ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW) Sightings for 2008

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The Island's only RSPB reserve is at "Brading Marsh", (Marshland S. of Bembridge Harbour).
NB. It can only be seen from the perimeter footpaths - these will be connected near the Bembridge ponds by a boardwalk
In addition there are regular guided walks into the reserve (Charge applicable), see local press for details.

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

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Nuthatch Binstead Garden, 12th Jan.	Firecrest (4 views) West High Down, 21st Jan.	Brambling (M) Calbourne, 22nd Jan.	Treecreeper Blackwater, 27th Jan.

Bullfinch (M) Pinkmead, 30th Jan.	Black Redstart (F/ imm.) Seaview Beach, 8th Jan.	Rock Pipit, 8th Jan. Springvale Seawall	Redshank, 9th Jan. Springvale Beach

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

APRIL 2008

Click for monthly species lists, April total = 131

Wednesday	Showers	SW. Wind
30/04	Springvale, Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	2	(very late ones!)
30/04	(14.20)	Common Tern	1	(Fishing at water's edge)
30/04	"	poss. Hobby?	1	(Smallish Dark Falcon over to E.)
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Tuesday	Showers, Bright Int.	Brisk S/SE. Wind
29/04	Bembridge Down	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1m	(Hedge NW of Redcliff)
29/04	(8.55 - 9.50)	Buzzard	2
29/04	"	Skylark	1	(W. of Fort)
29/04	"	Yellowhammer	1m
29/04	"	Cuckoo	1	(Flew SE to cliff edge)
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29/04	Ryde Pierhead	Common Tern	14	(5E, 3W, 6 around Pierhead)
29/04	(13.25 - 14.20)	Gannet	1W
29/04	with KG	Great-crested Grebe	1
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Reported	Fort Victoria	Black Tern	3E	1 Little Gull, 9 Arctic Tern, 4 Little Tern
(Graham S.)	(16.00 - 17.45)	Arctic Skua	8E	20 Bar-tailed Godwit, 31 Gannet, 3 Fulmar
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Monday	Sunny Int. & Showers
28/04	Shide to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1	(Well hidden today)
28/04	(7.30 - 9.40)	Red-legged Partridge	3	(Near Standon Manor)
28/04	"	Pheasant	3m,8f
28/04	"	Raven	1-2
28/04	"	Blackcap	4	(Heard)
28/04	"	Chiffchaff	5	(2 seen + others heard)
28/04	"	Swallow	2
28/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1
28/04	"	Kestrel	1
28/04	"	Buzzard	8
28/04	"	Rook	50+	(Rookery very busy with about 50 nests)
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Sunday	Thundery Showers	Light E. Wind
27/04	St. Catherine's Point	POMARINE SKUA	3E	(@8.50, "spoons" showing well)
27/04	(7.45 - 9.20)	Arctic Skua	1E	(Light)
27/04	IWOG Walk till Thunderstorm!	Guillemot	3W,1E
27/04	"	Common Scoter	8E	(@8.24)
27/04	"	Red-throated Diver	1E	(@8.27)
27/04	"	Fulmar	4
27/04	"	Gannet	90	(54E,36W)
27/04	"	Oystercatcher	4W
27/04	"	Whitethroat	3
27/04	"	Swallow	1	(In off sea)
27/04	"	Peregrine	1	(On Gore Cliff)
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27/04	Fort Victoria	SWIFT	4	(Drifting N. @10.45)
27/04	(10.10 - 11.15)	HOUSE MARTIN	2	"
27/04	With GS and KG	Swallow	c40	"
27/04	"	Common Tern	3	(Fishing offshore)
27/04	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Along beach)
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Reported	Niton Village	Wood Warbler	1	we thought we heard one at Fort Vic. as well
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals, Warm	Brisk S. Wind
26/04	West High Down, Totland	GRASSHOPPER WARBLER	1m	(Heard "reeling" in Quarry by Car Pk.@10.20)
26/04	(7.30 - 10.30)	Fulmar	6
26/04	"	Guillemot	1	(Flew into cliffs)
26/04	"	Peregrine	1
26/04	"	Yellowhammer	3m
26/04	"	Willow Warbler	1+
26/04	"	Chiffchaff	c4
26/04	"	Wheatear	5
26/04	"	Stonechat	3m,1f
26/04	"	Swallow	6+
26/04	"	Raven	2
26/04	"	Cormorant	12
26/04	"	Shag	1	(on Old Pepper Rock)
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26/04	Yarmouth Ponds	Reed Warbler	3+	(Heard in reeds)
26/04	(10.45 -11.30)	Shelduck	2	(the Teal have now left)
26/04	"	Lapwing	2	(Scrape)
26/04	"	Pied Wagtail	1m
26/04	"	Reed Bunting	2m	(Heard)
26/04	"	Little Egret	3
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26/04	Parkhurst Forest	WOODCOCK	4+	("Roding" in large clearing, 6 seen more heard over)
26/04	(20.00 - 21.30)	Swallow	c15	(flock suddenly flew up from cover, very odd)
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Friday	Misty to Brighter	SW. Wind
25/04	St. Catherine's Point	Wheatear	1m	(On beach then Cliff edge)
25/04	(7.30 - 9.10)	Fulmar	8
25/04	Drizzle and Mist!	Guillemot	3W
25/04	"	Gannet	6E,10W
25/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(In off sea)
25/04	"	Yellowhammer	1m,1f
25/04	"	Whitethroat	8	(around bushes)
25/04	"	Yellow Wagtail	2	(Heard over)
25/04	"	Swallow	2
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Thursday	Rain to Cloudy	Strong SW. Wind
24/04	Brading Marsh	Sedge Warbler	3	(Heard, 1 seen)
24/04	(8.05 - 9.15)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 Showing well in bushes by Bridge)
24/04	"	Whitethroat	3
24/04	"	Buzzard	1
24/04	"	Shelduck	2
24/04	"	Lapwing	1
24/04	"	Reed Bunting	2m
24/04	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
24/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen)
24/04	"	Swallow	4
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24/04	Bembridge Ponds	Reed Warbler	1+	(Heard)
24/04	(19.00)	Shelduck	3
24/04	"	Tufted Duck	6m,5f
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Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	Little Tern	1E	1 Little Gull, 8 Arctic Skua, 7 "Bonxie"
(Graham S.)	(6.30 -11.30 & 16.30 - 18.30)	Manx Shearwater	15	2 Artic Tern, 17 Guillemot, 8 Kittiwake
"	"	Black-throated Diver	1E	2 RT Divers, 24 Common Scoter
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Tuesday	Warm Sunny Int.	Brisk NNE. Wind
22/04	St. Catherine's Point	YELLOW WAGTAIL	1m	(Landed with Cattle)
22/04	(7.20 - 9.00)	Arctic Skua	1E	(Dark)
22/04	with Graham S. & Gary H.	Guillemot	2E
22/04	"	Fulmar	c15
22/04	"	Gannet	2E,1W
22/04	"	Blackcap	1f
22/04	"	Whitethroat	5	(Most along Castlehaven Lane)
22/04	"	Swallow	2
Mammals	"	Stoat	1	come right towards us
Reported	(6.20 - 13.00)	SERIN	1	off sea @ 6.35, 1 Black-th. Diver, 3 Yellow Wagtail,
(Graham S.)	Rocken End/Woods	WOOD WARBLER	2	39 Swallow, 1 Siskin, 2 Common Gull.
"	Gore Cliff	HEN HARRIER	1f/juv	@10.22
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22/04	Alverstone, FP to W.	Nightingale	1m	(Heard 100m NE of Iron Bridge)
22/04	(15.15)	Blackcap	3+
22/04	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3	(Together)
Butterfies	"	Orange Tip	1	& Speckled Wood
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22/04	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
22/04	(14.30)	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
22/04	"	Greenshank	1
22/04	"	Redshank	1
22/04	"	Barnacle Goose	7	(Feral)
22/04	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
22/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
22/04	"	Reed Warbler	1m	(Heard)
22/04	"	Whitethroat	1m	(By entrance)
22/04	"	Linnet	5	(wasteland by road)
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22/04	Bembridge Ponds	Pintail	1m	(Probably Feral)
22/04	(15.15)	Greenshank	3
22/04	"	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
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22/04	Brading Marsh	Short-eared Owl	1f	(hunting around marsh E. of Sewage Wks.)
22/04	(18.45 - 19.40)	CUCKOO	1	(By Bishop's House)
22/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Flew across reedbed)
22/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1
22/04	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Green Bridge Pool)
22/04	"	Teal	6	"
22/04	"	Shelduck	2
22/04	"	Lapwing	2
22/04	"	Reed Bunting	2m
22/04	"	Swallow	2
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Monday	Wet, brighter later	Light NE. Wind
21/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
21/04	(7.50)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
21/04	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Heard)
21/04	"	Swallow	c6
21/04	"	Sand Martin	1
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Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	Warm SE. Wind
20/04	Newtown NR	Knot	c60
20/04	(7.40 - 8.50)	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Clamerkin Lake)
20/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	11	(no sign of Garganey today)
20/04	"	Redshank	2
Reported	a.m.(Bob G.)	Little Gull	1	& 1f/juv Marsh Harrier.
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20/04	Yarmouth Ponds (9.10 -11.40)	SEDGE WARBLER	3-4	(Rofford/Station pond reedbed)
20/04	"	REED WARBLER	1	(Heard in reedbed S. of Station)
20/04	"	Kestrel	1m,1f	(@ Nest Box)
20/04	"	Whimbrel	1
20/04	"	Sandwich Tern	4
20/04	"	Willow Warbler	3	(Heard)
20/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	15
20/04	"	Little Egret	5
20/04	"	Heron	2
20/04	"	Whitethroat	3
20/04	"	Swallow	3
20/04	"	Greylag Geese	2	(Thorley End)
20/04	"	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
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20/04	Bembridge Ponds	Pintail	1m	(Probably Feral)
20/04	(15.50 - 17.00)	Redstart	1f	(S. of path by Lagoon)
20/04	"	Greenshank	1
20/04	"	Tufted Duck	5m,2f
20/04	"	Swallow	6
20/04	"	Sand Martin	1
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Reported	Culver Down	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1	on Nat History Walk (Caroline D.)
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Saturday	Wet, Misty	Light E. Wind
19/04	Newtown NR	GARGANEY	1m,1f	(at back of Scrape)
19/04	(17.10 - 18.20)	Black-headed Gull	c400	"
19/04	"	Little Owl	1	(In trees to S.)
19/04	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
19/04	"	Redshank	2
Reported	a.m.(Bob G.)	GARGANEY	2	In the scrape from 9.00 - 18.10 at least.
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Reported	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	Yellow Wagtail	22	1 Water Pipit, 40 Swallow, 2 Reed Warbler
(Graham S.)	Fort Victoria	HOBBY	1	1 Arctic, 21 Common Tern, 7 Common Gull.
"	"	Whimbrel	3	130 Swallow (N), 3 Dunlin, 21 Linnet (E).
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Friday	Cloudy, showers, cold	Strong E. Wind
18/04	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	11	(No sign of Avocets)
18/04	(8.05 - 8.50)	Black-headed Gull	c550
18/04	Cassey Bridge	Wigeon	1m,1f
18/04	Town Copse	NIGHTINGALE	1m	(Heard S. of Road by Town copse entrance)
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Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Little-ringed Plover	1	2 Whimbrel, 2 Black-tailed Godwit,
(Graham S.)	(evening)	Green Sandpiper	1	1f Marsh Harrier
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Thursday	Sunny Int.	Brisk E. Wind
17/04	St. Catherine's Point	LITTLE GULL	11E
17/04	(7.30 - 10.30)	"COMMIC" TERN	5E	(=Common/Arctic)
17/04	with Dave H. & Ian R.	Whimbrel	64E
17/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1	(With Whimbrel!)
17/04	"	Sandwich Tern	30	(25E.)
17/04	"	Guillemot	3E	(and 2 other Auks W)
17/04	"	Kittewake	2	(1W, 1E)
17/04	"	Fulmar	12
17/04	"	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1
17/04	"	Gannet	48	(Mostly W.)
17/04	"	Swallow	c4	(in off sea)
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17/04	Newtown NR	AVOCET	4	(on Scrape, 1 Colour Ringed) RING INFO )
17/04	(16.40 - 18.10)	Black-headed Gull	c500	"
17/04	"	Redshank	1
Reported	"	AVOCET	4	In the scrape from 14.50 - 19.45 at least.
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Reported	(earlier)	Osprey	1	9 Whimbrel, 2 Nightingale (Bob G.)
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Wednesday	Sunny Int.	Light SE. Wind
16/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
16/04	(7.50)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
16/04	"	Linnet	1	(Car Park)
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16/04	Bembridge Down	REDSTART	3m	(S. of Fort above set-aside patch)
16/04	(8.05 - 9.15)	Buzzard	2
16/04	"	Skylark	3	(W. of Fort)
16/04	"	Yellowhammer	1m
16/04	"	Willow Warbler	c6
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16/04	Bembridge Ponds	Pintail	1m	(Probably Feral)
16/04	(14.30 - 15.15)	Great-crested Grebe	1
16/04	"	Redstart	1m	(by path)
16/04	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
16/04	"	Willow Warbler	2
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16/04	Brading Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f	(hunting along river, seen from old Seawall)
16/04	(18.30 - 19.40)	Short-eared Owl	1	(S. side from 19.27)
16/04	"	Teal	14
16/04	"	Shelduck	2
16/04	"	Lapwing	3
16/04	"	Reed Bunting	1m
16/04	"	Meadow Pipit	1
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16/04	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Little Owl	1	(On power pole @20.30)
16/04	"	Barn Owl	1	(Hunting at dusk 20.46)
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Reported	St. Catherine's Point	ICELAND GULL (Hybrid?)	1	2 "Bonxie", 2 Arctic Skua, 7 Sandwich Tern.
(Dave H.)	(7.15 - 10.00)	LITTLE GULL	43	59 Scoter, 4 Whimbrel, 6 Kittiwake, 1 RT Diver.
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Reported	Rofford Marsh	RING OUZEL	1	Trees at back by Station
(Caroline D.)	(17.00 - 18.10)	Black Redstart	1	& Redstart, Whitethroat, 2 Sand Martin.
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Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Green Sandpiper	1	1 Cuckoo, 22 Swallow
(Graham S.)	(evening)	Marsh Harrier	2	2 Greenshank, 1 Ringed Plover.
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Tuesday	Sunny Int.	Light W. Wind
15/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
15/04	(8.00)	Coot	2a,5juv
15/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(1 seen)
15/04	Sandown Bay	Sandwich Tern	1
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15/04	Dodnor to Pinkmead	WHITETHROAT	1m	(Singing just S. of Pinkmead)
15/04	(8.35 - 10.15)	Cuckoo (?)	1m	(Brief distant call heard)
15/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
15/04	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(On River)
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15/04	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
15/04	(14.30)	Tufted Duck	5m,4f
15/04	"	Redshank	1
15/04	"	Barnacle Goose	1	(Feral)
15/04	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral)
15/04	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
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15/04	Brading Marsh	COMMON SANDPIPER	1	(on "Green Bridge" pool seen from old Seawall)
15/04	(16.30 - 17.30)	Little-ringed Plover	1	(A 3rd wader dissapeared before I got the scope out)
15/04	"	Teal	5
15/04	"	Shelduck	2
15/04	"	Lapwing	2
15/04	Filter Beds	Reed Bunting	6
15/04	"	Meadow Pipit	2
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Birdguides	Luccombe Down	Red Kite	1	over at 11.23
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Reported	Brading Sewage Wks	Ring Ouzel	1	in trees at back, lunchtime (Dave C.)
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Monday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
14/04	Binstead Garden Feeders	Siskin	2
14/04	(8.30 - 10.30	Nuthatch	1	(The nest site is now further E.)
14/04	"	Coal Tit	2
14/04	"	Buzzard	1	(Over)
14/04	Quarr Abbey & fields	Mistle Thrush	3+
14/04	"	Blackcap	1	(Singing by Abbey)
14/04	"	Pied Wagtail	3m	(Field)
14/04	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Heard)
14/04	"	Chiffchaff	3	(Heard)
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Sunday	Bright int. Showers	Brisk W. Wind
13/04	West High Down, Totland	Bullfinch	2	(FP to Beacon)
13/04	(7.20 - 10.50) IWOG Walk	Dartford Warbler	1m
13/04	"	Peregrine	1
13/04	"	Yellowhammer	2m
13/04	"	Willow Warbler	40+
13/04	"	Chiffchaff	c20
13/04	"	Wheatear	1f	(Above Alum Bay)
13/04	"	Stonechat	2m,1f	"
13/04	"	Swallow	3+
13/04	"	Raven	1
13/04	"	Red-legged Partridge	3
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Saturday	Sunny Int. & Showers	Brisk W. Wind
12/04	St. Catherine's Point	Great Skua "Bonxie"	1+	(1 Lingering then W. later 1E.-the same bird?)
12/04	(8.00 - 9.10)	Gannet	3E
12/04	=Calm and fairly quite	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1W
12/04	"	Fulmar	3
12/04	"	Gull Sp.	13E	(Looking very white in sun, -probably Kittiwakes)
12/04	"	Peregrine	2W	(@ 8.32 Just off the Lighthouse cliffs)
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Reported	Medina Study Centre	CUCKOO	1	heard here for the last few days
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Friday	Sunny Int. & Showers
11/04	Shide to Blackwater FP	Kingfisher	1-2	(Around Ponds and along stream)
11/04	(8.00 - 10.10)	Treecreeper	2m	(1 seen, both singing)
11/04	"	Blackcap	8
11/04	"	Chiffchaff	10
11/04	"	Swallow	1N
11/04	"	Little Owl	1	(@ Nest Hole)
11/04	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Perched in tree by path)
11/04	"	Kestrel	1
11/04	"	Buzzard	2
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Thursday	Sunny Int.	Light W. Wind
10/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	4m,3f
10/04	(8.00)	Shoveler	1m,1f
10/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(seen)
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10/04	Sandown G.C.(FP on N. side)	Blackcap	3
10/04	(8.35)	Chiffchaff	2m
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Wednesday	Cold to Sunny Int.
09/04	Folly Lake, R. Medina	Whimbrel	1	(Over-wintering here)
09/04	(7.25 - 8.20)	Curlew	2
09/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	4
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09/04	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	12	(6 Gull Is. & 6 on Scrape)
09/04	(9.05 - 10.25)	Black-headed Gull	c450	"
09/04	"	Knot	85	(Good numbers)
09/04	"	Brent Geese	10
09/04	"	Shelduck	c30
09/04	"	Dunlin	13
09/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	27
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Reported	West High Down	RING OUZEL	1	visiting birders, (report via Eileen)
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny	Light E. Wind
08/04	St. Catherine's Point	ARCTIC SKUA	1E	(Dark Phase @ 8.35)
08/04	(7.10 - 8.50)	Red-throated Diver	1E	(Landed on sea before moving on)
08/04	=Calm and fairly quite	Common Scoter	7E	(4@8.03, 3@8.40)
08/04	"	Shelduck	1W
08/04	"	Brent Geese	5W
08/04	"	Fulmar	3
08/04	"	Oystercatcher	2	(On rock)
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08/04	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	1	(Under LB Station Pier)
08/04	(14.10)	Wheatear	1f
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08/04	Bembridge Ponds	Pintail	1m	(Flying over with 2 Mallard)
08/04	(14.50)	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
08/04	"	Little Grebe	3
08/04	"	Shelduck	4
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08/04	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Little Owl	1	(On power pole @20.20)
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Monday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
07/04	Ryde Esplanade (8.45)	Sanderling	56
07/04	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	3
07/04	"	Swallow	c8
07/04	"	Little Grebe	5
07/04	"	Shelduck	5
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07/04	New Road, Wootton	Treecreeper	1	(Heard)
07/04	(13.15)	Coal Tit	1
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07/04	Rofford Marsh (13.50)	LITTLE RINGED PLOVER	1	(Near a Lapwing at back of Marsh)
07/04	Yarmouth Ponds (14.15)	RUFF	2	(Station pond by FP)
07/04	"	Teal	6
07/04	"	Pied Wagtail	1m
07/04	"	Willow Warbler	1m
07/04	"	Little Egret	3
07/04	"	Swallow	2
07/04	"	Sand Martin	6
07/04	"	Spotted Redshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
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Reported	Culver Down	Osprey	1	over at 14.00 (Steve T.)
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Sunday	Heavy Snow Showers	Squally N. Wind
06/04	Rofford Marsh	Snipe	4	(Flew up from marsh)
06/04	(8.05) till Snowstorm!	Greylag Goose	2
06/04	"	Teal	6	(no sign of L.R.P)
06/04	"	Pied Wagtail	2m
06/04	"	Willow Warbler	1m
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06/04	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
06/04	(18.15)	Greenshank	1
06/04	"	Swallow	c8
06/04	"	Little Grebe	5
06/04	"	Shelduck	5
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06/04	Laundry Lane	Swallow	1
06/04	(18.45 - 19.30)	Teal	16
06/04	"	Heron	3
06/04	"	Little Egret	2
06/04	"	Kestrel	2
06/04	"	Buzzard	2
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Reported	Rofford Marsh	Little Ringed Plover	1	and 2 RUFF (Jon, Ventnor Group)
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Reported	Brading Marsh	Short-eared Owl	1	from S.Wks @11.00, also 5 Wheatear (Graham S.)
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
05/04	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	c15	(6 at Scrape, 1 Green Ring "AACK")
05/04	(7.45 - 10.05)	Black-headed Gull	c300	"
05/04	"	Brent Geese	26
05/04	"	Red-breased Merganser	3
05/04	"	Buzzard	5
05/04	"	Knot	2
05/04	"	Dunlin	c90
05/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c90
05/04	"	Turnstone	13
05/04	"	Ringed Plover	1	(Flying over harbour)
05/04	"	Chiffchaff	3
~
05/04	Yarmouth	Spotted Redshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
05/04	(10.20 - 11.40)	Greenshank	1	"
05/04	"	Black-tailed Godwit	9
05/04	"	Swallow	1N
05/04	"	Wigeon	1m,1f
05/04	"	Teal	32	(Mostly at Rofford Marsh, but L.R.P not seen)
05/04	"	Reed Bunting	2m
05/04	"	Greylag Goose	1
05/04	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
~
Reported	W. High Down	Red Kite	1	ENE at 10.50 same bird seen over Ventnor earlier?
(Caroline D.)	"	Common Redstart	1m	by Beacon, also 3 Blackcaps.
"	Rofford Marsh	LITTLE RINGED PLOVER	1	N. of Cycle track from 11.30 (& Dave C. & Caroline D.)
~
From 3/4	Freshwater	COMMON REDSTART	1m	visited a garden feeder at 12.12 on Thursday
and on 16/2	"	White-fronted Geese	4	field by All Saint's Church (Dave C.)
~
Friday	Hazy to Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
04/04	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	4m,4f
04/04	(8.00)	Cetti's Warbler	3	(1 seen, 2 heard)
~
04/04	Culver/Bembridge Downs	Linnet	3
04/04	(8.35)	Yellowhammer	2m
04/04	"	Peregrine	1
04/04	"	Raven	1
04/04	"	Fulmar	1
04/04	"	Willow Warbler	4+
04/04	"	Chiffchaff	6+
~
04/04	Springvale (11.40)	Great-crested Grebe	4	(Together on sea)
~
04/04	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	1
04/04	(18.15 - 19.50)	Reed Bunting	1m,1f
04/04	"	Chaffinch	c6
04/04	Brading Marsh	Shoveler	3m,2f
04/04	"	Teal	14
04/04	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	2
04/04	"	Sand Martin	c20	(Over marsh)
04/04	"	Swallow	1	(North)
04/04	"	Wheatear	1
04/04	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(1 seen, 2 heard)
04/04	"	Blackcap	1m
04/04	"	Lapwing	3
04/04	"	Canada Geese	c20
04/04	"	Teal	12
~
Tue to Thur.	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos.
Thur. 3rd	Slimbridge/Frampton	Garganey	2m,1	& Cattle Egret, Ruff, Spotted Redshank etc.
Wed. 2nd	Speech House woods	Brambling	2
"	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	2	10+ Goosander, 2 Raven.
Tue. 1st	Wenchford	Dipper	2	5 Grey Wagtail.
"	Farmer's Green, Cannop	Great-grey Shrike	1m	& 1m Stonechat, Goshawk

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MARCH 2008

Click for monthly species lists, March total = 115

Sun & Mon	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos.
Mon 31st	Speech House woods	Hawfinch	2	1m Brambling.
"	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	2	Siskin, Raven.
Sun 30th	Farlington Marsh	Bearded Tit	3	1m,1f Wheatear
"	Slimbridge/Frampton	Garganey	1m	& Green-winged Teal, Ruff, Spotted Redshank etc.
Saturday	Bright, Rain later	Brisk SW. Wind
29/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	8m,5f
29/03	(7.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard by hide)
29/03	"	Shoveler	3m,2f
29/03	"	Pochard	1f
~
29/03	Culver/Bembridge Downs	Linnet	c40
29/03	(7.50)	Rock Pipit	1
29/03	"	Meadow Pipit	2
~
29/03	Seaview Esplanade	Great-crested Grebe	2	(Out by Forts)
29/03	(8.40)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(m. out by Fort, f. just off Seaview)
~
29/03	Hersey NR	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
29/03	(11.00)	Little Grebe	3
29/03	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral birds)
29/03	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral "Blue Phase")
29/03	"	"Greylag" Hybrids	2	(pale Domestic types)
29/03	Beach	Brent Geese	17	(Numbers decreasing)
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Friday	Wet to Sunny Int.	Increasing SW. Wind
28/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	8m,7f
28/03	(14.30)	Shoveler	3m,2f
~
28/03	Brading Sewage Works	Meadow Pipit	2+
28/03	(15.00 - 16.15)	Reed Bunting	3m
28/03	"	Chaffinch	c6
28/03	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	1
28/03	"	Water Pipit	1	(Flew W. over lane near Cattle Sheds)
28/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
28/03	"	Blackcap	1m
28/03	"	Lapwing	3
28/03	"	Canada Geese	c60
28/03	"	Snipe	2	(Keeping a low profile)
~
Thursday	Fine Sunny	Light Wind
27/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	10m,5f
27/03	(7.35)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard, maybe 1 seen)
27/03	"	Shoveler	3m,2f
27/03	"	Reed Bunting	1f	(in reedbed)
~
27/03	Culver/Bembridge Downs	Wheatear	4m	(Cliff edge and Redcliff field, -ringed?)
27/03	(8.20 - 9.10)	Rock Pipit	2
27/03	"	Yellowhammer	1m
27/03	"	Skylark	2
27/03	"	Fulmar	1	(Redcliff)
27/03	"	Linnet	c20	(Field by Car Park, and by Fort)
27/03	"	Buzzard	1	(Chased by Crows)
27/03	"	Yellowhammer	3
~
27/03	Brading Sewage Works	WILLOW WARBLER	1m	(Singing by path)
27/03	(9.30)	Chiffchaff	c4
27/03	"	Chaffinch	c6
27/03	"	Reed Bunting	5m
27/03	"	Pied Wagtail	1
27/03	"	Sand Martin	2
~
27/03	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
27/03	(16.30 - 17.10)	Redshank	1
27/03	"	Greenshank	2
27/03	"	Little Grebe	6
27/03	"	Shelduck	6
~
27/03	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1
27/03	(19.05)	Little Owl	1
Mammal	"	Pipistrelle Bat	2
~
Wednesday	Bright Start,	Showers later
26/03	St. Catherine's Point	GREAT SKUA "BONXIE"	1E	(@8.07, wing flashes showing well)
26/03	(7.50 - 9.20)	Wheatear	1f	(Cliff edge by Watershoot Bay)
26/03	quiet @ sea -after the Bonxie	Shag	2	(1 @ Rocken End, 1E)
26/03	& poss. Sandwich Tern E.	Fulmar	12	(4 on sea, 8 on Gore Cliff)
26/03	"	Peregrine	1	(Gore Cliff)
26/03	"	Yellowhammer	2m
26/03	"	Meadow Pipit	3
26/03	"	Red-legged Partridge	2	(by water trough, Cattle field)
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Tuesday	Cloudy	Light NW. Wind
25/03	Brading Sewage Works	Reed Bunting	3m,1f
25/03	(16.20 -17.15)	Chiffchaff	c6	(Some new migrants have come in)
25/03	"	Chaffinch	c10
25/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c10	(No sign of Water Pipit)
25/03	"	Grey Wagtail	2
~
Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	Light N. Wind
24/03	Alverstone FP (W. side)	REDPOLL	1m	(Feeding on FP past Iron Bridge)
24/03	(7.50 - 9.30)	Jay	4
24/03	"	Buzzard	2	(Mating in a tree!)
24/03	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3	(Lots of Drumming etc.)
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1	by hide.
~
Reported	Marsh Farm, Newtown	poss. TREE SPARROW	1	by gate just past farm (Ken)
~
24/03	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	4	(Scrape)
24/03	(15.40 - 17.15)	Black-headed Gull	c300	"
24/03	"	Brent Geese	c100
24/03	"	Red-breased Merganser	2m,1f
24/03	"	Buzzard	3
24/03	"	Mistle Thrush	2
24/03	"	House Sparrow	c15	(No sign of Tree Sparrow)
24/03	"	Chiffchaff	1
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Showers	Cold N. Wind
23/03	Brading Sewage Wks.	SWALLOW	1	(With unusual white shoulder patch and pink breast)
23/03	(7.50)	Sand Martin	7	(Some with Swallow on wires)
23/03	"	Chiffchaff	2
23/03	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
23/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
23/03	"	Wigeon	c30	("Green Bridge" Pond)
~
23/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	6m,4f
23/03	(8.50)	Pochard	1m,2f
23/03	"	Chiffchaff	1
23/03	"	Little Grebe	2
~
23/03	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(E. of Lane)
23/03	(15.50 - 17.15)	Buzzard	1	(Pale with "Ringtail" but not a Harrier!)
23/03	"	Kestrel	2
23/03	"	Sand Martin	1
~
Saturday	Wintry Showers	V. Cold N. Wind
22/03	Dodnor and R. Medina	Sand Martin	20	(Over river @8.20 drifting N.)
22/03	(8.00 - 9.15)	Little Grebe	5	(4 on Medina, 1 on Pond)
~
22/03	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
22/03	(16.20)	Greylag Geese	2	(In a dip so maybe more)
~
22/03	Bembridge Ponds	Great-crested Grebe	1
22/03	(17.00 - 17.30)	Sand Martin	15+
22/03	"	Greenshank	2
22/03	"	Redshank	2
22/03	"	Shelduck	2
~
Thursday	Cloudy, Bright Intervals	W. Wind
20/03	West High Down, Totland	Raven	2+
20/03	(8.00 -10.20)	Peregrine	2+
20/03	"	Wheatear	4m,2f	(South Cliffs)
20/03	"	Cormorant	10+	(Some carrying nest material)
20/03	"	Shag	3	(By "Old Pepper" Rock)
20/03	"	Blackcap	1m	(Singing on path to Beacon, new in?)
20/03	"	Chiffchaff	2
20/03	"	Meadow Pipit	c15
20/03	"	Rock Pipit	5
20/03	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	4
20/03	"	Fulmar	4
20/03	"	Yellowhammer	1f
20/03	"	Skylark	1	(Singing by Alum Bay)
20/03	"	Linnet	5W
20/03	"	Stonechat	1m,2f	(Alum Bay to Needles)
~
Wednesday	Mostly Sunny	NW. Wind
19/03	Yarmouth Estuary & ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	79
19/03	(7.30 - 9.00)	Greenshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
19/03	"	Shoveler	2m,2f
19/03	"	Chiffchaff	2
~
19/03	Bembridge Ponds	WHITE WAGTAIL	1	(Paddock by Harbour Farm)
19/03	(17.10) met GS.	Pied Wagtail	18	(1 with Yellow Ring)
19/03	"	Heron	3
19/03	"	Greenshank	1
19/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
Reported	Laundry Lane	Merlin	1m	at 4pm (Danny V.)
~
Tuesday	Rather Cloudy	Cold N. Wind
Reported	St. Helens Mill-pond	GARGANEY	1m	First seen Monday and @ 6.45 Today (Richard S.)
18/03	Bembridge Harbour	Teal	c30	(No sign of Garganey but tide quite high)
18/03	(7.50)	Shelduck	12
18/03	St. Helens Bridge	Marsh Harrier	1f
18/03	(8.30)	Shoveler	6+	(Dynamite Pool)
18/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
18/03	Bembridge Harbour	Wheatear	2f	(On the remains of the old wall)
18/03	(16.50)	Little Egret	5	(No sign of Garganey still)
~
Monday	Short Sunny Int	Light NE. Wind
17/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	5m,4f
17/03	(7.40)	Pochard	3m,3f
17/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Glimpsed in reeds)
17/03	"	Rock Pipit	1	(On beach)
~
17/03	Bembridge Ponds	SAND MARTIN	8-12	(Over Marsh -SW.of Ponds)
17/03	(14.40)	Chiffchaff	2
17/03	"	Little Grebe	8
17/03	"	Redshank	1
17/03	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
Reported	Luccombe	SWIFT	1	Birdguides @ 10.30
~
Saturday	Misty but bright	Light E. Wind
15/03	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	7m,5f
15/03	(8.20)	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
15/03	"	Reed Bunting	1	(Singing in reedbed)
~
15/03	Bembridge Down	WHEATEAR	3m	(By Pit on Redcliff, then up by road)
15/03	(8.45 - 9.40)	Meadow Pipit	6
15/03	"	Yellowhammer	1m
15/03	"	Skylark	9
15/03	"	Fulmar	7	(5 @ Redcliff)
15/03	Culver Down	Linnet	c20	(Field by Car Park)
15/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chasing the Linnets)
Reported	"	Wheatear	6	also 2m seen on Ventnor Downs & 1m at Newtown NR
~
Thursday	Cloudy
13/03	Lucombe Down	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Singing on Gorse)
13/03	(8.00 -9.11)	Meadow Pipit	6+
13/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
~
13/03	Springvale, Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	3
13/03	(12.40)	Great-crested Grebe	2
13/03	"	Red-breased Merganser	2m,1f
~
Wednesday	Cold and Sunny	Strong W. Wind
12/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Pied Wagtail	2
12/03	(7.50)	Meadow Pipit	2
12/03	"	Grey Wagtail	2-3
12/03	"	Sparrowhawk	1
~
12/03	Laundry Lane	Chiffchaff	2
12/03	(8.15)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Singing loudly)
~
12/03	Culver Down	Brambling	2-3	(2 in bushes, 1 seen earlier)
12/03	(8.30)	Buzzard	2
12/03	"	Skylark	2	(SW. of Fort)
~
12/03	Laundry Lane	Short-eared Owl	1	(W. of Lane)
12/03	(17.40 - 18.30)	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
12/03	"	Greylag Geese	7
12/03	"	Buzzard	4
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Showers	SW. Wind
11/03	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	7	(Scrape)
11/03	(8.10 - 10.05)	Black-headed Gull	c200	"
11/03	"	Knot	c380	(Numbers well up)
11/03	"	Ringed Plover	1
11/03	"	Turnstone	13
11/03	"	Brent Geese	c320
11/03	"	Dunlin	400+
11/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
11/03	"	Red-breased Merganser	3m,4f
11/03	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
~
Monday	Wet and Windy	SW. Gales
10/03	Ventnor Esplanade	Gannet	6E
10/03	(8.30 - 9.30)	Brent Geese	7E
10/03	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	3
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
09/03	Fishbourne Beach	Red-breasted Merganser	8
09/03	(7.35)	Great-crested Grebe	3
09/03	"	Redshank	16
09/03	"	Greenshank	1
~
09/03	Laundry Lane, Bembridge	Marsh Harrier	1f
09/03	(15.25 -18.25)	Wigeon	c80
09/03	"	Greylag Geese	8	(1 has neck ring)
09/03	Brading Sewage Works	Reed Bunting	3m
09/03	"	Meadow Pipit	6
09/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
~
Saturday	Cloudy Dull	W. Wind
08/03	Springvale to Seaview	Red-breasted Merganser	5m,3f
08/03	(8.00)	Shag	1	(On a red buoy)
08/03	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Over)
~
08/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Reed Bunting	2m
08/03	(8.35)	Meadow Pipit	12
08/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
08/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
~
08/03	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
08/03	(8.50)	Wigeon	c60
08/03	"	Goldcrest	1
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals
07/03	Binstead Garden	Nuthatch	2	(At feeders and nest hole)
07/03	(8.45 - 9.40)	Coal Tit	2
~
07/03	St. Lawrence	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	(On pond by Cliff Edge)
07/03	(11.05)	Little Egret	3
07/03	"	Grey Wagtail	1
07/03	"	Mistle Thrush	1
07/03	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3
07/03	"	Stonechat	1m
~
07/03	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	3	(Under LB Station Pier)
07/03	(14.20)	Little Egret	1
07/03	"	Rock Pipit	1
07/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
07/03	"	Pied Wagtail	6
~
07/03	Seaview Esplanade	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
07/03	(14.20)	Mediterranean Gull	4
07/03	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
~
Reported	Laundry Lane	Short-eared Owl	2	at dusk, also Peregrine and 8 Greylag Geese
(Chris M.)
Thursday	Sunny to Cloudy	W. Wind
06/03	Medina, Newport to Cowes	Treecreeper	1
06/03	(8.20 - 10.20)	Black-headed Gull	c400
06/03	"	Redwing	2
06/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
06/03	"	Snipe	1	(Werrar)
06/03	"	Redshank	3
06/03	"	Skylark	2
06/03	"	Little Egret	3
06/03	"	Brent Geese	c200
~
Wednesday	Bright Intervals
05/03	Shide to Blackwater	Kingfisher	1	(Flew down river from Garage)
05/03	(7.45 - 10.40)	Siskin	c10
05/03	"	Treecreeper	2	(By FP.)
05/03	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
05/03	"	Little Owl	1	(Tree near nest hole)
05/03	"	Green Woodpecker	2
05/03	"	Goldcrest	3	(1 seen, 2 heard)
05/03	"	Dunnock	9	(Some displaying)
~
05/03	Springvale, Seaview	Razorbill	1	(Far out on Sea)
05/03	(14.00)	Mediterranean Gull	4
05/03	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(At water's edge)
05/03	"	Brent Geese	8W
~
Reported	St. Lawence	GREEN SANDPIPER	1	on pond at SZ538763 (via Caroline D.)
~
Tuesday	Cold and Sunny	NW. Wind
04/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Reed Bunting	3m,1f
04/03	(7.50)	Meadow Pipit	17
04/03	"	Grey Wagtail	2
04/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
~
04/03	Culver Down	Brambling	c4
04/03	(8.30)	Linnet	60+	(On bushes 200m S. of Fort)
04/03	"	Dartford Warbler	1	(E. along bushes by road)
04/03	"	Skylark	2	(Heard W. of Fort)
04/03	"	Raven	1	(Along cliffs)
~
04/03	Laundry Lane	Greylag Geese	7	(The neck ring reads "S-UJ" -the "UJ" is printed vertically)
04/03	(14.25 - 16.25)	Wigeon	c120
04/03	"	RED KITE	1	(Over Brading heading NW from 16.11 - 16.14)
~
Monday	Sunny to Showers	W. Wind
03/03	Yarmouth Estuary & ponds	Spotted Redshank	1	(Mill Copse Scrape)
03/03	(8.15 - 9.25)	Greenshank	1
03/03	"	Shoveler	5m,3f	(Mostly on Rofford Marsh)
03/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	6
~
03/03	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	10
03/03	(9.45 - 10.50)	Black-headed Gull	c250
03/03	"	Pintail	10m,8f	(Cassey Bridge earlier)
03/03	"	Black-tailed Godwit	105
03/03	"	Ringed Plover	4
03/03	"	Turnstone	9
03/03	"	Brent Geese	c300
03/03	"	Dunlin	200+
03/03	"	Grey Plover	c40
03/03	"	Red-breased Merganser	2m,2f
~
03/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Reed Bunting	8m.3f
03/03	(16.20)	Meadow Pipit	20
03/03	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
03/03	Laundry Lane	Greylag Geese	5	(The neck collor reads "ES?" -from Sweden?)
03/03	(16.45 - 17.30)	Fieldfare	c20	(By lane, a possible 40 more on marsh)
03/03	"	Marsh Harrier	1f
03/03	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Showers to Cloudy	SW. Wind
02/03	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c60
02/03	(7.25)	Dunlin	5
02/03	"	Ringed Plover	9	(Beach by Wimpy Kiosk)
02/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Tree by Canoe Lake, Migrant?)
~
02/03	Springvale, Seaview	Sanderling	15
02/03	(7.40)	Great-crested Grebe	1
~
02/03	Lane End	Stonechat	1m	(Cliff edge W. of Car Park, Migrant?)
02/03	(8.05)	Cormorant	8
02/03	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(Out beyond St. Helens Fort)
02/03	"	Coal Tit	1	(Singing in treetops)
~
02/03	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	5m,2f
02/03	(8.30)	Shoveler	7m,5f
02/03	"	Tufted Duck	6+
02/03	"	Greenshank	1
~
02/03	Bembridge Harbour	Redshank	4
02/03	(9.00)	Curlew	11
02/03	"	Brent Geese	c40
02/03	"	Teal	15
02/03	"	Mediterranean Gull	14
02/03	St. Helens Bridge	Lapwing	1	(They've nearly all gone!)
~
02/03	Luccombe Down (16.15)	Dartford Warbler	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	SAND MARTIN	2	and 2 Short-eared Owls by Laundry Lane (Kris G.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Strong W. Wind
01/03	Appley Park, Ryde	Redwing	c25
01/03	(7.45)	Mistle Thrush	6
01/03	Appley Beach	Mediterranean Gull	7
~
01/03	Hersey NR	Shoveler	4m
01/03	(8.35 - 9.40)	Snipe	1
01/03	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
01/03	"	Teal	7
01/03	"	Water Rail	2	(Chasing each other in field to W.)
01/03	"	Barnacle Geese	152	(Feral)
01/03	"	Snow Goose	1	(Esc. Blue Phase)
01/03	"	Greylag Geese	3	(Feral, domestic types)
01/03	"	Bar-headed Geese	3	(Feral)
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01/03	Brading Sewage Wks	Reed Bunting	4m
01/03	(15.00 - 15.30)	Meadow Pipit	8
01/03	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
01/03	Laundry Lane	Greylag Geese	8	(The R.H. bird has a numbered neck marker)
01/03	(15.30 - 16.45)	Fieldfare	2
01/03	"	Buzzard	2	(Marsh Harrier reported behind Bembridge ponds)
01/03	"	Magpie	10
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FEBRUARY 2008

Click for monthly species lists, February total = 112

Friday	Bright to Cloudy
29/02	Brighstone Down	Dartford Warbler	1m	(E. of Trig Piont)
29/02	(7.40 - 9.05)	Yellowhammer	c10	(Singing well)
29/02	"	Buzzard	5
29/02	"	Dunnock	6
29/02	"	Red-legged Partridge	1	(On the lane)
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29/02	Lynch Lane, Calbourne	Fieldfare	16	(A good selection of Thrushes)
29/02	(9.10)	Redwing	1
29/02	"	Song Thrush	1
29/02	"	Mistle Thrush	1	(Singing)
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29/02	Newtown NR	Knot	2
29/02	(9.40 - 10.40)	Peregrine	2
29/02	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	2
29/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	59
29/02	"	Ringed Plover	1
29/02	"	Turnstone	6
29/02	"	Brent Geese	c200
29/02	"	Dunlin	200+
29/02	"	Grey Plover	c40
29/02	"	Red-breased Merganser	3m,2f
29/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	13
29/02	"	Black-headed Gull	c300	(Already on the Scrape Islands)
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Wednesday	Bright Intervals
27/02	Folly Lake, Medina	Skylark	8
27/02	(8.00 - 9.10)	Rock Pipit	2
27/02	"	Teal	28
27/02	"	Wigeon	3
27/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
27/02	"	Dunlin	1
27/02	"	Redshank	11
27/02	"	Brent Geese	82
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27/02	Blackwater	Redwing	8
27/02	(9.30 - 10.20)	Goldcrest	3	(Heard)
27/02	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Sandy Lane)
27/02	"	Red-legged Partridge	6	(S. of Stone Farm)
27/02	"	Little Owl	1	(In nest hole)
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27/02	St. Georges Down	Raven	1	(Over calling)
27/02	(10.30 - 11.20)	Buzzard	5
27/02	"	Green Woodpecker	2
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Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
26/02	Springvale	Black Redstart	1f	(In car park of derelict Tollgate Cafe)
26/02	(8.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f	(Off shore)
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26/02	Hersey NR	Shoveler	4m
26/02	(8.45 - 9.10)	Snipe	6
26/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Glimpsed in reeds)
26/02	"	Stonechat	1f
26/02	"	Little Grebe	8
26/02	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral)
26/02	"	Snow Goose	1	(Esc. Blue Phase)
26/02	"	Greylag Geese	2	(Feral, domestic types)
26/02	"	Bar-headed Geese	2	(Feral)
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26/02	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	8m,2f
26/02	(9.20)	Greenshank	3
26/02	"	Pochard	10+
26/02	"	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
26/02	"	Heron	12
26/02	"	Little Egret	1
26/02	"	Sparrowhawk	1
26/02	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard squealing)
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26/02	Ryde Esplanade	Dunlin	1
26/02	(14.00)	Ringed Plover	8
26/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	1	(W. of Pier)
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Monday	Cold and Sunny	S. Wind
25/02	Ventnor Esplanade	Purple Sandpiper	3	(Seawall 100m E. of Car Park)
25/02	(8.20 - 9.15)	Kestrel	1m	(Cliffs)
25/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
25/02	"	Fulmar	1	(At sea)
25/02	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Heard)
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25/02	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	7
25/02	(10.30)	Tufted Duck	4m,3f
25/02	"	Snipe	c40	(Flushed from marsh by helecopter)
25/02	"	Little Grebe	2
25/02	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	3
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25/02	Culver Down	Rock Pipit	6
25/02	(10.45)	Linnet	50+	(Flock of 40 E. of "Culver Haven" pub)
25/02	"	Peregrine	1	(Along Cliff edge)
25/02	"	Raven	2	(Along cliffs then 1 on Monument)
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25/02	Ryde Garden	Blackcap	1m	(On my feeders lunchtime)
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Reported	E. Cowes Garden	ROSE-COLOURED STARLING	1	on feeders recently, pictures on Kris's Website
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Sunday	Cloudy to Hazy Sun	Light Wind
24/02	Lane End	Purple Sandpiper	5	(On Bemb. ledge then flew to LB Station)
24/02	(9.00 -IWOG Walk)	Shag	2
24/02	"	Cormorant	c10
24/02	"	Redshank	2
24/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	9
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24/02	Springvale	Black Redstart	1f	(On beach and at the Tollgate old Cafe)
24/02	(10.10)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
24/02	"	Sanderling	2
24/02	"	Rock Pipit	1
24/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
24/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	3
24/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
24/02	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
24/02	(10.40 - 11.30)	Snipe	15	(Many more hidden in grass)
24/02	"	Little Grebe	11
24/02	"	Lapwing	5
24/02	"	Stonechat	1f	(Near entrance on brambles)
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Saturday	Cloudy, Drizzle	Light SW. Wind
23/02	Player's Beach, Binstead	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
23/02	(7.50)	Great-crested Grebe	1	(off Fishbourne)
23/02	"	Brent Geese	106
23/02	"	Redshank	1
23/02	"	Curlew	2
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23/02	Binstead to Quarr	Nuthatch	2	(Checking nest hole, Private garden)
23/02	(9.20 - 11.30)	Coal Tit	4
23/02	"	Treecreeper	1	(Heard)
23/02	"	Mistle Thrush	3
23/02	"	Pied Wagtail	8	(Pony field)
23/02	"	Great Spotted Woodpecker	2
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Thursday	Cloudy to Brighter	W. Wind
21/02	Springvale	Black Redstart	1f	(In car park of derelict Tollgate Cafe)
21/02	(8.35)	Redshank	1	(Beach)
21/02	"	Sanderling	11	"
21/02	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
21/02	(8.45)	Snipe	1
21/02	"	Little Grebe	4
21/02	"	Lapwing	9
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21/02	Seaview	Great Northern Diver	1
21/02	(9.10)	Shag	2
21/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
21/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
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21/02	St. Helens Bridge	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flew from Dynamite pond to Laundry Lane)
21/02	(9.50)	Teal	50+
21/02	"	Lapwing	c300	(Fields)
21/02	"	Wigeon	c80
21/02	"	Little Grebe	5
21/02	"	Little Grebe	5
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21/02	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	4m,2f
21/02	(10.00)	Shelduck	3
21/02	"	Pochard	12m,7f	(Good numbers)
21/02	"	Tufted Duck	4m,4f
21/02	"	Heron	9
21/02	"	Little Egret	3
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Wednesday	Foggy to Cloudy
20/02	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Muscovy Duck	1	(Escape)
20/02	(7.30 - 8.40)	Spotted Redshank	1	(On Mill Copse Srape)
20/02	"	Greenshank	1	(Station Pond W.)
20/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	120
20/02	"	Dunlin	23
20/02	"	Turnstone	2
20/02	"	Grey Plover	3
20/02	"	Lapwing	c200
20/02	"	Shoveler	1m,1f	(Drake on Rofford Marsh)
20/02	"	Pintail	1m	"
20/02	"	Teal	c80
20/02	"	Wigeon	c50
20/02	"	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
20/02	"	Little Grebe	7
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Tuesday	Frosty to Sunny	E. Wind
19/02	Brading Sewage Works	Water Pipit	1	(Filter Beds)
19/02	(8.50 - 9.40)	Meadow Pipit	8
19/02	"	Reed Bunting	3m,2f
19/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
19/02	"	Chaffinch	6
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19/02	St. Helens Bridge	Shoveler	10	(On river)
19/02	(9.50)	Teal	c50
19/02	"	Cormorant	3
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19/02	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	1f
19/02	(10.00)	Cormorant	5	(some "sinensis" types? -see picture)
19/02	"	Shelduck	5
19/02	"	Pochard	1m
19/02	"	Tufted Duck	6m,5f
19/02	"	Little Egret	2
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Monday	Fine Sunny
18/02	Brading Marsh	Canada Geese	48	(No sign of WF Geese)
18/02	(16.20 - 17.55)	Shoveler	3m
18/02	"	Wigeon	c50
18/02	"	Teal	c30
18/02	Brading Sewage Works	Meadow Pipit	3
18/02	"	Reed Bunting	2m
18/02	"	Chaffinch	6
18/02	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(W. side of Lane, N. of Quay Lane @17.50)
18/02	"	Water Rail	2	(Heard)
18/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
18/02	"	Buzzard	1
18/02	"	Lapwing	c400	(Flushed from Dynamite Pond)
18/02	"	Wigeon	c80
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Reported	Brading Marsh (Sat 16th)	White-fronted Geese	4	found on RSBP walk (Graham S.)
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Fri to Mon	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington		S. Hertfordshire
Mon 18th	Farlington, Hants	Avocet	1
"	Broadwater Lake, Herts	Goldeneye	10+	Gadwall, Lesser Black-backed Gull etc.
Sun 17th	Fisher's Green, Lea Valley	Black Swan	1	Snipe, Greylag Geese
"	Stocker's Lake	Red-crested Pochard	1m	4 RUDDY DUCK, Goldeneye, Little Grebe,
Sat 16th	Wraysbury	Ring-necked Parakeet	5	@ nest, 2 Kingfisher
Fri 15th	Staines Moor	Stonechat	1m,1f	6 Skylark, 4 Reed Bunting, 2 Chiffchaff
"	Stocker's Lake	RED-CRESTED POCHARD	1m, 1f	up to 7 reported! also 2 Redpoll.
Thursday	Bright Intervals	Cold E. Wind
14/02	Blackwater to Shide FP	Treecreeper	1
14/02	(8.30 - 9.10)	Goldcrest	3	(Heard)
14/02	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Sandy Lane)
14/02	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
14/02	"	Pheasant	38
14/02	"	Little Owl	1	(In nest hole)
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14/02	Ryde Garden	Blackcap	1m	(On my feeders)
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14/02	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1m,1f	(A 2nd yr. male flying with the Female)
14/02	(16.15 - 17.20)	Buzzard	2
14/02	"	Lapwing	c400	(Flushed by Harriers)
14/02	"	Wigeon	c80
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Reported	Shepherd's Chine	SWALLOW	1	flying along cliff edge (via Caroline D.)
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Wednesday	Frosty to Sunny	Light NE. Wind
13/02	Brading Sewage Works	WATER PIPIT	2
13/02	(8.40 - 9.00)	Meadow Pipit	12
13/02	"	Reed Bunting	2f
13/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1
13/02	"	Chaffinch	10+
13/02	"	Chiffchaff	1	(In full song)
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13/02	Fishbourne Beach	Great-crested Grebe	2
13/02	(11.10 - 12.20)	Redshank	8	(Later 32 @ Wootton Bridge)
13/02	"	Shelduck	6
13/02	"	Little Egret	7