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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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| Peregrine Gore Cliff, 12th October | Buzzard Laundry Lane, 24th Oct. | Common Crane (Juv) Hale Common, 27th October | Common Crane (Juv) Hale Common, 27th October |
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| Lapwing (1st.w) Hersey NR, 1st. November | Treecreeper SmugglersHaven, 6th. November | Wheatear Luccombe Dn. 7th October | Pheasant (M) Shide, 11th October |
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"West High Down"---Sunday 8th November @8.00,
Meet Chris Meaney for Autumn migrants.
Park at the NT Quarry car park up the lane by the "High Down Tavern".
SZ324856 (Click for map).
MY OWN SIGHTINGS, and Reports from other Birders- (Green=Confirmed, Red=Unconfirmed.)
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| Friday | Sunny Int to Showers | NW Wind | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 06/11 | "Smugglers Haven" | Goldrest | 2-3 | |
| 06/11 | (9.30) | Blackcap | 1m | |
| 06/11 | " | Coal Tit | 1 | |
| 06/11 | " | Treecreeper
| 1 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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) |
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| 04/11 | Limerstone | Red-legged Partridge | 1 | |
| 04/11 | (10.20) | Sparrowhawk | 1 | (No sign of Hoopoe) |
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| 04/11 | Plaish | Kestrel | 2 | |
| 04/11 | (11.00) | Buzzard | 2 | (No sign of Red Kite, but see below) |
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| Reported | Whitwell to Godshill | Red Kite | 1 | seen from car c11.20 (Jon, Ventnor Group) |
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| Tuesday | Showers | |||
| 03/11 | Sandown Canoe Lake | Shoveler | 2m,1f | |
| 03/11 | (7.45) | Mediterranean Gull | 2 | |
| 03/11 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Reported | Limerstone, in private garden | Hoopoe | 1 | seen again recently (Laura W.) |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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) |
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| Saturday | Cloudy to Sunny Int | |||
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 30/10 | Fishbourne Beach | Great-crested Grebe | 1 | |
| 30/10 | (8.25) | Cormorant | 6 | |
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| 30/10 | Puckpool to Seaview | Oystercatcher | 17 | |
| 30/10 | (10.00) | Cormorant | 6 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| Reported | Little Atherfield | Hen Harrier | 1 | (Ventnor Group) |
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| 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
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| 24/10 | " | Swallow | 5 | |
| 24/10 | " | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
| 24/10 | " | Cormorant | 6 | (In roost tree) |
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