45)	Swan	2ad,4cyg
02/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/07	"	House Martin	3
02/07	"	Swallow	2
02/07	"	Swift	5
02/07	"	House Sparrow	14	(Including juvs.)
02/07	"	Coot	c20
~
02/07	Luccombe Down	Skylark	1
02/07	(8.30)	Green Woodpecker	1	(Nansen Hill)
02/07	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
02/07	"	Swallow	2
02/07	"	Whitethroat	c10
02/07	"	Linnet	2
02/07	Nansen Car Park	Sparrowhawk	1
~
Reptile	Bonchurch Pond	Terrapin	1
~
Wednesday	Hot Sunny
01/07	Culver Down	Skylark	4
01/07	(8.30)	Sandwich Tern	2	(Off Redcliff, fishing in bay)
01/07	"	Fulmar	1
01/07	"	Swallow	4	(One with a white chin, but not a red rump)
01/07	"	Whitethroat	4
01/07	"	Goldfinch	c10	(With juveniles)
01/07	"	Linnet	2
01/07	"	Herring Gull	12
~
01/07	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	5m,2f
01/07	(10.10 - 11.20)	Cormorant	1
01/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/07	"	House Martin	3
01/07	"	Swallow	10+
01/07	"	Whitethroat	2
01/07	"	Little Grebe	2
01/07	"	Reed Warbler	3+
01/07	"	Reed Bunting	1m,1f
01/07	"	Shelduck	2
~
01/07	Brading Marsh	Kestrel	1	(Carrying a small bird)
01/07	(16.30 - 17.40)	Sand Martin	1
01/07	"	Swallow	10+
01/07	"	Hobby	1
01/07	"	Buzzard	2
01/07	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/07	"	Reed Warbler	3+
01/07	"	Reed Bunting	2m,1juv
~
01/07	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	3+	(1m seen 1 heard, & 2 seen together)
01/07	(20.40 - 22.15)	Long-eared Owl	1	(Flying up a side path)
01/07	"	Woodcock	1
~

JUNE 2009: Click for monthly species lists, June total =99

Tuesday	Hot Cloudy	E. Wind
30/06	St. Helen's Bridge to Ponds	Heron	1
30/06	(8.30 - 10.15)	Cormorant	18
30/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
30/06	"	House Martin	4
30/06	"	Buzzard	2
30/06	"	Sand Martin	1
30/06	"	Swallow	10+
30/06	"	Whitethroat	2
30/06	Ponds	Common Gull	1
30/06	"	Tufted Duck	6m,2f
30/06	"	Little Grebe	3
30/06	"	Reed Warbler	3+
30/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
30/06	"	Shelduck	2
Reported	"	Kingfisher	ad+juvs	Breeding nearby?? or returning birds (George G)
~
30/06	Hersey NR	Mediterranean Gull	1	(1st. Summer)
30/06	(10.30)	Black-headed Gull	18
30/06	"	Heron	3
30/06	"	Little Egret	5
30/06	"	Little Grebe	2
30/06	"	Herring Gull	2
~
Monday	Warm Sunny	Light E. Wind
29/06	St. Helen's Bridge	Heron	4
29/06	(8.30 & 14.15)	Cormorant	19
29/06	No sign of Little Bittern	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
29/06	"	House Martin	2
29/06	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over Marina mobbed by Swallows)
29/06	"	Sand Martin	1
29/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
29/06	Bembridge Harbour	COMMON GULL	1
29/06	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
29/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	9	(One with a white ring)
~
Sunday	Warm Sunny Int.	Light E. Wind
28/06	St. Catherine's Pt.	Fulmar	2
28/06	(7.50 - 9.05)	Cormorant	3
28/06	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
28/06	"	Whitethroat	15	(11 adults, 4 juv)
28/06	"	Linnet	19
28/06	"	Yellowhammer	1m
Mammal	"	Fox	1
~
28/06	Gore Cliff	Fulmar	6
28/06	(9.10)	Little Owl	1	(On cliff ledge, viewed from where the wall meets the cliff)
28/06	"	Kestrel	1
28/06	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
28/06	"	Linnet	2
~
28/06	Whale Chine	Skylark	5	(4 adults, 1juv)
28/06	(10.10)	Linnet	2
28/06	"	Yellowhammer	1m
Dragonfly	"	Keeled Skimmer	1	(Cliff top path)
~
28/06	St. Helen's Bridge	Heron	4
28/06	(15.30 - 17.05)	Cormorant	15
28/06	No sign of Little Bittern yet	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
28/06	"	Hobby	1
28/06	"	Peregrine	2	(Ad. and Juv)
28/06	"	Sand Martin	1
28/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
28/06	(again 19.30 - 21.50)	Little Egret	4
28/06	"	Barn Owl	1	(Flying near Laundry Lane @21.40)
28/06	"	Swift	c50
Reported	"	LITTLE BITTERN	1m	flew just E. of River into reedbed about 14.00 (Ventnor Group)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	Wood Sandpiper	1	out on marsh from 7.00 with a Green SP.
(Graham S.)	"	Spoonbill	1	flew S. at 10.25, seen from Car Park by Church
~
Friday	Showers to Sunny Int.
26/06	Ryde Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	15	(Not so many here today)
26/06	(9.00)	Curlew	2
26/06	"	Oystercatcher	4
26/06	"	Little Egret	4
26/06	"	Heron	2
~
26/06	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing on Gorse N. of Dew Pond)
26/06	(20.10)	Meadow Pipit	c10
26/06	"	Partridge Sp.	3	(Flew down S. slope, near car park)
26/06	"	Linnet	2
26/06	"	Buzzard	2
26/06	"	Swift	2
~
Thursday	Mainly Cloudy	SW. Wind
25/06	Alum Bay & Needles	Peregrine	2	(An adult "straffing" the Ravens, and a Juvenile on S. Cliffs)
25/06	With CM. (9.40 - 11.30)	Raven	2	(E. Over Needles battery)
25/06	"	Kestrel	2	(Mobbing the Ravens as well)
25/06	"	Meadow Pipit	c20	(Most on Headon Warren)
25/06	"	Linnet	15
25/06	"	Rock Pipit	2
25/06	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
25/06	"	Gannet	7
25/06	"	Fulmar	2
25/06	"	Guillemot	1	(On sea)
~
Wednesday	Warm Sunny
24/06	Ryde Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	74	(A good count for Ryde)
24/06	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	2
24/06	(10.15)	Swift	8
24/06	"	Stock Dove	2
24/06	"	Blackbird	3
~
Tuesday	Warm Sunny	E. Wind
23/06	Newtown NR	Peregrine	2	(Brickfields side)
23/06	(7.30 - 10.45)	GREY PLOVER	1
23/06	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2m	(Hay Meadow, Town Copse)
23/06	"	Shelduck	24+6juv
23/06	"	Canada Geese	c80
23/06	"	Rock Pipit	1	(By Boathouse)
23/06	"	Curlew	c10
~
23/06	Bembridge Windmill FP	SAND MARTIN	c3	(Returning early? with Swallows and House Martins)
23/06	(14.20 - 16.40) with CM.	Heron	2
23/06	"	Whitethroat	2
23/06	"	Skylark	c6	(By Airport runway)
23/06	"	Buzzard	4
23/06	"	Shelduck	2	(Over)
23/06	"	Little Egret	2
~
Monday	Warm Sunny Int.
22/06	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	1
22/06	(18.40)	Shelduck	2
22/06	"	Pied Wagtail	3
22/06	"	Little Egret	2
~
Sunday	Warm Sunny Int.
21/06	Dodnor to Werrar (R. Medina)	Bullfinch	1m
21/06	(9.05 -10.50)	Little Grebe	2,3juv
21/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
21/06	"	Lapwing	4
21/06	"	Curlew	7
21/06	"	Blackcap	1m
21/06	"	Whitethroat	3juv
~
21/06	Brading Marsh/Laundry Lane	Reed Warbler	6m
21/06	(16.20)	Buzzard	5
21/06	"	Swift	c40
21/06	"	Swallow	4
21/06	"	Lapwing	3
21/06	"	Buzzard	1
21/06	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
21/06	"	Whitethroat	1m
~
Saturday	Showers and Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
20/06	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	49
20/06	(16.25)	Shelduck	2
20/06	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
20/06	"	Lapwing	3
20/06	"	Collared Dove	2,1juv
20/06	"	Swift	2
20/06	"	House Martin	10+
~
20/06	Needles Boat Trip	Guillemot	c30
20/06	IWOG Count (17.15 -19.30)	Cormorant	c100
20/06	"	Shag	8
20/06	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2
20/06	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
20/06	"	Herring Gull	100+
20/06	"	Common Tern	c10
20/06	"	Little Tern	6
~
20/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	4	(2m, 1juv flying together, 1m heard)
20/06	IWOG Walk (20.00 - 22.40)	Long-eared Owl	3	(2 juv heard "Squeaking" & 1adult heard)
20/06	"	Woodcock	c4
~
Friday	Sunny Int. to Cloudy	NW. Wind
19/06	Hersey NR	Barnacle Geese	3	(Feral birds)
19/06	(14.00)	Swan	2
19/06	"	Stock Dove	2
19/06	"	Little Egret	1
19/06	"	Swallow	4
19/06	Beach	Mediterranean Gull	2
19/06	"	Herring Gull	4
~
19/06	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	2m	(One singing on Gorse and one from cover)
19/06	(20.20)	Meadow Pipit	4
19/06	Bramstone Cross	Barn Owl	1	(Seen at dusk whilst driving back)
~
Thursday	Mainly Cloudy	SW. Wind
18/06	Firestone Copse	Treecreeper	1
18/06	(8.10)	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
18/06	"	Blackcap	2juv
18/06	"	Coal Tit	4+
~
18/06	Quarr Lane, Binstead	Treecreeper	1
18/06	(11.00)	Coal Tit	3	(1juv. + Heard)
~
18/06	Brading Marsh	Reed Bunting	1m
18/06	(13.20)	Reed Warbler	5	(Heard)
18/06	"	Swift	c80
18/06	"	Kestrel	2
18/06	"	Buzzard	1
18/06	"	Swallow	4
Butterfly	"	Small Tortoiseshell	1	3 Azure Damselfly
~
18/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	3
18/06	(20.35 - 22.20)	Long-eared Owl	2juv	(Heard "Squeaking" 1 well grown on seen in tree)
18/06	"	Woodcock	c4
Insect	"	Glow-worm	1
~
Wednesday	Clouds and Sunny Int.	Brisk S.-SW. Wind
17/06	Freshwater Bay / Cliffs	Greater Black-backed Gull	2ad,2juv	(Nesting on stack off Cliffs)
17/06	(9.15 - 10.10)	Whitethroat	1m	(By road)
17/06	"	Fulmar	3	(Cliffs at Fort Redoubt)
17/06	"	Rock Pipit	1m
17/06	"	Stonechat	1m
17/06	"	Goldfinch	2
17/06	"	Peregrine	1	(Along Cliffs)
17/06	"	Skylark	3
Flower	"	Pyramidal Orchid	20+
~
17/06	Hanover Point, Brook	Shag	2
17/06	(10.20)	Cormorant	7
17/06	"	Skylark	1
~
Tuesday	Warm Sunny
16/06	Culver Down	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(In pit above Redcliff)
16/06	(9.05)	Whitethroat	1m
16/06	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1juv
16/06	"	Linnet	3
16/06	"	Skylark	3
~
16/06	Bembridge Windmill FP	Wigeon	1m	(On Dynamite pond-by scope)
16/06	(9.05)	Tufted Duck	4m	"
16/06	"	Kestrel	2
~
16/06	Blackwater to Shide FP	Little Owl	1juv	(In nest-hole)
16/06	(14.30)	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1juv
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
15/06	Fishbourne Beach	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
15/06	(8.10 - 9.35)	Curlew	9
15/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(With fish)
15/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
Sunday	Warm Sunny
14/06	Quarr Abbey area	Coal Tit	2	(Heard by Abbey)
14/06	(7.50 - 9.25)	Chiffchaff	3	(Heard)
14/06	"	Swan	2,2cyg.	(At fishing pond, Elenor's Grove)
Moth	"	Six-spot Burnet	20+
~
Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	Cattle Egret	1	W. of River then seen in flight (James G.)
~
14/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c4	(3 seen, & others heard)
14/06	(20.35 - 22.35)	Long-eared Owl	2juv	(Heard "Squeaking")
14/06	"	Woodcock	c6	(11 Sightings, but some will be duplicates)
Insect	"	Glow-worm	1
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.
13/06	Ryde Esplanade	Raven	2	(Now a regular sight here)
13/06	(7.55)	Canada Geese	10+	(With plenty of young Goslings)
~
13/06	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	1
13/06	(8.15)	Song Thrush	1juv.
13/06	"	Swift	2
13/06	"	Crow	2	(Attacking a Wood Pigeon on a nest, it sat firm)
13/06	"	Stock Dove	2
13/06	"	Blackbird	15
~
13/06	Brading Marsh	Heron	5
13/06	(16.20 - 17.20)	Sedge Warbler	2
13/06	"	Reed Warbler	1
13/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
13/06	"	Moorhen	2,3juv
13/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
13/06	"	Swallow	c10
~
Friday	Cloudy	S-SW. Wind
12/06	Thorness Bay	Wheatear	1f
12/06	(8.00 - 9.10)	Heron	2
12/06	"	Curlew	1
12/06	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
12/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
12/06	"	Shelduck	2
12/06	"	Little Egret	1
12/06	"	Oystercatcher	4	(Nesting failed this year)
12/06	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	3	(Ad. and 2 immature)
~
12/06	Newtown NR	Peregrine	2	(Brickfields side)
12/06	(9.30 - 10.45)	Little Tern	3-4	(Gull Island and fishing offshore in Solent)
12/06	"	Sparrowhawk	1m	(Hay Meadow)
12/06	"	Shelduck	10+
12/06	"	Canada Geese	c20
12/06	"	Meadow Pipit	2
12/06	"	Rock Pipit	1	(By Boathouse)
12/06	"	Curlew	5
~
Thursday	Fine Sunny	SW. Wind
11/06	Brighstone Down	Yellowhammer	4
11/06	(9.00)	Chiffchaff	6
11/06	"	Garden Warbler	1	(Heard)
11/06	"	Blackcap	3m	(Heard)
11/06	"	Linnet	4
11/06	"	Buzzard	2
11/06	"	Swallow	1
Butterfly	"	Dingy Skipper	1	1 Large Skipper , c15 Painted Lady, 3 Small Heath, 3 Speckled Wood.
~
11/06	Mottistone Estate (NT)	Yellowhammer	2
11/06	(10.30)	Mistle Thrush	2
11/06	"	Willow Warbler	1m
11/06	"	Blackcap	3m	(Heard)
11/06	"	Linnet	2
11/06	"	Kestrel	2
~
Wednesday	Showers to Cloudy	SW. Wind
10/06	Hersey NR	Heron	1
10/06	(12.00)	Swan	1
10/06	"	Stock Dove	2
10/06	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
10/06	"	Shelduck	2
10/06	"	Little Egret	1
10/06	"	Swallow	7	(Including 3 juv.)
10/06	"	Herring Gull	3	(One with a stolen egg)
~
10/06	Newtown NR	Peregrine	1	(Brickfields side)
10/06	(15.00)	Curlew	18
10/06	"	Shelduck	10+
10/06	"	Canada Geese	30
10/06	"	Meadow Pipit	4
10/06	"	Rock Pipit	1	(By Boathouse)
~
10/06	Yarmouth Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	50
10/06	(15.00)	House Martin	4
10/06	"	Shelduck	7
10/06	"	Canada Geese	5
~
10/06	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Showing well N. of Dew Pond)
10/06	(19.30)	Yellowhammer	3
10/06	"	poss. Hobby	1	(W. slope but a poor view against the sun)
10/06	"	Meadow Pipit	5+
~
Tuesday	Showers, Cloudy		NE. Wind
09/06	Culver Down	Buzzard	1
09/06	(8.20 - 10.20)	Whitethroat	4
09/06	"	Fulmar	1
09/06	"	Linnet	12	(With juv.)
09/06	"	Skylark	3
~
Escape	Niton/Wroxall	Harris Hawk	1	last seen at end of May, reward offered, keep a lookout
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	SE. Wind
08/06	Shide to Blackwater FP	Grey Wagtail	2	(With food but spooked by a watching Kestrel)
08/06	(8.50)	Garden Warbler	1m	(Singing about half way along FP, by ponds)
08/06	"	Blackcap	7
08/06	"	Song Thrush	3
08/06	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
08/06	"	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
08/06	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2	(1juv.)
~
Sunday	Sunny Int. & Showers	SE. Wind
07/06	Bembridge Ponds FP	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
07/06	(8.50)	Swallow	c20
07/06	"	House Martin	c15
07/06	"	Whitethroat	4	(Includes 1 juv)
07/06	"	Tufted Duck	2m,1f	(Causeway Pond)
07/06	"	Shelduck	2
07/06	"	Little Egret	2
07/06	"	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard)
07/06	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
07/06	Brading Marsh	Swift	100+
07/06	(16.20 -17.40)	Sedge Warbler	1m
07/06	"	Lapwing	7+	(With at least 1 well grown juv.)
07/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
07/06	"	Reed Bunting	2m
07/06	"	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard)
07/06	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
07/06	Newnham Lane	Barn Owl	1	(@22.12)
07/06	"	Heron	1	(Over at Dusk)
07/06	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	1m	(Heard @ 22.20)
07/06	"	Barn Owl	1	(@22.25 -probably the same one)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
06/06	Fort Victoria	Gannet	c20	(Fishing SW. of Hurst Castle)
06/06	(8.20)	Common Tern	2	(Closer in, more furthur out)
~
06/06	Yarmouth	TEAL	1m
06/06	(8.45 - 10.00)	Oystercatcher	3
06/06	"	Redshank	3
06/06	"	Black-tailed Godwit	42
06/06	"	House Martin	7+
06/06	"	Swift	1
06/06	"	Whitethroat	2m
06/06	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
06/06	"	Swan	1, 5cyg.
06/06	"	Shelduck	8
06/06	"	Reed Warbler	c6
06/06	Rofford Marsh	Sedge Warbler	1m
06/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
~
06/06	Newtown NR	Peregrine	1
06/06	(10.10 - 11.15)	Oystercatcher	c25
06/06	"	Redshank	3
06/06	"	Swan	2
06/06	"	Shelduck	8
06/06	"	Linnet	1m
~
Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
05/06	Ryde Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	2
05/06	(7.45)	Canada Geese	10+	(With plenty of young Goslings)
~
05/06	Sandown Canoe Lake	Little Grebe	1m, 2 juv
05/06	(8.15)	Swift	3
05/06	"	House Martin	2
05/06	"	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard)
05/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
05/06	Brading Marsh	Heron	2
05/06	(18.50 - 19.20)	Dunnock	2,3juv.
05/06	"	Lapwing	6
05/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
05/06	"	Kestrel	1
05/06	"	Swallow	c6
05/06	"	Reed Warbler	3+
05/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
~
Mon to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Glos. & Forest of Dean.		Abergavenny, Wales
Thurs 4th	Saul, Frampton	Avocet	2	26 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank, 24 Lapwing, 4 Shoveler
Wed 3rd.	Coombe Hill Meadows	Ringed Plover	2	1 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Little Egret, 1 Cuckoo, 2 Sedge Warbler
"	Cannop Ponds	Dipper	1	3 Grey Wagtail, 5 Siskin @ feeders, 3 Mandarin.
Tues 2nd	Blorenge near Abergavenny	WHINCHAT	c5	2 Wheatear, 4 Cuckoo, 7 Raven, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 17 Skylark, 1m Reed Bunting.
"	R. Usk at "The Bryn"	Goosander	1f,5juv	2 Common Sandpiper, c30 Sand Martin @ nests
Mon 1st	Crabtree Hill	Wood Warbler	2	1-2 Willow Tit (Heard), 3 Tree Pipit, 4 Siskin
"	Speech House	Redstart	1f,1juv	2 Nuthatch
"	Oakenhill, Parkend	Turtle Dove	1m	4+ Willow Warblers
"	Cannop Ponds	Mandarin	1m	3 Grey Wagtail, 5 Siskin @ feeders
"	Ross on Wye	Fulvous Whistling Duck	1(esc.)	10+ Swift, 1 Reed Bunting
"	Linear Park, Cinderford	Great-crested Grebe	2,3juv	1 Hobby, 3 Tree Pipit, 1m Tufted Duck.
"	Boy's Grave	Nightjar	2 (Heard)	1 Woodcock over calling.

MAY 2009: Click for monthly species lists, May total =118

Sun to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Keyhaven, Beaulieu Road		Glos. & Forest of Dean.
Sun 31st	Keyhaven	Gadwall	2	Cetti's & Reed Warblers
"	Beaulieu Road	Crossbill	2	c6 Siskin, 1 Tree Pipit, 2 Redstart (Met Chris M. there!)
"	M4	Red Kite	2	over Motorway
"	Cannop Ponds	Mandarin	3
Saturday	Warm Sunny	E. Wind
30/05	Bembridge Windmill	Peregrine	2	(On Airport Runnway)
30/05	(7.45)	Whitethroat	1
30/05	"	Swallow	2
30/05	Dynamite Pond	Tufted Duck	2m	(By Scope)
30/05	"	Canada Geese	c20	(On Brading Marsh)
~
30/05	Hersey NR	Heron	1
30/05	(9.15)	Swan	1
30/05	"	Stock Dove	1
30/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m
30/05	"	Shelduck	1
30/05	"	Swift	1
~
30/05	Sandown Canoe Lake	Pochard	1f	(With the Swan family)
30/05	(14.15)	Swan	2,5cyg
30/05	"	Little Grebe	2,2juv
30/05	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
~
Reported	St Catherine's Pt.	TREE SPARROW	3	by Lighthouse then at Watershoot Bay (Graham S.)
~
Friday	Hot, Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
29/05	St Catherine's Pt.	Gannet	2
29/05	(8.00)	Fulmar	2
29/05	"	Yellowhammer	1m
29/05	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
29/05	Bembridge Ponds FP	Hobby	1
29/05	(14.15)	Kestrel	2
29/05	"	Peregrine	2
29/05	"	Fulmar	1	(Flew up the River Yar!)
29/05	"	House Martin	2
29/05	Ponds	Tufted Duck	3m,3f
29/05	"	Little Egret	2
29/05	"	Swallow	c10
~
Reported	Ryde Pierhead	ROSEATE TERN	2	@5.00 also 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Tern (Ian B.)
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	W-NW Wind
28/05	Alum Bay & W. High Down	Raven	2
28/05	(8.15 - 9.45)	Rock Pipit	1
28/05	"	Meadow Pipit	5+
28/05	"	Peregrine	2	(Over Needles Headland)
28/05	"	Buzzard	2
28/05	"	Stonechat	1m	(Above Alum Bay)
28/05	"	Linnet	7
28/05	"	Whitethroat	3m
28/05	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
28/05	"	Fulmar	2	(In Alum Bay)
Butterfly	"	Dingy Skipper	1	c25 Painted Lady, 1 Wall Brown, 1 Speckled Wood.
"	My Garden	Painted Lady	3
~
28/05	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	35
28/05	(10.00 - 11.15)	Oystercatcher	3
28/05	"	Redshank	1
28/05	"	Swan	2, 5cyg.
28/05	"	Shelduck	6
28/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
~
Wednesday	Showers to Wet	W. Wind
27/05	Sandown Canoe Lake	Swan	2, 4 cyg.
27/05	(8.45)	Coot	12, 6juv.
27/05	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Seen/Heard)
27/05	"	House Martin	3
27/05	"	Swift	3
27/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(heard)
~
Tuesday	Rain to Sunny Int.
26/05	Laundry Lane, Brading	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen)
26/05	(10.40 - 11.15)	Reed Warbler	c4
26/05	"	Reed Bunting	2
26/05	"	Lapwing	3
26/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
26/05	"	Swift	c30
26/05	"	Buzzard	3
26/05	"	Kestrel	1
26/05	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Quay Lane, horse paddocks)
Butterfly	"	Painted Lady	c10	and 3 Speckled Wood.
~
Sunday	Warm Sunny
24/05	Culver Down, (IWOG Walk)	Buzzard	1	(The very pale one again)
24/05	(7.45 - 11.00)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(In pit above Redcliff)
24/05	"	Raven	4	(2ad. & 2 juv on cliff edge)
24/05	"	Peregrine	1	(At end of Culver Cliff over sea)
24/05	"	Fulmar	2
24/05	"	Rock Pipit	4
24/05	"	Whitethroat	4
24/05	"	Linnet	4
24/05	"	Skylark	3
Butterflies	"	Dingy Skipper	1	2 Painted Lady, 2 Common Blue, 2 Small Heath, 2 Silver Y (Moth)
~
Saturday	Fine Sunny	Light E. Wind
23/05	St. Catherine's Point	Manx Shearwater	6E	(2 groups of 3)
23/05	(8.00 - 9.40)	Gannet	23+	(11W, 12E)
23/05	"	Fulmar	8
23/05	"	Common Scoter	23E	(More Distant)
23/05	"	Common Tern	1E	(Very Distant)
23/05	"	Kittiwake	4E
23/05	"	Auk Sp.	9E,1W	(Mostly Guillemots, with at least 1 Razorbill)
23/05	"	Buzzard	4
23/05	"	Whitethroat	2
23/05	"	Swallow	c6
~
23/05	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	4	(Heard -2m were also seen)
23/05	(20.20 - 12.30)	Woodcock	c6	(12 sightings but some seen more than once)
23/05	"	Goldcrest	5m	(Heard)
23/05	"	Song Thrush	3m	(Heard)
23/05	"	Coal Tit	1m	(Heard)
~
Reported	Culver Down	BEE EATER	1	over to W. at 8.40 (by text)
"	RSPB Reserve	Marsh Harrier	1f	2 Hobby, 1 Whinchat, 1 Greenland Wheatear
(Graham S.)
Friday	Sunny Intervals	Strong W. Wind
22/05	Thorness Bay	Dunlin	1	(Summer Plumage, with Turnstones)
22/05	(7.45 - 9.20)	Turnstone	5	(Some Summer Plumage)
22/05	"	Ringed Plover	2
22/05	"	Swift	2
22/05	"	Reed Bunting	1	(Heard)
22/05	"	Oystercatcher	5	(Nest with 5 eggs on shingle bank destroyed by 4x4 buggys)
22/05	"	Reed Warbler	c4
22/05	"	Skylark	3
22/05	"	Little Egret	1
22/05	"	Linnet	3
~
22/05	Parkhurst Forest	Chiffchaff	10+
22/05	(9.30 - 10.30)	Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
22/05	"	Coal Tit	1m	(Heard)
Insects	"	Broad-bodied Chaser (DF)	1f	2 Specked Wood, 1 Grizzled Skipper, 1 Dark-veined White.
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk W. Wind
21/05	Appley Park, Ryde	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	1	(In oaks by Adventure Playground -W. of Tower)
21/05	(8.10)	Mistle Thrush	6	(4 ad, 2 juv.)
21/05	"	Stock Dove	2
21/05	"	Raven	1	(seen previously at the Canoe Lake)
21/05	"	Swift	5
21/05	Beach	Little Egret	1
21/05	"	Oystercatcher	2
~
21/05	Folly Lake, Medina River	Oystercatcher	4	(very few waders here now)
21/05	(14.30)	Skylark	2
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	Light S. Wind
20/05	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing N. of Dew Pond)
20/05	(8.45 - 10.05)	Meadow Pipit	5
20/05	"	Yellowhammer	2m
20/05	"	Linnet	2
20/05	"	Whitethroat	3m	(Singing on E. side)
Mammal	Nansen Hill	Fox	1	with a rabbit!
~
20/05	Firestone Copse	NIGHTJAR	1	(Heard "churring" N. of Car Park @ 21.25)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.
19/05	Newport to Werrar	Swan	20	(2 with 5 new Cygnets at Dodnor)
19/05	(8.20 - 10.20)	Skylark	3	(Werrar)
19/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing just N. of Stag Lane)
19/05	Dickson's Copse	Stock Dove	2
19/05	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
19/05	"	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
19/05	Dodnor Pond	Reed Warbler	c4	(Heard)
19/05	"	Chiffchaff	1m	(Heard)
19/05	"	Little Grebe	1
Insects	"	Broad-bodied Chaser (DF)	1	2 Specked Wood, 1 Wall Brown (BF)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals, Showers	Brisk S. Wind
17/05	Bembridge Windmill	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chased by Swallows)
17/05	(10.35)	House Martin	3
17/05	"	Swift	10+
~
17/05	Bembridge Ponds FP	HOBBY	1	(From former Cattle Shed site)
17/05	(11.15)	Swift	c80	(Over the marsh)
17/05	"	Buzzard	2
17/05	Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m
17/05	"	Little Egret	2	(No sign of Cattle Egret)
17/05	"	Shelduck	4
17/05	"	Swallow	4
~
17/05	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Brent Goose	1	(Summering here, maybe injured)
17/05	(13.35)	Common Tern	3
17/05	"	Herring Gull	131
17/05	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	10
17/05	"	Water Rail	1-2	(Heard at Quarr fishponds)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Strong W. Wind
16/05	Ryde Esplanade	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
16/05	(8.30)	Sandwich Tern	1
16/05	"	Little Egret	2
16/05	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	5
16/05	(8.45)	Blackcap	1	(Heard)
~
16/05	Yarmouth, Estuary & Ponds	GARGANEY	1	(On the E. pond by old station, viewed from the platform)
16/05	(14.20 - 17.30)	Greylag Goose	1	(W. Station Pond)
16/05	"	Whimbrel	1
16/05	"	Swift	6
16/05	"	Reed Bunting	1
16/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1
16/05	"	Reed Warbler	c5
16/05	"	Black-tailed Godwit	26
16/05	"	Little Egret	2
16/05	"	Shelduck	5
Reported	"	RUFF	1	at the back of Mill Copse scrape 12.00 (Caroline D.)
~
Reported	RSPB Reserve	Cattle Egret	1	Adult near the Dynamite pool in evening, but mobile (Graham S.)
Reported (15th)	Newport	Red Kite	1	over Moreys @12.00 on Friday (Pete B.)
~
Thursday	Overcast
14/05	Culver Down	poss. Spotted Flycatcher	1	(To distant to be sure)
14/05	(7.50 - 9.15)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(In pit above Redcliff)
14/05	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
14/05	"	Green Woodpecker	1
14/05	"	Whitethroat	4
14/05	"	Linnet	c10
14/05	"	Skylark	6
Butterfly	"	Painted Lady	1
~
14/05	Laundry Lane, Brading	Cetti's Warbler	3
14/05	(9.25 - 10.15)	Reed Warbler	c5	(Juvenile seen)
14/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1m
14/05	"	Lapwing	2
14/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
14/05	"	Swallow	c10
~
Tuesday	Bright to Cloudy
12/05	Yarmouth, Estuary & Ponds	YELLOW-LEGGED GULL	1	(From Mill)
12/05	(8.00 - 10.10)	Whimbrel	1	(by path at Scrape)
12/05	"	Grey Plover	1	(by path at Scrape, in some summer plumage)
12/05	"	Dunlin	1
12/05	"	Ringed Plover	2
12/05	"	Redshank	1
12/05	"	Black-tailed Godwit	21
12/05	"	Little Egret	2
12/05	"	Shelduck	7
12/05	"	Whitethroat	1
12/05	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Station Ponds)
~
Reported	Knighton	Red Kite	1	N@9.45 with Green Wingtag, left over Ashey Down and Nunwell (James G.)
~
Monday	Fine Sunny	Strong NE. Wind
11/05	St. Catherine's Point	Swift	2
11/05	(7.20 - 8.50)	Gannet	20	(Only 3E)
11/05	"	Fulmar	10
11/05	"	Common Scoter	6E	(Distant)
11/05	"	Kittiwake	10W	(Groups of 7 & 3)
11/05	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1E
11/05	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	2E
11/05	"	Whitethroat	2
11/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals
10/05	W. High Down, Totland	Raven	2-3
10/05	(8.00 - 10.20)	Rock Pipit	2
10/05	"	Meadow Pipit	5+
10/05	"	Chiffchaff	2
10/05	"	Stonechat	1f	(Above Alum Bay)
10/05	"	Linnet	7
10/05	"	Whitethroat	3m
10/05	"	Shag	2
10/05	"	Guillemot	3
10/05	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
10/05	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	12
10/05	"	Fulmar	c6
10/05	"	Yellowhammer	1m
10/05	"	Buzzard	1
Butterfly	"	Dingy Skipper	1
~
10/05	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
10/05	(15.15 - 15.45)	Oystercatcher	2
10/05	"	Swan	1
10/05	"	Shelduck	4
10/05	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Heard by entrance and reeds)
~
10/05	Bembridge Harbour	Whimbrel	2
10/05	(16.00)	Pied Wagtail	3
~
10/05	Luccombe Down	"Eared" Owl Sp.	1	(A very late Short-eared Owl?)
10/05	(19.30)	Wheatear	2
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.
09/05	Shide to Blackwater FP	Grey Wagtail	2	(Adult feeding juv.)
09/05	(8.00 - 10.20)	Little Owl	1
09/05	"	Garden Warbler	1m
09/05	"	Whitethroat	1m
09/05	"	Blackcap	c6
09/05	"	Chiffchaff	4
~
09/05	Brighstone Down	Turtle Dove	1	(Heard briefly S. of Trig Point)
09/05	IWOG Walk (19.00 - 21.20)	Buzzard	7
09/05	"	Yellowhammer	2m
09/05	"	Barn Owl	1	(Over Car Park @ 21.30)
Mammals	"	Badger	1	On path to Trig Point
~
Reported	Newtown NR	GARGANEY	1m	Spur Lake (Bob G.)
~
Friday	Rain to Sunny Int.	Gusty W. Wind
08/05	Laundry Lane, Brading	Reed Bunting	3
08/05	(11.00 - 11.40)	Reed Warbler	c5	(Heard)
08/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
08/05	"	Whitethroat	2m
08/05	"	Sand Martin	c10	(With Swallows and Swifts)
08/05	"	Swift	c40	(Over marsh mainly at the N. end)
Mammals	"	Stoat	1	Along path after Rabbits.
~
08/05	Mottistone Estate	Barn Owl	1	(E. of Longstone @ 21.15)
08/05	(20.20 - 21.30)	Buzzard	1
08/05	-sadly no Nightjars yet.	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
~
Thursday	Cloudy	Brisk W/SW. Wind
07/05	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	15
07/05	(8.00 - 9.10)	Fulmar	5
07/05	very quiet at sea	Whitethroat	c6
07/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
07/05	"	Buzzard	1
~
07/05	Ventnor Downs	Raven	2
07/05	(9.30 - 10.30)	Meadow Pipit	2
07/05	"	Whimbrel	1	(Flying over)
07/05	"	Linnet	3
07/05	"	Whitethroat	3m	(Singing on W. side)
Flowers	Luccombe Down	Bluebells	-	A good show
~
07/05	Brighstone Down	Garden Warbler	1	(Heard by Trig Point)
07/05	(20.05 - 21.40)	Buzzard	1
07/05	-no Turtle Doves.	Song Thrush	2	(heard)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
06/05	Quarr Abbey area	Mistle Thrush	2
06/05	(7.50 - 9.15)	Swan	1	(on nest at fishing pond)
06/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
06/05	"	Whitethroat	1m
06/05	"	Blackcap	4	(Heard)
06/05	"	Buzzard	1
~
06/05	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	4	(Under Lifeboat pier still, very late ones)
06/05	(11.15)	Cormorant	10+	(Mostly on St. Helens Fort)
~
Tuesday	Dull to Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
05/05	St. Catherine's Point	Swift	1
05/05	(7.50 - 8.30)	Gannet	1E
05/05	very quiet at sea	Fulmar	3
05/05	Bushes	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Heard)
05/05	"	Willow Warbler	1m	(Heard)
05/05	"	Whitethroat	4
05/05	"	Buzzard	1
~
05/05	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	5
05/05	(12.15)	Song Thrush	1
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	W Wind
04/05	Brighstone Down	TURTLE DOVE	c3	(2 calling 100m S. of Trig Point, 1 about 500m to W.)
04/05	(7.50 - 10.10)	Garden Warbler	1m	(Singing by path)
04/05	"	Blackcap	4m	(Heard)
04/05	"	Whitethroat	1m
04/05	"	Chiffchaff	5m	(Seen/Heard)
04/05	"	Linnet	1
04/05	"	Yellowhammer	2m
04/05	"	Swift	4
04/05	"	Swallow	10+
~
04/05	Ryde Esplanade	Raven	1	(The first I've seen here)
04/05	(13.40)	Greater Black-backed Gull	6
04/05	Canoe Lake	Canada Geese	10
04/05	"	Stock Dove	2
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	W-NW Wind
03/05	Newtown NR	Little Tern	4	(Gull Island)
03/05	(7.40 - 8.30)	Wheatear	1m	(Beyond the scrape on post)
03/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
03/05	"	Peregrine	1	(On post Brickfields side)
~
03/05	Town Copse	Nightingale	1m	(Heard on path to Clamerkin lake)
03/05	(8.40 - 10.15)	Whimbrel	5	(Clamerkin Lake)
03/05	E. Hide	SPOONBILL	2	(Adults with plumes)
03/05	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	2	(1 in Summer Plumage)
03/05	"	Common Tern	3
~
03/05	Laundry Lane	Sedge Warbler	2
03/05	(16.30 - 17.45)	Reed Warbler	6
03/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(heard, 1 seen)
03/05	"	Whitethroat	2
03/05	"	Swallow	c10
03/05	"	Lapwing	5
03/05	"	Whitethroat	1
03/05	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals
02/05	St. Catherine's Point	SWIFT	1
02/05	(8.00 - 9.15)	Whimbrel	1E	(Very close)
02/05	"	Black-throated Diver	1E
02/05	"	Common Scoter	c12E
02/05	"	Gannet	28
02/05	"	Guillemot	2E
02/05	"	Swallow	10+
Reported	"	Whinchat	2	just N. of Knowles Farm
~
02/05	Gore Cliff	Peregrine	2
02/05	(9.55 - 10.40)	Raven	1
02/05	"	Fulmar	15
02/05	"	Swallow	2
02/05	"	Skylark	2	(Heard)
~
02/05	Hersey NR	Shelduck	3
02/05	(18.00 - 18.30)	Oystercatcher	2
02/05	"	Swan	1
02/05	"	Barnacle Geese	3	(Feral)
02/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Heard E. of entrance)
02/05	"	Whitethroat	2m	(Heard by entrance and reeds)
02/05	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard by entrance)
~
Reported	Newtown NR	SPOONBILL	2	saltmarsh between Scrape and the E Hide (Shelia S.)
Reported	W. Highdown, Totland	Pied Flycatcher	1f	2 Garden Warbler, 1 White Wagtail, 10 Willow Warbler (Graham S. & Kris G.)
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals
01/05	Quarr Lane, Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(Feeding in tree@7.30)
~
01/05	Town Copse	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard to W. of entrance)
01/05	(9.15 - 9.45)	Whimbrel	3	(Clamerkin Lake)
~
01/05	Newtown NR	LITTLE TERN	2	(Gull Island)
01/05	(9.50 - 10.45)	Whimbrel	2	(by footbridge)
01/05	"	Wheatear	1f	(On footbridge hand-rail)
01/05	"	Redshank	5
01/05	"	Swallow	2
01/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard by path to hide)
01/05	"	Nightingale	1m	(Heard just W. of Old Town Hall)
~
01/05	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
01/05	(18.15 - 18.25)	Oystercatcher	2
01/05	"	Swan	1
01/05	"	Barnacle Geese	1	(Feral)
~
01/05	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	6
01/05	(9.50 - 10.45)	Greenshank	4
01/05	"	Shelduck	2
01/05	"	Swallow	7
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APRIL 2009: Click for monthly species lists, April total = 125

Thursday	Sunny Intervals
30/04	Bembridge Down	Skylark	2
30/04	(7.40 - 8.30)	Shelduck	2	(Over to E.)
30/04	"	Yellowhammer	2
30/04	"	Swallow	1	(Around Fort)
~
30/04	Laundry Lane	Skylark	1
30/04	(8.45 - 9.15)	Reed Warbler	4	(Heard)
30/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(heard)
30/04	"	Whitethroat	1
30/04	"	Swallow	2
30/04	"	Lapwing	2
30/04	"	Whitethroat	1
30/04	"	Starling	c15
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Wednesday	Sunny Int.
29/04	Shide to Blackwater	Blackcap	8
29/04	(7.50 - 10.10)	Chiffchaff	5
29/04	"	Dunnock	4
29/04	"	Song Thrush	4
29/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1
29/04	"	Kestrel	2
29/04	"	Buzzard	2
29/04	"	Raven	1	(over to E.)
29/04	"	Whitethroat	3
29/04	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Field S. of Blackwater Mill)
29/04	"	Rook	50+	(the Blackwater Rookery has about 45 nests)
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals
28/04	Bembridge Down	Skylark	6
28/04	(7.50 - 8.50)	Linnet	7
28/04	"	Yellowhammer	3
28/04	"	Whitethroat	4
28/04	"	Swallow	c6	(Around Fort)
28/04	Redcliff	Fulmar	2
28/04	"	Raven	1
28/04	"	Peregrine	1
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28/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Reedbed by Dinosaur Museum)
28/04	(9.00 -9.40)	Coot	c20	(at least 3 juv)
28/04	"	Swallow	c6	(Collecting mud)
28/04	"	House Martin	2+	"
28/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m
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Monday	Wet, brighter later	Gusty SW. Wind
27/04	Brading Marsh, Laundry Lane	HOUSE MARTIN	c4	(E. of Laundry Lane with c30 Swallows)
27/04	(16.30 - 17.10)	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard)
27/04	"	Swallow	c30
27/04	"	Whitethroat	2	(Heard)
27/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Seen)
27/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
27/04	"	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
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Sunday	Sunny Int.	SE. Wind
26/04	W. Highdown, Totland	Peregrine	1
26/04	(7.50 - 11.00)	Raven	2
26/04	IWOG Walk	Meadow Pipit	c10
26/04	"	Kestrel	2
26/04	"	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
26/04	"	Whitethroat	4
26/04	"	Chiffchaff	4
26/04	"	Long-tailed Tit	6
26/04	"	Swallow	4
26/04	"	Yellowhammer	2m
26/04	Headon Warren	Red-legged Partridge	2
Butterflies	S. slope	Small Copper	2	& 1 Painted Lady
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Saturday	Sunny Int.	Brisk SW. Wind
25/04	Ventnor Downs	Dartford Warbler	1m	(N. of Dew Pond)
25/04	(8.10 - 10.15)	Meadow Pipit	c6
25/04	"	Linnet	5
25/04	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Singing on W. side)
25/04	"	Kestrel	1
25/04	"	Buzzard	2
25/04	"	Chiffchaff	2
25/04	"	Wren	3
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25/04	Hersey NR	COMMON SANDPIPER	1	(Main channel, note strong eye-stripe)
25/04	(18.15 - 19.00)	Shelduck	4
25/04	"	Greenshank	1
25/04	"	Barnacle Geese	11	(Feral)
25/04	"	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1	(Heard at E. end of waste ground by entrance)
25/04	"	Swallow	3	(Over beach)
25/04	"	Little Grebe	1
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Friday	Sunny Int.	E.-SE. Wind
24/04	St. Catherines Pt.	BLACK-THROATED DIVER	1E
24/04	(7.50 - 10.10)	COMMON TERN	6E
24/04	-Higher totals seen by others	Sandwich Tern	26E
24/04	"	Common Scoter	54E
24/04	"	Gannet	70	(Mostly E.)
24/04	"	Red-throated Diver	2E
24/04	"	Curlew	2E
24/04	"	Whimbrel	33E
24/04	"	Guillemot	4E
24/04	"	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1E
24/04	"	Fulmar	10+
24/04	"	Kittiwake	17E
24/04	"	Arctic Skua	3E
24/04	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	c10E
24/04	"	Manx Shearwater	12E
24/04	"	Raven	1
24/04	"	Buzzard	3
24/04	"	Whitethroat	2	(along lane)
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Sun to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington, Hants		Glos. & Forest of Dean.
Thurs 23rd.	Highnam Woods	Nightingale	3	4 Blackcap, 4 Song Thrush
"	Slimbridge, Glos.	COMMON SANDPIPER	2	2 Kingfisher, 1 Spotted Redshank, Cetti's Warbler.
Wed. 22nd.	Wenchford	Kingfisher	1	2 Treecreeper
"	New Fancy V. Pt.	Cookoo	1m	2 Siskin.
"	Coalway	HOUSE MARTIN	1
Tues 21st	Nashead NR	PIED FLYCATCHER	1m
"	Speech House	REDSTART	1m	1 Redpoll
"	New Fancy V.Pt.	GARDEN WARBLER	1	2 Bullfinch, 6 Siskin
Mon 20th	Crabtree Hill	WOOD WARBLER	1m	1 TREE PIPIT, 9 Siskin
"	Boy's Grave	GREAT GREY SHRIKE	1	1 Tree Pipit
Sun 19th	Farlington	Whimbrel	3	Sedge & Reed Warblers
"	"	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1m	1 Swallow
"	Highnam Woods	Nightingale	1	3 Blackcap, 2 Song Thrush
"	New Fancy V.Pt.	Goshawk	1	5 Buzzard, 6 Siskin
Sunday	Sunny Int.
19/04	Fishbourne Beach	Fulmar	2E	(@8.00 Very unusual here)
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Saturday	Sunny Int.
18/04	Fishbourne Beach	Raven	2	(Over Quarr beach)
18/04	WeBS (8.05 - 11.10)	Reed Warbler	1+	(singing at Quarr pond)
18/04	"	Brent Goose	1	(Thought they'd all gone)
18/04	"	Little Egret	3
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Friday	Sunny Int.
17/04	Quarr Road, Binstead	Coal Tit	3
17/04	(9.15 - 10.50)	Jay	7	(a noisey flock)
17/04	-no sign of Nuthatches	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2	(Evacuating a nest hole)
17/04	"	Blackcap	2	(Heard)
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals
16/04	Town Copse	Cuckoo	1m	(heard from @ 8.00)
16/04	(7.55 - 8.20)	Bullfinch	1
16/04	"	Brent Geese	2
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16/04	Shalfleet Quay	NIGHTINGALE	1m	(heard by Estuary @8.50)
~
16/04	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	63	(45@Gull Island and 18@Scrape)
16/04	(7.55 - 10.20)	Peregrine	1	(E. Spit)
16/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	73
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16/04	Brading Marsh	REED WARBLER	1m	(Singing in reedbed E. of Station)
16/04	(18.40 - 19.20)	Sedge Warbler	1m	"
16/04	"	Swallow	5
16/04	Laundry Lane	Swallow	3
16/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
16/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
16/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Heard)
16/04	"	Chiffchaff	1
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Wednesday	Wet to Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
15/04	Ventnor Downs	Dartford Warbler	3	(1 N. of Dew Pond, 2 on S. Slope)
15/04	(9.45 - 10.45)	Meadow Pipit	c10
15/04	"	Linnet	2
15/04	"	Buzzard	2
15/04	"	Chiffchaff	1
15/04	"	Yellowhammer	1
15/04	I just missed the Eagle	Sparrowhawk	1f
Reported	over 100 Acre field	Eagle Sp.	1	showing well 10.30 - 11.00
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Tuesday	Dull to Sunny Int.	Light SE. Wind
14/04	St. Catherines Pt.	Arctic Skua	5E	(Group of 2 and 3 singles, 1 Pale Phase)
14/04	(8.30 - 10.30)	Great Skua "Bonxie"	4E	(2 on sea)
14/04	"	WHITETHROAT	2	(along lane)
14/04	"	Common Scoter	16E	(Biggest group 9)
14/04	"	Gannet	98	(Mostly E.)
14/04	"	Red-throated Diver	2E
14/04	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2E	(m&f)
14/04	"	Guillemot (?)	2E
14/04	"	Wheatear	1m	(Cliff edge)
14/04	"	Fulmar	4
14/04	"	Kittiwake	2W
14/04	"	Buzzard	1
14/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
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Monday	Sunny Int.
13/04	Hersey NR	Snipe	1	(Main channel)
13/04	(8.30 &18.50)	Shelduck	2
13/04	"	Barnacle Geese	2	(Feral)
13/04	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral)
13/04	"	Chiffchaff	2+
13/04	no sign of Whitethroat	Willow Warbler	1
13/04	"	Green Woodpecker	1
13/04	"	Swallow	1
13/04	"	Raven	1	(Over)
13/04	"	Buzzard	1
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Sunday	Dull then Brighter
12/04	Newtown NR	CUCKOO	1m	(Seen and heard in Town Copse @ 9.05)
12/04	(8.15 - 11.00)	Golden Plover	1	(A late one)
12/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	25
12/04	"	Brent Geese	2
12/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c50
12/04	"	Ringed Plover	1	(E. Spit)
12/04	"	Turnstone	2
12/04	"	Rock Pipit	2
12/04	"	Buzzard	1
12/04	"	Peregrine	1	(On fence -Brickfields side)
12/04	"	Swallow	2	(Also 10 on wires along Coleman's Lane)
~
12/04	Brading Marsh	Wren	1	(with nesting material)
12/04	(16.20 - 17.10)	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
12/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	"
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12/04	Alverstone NR	Barn Owl	1	(@ 20.35 in the gloom)
12/04	(20.10 - 20.40)	Sedge Warbler	1	(Heard near the Sandown W.Wks end)
12/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	"
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Saturday	Cloudy, Light Rain
11/04	Newtown NR	Knot	8
11/04	(8.15 - 10.30)	Shelduck	c15
11/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	45
11/04	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(E. Spit)
11/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	104
11/04	"	Ringed Plover	1	(E. Spit)
11/04	"	Turnstone	2
11/04	"	Redshank	5
11/04	"	Buzzard	1
11/04	"	Little Owl	1	(Tree by hide)
Reported	"	NIGHTINGALE	1	heard by Clamerkin Lake (Bob G.)
~
Good Friday	Light Rain
10/04	Bembridge Down	Skylark	3
10/04	(8.20 - 8.45)	Linnet	3
10/04	"	Yellowhammer	1
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10/04	Ryde E. Sands	Dunlin	3	(Far our on sandbank)
10/04	(8.55 -9.20)	Sanderling	c15	"
10/04	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2f	(Just off Sandbank towards pier)
10/04	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
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Reported	St. Catherines Pt.	ICELAND GULL	1	past close@10.00 (CROWS Network)
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Thursday	Sunny Int.	W Wind
09/04	Shide to Blackwater	Blackcap	8
09/04	(8.45 - 9.50)	Chiffchaff	7	(Most singing)
09/04	"	Little Owl	2
09/04	"	Song Thrush	4
09/04	"	Long-tailed Tit	5
09/04	"	Rook	30+	(the Blackwater Rookery has about 60 nests)
~
Reported	Head Down	CUCKOO	1	Calling at length (via Daphne)
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Wednesday	Wet to Sunny Int.	W. Wind
08/04	Ventnor Downs	Dartford Warbler	2m	(1 showing very well, another heard on Luccombe Down)
08/04	(8.15 - 10.30)	Wheatear	1m,1f	(At base of Nansen Hill)
08/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
08/04	"	Buzzard	2
08/04	"	Chiffchaff	1
08/04	"	Willow Warbler	1	(E. side of Shanklin Down)
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08/04	Bembridge Harbour	Shelduck	4
08/04	(17.10)	Little Egret	1
08/04	"	Greenshank	2
08/04	"	Oystercatcher	7
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08/04	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	8m,4f
08/04	(17.20)	Teal	2
08/04	"	Greenshank	1
08/04	"	Little Grebe	2
08/04	"	Swallow	5	(Over Marsh)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
07/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	SEDGE WARBLER	1	(Singing by Car Cark)
07/04	(8.10)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Singing, also 1 bird seen well)
07/04	"	Pochard	1f
07/04	"	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
07/04	"	Little Grebe	1
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07/04	Laundry Lane	Reed Bunting	2m
07/04	(8.45 - 9.40)	Buzzard	3
07/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
07/04	"	Swallow	3
07/04	"	Lapwing	3
07/04	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
07/04	"	Kestrel	1
07/04	"	Chiffchaff	c6
~
Monday	Sunny Int.	Light E. Wind
06/04	St. Catherines Pt.	ARCTIC SKUA	6E	(Group of 4 and 2 singles)
06/04	(8.30 - 11.00)	GREAT SKUA "Bonxie"	1E
06/04	"	Common Scoter	241E	(Biggest group 40)
06/04	"	Gannet	117	(Mostly E.)
06/04	"	Diver Sp.	1E	(Red-throated or possibly Black-throated)
06/04	"	Razorbill	3E	(with 1 Guillemot)
06/04	"	Guillemot	5E
06/04	"	Little Gull (?)	c10E	(Very distant)
06/04	"	Sandwich Tern	12E
06/04	"	Teal	3E	(With 1 Scoter)
06/04	"	Brent Geese	6E
06/04	"	Fulmar	c10
06/04	"	Kittiwake	11E
06/04	"	Peregrine	1
06/04	"	Buzzard	5
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Sunday	Sunny Int.	Light E. Wind
05/04	St. Catherines Pt.	MANX SHEARWATER	2E
05/04	(8.00 - 10.05)	SANDWICH TERN	3E
05/04	-with GS.	Gannet	50+
05/04	"	Auk Sp.	2E	(Guillemots?)
05/04	"	Fulmar	c15
05/04	"	Shag	1W
05/04	"	Black-headed Gull	c20E
05/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1
05/04	"	Wheatear	1m,1f	(Cliff edge)
~
05/04	Luccombe Down	EAGLE SP.(?)	1	(Seen briefly at 11.05 over Ventnor, lost on S. slope)
05/04	with GS. (10.30 -11.45)	Osprey	1	(N. Over Stenbury Down @11.40)
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Reported	Cowes to Newport	Eagle Sp.	1	flying S. in evening (CROWS Network)
~
Saturday	Showers to Sunny Int.	W. Wind
04/04	Newtown NR	OSPREY	2	(Both caught fish! c10.30)
04/04	(8.15 - 10.55)	Shelduck	c20
04/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	25
04/04	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
04/04	"	Turnstone	2
04/04	"	Redshank	10
04/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
04/04	"	Brent Geese	9
04/04	"	Grey Plover	5
04/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	25
04/04	"	Willow Warbler	3+
~
04/04	Luccombe Down	Buzzard	5
04/04	(11.30)	Meadow Pipit	6
04/04	No sign of Eagle Sp.	Wheatear	1m
04/04	"	Swallow	1
~
Reported	Ventnor	EAGLE Sp.	1	10.30 - 11.00 -may be an "Imperial Eagle" WOW! (Jon, Ventnor Grp.)
~
Reported	W. Highdown, Totland	Common Redstart	3	33 Willow Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 7.00 - 12.00 (Graham S.)
~
Friday	Misty, Sunny Int.	Light W. Wind
03/04	St. Catherines Pt.	WILLOW WARBLER	2	(Singing by lane)
03/04	(8.10 - 9.45)	Chiffchaff	c15	(Coming in though the fog)
03/04	Foggy at sea	Sand Martin	1W
03/04	"	Stonechat	1m
03/04	"	Yellowhammer	2m
~
03/04	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	1	(Under LB Station)
03/04	(18.30)	Rock Pipit	1
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Thursday	Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
02/04	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	9	(and end of Sandbank)
02/04	(8.05)	Curlew	6
~
02/04	Bembridge and Culver Downs	Skylark	3
02/04	(9.05 - 10.30)	Yellowhammer	3
02/04	"	Blackcap	1m
02/04	"	Linnet	10+
~
02/04	Puckpool to Seaview	Great-crested Grebe	1
02/04	(12.30)	Brent Geese	6
~
02/04	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	6m,4f
02/04	(13.30)	Little Egret	2
02/04	"	Greenshank	1
02/04	"	Little Grebe	5
~
02/04	Newnham Lane, Binstead	WOODCOCK	1	(Over lane @ 20.18)
02/04	"	Fieldfare	c5	(Over calling)
~
Reported	Brighstone	Eagle Sp.	1	mobbed by smaller Buzzards! Keep a lookout
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.	S. Wind later
01/04	Yarmouth	Shoveler	1m,1f
01/04	(8.45 & 10.40)	Brent Geese	7
01/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
01/04	"	Wigeon	5
01/04	"	Teal	c30
01/04	"	Shelduck	6
01/04	"	Greenshank	1
01/04	"	Redshank	4
01/04	"	Greylag Geese	2
01/04	"	Teal	26
01/04	"	Teal	26
~
01/04	Headon Warren	Dartford Warbler	1m	(2 reported here earlier)
01/04	(9.25 - 10.30)	Sand Martin	1
01/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
01/04	"	Buzzard	1
01/04	"	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
01/04	"	Guillemot	2
~
01/04	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	6
01/04	Main Hide (11.45)	Shelduck	c20
01/04	"	Oystercatcher	4
01/04	"	Swallow	1	(Along Lane)
~
01/04	Ventnor Downs	Short-eared Owl	1	(Along Wroxall down then Luccombe Down)
01/04	(19.05)	Meadow Pipit	c10
~

MARCH 2009: Click for monthly species lists, March total = 115 so far

Tuesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	Light S. Wind
31/03	R. Medina (Newport to Cowes)	Sand Martin	5	(Dodnor Bridge)
31/03	W. Bank (8.15 - 10.40)	Swallow	1
31/03	"	Skylark	5
31/03	"	Stock Dove	5
31/03	"	Chiffchaff	5
31/03	"	Blackcap	2	(Heard)
31/03	"	Mistle Thrush	1
31/03	"	Song Thrush	4
31/03	"	Redshank	3
31/03	"	Green Woodpecker	3
31/03	"	Jay	3
31/03	"	Linnet	3
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Monday	Sunny Int.	Light SW. Wind
30/03	St. Catherines Pt.	Gannet	5E,2W
30/03	(8.10 - 9.35)	Fulmar	3	(From Gore Cliff)
30/03	rather quiet at sea today	Red-throated Diver	1E
30/03	"	Brent Geese	10E
30/03	"	Common Scoter	8E
30/03	"	Wheatear	2m,2f	(Males by Lighthouse, females near Watershoot Bay)
30/03	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
30/03	"	Yellowhammer	2m
~
Sunday	Cold start, Sunny Int.	S. Wind later
29/03	Yarmouth	SWALLOW	2	(The RH one has interesting markings)
29/03	(7.55 - 8.30)	Brent Geese	7
29/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	3
29/03	"	Snipe	2
29/03	"	Teal	26
29/03	"	Shoveler	2m
29/03	"	Redshank	5
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29/03	W. Highdown, Totland	Peregrine	2
29/03	(9.00 - 11.30)	Raven	2
29/03	IWOG Walk	Meadow Pipit	c20
29/03	"	Wheatear	1
29/03	"	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
29/03	"	Fulmar	3
29/03	"	Guillemot	2
29/03	"	Shag	2
29/03	"	Cormorant	10+	(At nests on cliff)
29/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
29/03	"	Rock Pipit	6
~
29/03	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	1
29/03	(15.50)	Little Grebe	2
29/03	"	Tufted Duck	4m,3f
29/03	"	Teal	3
29/03	"	Little Egret	2
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Reported	Yarmouth	Little-ringed Plover	1	Rofford Marsh till 14.00 (Graham S.)
"	W. High Down	OSPREY	1	Over Needles at 11.45
"	Newtown NR	OSPREY	1	(Bob G.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Int, Showers	W Wind
28/03	Yarmouth	Greylag Geese	2	(Flying W.)
28/03	(8.10 - 9.33)	Brent Geese	17
28/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	6
28/03	"	Wigeon	4
28/03	"	Teal	25
28/03	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
28/03	"	Redshank	1
~
28/03	Newtown NR	Shelduck	22
28/03	(9.50 - 10.30)	Brent Geese	c75
28/03	"	Grey Plover	2
28/03	"	Oystercatcher	30
~
28/03	Puckpool	Peregrine	1	(Flying W.)
28/03	(13.30)	Jackdaw	20
28/03	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
28/03	(13.40)	Redshank	1
28/03	"	Little Grebe	2
~
28/03	Laundry Lane	SAND MARTIN	3	(Over to N. @ 16.30)
28/03	(16.25 - 17.30)	Buzzard	5
28/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
28/03	"	Lapwing	3
28/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
28/03	"	Heron	2
28/03	"	Teal	c20
28/03	"	Kestrel	1
28/03	Brading Sewage Wks.	Reed Bunting	5	(Filter beds)
28/03	"	Meadow Pipit	1
28/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
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Friday	Sunny Int. to Showers	Brisk W. Wind
27/03	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	2	(Numbers are falling fast)
27/03	(7.30)	Great-crested Grebe	2
27/03	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	3
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Wednesday	Sunny Int.	Brisk W/NW Wind
25/03	Shide to Blackwater	Buzzard	2	(Mating by Blackwater Mill)
25/03	(8.30 - 10.10)	Chiffchaff	7	(Most singing)
25/03	"	Little Owl	1
25/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1
25/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Near Stone Farm)
~
Tuesday	Fine Sunny	Cold NW Wind
24/03	Yarmouth	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	(Rofford Marsh)
24/03	(8.15 - 9.55)	Brent Geese	c32
24/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
24/03	"	Wigeon	c10
24/03	"	Teal	c40
24/03	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
24/03	"	Redshank	6
24/03	"	Reed Bunting	2
~
24/03	Main Hide, Newtown	Mediterranean Gull	24
24/03	(10.10 - 11.00)	Brent Geese	c120
24/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,4f	(Clamerkin Lake)
24/03	"	Meadow Pipit	2	(Meadow)
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Monday	Sunny Int.	W-NW. Wind
23/03	St. Catherines Pt.	Gannet	32E,2W
23/03	(8.30 - 10.45)	Fulmar	2	(From Gore Cliff)
23/03	rather quiet at sea today	Red-throated Diver	1E
23/03	"	Auk Sp.	3E,1W	(Guillemots?)
23/03	"	Common Scoter	5E
23/03	"	Shag	1E
23/03	"	Peregrine	1	(Caught a Pigeon? just along the Cliffs, E. of Lighthouse)
23/03	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Singing by Lane)
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Sunday	Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
22/03	Centurions Copse	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
22/03	(8.30 - 9.40)	Buzzard	1
22/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
22/03	Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
22/03	Brading Marsh	Teal	8
22/03	"	Wigeon	c15
22/03	"	Canada Geese	26
22/03	"	Skylark	1m
22/03	"	Chiffchaff	3	(Heard)
~
22/03	Folly Lake, R. Medina	Turnstone	19
22/03	(14.30)	Dunlin	1
22/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
22/03	"	Skylark	1m
22/03	"	Brent Geese	c30
~
22/03	Laundry Lane	Blackcap	1m
22/03	(16.25 - 17.30)	Buzzard	1
22/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
22/03	"	Lapwing	11
22/03	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
22/03	"	Heron	3
22/03	"	Redwing	1
22/03	"	Peregrine	1
~
Reported	Yarmouth	LITTLE-RINGED PLOVER	1	Mill Copse Scrape till 11.35
(Graham S.)	W. High Down	Black Redstart	2	2 Wheatear, 6 Chiffchaff, 1 Siskin.
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Saturday	Sunny Int	NW Wind
21/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Chiffchaff	c3	(1 very grey in reeds at front, see Kris's website)
21/03	(9.15)	Swan	2	(Building nest)
~
21/03	Botanical Gdns, Ventnor	Raven	1	(Chased by Kestrel)
21/03	(10.30)	Kestrel	1
21/03	"	Long-tailed Tit	4
~
21/03	Shalfeet Quay	Teal	20+
21/03	(15.10)	Wigeon	2
21/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	8
21/03	"	Redshank	4
21/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	VELVET SCOTER	1	102 C. Scoter, 17 Brent Geese, 5 RTh Diver
(Gary H.)	(7.30 - 11.00)	SANDWICH TERN	2	3 BkTh Diver, 18 Gannet, 4 Auks
~
Friday	Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
20/03	St. Catherines Pt.	Gannet	21E
20/03	(7.50 - 9.45)	Fulmar	4	(From Gore Cliff)
20/03	"	Guillemot	4E
20/03	"	Common Scoter	4E	(3 groups of 3, 1 of 4.)
20/03	"	Wheatear	2m	(Moving inland)
20/03	"	Yellowhammer	1
20/03	"	Peregrine	1
20/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1
20/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c30	(In off sea)
20/03	"	Linnet	2+
~
Thursday	Warm Sunny
19/03	Bembridge Harbour	Teal	24
19/03	(7.50)	Black-tailed Godwit	5
19/03	"	Shelduck	2
19/03	"	Coal Tit	1	(Singing by road)
~
19/03	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	2m,1f
19/03	(8.30)	Little Grebe	7
19/03	"	Tufted Duck	12m,8f
19/03	"	Teal	2
19/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
19/03	"	Heron	1
~
19/03	Hersey NR	Barnacle Goose	1	(Feral bird over)
19/03	(12.45)	Little Grebe	4
19/03	"	Greenshank	1
19/03	"	Heron	1
19/03	"	Little Egret	2
19/03	"	Shelduck	2
~
Wednesday	Fine Sunny	Light E. Wind
18/03	W. High Down, Totland	Wheatear	5	(1m,2f Sun Corner, 2m S. Cliffs)
18/03	(8.10 - 10.30)	Peregrine	1
18/03	"	Skylark	1
18/03	"	Raven	2
18/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
18/03	"	Linnet	12
18/03	"	Jay	1
18/03	"	Stonechat	1f	(By road to Needles)
18/03	"	Chiffchaff	3	(around Beacon)
18/03	"	Cormorant	4	(2 at nests)
18/03	"	Shag	3	(Old Pepper Rock)
~
18/03	Puckpool	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
18/03	(14.00)	Great-crested Grebe	2
18/03	(17.50) 2nd visit	Cattle Egret	1	(Still at the back by Villa, not seen earlier though)
~
Tuesday	Fine Sunny	Light E. Wind
17/03	R. Medina (W. Bank)	Black-tailed Godwit	1
17/03	(8.25 - 10.10)	Brent Geese	c20
17/03	Werrar	Skylark	5
17/03	"	Stock Dove	2
17/03	"	Wigeon	12
17/03	"	Meadow Pipit	2
17/03	towards Cowes	Treecreeper	1
17/03	"	Kingfisher	1
17/03	"	Redshank	4
17/03	"	Shelduck	6
~
17/03	Folly FP, (E. Bank)	Whimbrel	1	(The over-wintering bird)
17/03	(10.20 - 11.10)	Brent Geese	22
17/03	"	Turnstone	5
17/03	"	Dunlin	2
~
17/03	Puckpool	(Cattle Egret, news)	-	(Not seen today)
17/03	(12.00 & 14.30)	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
Monday	Fine Sunny	Light winds
16/03	Yarmouth	Black-tailed Godwit	28
16/03	(8.25 - 10.00)	Brent Geese	c35
16/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
16/03	"	Shoveler	1m
16/03	"	Wigeon	58
16/03	"	Teal	c65
16/03	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
16/03	"	Redshank	8
~
16/03	Newtown NR	Golden Plover	31	(Just E. of Gull Is. some coming into S. Plumage)
16/03	(10.20 - 11.10)	Brent Geese	c70
16/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	29	(22 on Gull Is. & 7 on Scrape)
16/03	"	Shelduck	c20
16/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	22
16/03	"	Meadow Pipit	2	(Meadow)
~
16/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
16/03	(14.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
16/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	4
~
Sunday	Warm Sunny
15/03	Quarr Close, Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(@ 8.00)
~
15/03	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Great-creasted Grebe	6
15/03	(8.15 - 9.15)	Brent Geese	66
15/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
15/03	Quarr Ponds	Snipe	4	(1 on beach)
15/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
15/03	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1
15/03	(18.35 - 18.50)	Snipe	2	(Over calling)
15/03	"	Red-legged Partridge	4
~
Reported	Newtown NR	GOOSANDER	3f	Clamerkin/Spur Lake (Bob G. & James G.)
"	Yarmouth	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	Mill Copse Scrape--------(Graham S.)
"	Compton	Short-eared Owl	2	There are great photos to------(Paul B.)
"	St. Helen's Duver	Nuthatch	1	Bushes behing beach huts! ( James G.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Int	Light Wind
14/03	Bembridge & Culver Downs	WHEATEAR	8	(4 on W. slope of Bemb Dn, 4 at Redcliff)
14/03	(8.00 - 9.15)	Stonechat	1m
~
14/03	Puckpool (11.30)	Cattle Egret	1	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
~
14/03	Bembridge Windmill FP	Short-eared Owl	1	(By scope to N. of Dynamite Pool)
14/03	(15.55 - 16.55)	Black Redstart	1f	(On fences at Mill Farm)
14/03	"	Buzzard	1	(With very pale plumage)
~
Friday	Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
13/03	St. Catherines Pt.	Gannet	1W,1E
13/03	(8.05 - 9.45)	Fulmar	2	(From Gore Cliff)
13/03	"	Guillemot	1-2E
13/03	"	Common Scoter	4E	(2 groups of 2)
13/03	Bushes/Fields	Black Redstart	1f	(near fence line, found by Ian R.)
13/03	"	Yellowhammer	2
13/03	"	Peregrine	1
13/03	"	"White" Wagtail	1	(With 1 Pied Wagtail around the cattle)
~
13/03	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Raven	1
13/03	(9.55 - 10.40)	Fulmar	9
~
13/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
13/03	(11.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	10	(Including a group of 8 together)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	Short-eared Owl	2	Fields near Dynamite pool 17.00 - 18.00 (Graham S.)
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Thursday	Hazy Sunny Int	SW Wind
12/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	9m,3f
12/03	(8.15)	Swan	4	(2 on pond, 2 on marsh)
12/03	Beach	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
12/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1
~
12/03	Culver Down	Raven	1
12/03	(8.50)	Peregrine	1
12/03	"	Redwing	1
12/03	"	Fulmar	1
~
12/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
12/03	(9.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,1f	(Offshore)
~
Wednesday	Hazy sun to drizzle
11/03	Ryde W. Sands	Sanderling	190	(At water's edge)
11/03	(7.40)	Great-crested Grebe	7
~
11/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
11/03	(8.00)	Great-crested Grebe	2
11/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	6
~
11/03	Culver Down	Raven	1
11/03	(8.30)	Linnet	c20
11/03	"	Redwing	1
11/03	"	Meadow Pipit	4
11/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1
11/03	"	Fulmar	1	(Off Redcliff)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Brighter
10/03	Culver Down	Raven	1
10/03	(8.15)	Skylark	1
10/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1W
10/03	"	Peregrine	1
10/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1	(In from sea, migrant?)
10/03	"	Fulmar	1	(Off Redcliff)
~
10/03	Seawall, Lake to Shanklin	Raven	2
10/03	(9.05)	Fulmar	3
~
10/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
10/03	(12.15)	Little Owl	1	(On log to RHS of Egret)
10/03	"	Mistle Thrush	1
~
Monday	Sunny Int.
09/03	Puckpool to Seaview	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
09/03	(8.05)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
09/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
09/03	Quarr, Binstead	Treecreeper	2
09/03	(8.50)	Long-tailed Tit	c6
09/03	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
~
09/03	Culver Down	Raven	1
09/03	(10.30)	Skylark	1
09/03	-no migrants yet	Buzzard	2
09/03	"	Linnet	2	(Over)
09/03	"	Rock Pipit	2	(Cliff edge)
09/03	"	Fulmar	1	(Off Redcliff)
~
Sunday	Sunny Int. Showers	Brisk W. Wind
08/03	St. Catherines Pt.	Gannet	2E	(@8.25)
08/03	(8.25 - 9.35)	Fulmar	3	(From Gore Cliff)
08/03	"	Magpie	8
08/03	en route, Merstone area	Red-legged Partridge	1
~
08/03	Bonchurch Seawall	Kestrel	1f
08/03	(9.50 - 11.00)	Rock Pipit	1
~
08/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
08/03	(14.00)	Heron	1
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.
07/03	Culver & Bembridge Downs	Raven	1
07/03	(8.40)	Peregrine	2
07/03	"	Buzzard	2
07/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Swooped down and caught a Greenfinch just to my right -WOW)
07/03	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Singing)
07/03	"	Stock Dove	c80	(Set-aside fields)
07/03	"	Linnet	c25	(Over)
07/03	"	Skylark	4	(On N. Slope)
07/03	"	Fulmar	3	(Off Redcliff)
~
07/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
07/03	(11.30)	Red-necked Grebe	1	(Just offshore)
07/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	4
~
Friday	Fine Sunny	Light winds
06/03	Newtown NR	Greylag Geese	2	(Flew S. at 8.43)
06/03	(10.45 - 11.40)	Dunlin	c50
06/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	42	(28 on Gull Is. & 14 on Scrape
06/03	"	Golden Plover	9
06/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	46
06/03	"	Fieldfare	2	(Meadow by Hide)
06/03	"	Redwing	2	(Town Copse)
06/03	"	Meadow Pipit	3	(Meadow)
06/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,2f
~
06/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
06/03	(14.00)	Brent Geese	c125
06/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Hen-harrier	1f/juv	W. spit, at 13.20 till 13.30 (Caroline D.)
~
Thursday	Wet, Snow, Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
05/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
05/03	(13.05)	Mediterranean Gull	2	(On beach)
05/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	3
~
05/03	Ryde Garden	Blackcap	1m	(a female also reported)
05/03	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	5	(Heard by FP)
05/03	(16.25 - 17.30)	Buzzard	1
05/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
05/03	Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
04/03	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Snipe	5	(Rofford Marsh)
04/03	(8.05 - 9.40)	Black-tailed Godwit	6
04/03	"	Kingfisher	1	(Heard)
04/03	"	Water Rail	4	(Heard)
04/03	"	Reed Bunting	2m
04/03	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
04/03	"	Shoveler	5m
~
04/03	Ryde W. Sands (13.50)	Great-crested Grebe	5
~
04/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
04/03	(14.15)	Eider	1f	(Off shingle bank)
04/03	"	Great Northern Diver	1	(Distant)
04/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
04/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	3
~
Tuesday	Cloudy Showers	SW. Wind -Increasing
03/03	Ryde Esp.	"Pale Bellied" Brent	1	(W. sands with c275 "DB"Brents)
03/03	(8.20)	Brent Geese	c330	(with c55 E. of Pier)
03/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
03/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
03/03	"	Common Gull	c80
~
03/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
03/03	(8.50)	Eider	1f	(Off shingle bank)
03/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
~
03/03	Newtown NR	Knot	c400
03/03	(10.45 - 11.40)	Dunlin	c100
03/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
03/03	"	Pintail	2m,3f	(Causeway Lake)
03/03	"	Turnstone	c15
03/03	"	Stonechat	1f	(By hide)
03/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	7	(Some in Solent)
~
03/03	Laundry Lane	White-fronted Geese	2	(N. end with Canadas)
03/03	(14.00)	Buzzard	4	(1 very pale)
03/03	"	Lapwing	4
03/03	Sewage Wks.	Chiffchaff	2
~
Monday	Sunny Int.
02/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
02/03	(8.00)	Eider	1f
02/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	6
~
02/03	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	5m,3f
02/03	(8.45)	Shoveler	4m
02/03	"	Tufted Duck	4m,3f
02/03	"	Wigeon	2
02/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
02/03	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Heard)
~
02/03	Culver Down	Raven	1
02/03	(11.15)	Peregrine	1
02/03	"	Rock Pipit	12	(On slope above cliffs)
02/03	"	Fulmar	1	(Off Redcliff)
02/03	"	Stonechat	1f
02/03	"	Linnet	2	(Over)
~
02/03	Seaview	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
02/03	(14.05)	Great-crested Grebe	5
~
02/03	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	4	(On/under LB Pier)
02/03	(14.35)	Shag	1
02/03	"	Cormorant	14	(5 offshore, 9 on St. Helens Fort)
02/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,6f
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
01/03	Shide to Blackwater	Redpoll	1+	(With Siskins)
01/03	(8.00 - 9.50)	Siskin	50+	(Alders at farm track crossing, 1 ringed.)
01/03	"	Little Owl	1	(Well hidden!)
01/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Matalan end)
~
01/03	Ryde Garden(12.30)	Blackcap	1m	(Ringed)
~
01/03	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	2
01/03	(13.40)	Ringed Plover	1	(Too many people -and dogs on beach)
~
01/03	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
01/03	(13.50)	Little Egret	2
01/03	In Solent	Red-necked Grebe	1
01/03	"	Great Northern Diver	1
01/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	3
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Hen-harrier	1f/juv	(Bob G.)
~

FEBRUARY 2009: Click for monthly species lists, February total = 119

Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
28/02	St. Catherines Pt.	Common Scoter	6W	(@8.44)
28/02	(8.20 - 9.10)	Fulmar	5	(From Gore Cliff)
28/02	"	Stonechat	2m	(Near Watershoot Bay)
28/02	"	Buzzard	2
28/02	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
~
28/02	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Peregrine	1
28/02	(9.30 - 10.20)	Fulmar	8
28/02	"	Stock Dove	2
~
28/02	Ryde Garden(13.40)	BLACKCAP	1m	(Ringed)
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28/02	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
28/02	(14.20)	Little Egret	1
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Friday	Long Sunny Int.
27/02	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
27/02	(8.15)	Little Egret	1
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27/02	Laundry Lane	Lapwing	c40	(Flying over marsh)
27/02	(8.50 - 10.10)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
27/02	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
27/02	"	Buzzard	3
27/02	"	Reed Bunting	1m
27/02	"	Jay	2
27/02	Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
27/02	"	Chiffchaff	4
~
27/02	Luccombe Down(17.30)	Short-eared Owl	1	(Just E. of Radar Station by circular buildings)
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Thursday	Brighter
26/02	R. Medina by "Matalan"	Kingfisher	1
26/02	(8.15)	Grey Wagtail	1
26/02	"	Mallard	16
~
26/02	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Closer today in field SE. of "Boat House" PH)
26/02	(9.00 & 13.20)	Little Egret	2	(With Cattle Egret and Heron)
26/02	"	Heron	2
26/02	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
26/02	In Solent	Great-crested Grebe	6
26/02	"	Eider	1f
26/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	6
~
Wednesday	Cloudy
25/02	Bembridge Harbour	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
25/02	(8.20)	Redshank	5
25/02	"	Grey Plover	14
25/02	"	Dunlin	c25
25/02	"	Turnstone	1
25/02	"	Curlew	8
25/02	"	Pied Wagtail	2
25/02	"	Teal	c50
25/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
~
25/02	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	2
25/02	(9.30)	Little Grebe	4
25/02	"	Pochard	c6
25/02	"	Tufted Duck	c10
25/02	"	Shelduck	2
25/02	"	Shoveler	4
25/02	"	Heron	5
25/02	"	Cormorant	3
~
25/02	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE of "Boat House" PH)
25/02	(10.20)	Little Egret	1
~
Tuesday	Cloudy, Misty
24/02	Alum Bay to Needles	Stonechat	1m,1f
24/02	(8.40 - 9.45)	Meadow Pipit	4
24/02	"	Raven	2
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24/02	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Pintail	19m,12f
24/02	(10.45)	Wigeon	c150
24/02	"	Teal	c40
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24/02	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE of "Boat House" PH)
24/02	(14.10 - 15.20)	Little Egret	1
24/02	In Solent	Great-crested Grebe	6
24/02	"	Shoveler	2m,1f
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Reported	Wroxall Down	Short-eared Owl	3	watched them all afternoon (Pete, Ventnor)
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Monday	Cloudy
23/02	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still in field SE of "Boat House" PH)
23/02	(8.02 -9.05)	Little Egret	1
23/02	In Solent	Eider	1f
23/02	"	Sanderling	c25E
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Sunday	Some Sunny Int.
22/02	Bembridge Harbour	Black-tailed Godwit	3
22/02	(8.30)	Redshank	11
22/02	"	Grey Plover	25
22/02	"	Dunlin	c20
22/02	"	Curlew	31
22/02	"	Pied Wagtail	1m,1f	(Male with Yellow ring)
22/02	"	Teal	c40
22/02	St. Helens Bridge	Wigeon	c100
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22/02	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	2
22/02	(9.05)	Little Grebe	3
22/02	"	Pochard	4m,2f
22/02	"	Tufted Duck	6m,4f
22/02	"	Shelduck	4
22/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1m
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22/02	Puckpool	CATTLE EGRET	1,(1st.w.)	(Field SE of "Boat House" PH)
22/02	(13.30 -14.20 & 17.00)	Heron	1
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22/02	Fishbourne Beach	Great-crested Grebe	4
22/02	(14.35)	Common Gull	78
22/02	"	Redshank	53	(In creek by New Road)
22/02	"	Little Egret	3
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22/02	Puckpool	Cattle Egret	1,(1st.w.)	(Still present at 17.15)
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Saturday	Warm, Sunny Int.
21/02	Yarmouth, (IWOG Walk)	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
21/02	(9.00 - 11.00)	Redshank	3
21/02	"	Shoveler	c6
21/02	"	Snipe	c12	(Rofford Marsh)
21/02	"	Dunlin	10
21/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c70
21/02	"	Wigeon	c50
21/02	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
21/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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21/02	Luccombe Down	DARTFORD WARBLER	1	(With Stonechats N. of Dew Pond)
21/02	(16.00 - 16.50)	Stonechat	2m,2f
21/02	"	Meadow Pipit	c30	(N. of Car Park)
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Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
20/02	Tower Cottage Gdns, Shanklin	FIRECREST	1
20/02	(8.40)	Coal Tit	2
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20/02	Bonchurch Beach	Water Pipit	1
20/02	(9.55)	Rock Pipit	4
20/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
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20/02	Ryde West Sands	Black-necked Grebe	1
20/02	(14.20)	Common Scoter	1f	(Just off beach)
20/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	12
20/02	"	Brent Geese	c140
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20/02	Puckpool to Seaview	Eider	1f
20/02	(14.35)	Red-breasted Merganser	13
20/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	29
20/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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Thursday	Foggy to Cloudy
19/02	Springvale, Seaview	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,4f
19/02	(12.40)	Great-crested Grebe	55	(Record numbers today)
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19/02	Bembridge Harbour	Black-tailed Godwit	2
19/02	(13.00)	Redshank	2
19/02	"	Curlew	8
19/02	"	Teal	c40
19/02	St. Helens Bridge	Wigeon	c120
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19/02	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	1
19/02	(13.15)	Little Grebe	7
19/02	"	Redshank	1
19/02	"	Tufted Duck	2m,3f
19/02	"	Shelduck	2
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