BIRDING ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT (I.O.W)
And elsewhere in the U.K. (Index Page)

Including 100's of pictures of Birds, Insects, Mammals and of the Isle of Wight, by Derek Hale

SAMPLE PICTURES - See "Picture Galleries" for more

Hoopoe, 7/4/06 Sandown Golf Course	Bluethroat (Werrar, 20/11/03)	Glanville Fritillary (Shepherds Chine 18/6/02)	Red Squirrel Firestone, 21/2/02
Rose Coloured Starling SandownEsp, 14/9/04	Hawfinch (F) Appley Park, 8th Jan	Red Backed Shrike (J) Culver-12/9/02	Ring Ouzel (M) Culver Down, 15/9/05

If you liked these then read on....Hundreds of pictures inside!

The Isle of Wight will be covered in detail

Other places covered in less detail,
Keyhaven, Farlington, the New Forest (Hants), and the Forest of Dean (Gloucestershire)

Reserves
-Newtown Nature Reserve (use NT Car Park by the Old Town Hall)
National Trust, with 3 hides. The East Hide can be reached from Town Copse FP, (follow the road E for this),
The Clamerkin Hide is further on, take FP though Clamerkin Farm, follow the signposts for the hide located in a wood by the Lake.
The Main Hide is locked in Winter, (keys can be obtained from the NT) but is open between 10am and 4pm in the Summer
-The Island's only RSPB Reserve is; "Brading Marsh" (Between Brading and Bembridge Harbour).
No access yet, use FPs around edges, eg "Laundry Lane" (part of the dismantled Brading to Bembridge Railway Track).
There are occasional guided walks, on Saturday or Sunday at 10am (charge), see local press for details
-The "Hersey Nature Reserve" at Seaview Duver, (E. of the Flamingo Park)
This is Council Owned, with an excellent public hide(Open approx. 8am-Dusk daily), the entrance is on the Puckpool to Seaview coastal road.
-Alverstone Mead Nature Reserve
1 Large hide. Use FP -S. of old railway line, there's a combination lock on the door, but there's also a covered area -good for Red Squirrels.

Click any Blue link below to visit that page.

Isle of Wight Pages

• Isle of Wight-Latest Sightings
  Green Sandpiper, Roseate Tern, Storm Petrel, Nuthatch.
• Previous Sightings;-|2007|2006||2005| |2001-2004|
  Isle of Wight Sightings Archive, for 2001 - 2005
• Isle of Wight-Siteguide + IOW bird pics |1999-2002| 2003-4|2005|2006|
  Raven, Garganey, Gadwall, Purple Sandpiper etc.
• Monthly Lists for;-|2007|2006|2005|2001 - 2004
  Complete list of birds I've seen each month
  - coming on holiday? Check the corresponding month as a guide to what you might see.
  
• Isle of Wight Ornithological Group-(IWOG)
  Details of membership, Field Trips in 2004 etc.
• Picture Galleries;- |Birds| Mammals| Insects| IOW Tour|
  (Click the one you want to see)
• Yearlists for;- |2006|2005|2004|2003|2002|2001|2000|
  My bird totals for each year.
• My IOW Life List
  With pictures of most

Elsewhere,

• Forest of Dean Regular Visits
  
• Hampshire-Sightings;- at Keyhaven, Farlington Marsh, Titchfield Haven, New Forest.
  Bittern, Bearded Tit, Red Backed Shrike, Ruff, Temminck's Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper

  (Please Note;- Reports will be infrequent now from these sites)

• Stocker's Lake- Sightings
  Smew, Red Crested Pochard, Goldeneye, Siskin.
• Stocker's Lake-Siteguide and Pictures
  Little Owl, Little Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Egyptian Goose, Wryneck etc. Turtle Dove, Black-necked Grebe, Tree Pipit, Goshawk, Hawfinch, Garganey, Peregrine nest, Redstart, Crossbill.
• Around London;-Broadwater Lake (Harefield), Fishers Green(Lee Valley), Ruislip Lido.
  Ring Necked Duck, Bittern, Long Eared Owl, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Red Crested Pochard.
• Staines Reservoir & Wraysbury
  Red-backed Shrike, Little Egret, Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, Black Necked Grebe
• Tring, Herts;-Wilstone Reservoir & College Lake
  Grey Phalarope, Ruff, Dunlin, Ringed Plover, Hobby, Black Tern, Greenshank.

Hersey Nature Reserve.

Some more good Birding Links.

• Kris Gillam's site, "Wight Vogels"- latest reports from the IOW.
  Lots of detail on recent sightings and extensive collection of bird pictures, of interest to the more serious birder.
• Ralph Hollins site, reports for the Portsmouth area, and beyond.
  Condensed news, from a nearby area.
• Portland Bird Observatory.
  Latest news and Sightings, with pictures.
• Fat Birder,
  Comprehensive site with links to Bird Sites in the UK and Worldwide.
• Watford RSPB
• Herts Bird Club
• Sightings in London - from Andrew Self -London Bird Recorder
• Dean Birders - Forest of Dean birding information for the Disabled.
• Birdcall - Latest rare Bird news- with details
• Birding related news- books and web resources.
• Birdsite lists - find other birding websites here
• Optics for Birding FAQ - binocular specification explained
• Binolulars for Birding - binocular buyers guide
• Birds of Britain.
• British Birdlists -Is that bird in the list?

IOW LINKS

• IOW Guide at "Fat Birder" - Has useful links for the area.
  

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• IOW Nostalgia - Dave Parkers very informative site with many interesting pictures.
  

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• Medina Valley Study Centre - includes bird reports (can download as "PDF" Doc)

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• Dinosaur Museum, Sandown - the IOW has provided excellent Dinosaur fossils.

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• Live IOW Weather - see what the weather conditions are now

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