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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	Barn Owl with Rat? Brading Marsh, 14th June

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

JUNE 2008: Click for monthly species lists, June total = 106

Monday	Fine Sunny	SW. Wind
30/06	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	21	(With an impressive line of 17W)
30/06	(7.40 - 8.40)	Sandwich Tern	1
30/06	very quiet at sea	Fulmar	2
30/06	"	Auk Sp.	1E	(Guillemot?)
30/06	"	Whitethroat	c15	(with 2 family groups)
30/06	"	Linnet	10+
30/06	"	Yellowhammer	1m
30/06	"	Green Woodpecker	1
30/06	"	Kestrel	1
Mammal	"	Fox	1	chasing rabbits
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30/06	Whale Chine	Peregrine	1	(Cliffs to E.)
30/06	(9.00)	Raven	1	(Over Atherfield Pt.)
30/06	"	Skylark	3	(Heard)
30/06	"	Linnet	2
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30/06	Hanover Point	Greater Black-backed Gull	12	(on inland field)
30/06	(9.30)	Cormorant	4
30/06	"	Skylark	3	(Heard)
30/06	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
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30/06	Laundry Lane/Brading Marsh	Lapwing	3	(1juv N. end of Laundry Lane)
30/06	(15.45 - 17.15)	Swan	4ad,9juv	(2 families with 4 and 5 Cygnets each)
30/06	"	Mistle Thrush	4	(Including juvs.)
30/06	"	Buzzard	2
Dragonfly	"	Broad-bodied Chaser	1f	and 1 Darter, 2 Southern Hawker
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Sunday	Fine Sunny	Light SW Wind
29/06	Parkhurst Forest	Coal Tit	3ad,1juv
29/06	(8.15 - 10.20)	Blackcap	6
29/06	"	Whitethroat	4+
29/06	"	Chiffchaff	12+
29/06	"	Stock Dove	2	(Heard)
29/06	"	Collared Dove	3
29/06	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
29/06	"	Buzzard	3
Butterflies	"	Silver-washed Fritillary	1	also; 22 Ringlet, 7 Marbled White, 2 Comma.
"	"	White Admiral	8	1 Red Admiral, 20+ Meadow Bn, 4 Small Skipper
Mammals	"	Stoat	1juv	also 1 Red Squirrel
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	SW Wind
28/06	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Reed Warbler	c10
28/06	(8.00 - 9.20)	Swan	2ad,4cyg.
28/06	"	Redshank	1
28/06	"	Lapwing	6ad,1juv	(Well grown Juv at Ponds)
28/06	"	Shelduck	3
28/06	"	Oystercatcher	2
28/06	"	Curlew	4
28/06	"	House Martin	3
28/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Rofford Marsh)
28/06	"	Heron	3
28/06	"	Little Egret	2
28/06	"	Kestrel	2	(Near nest box)
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28/06	Fort Victoria	Little Tern	c15
28/06	(9.30)	Common Tern	c50
28/06	"	Herring Gull	1	(Still on nest on the old pier)
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28/06	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	4ad,3juv
28/06	(10.00 - 11.05)	Oystercatcher	3ad,1juv	(Adults with small chick in Scrape)
28/06	"	Shelduck	6ad,3juv	(3 ducklings in Scrape)
28/06	"	Little Owl	1
28/06	"	Meadow Pipit	3	(1 near nest with food)
28/06	"	Jay	1	(Lane)
28/06	"	Bullfinch	2	(Cassey Bridge)
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28/06	Branstone Cross, Winford	Little Owl	1	(On telegraph pole @ 21.30)
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Wednesday	Cloudy	Brisk SW Wind
25/06	Newport to Werrar	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
25/06	(7.45 - 9.35)	Oystercatcher	4
25/06	-no sign of Spoonbill	Curlew	9
25/06	"	Lapwing	5
25/06	"	Cormorant	2
25/06	"	Whitethroat	1	(heard Werrar)
25/06	"	Skylark	6
25/06	"	Robin	3ad,2juv
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Tuesday	Fine Sunny	Light E. Wind
24/06	Ryde Esplanade	Mediterranean Gull	1
24/06	(8.00)	Little Egret	7	(with 3 W. of Pier)
24/06	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	16
24/06	"	Common Tern	3	(Not many about at present)
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24/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Blackbird	c10	(on Golf Course)
24/06	(8.15)	Mistle Thrush	2
24/06	(no Spotted FC seen this year)	Song Thrush	1
24/06	"	Stock Dove	1
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24/06	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	37	(26E, 11W,)
24/06	(15.50 - 17.10)	Sandwich Tern	1E
24/06	fairly quiet at sea	Fulmar	2
24/06	"	Magpie	6
24/06	"	Kestrel	1f
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Monday	Sunny Intervals
23/06	Fishbourne Beach	Mediterranean Gull	4
23/06	(8.30 & 11.15)	Little Egret	2
23/06	"	Heron	1
23/06	Wootton Bridge	Heron	2
23/06	"	Shelduck	4
Butterfly	"	Marbled White	2+	also Meadow Brown
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23/06	Luccombe Down	Long-eared Owl	1	(Came out at 21.05 in sunlight!)
23/06	(21.00 - 21.45)	Kestrel	1
23/06	"	Swift	c10
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk S/SW Wind
22/06	Newtown NR	Little Owl	1
22/06	(8.30 - 10.20)	Curlew	10
22/06	"	Brent Geese	2	(Summering birds)
22/06	"	Gannet	3	(In Solent)
22/06	"	Yellowhammer	1m
22/06	"	Collared Dove	4
22/06	"	Kestrel	1
22/06	"	Buzzard	1
22/06	"	Meadow Pipit	3
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22/06	Shalfleet Quay	Canada Geese	1ad,5gos.
22/06	(10.30 - 11.00)	Mallard	11
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Saturday	Cloudy
21/06	Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(On road by Quarr Close)
21/06	(7.35 - 8.30)	Treecreeper	1m
21/06	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
21/06	"	Long-tailed Tit	2juv	(Others heard)
21/06	Binstead Beach	Oystercatcher	3
21/06	"	Little Egret	1
21/06	"	Heron	1
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	3	along Quarr Road
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21/06	Ryde Esplanade	Common Tern	1
21/06	(8.45)	Greater Black-backed Gull	34
21/06	Canoe Lake	Canada Goose	5	(5 ad. with 15 goslings!)
21/06	"	Mallard	c80
21/06	"	Moorhen	2ad,3juv	(2 families)
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21/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c10	(5+ seen, 4 heard from 21.30)
21/06	(20.30 - 22.20)	Woodcock	4+	(6 contacts)
21/06	IWOG Walk from 20.45	Long-eared Owl	2ad,2juv	(2 Adults seen-brilliant views, 1ad, 2 juv heard calling)
Insect	"	Glow Worm	2
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Reported	Medina near Dodnor	SPOONBILL	1	bill shape mentioned (Dog Walkers)
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Friday	Cloudy
20/06	Shide to Blackwater	Little Owl	1	(@Tree hole -Blackwater end)
20/06	(8.03 - 9.50)	Chiffchaff	6	(Pictured bird has a deformed leg)
20/06	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(By Shide Garage collecting flies)
20/06	"	Blackcap	5+	(Includes 2 juv.)
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Thursday	Cloudy, Showers	SW. Wind
19/06	Bembridge Harbour	Curlew	2
19/06	(9.45)	Little Egret	3
19/06	"	Shelduck	4
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19/06	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	7m,1f	(Causeway pond)
19/06	(10.00 - 11.10)	Swallow	3
19/06	"	House Martin	c10
19/06	"	Canada Geese	c30
19/06	"	Shelduck	4
19/06	"	Little Grebe	4
19/06	"	Swan	2ad,1juv
19/06	"	Reed Warbler	4m	(Heard)
19/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
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19/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	7	(5 seen, 2 heard from 21.36)
19/06	(20.30 - 22.20)	Woodcock	4+	(7 contacts)
19/06	"	Long-eared Owl	1ad,2juv	(Adult seen, 2 juv heard squeaking)
19/06	"	Barn Owl	1+	(Seen twice, probably the same bird)
19/06	"	Bullfinch	c4	(2 seen, c2 heard)
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Bright	Brisk SW Wind
18/06	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	43	(25E, 17W, 1 fishing offshore)
18/06	(7.30 - 9.00)	Kittiwake	1juv	(E. close in)
18/06	"	Wader Sp.	1E	(Grey Plover perhaps?)
18/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1W
18/06	"	Fulmar	5	("Locals" from Gore Cliff)
18/06	"	Whitethroat	3	(heard)
18/06	"	Kestrel	1	(With prey)
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Tuesday	Sunny
17/06	Culver Down	Yellowhammer	1m
17/06	(7.40 - 9.15)	Rock Pipit	1	(Cliff edge)
17/06	"	Skylark	c5
17/06	"	Whitethroat	3ad,4juv
17/06	"	Linnet	7
17/06	"	Gannet	1E
17/06	"	Fulmar	1	(Off Redcliff)
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Monday	Sunny Intervals
16/06	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	c6	(Includes 1ad with 2+ juv)
16/06	(8.30)	Little Egret	2
16/06	"	Heron	1
Dragonfly	"	Broad-bodied Chaser	1f
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16/06	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Came out at 21.20)
16/06	(21.05 - 22.00)	Sedge Warbler	1	(Heard)
16/06	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
16/06	Centurion's Copse	Woodcock	1	(Heard flying over)
16/06	"	Long-eared Owl	1juv	(@21.36, Flew to next tree)
16/06	"	Heron	2	(Over)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals
15/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Blackbird	c20	(on Golf Course)
15/06	(8.40)	Mistle Thrush	4
15/06	"	Song Thrush	1
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15/06	Hersey NR	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Esc.)
15/06	(9.20 - 9.50)	Barnacle Goose	1	(Esc.)
15/06	Water level now low	Swan	1ad,1juv
15/06	"	Coot	4ad,2juv
15/06	"	Oystercatcher	8
15/06	"	Little Egret	6
15/06	"	Heron	1
15/06	"	Little Grebe	3
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals
14/06	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Hunting by FP for young Rats?)
14/06	(7.10 - 8.00)	Whitethroat	2+
14/06	"	Lapwing	2
14/06	"	Swan	2ad,5juv
14/06	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
14/06	"	Reed Warbler	3+
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14/06	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	3m	(Un-seasonal, 1 in Eclipse plumage)
14/06	(8.15)	Tufted Duck	2m
14/06	"	House Martin	3
14/06	"	Reed Warbler	2+
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Friday
Report 13/6	RSPB Dynamite Pool	poss. CASPIAN GULL	1	also 1 Green Sandpiper (Graham S.)
Report 13/6	Centurions Copse	Long-eared Owl	1ad,2juv	(Graham S.)
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Thursday	Showers, Cloudy
12/06	Sandown Canoe Lake	Reed Warbler	1m	(Singing in reeds by path)
12/06	(8.05 - 8.35)	SHOVELER	3m	(1 in Eclipse plumage, Unexpected in June!)
12/06	"	House Martin	c15
12/06	"	Swallow	c10
12/06	"	Swan	2ad,3juv
12/06	Sandown Bay	Gannet	1	(Fishing offshore)
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12/06	Alverstone NR	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
12/06	(8.45 - 11.00)	Whitethroat	6+
12/06	"	Jay	3
12/06	"	Kestrel	2	(Near nest box)
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1ad,2juv	Cuteness off the scale!
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12/06	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Reed Warbler	5+	(Heard)
12/06	(15.00 - 16.00)	Muscovy Duck	1
12/06	"	Redshank	1	(Scrape)
12/06	"	Lapwing	5
12/06	"	Oystercatcher	3
12/06	"	Curlew	1
12/06	"	House Martin	c3
12/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
12/06	"	Heron	2
12/06	"	Buzzard	2
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Wednesday	Sunny to Clouds
11/06	Brading Marsh	Sedge Warbler	1	(Reedbed E. of Station)
11/06	(8.20 - 9.25)	Reed Warbler	3+
11/06	"	Swan	4ad, 9juv	(2 groups with 4 and 5 cygnets respectively)
11/06	"	Reed Bunting	2m
11/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
11/06	"	Swallow	2
11/06	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2	(Ad. and Juv.)
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11/06	Foreland, Bembridge	House Martin	c20	(Along the seawall)
11/06	(9.40 - 10.20)	Heron	8	(On Bembridge Ledge)
11/06	"	Swallow	c10
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11/06	Firestone Copse	Nightjar	1m	(Churring by Car Park entrance at 22.00)
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Tuesday	Hot Sunny
10/06	Binstead to Quarr	Little Owl	1juv	(In tree-hole at start of Quarr Hill)
10/06	(8.00 - 9.50)	Mistle Thrush	2
10/06	"	Whitethroat	1
10/06	"	Blackcap	1
Mammal	"	Red Squirrel	1juv	@ a Binstead garden feeder
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Monday	Hot Sunny
09/06	Shide to Blackwater	Little Owl	1	(Tree at Blackwater end)
09/06	(8.35 - 9.50)	Red-legged Partridge	2	(On new Cricket ground)
09/06	"	Garden Warbler	1
09/06	"	Blackcap	3+
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09/06	Ventnor Downs	Long-eared Owl	1ad,1juv	(On W. side @21.45, juv heard "squeaking")
09/06	(21.00 - 22.15)	Kestrel	1
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Sunday	Warm Hazy Sun	NW Wind
08/06	St. Catherines Down	QUAIL	2	(1st. Heard calling at SZ493779-Click for map)
08/06	(7.30 - 9.00)	Skylark	2
08/06	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
08/06	"	Whitethroat	3
08/06	"	Buzzard	3
08/06	"	Kestrel	1
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08/06	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Little Owl	1	(On cliffs)
08/06	(9.15 - 10.00)	Fulmar	c10
08/06	"	Linnet	3
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Reported	Churhill's Farm, Chessell	QUAIL	2	heard, more reported at St. Catherine's Dn. (Dave H.)
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Saturday	Fine Sunny
07/06	West High Down, Totland	Stonechat	2m,2f	(Pairs above Alum Bay, and near Needles Battery)
07/06	(8.00 - 10.30)	Raven	2
07/06	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	(S. Cliffs)
07/06	"	Rock Pipit	4
07/06	"	Bullfinch	1m
07/06	"	Fulmar	4
07/06	"	Guillemot	c6	(Flying out from cliffs and on sea)
Moth	"	Dew Moth	1	On cliff edge
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07/06	West Wight Location	Wheatear	1m,1juv	(possibly 2 juvs)
07/06	(c11.00)	Fulmar	2
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07/06	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	3	(1 seen, 2 heard)
07/06	(20.50 - 22.10)	Woodcock	5+	(9 contacts)
07/06	"	Raven	2	(NE. of large clearing)
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Reported	St. Catherines Down	QUAIL	1	heard at SZ496778 (Dave W. and Audrey)
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Friday	Warm Sunny Int.
06/06	Thorness Bay	Ringed Plover	2
06/06	(7.35 - 9.00)	Skylark	2
06/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
06/06	"	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard in reedbed)
06/06	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	16
06/06	"	Common Tern	3+	(Offshore)
06/06	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(on marker buoy)
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06/06	Werrar, R. Medina	Shelduck	2ad,6juv	(6 Small ducklings at water's edge)
06/06	(9.15 - 10.10)	Skylark	2
06/06	"	Whitethroat	3
06/06	"	Magpie	2juv	(Being fed in a tree)
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06/06	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Hobby	1
06/06	(17.00 - 18.45)	Ruddy Duck	1m
06/06	With G.S. & C.M.	Greenshank	1
06/06	"	Tufted Duck	5m
06/06	"	Heron	4
06/06	"	Cormorant	10
06/06	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
06/06	"	Lapwing	8
06/06	"	Curlew	2
06/06	"	Shelduck	4
Dragonfly	"	Four-spot Chaser	1	Uncommon on the Island
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Thursday	Sunny Int.
05/06	Brighstone Down	Turtle Dove	2-3	(2 seen, 2 heard purring)
05/06	(7.30 - 9.15)	Dartford Warbler	1m
05/06	"	Yellowhammer	c6
05/06	"	Garden Warbler	2	(Singing near Trig Point)
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05/06	Clamerkin, Newtown	Cuckoo	1m	(calling from Lambsleaze)
05/06	(10.00)	Skylark	4
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05/06	Sandown Canoe Lake	Peregrine	1	(caught a bird over reedbed, possibly a Starling)
05/06	(18.30)	Sandwich Tern	2	(In bay)
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Wednesday	Sunny
04/06	Bembridge Down/Culver Down	Raven	1	(heard on cliff edge)
04/06	(7.15 - 9.15)	Rock Pipit	1	(Carrying food for chicks)
04/06	"	Skylark	c6
04/06	"	Fulmar	3
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04/06	Ryde Esplanade	Sandwich Tern	1	(over beach)
04/06	(14.00)	Canada Goose	5	(5 on canoe lake with 15 goslings!)
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04/06	Langbridge to Alverstone	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard)
04/06	(19.30)	Blackcap	1m	(Showing well, others heard)
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Tuesday	Showers
03/06	Appley Park, Ryde	Little Owl	1	(the 1st. here for some time)
03/06	(10.00 - 10.45)	Mistle Thrush	3
03/06	"	Song Thrush	3
03/06	"	Blackbird	c10	(Collecting worms on Golf Course)
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03/06	Hersey NR	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Esc.)
03/06	(11.00 - 11.35)	Barnacle Goose	1	(Esc.)
03/06	"	Greylag Goose	3	(Hybrids over)
03/06	"	Shelduck	1
03/06	"	Oystercatcher	11
03/06	"	Little Egret	2
03/06	"	Heron	2
03/06	"	Little Grebe	2
03/06	Springvale Beach	Mediterrarean Gull	1	(2nd.s)
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Monday	Cloudy, Showers
02/06	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(On post by S.Wks path 7.10 - 7.45)
02/06	(7.10 - 7.50)	Shelduck	2
02/06	-no sign of RB Shrike	Buzzard	1
02/06	"	Canada Geese	4
02/06	"	Lapwing	1
02/06	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds)
02/06	"	Swan	2
02/06	"	Reed Bunting	1m
02/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	2m	(1 Heard, 1 flew into bushes)
02/06	"	Sedge Warbler	1m	"
02/06	"	Swallow	c10
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02/06	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	3f	(Flew up from back of Causeway pond)
02/06	(8.00 - 9.00)	Swallow	c30
02/06	"	House Martin	c40
02/06	"	Canada Geese	41
02/06	"	Shelduck	5
02/06	"	Little Grebe	1
02/06	"	Swan	2	(1@nest still)
02/06	"	Reed Warbler	3m	(Heard)
02/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
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Sunday	Fine Sunny
01/06	E-Hide Newtown NR	Grey Plover	44
01/06	(7.45 - 10.40)	Dunlin	2
01/06	"	Wader Sp.	1	(Bubbling call, white rump -poss. Curlew SP?)
01/06	"	Brent Geese	2	(Summering birds? or injured?)
01/06	"	Black-tailed Godwit	18	(Flying over)
01/06	"	Turnstone	7
01/06	"	Kestrel	3
01/06	"	Starling	c40	(Mostly juveniles)
01/06	"	Little Tern	c6
01/06	"	Common Tern	c20	(Fishing off harbour entrance)
01/06	"	Common Gull	1
Reptiles	"	Common Lizard	1	boardwalk on Hay Meadow
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01/06	Brading Marsh	RED-BACKED SHRIKE	1f	(Bushes W/SW. of Green Bridge, picture by Gary)
01/06	(14.30 - 15.40)	Shelduck	2
01/06	"	Buzzard	3
01/06	"	Canada Geese	4
01/06	"	Lapwing	1
01/06	"	Swan	2
01/06	"	Reed Bunting	2m
01/06	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard singing)
01/06	"	Reed Warbler	2m	"
01/06	(19.30 - 20.55)	RB Shrike	1f	(Still here till 20.45 at least)
01/06	2nd visit	Sedge Warbler	1m
01/06	"	Swift	4
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Reported	Atherfield	WHITE STORK	1	Seen in a ploughed field till it flew off (Martin H. )
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MAY 2008: Click for monthly species lists, May total = 120

Saturday	Fine Sunny
31/05	Clamerkin Lake	Grey Plover	2
31/05	(8.00 - 8.40)	Dunlin	4
31/05	"	Turnstone	4
31/05	"	Kestrel	2	(1 juv, 1m)
31/05	"	Common Gull	1
31/05	"	Starling	c40	(Mostly juveniles)
31/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard by Town Copse entrance)
31/05	"	Cuckoo	1	"
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31/05	Fort Victoria	Gannet	1W
31/05	(9.05 - 9.25)	Herring Gull	1	(Nesting on old pier)
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31/05	Yarmouth Ponds	Reed Warbler	3+	(Heard in reeds)
31/05	(9.30 -10.40)	Shelduck	4
31/05	"	Black-tailed Godwit	12	(Scrape)
31/05	"	Greylag Goose	1	(Estuary)
31/05	"	Lapwing	1	(Scrape)
31/05	"	Swan	2+5cyg.	(Mill Stream)
31/05	"	Little Egret	4	(One stuggling with a large Rudd)
31/05	"	Reed Bunting	3m	(Rofford Marsh)
~
Reported	Ventnor Downs	WHITE STORK	1	Reported twice more during morning (Chris D.)
~
Friday	Cloudy, L. Rain
30/05	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	2
30/05	(7.45 - 8.10)	Swift	4
~
30/05	Sandown Canoe Lake	Reed Warbler	1	(Seen singing in reeds)
30/05	(8.20 -8.50)	Common Gull	1 (1st.s.)	(This bird was here earlier in the year)
30/05	"	Swan	2+3cyg.	(Cygnet numbers now down)
30/05	"	House Martin	6
30/05	"	Swallow	c3
30/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(In Sandown Bay)
~
Reported	RSPB Green Bridge Pool	Little-ringed Plover	1	1 Turtle Dove, 2 Hobby nearby (Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Bright to Showers
29/05	Medina-Dodnor to Werrar	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing by path near Werrar)
29/05	(9.00 - 10.10)	Bullfinch	2	(30m N. of Stag Lane jn.)
29/05	"	Reed Warbler	2	(heard by Pond)
29/05	"	Skylark	3	(Werrar to Pinkmead)
29/05	"	Swallow	3
29/05	"	Little Egret	1
29/05	"	Oystercatcher	3	(Werrar)
~
29/05	Brading Marsh	Shelduck	2	(Green Bridge Pool)
29/05	(16.30 - 17.10)	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter Beds)
29/05	"	Reed Warbler	1
29/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1
29/05	"	Swallow	6+
29/05	"	Swift	2
~
Tue to Wed	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos. & Peak District
Wed 28th.	Slimbridge	Ring-billed Gull	1(2nd s.)	1 Brent Goose, 1 Grey Plover, 5 Ringed Plover, 5 Curlew.
"	M4/A34	Red Kite	1	over motorway
Tue. 27th	Wenchford	Dipper	1	1 Grey Wagtail.
"	Parkend Ridge	Turtle Dove	5+	& 1m Cuckoo
"	Speech House	Redstart	2m,1f	5 Stock Dove
Wed. 21st	Crabtree Hill	Wood Warbler	3m	& 4 Tree Pipits, 1m Cuckoo.
Tue. 20th	Farlington	Bearded Tit	1m
"	Slimbridge	Garganey	1m	& 3 Dunlin
"	Linear Park, Cinderford	Tree Pipit	1m
Monday	Fine sunny	NE. Wind
19/05	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Common Tern	17
19/05	(7.20 - 8.30)	Curlew	3
19/05	"	Oystercatcher	2
19/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
~
19/05	Brading Marsh	Greenshank	1	(Green Bridge pond)
19/05	(16.30 - 17.30)	Redshank	1
19/05	"	Shelduck	3
19/05	"	Sand Martin	1
19/05	"	Swallow	c10
19/05	"	House Martin	6
19/05	"	Swift	c20
19/05	"	Whitethroat	1
19/05	"	Lapwing	2
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk NE. Wind
18/05	Brighstone Down	Garden Warbler	1	(Heard by Mottistone down Car Pk.)
18/05	(7.30 - 10.30)	Yellowhammer	5m
18/05	IWOG Walk from 8.00	Buzzard	1
18/05	(sadly no Turtle Doves)	Willow Warbler	2m	(Singing by Trig Point)
18/05	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1m,1f
18/05	"	Linnet	4
~
Saturday	Cloudy, spots rain	NE. Wind
17/05	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Flying till 8.00)
17/05	(7.25 - 9.00)	Cuckoo	1m	(by Quay Lane)
17/05	"	Garden Warbler	1	(Heard by FP to Sewage Wks)
17/05	"	Whitethroat	3+
17/05	"	Sedge Warbler	4
17/05	"	Reed Warbler	4
~
17/05	Wheelers Bay	Rock Pipit	2	(11.30)
~
17/05	Bembridge Windmill	Dunlin	5	(Dynamite Pool-by scope)
17/05	(15.50)	Greenshank	1	"
17/05	"	Shelduck	5
17/05	"	Tufted Duck	4m,1f
17/05	"	Lapwing	3
~
Friday	Cloudy	NE. Wind
16/05	"Field of Hope", Newchurch	Little Owl	1juv
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Dunlin	13	1 Greenshank, pr. Gadwall, 30 Swift (Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Rain to Cloudy	Cool NE. Wind
15/05	Bembridge & Culver Down	Wheatear	1m
15/05	(8.25 - 9.40)	Skylark	c6
15/05	"	Yellowhammer	3
15/05	"	Linnet	c10
15/05	"	Green Woodpecker	1
15/05	"	Chiffchaff	2
15/05	"	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
15/05	"	Whitethroat	3m
15/05	"	Swift	3
15/05	"	Swallow	1
~
Wednesday	Fine sunny	NE. Wind
14/05	Brighstone Down	TURTLE DOVE	1	(Heard and 2 possible fly-overs)
14/05	(7.15 - 9.15)	Yellowhammer	5m,1f
14/05	"	Dartford Warbler	1m	(Heard)
14/05	"	Garden Warbler	1m	(Heard)
14/05	"	Willow Warbler	2m	(Singing by Trig Point)
14/05	"	Linnet	10+
~
14/05	Brading Marsh	Wigeon	1f	(Green Bridge pond)
14/05	(16.30 - 17.30)	Canada Geese	12
14/05	"	Shelduck	2
14/05	"	Muscovy Duck	1	(Sewage Wks.)
14/05	"	Reed Bunting	2m
14/05	"	Reed Warbler	3+
14/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1
14/05	"	Whitethroat	2
14/05	"	Lapwing	6
14/05	"	Swallow	c20
14/05	"	House Martin	6
Reptiles	"	Slow Worm	1	path by Sewage Wks.
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Garganey	1m	2 Greenshank, pr. Gadwall, 5 Little Egret (Graham S.)
~
Tuesday	Fine sunny	NE. Wind
13/05	Appley Park, Ryde	Song Thrush	2
13/05	(7.00 - 7.50)	Mistle Thrush	7	(Including Adult feeding 2 juvs)
13/05	"	Swift	2
13/05	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Chasing a Mistle Thrush)
13/05	Beach	Oystercatcher	2
~
13/05	Bembridge Windmill	Greylag Geese	2	(by Scope)
13/05	(8.00 - 8.25)	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
13/05	"	Lapwing	2
13/05	"	Shelduck	10
13/05	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	6
~
13/05	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
13/05	(8.35)	Canada Geese	10
13/05	"	Shelduck	1
13/05	"	Reed Bunting	2
13/05	"	Reed Warbler	c3
13/05	"	Whitethroat	2
13/05	"	Swan	4	(1@nest, 4 cygnets on pond)
13/05	"	Swallow	6
13/05	"	House Martin	1
Reptiles	"	Adder	2	basking on concrete block
~
Monday	Fine sunny	N-NE. Wind
12/05	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	1E,1W
12/05	(7.15 - 8.10)	Red-legged Partridge	2	(by Farm)
12/05	"	Whitethroat	6+
12/05	"	Fulmar	3
~
12/05	Gore Cliff	Rock Pipit	2
12/05	(8.20 - 9.00)	Raven	1
12/05	"	Stock Dove	2
12/05	"	Skylark	1
~
12/05	Whale Chine	Yellowhammer	1m
12/05	(9.15)	Raven	1
12/05	"	Skylark	3
~
12/05	Dungewood Lane	Buzzard	3
12/05	(9.35 - 10.20)	Skylark	c6
12/05	"	Kestrel	1
12/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
12/05	"	Linnet	2
12/05	"	Whitethroat	3
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny	Light NE Wind
11/05	Thorness Bay	Ringed Plover	6	(2 on shingle bank, 4 at water's edge)
11/05	(7.05 - 8.45)	Grey Plover	2
11/05	"	Oystercatcher	2
11/05	"	Turnstone	8
11/05	"	Swallow	6+
11/05	"	Skylark	2+
11/05	"	Sandwich Tern	6
11/05	"	Common Tern	7
11/05	"	Pied Wagtail	1m,1f
11/05	"	Reed Warbler	4+
11/05	"	Sedge Warbler	1	(Heard)
11/05	"	Reed Bunting	2m
~
11/05	Parkhurst Forest	LONG-EARED OWL	1	(Overhead @ 21.08)
11/05	(20.30 - 21.40)	NIGHTJAR	1m	(Calling and flying from 21.13)
11/05	"	Woodcock	4+	(5 seen others heard)
Mammals	"	Noctule Bat	1	flying over several times
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Sunny	NE Wind
10/05	West High Down	Dartford Warbler	2m
10/05	(7.50 - 10.40)	Peregrine	2ad,2juv
10/05	"	Skylark	2
10/05	"	Swallow	10+
10/05	"	Swift	3
10/05	"	Rock Pipit	2
~
10/05	Freshwater Cliffs	Raven	3
10/05	(10.50 -11.20)	Peregrine	1
10/05	"	Skylark	3
~
10/05	Hanover Point	SANDERLING	1	(On rocks off point)
10/05	(11.30)	TURNSTONE	2
10/05	"	Shag	4
10/05	"	Cormorant	7
10/05	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
10/05	Hersey NR	Shelduck	2
10/05	(18.20 - 19.00)	Little Egret	2
10/05	"	Heron	1
10/05	"	Little Grebe	1
10/05	"	Barnacle Goose	2	(Feral)
10/05	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
10/05	"	Reed Warbler	2m	(Heard)
10/05	"	Whitethroat	1m	(By entrance)
~
Friday	Foggy to bright
09/05	Alum Bay & Needles	Stonechat	1m
09/05	(7.45 - 9.40)	Raven	2
09/05	Very Foggy	Skylark	1
09/05	"	Swallow	6+
~
09/05	Yarmouth Ponds	Reed Warbler	3+	(Heard in reeds)
09/05	(10.00 -10.50)	Shelduck	5
09/05	"	Swan	2+7cyg.	(Pond)
09/05	"	Lapwing	2	(Scrape)
09/05	"	Small Waders	c8	(Dunlin?)
09/05	"	Reed Bunting	1m	(Rofford Marsh)
09/05	"	Redshank	3
~
09/05	Newtown NR	Sandwich Tern	6	(Gull Is.)
09/05	(11.00 -11.50)	Common Tern	c15
09/05	"	Oystercatcher	6
09/05	"	Mediterranean Gull	13	(3 x1st s.)
~
Thursday	Fine sunny	Brisk E. Wind
08/05	St. Catherine's Point	"Commic" Tern	45E
08/05	(7.45 - 9.20)	Common Sandpiper	1	(On beach)
08/05	"	Auk Sp.	2E
08/05	"	Kittiwake	4E
08/05	"	Shelduck	2E
08/05	"	Fulmar	6
08/05	"	Gannet	26	(14E,12W)
08/05	"	Swallow	10+	(In off sea)
08/05	"	Peregrine	2	(Hunting offshore)
Reported	"	Black Tern	1	-I couldn't pick it up. (Jim C.)
~
08/05	Mottistone Estate	Kestrel	2	(Mating)
08/05	(20.00 - 21.20)	Buzzard	2
08/05	"	Yellowhammer	3+
08/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	1
08/05	"	Chiffchaff	2
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Black Tern	4	flying round the scrape (via Caroline D.)
~
Wednesday	Warm Sunny	E. Wind
07/05	Shide to Blackwater	Cuckoo	1m	(Heard)
07/05	(7.40 - 9.40)	Goldcrest	4
07/05	"	Blackcap	4+
07/05	"	House Martin	2
07/05	"	Chiffchaff	5
07/05	Tyre Garage	Grey Wagtail	1m
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Wood Sandpiper	1	1f Marsh Harrier & 2 Ruddy Duck (Graham S.)
~
Tuesday	Warm Sunny	E. Wind
06/05	Binstead - Quarr	Treecreeper	1m	(Heard)
06/05	(7.15 - 9.20)	Mistle Thrush	7
06/05	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard at pond in Elenor's Grove woods)
06/05	"	Buzzard	2
~
06/05	Bembridge Windmill FP	HOBBY	4	(Over marsh but distant)
06/05	(14.25 - 15.15)	Marsh Harrier	1f
06/05	"	Whitethroat	2
06/05	"	Swallow	2
~
Monday	Cloudy but Warm
05/05	Bembridge Ponds	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
05/05	(11.00 - 12.10)	Shelduck	3
05/05	No sign of Hen Harrier	Reed Warbler	4	(1 seen, 3 heard)
05/05	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
05/05	"	Swallow	3
05/05	"	Little Egret	2
~
05/05	Brading Marsh	Whitethroat	4
05/05	(14.30 - 15.40)	Blackcap	2
05/05	"	Reed Warbler	4
05/05	"	Sedge Warbler	3
05/05	"	Swallow	3
05/05	"	Little Egret	2
~
05/05	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1	(@21.20)
~
Sunday	Bright Int.	E. Wind
Reported	Brading Marsh	HEN HARRIER	1m	1f Marsh Harrier (Still), 1 Merlin
(Jon M.)	Centurion's Copse	TURTLE DOVE	1	flushed by Hen Harrier, Common SP.
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	E. Wind
03/05	St. Catherine's Point	Pomarine Skua	1E
03/05	(7.20 - 9.30)	Arctic Skua	1E
03/05	"	Gannet	40E	(& 2W.)
03/05	"	Fulmar	c10	(Local birds from Gore Cliff?)
03/05	"	Guillemot	5E,4W
03/05	"	Sandwich Tern	6E,1W
03/05	"	Linnet	10E	(Along Cliff edge)
03/05	"	Common Tern	11E
03/05	"	Red-throated Diver	1	(On sea and flying W.)
03/05	"	Kittiwake	7E
~
03/05	Luccombe Down	Dartford Warbler	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
03/05	(9.50 - 11.45)	Meadow Pipit	4
03/05	"	Linnet	5
03/05	"	Swallow	3
~
03/05	Culver Down	Peregrine	1
03/05	(16.00 - 16.35)	Raven	1
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
02/05	Apley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	7	(5ad, 2juv)
02/05	(7.30)	Stock Dove	3
~
02/05	Alverstone FP (W)	GARDEN WARBLER	1m	(30m W of Village)
02/05	(10.00 - 11.30)	Nightingale	1m	(Heard N. of FP past Iron Bridge)
02/05	"	Blackcap	2m	(Heard)
02/05	"	Tufted Duck	5m,2f
02/05	"	Swallow	6
02/05	"	Sand Martin	1
~
02/05	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	9	(Scrape)
02/05	(14.40 - 16.10)	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(Singing by path to Hide)
02/05	"	Redshank	2
02/05	"	Shelduck	6
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
01/05	Southford, Whitwell	GREY PARTRIDGE	2	(Flushed while driving past large field)
~
01/05	St. Catherine's Point	Red-throated Diver	1E
01/05	(7.20 - 9.10)	Gannet	17	(15E, 2W)
01/05	"	Fulmar	c10	(Local birds from Gore Cliff?)
01/05	"	Guillemot	3E
01/05	"	Sandwich Tern	1E
01/05	"	Linnet	23W	(Along Cliff edge)
01/05	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
01/05	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Heard in bushes above path)
01/05	"	Whitethroat	10+
01/05	"	Kestrel	2
~
01/05	Brading Marsh	Yellow Wagtail	2	(with cattle N. of the old Seawall)
01/05	(8.05 - 9.15)	Cetti's Warbler	3	(1 seen by Bridge)
01/05	"	Sand Martin	4	(@ Sewage Wks and over fields)
01/05	"	House Martin	2	"
01/05	"	Swallow	c30	"
01/05	"	Shoveler	1f	(Over to N,-a late one)
01/05	"	Whitethroat	3
01/05	"	Buzzard	1
01/05	"	Shelduck	2
01/05	"	Sedge Warbler	3
01/05	"	Reed Warbler	3
01/05	"	Lapwing	1
01/05	"	Reed Bunting	2m,1f
01/05	2nd visit 19.10 - 20.00	Teal	1m	("Green Bridge Pool")
01/05	"	Swift	5
~
01/05	Springvale, Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	2	(Performed a brief courtship display on the sea)
01/05	(13.20)	Common Tern	1	(Over Ryde Sandbank)
01/05	"	Oystercatcher	3
~
01/05	Bembridge Harbour	Whimbrel	1	(@16.30)
01/05	St. Helens Bridge	Swift	c50	(All over Marsh and Dynamite pool)
01/05	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
~

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.)
~
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)
~
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
~
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
~
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)
~
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)
~
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)
~
Reported	Niton Village	Wood Warbler	1	we thought we heard one at Fort Vic. as well
~
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)
~
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
~
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)
~
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
~
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
~
24/04	Bembridge Ponds	Reed Warbler	1+	(Heard)
24/04	(19.00)	Shelduck	3
24/04	"	Tufted Duck	6m,5f
~
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
~
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
~
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
~
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)
~
22/04	Bembridge Ponds	Pintail	1m	(Probably Feral)
22/04	(15.15)	Greenshank	3
22/04	"	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
~
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
~
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
~
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)
~
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
~
Reported	Culver Down	LESSER WHITETHROAT	1	on Nat History Walk (Caroline D.)
~
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).
~
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)
~
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.
~
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
~
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
~
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
~
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.
~
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.
~
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
~
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
~
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.)
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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
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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
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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.)
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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.)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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

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
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29/03	Culver/Bembridge Downs	Linnet	c40
29/03	(7.50)	Rock Pipit	1
29/03	"	Meadow Pipit	2
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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)
~
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)
~
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
~

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)
~
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)
~
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)
~
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
~
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)
~
27/02	St. Georges Down	Raven	1	(Over calling)
27/02	(10.30 - 11.20)	Buzzard	5
27/02	"	Green Woodpecker	2
~
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)
~
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)
~
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)
~
26/02	Ryde Esplanade	Dunlin	1
26/02	(14.00)	Ringed Plover	8
26/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	1	(W. of Pier)
~
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)
~
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
~
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)
~
25/02	Ryde Garden	Blackcap	1m	(On my feeders lunchtime)
~
Reported	E. Cowes Garden	ROSE-COLOURED STARLING	1	on feeders recently, pictures on Kris's Website
~
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
~
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)
~
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
~
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
~
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
~
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
~
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
~
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
~
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
~
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
~
19/02	St. Helens Bridge	Shoveler	10	(On river)
19/02	(9.50)	Teal	c50
19/02	"	Cormorant	3
~
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
~
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
~
Reported	Brading Marsh (Sat 16th)	White-fronted Geese	4	found on RSBP walk (Graham S.)
~
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)
~
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
~
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)
~
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
~
13/02	Ryde Garden	Coal Tit	2	(On my feeders)
~
Fri to Tue	MAINLAND TRIP	Keyhaven & NF		the Forest of Dean & Slimbridge
Tue 12th	Slimbridge	TEMMINCK'S STINT	1	c60 Bewick Swan & 1 Spotted Redshank.
"	"	LITTLE STINT	1	200 White-fronted Geese, 1 Bean Goose
"	M4 before A34	RED KITE	1	Soaring to N. of Motorway
"	Farlington Marsh	AVOCET	3	c6 BEARDED TIT.
9th,10th,11th	New Fancy Viewpoint	GOSHAWK	3+	2 Raven & Hawfinch over.
Mon 11th	Ross on Wye	GOOSANDER	1m, 3f	& Kingfisher
Sun 10th	Speech House	Hawfinch	3	& 3 Brambling
"	Redbrook	Marsh Tit	1	& Siskins, Nuthatch etc.
9th & 10th	near Speech House	GREAT GREY SHRIKE	1	(Boy's Grave)
Fri 8th	Freherne, near Slimbridge	CATTLE EGRET	1	& 5 Little Egret.
"	Yarmouth-Lymington	EIDER	1m,1f	off Yarmouth, 3f in Lymington R.
"	Keyhaven	Dartford Warbler	1m	& Turnstone, Gadwall.
"	Beaulieu Road	WOODLARK	3	& 1m CROSSBILL
Thursday	Cloudy	SW. Wind
07/02	Newtown NR	Knot	c30
07/02	(7.35 - 9.55)	Goldeneye	1m,3f
07/02	"	Buzzard	2
07/02	"	Ringed Plover	9
07/02	"	Turnstone	3
07/02	"	Brent Geese	c500
07/02	"	Dunlin	500+
07/02	"	Grey Plover	c50
07/02	"	Great-creasted Grebe	1
07/02	Cassey Bridge	Pintail	24m,16f
07/02	"	Wigeon	c80
07/02	"	Teal	c50
07/02	"	Black-tailed Godwit	44
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
06/02	Bembridge Down	Linnet	c60	(Set-aside E. of Manor)
06/02	(7.30 - 8.40)	Brambling	1m	(Up to 10 reported here recently)
06/02	"	Buzzard	2
06/02	"	Stonechat	1m
06/02	"	Stock Dove	5	(Around Fort)
06/02	Dynamite Pond (by Scope)	Shoveler	13m	(+ Females -hard to count at this range)
06/02	"	Wigeon	c50
06/02	"	Tufted Duck	1m
~
06/02	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	1
06/02	(8.40 & 13.45)	Chaffinch	10+
06/02	"	Reed Bunting	1f
06/02	"	Bar-headed Geese	3	(With c30 Canadas on marsh)
06/02	"	Blackcap	1f
06/02	"	Chiffchaff	6+
06/02	"	Goldcrest	4+
~
06/02	Seaview Toll Road	Sanderling	1
06/02	(11.10)	Oystercatcher	38
06/02	"	Redshank	1
06/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
~
06/02	Hersey NR	CHILOE WIGEON	2	(Esc. from Flamingo Park)
06/02	(11.20)	Greenshank	1
06/02	Flooded!	Sparrowhawk	1
06/02	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
06/02	"	Lapwing	11
06/02	"	Snipe	9+
06/02	"	Shoveler	4
06/02	"	Pochard	1f
~
06/02	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	1m	(Heard)
06/02	(16.25 - 18.05)	Barnacle Geese	7
06/02	Sadly no Harriers or Owls were seen	Canada Geese	c200	(A flock of c150 flew in near the river)
06/02	"	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
~
Tuesday	Heavy Showers later	Fresh SW. Wind
05/02	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Red-throated Diver	1	(On sea)
05/02	(8.03 - 9.40) with KG.	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
05/02	"	Kittiwake	2W	(inc. a 1st w.)
05/02	"	Fulmar	13W
05/02	"	Gannet	12	(2E, 9W)
05/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1E	(& 4W reported)
05/02	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Along cliffs)
~
05/02	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	4m,3f
05/02	(10.00)	Pochard	1f
05/02	"	Shoveler	2m,3f
05/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
~
05/02	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	1
05/02	(11.30)	Chaffinch	c10
05/02	"	Reed Bunting	1f
05/02	Laundry Lane	Water Rail	1m	(Heard)
05/02	"	Barnacle Geese	6
05/02	"	Canada Geese	c80
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals, Rain Later	SW Wind
04/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	16
04/02	(7.40)	Great-crested Grebe	1	(W. of Pier)
04/02	"	Red-throated Diver	1W	(W. of Pier)
04/02	"	Brent Geese	c100
04/02	"	Dunlin	1
04/02	"	Ringed Plover	4
04/02	"	Swan	44	(Canoe Lake)
~
04/02	Springvale	Black Redstart	1f/imm	(On seawall/beach by Springvale Hotel)
~
04/02	Bembridge Harbour	Rock Pipit	2
04/02	(8.10)	Teal	6+
04/02	"	Dunlin	36
04/02	"	Teal	38
04/02	"	Little Grebe	4
04/02	Bembridge Ponds	Redshank	1
04/02	(8.45)	Greenshank	1	(On Lagoon with Redshank)
04/02	"	Little Grebe	9
04/02	"	Tufted Duck	15m,7f
04/02	"	Pochard	10m,1f
04/02	"	Shelduck	2
~
04/02	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	5	(Under LB Pier)
04/02	(9.10)	Great-crested Grebe	2
04/02	"	Shag	8	(on St. Helens Fort)
04/02	"	Cormorant	15
04/02	"	Rock Pipit	2
~
04/02	Folly Lake, Medina	Wigeon	19
04/02	(11.30)	Skylark	2
04/02	"	Curlew	38
04/02	"	Little Grebe	3
04/02	"	Brent Geese	c60
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Strong S. Wind
03/02	Brading Sewage Works	Grey Wagtail	2
03/02	(8.02 - 10.30)	Chiffchaff	c4
03/02	"	Pied Wagtail	2	(1 with Yellow Ring)
03/02	"	Reed Bunting	1m,1f
03/02	"	Chaffinch	c10
03/02	"	Kestrel	1
03/02	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	1m	(Heard)
03/02	(IWOG Walk from 9.00)	Barnacle Geese	9
03/02	-no sign of Marsh Harrier	Canada Geese	c80
03/02	"	Snipe	2
03/02	"	Redwing	c20
03/02	"	Lapwing	120
~
03/02	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	6m,5f
03/02	(11.15)	Pochard	1f
03/02	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
~
03/02	Sandown Levels	JACK SNIPE	2	(Flushed from Ditches/Pools)
03/02	(11.45)	Snipe	c60	(Flushed from field)
03/02	Private land N. of the Zoo	Teal	c30
~
03/02	Binstead Beach	Turnstone	13
03/02	(15.30)	Grey Plover	22
03/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	5
03/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	4m,4f
03/02	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Frosty Start
02/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	54
02/02	(7.50)	Great-crested Grebe	2	(W. of Pier)
02/02	"	Bar-headed Goose	2	(Canoe Lake)
02/02	"	Dunlin	1
02/02	"	Ringed Plover	13
02/02	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	4
02/02	(8.10)	Redwing	c50
~
02/02	Springvale	Sanderling	c50
02/02	(8.45)	Oystercatcher	24
02/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
~
02/02	Bembridge Harbour	Pied Wagtail	1f	(Ringed at Ryde Pier 2006)
02/02	(14.10)	Little Grebe	1
02/02	Bembridge Ponds	Redshank	1
02/02	(14.35)	Greenshank	1	(On Lagoon with Redshank)
02/02	"	Tufted Duck	9m,3f
02/02	"	Pochard	2m,1f
02/02	"	Shelduck	1
~
02/02	Laundry Lane	Bar-headed Goose	1	(With Canadas)
02/02	(15.10)	Stonechat	1m
~
Friday	Heavy Showers, Windy	SW. Gales
01/02	Blackwater to Shide FP	Treecreeper	1
01/02	(8.30 - 9.10)	Goldcrest	3
01/02	"	Siskin	10
01/02	"	Long-tailed Tit	10
01/02	"	Raven	1	(Over calling)
~
01/02	Lynch Lane, Calbourne	Brambling	8+	(In Trees, on the verges by FP "CB20")
01/02	(9.40 - 10.20)	Chaffinch	c30
01/02	"	Coal Tit	1
~
01/02	Puckpool to Seaview	COMMON SCOTER	2	(1m,1f off Seaview)
01/02	(13.30 - 14.20)	Slavonian Grebe	4	(2 distant W. of Forts, 2 closer off Seaview)
01/02	"	Red-breasted Merganser	6m,2f
01/02	"	Great-northern Diver	1
01/02	"	Great-crested Grebe	13
~
01/02	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	54	(mainly W. of Pier)
01/02	(14.25)	Curlew	11
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JANUARY 2008: Click for monthly species lists, January total = 118

Thursday	Heavy Showers, Windy	SW. Gales
31/01	"La Falaise" Ventnor	Kittiwake	12W
31/01	(8.05 - 9.40)	Gannet	58W
31/01	"	Razorbill	2W	(@8.08, 2 Auks E. @9.15)
31/01	"	Fulmar	14W
31/01	"	Red-throated Diver	1	(On sea)
31/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1E	(Unusual here)
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31/01	Ryde Esplanade	Dunlin	12
31/01	(14.00)	Sanderling	20
31/01	"	Ringed Plover	7
31/01	"	Stock Dove	5	(on Canoe Lake banks)
~
31/01	Langbridge, Newchurch	Heron	1	(at back in reeds)
31/01	(16.40 - 17.20)	Fieldfare	c15	(Others heard at roost)
-No sign of the	Night Heron (Reported yesterday)
Wednesday	Fine Sunny, colder
30/01	Dodnor to Kingston	Bullfinch	c5	(m&f seen Dodnor Pond, m. @ Werrar)
30/01	(8.30 - 10.40)	Black-tailed Godwit	14
30/01	"	Little Grebe	12
30/01	"	Redshank	10
30/01	"	Brent Geese	c70
30/01	"	Shelduck	3
30/01	"	Wigeon	2
30/01	"	Goldcrest	3
30/01	"	Skylark	5	(Some in full song)
30/01	"	Chiffchaff	1	(woods by river)
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Tuesday	Bright to Cloudy	SW. Wind
29/01	West High Down area	Raven	3	(1E @ Tennyson Down, 2 near Needles)
29/01	(9.05 - 11.45)	Peregrine	2-3	(1 on S. Cliffs, 2 off the Rocket Testing Site)
29/01	Fairly quiet	Rock Pipit	7
29/01	"	Fulmar	8
29/01	"	Buzzard	3	(to Alum Bay)
29/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f	"
~
29/01	Newport (12.00)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Circling over the Quay)
29/01	Ryde Garden (13.00)	Blackcap	1m	(Getting to be a regular now)
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Monday	Fog to Cloudy	Light Wind
28/01	Whale Chine	Mistle Thrush	3
28/01	(10.40 - 11.00)	Buzzard	4
28/01	"	Meadow Pipit	1
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28/01	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	Fieldfare	c100
28/01	(11.10 - 12.20)	Redwing	13
28/01	"	Yellowhammer	3
28/01	"	Buzzard	2
28/01	"	Stonechat	1m,2f
28/01	"	Skylark	2
28/01	"	Linnet	50+	(Stubble field with Fieldfares))
~
28/01	Ryde Garden (14.00)	Blackcap	1m	(The second in my garden this year)
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28/01	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flew over river etc.)
28/01	(16.30 - 17.50)	Buzzard	1
28/01	"	Lapwing	c300
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Light W. Wind
27/01	Blackwater (FP to Shide)	Treecreeper	2	(Pair flying from tree to tree)
27/01	(8.10 - 9.20)	Siskin	c8
27/01	"	Red-legged Partridge	2
27/01	"	Pheasant	2m,19f
27/01	"	Chaffinch	c20
~
27/01	Hersey NR	Barnacle Geese	c120	(Feral flock from the Flamingo Park)
27/01	(14.00 - 15.00)	Greenshank	1
27/01	"	Shoveler	1m,1f
27/01	"	Teal	c15
27/01	"	Greylag Geese	3	(1 Feral, 2 White "Domestic" types)
27/01	"	Snow Goose	1	(Escape, with Barnacles)
27/01	"	Lapwing	6
27/01	"	Oystercatcher	24
27/01	"	Tufted Duck	6m,1f
27/01	"	Shelduck	1
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Reported	Sandown Levels	Jack Snipe	1	behind the Zoo on Private Land (KG & CM)
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
26/01	Puckpool to Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	3	(Off Puckpool, 2 together & a single)
26/01	(9.10 - 10.10)	Red-breasted Merganser	4m,2f
26/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	6	(4 Puckpool, 2 Seaview)
26/01	"	Great-northern Diver	2
26/01	"	Velvet Scoter	2	(Flew in & landed off Seaview)
26/01	"	Shag	3	(off Seaview)
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26/01	Ryde Garden (15.30)	Blackcap	1f	(The first in my garden this year)
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Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	Brisk W. Wind
25/01	Newtown NR	Knot	c100
25/01	(7.50 - 10.20)	Dunlin	c500
25/01	"	Goldeneye	1m,3f	(3 on Clamerkin Lake, 1f Newtown River)
25/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
25/01	"	Little Grebe	5
25/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
25/01	"	Ringed Plover	14
25/01	"	Grey Plover	c60
25/01	"	Shelduck	52
25/01	"	Teal	c50
25/01	"	Redshank	c15
25/01	"	Turnstone	4
25/01	"	Oystercatcher	21
25/01	"	Little Egret	6
25/01	"	Brent Geese	c350
25/01	"	Buzzard	2	(1 flushed all the geese)
25/01	"	Cormorant	2
25/01	"	Rock Pipit	2	(Boathouse)
25/01	"	Bullfinch	1m,1f	(Car Park)
~
Thursday	Cloudy to Rain	SW. Wind
24/01	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	10m,6f
24/01	(7.50)	Pochard	1f
24/01	"	Little Grebe	4
24/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
~
24/01	Foreland	Shelduck	6 SW.
24/01	(8.30)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
24/01	"	Fulmar	1 SW.
24/01	"	Shag	4
24/01	"	Cormorant	14
24/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	c4
24/01	"	Rock Pipit	3
24/01	"	Brent Geese	c80
24/01	Lane End (9.10)	Purple Sandpiper	3	(On RNLI Pier, 2 on E side, 1on W side)
~
24/01	Bembridge Ponds	Shoveler	10
24/01	(9.35 - 9.50)	Pochard	6+
24/01	"	Little Grebe	1
24/01	"	Greenshank	1
24/01	"	Redshank	1
24/01	"	Shelduck	1
~
24/01	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
24/01	(15.35 - 17.30)	Greylag Goose	4
24/01	"	Canada Geese	c150	(With 2 "Domestic" Greylags)
24/01	"	Stonechat	1m
24/01	"	Wigeon	c40
24/01	"	Lapwing	c300
24/01	"	Shelduck	10+
24/01	"	BARN OWL	1	(At "Laundry" end at 17.25)
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Drizzle
23/01	Binstead Beach	Black-necked Grebe	1	(Medium distance to NE)
23/01	(8.10)	Turnstone	14	(waters edge)
23/01	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(looking very smart)
23/01	"	Greenshank	1
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23/01	Springvale to Seaview	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Off Seaview)
23/01	(10.50 - 11.20)	Red-breasted Merganser	4m,1f
23/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
23/01	"	Great-northern Diver	1E	(Off Seaview)
23/01	"	Razorbill	1W
~
23/01	Ryde Esplanade	Common Gull	122
23/01	(1st visit 8.30)	Mediterranean Gull	5	(One with white ring -but not readable)
23/01	"	Brent Geese	193
23/01	(2nd visit 14.50)	Sanderling	33
23/01	"	Pied Wagtail	7
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Tuesday	Wet & Windy	Brisk SW. Wind
22/01	Brighstone Down	DARTFORD WARBLER	1m	(Around trig-point SZ432847)
22/01	(8.05 - 9.30)	Raven	2
22/01	"	Song Thrush	5
22/01	"	Goldcrest	5
22/01	"	Coal Tit	1
22/01	Lynch Lane, Calbourne	Brambling	6+	(In Trees, on the verges by FP "CB20")
22/01	(9.40 - 10.20)	Chaffinch	c30
22/01	"	Coal Tit	1
~
22/01	Puckpool	Slavonian Grebe	3	(Ad with juv and a single)
22/01	(13.45)	Red-breasted Merganser	6m,2f
22/01	"	Great-northern Diver	2
22/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	13
~
Monday	Cloudy	Brisk SW. Wind
21/01	West High Down	FIRECREST	3	(Along FP to Beacon)
21/01	(Crest seen 8.50 & 10.05)	Song Thrush	2
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Sunday	Cloudy, Drizzle	Brisk SW. Wind
20/01	Fort Victoria	Curlew	3E	(@ 8.16)
20/01	(8.15 - 9.20)	Wader Sp.	c40	(Plovers? @8.41)
20/01	"	Diver Sp.	1E	(Bk Throated? @8.30)
20/01	"	prob. Slavonian Grebe	1E	(off Keyhaven)
20/01	"	Little Egret	1W
20/01	"	Razorbill	3	(1E, 2 on sea)
20/01	"	Shag	1E	(@8.58)
20/01	"	Brent Geese	c20	(4E, c15 over Hurst Spit)
20/01	"	Oystercatcher	2	(On seawall)
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20/01	Corf Farm	Stonechat	1f	(Perched by road)
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Reported	Puckpool	GLAUCOUS GULL	1 (1st w.)	@9.15, & Bk. Redstart still at Toll Gate
(by E-Mail)
Saturday	Cloudy	Brisk SW. Wind
19/01	Puckpool	Shoveler	1f	(E. following Brent Geese)
19/01	(8.45)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
19/01	"	Gannet	1E
19/01	Seaview Esplanade	Shag	2
19/01	(9.10)	Razorbill	3E
19/01	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
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Friday	Wet, Windy, Misty	Strong SW. Wind
18/01	"La Falaise" Ventnor	Kittiwake	2W	(@8.20,8.40, 1 very close)
18/01	(8.05 - 9.10)	Red-throated Diver	2W	(@8.26,8.27)
18/01	"	Gannet	2W	(@8.24)
18/01	"	Fulmar	5W	(8.12- 8.38)
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Thursday	Cloudy to Rain	Fresh SW. Wind
17/01	Ryde East Sands	Ringed Plover	11	(there were none here on Jan 1st!)
17/01	(8.45)	Dunlin	17	(Beach E. of the Harbour walls)
17/01	"	Turnstone	1
17/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals to Showers	Light SW. Wind
16/01	Newport Shute, Mersley	Red-legged Partridge	4	(@ Game feeders)
16/01	(8.05)	Chaffinch	20+	(with a possible Brambling)
16/01	"	Buzzard	2	(but I didn't find any Long-eared Owls)
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16/01	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	10	(6 together)
16/01	(10.55)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
16/01	"	Slavonian Grebe	1	(Near the group of Gt. Crested Grebes)
16/01	"	Great-northern Diver	1	(Off Seaview)
16/01	Springvale Beach (11.10)	Black Redstart	1f/imm.	(On beach again opposite "Tollgate Cottages")
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16/01	Luccombe Down	"Eared" Owl Species	1	(Flushed from bush @16.30, Short-eared?)
16/01	(15.30 - 16.40)	Meadow Pipit	c20	(around Dew-pond)
16/01	"	Green Woodpecker	2
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Monday	Wet, Sunny Int, Showers	S. Wind
14/01	Appley Park	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Flew W. over beach with 8 Canadas)
14/01	(8.05)	Green Woodpecker	2
14/01		Mistle Thrush	2
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14/01	Alverstone (FP to Newchurch)	Treecreeper	1	(Just W. of Iron Bridge)
14/01	(11.25)	Goldcrest	2	(Near Treecreeper)
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Sunday	Cloudy	Fresh S. Wind
13/01	Yarmouth (IWOG Walk @9.00)	Greenshank	1	(1 on Scrape)
13/01	(7.55 - 11.20)	Redshank	4
13/01	"	Black-tailed Godwit	96	(93 by Mill, 3 in Scrape)
13/01	"	Rock Pipit	1
13/01	"	Little Grebe	4
13/01	"	Bullfinch	1m	(Excellent views)
13/01	"	Curlew	c30
13/01	"	Goldeneye	1m	(A stunner!)
13/01	"	Reed Bunting	3	(2 seen, 1 heard)
13/01	Rofford Marsh	Shoveler	c20	(6 Thorley Rd, 5 Rofford, 8 Station Ponds)
13/01	"	Pintail	1m
13/01	"	Canada Geese	c50
13/01	"	Snipe	9
13/01	"	Moorhen	c20
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Reported	Calbourne	Brambling	8+	along Lynch Lane, S. of Village (Elaine R.)
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Reported	Watchingwell Farm	Merlin	1imm.	chasing Pipits and Finches (Chris M.)
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Saturday	Sunny Intervals to Cloudy
12/01	Fishbourne Beach	Redshank	6
12/01	WeBS count (8.20 - 9.30)	Mediterranean Gull	3
12/01	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
12/01	Quarr Ponds	Snipe	1
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12/01	Quarr Lane, Binstead	NUTHATCH	2	(At feeders in a Private Garden)
12/01	(9.40 - 10.30)	Coal Tit	1
12/01	"	Pheasant	3f
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Friday	Wet start then Brighter	Lighter S-SW. Wind
11/01	Hersey NR	Barnacle Geese	c30	(Feral flock from the Flamingo Park)
11/01	(11.10 - 12.00)	Redshank	1
11/01	Flooded!	Wigeon	2
11/01	"	Teal	5
11/01	"	Greylag Geese	3	(1 Feral, 2 White "Domestic" types)
11/01	"	Lapwing	8
11/01	"	Oystercatcher	37
11/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m
11/01	Seaview Beach	Sanderling	52	(Beach by Hersey outlet)
11/01	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Beach by Springvale Hotel)
11/01	"	Redshank	1	(no sign of Black Redstart today)
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11/01	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	5	(4 by Causeway, 1 on Lagoon)
11/01	(15.45 - 16.20)	Redshank	1
11/01	"	Pochard	13	(Mostly Drakes)
11/01	"	Shoveler	4m
11/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m
11/01	"	Little Grebe	5
11/01	"	Kingfisher	1m
11/01	"	Song Thrush	2
11/01	"	Snipe	3
11/01	"	Buzzard	2
11/01	"	Brent Geese	c100	(Fields to S.)
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Thursday	Cloudy to Wet	Strong SW. Wind
10/01	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c175
10/01	(8.05)	Curlew	21
10/01	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	4
10/01	(8.20)	Stock Dove	5
10/01	"	Redwing	c50
10/01	"	Starling	c50
~
10/01	Ryde Garden (13.00)	BLACKCAP	1f	(On feeders)
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Wednesday	Sunny Intervals to Showers	Brisk SW. Wind
09/01	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1	(& 2 Pieds, 1 with Yellow Ring)
09/01	(8.35)	Chiffchaff	2+	(Bushes near Sewage Wks)
09/01	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flying around marsh to N.)
09/01	"Green Bridge Pond"	Lapwing	c10
09/01	"	Shoveler	4m
09/01	"	Teal	c30
09/01	"	Wigeon	6
09/01	Centurion's Copse	Sparrowhawk	1	(Mobbed by Magpies)
09/01	"	Skylark	3	(Field to E. of Copse)
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09/01	Puckpool	Great Crested Grebe	6	(3 together, 2 distant)
09/01	(12.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
09/01	Seaview Beach	Black Redstart	1f/imm.	(On beach again opposite "Tollgate Cottages")
09/01	(12.15)	Rock Pipit	1	(Seawall)
09/01	"	Redshank	1	(Water's Edge)
09/01	Seaview Esplanade	SLAVONIAN GREBE	1	(To W. of Forts, medium distance)
09/01	(12.35)	Razorbill	1
09/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1E
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Reported	St. Catherine's Down	Short-eared Owl	2	flying around "Pepper Pot" most afternoons
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Tuesday	Wet & Windy	Brisk SW. Wind
08/01	Hersey NR	Barnacle Geese	c120	(Feral flock from the Flamingo Park)
08/01	(9.10)	Greenshank	1
08/01	Hide locked	Snow Goose	1	(Feral -Dk Phase)
08/01	Water level v. high	Greylag Geese	2	(1 Feral, 1 White Domestic type)
08/01	"	Lapwing	c10
08/01	"	Greenfinch	3
08/01	Seaview Beach	BLACK REDSTART	1f/imm.	(Rocks on beach by old Toll Hut)
08/01	(9.40 - 10.00)	Rock Pipit	1	(Seawall by Springvale Hotel)
08/01	"	Sanderling	9
08/01	"	Redshank	1	(Hersey outlet)
08/01	"	Red-breased Merganser	4m,1f	(offshore)
08/01	Seaview Esplanade	SHAG	2	(Close in)
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08/01	Binstead, FP to Beach	Redwing	4
08/01	(13.20)	Chaffinch	10
08/01	Paddock by Church	Greenfinch	4	(with Goldfinch)
08/01	Beach	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Just offshore)
08/01	"	Redshank	1
08/01	"	Oystercatcher	14
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Monday	Fine Sunny, Showers Later	Strong SW. Wind
07/01	"La Falaise" Ventnor	GANNET	5	(3W, 2E. & poss. Kittiwake)
07/01	(8.45 - 9.15)	Red-throated Diver	3	(1E, 2W@9.05)
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Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Light Wind
06/01	Sandown Canoe Lake	Cetti's Warbler	1	(The first I've actually seen this year)
06/01	(8.40)	Shoveler	4m,2f
06/01	"	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
06/01	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(By old changing rooms)
06/01	"	Pied Wagtail	5	(Mostly on seawall)
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06/01	Bembridge Down	BRAMBLING	2	(m N. of Set-aside patch, f SW. of Fort)
06/01	(8.10 - 9.00)	GREYLAG GEESE	2	(Scoped on Dynamite Pool, till flew W.)
06/01	Set-aside E. of Manor	Linnet	c250	(The most I've ever seen at once)
06/01	"	Chaffinch	c20
06/01	"	Greenfinch	c10
06/01	"	Stonechat	1m,1f	(m. in Set-aside, f. up by Road)
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06/01	Bembridge Windmill FP	Shoveler	6m,4f	(Dynamite Pool, by Scope)
06/01	(9.10)	Pintail	5+	(5m plus some f.)
06/01	"	Tufted Duck	1m
06/01	"	Lapwing	c400	(c300 on 1 field)
06/01	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flew W. from Ponds flushing Lapwings etc.)
06/01	"	Buzzard	5	(4 perched in trees & 1 pale one flying)
06/01	"	Kestrel	3	(Also on trees)
06/01	"	Fieldfare	1	(Lane to Windmill)
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06/01	Foreland, Bembridge	GUILLEMOT	1	(On sea)
06/01	(10.10)	Razorbill	2	"
06/01	"	Red-breased Merganser	1m,2f
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06/01	Ryde Garden	COAL TIT	1	(On feeders)
06/01	(13.00)	Blackcap	1f	(Reported earlier today)
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06/01	Puckpool to Seaview	Black-throated Diver	1	(Off Seaview Esplanade)
06/01	(14.30)	Great-crested Grebe	12	(Most off Puckpool)
06/01	"	Velvet Scoter	1	(Towards Forts)
06/01	"	Red-breased Merganser	3m,1f
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Saturday	Bright Start, Showers later	Light W-SW. Wind
05/01	Fort Victoria	VELVET SCOTER	2E	(Good views @ 9.10)
05/01	(8.40)	Pintail	10	(W. over mainland coast)
05/01	"	Lapwing	69	(Crossing Solent to Keyhaven)
05/01	"	Little Egret	1	"
05/01	"	Common Gull	1-2	(Unusual here)
~
05/01	Whale Chine	Raven	2	(Cliff edge till flew E. to Gore Cliff)
05/01	(10.20)	Buzzard	2	(Sitting in fields)
05/01	Sudmoor	Stonechat	1m	(seen from Car on Military Road)
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05/01	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Peregrine	2	(On cliffs together)
05/01	(10.40)	Fulmar	1
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Friday	Cloudy, Misty	Light SE. Wind
04/01	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	13	(SW. side of summit)
04/01	(8.30)	Starling	c350	(On sheep fields to W.)
04/01	"	Lapwing	c120	"
04/01	"	Pheasant	c20	"
04/01	"	Mediterranean Gull	1	(& approx. 50 BH Gulls)
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Reported	Brading Marsh	Water Pipit	1	RSPB Walk (Graham S.)
Reported Thursday	Mersley Farm	Firecrest	1	(Graham S.)
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Wednesday	Cloudy, Colder	Bitter E. Wind
02/01	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	1	(Filter beds)
02/01	(8.40)	Chiffchaff	1
02/01	"	Bullfinch	1m
02/01	"	Teal	c25	("Green Bridge" pond)
02/01	"	Shoveler	4m	"
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02/01	Puckpool	Great-northern Diver	1E
02/01	(11.20)	Cormorant	4
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Tuesday	Cloudy, brief Showers	Bright Intervals, S. Wind
01/01	Blackwater	Siskin	c30	(and poss. 4 Redpoll over)
01/01	"	Little Owl	1
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01/01	Yarmouth	Black-throated Diver	1(1st.w)
01/01	"	Goldeneye	1m
01/01	"	Spotted Redshank	1	(Scrape)
~
01/01	Newtown NR	Bar-tailed Godwit	1	(and c100 Knot)
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01/01	Folly Lake, Medina	Golden Plover	25	(W. bank N. of Werrar)
01/01	"	Whimbrel	1	(Wintering)
01/01	"	Barnacle Goose	1	(Escape?)
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01/01	Seaview	Red-throated Diver	1W
01/01	"	Great-northern Diver	1
01/01	"	Velvet Scoter	2
01/01	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	1+
~
01/01	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(From St. Helen's Bridge)
01/01	"	Short-eared Owl	1
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MY NEW YEAR BIRDRACE;- Birds seen today, (those heard are in brackets), Escapes in Red: SHIDE to BLACKWATER 7.00
01 Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, (Grey Wagtail), Dunnock, Magpie, Crow, Wood Pigeon, Mallard,
10 Pheasant, Jackdaw, Rook, (Wren), Buzzard, Herring Gull, (Goldcrest), Green Woodpecker, Moorhen, Siskin,
20 Blue Tit, Little Owl, Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Kestrel, Redwing, Greenfinch, Stock Dove,
30 Great Tit, Pied Wagtail, Collared Dove, Fieldfare,
CARISBROOKE POND 8.55
Pochard, Mute Swan,
YARMOUTH 9.15
Muscovy Duck (E1)Little Grebe, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon,
40 Goldeneye, Brent Geese, Grey Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Shelduck, Little Egret, Kingfisher, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Canada Geese,
50 Spotted Redshank, Greenshank, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Black-headed Gull, Linnet, Snipe, Coot,
FORT VICTORIA 10.13
Cormorant, Greater Black-backed Gull,
60 Red-breasted Merganser,
YARMOUTH BRIDGE
Feral Pigeon, BLACK-THROATED DIVER
NEWTOWN NR 10.45
Pintail, Great-spotted Woodpecker, Meadow Pipit, Dunlin, Turnstone, Knot, Rock Pipit
70 Ringed Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Yellowhammer
FOLLY LAKE (Medina) 11.50
Lapwing, GOLDEN PLOVER (25), Mediterranean Gull, WHIMBREL,Barnacle Goose (E2) Common Gull,
RYDE W. SANDS 13.35
Great-crested Grebe (8), Sanderling (c80),
80 BLACK-NECKED GREBE,
APPLEY PARK
Mistle Thrush,
SEAVIEW TOLL-ROAD 14.15
VELVET SCOTER (2), Red-throated Diver,
HERSEY NR 14.35
Tufted Duck, Bar-Headed Geese (E3)
SEAVIEW TOLL-ROAD (again)
Great Northern Diver, Razorbill,
St HELENS BRIDGE 15.15
Heron, MARSH HARRIER
LANE END (Lifeboat Stn.) 15.50
Purple Sandpiper
LAUNDRY LANE 16.10
90 Long-tailed Tit, (Cetti's Warbler), (Water Rail), Short-eared Owl =93 Total
Dips-the one's I could have seen!
Fulmar, Gannet, Dartford Warbler, Merlin, Skylark, Black Redstart,
Long Eared & Barn Owls, Stonechat, Jay, Bullfinch.

The Official IWOG group saw 106 Species this year -much better than the last few years.
(Graham S. Kris G. & Chris M.)
Additional birds found were,
Newtown NNR; 2 Barn Owls, 1 Peregrine
W Yar; 1 Fem/1st w. Black Redstart (on roofs near the Old Station)
Fort Victoria; 2 Slavonian Grebe, Group of Eider, 1 Shag,
Freshwater Bay; 5 Fulmar
Whale Chine; 4 Red-legged Partridge, 1 Raven
Gore Cliff; 1 Stonechat
Dynamite Pool; 3 Gadwall,(Scoped from Bembridge Windmill)

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