ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW) Sightings for 2006

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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 occasional guided walks into the reserve from Brading Station Car Park,

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

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Brambling (M) Mersley Down, 30th Jan	Hawfinch (F) Appley Park, 8th Feb	Water Pipit, 1st March Brading Sewage Wks.	Little Ringed Plover Yarmouth, 20th March

Hoopoe, 7th April
Sandown Golf Course Sedge Warbler (M)
Sandown Canoe La. 1st June Buzzard
Werrar, 22nd December Purple Sandpiper
Foreland, 25th November

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Latest Sightings/Reports 2006.

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

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JUNE 2006: Click for monthly species lists, June total = 108

Friday	Cloudy to Hot Sunny	SE. Wind
30/06	Newtown NR	Little Tern	3	(Near Gull Is.)
30/06	(7.30 - 9.40)	Common Tern	1
30/06	"	Redshank	c10
30/06	"	Shelduck	18
30/06	"	Curlew	6
30/06	Main Hide	Mediterranean Gull	5	(1 ad, 2 2nd Yr, 2 juv )
30/06	Clamerkin Hide	Redshank	7	(and 1 juv)
30/06	"	Lapwing	9
30/06	"	Curlew	7
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Butterflies	"	White Admiral	1	Marbled White , Meadow Brown, Small Heath.
Insects	"	"Staphylinus caesareus" ?	1	a "Rove Beetle" Sp. crossing path to Hide.
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Thursday	Fine Sunny	S. Wind
29/06	West High Down, Totland	Peregrine	2	(Photo taken from under 25ft!)
29/06	(7.40 - 10.30)	Linnet	c30
29/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing just E. of Beacon)
29/06	"	Rock Pipit	c10
29/06	"	Bullfinch	2	(Pair, -hedge N. of Car Pk.)
29/06	"	Common Tern	c30	(Feeding off Sun Corner)
29/06	"	Sandwich Tern	2+
29/06	"	Gannet	1W
29/06	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
29/06	"	Shag	1	(On rock with 10 Cormorants)
29/06	"	Buzzard	4	(Circling over Headon Warren)
Moths	"	Dew Moth	2	& Marbled White, Painted Lady etc.
Mammals	"	Wild Goats	2	Edge of cliff, also 1 Fox.
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29/06	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	TEAL	3m	(Coming out of Eclipse)
29/06	(10.45 - 11.40)	Lapwing	9
29/06	"	Redshank	3
29/06	"	Curlew	1
29/06	"	Reed Warbler	4+
29/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Heard)
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny	E. Wind
28/06	Dodnor to Werrar	Whitethroat	c3
28/06	(7.30 - 9.00)	Lapwing	8	(6 ad, 2juv)
28/06	"	Oystercatcher	2
28/06	"	Curlew	4
28/06	"	Skylark	3
28/06	"	Kestrel	1
28/06	"	Buzzard	1
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Tuesday	Warm & Sunny later
27/06	Ryde Esplanade	Greater Black Backed Gull	32	(Out on sandbank)
27/06	(8.30)	Mediterranean Gull	c10
27/06	"	Common Tern	2
27/06	"	Oystercatcher	6
27/06	"	Curlew	1	(W. of Pier)
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27/06	Bembridge Ponds	Little Grebe	4	(2 ad, 2 juv)
27/06	(14.45 - 15.30)	Little Egret	3
27/06	"	Heron	3
27/06	"	Stock Dove	3	(Over)
27/06	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
27/06	"	Canada Geese	10
27/06	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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Monday	Persistant Rain	N. Wind
26/06	Hersey NR	Shelduck	1
26/06	(14.50 - 15.30)	Reed Warbler	2
26/06	"	Heron	1
26/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	4	(3 ad & 1 "1st. Summer")
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Recent	IOW Reports
25th	Dynamite Pool (RSPB)	Green Sandpiper	1	(Graham S.)
23rd	Brading Marsh	Sand Martin	1	(Graham S.)
20th	Ryde Esplanade	Roseate Tern	1	& c100 Common Tern.
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Sunday	IWOG trip to "New Forest"	Hants
18th	from Ferry	Little Tern	3	& 3 Gannets
"	Denny Wood	Tawny Owl	1	(Rufous) in tree
"	& Beaulieu Road	Honey Buzzard	1	& Cuckoo, Tree Pipits, Redstart, Marsh Tit,
"	Acre Down, Lyndhurst	Woodlark	2	& 5+ Crossbill, more Tree Pipits & Redstarts.
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Saturday	Warm Sunny	Light Wind
17/06	West High Down, Totland	Raven	5+	(Ad & juv Tennyson Dn, 2 Ad & 3 juv WHD -S. Cliffs)
17/06	(8.10 - 10.50)	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard on FP below Beacon)
17/06	"	Swallow	10+
17/06	"	Stonechat	1m	(Needles Battery)
17/06	"	Peregrine	1	(Edge of cliffs)
17/06	"	Guillemot	13	(on sea)
17/06	"	Linnet	8
17/06	"	Rock Pipit	10	(inc. Juvs)
17/06	"	Meadow Pipit	c15	(some juv.)
17/06	"	Mistle Thrush	2	(On Sea)
17/06	"	Shelduck	2	(On Sea)
17/06	"	Oystercatcher	3	(Flew into Cliffs)
17/06	"	Gannet	1E
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	4	& 2 Red Admiral, Common Blue, Small Heath.
"	"	Dingy Skipper	1	& 1 Hummingbird Hawkmoth
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17/06	Freshwater Cliffs	Peregrine	2
17/06	(11.00 - 11.40)	Skylark	4
17/06	"	Stonechat	2m,1f
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17/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	4+	(IWOG Walk)
17/06	(19.50 - 22.40)	Woodcock	3+
17/06	"	Goldcrest	10+	(Heard en route)
17/06	"	Buzzard	1
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Friday	Warm Sunny
16/06	Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1juv
16/06	(8.00)	House Martin	4
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16/06	Newtown NR	Bar Headed Geese	2	(Spit at Harbour Entrance)
16/06	(8.50 - 9.40)	Canada Geese	c150	"
16/06	"	Redshank	5+1juv
16/06	"	Shelduck	10+9juv	(Pair with 6 Ducklings & 3 Ducklings in Scrape)
16/06	"	Curlew	3
16/06	Boathouse	Pied Wagtail	4juv
16/06	Hide	Mediterranean Gull	2
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16/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	1juv
16/06	(13.40 - 14.20)	Mistle Thrush	1	(No sign of Spotted FC)
16/06	"	Buzzard	1	(W. over beach, 1st I've seen here!)
16/06	"	Blackcap	1m	(Heard)
16/06	"	Robin	2+1juv
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16/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	4+	(Singing and seen flying)
16/06	(19.50 - 22.50)	Woodcock	3+
16/06	"	Long Eared Owl	1	(Across path W. of Squirrel Hide @ 20.45)
16/06	"	Bullfinch	2
16/06	"	Raven	1
16/06	"	Kestrel	1
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Thursday	Warm Sunny	NE Wind
15/06	Brading Marsh	Pied Wagtail	2	(Filter beds)
15/06	(7.15 - 7.50)	Sedge Warbler	2
15/06	"	Whitethroat	1m
15/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
15/06	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
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15/06	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Swift	100+	(Feeding just offshore)
15/06	(9.05 - 10.40)	Fulmar	c10
15/06	"	Shag	1	(Rocken End-on rock, 2 Cormorants there later)
15/06	"	Peregrine (?)	1	(Might have been a Hobby, thinner longer wings etc.)
15/06	"	Blackcap	1m	(Singing under cliff)
15/06	"	Skylark	1m
15/06	"	Linnet	2
15/06	"	Stock Dove	5
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	10+	& Red Admiral
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15/06	Whale Chine, (11.00)	Rock Pipit	1+2juv	(@ Chine mouth)
Butterflies	"	Granville Fritillery	3	& 2 Painted Lady
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Reported	Ventnor Garden 3rd June	ALPINE SWIFT	1	over Garden then past Ventnor Middle School
(Pete H.)	"	Red Kite	1	has taken scraps from garden recently
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Wednesday	Cool, Cloudy, Drizzle	E. Wind
14/06	Thorness Bay	Skylark	c4
14/06	(9.00 - 10.10)	Reed Warbler	c3	(Singing etc.)
14/06	"	Ringed Plover	4
14/06	"	Turnstone	2
14/06	"	Curlew	1
14/06	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Calling to E.)
14/06	"	Oystercatcher	6	(Very noisy)
14/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(In bay)
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14/06	Dodnor, Medina R.	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
14/06	(10.20 - 11.00)	Reed Warbler	c2	(Singing)
14/06	"	Lapwing	1
14/06	"	Swan	24
14/06	"	Blackheaded Gull	c200
14/06	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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Tuesday	Warm Sunny
13/06	Brading Marsh etc.	Lapwing	4	(1 by Green Bridge, 3 Dynamite pool)
13/06	(7.15 - 8.40)	Sedge Warbler	2
13/06	"	Whitethroat	8+
13/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen briefly)
13/06	"	Reed Warbler	4	("Ducker's Bridge")
13/06	"	Reed Bunting	2m	"
13/06	"	Cuckoo	1	(Flew around, but not calling)
13/06	"	Skylark	1m
13/06	Dynamite Pool	Tufted Duck	1m
13/06	(Scoped from FP)	Shelduck	1
13/06	"	Little Grebe	1
13/06	"	Canada Geese	c20
13/06	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral, Blue Phase)
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13/06	Bembridge Down	Buzzard	2	(1 very pale, with "Ringtail" like harrier)
13/06	(8.50 - 10.00)	Fulmar	1
13/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2
13/06	"	Whitethroat	6+
13/06	"	Skylark	2m
13/06	"	Linnet	4
13/06	"	Yellowhammer	1m
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Monday	Hot Sunny	Light Wind
12/06	Sandown Esplanade	Sedge Warbler	c3	(by Canoe Lake, W. of Hide)
12/06	(7.30 - 8.30)	Reed Warbler	c5	(Singing etc.)
12/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
12/06	"	Coot	c15	(Many juv.)
12/06	"	Swan	2+3cyg.
12/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(In bay)
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Sunday	Hot Sunny
11/06	Fishbourne Beach	Curlew	1
11/06	(7.30)	Shelduck	4
11/06	"	Little Egret	3
11/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
11/06	Quarr Pond/Reedbed	Reed Warbler	2
11/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
Insects	"	"Oedemera noblis"	2	attractive thin Green beetles with "swollen" knees.
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11/06	Ryde Esplanade	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(Out on sandbank)
11/06	(8.40)	Greater Black Backed Gull	15
11/06	"	Little Egret	5
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11/06	Mottistone Estate (NT)	Nightjar	c3m	(Churring, wing clapping, calling etc.)
11/06	(20.40 - 22.10)	Yellowhammer	3
11/06	"	Buzzard	2
11/06	"	Partridge	1	(poss. Grey but distant)
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Reported	Brading Marsh (RSPB)	Turtle Dove	1	& 2 Redshank, 1 Curlew, 15 Lapwing,
(David A.)	(WeBS Count)	Gadwall	4	& 4 Teal, 4 Mediterranean Gull.
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Saturday	Hot Sunny	E. Wind
10/06	Newtown NR	Whimbrel	1	(Clamerkin channel)
10/06	(7.30 - 9.40)	Grey Plover	3	(Winter Plumage?)
10/06	E. Hide	Dunlin	1	(Summer Plumage)
10/06	"	Shelduck	10+	(2 juv)
10/06	"	Curlew	4
10/06	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard frequently)
10/06	Boathouse	Pied Wagtail	1+2juv
10/06	"	Oystercatcher	12	(1 @ Scrape)
10/06	"	Common Tern	1
10/06	Hide	Mediterranean Gull	4
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10/06	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
10/06	(10.30 - 11.30)	Black Tailed Godwit	72	(50 on Station Pond, 32 in Estuary)
10/06	"	Reed Warbler	c6	(Heard)
10/06	"	Little Egret	6
10/06	"	Heron	1
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Reported	St. Catherine's Pt	Manx Shearwater	12	33 Gannet,
(Graham S.)	(10.00 - 12.00)	Common Scoter	11	50 Swift & a Hummingbird Hawkmoth.
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Friday	Hot Sunny	E. Wind
09/06	Ryde Esplanade	Lesser Black Backed Gull	4	(Out on sandbank)
09/06	(7.30 - 8.00)	Greater Black Backed Gull	9
09/06	"	Oystercatcher	10	(4 W. side of Pier)
09/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1
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09/06	Foreland	Gannet	2+1juv	(SW)
09/06	(8.15)	Sandwich Tern	1
09/06	"	House Martin	c20
09/06	"	Kestrel	1f	(Mobbed by Martins)
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09/06	Bembridge Ponds	MANDARIN	1m	(Drake -on causeway with Mallard)
09/06	(8.55 - 9.30)	Little Egret	3
09/06	"	Heron	2+3juv
09/06	"	Shelduck	3
09/06	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
09/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
09/06	"	Little Grebe	2
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Thursday	Hot & Sunny	Light Wind
08/06	Nansen Hill/Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1	(Very scarce here now)
08/06	(8.20 - 9.50)	Willow Warbler	2	(Singing at bottom of W. Slope)
08/06	"	Swift	c20
08/06	"	Whitethroat	5
08/06	"	Linnet	c6
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08/06	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
08/06	(18.40 - 19.30)	Reed Warbler	1	(Singing by entrance)
08/06	"	Moorhen	1+3juv
08/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
08/06	"	Whitethroat	1m
08/06	"	Little Egret	2
08/06	"	Barnacle Geese	c10
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Reported	Newchurch Shute	Turtle Dove	1m	singing (Graham S.)
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny	S. Wind
07/06	Firestone Copse	Heron	c6	(Heronry with Juv @ Nests)
07/06	(10.30 - 12.30)	Little Egret	1
07/06	"	Buzzard	2
Insects	"	Speckled Yellow Moth	3	& 3 Brimstone, Speckled Wood, 1 Wall Brown
Insects	"	"Volucella bombylans"	3	"Bumblebee" Hoverfly, & Wood Ants etc.
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	1juv	very cute!
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07/06	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	KNOT	1	(Summer Plumage, with c20 Godwits)
07/06	(18.45 - 20.20)	Black Tailed Godwit	110+	(95 on Station Pond, c20 in Estuary)
07/06	"	Tufted Duck	3m,1f	(No sign of Garganey)
07/06	"	Redshank	2	(1 with Godwits)
07/06	"	Curlew	2
07/06	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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07/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c4m	(Singing and seen flying)
07/06	(20.40 - 22.50)	Woodcock	4+
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny	Cool E. Wind
06/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	2	(Adult with Juv)
06/06	(7.00 - 8.10)	Mistle Thrush	c8
06/06	"	Stock Dove	2
06/06	Ryde Beach	SANDERLING	2	(S. Plumage -on sandbank, unusual in June)
06/06	Canoe Lake	Canada Geese	2+9juv
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06/06	Culver	Rock Pipit	3
06/06	(10.40 - 11.50)	Whitethroat	6
06/06	"	Linnet	5
Butterflies	"	Dingy Skipper	3+	& 2 Painted Lady, Common Blue (lots), 1 Wall Brown
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Reported	Yarmouth	Garganey	1m	on Station Pond @20.00 (Mike K.)
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Monday	Warm Sunny
05/06	Brading Marsh etc.	Lapwing	3	(2 by Green Bridge, 1 Dynamite pool)
05/06	(7.15 - 8.45)	Greylag Geese	2	("Green Bridge" Pool, with 4 Canada Geese)
05/06	"	Swan	7	(2 with 5 Cygnets)
05/06	"	Whitethroat	4+
05/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2+	(Heard)
05/06	"	Reed Warbler	2	("Ducker's Bridge")
05/06	Centurion's Copse	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Reedbed)
05/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m	"
05/06	Dynamite Pool	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
05/06	(Scoped from FP)	Shelduck	c4
05/06	"	Canada Geese	10	(5 over + 1ad. and 4 Goslings by pond)
05/06	"	Little Egret	1	(Little Stint not seen at this range ~800m. away)
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05/06	Bembridge Ponds	Little Grebe	2
05/06	(8.55 - 9.30)	Little Egret	2
05/06	"	Heron	1 juv
05/06	"	Whitethroat	2+
05/06	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Lagoon)
05/06	"	Linnet	2
05/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m	"
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05/06	Binstead Beach	TURNSTONE	1	(On a rock in sea, unseasonal)
05/06	(16.20 - 16.55)	Sandwich Tern	4
05/06	"	Heron	1
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05/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	3m	(Singing and seen flying)
05/06	(20.50 - 22.40)	Woodcock	4+
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Sunday	Warm Hazy Sun
04/06	Shide to Blackwater	Barn Owl	2	(1 N. of FP, 1 flushed from hedge @ Marvel Lane)
04/06	(7.30 - 10.25)	Whitethroat	2
04/06	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard N. of FP)
04/06	"	Little Owl	2	(juv)
04/06	"	Garden Warbler	2
04/06	"	Blackcap	9	(1 juv)
04/06	"	Red Legged Partridge	3
04/06	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(@ nest)
04/06	"	Yellowhammer	2
04/06	"	Song Thrush	8
04/06	"	Swallow	4+
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Reported	Rookley/Gatcombe	Spotted Flycatcher	10	@ Rookley Manor, Gatcombe (6), Whitecroft (4)
(Robin A.)	Blackwater	HONEY BUZZARD	1NW	@11.10, & 1 Hobby (Birchmore)
"	Gatcombe Pond	Heron	1+ 3 juv	-a rare breeding record for W. Wight
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Saturday	Warm Sunny	Light Wind
03/06	Alum Bay Area	Turtle Dove	1	(On N. side of Road, op. Warren Farm)
03/06	(8.00 - 11.10)	Whitethroat	c9
03/06	"	Swallow	4+
03/06	"	Stonechat	6	(2m, 1f, 3 juv)
03/06	W. High Down	Peregrine	1	(Perched on tall pinnacle)
03/06	"	Guillemot	18	(on sea)
03/06	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
03/06	"	Linnet	15+
03/06	"	Rock Pipit	6+
03/06	"	Yellowhammer	2+	(Singing)
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	2	& 2 Red Admiral
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03/06	Newtown NR	Redshank	4
03/06	(11.40 - 12.10)	Shelduck	3
03/06	"	Common Tern	1
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03/06	Garden, Binstead	NUTHATCH	4	(2 adult and 2 juv @ nest hole!)
Note;-	"	Nuthatch	-	are very scarce on the Island, these are my first!
03/06	(17.20 - 18.10)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
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03/06	Brading Marsh	Lapwing	4
03/06	(20.40 - 21.30)	Shelduck	2
03/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2
03/06	"	Reed Warbler	2
03/06	"	Heron	3
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Reported	Garden @ Freshwater	GOSHAWK	1	-bigger than the regular Sparrowhawks. (Neil E.)
Reported	Hale Common	Marsh Harrier	1m	-circling low over the garlic festival field (Chris M.)
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Reported	West High Down	SWALLOWTAIL	1NW	@ 11.08! also 65 Painted Lady BF, 1m Dartford Warbler
(Robin A.)	Headon Warren	Turtle Dove	1	& 1m (1st s.) Dartford Warbler, 1 Spotted FC.
"	Yarmouth	Shoveler	1m	& 93 Black Tailed Godwit -high summer count for site.
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Friday	Warm Sunny	N. Wind
02/06	St. Catherine's Pt.	Common Scoter	52E	(48@8.00, 14@8.02)
02/06	(7.50 - 8.50)	Gannet	c7E
02/06	"	Razorbill	1W	(@8.31)
02/06	"	Swallow	4+
02/06	"	Red Legged Partridge	2
02/06	"	Whitethroat	6+
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02/06	Gore Cliff	Fulmar	c10	(5+ on ledges)
02/06	(9.08 - 10.00)	Linnet	3W
Butterflies	"	Small Copper	1	& 1 Painted Lady
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02/06	Whale Chine	Skylark	3+	(sadly no Corn Buntings)
02/06	(9.08 - 10.00)	Red Legged Partridge	1
Butterflies	"	Common Blue	1
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02/06	Parkhurst Forest	Buzzard	2
02/06	(16.15 - 17.50)	Kestrel	1
02/06	"	Jay	4
02/06	"	Whitethroat	2
Dragonflies	"	Broad Bodied Chaser	2	& 1 Southern Hawker
Butterflies	"	Brimstone	3	2 Peacock, Comma, Large White & Garden Tiger Moth
Insects	"	Pond Skater	5	1 Water Boatman
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Thursday	Sunny Int.	Light Wind
01/06	Sandown Esplanade	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Singing by Canoe Lake)
01/06	(7.30 - 8.30)	Reed Warbler	c4	(Singing etc.)
01/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
01/06	"	Swallow	10+	(and 2 Swift)
01/06	"	House Martin	c6
01/06	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(In bay)
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01/06	Shalfleet Quay	Nightingale	1m	(Singing just N. of Mill)
01/06	(9.40 - 11.00)	Cuckoo	1m	(On bushes W. side -Corfe Camp)
01/06	"	Redshank	3
01/06	"	Whitethroat	2
01/06	"	Yellowhammer	c4
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01/06	Newtown NR	Redshank	3	(Scrape)
01/06	(11.10 - 12.00)	Mediterranean Gull	4
*
01/06	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	1
01/06	(21.00 - 21.40)	Nightjar	1-2m	(Churring @ 21.20)
01/06	"	Song Thrush	2	(Singing)
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MAY 2006: Click for monthly species lists, May total = 127

Wednesday	Sunny Int.	N-NE. Wind
31/05	Headon Warren	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing/Feeding N. of Tumulus)
31/05	(8.10 - 9.00)	Whitethroat	c7	(Singing etc.)
31/05	"	Swallow	4	(and 2 Swift)
31/05	"	Buzzard	1
31/05	"	Green Woodpecker	1
Insects	"	Green Tiger Beetle	1	& Wall Brown BF
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31/05	Fort Victoria	Eider	1m	(On the Sea off Hurst Castle)
31/05	(9.10 - 9.30)	Cormorant	3
31/05	"	Common Tern	c4	(& poss. 3 Little Tern offshore)
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31/05	Newtown NR	Dunlin	2	(N. of Boathouse)
31/05	(10.30 - 12.30)	Cuckoo	1m	(Calling from tree on Hampstead side)
31/05	"	Common Tern	1
31/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
30/05	Wheeler's Bay	Raven	2	(Over)
30/05	(8.35 - 10.00)	Whitethroat	2
30/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1
30/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Still mimicking other birds)
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30/05	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	2+
30/05	(21.00 - 22.30)	Nightjar	1-2m	(Churring @ 21.20)
30/05	"	Song Thrush	2+	(Singing)
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Monday	Showers, Sunny Int.	W-NW. Wind
29/05	Monk's Bay	Razorbill	2W
29/05	(8.00 - 9.05)	Gannet	20W	(plus 2E)
29/05	"	Common Scoter	2W
29/05	"	Oystercatcher	1W
29/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
29/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard on slope above beach)
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29/05	Ventnor Downs	Raven	2
29/05	(9.10 - 12.00)	Buzzard	5
29/05	"	Kestrel	2
29/05	"	Yellowhammer	2+
29/05	"	Linnet	c10
29/05	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
29/05	"	Stonechat	2m,2f	(But no Dartford Warblers)
29/05	"	Swallow	3	(& some Swifts)
29/05	"	House Martin	c15	(Over to N. -late migrants?)
29/05	"	Willow Warbler	c3	(Heard)
29/05	"	Stock Dove	2
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Reported	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	Over main marsh 8.45 (Rob G.)
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29/05	Wheeler's Bay	Reed Warbler (?)	1m	(Heard singing quietly in bushes)
29/05	(16.20 - 17.35)	Sandwich Tern	3
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Sunday	Fine Sunny, Warm	W. Wind
28/05	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	8	(1 Juv being fed)
28/05	(8.00 - 8.50)	Song Thrush	4	(1 juv)
28/05	"	Stock Dove	3
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28/05	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	c4	(Heard)
28/05	(9.00 - 9.50)	Shelduck	2
28/05	"	Stock Dove	1
28/05	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Esc.)
28/05	"	Barnacle Geese	7	(Feral)
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28/05	Yarmouth	Black Tailed Godwit	7	(Rofford Marsh)
28/05	(14.30 - 15.30)	Buzzard	2
28/05	"	Oystercatcher	6
28/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
28/05	"	Reed Warbler	4+	(Heard)
28/05	"	Shelduck	8
28/05	"	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
28/05	"	House Martin	2
28/05	"	Swift	c20
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28/05	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	c6	( 9 "contacts")
28/05	(20.50 - 22.10)	Nightjar	1m	(Churring & flying around)
28/05	"	Long Eared Owl	2	(1st N. of Squirrel Hide@21.07, another @ 21.20)
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E-Mail Report	Bonchurch	Storm Petrel	9-11	W, 40 Common Scoter E. (7.30 - 11.30)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Mist on Hills	Light W. Wind
27/05	Shanklin Chine Steps	STORM PETREL	1-2	(Lingering offshore, 3 reported)
27/05	(7.20 - 9.05)	Auk Sp.	c10W	(Guillemots with a few Razorbill)
27/05	"	Sandwich Tern	4	(Locals)
27/05	"	Fulmar	4+	"
27/05	"	Kittewake	c6W	(@ 1 Manx Shearwater reported W)
27/05	"	Swift	c30
27/05	"	House Martin	c50	(Feeding along Cliffs, & with few Swallows)
Insects	"	Cockchaffer	1	Been sitting here for days!
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Friday	Foggy and Drizzle	Strong SW-W. Wind		Dull & Misty over sea
26/05	"Bandstand", Ventnor	Gannet	67W	(and 1 E.)
26/05	(7.50 - 9.40)	Guillemot	6W	(Together @ 8.11)
26/05	"	Kittiwake	6W	(Together @ 8.03)
26/05	"	Fulmar	c4	(Local Birds?)
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26/05	Shanklin Pond	Muscovy	7
26/05	(9.50)	Moorhen	3	(Adult with 2 Chicks)
26/05	"	Aylesbury Duck	3
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26/05	Sandown Esp	Sandwich Tern	4	(Near Pier)
26/05	(14.10)	Rock Pipit	1	(On beach)
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26/05	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	2	(Over @ 21.17 & 21.25)
26/05	(21.10 - 21.35)	NIGHTJAR	1m	(Churring and flying @ 21.24)
26/05	"	Barn Owl	1	(Fields to E.)
26/05	"	Song Thrush	3+	(Singing)
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Sun-Thurs	Trip to "Forest of Dean"	Glos.
Mon 22nd	Nagshead RSPB	Pied Flycatcher	1m	Wood Warbler
Tue 23rd	Crabtree Hill	Turtle Dove	1	Wood Warbler, Tree Pipit, Woodcock.
"	Symonds Yat	Peregrine	1,3juv	Female at nest hole feeding 3 chicks
Wed 24th	"Sugarloaf", Abergavenny	Whinchat	c6	Cuckoo, Skylark, Raven, Meadow Pipit
"	Wenchford	Dipper	1	Nuthatch, Spotted Flycatcher, Mandarin.
"	New Fancy V.Pt	Goshawk	1	with Prey, Fallow Deer also seen.
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REPORTED	from IOW			I missed all the "Stormies" !
Wed 24th (W)	St catherines' Pt	Storm Petrel	6	210 Gannet, 30 Guillemot, 5 Razorbill
(Dave & Martin H.)	(8.00 - 12.00)	Manx Shearwater	136	& 21 Kittiwake, 1 Little Egret and C. Scoter 13E
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Tue 23rd (W)	Ventnor (Ventnor Group)	CORY'S SHEARWATER	1	@9.28, close inshore then moved of to W.
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Mon 22nd	St. Catherines' Pt.	Storm Petrel	9	6W,3 offshore
(GrahamS)	(17.00 - 19.00)	Manx Shearwater	3	& 7 Swift in off
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Sun 21st	La Falaise, Ventnor	Storm Petrel	10	& 29 Auks (inc 7 Guillemot)
(Jon etc.)	(10.00 - 12.40)	Manx Shearwater	112	& 9 Kittiwake, 30 Fulmar (W).
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Saturday	Showers & Sunny Int.	Brisk SW Wind
20/05	Thorness Bay	Ringed Plover	3
20/05	(7.30 - 8.20)	Turnstone	c22
20/05	"	Whimbrel	2	(In field with cattle)
20/05	"	Oystercatcher	3+
20/05	"	Common Tern	6	(At sea)
20/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(On beach)
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Friday	Cloudy, Rain	Strong S-SW. Wind
19/05	Brading Marsh	Swift	c50
19/05	(14.00 - 15.20)	House Martin	c40
19/05	"	Whitethroat	2+
19/05	"	Reed Warbler	4+	(Heard)
19/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
19/05	"	Buzzard	2
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Reported	St catherines' Pt	STORM PETREL	1W	(seen by Ian R.)
(GrahamS)	(16.00 - 19.00)	Manx Shearwater	82	& 69 Gannet, 33 Guillemot (W), 1 Arctic Skua.
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Thursday	Showers to Brighter	Brisk SW. Wind
18/05	Newtown NR	Nightingale	1m	(Heard, S. side of Hay Meadow)
18/05	(8.10 - 9.15)	Redshank	2	(1 Boathouse, 1 Scrape)
18/05	"	Curlew	3
18/05	"	Canada Geese	c15	(1 Pair with 5 Goslings Brickfields side)
18/05	"	Shelduck	9
18/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
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18/05	Rofford Marsh	Shelduck	13
18/05	(9.30 - 10.00)	Black Tailed Godwit	7
18/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
18/05	"	Reed Warbler	5+	(Heard, 1 seen)
18/05	"	Tufted Duck	1m
18/05	"	House Martin	15+
18/05	"	Swift	2
18/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m
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18/05	Fort Victoria ( 10.15)	Little Tern	1
18/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
18/05	"	Common Tern	c20
18/05	"	Guillemot	1	(On the Sea)
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Rain	SW. Wind
17/05	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	16	(Out on sand bank, most in Summer Plumage)
17/05	(19.15)	Little Egret	2
17/05	"	Oystercatcher	6
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Tuesday	Cloudy	SW. Wind
16/05	Ryde East Sands	Sanderling	2	(On distant sand bank, mobbed by Terns)
16/05	(8.00 -Low Tide)	Little Egret	8
16/05	"	Oystercatcher	11
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16/05	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	1
16/05	(8.20)	Mistle Thush	4
16/05	"	Song Thrush	2
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16/05	Bathingbourne	Little Owl	1	(On Pole @20.40)
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Monday	Cloudy	Fresh SW. Wind
15/05	Brading Marsh	Buzzard	1
15/05	(14.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
15/05	"Green Bridge" Pool	Greenshank	1
15/05	"	Lapwing	3
15/05	"	Shelduck	2
15/05	"Dynamite" Pool	Shelduck	3	(Scoped from "Bembridge Trail" FP)
15/05		Tufted Duck	2m,1f
Butterfies	"	Painted Lady	1	& 1 Red Admiral, 2 Silver Y Moths
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Sunday	Hazy Sunny Int. to Cloudy
14/05	Fishbourne Beach	Common Sandpiper	1
14/05	(7.30 - 8.30)	Sandwich Tern	1
14/05	"	Common Tern	6
14/05	"	Curlew	5
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14/05	Quarr Abbey area	Whitethroat	3
14/05	(8.40 - 10.00)	Blackcap	2
14/05	"	Mistle Thrush	5
14/05	"	Reed Warbler	5	(Ponds)
14/05	"	Green Woodpecker	3
Flowers	"	Spotted Orchid	Lots	(Woods, - E. end), Bluebells, Red Campion.
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14/05	Wootton Bridge	Shelduck	4
14/05	(11.25)	Heron	2
14/05	"	Little Egret	2
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Reported	"Dynamite" Pool (RSBP)	Garganey	1m	also Hobby, Carpenders Fm. (Dave A.)
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Saturday	Misty to Warm & Sunny	W.- NW. Wind
13/05	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Cuckoo	1m	(Singing from Power Lines)
13/05	(7.25)	Reed Warbler	c4	(Singing in reedbeds)
13/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
13/05	"	Shelduck	5
13/05	"	Tufted Duck	1m
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13/05	Alum Bay Area	HOBBY	1	(Over Rocket Site then W. over Needles @8.50)
13/05	(8.15 - 10.40)	Spotted Flycatcher	1-2	(Wooded strip E. of Car Park, Alum Bay)
13/05	"	Stonechat	2m,1f
13/05	"	Raven	1	(Mobbing 2 Buzzards)
13/05	"	Sparrowhawk	1
13/05	"	Wheatear	1m	(Singing by old Rocket Site)
13/05	"	Rock Pipit	7
13/05	At Sea;-	Gannet	38W
13/05	"	Common Scoter	7W
13/05	"	Whimbrel	1	(Along coast)
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13/05	Fort Victoria (11.00)	Common Tern	10+	(Very quite today)
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13/05	Newtown NR	Common Tern	c10
13/05	(11.30)	Lesser Whiterthroat	1	(Heard N. side of Meadow)
Reptiles	"	Common Lizard	1	(On the boardwalk, Hay Meadow)
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Friday	Hot & Sunny	Light W. Wind
12/05	Newtown NR	Grey Plover	2	(1 in Summer Pl, 1 still Winter)
12/05	(8.00 - 9.40)	Common Tern	12	(From Boathouse)
12/05	"	Sandwich Tern	8
12/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	9
12/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m
12/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard S. side of Hay Meadow)
12/05	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard)
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12/05	Dodnor & Dickson's Copse	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard by Ponds)
12/05	(10.00 - 11.00)	Blackcap	2+
12/05	"	Whitethroat	2+
12/05	"	Buzzard	1
Butterfly	"	Speckled Wood	2
Insects	"	Namephora metallica(?)	2+	has emormous feelers!
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Reported	Binstead Garden	NUTHATCH	2	since April 8th @ Garden Feeders, v.rare on IOW
(GrahamS)	"Dynamite" Pool	Gadwall	2	1 Greenshank, 1m Shoveler, 1pr. Greylag (Nesting?)
"	Brading Marsh (RSPB)	Hobby	2
"	St. Catherine's Pt.	Pomarine Skua	1E	& 91 Commic Tern, 2 Bar Tailed Godwit.
"	"	Manx Shearwater	4E	2 Razorbill, 12 Guillemot, 9 Whimbrel
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Reported	Parkhurst	Nightingale	1m	singing near Johnson Road (Stuart R.)
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Thursday	Warm Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
11/05	St Catherine's Point	MANX SHEARWATER	31E	(Largest groups;- 15 @ 9.24 & 9 @ 9.54)
11/05	(7.30 - 10.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4W	(@8.25)
11/05	"	Marsh Harrier	1f/juv	(In off sea @ 8.55, mobbed by Gulls)
11/05	"	Common Scoter	93E	(Biggest group c90)
11/05	"	Arctic Skua	1E	(Dark Phase, @8.40)
11/05	"	Guillemot	5	(Mostly E. 1 on sea)
11/05	"	Razorbill	1W	(With a Guillemot)
11/05	"	Common Tern	140E
11/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1E
11/05	"	Black Headed Gull	100+	(Mostly E.)
11/05	"	Whimbrel	17E
11/05	"	Dunlin	5E	(and 5 Ringed Plover reported)
11/05	"	Gannet	120+	(Mainly W.)
11/05	"	Kittiwake	7	(Mainly E.)
11/05	"	Peregrine	1	(On Gore Cliff)
11/05	"	Swallow	c10	(Most off sea)
11/05	"	Swift	3	(In off sea)
Reported	(9.30 -17.30)	Bar Tailed Godwit	68E	& 26 Whimbrel, 14 Dunlin (E), 16 Manx Shearwater E
(GrahamS)	"	"Commic" Tern	266	& 44 Kittiwake, 123 Common Scoter (100 E, 23 W),
"	"	Red Throated Diver	1E	& 91 Gannet E, 24 Auks (inc. 7 R/bill) 1 Yell. Wag.
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11/05	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	c4	(Roding Males)
11/05	(20.30 - 21.50)	Mallard	3	(Over)
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Wednesday	Misty to Fine Sunny	Light Wind
10/05	Brighstone Down	Garden Warbler	6+	(Everywhere!)
10/05	(8.05 - 10.20)	TURTLE DOVE	2+	(1 on path, 2 heard some way apart)
10/05	"	Treecreeper	1m	(Heard)
10/05	"	Whitethroat	2
10/05	"	Mistle Thrush	3
10/05	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Heard by Tennyson Trail)
10/05	"	Chiffchaff	1
10/05	"	Mistle Thrush	3
10/05	"	Yellowhammer	c10
10/05	"	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard to E.)
Insects	"	St. Mark's Fly	100's	Good bird food!
Butterfly	"	Painted Lady	2	& 2 Red Admiral
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10/05	Laundry Lane, St. Helens	Bullfinch	1m
10/05	(16.00 - 17.15)	Lapwing	5
10/05	"	Buzzard	3
10/05	"	Whitethroat	4
10/05	"	Canada Geese	c20
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10/05	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	1-2	(Over @ 21.05, 21.12 & 21.25)
10/05	(21.00 - 21.30)	Heron	2	(over)
10/05	"	Song Thrush	5+	(Singing)
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Reported	Rofford Marsh	Green Sandpiper	1	still present pm. (Elaine P.)
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Tuesday	Cloudy, Spots of Rain	Light Wind
09/05	Shide to Bk.Water FP	Garden Warbler	2
09/05	(8.20 - 10.40)	Red Legged Partridge	5	(3 Sandy Lane and 2 from Marvel Lane)
09/05	"	Bullfinch	1m
09/05	"	Little Owl	1
09/05	"	Blackcap	9
09/05	"	Whitethroat	3
09/05	"	Chiffchaff	2
09/05	"	Mistle Thrush	1
09/05	"	Yellowhammer	3	(Sandy Lane)
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09/05	FP to Bembridge Ponds	Little Owl	1	(Tree, field behind Cattle Shed)
09/05	(14.40)	Whitethroat	3
09/05	"	Tufted Duck	1m	(Pond W. side of R. Yar)
09/05	"	Little Egret	4
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Monday	Rain & Fog to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
08/05	Fort Victoria ( 8.15)	Guillemot	1	(On the Sea)
08/05	(Wet and Misty)	Sandwich Tern	1
08/05	(I went too soon!)	Common Tern	c20
Reported	(9.30 -11.00)	Garganey	1m	W.@10.15 + 9 Scoter, 1 Redpoll & 2 Yellow Wag
(GrahamS)	"	Eider	37	on sea, 2 Little Tern W. 1 Ringed Plover E.
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08/05	Yarmouth	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	(E. end Rofford Marsh, N. side of FP)
08/05	(9.25 - 11.00)	HEN HARRIER	1f	("Ringtail" -with missing tail feathers, E. @10.00)
08/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
08/05	"	Reed Warbler	5+	(Heard)
08/05	"	Cuckoo	1	(Singing from Power Lines)
08/05	"	Shelduck	5
08/05	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
08/05	"	Swallow	c50
08/05	"	House Martin	c50
08/05	"	Swift	c20
08/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard at Rofford Marsh)
08/05	"	Black Tailed Godwit	9	(Over to W.)
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08/05	Newtown NR	Grey Plover	2	(1 in Summer Pl, 1 still Winter)
08/05	(11.15 - 12.25)	Dunlin	c10	(From Boathouse)
08/05	"	Sandwich Tern	4
08/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	8
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08/05	Laundry Lane, St. Helens	Sand Martin	1
08/05	(15.10 - 17.30)	House Martin	50+
08/05	"	Swift	50+	(and a few Swallows)
08/05	"	Wheatear	2+
08/05	"	Canada Geese	33	(1 with a single Gosling)
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Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
07/05	Sandown Esp.	Turnstone	1	(On Groyne, unusual here)
07/05	(7.30 - 8.15)	Sandwich Tern	3	(Just off beach)
07/05	"	Wheatear	1f	(By Dino Museum)
07/05	"	Sedge Warbler	2	(Around old Canoe Lake)
07/05	"	Reed Warbler	6+	"
07/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	"
07/05	"	House Martin	c6	"
07/05	"	Swallow	c20	"
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07/05	"Winkle St." Calbourne	House Martin	4+	(Building nests)
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07/05	Mottistone Estate NT	Yellowhammer	6
07/05	(10.40 - 12.00)	Buzzard	8	(Soaring over downs)
07/05	"	Whitethroat	6+
07/05	"	Linnet	15+
Beetle	"	Oil Beetle	1	Impressive beasty!
Butterfly	"	Painted Lady	4	& 1 Peacock, 4 Red Admiral, 2 Small Tortoiseshell
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07/05	Foreland	Shag	2	(Out on ledge)
07/05	(15.00)	Sandwich Tern	5	(Near Lifeboat Station)
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Reported	Laundry Lane	Hen Harrier	1f	& 2 Hobby (Chris M. etc.)
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Saturday	Sunny Int. to Wet
06/05	Quarr Abbey area	Whitethroat	3
06/05	(7.35 - 9.00)	Blackcap	7
06/05	"	Reed Warbler	2+	(Pond by Elenore's Grove)
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06/05	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	1
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06/05	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	5
06/05	(16.30 - 17.30)	Sandwich Tern	3
06/05	"	Common Tern	8+
06/05	"	Swallow	c20
06/05	"	Redshank	2
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Reported	West High Down	Red Rumped Swallow	1	W. @8.40 ,1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lssr Whitethroat
(ChrisM/GrahamS)	Fort Victoria	Black Tern	4	& 17 Little Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 14 Sandwich Tern,
"	"	Common Tern	990	2 Arctic Skua, 20 Whimbrel, 1 Bar T. Godwit, 4 Knot
"	Yarmouth	Hobby	1	1 Greenshank, 50 Swift, 65 House Martin,
"	"	Little Tern	1	& 2 Lesser Whitethroat.
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Friday	Warm Sunny Int.	SW. Wind		Fog on hills
05/05	Bembridge Down-Culver	Whinchat	1f	(Grounded by fog?)
05/05	(7.50 - 9.30)	Buzzard	1	(Pale Phase)
05/05	"	Whitethroat	8
05/05	"	Peregrine	2	(Displaying over Redcliff)
05/05	"	Skylark	2+	(W. of Fort)
05/05	"	Swallow	2	"
05/05	"	Yellowhammer	7
05/05	"	Rock Pipit	5
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05/05	Fishbourne Beach	Common Tern	19	(around Creek entrance)
05/05	(10.30)	Curlew	3
05/05	"	Shelduck	2
05/05	"	Little Egret	4
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Reported	Western Yar	Black Tern	1	fishing over the reedbed pm. @SZ351890,(Caroline D.)
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Thursday	Warm Sunny Intervals	E. Wind		Misty over sea
04/05	St Catherine's Point	Common Scoter	45E	(+2 reported W.)
04/05	(7.00 - 10.00)	Shelduck	2E
04/05	"	Auk Sp.	15	(12E, 3W, -Mostly Guillemots)
04/05	"	Common Tern	68E
04/05	"	Sandwich Tern	7E
04/05	"	Whimbrel	2E
04/05	"	Gannet	134	(Mainly W.)
04/05	"	Kittiwake	4W
04/05	"	Fulmar	13	(In raft on sea)
04/05	"	Peregrine	1f	(Flew right over us)
04/05	"	Sparrowhawk	1m,1f	(Dashing about)
04/05	"	Swallow	c10	(Most off sea)
04/05	"	Collared Dove	5	(W along coast, unusual here)
Mammal	"	Grey Seal	1	just offshore moving W.
Reported	"	Short Eared Owl	1	In E side of Lighthouse (Chris M.)
Reported	"	Arctic Skua	1E	-earlier (Jim C.)
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Reported	(16.30 - 19.00)	Pomarine Skua	2	& 2 "Bonxie", 1 Arctic Skua,
(Graham S.)	"	Manx Shearwater	1	& 29 Whimbrel, 21 Bar Tailed Godwit, 80 Gannet.
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	S. Wind
03/05	Shide to Bk.Water FP	Grey Wagtail	2
03/05	(8.15 - 10.15)	Little Owl	1
03/05	"	Blackcap	13
03/05	"	Whitethroat	2
03/05	"	Chiffchaff	8
03/05	"	Mistle Thrush	2
03/05	"	Yellowhammer	3	(Sandy Lane)
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03/05	Binstead Beach	Great Crested Grebe	5	(V. Unusual in May)
03/05	(10.30 - 11.00)	Turnstone	6	"
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03/05	Appley Park, Ryde	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	1	(SE of Tower, flycatching)
03/05	(15.00 - 15.30)	Willow Warbler	1	"
03/05	"	Stock Dove	2	(In Mistle Thrush hole, but the owner chased them off)
03/05	"	Mistle Thrush	4
03/05	"	Jay	2
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03/05	Laundry Lane	Redpoll	17	(N. end feeding in treetops)
03/05	(16.45 - 18.10)	Peregrine	2
03/05	"	House Martin	4	(High up)
03/05	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
03/05	"	Sedge Warbler	2	(1 seen, 1 only heard)
03/05	"	Reed Warbler	2+	(Heard)
03/05	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
03/05	"	Lapwing	2
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Tuesday	Sunny Int. to Cloudy	Fresh S. - SE. Wind		Fog over sea mid morning
02/05	St Catherine's Point	POMARINE SKUA	6E	(A line of 6 @10.00, excellent views)
02/05	(7.40 - 11.00)	Great Skua "Bonxie"	2E
02/05	"	Arctic Skua	6E	(Most Dark Phase)
02/05	"	Black Throated Diver	1E	(+2 reported earlier, 1 R.Th? on sea)
02/05	"	Razorbill	1E
02/05	"	Auk Sp. (Guillemots?)	3E	(and 15+ reported)
02/05	"	Common Tern	c55E
02/05	"	Whimbrel	1E	( 1 Oystercatcher(W) and 5 unidentified waders E.)
02/05	"	Gannet	75	(Mainly E.)
02/05	"	Kittiwake	2E	(1 1st w, and 4 reported earlier)
02/05	"	Common Scoter	53E	(+63 reported earlier)
02/05	"	Fulmar	c4
02/05	"	Swallow	4
Reported	"	Yellow Wagtail	3	in-off sea earlier
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02/05	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(4 reported here last week)
02/05	(14.50)	Shelduck	2
02/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard by entrance)
02/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Singing in reedbed)
02/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Singing in reedbed)
02/05	"	Wheatear	1	(On beach)
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02/05	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Hunting at 20.35)
02/05	(20.15)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Old Seawall bushes)
02/05	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Singing in reedbed)
02/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Singing in reedbed)
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Monday	Wet to Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
01/05	Fort Victoria (10.15)	Razorbill	3	(On the Sea)
01/05	"	Guillemot	1W
01/05	"	Common Tern	c6
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01/05	Yarmouth	Cuckoo	1m	(Singing from Pines, Mill Copse)
01/05	(9.45&10.35)	Reed Warbler	c7	(Singing in reedbeds)
01/05	"	Teal	27
01/05	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/05	"	Shelduck	5
01/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m
01/05	"	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
01/05	"	Swallow	3
01/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
01/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	2	(Heard on on FP by pond & scrape)
01/05	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1m
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01/05	Newtown NR	Nightingale	1m	(Singing @ Hay Meadow)
01/05	(11.15 - 12.25)	Lesser Whiterthroat	1	(Heard N. side of Meadow)
01/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
01/05	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1	(Gull Is.)
01/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
01/05	"	Brent Geese	5
01/05	"	Shelduck	c10
01/05	"	Swallow	1
01/05	"	House Martin	1	(Cassey Br.)
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01/05	Lane End, Bembridge	PURPLE SANDPIPER	3	(Lifeboat Stn, unusual in May)
01/05	(16.00)	Rock Pipit	1
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01/05	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c70	(Good numbers for May)
01/05	(18.50)	Oystercatcher	10+
01/05	"	Common Tern	4+
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01/05	Parkhurst Forest	Woodcock	2-4	(Roding Males)
01/05	(19.20 - 21.50)	Raven	1
01/05	"	Mistle Thrush	2	(1 Heard)
Reported	"	Nightjar	1m	Clearing N. of Car Park again
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	Hobby	1	about noon (David B.)
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APRIL 2006: Click for monthly species lists, April total = 133 (A new Record)

Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	N. - W. Wind
30/04	St Catherine's Point	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1	(Circling with Gannets then W.)
30/04	(7.20 - 10.00)	Razorbill	1W
30/04	"	Auk Sp. (Guillemots?)	21E
30/04	"	Gannet	62	(Most W. some fishing)
30/04	"	Sandwich Tern	6
30/04	"	Kittiwake	1W
30/04	"	Common Scoter	34E	(Groups of 14 & 20)
30/04	"	Fulmar	c10
30/04	"	Swift	1	(In off sea @ 8.10)
30/04	"	Swallow	20	(Most in off sea)
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30/04	Whale Chine (10.10)	Skylark	1	(E. bank of Chine)
Insects	"	Red Tailed Bumblebee	2	1 Peacock BF
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Saturday	Overcast to Fine Sunny	Light N. Wind
29/04	West High Down &	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(WHD, N. Slope/Valley)
29/04	Alum Bay (7.25 - 9.10)	Stonechat	1m,1f
29/04	"	Whitethroat	3
29/04	"	Willow Warbler	2
29/04	"	Rock Pipit	4
29/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
29/04	"	Shelduck	1	(@Nest-hole on Alum Bay Cliff)
29/04	"	Yellowhammer	3
29/04	"	Linnet	25+
29/04	"	Swallow	7
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29/04	Fort Victoria	Razorbill	2	(On the Sea)
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29/04	Yarmouth	Swift	1
29/04	(10.00 - 11.00)	Reed Warbler	c10	(Singing in reedbeds)
29/04	"	Teal	38
29/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen from about 4 feet!)
29/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Rofford Marsh)
29/04	"	Shelduck	4
29/04	"	Reed Bunting	1f
29/04	"	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
29/04	"	Redshank	3	(2 Rofford Marsh, 1 Scrape)
29/04	"	Lapwing	2	(Rofford Marsh)
29/04	"	Snipe	1	(Rofford Marsh)
29/04	"	Sandwich Tern	1
29/04	"	Common Tern	1
29/04	"	Swallow	3
Butterfly	"	Peacock	1
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29/04	Newtown NR	Nightingale	2m	(1 Singing@Cassey Bridge, 1 Town Copse)
29/04	(11.15 - 12.25)	LITTLE TERN	2	(Gull Is.)
29/04	"	Knot	4	(Gull Is.)
29/04	"	Sandwich Tern	1
29/04	"	Whimbrel	4	(Flew W. down Clamerkin Lake calling)
29/04	"	Black Tailed Godwit	5	(Clamerkin)
29/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	9
Butterfly	"	Speckled Wood	1	(Town Copse)
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Reported	Parkhurst Forest	NIGHTJAR	1m	Clearing N. of Car Park
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Friday	Sunny to Cloudy	(Cool N. Wind)
28/04	Thorness Bay	Cuckoo	1m	(Calling at reedbed, flew over W.)
28/04	(7.15 - 8.20)	Turnstone	19	(Moving up the beach)
28/04	"	Ringed Plover	1	(Rocky beach)
28/04	"	Oystercatcher	2
28/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(Offshore)
28/04	"	Shelduck	4
28/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Singing loudly)
28/04	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
28/04	"	Skylark	4	(Singing and dust bathing)
28/04	"	Swallow	3
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Thursday	Fine Sunny to Cloudy
27/04	Shide to Blackwater	GARDEN WARBLER	1-2	(1m singing, by Pond)
27/04	(7.50 - 10.15)	Blackcap	10
27/04	"	Little Owl	1	(In usual place, W. of FP near Blackwater end)
27/04	"	Chiffchaff	2
27/04	"	Yellowhammer	1m
27/04	"	Song Thrush	4
27/04	"	Rook	c50	(45 nests at Blackwater Rookery)
27/04	"	Swallow	4
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Wednesday	Foggy to Sunny Int.	NW. - W. Wind
26/04	St Catherine's Point	Auk Sp. (Guillemot?)	18E	(Came though when fog cleared)
26/04	(8.00 - 9.30)	Gannet	25	(20 E. & 5W. )
26/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2W
26/04	"	Shelduck	2W
26/04	"	Kittiwake	4W
26/04	"	Shag	1W
26/04	"	Wheatear	1m	(Cliff Edge)
26/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Bushes)
26/04	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing and feeding)
26/04	"	Whitethroat	6+	(Singing around bushes)
26/04	"	Swallow	2
Butterfly	"	Small Tortoiseshell	2
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26/04	Gore Cliff	Raven	1	(Displaying on cliff edge)
26/04	(9.45)	Little Owl	6	(On usual ledge)
26/04	"	Peregrine	1	(Dive bombing a Crow)
26/04	"	Fulmar	12	(7 on ledges)
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Monday	Foggy, Brighter later			Light Wind
24/04	Bembridge Down	Skylark	4	(Singing W. of Fort)
24/04	(7.50)	Chaffinch	6+
24/04	"	Blackcap	1m	(Singing)
24/04	"	Whitethroat	3	(No other migrants)
24/04	"	Buzzard	1	(Brading Marsh)
24/04	"	Kestrel	1
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24/04	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen by entrance)
24/04	(18.50)	Shelduck	4
24/04	"	Stock Dove	1	(Came to drink)
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24/04	Appley Beach	Sanderling	71	(Some showing some summer plumage)
24/04	(19.20)	Dunlin	1	(A late one)
24/04	"	Little Egret	1
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Sunday	Wet and Misty	Light W. Wind
23/04	Appley Park	Treecreeper	1	(Heard by Car Park)
23/04	(8.00)	Mistle Thrush	4
23/04	"	Stock Dove	4
23/04	"	Swallow	1	(Around Convent)
23/04	Appley Beach	Sanderling	c40	(Some in summer plumage)
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23/04	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(By entrance wier @ 9.40, flew into main ponds)
23/04	(9.00)	Shelduck	2
23/04	(Hide Locked)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Good view near entrance)
23/04	"	Linnet	c30
23/04	"	Greenfinch	c20
23/04	"	Whitethroat	1	(Singing by entrance)
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23/04	Bembridge Harbour	Sandwich Tern	2
23/04	(16.10)	Little Egret	4
23/04	St. Helens Bridge	Common Sandpiper	3	(Looking S. -on E. Bank of river)
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	HOBBY	1	a.m. (Ventnor Group)
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23/04	Laundry Lane	Whitethroat	2
23/04	(16.30)	Lapwing	6	(4 together)
23/04	"	Whinchat	1
23/04	"	Sand Martin	c40
23/04	"	Swallow	10+
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Reported	St Catherine's Pt	Bar Tailed Godwit	29	2 Arctic Skua, 2 "Bonxie", 121 Gannet
(Graham S.)	(9.00 - 12.30)	Whimbrel	7	18 Common Scoter, 4 Razorbill, 7 Guillemot
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Saturday	Overcast to Fine Sunny	Light Wind
22/04	West High Down &	RING OUZEL	2f/imm	(WHD, N. Slope/Valley)
22/04	Alum Bay (7.20 - 12.00)	WHINCHAT	1m	(Headon Warren, 2 more reported)
22/04	"	GRASSHOPPER WARBLER	1m	("Reeling" by Alum Bay Coach Park)
22/04	"	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1	(Above G.C. Headon Warren)
22/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	(Singing above G.C. Headon Warren)
22/04	"	Whitethroat	25+	(around area, they were everywhere!)
22/04	"	Willow/Chiffs	20+	(Coming up from Chine)
22/04	"	Wheatear	16+	(Mainly on S. Cliffs)
22/04	"	Redpoll	8	(N. Over Rocket Testing Site)
22/04	"	Skylark	2	(WHD)
22/04	"	Red Legged Partridge	4	(Headon Warren)
22/04	"	Peregrine	1	(S. Cliffs)
22/04	"	Fulmar	6
22/04	"	Rock Pipit	4
22/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
22/04	"	Blackcap	3m,2f
22/04	"	Stonechat	1f
22/04	"	Guillemot	6	(Raft of 4 on sea, 2 out from cliffs)
22/04	"	Shag	13	(Raft of 12 on Sea, then on "Old Pepper Rock")
22/04	"	Cormorant	c10	(some at Nests on cliffs)
22/04	"	Yellowhammer	2	(Low numbers today)
22/04	"	Linnet	40+	(Flock of 30 in Field below Warren)
22/04	"	Swallow	6	(Now nesting at Rocket Site?)
Insects	"	Peacock BF	1	and 2 Red Tailed Bumblebee.
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Reported	"	WOOD WARBLER	2	Tree Pipits (over), & the Grasshopper Warbler
(Russell W.)	"	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	1	& 1 Pied Flycatcher, c80 Whitethroat.
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22/04	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	NIGHTINGALE	1m	(Singing SE of Bridge)
22/04	(12.20)	Bullfinch	1m,2f
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Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	POMARINE SKUA	1	5 Great Skua ("Bonxie"),
(Graham S.)	(16.00 - 18.30)	ARCTIC TERN	1	& 9 Sandwich Tern, 17 Auk Sp. (inc. 8 Razorbill).
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Friday	Cloudy, Bright int.	NE. Wind
21/04	St Catherine's Point	VELVET SCOTER	1E	(With c120 Common Scoter @8.45)
21/04	(7.30 - 10.00)	Common Scoter	c136E	(Groups c120, 12 and 4)
21/04	"	Auk Sp.	2E	(prob. 1 Razorbill, and 1 Guillemot)
21/04	"	Gannet	42	(Mainly E. with 9W. -largest group 14)
21/04	"	Arctic Skua	1E	(@9.17)
21/04	"	Sandwich Tern	21E	(Biggest group 10)
21/04	"	Shag	1E
16/04	"	Black Headed Gull	10E
21/04	"	Peregrine	1
21/04	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Singing by lane)
21/04	"	Wheatear	1m	(Cliff Edge)
21/04	"	Swallow	c35	(Also 2 Sand Martin, 2 House Martin)
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21/04	Horringford FP	Whitethroat	2m	(Singing)
21/04	(10.35)	Buzzard	6	(Soaring together)
21/04	"	Lapwing	1
21/04	"	Canada Geese	3
21/04	"	Yellowhammer	3+
21/04	"	Blackcap	2m
21/04	"	Heron	2
Butterfly	"	Small Tortoiseshell	1
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Thursday	Showers, Cloudy			Brisk S. Wind
20/04	Bembridge Down	Skylark	1m	(Singing W. of Fort)
20/04	(7.30)	Wheatear	1m	(The only migrant!)
20/04	"	Fulmar	6	(Red Cliff)
20/04	"	Raven	1
20/04	"	Kestrel	2
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20/04	Shide to Blackwater	Blackcap	c6	(Singing etc)
20/04	(13.25)	Red Legged Partridge	2
20/04	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Singing)
20/04	"	Little Owl	1
20/04	"	Treecreeper	1
20/04	"	Long Tailed Tit	5
20/04	"	Mallard	4	(2 Pairs, 15 and 5 Duckings, chased by dog)
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20/04	Shide to Newport	Blackcap	2m	(Singing)
20/04	(14.30)	Whitethroat	1
20/04	"	Willow Warbler	1m	(Singing)
20/04	"	Treecreeper	1	(Another one!)
20/04	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Over)
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Reported	Newport-Sandown FP	Grey Partridge	2	SE of Redway (between Merstone & Horringford).
(Chris M.)	(Cycle Way)	Common Sandpiper	1	Fishing lake between Blackwater & Merstone.
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Wednesday	Cloudy, Sunny later			Light Wind
19/04	Alverstone to Newchurch	CUCKOO	1m	(Singing near Iron Bridge, reported here since 13th!)
19/04	(8.15)	Lapwing	2
19/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Singing at reedbed, N.Ch end)
19/04	"	Blackcap	3	(Singing)
19/04	"	Willow Warbler	1	(In full song)
19/04	"	Tree Creeper	1m	(Heard)
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19/04	Ryde Sands	Sanderling	87	(Off Appley Beach)
19/04	(18.00)	Sandwich Tern	1	(Roosting with Gulls)
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19/04	Hersey NR	Wheatear	2	(On large rocks on Seaview beach)
19/04	(19.00)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(CU Views by entrance)
19/04	"	Shelduck	2
19/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c50	(Feral)
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Reported	St Catherine's Pt.	Manx Shearwater	1	37 Gannet, 2 Guillemot, 2 R.Th. Diver, 1 Arctic Skua
(Gary H.)	(7.30 - 10.00)	Great Skua	7	3 Kittiwake, 7 Common Tern, 41 Common Scoter,
"	"	Grounded Migrants	-	2 Wheatear, 1 Yellow wagtail, 1 White wagtail
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Reported	Kings Quay, Wootton	Whimbrel	5	and 2m,1f Wheatear, 1 Greenshank, 1 Grey Plover.
(Ollie E.)	"	Whinchat	1	and 2 Ringed Plover, 10+ Sand Martin, 1 Gt. C. Grebe.
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Tuesday	Sunny Int			SW Wind
18/04	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	c4	(& 1 un-identified warbler)
18/04	(7.40)	Lapwing	2
18/04	"	Linnet	c6
18/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
18/04	"	Willow Warbler	4+	(In full song)
18/04	"	Swallow	20+	(Some very high over marsh)
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18/04	Bembridge Ponds	Reed Warbler	2m	(Singing by path)
18/04	(19.20)	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
18/04	"	Shelduck	5
18/04	"	Swallow	2
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18/04	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1	(By entrance wier @ 9.40, flew into main ponds)
18/04	(8.40)	House Martin	4
18/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
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18/04	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	1	(heard)
18/04	(16.00 - 17.15)	Wheatear	12	(5 W of Lane, 7 to E.)
18/04	"	Blackcap	1m
18/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int			Light Wind
17/04	Fishbourne Beach	Brent Geese	8
17/04	(7.40)	Great Crested Grebe	1
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17/04	Ryde Sands	Little Egret	11
17/04	(8.00)	Rock Pipit	2	(W. of Pier)
17/04	"	Oystercatcher	5
17/04	"	Canada Geese	5	(Canoe Lake, -usually 2 here)
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17/04	Hersey NR	Chiloe Wigeon	3	(By entrance wier, Escapes from Park?)
17/04	(8.45)	Teal	2
17/04	"	Shoveler	1m
17/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c40	(Feral, with 3 Snow Goose)
17/04	"	Black Headed Gull	c50
17/04	"	Willow Warbler	1	(Near entrance)
17/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen, both heard)
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17/04	Centurion's Copse	Reed Bunting	1m
17/04	(7.25 - 11.20)	Willow Warbler	5+	(Singing)
17/04	"	Blackcap	2	(Singing)
17/04	"	Lapwing	3	(1 Brading Marsh, 2 Ammo Hut pond)
17/04	Ammo Hut Pond	Shoveler	9	(7m)
17/04	(By Scope)	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
Insects	"	Bee Fly	1	and 1 Brimstone Butterfly
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17/04	Hersey NR	Dunlin	1	(Summer plumage)
17/04	(18.45)	Wood Duck	1m
17/04	"	Shoveler	1m
17/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Feral)
17/04	"	Pochard	1m	(Feral? flew into Flamingo Park pond)
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17/04	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(Summer Plumage)
17/04	(19.20)	Tufted Duck	5m,3f
17/04	"	Shelduck	2
17/04	"	Swallow	2
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Reported	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f/imm	Hunting at N. end then flew W. c16.00 (Chris M.)
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Sunday	Cloudy, Bright int.	W. Wind
16/04	St Catherine's Point	GREAT SKUA ("Bonxie")	1E	(@8.55 on IWOG Walk)
16/04	(7.25 - 11.20)	Red Throated Diver	2E
16/04	"	Auk-Guillemot?	6E
16/04	"	Gannet	40E	(largest group 23)
16/04	"	Shag	1
16/04	"	Shelduck	2E
16/04	"	Blackcap	2m,2f
16/04	"	Whitethroat	2
16/04	"	Red Legged Partridge	2
16/04	"	Wheatear	1m	(Field E. of Lighthouse)
Butterflies	"	Clouded Yellow	1	and 1 Small Tortoiseshell
Mammals	"	Badger	2	Noisy fight at top of lane, ran past me down the hill!
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16/04	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
16/04	(14.30)	Teal	3
16/04	"	Shelduck	4
16/04	"	Shoveler	1m
16/04	"	Wood Duck	1m	(Esc.)
16/04	"	Canada Geese	2
16/04	"	Little Egret	2
16/04	"	Heron	1
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16/04	St Helen's Bridge	Sand Martin	3+
16/04	(15.15)	Swallow	c20	(with 1 "rustica" type - showing pink belly)
16/04	"	Wheatear	3	(S. of Cattle Sheds)
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16/04	Laundry Lane	Peregrine	1
16/04	(16.15 - 17.30)	Mediterranean Gull	3+
16/04	"	Wheatear	2
16/04	"	Whitethroat	1m	(Singing behind Garage)
16/04	"	Brent Geese	2	(River bank)
Reported	"	Common Sandpiper	1	@fishing pond near Old Laundry (Chris M.)
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Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	Yellow Wagtail	19	including three Blue-headed
(Graham S.)	"Dynamite Pool"	Gadwall	3	and 11 Shoveler
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Reported	Newtown NR	NIGHTINGALE	1	heard from Clamerkin Hide, and Cuckoo (Evening)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Bright int.	Brisk E. Wind		Good Migration at last!
15/04	St Catherine's Point	SWIFT	1NE	(Came right over our heads)
15/04	(7.40 - 9.20)	ARCTIC SKUA	1E
15/04	"	BLACK THROATED DIVER	1E
15/04	"	YELLOW WAGTAIL	1-2	(Over calling)
15/04	"	COMMON TERN	3E	(with 1 Sandwich Tern)
15/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2E
15/04	"	Auk-Razorbill?	2E
15/04	"	Gannet	48	(Most W with 5E)
15/04	"	Common Scoter	124	(Mainly E, with 15W)
Reported	at 16.30 - 18.30	BLACK TERN	2	with 14 Common Tern at 17.25
(Graham S.)	"	MANX SHEARWATER	5E	also; 2 Arctic Skua
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15/04	Chessell @ 10.35	RED KITE	1	(S. of Pottery, -my first ever on the IOW!)
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15/04	Yarmouth	SEDGE WARBLER	1m	(Singing on Rofford Marsh)
15/04	(7.30)	REED WARBLER	1	(Heard S. of old Station)
15/04	"	Shoveler	12
15/04	"	Teal	67
15/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
15/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Rofford Marsh)
15/04	"	Chiffchaff	c6
15/04	"	Willow Warbler	4	(Singing)
15/04	"	Shelduck	8
15/04	"	Black Tailed Godwit	8
15/04	"	Reed Bunting	4	(3f, 1m)
15/04	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
15/04	"	Redshank	2
15/04	"	Swallow	10+
15/04	"	Sand Martin	3
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Reported	Luccombe Down	WRYNECK	1	flushed twice near Dew Pond, not re-located (Niel N.)
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Reported	Alum Bay	PIED FLYCATCHER	1m	(near Alum bay cottages), 77 Swallow,
(Chris M.)	and W. High Down	SWIFT	2	6 House Martin, 26 Sand Martin,
(6.15 - 13.00)	"	YELLOW WAGTAIL	2	(1 Blue Headed), 82 Willow Warbler, 13 Chiffchaff,
"	"	TREE PIPIT	1	(on the ground by the coastguard lookout).
"	"	Redstart	3	4 Whitethroat, 10 Wheatear,
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Reported	Newtown NR	Cuckoo	1	heard at Clamerkin Lake, evening (Jay)
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Good Friday	Foggy Drizzle to	Sunny Int		SW. Wind
14/04	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(Coming into Summer Plumage)
14/04	(9.00)	Greenshank	4	(pools by Harbour Farm)
14/04	"	Redshank	2
14/04	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
14/04	"	Shelduck	2
14/04	"	Little Egret	6
14/04	"	Heron	3	(1 at nest)
14/04	"	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
14/04	"	Swallow	2
14/04	"	Sand Martin	1
~
14/04	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	3
14/04	(9.40)	Oystercatcher	2
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14/04	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
14/04	(10.00)	Teal	5
14/04	"	Shelduck	4
14/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral)
14/04	"	Black Headed Gull	c150
14/04	"	Canada Geese	2
14/04	"	Little Egret	2
14/04	"	Heron	1
14/04	Seaview Beach	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(Offshore, late ones)
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14/04	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	3
14/04	(19.20 - 20.20)	Meadow Pipit	c20
14/04	"	Stonechat	1m	(No Owls, but kids on Mini Bikes!)
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Reported	Brading Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f	In from S, seen from Old Seawall, pm. (Chris M.)
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Reported	Rofford Marsh	GARGANEY	1m	E. end S. side of path (evening)
(Robin A.)	"	Bearded Tit	2	Reed Strip S. of Old Station
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Thursday	Cloudy, Bright int.	Brisk SW. Wind
13/04	St Catherine's Point	Kittiwake	2E
13/04	(7.40 - 9.20)	Gannet	9E
13/04	"	Fulmar	5	(Local birds from Gore Cliff)
13/04	"	Peregrine	2	(Came past Cliff Edge-Stunning Views)
13/04	"	Red Throated Diver	1E
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13/04	Brading Marsh	HOUSE MARTIN	1	(My 1st for 2006, Over Sewage Wks)
13/04	(10.00)	Reed Bunting	2m
13/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Singing)
13/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
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Reported	Alverstone-Newchurch FP	CUCKOO	1	heard by Dog Walker.
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny	Warmer
12/04	Fishbourne Beach	Stonechat	1m	(The first I've seen at this site)
12/04	(WeBS, 7.35 - 8.40)	Great Crested Grebe	1
12/04	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1f	(A late one)
12/04	"	Brent Geese	43	(Good count for mid April)
12/04	"	Shelduck	2
12/04	"	Grey Plover	1
12/04	"	Curlew	3
12/04	"	Snipe	1	(Flushed near Quarr ponds)
12/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Bushes by beach)
12/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m,1f
12/04	"	Willow Warbler	1	(Singing in woods)
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12/04	Woodside	Oystercatcher	33	(Shingle Bank S. of Ferry Terml.)
12/04	(10.30)	Treecreeper	1m	(Trees along lane)
12/04	"	Swallow	1W
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12/04	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
12/04	(16.40)	Buzzard	2
12/04	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	COMMON SANDPIPER	3	On path between the ponds @11.30 (John C.)
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Tuesday	Bright start, rain pm	W. Wind
11/04	Yarmouth	Shoveler	6	(3m,3f Rofford Marsh)
11/04	(7.30)	Wigeon	1f
11/04	"	Teal	c30
11/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Seen in bush)
11/04	"	Greylag Goose	2	(Rofford Marsh)
11/04	"	Chiffchaff	1
11/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Singing)
11/04	"	Shelduck	4
11/04	"	Brent Geese	22
11/04	"	Reed Bunting	2
11/04	"	Snipe	2
11/04	"	Redshank	2
11/04	"	Swallow	4
11/04	"	Reed Bunting	2
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11/04	Newtown NR	Turnstone	1	(Flew across estuary)
11/04	(9.20 - 11.00)	Mediterranean Gull	27	(inc. 17 on Gull Is.)
11/04	"	Brent Geese	12
11/04	"	Sandwich Tern	7	(Gull Is.)
11/04	"	Redshank	3
11/04	"	Black Tailed Godwit	3
11/04	"	Grey Plover	c20
11/04	"	Shelduck	c30
11/04	"	Curlew	1
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Monday	Cold but Sunny			N Wind
10/04	Quarr Abbey area	Mistle Thrush	3
10/04	(8.30)	Blackcap	3
10/04	"	Song Thrush	5	(3 singing)
10/04	"	Little Egret	12	(Roosting on fields)
10/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Singing)
10/04	"	Teal	2	(at pond)
10/04	"	Buzzard	1
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10/04	Hersey NR	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
10/04	(15.45)	Teal	7
10/04	"	Shelduck	4
10/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c70	(Feral, with 1 Snow Goose)
10/04	"	Black Headed Gull	c70
10/04	"	Willow Warbler	1	(Near entrance)
10/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(High up)
10/04	off Springvale	Great Crested Grebe	3	(Unusual in April)
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Reported	Rofford Marsh	Little Ringed Plover	1m	Thorley end but to S. of FP. Plus; 16 Willow Warbler,
(Caroline D.)	(18.15-19.05)	House Martin	1	5 Sand Martin, 18 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap
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Sunday	Sunny, Hail Shower pm			NW Wind
09/04	Bembridge Down	Yellowhammer	3
09/04	(8.00)	Red Legged Partridge	2
09/04	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Very few migrants)
09/04	"	Kestrel	2	(Both quite pale)
09/04	"	Heron	1	(Field in Valley)
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09/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1-2	(Heard)
09/04	(8.30)	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
09/04	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Singing)
09/04	"	Willow Warbler	3	(2 Singing)
09/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(In reeds)
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09/04	Shide to Newport	Blackcap	2m	(Singing)
09/04	(11.15)	Sparrowhawk	2	(Soaring together)
09/04	"	Chiffchaff	3	(Singing)
09/04	"	Swallow	3	(Over to N.)
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09/04	Brading Marsh	Reed Bunting	2m
09/04	(15.15)	Heron	3	(inc. 1 juv.)
09/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Singing)
09/04	"	Chiffchaff	3
09/04	"	Buzzard	3-5	(2 together, then 3 later)
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Reported	Freshwater Fruit Farm	NIGHT HERON	1 (1st s.)	on a private pond, (via Graham S.)
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Reported	Brading RSPB	Sedge Warbler	3	2 Redstart, 1 Wheatear, 5 Swallow, 22 Willow Warbler,
(David A.)	"	Reed Warbler	1	3 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 19 Shoveler.
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Saturday	Showers to Fine Sunny	W. Wind
08/04	West High Down, Totland	WHITETHROAT	1	(Headon Warren, S. Slope)
08/04	(7.10 - 12.30)	Raven	2
08/04	"	Guillemot	9	(On sea and flying to cliffs)
08/04	"	Swallow	29	(Trickling over in low numbers)
08/04	"	Wheatear	5	(around area, esp. on S. Cliffs)
08/04	"	Peregrine	3	(Over Needles & on Cliffs)
08/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over Alum Bay)
08/04	"	Shelduck	2	(South Cliffs)
08/04	"	Fulmar	5
08/04	"	Rock Pipit	15
08/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
08/04	"	Blackcap	3m
08/04	"	Stonechat	2
08/04	"	Shag	5
08/04	"	Cormorant	c10	(some at Nests on cliffs)
08/04	"	Yellowhammer	8
08/04	"	Linnet	c50
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08/04	Hersey NR	Chiloe Wigeon	1	(Esc. -ID now corrected)
08/04	(18.35)	Teal	6
08/04	"	Shelduck	2
08/04	"	Barnacle Geese	c50	(Feral)
Reported	"	poss SMEW	2m,2f	early today, observer unknown, Escapes from Park?
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08/04	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(pools by Harbour Farm)
08/04	(19.00 - 19.30)	Greenshank	4
08/04	"	Shelduck	2
08/04	"	Little Egret	10
08/04	"	Heron	6	(1 at nest)
08/04	"	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
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Friday	Sunny Int. and Showers	Light W. Wind
07/04	Sandown G.C.	Hoopoe	1	(Showing well, quite approachable, around 6th Tee)
07/04	(7.35 - 9.00)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
07/04	"	Green Woodpecker	2	(1 on grass, 1 heard)
07/04	"	Blackcap	1+	(Singing)
07/04	"	Swallow	3	(N. along Road to Brading)
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07/04	Appley Park	Treecreeper	1
07/04	(11.20 - 12.00)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
07/04	"	Green Woodpecker	2
07/04	"	Blackcap	1m	(Singing)
07/04	"	Swallow	4	(Around Convent)
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Reported	St Helens Bridge	House Martin	2	@c13.00 & 1 Swallow, also 1 Kingfisher at ponds (David B.)
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Reported	Quay Arts, Newport	Pintail	1m	has been here all week
(Tim J.)	Ryde Sands	Swallow	c15	3 Sand Martin, 3 Sandwich Tern, 120 Sanderling
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Reported	Pondcast Lane, Havenstreet	Grasshopper Warbler	1	Singing male in a hedge at at 07.30 (Graham S.)
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Thursday	Fine Sunny			Light Wind
06/04	Bembridge Down	Yellowhammer	1m
06/04	(7.40 - 9.40)	Green Woodpecker	3
06/04	"	Wheatear	1m	(Redcliff -my first here in 2006!)
06/04	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Migrants almost non existant!)
06/04	"	Linnet	c70	(Flock of 60, in field E. of Holiday Centre)
06/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Bushes by Holiday Centre)
06/04	"	Skylark	2m	(W of Fort, In full song)
06/04	"	Buzzard	1	(Almost has a "Ringtail" effect)
06/04	"	Kestrel	2
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Reported	Sandown Golf Course	Hoopoe	1	Still at Sandown GC by 6th tee (see Kris's site for pictures)
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Wednesday	Fine Sunny	Cold NE. Wind
05/04	St Catherine's Point	Shelduck	2W
05/04	(7.40 - 10.20)	Gannet	2W	(Scarce recently)
05/04	"	Fulmar	6+	(Local birds from Gore Cliff)
05/04	"	Guillemot/Auk Sp.	2E
05/04	"	Red Throated Diver	1	(fishing offshore)
05/04	"	Shag	1E
05/04	"	Canada Geese	3	(These seem to be "locals")
05/04	"	Black Redstart	1m	(By lane at the 2 Gateposts, 1st w. Male?)
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05/04	Gore Cliff	Little Owl	1	(Cliff ledges)
05/04	(10.30)	Raven	1
05/04	"	Skylark	1	(Singing)
05/04	"	Linnet	12
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05/04	Appleford Cross	Swallow	1	(Feeding over fields)
05/04	(12.00)	Red Legged Partridge	1
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05/04	Luccombe Down	Long Eared Owl	1	(Hunting hill top @ 19.35 near Dew Pond)
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Reported	Sandown Golf Course	Hoopoe	1	Still here, best views @ 11.30 (Elaine P.)
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Tuesday	Fine & Sunny	Light Wind
04/04	Sandown G.C.	HOOPOE	1	(Showing well, quite approachable, around 13th Tee)
04/04	(7.30 - 9.00)	Bullfinch	2
04/04	"	Blackcap	1m,1f
04/04	"	Willow Warbler	2+	(Singing)
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04/04	Fishbourne Coast	Great Crested Grebe	1	(off Shingle Bank)
04/04	(10.30 - 11.00)	Sandwich Tern	1	(On channel marker pole)
04/04	"	Brent Geese	26
04/04	"	Curlew	1
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04/04	St Helens Bridge	Little Owl	1	(In tree to SE)
04/04	(16.40)	Heron	3
04/04	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	6m,5f
04/04	(17.00)	Little Egret	5
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04/04	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	1+	(Calls heard @20.10, 1 "Roding" @ 20.30)
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Reported	Sandown Golf Course	Hoopoe	1	@19.15 by 13th Tee (Chris M.)
Reported	West High Down	Wheatear	c40	& 20 Swallow/Sand Martin, 1m Redstart (Mainland Birder)
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Reported	Shalfleet Manor Estate	RED BACKED SHRIKE	1f	around mid-day,in a small coppice
(Bazz S.)	(from "New" FP)	TWITE	1m	with very prominent pink rump.
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Monday	Fine Sunny	SW. Wind
03/04	Shide to Blackwater	Blackcap	3	(2m singing, 1f)
03/04	(7.35 - 9.50)	Barn Owl	1	(Still hunting in daylight)
03/04	"	Little Owl	1	(In usual place, W. of FP near Blackwater end)
03/04	"	Willow Warbler	4+
03/04	"	Chiffchaff	10+
03/04	"	Yellowhammer	4+
03/04	"	SWALLOW	1	(Watergate Road N.@9.32)
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03/04	Newtown NR	Turnstone	7	(Mixed flock with Dunlin)
03/04	(10.10 - 12.00)	Dunlin	c20	(With Turnstone, landed on Gull Is.)
03/04	"	Brent Geese	c60
03/04	"	Grey Plover	1
03/04	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f
03/04	"	Shelduck	c30
03/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	30	(18 From Hide, and 12 from Boathouse)
03/04	"	Curlew	c30	(Brickfields)
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03/04	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	c4
03/04	(16.40)	Willow Warbler	5+
03/04	"	Reed Bunting	4m
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03/04	Brading Marsh	Shelduck	2
03/04	(till 17.20)	Buzzard	1
03/04	"	Swan	6
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Reported	Sandown Golf Course	HOOPOE	1	@19.00 on the 5th hole (Pete B.)
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Sunday	Fog on Hills, Sunny Int.	Strong SW. Wind
02/04	St Catherine's Point	poss Kittiwake	1E	(Far out)
02/04	(7.35 - 9.00)	Pied Wagtail	5W
02/04	"	Fulmar	4
02/04	"	Guillemot	6E
02/04	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	3W
02/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2E
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02/04	Brading to Laundry Lane	REDSTART	2m	(a real stunner! + one imm. Bank N. of Bexley Pt.)
02/04	(10.00 - 11.00)	Wheatear	2	(m&f near Redstarts)
02/04	"	Willow Warbler	c6	(and c20 Chiffchaff)
02/04	"	Buzzard	3
02/04	"	Teal	4
02/04	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
02/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/04	"	Canada Geese	c20
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02/04	Lane End to Foreland	Purple Sandpiper	2	(On Lifeboat Station struts)
02/04	(14.25)	Red Breasted Merganser	3m,2f	(Just offshore)
02/04	"	Wheatear	2	(Foreland Horse paddocks)
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02/04	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m,3f
02/04	(14.50)	Willow/Chiffs	4+
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02/04	Laundry Lane (N. end)	Sand Martin	c12	(Feeding over Marsh)
02/04	(15.40 - 16.40)	Shelduck	5
02/04	"	Redstart	2	(Still present)
02/04	"	Wheatear	3
02/04	"	Wigeon	3
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Reported	Sandown GC	Red Kite	2	over to SW. (seen by Golfers)
Reported	Foreland 07.00 - 09.30	Firecrest	3	& 1m Common Redstart, 21 Willow Warbler, 9 Chiffchaff
(Graham S.)	"	White Wagtail	2	& 2 Swallow, 2 Yellowhammer.
"	"	Blackcap	1	Over: 2 Redwing N, 1 Siskin SW
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Reported	Rookley	Swallow	1	& 4 Fieldfare, 1 Redwing, 15 Brambling.
(Robin A.)	Blackwater	White Wagtail	1	& 2 Siskin
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Saturday	Fine Sunny, mild	SW. Wind
01/04	West High Down, Totland	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing S. of Alum Bay)
01/04	(8.00)	Raven	2
01/04	"	Wheatear	2	(m. on S. Cliff edge, f. on N. Slope)
01/04	"	Rock Pipit	10
01/04	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
01/04	"	Stonechat	4
01/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Heard with approx 10 Chiffchaff)
01/04	"	Peregrine	3	(Over Needles & Cliffs)
01/04	"	Cormorant	c15	(some at Nests on cliffs)
01/04	"	Yellowhammer	4
01/04	"	Linnet	c20
Reported	"	Firecrest	3	Valley to Alum Bay (Chris M.)
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01/04	Yarmouth	Shoveler	c25	(Rofford Marsh)
01/04	(11.40 - 12.20)	Wigeon	c20
01/04	"	Teal	c30
01/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(Estuary bank)
01/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/04	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Rofford Marsh)
01/04	"	Chiffchaff	1
01/04	"	Shelduck	10
01/04	"	Brent Geese	30
01/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m
Reported	"	Redstart	1m	extreme W. end of Rofford Marsh at 14.15 (Caroline D.)
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Reported	Rookley	SERIN	1m	14.00 - 14.10 when flew NE
(Robin A.)	"	OSPREY	1	Osprey 1N at 18.55, & 12 Brambling (7m)
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01/04	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	140	(E. Sands)
01/04	(18.20)	Oystercatcher	2
01/04	"	Curlew	1
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Reported	Bembridge Ponds	Blackcap	1m	E. end, also 15 Willow/Chiffs, 8 Siskin.
(David B.)	St Helens Duver	Swallow	1	& 1m Wheatear.
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MARCH 2006: Click for monthly species lists, March total = 119 so far

Friday	Cloudy, Brighter later	Showers		Strong SW. Wind
31/03	Bembridge Down	Yellowhammer	1m
31/03	(8.00 - 9.15)	Green Woodpecker	2
31/03	"	Willow/Chiff	1	(Migrants very scarce!)
31/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c6	(Still no Wheatears here yet)
31/03	"	Skylark	1m	(W of Fort, In full song)
31/03	"	Buzzard	2-3
31/03	"	Kestrel	3
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31/03	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	5m,6f
31/03	(15.50)	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
31/03	"	Heron	1
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31/03	Laundry Lane (N. end)	Sand Martin	c16	(Feeding over Marsh and Reedbed)
31/03	(16.40)	Shelduck	5
31/03	"	Willow/Chiff	1	(By Iron Bridge)
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Thursday	Windy, Cloudy	Short brighter intervals		SW. Wind
30/03	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	120	(88 E. Sands, 42 W. Sands)
30/03	(7.40)	Oystercatcher	13
30/03	"	Curlew	2	(Over)
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30/03	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	1	(E. of Tower)
30/03	(8.05)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(1 Drumming)
30/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2	(On greens)
30/03	"	Mistle Thrush	2
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Reported	St Helens Duver (W. Side)	Barn Owl	1	Along edge of St Helens Wood, @17.45 (David B.)
Reported	Borthwood Copse	Firecrest	1	also 2 Chiffchaff in area (Gary H.)
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Wednesday	Fog on Hills, Sunny Int.	Var E-W. Winds
29/03	St Catherine's Point	Kittiwake	130E	(Farther out, biggest group 37@8.40)
29/03	(7.55 - 9.10)	Common Scoter	16E	(@ 8.31)
29/03	"	Fulmar	4
29/03	"	Guillemot	1E
29/03	"	Gannet	1E
29/03	"	Shag	1W
29/03	"	Canada Geese	3E	(@8.01 then back W@9.10)
29/03	"	Peregrine	1
29/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2E
29/03	"	Yellowhammer	2m
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29/03	Luccombe Down, Ventnor	DARTFORD WARBLER	3+	(2+ N. End, Male singing on W. Slope)
29/03	(10.15 - 11.30) with Neil N.	Buzzard	1
29/03	"	Meadow Pipit	6+
29/03	"	Pied Wagtail	2	(Over NW)
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29/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Chiffchaff	c12	(with at least 1 Willow Warbler)
29/03	(18.00)	Kestrel	3	(on Brading Marsh)
29/03	"	Reed Bunting	2m,2f
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29/03	Laundry Lane	Barn Owl	1	(Caught vole, seen again further on.)
29/03	(till 19.20)	Buzzard	1	(Attacking the Barn Owl on ground)
29/03	"	Teal	6
29/03	"	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
29/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1-2	(Heard)
29/03	"	Canada Geese	c30
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Tuesday	Fine & Sunny	Strong SW. Wind
28/03	Bembridge Down	Yellowhammer	4m
28/03	(8.00)	Green Woodpecker	3
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28/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
28/03	(9.00)	Tufted Duck	8m,5f
28/03	"	Shelduck	2
28/03	"	Swan	2
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28/03	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	SAND MARTIN	2	(over ponds)
28/03	(14.20 - 16.10)	Shoveler	10+	(Rofford Marsh)
28/03	"	Kingfisher	1
28/03	"	Shelduck	6
28/03	"	Wigeon	c30
28/03	"	Teal	c50
Reported	"	Greylag Geese	2	Rofford marsh, (3 Whooper Swans seen in Feb!)
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28/03	Newtown NR	Knot	62
28/03	(16.30)	Meadow Pipit	15	(Meadow)
28/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	100+	(Causeway Lake)
28/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Harbour entrance)
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Reported	Bembridge Garden	Willow Warbler	1	Showing well a.m. (David B.)
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Monday	Wet & Windy	Strong SW. Wind
27/03	Newtown NR	Kingfisher	1	(Cassey Bridge)
27/03	(8.45 - 10.15)	Brent Geese	c220
27/03	"	Dunlin	c100	(No sign of Ruff)
27/03	"	Grey Plover	c70
27/03	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,2f
27/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(In harbour)
27/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	10	(From Hide)
27/03	"	Willow/Chiffs	4	(Meadow Hedge, -Willow Warblers?)
27/03	"	Read Bunting	2
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27/03	Ryde E. Sands	Sandwich Tern	1	(Near Sea Wall)
27/03	(15.25)	Mediterranean Gull	2
27/03	"	Sanderling	62
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27/03	Hersey NR, Seaview	Greylag	1	(Feral)
27/03	(16.40)	Canada Geese	4
27/03	"	Teal	6
27/03	"	Shelduck	6
27/03	"	Barnacle Geese	c40	(Feral)
27/03	Seaview Beach	Mediterranean Gull	6
27/03	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Just offshore)
27/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
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27/03	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	15
27/03	(18.40)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
27/03	"	Heron	1
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27/03	Westridge Cross, Ryde	Barn Owl	1	(Flew over road @19.40)
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Sunday	Misty, Cloudy, Wet pm.			Fresh SW. Wind
26/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
26/03	(7.50 B.S.T.)	Tufted Duck	5m,4f
26/03	"	Swan	2
26/03	"	Pied Wagtail	4
26/03	in Sandown Bay	Sandwich Tern	2	(1 perched on Red Buoy)
26/03	"	Rock Pipit	1	(On beach)
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26/03	Culver Down	Yellowhammer	2m	(Singing)
26/03	(8.30 - 9.30)	Fulmar	3
26/03	"	Buzzard	1	(Very Pale)
26/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1
26/03	"	Herring Gull	c50	(Cliffs at end)
26/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
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26/03	On Garden feeders	House Sparrow	1m	(Showing rather pale cheeks & white collar)
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26/03	Ryde E. Sands	Sandwich Tern	1	(On end of Sandbank)
26/03	(14.05)	Mediterranean Gull	2
26/03	"	Sanderling	c10	(no Brents)
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Reported	Dodnor Creek	Sand Martin	2	@10.00 (George and Pat W.)
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Reported	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	RUFF	1m	Part Summer Plumage, -with 260 Bk T. Godwit,
(Jim C.)	Gull Is. NNR	Yellow Legged Gull	1	also 3 Sandwich Terns on reserve.
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Saturday	Cloudy, Rain pm.	Fresh SW. Wind
25/03	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Shoveler	13m,5f	(No waders)
25/03	(7.30 - 7.45)	Wigeon	c50
25/03	"	Teal	c50
25/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Singing)
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25/03	Alum Bay to Needles	Black Redstart	2	(f @ Alum Bay Centre, juv m at C.G. Cotts)
25/03	(8.00)	Raven	2
25/03	"	Wheatear	3	(males by C.G. Cotts)
25/03	"	Rock Pipit	4+
25/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c30
25/03	"	Stonechat	4	(Road to Battery)
25/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(E. along cliff)
25/03	"	Peregrine	3	(Over Needles Cliffs)
25/03	"	Cormorant	c15	(Many carrying nest material)
25/03	"	Yellowhammer	4+	(Singing well)
25/03	"	Skylark	2	(Heard)
Reported	W. High Down	Hawfinch	1	By Beacon (Chris M.)
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Reported	Shalfleet	Swallow	1	flying low over the fields.
(Caroline D.)	Yarmouth Ponds	SAND MARTIN	2	in the rain!
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Reported	Medina	Swallow	1	early pm. S. down the Medina at Seaclose. (By E-Mail)
25/03	Golden Fort C.Pk	Brambling	1m,2f	(@ Pound Road garden feeders)
25/03	(11.10)	Jay	3
25/03	"	Bullfinch	8+
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Friday	Fog & Drizzle to Sunny Int.	S. Wind
24/03	La Falaise, Ventnor	Common Scoter	120E	(1W, 4E then back W. Biggest group 65+)
24/03	(7.35 - 9.05)	Brent Geese	42E	(Came by as fog lifted, biggest group 26)
24/03	"	Gannet	33E
24/03	"	Kittiwake	1E
24/03	"	Red Throated Diver	2E	(With the Kittewake)
24/03	"	Fulmar	3
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24/03	St Catherine's Point	WHEATEAR	3-4	(2-3m,1f -field S. of Knowles Farm)
24/03	(9.35 - 11.00)	Common Scoter	c60E	(c55@ 9.35, 6@10.52)
24/03	"	Red Throated Diver	5E	(In group just offshore)
24/03	"	Guillemot	19E	(Group of 12@9.40, then 7@10.28)
24/03	"	Gannet	5E
24/03	"	Pied Wagtail	4	(Over from sea)
24/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	60E	(Steady movement over Farm/Sea)
Reported	"	Sandwich Tern	2E	(Dave W.)
Mammal	"	Fox	1	(With injured front leg)
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Reported	Golden Hill C.Pk	Hawfinch	1	Briefly late am. near Gouldings Way, SZ336876
(Caroline D.)	"	Brambling	3+	m&2f with tit flocks
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Thursday	Sunny Intervals, Cold	E-SE. Wind
23/03	Landguard Campsite	Firecrest (hovering)	2	(on FP "SS17", 1 Definate, 2nd Probable)
23/03	(7.30 - 8.40)	Coal Tit	1
23/03	"	Jay	1
23/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(And 2 Green W.P's)
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23/03	St Catherine's Point	Red Throated Diver	1E	(@ 10.25)
23/03	(9.05 - 10.40)	Common Scoter	4E	(@ 9.20)
23/03	"	Brent Geese	c130E	(@10.20)
23/03	"	Guillemot	2	(@ 10.28)
23/03	"	Razorbill	1	(With the 2 Guillemots)
23/03	"	Gannet	18E
23/03	"	Kittiwake	6E
23/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	4E
Reported	Longer Seawatch	Black Throated Diver	2	and much more, (4 IWOG Members)
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Reported	Sandown Esplanade	Sandwich Tern	2	this afternoon moving North East (by E-Mail)
23/03	My Garden, Ryde (17.00)	Blackcap	1f	(Not seen recently)
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals, Cold	Bitter E-NE. Wind
22/03	Culver to Yaverland	Shag	40+	(On sea off Roost site, 1 Group of 32!)
22/03	(8.20 - 9.10)	Fulmar	3	(Redcliff)
22/03	"	Rock Pipit	c10	(cliff edge and slopes)
22/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(In Pit at Redcliff, a very pale one)
22/03	"	Green Woodpecker	1
22/03	"	Buzzard	2
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Reported	Landguard holiday camp, Lake	Firecrest	1	feeding at jn. of FPs "SS17 & SS18A" (Chris M.)
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Tuesday	Cold & Cloudy	Bitter E. Wind
21/03	St Catherine's Point	Merlin	1m	(Hunting migrants along cliff edge)
21/03	(8.00 - 10.00)	Common Scoter	8	(1 group E. @ 8.58)
21/03	"	Brent Geese	15E	(@9.45)
21/03	"	Peregrine	2	(Chasing a Lapwing out to sea)
21/03	"	Kestrel	2	(Lots of Raptors about today)
21/03	"	Kittiwake	1W
21/03	"	Redshank (?)	1	(Distant Wader E. @9.20)
21/03	"	Razorbill	1E	(@9.04)
21/03	"	Cormorant	4
21/03	"	Shag	2E
21/03	"	Fulmar	4	(Local Birds)
21/03	"	Red Legged Partridge	1	(By Farm)
21/03	"	Raven	1	(On cliffs)
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Monday	Sunny and Springlike	Light E. Wind
20/03	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	LITTLE RINGED PLOVER	1	(Far W. end, about 20m N. of FP)
20/03	(7.35 & 11.00)	Shoveler	13
20/03	"	Snipe	2
20/03	"	Wigeon	c60
20/03	"	Teal	c30
20/03	"	Buzzard	4
20/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
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Reported	St Catherines Pt	Wheatear	2m	W. of Lighthouse up slope (Margaret & Elaine R.)
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20/03	Golden Fort C.Pk	Bullfinch	2m,1f
20/03	(8.40)	Jay	3
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20/03	Alum Bay to Needles	Stonechat	2m,1f
20/03	(9.20)	Raven	1
20/03	"	Rock Pipit	6+
20/03	"	Meadow Pipit	20	(Over, in of sea)
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20/03	Culver to Yaverland	Raven	1
20/03	(15.30 - 17.00)	Fulmar	3	(Redcliff)
20/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(E. along cliff)
20/03	"	Peregrine	2
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Sunday	Sunny and Springlike	Light E. Wind
19/03	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	c20
19/03	(7.30)	Rock Pipit	c6
19/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	70
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19/03	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Raven	2	(Flew E. over Estuary)
19/03	(8.30 - 11.20)	Shoveler	10m,5f	(Rofford Marsh)
19/03	& IWOG Walk	Spotted Redshank	1
19/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c15
19/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	2	(In Estuary)
19/03	"	Kingfisher	1	(By Tide Mill)
19/03	"	Dunlin	c20
19/03	"	Snipe	3
19/03	"	Shelduck	8
19/03	"	Wigeon	c20
19/03	"	Teal	c50
19/03	"	Grey Plover	6
19/03	"	Turnstone	5
19/03	"	Reed Bunting	2
19/03	"	Buzzard	4
Reported	"	Little Ringed Plover	1	E. end of Rofford marsh (Jon M.)
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Reported	Ricket's Hill (604881)	Hen Harrier	1	at 12.55 (David B.)
Reported	Cliff Edge, Shanklin	White Stork	2	over, quite high, heading N. (Ian B.)
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19/03	Laundry Lane	Buzzard	c6
19/03	(16.20)	Kestrel	2
19/03	"	Reed Bunting	1f
19/03	Field N. of Carpenters Rd	Fieldfare	110	(With a few Redwing & c50 Starling)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Misty at Sea	Bitter NE. Wind
18/03	St Catherine's Point	Gannet	33	(23W. 10E)
18/03	(Seawatch 7.55 - 9.20)	Common Scoter	11	(In groups of 3,4 &4 all E.)
18/03	"	Shoveler (?)	3	(With 4 Scoter)
18/03	"	Cormorant	8
18/03	"	Shag	2E
18/03	"	Fulmar	8+	(Local Birds)
18/03	"	Auk Sp.	1E
18/03	"	Stonechat	1m	(Along Lane)
18/03	"	Raven	1	(On cliff edge)
Reported	"	Wheatear	1	Cliff Edge & Beach (Ian R.)
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Friday	Cloudy, V. Cold	Brisk Cold NE. Wind
17/03	Foreland, Bembridge	Gadwall	1m,1f	(Pool on Ledge)
17/03	(10.50)	Red Breasted Merganser	1f	(Scruffy plumage)
17/03	"	Brent Geese	50+
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17/03	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	4	(on W. side of LB Stn. Pierhead)
17/03	(11.20)	Rock Pipit	2
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17/03	Culver to Yaverland	Raven	2+	(2 together W, 3 singles E,)
17/03	(15.55 - 17.10)	Fulmar	3	(Redcliff)
17/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(E. along cliff)
17/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
17/03	"	Shag	12	(Raft of 8 on sea off the Culver roost)
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Thursday	Cloudy cold			Cold E. Wind
16/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard by Hide)
16/03	(7.55)	Tufted Duck	5m,3f
16/03	"	Swan	3	(2 nests underway)
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16/03	Yaverland to Culver	Meadow Pipit	2	(In off sea)
16/03	(8.30 - 9.30)	Fulmar	5	(Redcliff)
16/03	"	Pied Wagtail	c6
16/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
16/03	"	Shag	2	(On sea)
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Wednesday	Hazy Sunny Intervals			Light E. Wind
15/03	Nansen Hill/Luccombe Down	Sparrowhawk	1
15/03	(8.55)	Buzzard	2
15/03	"	Yellowhammer	5+
15/03	"	Meadow Pipit	9	(Sadly no Dartford Warblers)
15/03	"	Green Woodpecker	1	(Nansen Hill)
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15/03	Yaverland to Culver	Linnet	c60	(Field next to Holiday centre)
15/03	(13.40 - 15.15)	Stock Dove	c8	(Set-aside field)
15/03	"	Pied Wagtail	17
15/03	"	Shag	4	(On sea)
15/03	"	Rock Pipit	2	(W. of CG Cottages)
15/03	"	Fulmar	3	(No Wheatears yet)
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Tuesday	Cloudy to Showers			Lighter S. Wind
14/03	Fishbourne Beach	Great Crested Grebe	5	(Offshore)
14/03	(8.00 -WeBS count)	Red Breasted Merganser	8	"
14/03	"	Turnstone	27	(nearer Binstead)
14/03	"	Grey Plover	19	"
14/03	"	Redshank	18
14/03	"	Oystercatcher	14
14/03	"	Shelduck	2
14/03	"	Brent Geese	150
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14/03	Wootton Bridge	Kingfisher	1
14/03	(10.45)	Lesser Black Backed Gull	2
14/03	"	Redshank	35
14/03	"	Teal	16
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14/03	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	8	(Group of 6 together)
14/03	(11.20)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,2f
14/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	2+
14/03	"	Slavonian Grebe	1	(A "Regular" here now)
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Monday	Sunny Intervals			Cold S/SE. Wind
13/03	Culver Down	Fulmar	1
13/03	(8.25) No Migrants	Rock Pipit	1
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13/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Water Pipit	1+	(1 On filter beds, 2 reported later)
13/03	(9.30)	Little Egret	1	(on Brading Marsh with Heron)
13/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
13/03	"	Chiffchaff	3+
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13/03	Laundry Lane	Greylag	1	(Hybrid type with c30 Canada Geese)
13/03	(10.00)	Meadow Pipit	c15	(Migrants?)
13/03	"	Reed Bunting	1m
13/03	"	Stonechat	1m
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13/03	Ryde to Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	2
13/03	(15.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f
13/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	6+
13/03	"	Ringed Plover	16
13/03	"	Sanderling	c60	(42 at Puckpool end)
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Sunday	Cold & Cloudy	Brisk E. Wind
12/03	Firestone Copse	Heron	5	(@3 nests)
12/03	(8.20)	Little Egret	1	(with Herons)
12/03	"	Coal Tit	3+	(Singing by Car Park)
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	4	& report of a Pine Martin (?) (If correct must be escape)
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12/03	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	5	(3 of Puckpool, 2 Seaview)
12/03	(14.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,1f
12/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	5+
12/03	"	Common Scoter	2	(Far out on the sea)
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12/03	Binstead to Firestone	Barn Owl	1	(out @ 18.30 seen from Newnham Road)
12/03	(E. of Car Park, at clearing)	Woodcock	1+	(Calling and flying up @ 18.45, but not "Roding")
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk NW. Wind
11/03	St Catherine's Point	Yellowhammer	1
11/03	(7.45)	Dunnock	6+
11/03	"	Shag	1
11/03	"	Fulmar	1	(Very quiet at sea)
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11/03	Whale Chine to Atherfield	Peregrine	1	(Over to SE)
11/03	(9.20 - 11.30)	Linnet	c60	(Dungewood Lane, flocks of 40,20)
11/03	"	Buzzard	7	(Soaring in groups)
11/03	"	Red Legged Partridge	1
11/03	"	Yellowhammer	3+
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11/03	Foreland	Mediterranean Gull	c6
11/03	(14.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(1m,3f)
11/03	"	Pintail	1m,1f	(Pool within ledges)
11/03	"	Shag	7+
11/03	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1
11/03	"	Dunlin?	1	(Small wader flying about)
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11/03	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	c3	(Heard)
11/03	(18.10 - 19.00)	Snipe	c4	(@ dusk)
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Reported	Yaverland, Sandown	Merlin	1	chased 3 Skylark over the bay, also 1 Raven
(Chris M.)	"	Stock Dove	27	on set-aside field by holiday camp.
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Friday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk W. Wind
10/03	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	2	(m&f top of Oak S. of Car Park @9.10)
10/03	(8.30)	Green Woodpecker	1
10/03	"	Redwing	c25
10/03	"	Jay	1
10/03	"	Song Thrush	2
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10/03	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Fieldfare	6	(Fields to N. next to Railway Line)
10/03	(9.40)	Redwing	c20	(5 near Fieldfare, 15 in Pony Paddock)
10/03	"	Common Gull	100+	(Fields to N.)
10/03	"	Heron	1	(Sitting in field)
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10/03	Puckpool	Mediterranean Gull	1
10/03	(11.15)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(3m,1f)
10/03	"	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Close to beach with 2 Great Cresteds)
10/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	5
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Reported	Easthill Rd, Ryde	Firecrest	1-2	in local woods with roving tit flock (Tim J.)
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Sun-Thurs	Trip to Gloucestershire
Sun 5th	Warblington, Hants	Cattle Egret	1	Fields by Pook Lane again
Sun 5th	Forest of Dean, Glos.	Hawfinch	1	Mandarin, Raven, Redwing, Siskin, Brambling
to Wed 8th	"	Goshawk	6+	Dipper, Nuthatch, Tawny Owl, Crossbill.
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Thur 9th	Slimbridge WWT	Bewick Swan	5	11 Ruff, 200+ Golden Plover, 1 Peregrine
Saturday	Cold, Sunny Intervals	Cold N. Wind
04/03	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Fulmar	10+	(6+ flying and 3+ on Ledges)
04/03	(9.15)	Little Owl	3	(On cliff ledges)
04/03	"	Raven	1
04/03	"	Peregrine	1	(On cliff)
04/03	"	Stock Dove	4
04/03	"	Meadow Pipit	16	(Migrants?)
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04/03	Whale Chine to Atherfield	Skylark	5	(Most in full song)
04/03	(10.10)	Linnet	6	(over)
04/03	"	Red Legged Partridge	3
04/03	"	Canada Geese	4
04/03	"	Song Thrush	1
Mammal	"	Hare	1	Field opposite Whale Chine car park
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Friday	Cold, mainly Cloudy	Light W. Wind
03/03	Shide to Blackwater FP	Siskin	c35	(flocks of c25 &11)
03/03	(7.50)	Little Owl	1
03/03	"	Red Legged Partridge	2
03/03	"	Goldcrest	6
03/03	"	Redwing	2	(Blackwater sheep field)
03/03	"	Little Egret	1
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03/03	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Pintail	2m,1f
03/03	(10.00)	Wigeon	c100
03/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	1
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03/03	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Gadwall	1m	(Rofford Marsh, NE side)
03/03	(10.10 - 11.10)	Shoveler	6m,1f	(Numbers under-estimated, esp. f.)
03/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	9
03/03	"	Dunlin	60
03/03	"	Shelduck	8
03/03	"	Wigeon	120+
03/03	"	Teal	c100
03/03	"	Grey Plover	12
03/03	"	Lapwing	c150
03/03	"	Turnstone	1
03/03	"	Reed Bunting	2
03/03	"	Muscovy Duck	1
~
03/03	Ryde, West Sands	Common Scoter	2m	(Out on the sea)
03/03	(14.00)	Great Crested Grebe	9
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Reported	St Helens Duver	Short Eared Owl	1	@16.45, (David B.)
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Thursday	Cold with Sunny Intervals	Light W. Wind
02/03	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	3f
02/03	(9.10 - 11.15)	Knot	c450
02/03	"	Brent Geese	c400
02/03	"	Linnet	3
02/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	7	(In Scrape)
02/03	"	Black Tailed Godwit	c25
02/03	"	Ringed Plover	1
02/03	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Off Harbour entrance)
02/03	"	Red Breasted Merganser	3m,2f
02/03	"	Rock Pipit	4
02/03	"	Turnstone	2
02/03	"	Reed Bunting	1m
02/03	"	Starling	100+
Reported ( Rob G.)	"	"Tundra" Bean Goose (on 18th February)	1	with Canadas on MOD Land
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02/03	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	7	(Another 7 W. of Ryde Pier)
02/03	(13.40)	Red Breasted Merganser	2m,2f
02/03	"	Sanderling	1	(Toll Road Beach)
02/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
02/03	"	Common Scoter	1m,1f	(Some way out on sea)
02/03	"	Turnstone	2	(Seaview Beach)
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02/03	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	4	(Under slipway at end of LB Pier)
02/03	(14.30)	Shag	2
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02/03	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(by Causeway Pond)
02/03	(15.00)	Redshank	4
02/03	"	Tufted Duck	2m,3f
02/03	"	Greenshank	2
02/03	"	Snipe	3
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Reported	Yarmouth	Gadwall	1m	Rofford Marsh, (George & Pat W.)
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Reported	Mersley Down	"Ringtail" Hen Harrier	1f	flew NE over Sheep Field @6.45, (Graham S.)
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	Snow Showers		Cold NW. Wind
01/03	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c70	(c50 W. of Pier)
01/03	(10.15)	Pochard	4m	(back on Canoe Lake)
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01/03	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	2+	(2 feeding on ground 10m S. of Car Park!)
01/03	(8.15)	Redwing	c30
01/03	"	Mistle Thrush	2
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01/03	Bembridge Harbour	Kingfisher	1m
01/03	(8.45)	Black Tailed Godwit	5
01/03	"	Teal	c60
01/03	"	Shelduck	10
01/03	"	Curlew	19
01/03	"	Dunlin	2
~
01/03	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	4
01/03	(9.10)	Redshank	1
01/03	"	Snipe	c8	(c6 Lagoon, 2 Causeway Pond)
01/03	"	Heron	3	(in reed bed)
01/03	"	Buzzard	1
~
01/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Water Pipit	2	(On filter beds)
01/03	(14.30)	Sparrowhawk	1m	(Attacked Water Pipit, but it got away)
01/03	"	Meadow Pipit	1
01/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
01/03	"	Pied Wagtail	3
01/03	"	Reed Bunting	2f
01/03	"	Chiffchaff	3
01/03	"	Goldcrest	4
~
01/03	Brading Marsh	Wigeon	14
01/03	(15.10)	Buzzard	3
01/03	"	Lapwing	c80	(Marsh and Fields)
01/03	"	Starling	c120	(Marsh and Fields)
01/03	Centurion's Copse	Reed Bunting	8+	(Flushed from Stubble Field)
01/03	"	Skylark	2	"
~

FEBRUARY 2006: Click for monthly species lists, February total = 118

Tuesday	Sunny to Snow Showers	NW. Wind
28/02	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Red Throated Diver	2	(1 on sea, 1W)
28/02	(8.00 - 9.00)	Auk Sp.	4	(W. in one group)
28/02	"	Common Scoter (?)	1	(W. distant, all dark, fast wingbeats)
28/02	"	Gannet	3	(W. but distant)
28/02	"	Fulmar	3	(Local birds)
28/02	"	Raven	2	(Fighting noisily overhead)
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28/02	Luccombe Down, Ventnor	Buzzard	4
28/02	(10.00)	Kestrel	2
28/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Dashing around bushes)
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28/02	Puckpool to Seaview	SANDWICH TERN	1	(W. along Solent at 14.15)
28/02	(14.05)	Red Breasted Merganser	7	(4m,3f)
28/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	5	(On beach)
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28/02	Foreland	Red Breasted Merganser	1f
28/02	(14.50)	Brent Geese	c50
28/02	"	Mediterannean Gull	2
28/02	"	Purple Sandpiper	2+	(Out on ledge @ water's edge)
28/02	"	Dunlin	6
28/02	"	Ringed Plover	3
28/02	"	Curlew	3
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28/02	Attrill's Lane, St Helens	Barn Owl	1	(Flew over Road @ 15.22)
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Monday	Cloudy	Light N. Wind		Sea Calm
27/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Stock Dove	4
27/02	(11.10)	Starling	50+
27/02	"	Redwing	c30
27/02	"	Mistle Thrush	3
27/02	"	Song Thrush	1
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27/02	Puckpool	Mediterranean Gull	8
27/02	(11.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(2m,2f)
27/02	"	Slavonian Grebe	3	(1 close in, 2 further out to E.)
27/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	3
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Cold NE Wind
26/02	Bembridge Harbour	Lesser Black Backed Gull	22	(Big influx)
26/02	(7.30)	Greater Black Backed Gull	2
26/02	"	Teal	c100
26/02	"	Shelduck	12
26/02	"	Little Grebe	3
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26/02	RSPB Reserve Visit	Black Tailed Godwit	6	(Over to Harbour)
26/02	(10.00)	Pintail	1m	(over)
26/02	"	Greylag Geese	10	(Numbers up - 7 reported before)
26/02	"	Shoveler	c10
26/02	"	Wigeon	100+
26/02	"	Lapwing	c200	(1 Golden Plover reported)
26/02	"	Lanner Falcon Type	1	(Causing panic)
26/02	"	Kestrel	2
~
26/02	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1
26/02	(11.00)	Kingfisher	1f
26/02	"	Greenshank	3
26/02	"	Redshank	4
26/02	"	Snipe	c10	(c7 Lagoon, 2 Causeway Pond)
26/02	"	Shoveler	1
26/02	"	Pochard	3	(2m,1f)
26/02	"	Heron	2	(1 in reed bed)
26/02	"	Buzzard	1
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26/02	Foreland	Lesser Black Backed Gull	11	(5 Foreland, 6 Black Rock)
26/02	(15.00)	Brent Geese	c80
26/02	"	Cormorant	c10
26/02	"	Little Egret	6	(3 beach, 3 fields)
26/02	"	Heron	2
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Reported (Robin A.)	Rookley "	Brambling Yellowhammer	185 110	and 210 Chaffinch
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Saturday	Fine but Bitter Cold			Strong NE. Wind
25/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	5	(no Hawfinches, but see below)
25/02	(10.20)	Redwing	20+
25/02	"	Kestrel	1
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25/02	Sandown Canoe Lake	GADWALL	2	(m&f on N. side by reeds)
25/02	(16.40 -17.15)	Tufted Duck	13	(8m,5f)
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Reported (Chris M.)	Foreland (from Clifftop fields)	Goosander Peregrine	1f 1	Feeding off Black Rock Ledge Over the fields -flew off to Culver
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Reported (Robin A.)	Appley Park, Ryde "	Hawfinch Firecrest	7 1	Feeding briefly then flew into Nunnery, 55 Redwing -In the evergreen oaks along the boundry path.
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Friday	Snow Showers,	Sunny Int. pm		V. Cold E. Wind
24/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c70	(c20 W. of Pier)
24/02	(10.15)	Pochard	4m	(Canoe Lake)
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24/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	4	(Didn't locate the Hawfinches)
24/02	(10.25)	Starling	40+
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Thursday	Snow Showers, Cold
23/02	Ryde Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	2+	(On sandbank)
23/02	(10.20)	Pochard	4m	(Canoe Lake)
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23/02	Appley Park, Ryde	HAWFINCH	5	(Numbers up - On treetops in Nunnery Grounds)
23/02	(10.30)	Starling	50+
23/02	"	Redwing	57	(Best count so far)
23/02	"	Mistle Thrush	2
23/02	"	Song Thrush	2
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23/02	Puckpool to Seaview	Mediterranean Gull	23	(including 20 on Puckpool Beach)
23/02	(14.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	3	(1m,2f)
23/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	2	(No Divers recently)
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Showers		Cold NE Wind
21/02	Bembridge Harbour	Greenshank	1
21/02	(8.20)	Dunlin	16
21/02	FP to Ponds	Fieldfare	c10	(Field behind cattle shed)
21/02	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	8
21/02	(9.00)	Pochard	1m	(Back of Causeway Pond)
21/02	"	Tufted Duck	1m
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21/02	Laundry Lane	Lanner Falcon Hybrid	1	(Causing general panic)
21/02	(9.30)	Hybrid Barnacle	1	(Dark)
21/02	"	Barnacle Geese	8
21/02	"	Canada Gees	c80	(Field at Laundry end)
21/02	"	Lapwing	c300
21/02	"	Starling	c50	(Up with Lapwings)
21/02	"	Buzzard	3
21/02	"	Kestrel	2
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21/02	FP N. of Sandown GC	Redpoll	c25	(Alders between Clubhouse & River)
21/02	(13.30)	Siskin	1+	(Small flock with Redpoll)
21/02	"	Buzzard	1
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Monday	Cloudy	Bitter NE Wind
20/02	Newport Quay to Dodnor	Pied Wagtail	c30	(On Playing fields E of Medina)
20/02	(8.00 - 10.00)	Kingfisher	1
20/02	(FP Flooded)	Little Grebe	16
20/02	"	Little Egret	1
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20/02	Newport to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1
20/02	(10.30 - 12.10)	Treecreeper	1
20/02	"	Siskin	c30	(in Alders, with c10 on Feeders S. of "Matalan")
20/02	"	Grey Wagtail	2
20/02	"	Buzzard	3
20/02	"	Goldcrest	2
20/02	"	Red Legged Partridge	1
20/02	"	Long Tailed Tit	6+
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Sunday	WET	Cold NE Wind
19/02	Ryde East Sands	Red Throated Diver	2	(E off sand bank)
19/02	(8.45)	Dunlin	22
19/02	"	Sanderling	8
19/02	"	Lesser Black Backed Gull	7	(High count for this location)
19/02	"	Greater Black Backed Gull	10+
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19/02	Hersey NR, Seaview	Pochard	2m,1f
19/02	(15.00)	Tufted Duck	1m
19/02	"	Teal	22
19/02	"	Shelduck	1
19/02	"	Barnacle Geese	c60	(Feral, Nettlestone Fields)
19/02	"	Snow Geese	2	(Feral, 1 Blue Phase)
19/02	From Seawall	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Off Puckpool)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Light Showers
18/02	FP to W of Alverstone	Jay	4
18/02	(9.00)	Siskin	18
18/02	"	Song Thrush	4	(Singing along FP)
18/02	"	Shoveler	1	(Over)
18/02	"	Buzzard	1
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Friday	Sunny int & Showers	W Wind
17/02	Woodside to Kings Quay	Brent Geese	c50
17/02	(7.50 - 9.05)	Great Creasted Grebe	2
17/02	"	Red Breasted Merganser	6	(3m,3f)
17/02	"	Redshank	1
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17/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Redwing	12
17/02	(9.30)	Greenfinch	10+	(No Hawfinch today)
17/02	"	Mistle Thrush	1
17/02	"	Stock Dove	2
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17/02	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	4
17/02	(13.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(2m,2f)
17/02	"	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Still here)
17/02	"	Shag	1
17/02	"	Canada Geese	c150
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17/02	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
17/02	(15.40)	Pied Wagtail	3
17/02	"	Bullfinch	1m
17/02	"	Buzzard	2	(Marsh)
17/02	"	Kestrel	1
17/02	"	Chaffinch	6
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17/02	Laundry Lane	Barnacle Geese	9	(and a dark hybrid)
17/02	(16.15 - 17.10)	Peregrine	1m	(In dead tree, N. End)
17/02	"	Canada Geese	c150
17/02	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Feral/Hybrid type)
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Thursday	Sunny int & Showers	W Wind
16/02	Deacon's Lane, Ashey	Common Gull	c250	(Fields by Little Upton Fm.)
16/02	(11.30)	Black Headed Gull	c100
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16/02	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	6
16/02	(13.20)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(3m,1f)
16/02	"	Slavonian Grebe	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny start, Cloudy	SW Wind
15/02	Foreland	Greenshank	1	(Unusual here)
15/02	(8.05)	Brent Geese	c100
15/02	"	Mediterannean Gull	2	(More on Black Rock Ledge)
15/02	"	Rock Pipit	1
15/02	"	Purple Sandpiper	1	(On small rock off ledge)
15/02	"	Red Throated Diver	1	(SE)
15/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
15/02	"	Fulmar	1
15/02	"	Red Breasted Merganser	7	(3m,4f)
15/02	"	Shag	2
15/02	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Bushes behind seawall)
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15/02	Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	1
15/02	(10.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	4	(2m,2f)
15/02	"	Slavonian Grebe	1
~
15/02	Hersey NR, Seaview	Wigeon	1	(Scarce here)
15/02	(11.00 Hide Open)	Greenshank	1
15/02	"	Teal	28
15/02	"	Shelduck	1
15/02	"	Tufted Duck	1m
15/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Calling from reedbed by entrance)
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals
14/02	FP to W of Alverstone	Red Legged Partridge	2
14/02	(8.00 - 10.30)	Siskin	2	(Flocks of 30+ reported recently)
14/02	"	Mistle Thrush	2
14/02	"	Stock Dove	2
14/02	"	Buzzard	3
14/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	3+	(2 seen, 3Drumming)
~
14/02	Puckpool (13.20)	Great Crested Grebe	4
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14/02	Alverstone NR	Treecreeper	1m	(Wood by Sandown Water Wks.)
14/02	(13.50 - 16.00)	Siskin	c6	(c12 Redpoll reported near Sandown GC)
14/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	3	(Unusual here)
14/02	"	Goldcrest	4
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	3	at feeders and inside Hide
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Monday	Cloudy & Wet
13/02	Fishbourne Beach	Red Breasted Merganser	10	(6 off Creek, 4 more distant)
13/02	(7.30 - 8.50)	Great Crested Grebe	4
13/02	"	Black Necked Grebe	1	(Off Binstead by small black marker buoy again)
13/02	"	Brent Geese	167
13/02	"	Shelduck	2
13/02	"	Reed Bunting	1	(Reedbed at Quarr ponds)
13/02	"	Pheasant	3	(1 on beach!)
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13/02	Wootton Bridge	Common Gull	114	(I've never seen so many here before)
13/02	(10.30 - 11.00)	Black Headed Gull	153	(all on Lake S. of Bridge)
13/02	"	Redshank	42
13/02	"	Curlew	48	(At roost on E. Side)
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Sunday	Cloudy & Wet
12/02	Ryde Esplanade	Ringed Plover	12
12/02	(8.10 - 8.45)	Dunlin	15	(near Plovers)
12/02	"	Sanderling	c40
12/02	"	Bar Tailed Godwit	1	(Water's edge)
12/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	(W. of Pier)
12/02	Canoe Lake	Swan	50+
12/02	"	Pochard	2m
12/02	"	Stock Dove	7
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Reported (Graham S.)	Foreland (Seawatch 10.30 -12)	Auks Kittiwake	c300 40	SW, including 107 Razorbill, 6 Guillemot 27 Gannet, 3 RT Diver & Firecrest in Scrub
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Reported (David A.)	Brading Marsh (RSPB WeBS Count)	Wigeon Shoveller	450 40	12 Pintail, 28 Snipe, 30 Curlew, 1m Merlin 4 Black Tailed Godwit,1 Spotted Redshank, 4 Greenshank, 2 Ringed Plover, 150 Lapwing
~
Saturday	Frosty start, Bright Int.
11/02	Culver Down	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1	(E. along cliff)
11/02	(8.10 - 9.30)	Fulmar	4
11/02	"	Greenfinch	c20
11/02	Ammo Hut Scrape	Pintail	3m	(Hard to ID any Fem at this distance)
11/02	(by Telescope)	Shoveler	c20
11/02	"	Wigeon	c100
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11/02	Laundry Lane	Barnacle Geese	11	(With Canadas again)
11/02	(16.30 - 17.50)	Peregrine	1m	(Causing panic across the marsh)
11/02	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
11/02	"	Wigeon	100+
~
Friday	Frosty start, Sunny
10/02	Ryde Esplanade	Ringed Plover	6	(On beach)
10/02	(8.20)	Dunlin	3	(With Plovers)
10/02	"	Sanderling	2	(100+ @14.30)
10/02	"	Pochard	3m	(Canoe Lake)
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10/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Treecreeper	1m	(Singing S. of Car Pk.)
10/02	(8.30 - 9.20)	Greenfinch	30+
10/02	"	Redwing	c30
10/02	"	Mistle Thrush	4
10/02	"	Stock Dove	2
10/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(Drumming)
~
10/02	Seaview	Great Crested Grebe	8
10/02	(15.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	5	(Including 2m,3f)
10/02	"	Shag	1
10/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	3	(Just offshore)
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Thursday	Frosty to Sunny Intervals
09/02	Newnham Lane	Barn Owl	1	(S. of Lane at 7.30)
09/02	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	c7
09/02	(7.40)	Jay	1
09/02	"	Goldcrest	4+
~
09/02	Island Harbour	Whimbrel	1
09/02	(10.20)	Turnstone	12
09/02	"	Dunlin	c30
09/02	"	Redshank	13
09/02	"	Wigeon	40+
09/02	"	Brent Geese	c150
~
09/02	Orchard Bay FP	WHITE IBIS	1	(Escape? -in Sheep field on Cliff edge)
09/02	(14.10 - 15.30)	Fulmar	1
09/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals
08/02	Cowes Garden	Brambling	c15
~
08/02	Appley Park, Ryde	HAWFINCH	2 (m&f)	(Maple Tree, S of Car Pk.)
08/02	(11.30 - 12.30)	Redwing	35+
08/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
08/02	Canoe Lake, Ryde	Pochard	3m
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Reported (Ventnor Grp)	Old "Rare Breeds Park", St Lawrence	WHITE IBIS	1	At pond and in the nearby fields viewed from Cliff FP till 12.00.
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08/02	Orchard Bay and Coast	Red Throated Diver	1	(Fishing offshore)
08/02	(14.30 - 16.30)	Little Egret	3	(No sign of Ibis)
08/02	"	Gannet	1E
08/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
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Tuesday	Cloudy
07/02	Foreland	Razorbill	9	(1E and "Raft" of 8 on sea to NE)
07/02	(9.05)	Brent Geese	c110
07/02	"	Mediterannean Gull	2
07/02	"	Rock Pipit	3
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07/02	Bembridge Harbour	Black Tailed Godwit	5
07/02	(10.30)	Greenshank	1
07/02	"	Kingfisher	1-2
07/02	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1
07/02	Laundry Lane	Sparrowhawk	1
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Monday	Cloudy, Cold Start
06/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	1f	(Tree by Compost Silo, SW corner of Car Pk.)
06/02	(8.10 - 9.15)	Greenfinch	30+
06/02	"	Redwing	c25
06/02	"	Goldfinch	c10
06/02	"	Starling	c40
06/02	"	Song Thrush	8	(3+ singing)
06/02	"	Mistle Thrush	6
06/02	"	Stock Dove	6
06/02	"	Goldcrest	2
06/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	(Drumming)
~
06/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	1f	(Poplars to W. in Convent grounds)
06/02	(2nd visit 11.00)	Green Woodpecker	1
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06/02	Puckpool	Red Breasted Merganser	6	(3m,3f)
06/02	(11.40)	Great Crested Grebe	6
06/02	"	Sanderling	c30
~
Reported (Jim C.)	Newtown NR	Black Brant	1	With c300 Brent SE of Main Hide, (By E. Hide on Sun)
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Sunday	Sunny Int bit warmer	Cold NW Wind
05/02	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Kittiwake	2	(E. at 8.55)
05/02	(8.30 Seawatch)	Fulmar	1	(Local bird, otherwise quiet at sea today)
~
05/02	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Little Owl	1	(On cliff, SW of Car Park)
05/02	(9.50)	Stock Dove	4
05/02	"	Raven	1
05/02	"	Fulmar	12+	(7 on ledges)
05/02	"	Linnet	30+	(W. Over Car Park)
~
05/02	Bembridge Marina	Black Redstart	1m	(On roofs W. of River @ 15.30)
05/02	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	1
05/02	(15.45)	Pochard	8	(Back of Causeway Pond)
05/02	"	Tufted Duck	9	"
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05/02	Laundry Lane	Lanner Falcon Hybrid	1	(Caught Moorhen, attacked Buzzard and Crows)
05/02	(16.40 - 17.50)	Hybrid Barnacle?	1	(Dark flanks with white cheeks about "Brent" sized)
05/02	"	Lapwing	c400
05/02	"	Golden Plover	c10	(Up with Lapwings)
05/02	"	Wigeon	c100	(Field at Laundry end)
05/02	"	Short Eared Owl	1	(On ground @ 17.33)
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Reported (Graham S.)	Brading Marsh RSPB	Water Pipit Golden Plover Reed Bunting	2 20 27	@ Sewage Wks, 1 well marked (with c400 Lapwing) (Stubble field E of Centurions Copse)
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Reported	Rookley, Stubble fields	Brambling	170	exceptional,
(Robin A.)	"	Yellowhammer	80	& 350 Chaffinch
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Saturday	Cloudy and Cold
04/02	Appley Park, Ryde	Redwing	c10	(Hawfinch not seen since 28/1)
04/02	(8.15)	Greenfinch	50+
04/02	"	Goldfinch	c25
04/02	"	Starling	c40
04/02	"	Song Thrush	7	(3 singing)
04/02	"	Mistle Thrush	6
04/02	"	Stock Dove	1m	(Singing)
04/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(Drumming)
~
04/02	Bembridge Harbour	Black Tailed Godwit	5
04/02	(9.15)	Dunlin	30+
04/02	"	Teal	50
04/02	"	Lapwing	c200
~
04/02	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	3
04/02	(9.40)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
04/02	"	Little Grebe	4	(and a dead one)
04/02	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
04/02	"	Kestrel	1
04/02	"	Goldcrest	3
~
04/02	My Garden, Ryde	Blackcap	1m,1f	(Got 2 now!)
~
04/02	Puckpool to Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Near fort@14.50)
04/02	(14.40)	Slavonian Grebe	1	(With the RN Grebe)
04/02	"	Sanderling	c50	(Puckpool Beach)
04/02	"	Red Breasted Merganser	10
04/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	3
~
04/02	Hersey NR, Seaview	Redshank	1	(With 1 Snipe in water)
04/02	(15.10 Hide Locked)	Greenshank	1
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04/02	Laundry Lane	Barnacle Geese	8	(With Canadas again)
04/02	(16.40 - 17.50)	Barnacle Hybrid	1	(Dark flanks with white cheeks about "Brent" sized)
04/02	"	Short Eared Owl	1	(Flew rapidy across marsh @ 17.30, very odd)
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Reported	Werrar, Medina Esty.	Short Eared Owl	3	flushed from a day time roost (Graham S.)
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Reported	Appley Park	Hawfinch	1	S. of Car Pk 11.00 -11.15, then flew W.
(Robin A.)	Ryde to Bembridge coast	Mediterranean Gull	87	& 1 Sandwich Tern (Ryde Sands)
	St. Helens Duver	Dartford Warbler	1
	Brading Marsh	Greylag Geese	7	& 210 Wigeon, 15 Golden Plover
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Friday	Dull and Cold	Bitter NE Wind
03/02	Shide to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1
03/02	(8.00 - 9.40)	Little Egret	1	(Ditch by FP)
03/02	"	Siskin	60+	(includes Mobile flock of 50+)
03/02	"	Bullfinch	1m
03/02	"	Chiffchaff	1
03/02	"	Kestrel	3	(2 displaying)
03/02	"	Long Tailed Tit	13+	(2 flocks along path)
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03/02	Binstead Beach	BLACK NECKED GREBE	1	("Hiding" next to small Buoy)
03/02	(11.50)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f
~
Reported	Mottistone Area	Yellowhammer	65	Mixed Flocks @ Strawberry Lane
(Graham S.)	"	Brambling	3+	with 135 Chaffinch, 100 Linnet, 1 Woodcock flushed.
Thursday	Misty Murky and Cold	Bitter NE Wind
02/02	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(Scrape)
02/02	(8.45 - 10.00)	Dunlin	175
02/02	"	Black Tailed Godwit	33
02/02	"	Shoveler	4m
02/02	"	Goldeneye	1f
02/02	"	Lapwing	c200
02/02	"	Kingfisher	1f
02/02	"	Skylark	2	(Over to W.)
02/02	"	Muscovy Duck	1
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02/02	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	10f
02/02	(10.15 - 11.15)	Knot	300+	(540 reported yesterday)
02/02	"	Red Breasted Merganser	4m,3f	(Pair mating by Boathouse)
02/02	"	Rock Pipit	3
02/02	"	Turnstone	4
02/02	"	Reed Bunting	2f
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02/02	Puckpool to Seaview	Red Necked Grebe	2	(Off Puckpool@13.15)
02/02	(13.00)	Red Breasted Merganser	14	(Including 4m,3f)
02/02	"	Sanderling	c30	(Toll Road Beach)
02/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	4	(Just offshore)
02/02	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Seaview Esp.)
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02/02	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	5	(Under slipway at end of LB Pier)
02/02	(13.45)	Shag	1
02/02	"	Rock Pipit	9	(On grass by Car Park)
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02/02	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	1
02/02	(8.40)	Redshank	1	(Causeway Pond)
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02/02	Attrill's Lane, Nettlestone	Fieldfare	c30	(@Stubble field with 40+ Starlings)
02/02	My Garden, Ryde	Blackcap	1f
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Reported (Graham S.)	off Binstead Beach	Black Necked Grebe	1	(4th year running, also 2 Gt. N. Diver)
Reported (Dave H.)	Cowes Garden	Brambling	34	(Numbers increasing)
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Wednesday	Cloudy and Cold
01/02	Bembridge Harbour	Dunlin	c40
01/02	(8.15)	Shelduck	13
01/02	"	Coal Tit	1	(Pine tree by flats)
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01/02	Bembridge Ponds	Snipe	3
01/02	(8.40)	Water Rail	1	(Ran across the lane!)
01/02	"	Teal	16
01/02	"	Tufted Duck	1f
01/02	"	Fieldfare	1
01/02	"	Goldcrest	2
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01/02	St Helens Beach	Shag	10+	(Rocks by Fort)
01/02	(9.15)	Great Crested Grebe	5	(E. of Fort)
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01/02	Brading Sewage Wks	Water Pipit	1	(Filter Beds)
01/02	(10.00)	Meadow Pipit	2
01/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
01/02	"	Pied Wagtail	2
01/02	"	Bullfinch	1m,1f
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01/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c90
01/02	(11.30)	Ringed Plover	7
01/02	"	Turnstone	3	(With Sanderlings-Unusual here)
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01/02	Hersey NR, Seaview	Water Rail	1	(Swimming across channel)
01/02	(13.00)	Barnacle Geese	c200	(On the hill)
01/02	Seaview Beach	Mediterranean Gull	5
01/02	"	Sanderling	5
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01/02	Laundry Lane	Barnacle Geese	8	(With Canadas, usually just one here)
01/02	(16.40 - 17.30)	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Esc. With Canadas)
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JANUARY 2006: Click for monthly species lists, January total = 121

Tuesday	Cloudy	Cold E Wind
31/01	St Catherine's Pt.	Common Scoter	2m	(E. @9.05 & 9.14)
31/01	(Seawatch 8.15 - 9.15)	Red Throated Diver	4	(W. 1 landed on sea for a while)
31/01	"	Auk Sp.	4E	(1 Razorbill, 1 on Sea)
31/01	"	Fulmar	7W	(Local Birds)
31/01	"	Gannet	3	(1W,2E)
31/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m	(W. @8.36)
31/01	"	Heron	1W	(Along Cliffs)
31/01	"	Shag	1W	(Along Cliffs)
31/01	"	Kestrel	2
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Reported	King's Quay, Woodside	Goosander	1f	and 1 Common Sandpiper
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int	Cold NE Wind
30/01	Mersley Down (S. Side)	Blackbird	c6	(FP "SA16", to Arreton)
30/01	(14.35 - 16.15, with Chris M.)	BRAMBLING	1-2m,1f	(Hawthorns by Game feeders @ 15.15)
30/01	"	Chaffinch	c50
30/01	"	Yellowhammer	6
30/01	"	Reed Bunting	1
30/01	"	Goldfinch	14
30/01	"	Stonechat	1f
30/01	"	Raven	2	(Over Ashey Down)
30/01	"	Peregrine	1
30/01	"	Kestrel	1
30/01	"	Buzzard	5
30/01	"	Stock Dove	c15
30/01	"	Dunnock	3
30/01	"	Robin	3
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Sunday	Fine Sunny	Cold NE Wind
29/01	Arreton (FP to S.)	Sparrowhawk	1
29/01	(8.35)	Wood Pigeon	200+
29/01	"	Stock Dove	4
29/01	"	Crows/Rooks	c500
29/01	"	Red Legged Partridge	5
29/01	"	Skylark	3
29/01	"	Meadow Pipit	4	(just a few Chaffinch today)
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29/01	Mersley Lane	Song Thrush	c6
29/01	(9.45)	Fieldfare	c6
29/01	"	Redwing	2
29/01	"	Crows/Rooks	c500
29/01	"	Buzzard	2
29/01	"	Chaffinch	c10	(no Brambling)
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29/01	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	113
29/01	(14.10)	Dunlin	1
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29/01	Seaview to Puckpool	Red Necked Grebe	1	(Off Hersey outflow)
29/01	(14.30)	Great Crested Grebe	4
29/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	10+	(7 on Puckpool Beach)
29/01	"	Common Gull	24	(15 on Puckpool Beach)
29/01	"	Turnstone	1	(On Seaview T. Rd beach)
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Saturday	Cloudy to Clear Int	Cold E Wind
28/01	"La Falaise",Ventnor	Lesser Black Backed Gull	1E	(Very quiet today)
28/01	(8.25)	Fulmar	1W	(Local bird)
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28/01	Ventnor Park	Mandarin	1m	(Small pond/Stream)
Reported	Morrison's Car Pk, Lake	Firecrest	1	(From Yesterday, not found today)
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Monday	Cloudy and Cold	NE Wind
27/01	Hersey NR, Seaview	Lapwing	12
27/01	(11.30)	Greenshank	1
27/01	"	Barnacle Geese	c250	(On the hill)
27/01	"	Snow Goose	1	(Escape, with Barnacles)
27/01	Offshore	Shag	1
27/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
27/01	On Beach	Sanderling	2
27/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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Reported	St Catherine's Pt.	Red Throated Diver	18	& 32 Auks, including 13 Razorbill, Firecrest at Bridge Cottage.
(Graham S.)	Atherfield Area	Grey Partridge	4	(Dungewood), 12 Golden Plover, Firecrest @ Cowlease Chine
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Thursday	Frosty start, Sunny	NE. Wind
Mammal	St Catherines Pt.	Fox	1
26/01	Whale Chine	Black Redstart	1m	(Cliffs just W. of Chine Mouth)
26/01	(9.00)	Stonechat	1f
26/01	"	Linnet	c100	(Field N. of Car Park)
26/01	"	Herring Gull	c100	"
26/01	"	Skylark	1+
26/01	"	Kestrel	1
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26/01	Atherfield	Golden Plover	27+	(on Fields W. of Ash Hill Farm))
26/01	(10.00 - 11.00)	Lapwing	16	(Flying over)
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Wednesday	Frosty start, Cloudy	E. Wind
25/01	Ryde Esplanade	Pochard	2m	(Canoe Lake)
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25/01	Laundry Lane	Short Eared Owl	1	(Flying @ 17.03 E. of Lane)
25/01	(16.30 - 17.20)	Barn Owl	1	(In front of Centurions Copse @17.13)
25/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
25/01	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
25/01	"	Canada Geese	100+
25/01	"	Kestrel	1
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Tuesday	Frosty start, Sunny	E. Wind
24/01	Ryde Garden	Blackcap	1f	(On feeders)
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24/01	Bembridge Marina	Black Redstart	1m	(On roof of Flats)
24/01	(10.20)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Over low)
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24/01	Laundry Lane	Stonechat	2m,1f	(Laundry End)
24/01	(10.50)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
24/01	"	Canada Geese	200+	(With 1 Greylag-Escape)
24/01	"	Lapwing	300+	(Over Marsh)
24/01	"	Peregrine	1	(Flushing Lapwings etc.)
24/01	"	Buzzard	2
24/01	"	Kestrel	4
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24/01	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c50
24/01	(15.30)	Ringed Plover	8
24/01	"	Dunlin	1
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17th - 23rd	Trip to Mainland
Tue 17th	Farlington	Avocet	16	also Ruff & Merlin.
"	Warblington	CATTLE EGRET	1juv
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Wed 18th	Slimbridge	Pinkfooted Goose	1	White Fronted Geese, Bewick Swan, Ruff
Thur/Fri	Forest of Dean	Goshawk	1	Dipper, Nuthatch, Marsh Tit, Common Redpoll
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Sat 21st	Staines/Wraysbury Stockers Lake	Smew Egyptian Geese	1f 5	Ring Necked Parakeet, Red Crested Pochard, Black Necked Grebe, Smew, Goosander
Sun 22nd	Fisher's Green	Bittern	1	Hawfinch, Smew,
Mon 23rd	Broadwater Lake Warblington	White Headed Duck Cattle Egret	1m 1f	and 150 Ruddy Duck! still there, and 5 Avocet at Farlington
Monday	Cloudy, Light Rain
16/01	FP, SW. of Havenstreet Stn.	Barn Owl	1	(Field by Deadmans Brook)
16/01	(7.15)	Little Owl	1	(Heard at 7.15)
16/01	"	Buzzard	1	(sitting in field)
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16/01	St Helens Duver (Beach)	Brent Geese	c70
16/01	(8.20)	Dunlin	c25	(Flying out from Harbour)
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16/01	Bembridge Coastal Path	Oystercatcher	27	(Flying E.)
16/01	(9.00)	Shag	1
16/01	"	Purple Sandpiper(?)	4	(Distant view, on LB Stn. Slipway)
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16/01	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	6m,4f	(Numbers increased)
16/01	(10.00)	Tufted Duck	10m,11f
16/01	"	Shelduck	2
16/01	"	Snipe	8	(No Spotted Redshank today)
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Report (Gary H.)	Laundry Lane	Hen Harrier	1m	seen at 4.30 and came in to roost at 4.45
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Sunday	Cloudy, Bright Int.
15/01	Wootton Creek	Redshank	7	(N. of Wootton Bridge
15/01	(8.00)	Brent Geese	142	(Along beach)
15/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	3	(Offshore and Creek entrance)
15/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	6	(4m,2f offshore)
15/01	"	Curlew	21
15/01	"	Heron	8	(Trees at back of Lakeside)
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15/01	Appley Park, Ryde	Hawfinch	1f	(Still here! Just S. of Car Pk At top of trees, watched it feeding etc.)
15/01	(10.35 - 11.45)	Redwing	c20
15/01	"	Greenfinch	70+
15/01	"	Treecreeper	1
15/01	"	Mistle Thrush	4
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Saturday	Cloudy to Rain	S. Wind
14/01	below Paradise Walk, Ventnor	Raven	3	(over calling)
14/01	(10.30)	Goldcrest	4+
14/01	"	Sparrowhawk	1
14/01	"	Jay	2
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Friday	Cloudy to Brighter later	SW Wind
13/01	Havensteet	Buzzard	1
13/01	(7.20)	Heron	2
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13/01	Newchurch to Haseley Manor	Moorhen	25	(Mostly at Haseley Ponds)
13/01	(8.10)	Shoveler	1	(Flushed near ponds)
13/01	"	Canada Geese	c70
13/01	"	Barnacle Goose	1	(Escape)
13/01	"	Bar Headed Goose	1	(Escape, with Canadas from Laundry Lane?)
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13/01	Atherfield	Lapwing	c200	(Overhead)
13/01	(9.25)	Peregrine	2	(On field by road at Atherfield Fm.)
13/01	"	Fieldfare	56	(S. of Dungewood Farm, with 50+ Starling)
13/01	"	Canada Geese	4	(Potato fields)
13/01	"	Red Legged Partridge	7	(E. of Ash Hill Farm)
13/01	"	LINNET	c25	(Dungewood Lane, W. of Farm)
13/01	"	Kestrel	2
13/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
13/01	Ash Hill Pond	Mallard	30+
13/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
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13/01	FP GL7 (E. of Cridmore Farm)	Mallard	c30
13/01	Large Pond by R. Medina	Wigeon	5
13/01	(10.35)	Fieldfare	14
13/01	"	Mistle Thrush	3
13/01	"	Linnet	2
13/01	"	Pheasant	6
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13/01	Laundry Lane	Fieldfare	c25	(Laundry End)
13/01	(16.40)	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
13/01	"	Canada Geese	150+
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Report (Nick E.) (George & Pat)	Appley Park "	Hawfinch " Sandwich Terns	1f " 2	11-11.30 Trees just S. of Appley Tower. showing well @ 10.30, on the groyne opposite Hersey NR @11am.
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Thursday	Fine Frosty to Cloudy
12/01	Havensteet to Combley Fm.	Cormorant	13	(2 on pond 11 flying, unusual numbers inland)
12/01	(7.30)	Great Tit	10+
12/01	"	Mallard	38
12/01	"	Buzzard	3
12/01	"	Stock Dove	1
12/01	"	Mistle Thrush	8	(Most in field opposite Station Car Pk)
12/01	"	Meadow Pipit	3	(With Mistle Thrush)
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12/01	Ryde East Sands (10.20)	Sanderling	54	(beach by marina)
12/01	"	Dunlin	3	(beach by marina)
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12/01	Appley Park, Ryde	Chaffinch	6
12/01	(10.30)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
12/01	"	Greenfinch	9
12/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2
12/01	"	Stock Dove	3
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12/01	Ryde West Sands (12.45)	Sanderling	2
12/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	2
12/01	"	Rock Pipit	1
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12/01	Averstone NR	Shoveler	1m
12/01	(15.45 - 17.20)	Teal	2
12/01	"	Yellowhammer	2
12/01	"	Buzzard	1
12/01	"	Little Egret	1	(Unusual here)
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Reported (David B.)	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1juv	showing very well, at 10.30 and 12.15
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Wednesday	Wet early, Sunny later	Mild S. Wind
11/01	Ryde East Sands (13.35)	SANDWICH TERN	1	(Landed on end of Sandbank briefly, @low tide)
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11/01	Appley Park, Ryde	Chaffinch	6	(Didn't find Hawfinch, see report below)
11/01	(13.50)	Redwing	c20
11/01	"	Greenfinch	6
11/01	"	Mistle Thrush	5
Reported (David B.)	" (at c12.00)	Hawfinch	1f	With the large flock of Greenfinch. feeding on the ground beneath Hornbeam tree. Flew W of Ticket hut, by road to car-park.
11/01	Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	2	(Just offshore at low tide)
11/01	(14.30)	Red Necked Grebe	1
11/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	1	(Close in)
11/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	1m
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Tuesday	Cloudy	SW Wind
10/01	St Helens Bridge	MARSH HARRIER	1f	(Flying over reedbed to SW @8.12)
10/01	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1juv	(seen again, 8.22 - 8.44, may be tagged)
10/01	(8.20 - 8.50)	Peregrine	1	(On the Dead Tree)
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10/01	Seaview to Puckpool	Red Breasted Merganser	5m,1f	(5 together & 1m further E.)
10/01	(11.30)	Great Crested Grebe	1
10/01	"	Sanderling	4	(E.)
10/01	"	Shag	1	(Close in at Seaview)
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10/01	Appley Park, Ryde	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2	(No sign of Hawfinch)
10/01	(11.00 - 11.50)	Redwing	c20
10/01	"	Greenfinch	6	(Larger flock also missing)
10/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2
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Monday	Cloudy, Drizzle
09/01	Bembridge Harbour	Knot	1	(with Redshank)
09/01	(8.30)	Kingfisher	1m	(Hovering over water)
09/01	"	Dunlin	c50
09/01	"	Lapwing	250+	(c15 in Harbour, c250 over Marsh inland)
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Sunday	Cloudy to Rain	Cold NE Wind
08/01	Appley Park, Ryde @9.00 - 9.20, & 11.15	HAWFINCH	1f	(Just S. of Car Pk around the treetops, and feeding in Beech, great views!)
08/01	(8.00 - 9.25 & 11.00 - 11.30)	Redwing	c15
08/01	"	Treecreeper	2
08/01	"	Mistle Thrush	1
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08/01	Newport Shute, Mersley	Long Eared Owl	2	(seen briefly flying further into cover)
08/01	(With Chris M. 13.50 - 15.10)	Jay	1
08/01	Rowlands Lane	Buzzard	2
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Saturday	Cloudy
07/01	Appley Park, Ryde @8.41, 9.32, 9.51, 10.09 &10.14	HAWFINCH	1f	(Just S. of Car Pk around the treetops, feeding with Greenfinch. Seen several times, by 5 Birders, till 10.15 at least )
07/01	(8.10 - 10.20)	Redwing	c25
07/01	"	Song Thrush	2
07/01	"	Mistle Thrush	2+
07/01	"	Sparrowhawk	1
07/01	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
07/01	"	Green Woodpecker	1
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07/01	Brading Sewage Wks	Water Pipit	1	(Filter Beds)
07/01	(12.00)	Meadow Pipit	3	(Filter Beds)
07/01	"	Buzzard	1
07/01	"	Fieldfare	6	(Over)
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07/01	Newport Shute, Mersley	Goldcrest	2	(No Long Eared Owls)
07/01	(15.05 - 16.30)	Jay	1
07/01	"	Buzzard	1
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Reported (Chris M.)	Newport Shute, Mersley	Long Eared Owl	5	1 in a tree on the north side of the road, 4 flushed by a passing van
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07/01	Firestone Copse	Woodcock	1	(Over clearing E. of Road@16.50)
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Friday	Cloudy	Cold E Wind
06/01	Shide to Blackwater FP	Siskin	c70	(One flock of c50 Sandy Lane)
06/01	(8.05 - 10.20)	Redpoll	2+	(With 4 Siskin and Long T. Tits)
06/01	"	Redwing	c10	(Over N.)
06/01	"	Goldcrest	3
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06/01	FP GL7 (E. of Cridmore Farm)	Mallard	c70	(No sign of Gadwall)
06/01	Large Pond by R. Medina	Wigeon	2
06/01	(10.35)	Teal	3
06/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
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Reported (Graham S.)	Newport Shute, Mersley	Long Eared Owl	c10	@ the roost 15.30, just yards from lane + 1 Brambling & c100 Chaffinch @ Mersley Road
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Thursday	Cloudy, Snow Flurries	V. Cold E Wind
05/01	"La Falaise",Ventnor	Gannet	1E	(Very quiet today)
05/01	(8.20 - 9.00)	Guillemot	1E	(and 1 Auk Sp. E.)
05/01	"	Oystercatcher	1W	(Close in)
05/01	"	Cormorant	1E
~
05/01	Gore Cliff	Peregrine	1	(On Cliffs)
05/01	(9.15)	Little Owl	1	(On cliff overlooking Blackgang Pk)
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05/01	Atherfield	Yellowhammer	c20	(E of Atherfield Farm by road)
05/01	(10.10)	Meadow Pipit	6+	(Over stubble, & poss. 40+ on distant wires)
05/01	"	Fieldfare	6	(Dungewood Farm, with 20+ Starling)
05/01	"	Canada Geese	10	(Potato fields)
05/01	"	Red Legged Partridge	12	(E. of Ash Hill Farm)
05/01	"	Pheasant	25+	(Everywhere!)
05/01	"	Kestrel	2
05/01	Ash Hill Pond	Mallard	60+
05/01	"	Tufted Duck	1f
05/01	"	Teal	1m
05/01	"	Little Grebe	1
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Wednesday	Cloudy, Spots of Rain	Cold N-NE Wind
04/01	Foreland	Pintail	1m	(In pool between rocky ledge and beach)
04/01	(8.50 - 9.30)	Red Breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(With Pintail)
04/01	"	Fulmar	2	(Distant off Sandown)
04/01	"	Cormorant	10+
~
04/01	Puckpool	Razorbill	1	(Off Ryde Sandbank@11.30)
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04/01	Brading Sewage Wks	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds with 1 Meadow Pipit)
04/01	(14.30)	Chiffchaff	4+	(Flycatching in hedge by Filter Beds)
04/01	"	Fieldfare	40+	(Flying around Marsh)
04/01	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy, Spots of Rain
03/01	St Helens Duver (Beach)	EIDER	1f	(W of Fort @8.45)
03/01	(8.40)	Red Breasted Merganser	7
03/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
03/01	"	Skylark	1	(Flying over beach!)
03/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	1
03/01	"	Rock Pipit	2
03/01	"	Purple Sandpiper	8	(Distant view, on LB Stn. Slipway)
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03/01	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	1m	(Very Scarce this year)
03/01	(9.40)	Greenshank	2
03/01	"	Redshank	1
03/01	"	Snipe	2
~
03/01	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Works)
03/01	(10.00)	Chiffchaff	8-10	(Flycatching in hedge by Filter Beds)
03/01	"	Goldfinch	20+
03/01	"	Buzzard	1
03/01	"	Kestrel	1
~
03/01	Ryde East Sands	Ringed Plover	10
03/01	(11.20)	Dunlin	34	(Beach by Wimpy Kiosk)
03/01	"	Turnstone	2	(Unusual here)
03/01	(7.00)	Bar Tailed Godwit	1	(Seen earlier @ low tide)
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03/01	Puckpool	RED NECKED GREBE	2	(1 distant W. of Fort, 1 closer with Gt.C Gb.)
03/01	(11.30)	Great Crested Grebe	6
03/01	"	Sanderling	10	(on beach)
03/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	4m,2f
03/01	"	Great Northern Diver	1
03/01	"	Shag	1
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Monday	Cloudy, Short Sunny Intervals
02/01	Bembridge Harbour	Golden Plover	2	(with Lapwing, -unusual here)
02/01	(8.50)	Kingfisher	1m
02/01	"	Sparrowhawk	1m	(Swooped over Harbour, causing panic)
02/01	"	Black Redstart	1m	(On roofs at Marina)
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02/01	Bembridge Ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(@Lagoon, missed it yesterday)
02/01	(9.30)	Greenshank	2	(1 @ each pond, 3rd one seen in Harbour)
02/01	"	Redshank	1
02/01	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
02/01	"	Snipe	2
~
02/01	HNR, Seaview	Snipe	5	(Feeding just infront of hide)
02/01	(10.30)	Greenshank	1
02/01	"	Stonechat	1m	(At back of ponds)
02/01	Offshore	Great Northern Diver	1
02/01	"	Great Crested Grebe	7
02/01	"	Red Breasted Merganser	8
02/01	On Beach	Turnstone	4	(Landed on outlet pier))
02/01	"	Oystercatcher	c25	(Arrived noisily)
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02/01	Newchurch Plantation	Green Woodpecker	3	(No sign of Woodlarks)
02/01	(13.40)	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
02/01	"	Redwing	6	(Over Cyclepath)
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Reported (Robin A.)	Ryde Pierhead	Slavonian Grebe	1	& Great Northern Diver again today.
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Sunday	Windy, Sunny Intervals, Showers	SW to NW Wind		Happy New Year
01/01	Yarmouth	Black Tailed Godwit	c30	(Flew over to Marsh)
01/01	(8.10)	Raven	2
01/01	"	Reed Bunting	1m
01/01	"	Bullfinch	1f
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01/01	Foreland	Purple Sandpiper	5	(2 under LB Stn, 3 on Ledge)
01/01	(15.00)	Shag	4
01/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
01/01	"	Grey Plover	1
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01/01	Laundry Lane	Short Eared Owl	1	(Out @ 16.30)
01/01	(16.20)	Water Rail	1	(Showing well)
01/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
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Reported (Margaret)	Atherfield Farm	CORN BUNTING	1	On wires by road
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MY NEW YEAR BIRDRACE;-

YARBRIDGE 6.40
01 Snipe,

SANDOWN ESP 6.50
Mallard, Swan, Shelduck, Black Headed Gull, Coot, Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Blackbird,
10 Robin, Rook, Wren, Dunnock, Herring Gull, Crow, Pheasant, Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, Common Gull
20 Wood Pigeon, Shag,

BRADING 8.00
Jackdaw, Collared Dove, Canada Geese, Starling, Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Magpie, Grey Wagtail,
30 Chaffinch, House Sparrow, Kestrel, Greenfinch, Chiffchaff, Great Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Goldcrest,

NEWCHURCH 8.50
Green Woodpecker, Buzzard,
40 Jay, Meadow Mipit,

ARRETON 8.50
Mistle Thrush, Fieldfare, Red Legged Partridge,

BLACKWATER 9.30
Redwing, Stock Dove, Little Owl,

NEWTOWN NR 10.18
Little Egret, Red Breasted Merganser,
50 Brent Geese, Rock Pipit, Golden Plover (1), Grey Plover, Dunlin, Wigeon, Oystercatcher, Greater Black Backed Gull, Knot (100+), Curlew,
60 Lapwing, Teal, Goldeneye (2f), Little Grebe, Pintail (11), Redshank, Great Crested Grebe (1), Kingfisher (1),

YARMOUTH 11.30
Shoveler, Goldfinch,
70 Black Tailed Godwit (c30), Raven (2), Heron, Bullfinch (1f), Reed Bunting (1m),

RYDE 13.00
Feral Pigeon,

PUCKPOOL 13.50
Sanderling, Mediterranean Gull,

HERSEY NR 14.15
Greenshank,

LANE END / FORELAND 15.00
Purple Sandpiper (5),
80 Red Throated Diver (2),

LAUNDRY LANE 16.20
Water Rail (1), Stonechat (2), Short Eared Owl,
84 Cetti's Warbler (H).

Dips-the one's I could have seen!
Pochard, Siskin (poss), Dartford Warbler, Bearded Tit, Merlin, Water Pipit, Black Redstart, Yellowhammer,

Reported by Robin A. today, (Additional Species)

Wilderness (Cridmore) and Rookley area
Barn Owl, Gadwall (5), Pintail (3), Pochard, Green Sandpiper, Woodcock, Jack Snipe, Grey Partridge,
Rookley to Blackwater via Birchmore
Merlin, Brambling (2), Siskin (35)
Blackwater Mill
Marsh Tit (calling in woods W of the Mill)
Yarmouth
Bearded Tit (4 @11.05), Red Thoated Diver, Gannet, Kittiwake flying past
Foreland to Bembridge Spit
Razorbill, Fulmar, Blackcap (2), Firecrest,
Laundry lane to Brading
Hen Harrier ("Ringtail") nr St Helens @ 14.30
Ryde Pier Hd
Great Northern Diver, Slavonian Grebe
Ryde Sands
Bar Tailed Godwit (2), Ringed Plover
(Total of 118, WOW!)

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