ISLE OF WIGHT (IOW) Sightings for 2008

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

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

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

Bullfinch (M) Pinkmead, 30th Jan.	Black Redstart (F/ imm.) Seaview Beach, 8th Jan.	Rock Pipit, 8th Jan. Springvale Seawall	Barn Owl with Rat? Brading Marsh, 14th June

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

DECEMBER 2008: Click for monthly species lists, December total = 113

New Years Eve	Cloudy and Dull
31/12	Binstead Beach	Turnstone	8
31/12	(8.30)	Great-crested Grebe	1
31/12	"	Redshank	1
31/12	"	Wigeon	6	(Out on sea)
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31/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c80
31/12	(9.00)	Pochard	3m	(Canoe Lake)
31/12	"	Ringed Plover	2
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31/12	Puckpool	Oystercatcher	26
31/12	(13.45)	Red-breasted Merganser	5m,5f
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31/12	Hersey NR	Little Grebe	7
31/12	(14.00)	Heron	1
31/12	Hide Locked!	Little Egret	1
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Tuesday	Misty to Sunny Int.	Light NE Wind
30/12	St. Catherine's Pt.	Red-throated Diver	c9	(2E, 1W then 6E @ 9.17)
30/12	(8.30 - 9.30)	Gannet	35	(25E, 10W some lingering offshore)
30/12	"	Fulmar	1-2	(1W to Gore Cliff? then 1E-maybe the same bird)
30/12	"	Guillemot	4E
30/12	"	Razorbill	2E	(Fairly close)
30/12	"	Auk Sp.	5E	(Too distant to identify further)
30/12	"	Duck Sp.	2E	(Dark showing white wingbar, Tufted?)
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30/12	Puckpool Seawatch	Great Northern Diver	1
30/12	(11.30 - 12.20)	Great-creasted Grebe	8
30/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	8	(Includes 3m)
30/12	"	Shag	2
30/12	"	Oystercatcher	26
30/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
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30/12	Brading Marsh	Short-eared Owl	1	(@16.00, flushed by Dog near Sewage Wks)
30/12	(15.45 - 16.50)	Canada Geese	c50
30/12	"	Kestrel	1
30/12	"	Wigeon	c20	(Green Bridge Pool)
30/12	"	Pheasant	4
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Monday	Cloudy	Cold E. Wind
29/12	Quarr Road, Binstead	Nuthatch	1	(Private Garden)
29/12	(9.00)	Coal Tit	1
29/12	"	Blue Tit	9
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29/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	GADWALL	1m,(&1f?)	(In reeds on N. side)
29/12	(10.40)	Pochard	15
29/12	"	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
29/12	"	Shoveler	3m,2f
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Reported	Brading Marsh	White-Fronted Goose	1	picture by Danny V.
"	"	Short-eared Owl	1	& Barn Owl @ 16.20 (Chris M.)
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Sunday	Cold but Sunny	Bitter NE Wind
28/12	Culver Down	Linnet	c60	(Bushes on Redcliff slope)
28/12	(8.40)	Sparrowhawk	1	(Flying after the Linnets)
28/12	"	Song Thrush	4
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28/12	Laundry Lane	Canada Geese	c20	(No sign of the WF Goose)
28/12	(14.00 - 15.00)	Marsh Harrier	2f	(The long staying bird and an oddly marked f.)
28/12	"	Stonechat	1f
28/12	"	Buzzard	4
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Saturday	Cold but Sunny	Bitter NE Wind
27/12	Laundry Lane	Canada Geese	c45	(a WF Geese reported here later)
27/12	(8.30)	Fieldfare	4
27/12	"	Lapwing	6
27/12	"	Kestrel	1f
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Boxing Day	Sunny Intervals	Cold NE. Wind
26/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	6m,2f
26/12	(8.20)	Pochard	9
26/12	"	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
26/12	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
26/12	"	Moorhen	16
26/12	"	Coot	42
26/12	"	Grey Goose Sp.	6	(Over to E. @8.40 - WF Geese?)
Reported	"	WHITE-FRONTED GEESE	5	Over to E. @ 9.10 (Kris's Website)
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26/12	Sandown - Alverstone NR	Mistle Thrush	3
26/12	(8.50 - 10.00)	Long-tailed Tit	12+
26/12	"	Goldcrest	5
26/12	"	Stonechat	1f
26/12	"	Grey Wagtail	2
26/12	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
26/12	"	Green Woodpecker	1
Mammals	"	Red Squirrel	6	(Feeding in hide just feet away)
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Reported	Newtown NR	WHITE-FRONTED GEESE	7	Over to E. @ 9.05 (Bob G.)
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Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	Red-throated Diver	6	150 Guillemot, 11 Razorbill, 12 Kittiwake,
(Graham S.)	9.30 - 11.00	Common Scoter	1	49 Gannet, 2 Brent Geese.
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Xmas Day	Cloudy and Dull
25/12	Brading Marsh	Canada Geese	c40
25/12	(9.00)	Meadow Pipit	2
25/12	"	Treecreeper	1	(Laundry Lane)
25/12	"	Wigeon	4
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25/12	Ryde Esplanade	Lesser Black-backed Gull	7
25/12	(13.50)	Greater Black-backed Gull	4
25/12	"	Pochard	2m	(Canoe Lake)
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Xmas Eve	Cloudy and Dull
24/12	Coastal FP, Bembridge	Goldcrest	8
24/12	(8.10)	Jay	4
24/12	"	Coal Tit	1
24/12	"	Greenfinch	20+
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24/12	Bembridge Windmill	Teal	c50
24/12	(10.05)	Shoveler	2m
24/12	-on Dynamite pool, by Scope	Canada Geese	c80
24/12	"	Bar-headed Goose	1
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24/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c50
24/12	(14.40)	Great-creasted Grebe	4
24/12	"	Brent Geese	c300
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24/12	Puckpool Seawatch	Great Northern Diver	2
24/12	(14.40)	Great-creasted Grebe	16	(2 rafts of 6 and singles)
24/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,2f
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Tuesday	Cloudy and Dull
23/12	Ryde West Sands	Black-necked Grebe	1	(Off Binstead to W.)
23/12	(8.10)	Pochard	1m	(Canoe Lake)
23/12	East Sands	Ringed Plover	11
23/12	"	Dunlin	3
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23/12	Puckpool Seawatch	Great Northern Diver	2
23/12	(8.40)	Great-creasted Grebe	8
23/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	11	(Includes 5m)
23/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	10	(On sea, some with blacker heads)
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23/12	Bembridge Marina	Black Redstart	1f	(On Angling Club roof)
23/12	(9.20)	Bar-headed Goose	1	(From St. Helens Bridge)
23/12	"	Canada Geese	c60
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Monday	Cloudy, Misty
22/12	Atherfield Area	Skylark	6
22/12	(9.00 - 10.35)	Fieldfare	9
22/12	"	Yellowhammer	5	(Whale Chine)
22/12	"	Raven	2	(Along cliffs)
22/12	"	Red-legged Partridge	2	(by CG Cottages)
22/12	"	Stonechat	1f
22/12	"	Pied Wagtail	12	(Over)
22/12	"	Buzzard	2
22/12	"	Kestrel	1
22/12	"	Canada Geese	4
22/12	"	Meadow Pipit	5
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Sunday	Cloudy	W. Wind
21/12	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	1m,5f
21/12	(8.35 - 10.05)	Pintail	4m,2f
21/12	"	Wigeon	c70
21/12	"	Teal	c50
21/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,5f
21/12	"	Shelduck	c140
21/12	"	Oystercatcher	c50
21/12	"	Knot	c100
21/12	"	Dunlin	500+
21/12	"	Ringed Plover	1
21/12	"	Turnstone	13
21/12	"	Lapwing	1
21/12	"	Little Egret	3
21/12	"	Peregrine	1	(On post)
21/12	"	Linnet	c60
21/12	"	Reed Bunting	1f
21/12	"	Brent Geese	c400
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21/12	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	102
21/12	(10.55 - 11.40)	Dunlin	4
21/12	"	Wigeon	c100
21/12	"	Teal	c70
21/12	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
21/12	"	Brent Geese	c110
21/12	"	Snipe	1
21/12	"	Moorhen	16
21/12	"	Redwing	3
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21/12	Brading Marsh RSPB	Short-Eared Owl	2	(1@16.30 just SE of Sewage Wks, 2 over @16.35)
21/12	(14.45 - 16.50)	Snipe	1
21/12	-with CM.	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
21/12	"	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard by Sewage Wks FP)
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Reported	Foreland, Bembridge	"Pale Bellied" Brent	2	IWOG Member
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Saturday	Cloudy	Milder
20/12	Springvale	Red-breasted Merganser	2m
20/12	(8.55)	Great-crested Grebe	3
20/12	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
20/12	"	Teal	8	(Field by Toll Road)
20/12	"	Lapwing	c70	(Over beach)
20/12	"	Brent Geese	c70
20/12	"	Barnacle Geese	c70
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20/12	Hersey NR	Tufted Duck	3m,1f
20/12	(9.05)	Little Grebe	4
20/12	"	Lapwing	4
20/12	"	Feral Pigeon	c40
20/12	"	Coot	24
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Friday	Sunny Int, Milder
19/12	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c20	(Probably many more)
19/12	(8.30)	Pochard	2m	(Canoe Lake)
19/12	"	Brent Geese	c420	(c360 W. of Pier)
19/12	"	Ringed Plover	12
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19/12	Puckpool to Seaview	Great Northern Diver	4	(Off Seaview)
19/12	(9.00)	Red-breasted Merganser	4m
19/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	9
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Sat to Thurs	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington, Hants		Herts. & Forest of Dean, Glos.
Thur 18th.	Slimbridge, Glos.	Bewick Swan	52	c40 White-ronted Geese, 9 Ruff, 1 Peregrine.
Wed 17th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	poss. Goshawk	1	2 Raven, 1 Brambling, 1 Marsh Tit.
"	Speech House	Hawfinch	1
"	Redbrook	Buzzard	4	2 Siskin, 2m,1f Goosander
Mon 15th	Cannop Ponds	Dipper	1	10m,4f Goosander, 3 Marsh Tit, 12 Mandarin
(Forest of Dean)	New Fancy	Brambling	2f	1 Bullfinch
"	Ross	Goosander	18	4 Rook.
Sun 14th	Amwell GP	Hybrid Scaup/Pochard	1	8 Goldeneye, c200 Lapwing, 3 Snipe, c50 Siskin, 2 Redpoll.
Sat 13th	Stockers Lake, Rickmansworth	Red-crested Pochard	1m,3f	4 Goldeneye, Sparrowhawk.
"	Farlington Marshes	Avocet	c20	(Wet and Windy)
"	Solent	Kittiwake	2	(Following Ferry)
Friday	Cloudy, Showers	Milder
12/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	3m,7f
12/12	(7.45)	Pochard	1
12/12	-mostly frozen over!	Tufted Duck	2m,1f
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12/12	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	BLACK-NECKED GREBE	1	(Just off-shore near Quarr ponds)
12/12	(14.10 - 15.10)	Great-crested Grebe	2	(near the B.N. Grebe)
12/12	"	Redshank	3
12/12	"	Grey Plover	5
12/12	"	Brent Geese	107
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Thursday	Frosty, Sunny Int
11/12	Binstead Beach	Great-northern Diver	1
11/12	(8.15)	Red-breasted Merganser	2m,1f
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11/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	11
11/12	(8.50)	Red-breasted Merganser	3m,3f
11/12	"	Redshank	1
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11/12	Brading S.Wks	Grey Wagtail	1
11/12	(10.15)	Robin	4
11/12	"	Dunnock	8	(4 by Sewage Wks, 4 Laundry Lane)
11/12	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(On distant branch)
11/12	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1
11/12	"	Goldcrest	4
11/12	"	Long Tailed Tit	8
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11/12	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1	(Flying at 16.40, great timing I arrived at 16.35!)
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Wednesday	V. Cold but Sunny
10/12	Brighstone Down	Song Thrush	2	(One with white cheek-see picture)
10/12	(8.35 - 10.10)	Goldcrest	6+
10/12	"	Bullfinch	4+	(It's now unusual to see a flock this size)
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Tuesday	Sunny Int.	Cold N. Wind
09/12	Sandown Canoe Lake	Shoveler	2m,1f
09/12	(10.25)	Pochard	16
09/12	"	Tufted Duck	8
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09/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	3
09/12	(10.50 - 11.20)	Sanderling	12W	(Way out in Solent)
09/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,1f
09/12	"	Brent Geese	c80
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Monday	Sunny Intervals
08/12	Brading Marsh RSPB	Fieldfare	2
08/12	(7.50 - 8.45)	Redwing	1
08/12	"	Bullfinch	1f
08/12	"	Stonechat	1m
08/12	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
08/12	"	Buzzard	1
08/12	"	Kestrel	2
08/12	"	Canada Geese	48
08/12	Sewage Wks.	Pied Wagtail	2	(1 With Yellow Ring)
08/12	"	Grey Wagtail	1
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08/12	Rylstone Gardens	Raven	1
08/12	(9.00 - 10.00)	Goldcrest	3+
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Sunday	Freezing Fog to Sunny
07/12	Folly Inn to Island Marina	Whimbrel	1	(Wintering here)
07/12	(8.25 - 9.50)	Oystercatcher	c25
07/12	"	Raven	1	(Heard in the fog)
07/12	"	Ringed Plover	12
07/12	"	Dunlin	12
07/12	"	Turnstone	25
07/12	"	Grey Plover	5
07/12	"	Redshank	c10
07/12	"	Little Grebe	1
07/12	"	Wigeon	3
07/12	"	Brent Geese	62
07/12	"	Shoveler	2m	(Unusual here)
07/12	"	Meadow Pipit	3
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07/12	Springvale	Great-crested Grebe	17	(A good count)
07/12	(13.45)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m,2f
07/12	"	Brent Geese	c180
07/12	"	Oystercatcher	5
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07/12	Seaview	Great-northern Diver	3	(2 distant to E.)
07/12	(14.05)	Red-throated Diver	1	(Distant)
07/12	"	Cormorant	5
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Saturday	Cold to Sunny Int	NW. Wind
06/12	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	1E,1W
06/12	(8.30 - 9.30)	Guillemot	6E	(In one flock at medium distance)
06/12	"	Auk Sp.	42E,10W	(Most were too distant to identify exactly)
06/12	"	Stonechat	1m
06/12	"	Buzzard	2	(On bushes)
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06/12	Gore Cliff	Little Owl	2	(On Cliff ledges)
06/12	(9.45)	Peregrine	1
06/12	"	Stonechat	1m
06/12	"	Skylark	1
06/12	"	Meadow Pipit	8
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06/12	Dungewood Lane	Yellowhammer	10
06/12	(10.30)	Linnet	c100
06/12	"	Stonechat	2m
06/12	"	Skylark	8+
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Friday	Cold to Sunny Int	W. Wind
05/12	Culver Down	Linnet	c70	(Set-aside E. of Yaverland Manor)
05/12	(10.20)	Stonechat	1m,1f
05/12	"	Redwing	5
05/12	"	Fieldfare	3
05/12	"	Mistle Thrush	3
05/12	"	Song Thrush	1	(Unusual to see 4 species of Thrush at one location)
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05/12	Puckpool Beach	Red-throated Diver	1	(Distant)
05/12	(13.45)	Common Scoter	1f	(On sea)
05/12	"	Great-crested Grebe	2
05/12	"	Sanderling	5
05/12	"	Brent Geese	c130
05/12	"	Oystercatcher	10
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05/12	Lane End, Bembridge	Purple Sandpiper	2	(On launch ramp, Lifeboat Stn. Pier)
05/12	(14.30)	Cormorant	5
05/12	"	Rock Pipit	1
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Thursday	Wet to Sunny Int	Brisk W. Wind
04/12	Binstead Beach	Turnstone	3
04/12	(9.10)	Red-breasted Merganser	1m
04/12	"	Oystercatcher	10
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04/12	Puckpool	Great-crested Grebe	1
04/12	(9.40)	Sanderling	5
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04/12	Seaview	Shag	2	(Seagrove Bay)
04/12	(10.05)	Cormorant	4
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04/12	Ryde Esplanade	Ringed Plover	19
04/12	(12.30)	Sanderling	c60
04/12	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	1
04/12	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
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Wednesday	Cold with Sunny Int.
03/12	Blackwater	Siskin	c6	(Sandy Lane, Adlers by stream)
03/12	(8.30 - 9.15)	Goldcrest	4+
03/12	"	Song Thrush	1
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03/12	Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	3
03/12	(9.45 - 10.40)	Dunlin	1
03/12	"	Grey Plover	8
03/12	"	Golden Plover	c250	(On fields W. of Estuary)
03/12	"	Lapwing	c50
03/12	"	Oystercatcher	2
03/12	"	Ringed Plover	1
03/12	"	Wigeon	c100
03/12	"	Teal	c70
03/12	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
03/12	"	Kestrel	3
03/12	"	Reed Bunting	4
03/12	"	Brent Geese	c10
03/12	"	Moorhen	24
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Tuesday	Sunny Int. to Showers	Cold W. Wind
02/12	Newtown NR	Goldeneye	1m,3f
02/12	(8.45 - 10.40)	Pintail	1m,2f
02/12	"	Wigeon	c90
02/12	"	Teal	c40
02/12	"	Red-breasted Merganser	8m,13f
02/12	"	Kingfisher	1f
02/12	"	Oystercatcher	c50
02/12	"	Knot	c200
02/12	"	Dunlin	c1000
02/12	"	Ringed Plover	12
02/12	"	Turnstone	4
02/12	"	Lapwing	2
02/12	"	Little Egret	3
02/12	"	Peregrine	1	(On E. Spit)
02/12	"	Rock Pipit	2
02/12	"	Reed Bunting	1f
02/12	"	Brent Geese	c610
02/12	"	Brent (hybrid)	1	(With white cheeks, a Barnacle cross perhaps?)
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02/12	Brading Marsh RSPB	SHORT-EARED OWL	2	(@16.25 just SE of Sewage Wks in marshy field)
02/12	(16.00 - 16.50)	Snipe	3+	(Heard)
02/12	"	Canada Geese	c100	(Most flying over to roost)
02/12	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
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Monday	Showers and Drizzle
01/12	Ryde Esplanade	Brent Geese	c600	(c520 W. of Pier, c75 on E. side)
01/12	(7.20)	Sanderling	c110
01/12	Puckpool	Rock Pipit	1W
01/12	(8.00)	Mediterranean Gull	1W
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01/12	Bembridge Harbour	Teal	25
01/12	(8.30)	Curlew	19
01/12	"	Pied Wagtail	1	(With Yellow Ring)
01/12	"	Redshank	8
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01/12	Bembridge Ponds	Pochard	1m
01/12	(8.50 - 9.20)	Tufted Duck	6m,3f
01/12	"	Little Grebe	10
01/12	"	Shoveler	3m
01/12	"	Redshank	1
01/12	"	Greenshank	3
01/12	"	Kingfisher	1m
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01/12	Brading Marsh RSPB	Fieldfare	100+	(Biggest flock c80)
01/12	(14.25 - 16.00)	Redwing	30+
01/12	"	Teal	c20
01/12	Laundry Lane	Stonechat	1f
01/12	"	Marsh Harrier	1f	(@15.40)
01/12	"	Buzzard	2
01/12	"	Wigeon	1
01/12	"	Canada Geese	48
01/12	Sewage Wks.	Pied Wagtail	1	(With Yellow Ring)
01/12	"	Grey Wagtail	1
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NOVEMBER 2008: Click for monthly species lists, November total = 108

Sunday	Showers and Drizzle
30/11	Folly Inn to Island Marina	Whimbrel	1	(Wintering here)
30/11	(8.10 - 8.50)	Oystercatcher	61
30/11	"	Little Grebe	8
30/11	"	Dunlin	4
30/11	"	Turnstone	21
30/11	"	Wigeon	43
30/11	"	Brent Geese	48
30/11	"	Lapwing	1
30/11	"	Redshank	3
30/11	"	Grey Plover	1
30/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
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Saturday	Foggy to Cloudy	NE Wind
29/11	Monks Bay to Wheelers Bay	Cormorant	4
29/11	(9.00 - 9.50)	Rock Pipit	9	(on Seawall)
29/11	"	Pied Wagtail	2
29/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
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Reported	Fields NE of Norton Green	Golden Plover	261	& 210 Lapwing, 8 Grey Plover.(Elaine & Caroline D.)
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Friday	Cloudy
28/11	Rylstone/Tower Gardens	Goldcrest	6+
28/11	(at Shanklin 7.35)	Raven	1
28/11	At sea	Red-breasted Merganser	1f
28/11	"	Cormorant	4
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28/11	Buckbury Lane, Staplers	Goldcrest	1	(Heard)
28/11	(14.00)	Kestrel	2
28/11	-no sign of Pallas's Warbler	Jay	2
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Thursday	Sunny Int. Showers
27/11	Binstead Beach	Great-northern Diver	3	(On sea till 2 flew off W.)
27/11	(7.40)	Common Scoter	2f	(On sea again)
27/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	4
27/11	"	Turnstone	6
27/11	"	Oystercatcher	15
27/11	"	Curlew	2
27/11	"	Little Egret	2
27/11	"	Brent Geese	42
~
Reported	Buckbury Lane, Staplers	PALLAS'S WARBLER	1	Recently (CROWS network)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy Milder
26/11	Ryde Sands	Brent Geese	c150
26/11	(8.30)	Sanderling	225
26/11	"	Ringed Plover	25
~
26/11	Puckpool to Seaview	Great-northern Diver	2	(Fishing off Seaview Esp.)
26/11	(8.50 - 9.50)	Great-crested Grebe	6
26/11	"	Wigeon	1m,1f	(Off Puckpool)
26/11	"	Shag	1
26/11	"	Guillemot	1	(Distant on sea)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.	Cold NW. Wind
25/11	Ryde Esplanade	Dunlin	4
25/11	1st visit (7.40)	Ringed Plover	20
25/11	"	Brent Geese	c130
25/11	2nd visit (14.30)	Great-creasted Grebe	1
25/11	"	Sanderling	c40
~
25/11	Medina, Newport to Cowes	Bullfinch	5	(Pair Dodnor, 2m,1f Medham)
25/11	(8.30 - 10.45)	Jay	8
25/11	"	Wigeon	5
25/11	"	Oystercatcher	c70
25/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	25
25/11	"	Lapwing	1
25/11	"	Little Egret	1
25/11	"	Chiffchaff	1
25/11	"	Redwing	6
25/11	"	Goldcrest	4
~
Monday	Sunny Int./ Cloudy	NE Wind
24/11	Ventnor Esplanade	RED-THROATED DIVER	3W	(2 Distant, 1 closer)
24/11	Seawatch (8.30 - 9.30)	Guillemot	1	(On sea)
24/11	"	Auk Sp.	33W	(Distant near horizon)
24/11	"	Gannet	1W,1E
24/11	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Beach)
~
24/11	Wheelers Bay to Bonchurch	Stonechat	1m	(Unusual here)
24/11	(9.40)	House Sparrow	8	(at car park)
24/11	"	Rock Pipit	7	(on Beach/Seawall)
24/11	"	Pied Wagtail	3
24/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
24/11	"	Cormorant	4
~
Sunday	Wet am, to Sunny Int.	Cold NW. Wind
23/11	Ryde West Sands	Mediterranean Gull	3
23/11	(13.30)	Brent Geese	c150	(with the PB Brent still here)
23/11	"	Sanderling	c50
~
23/11	Laundry Lane	Merlin	1f/juv	(Flew quickly N. just E. of the Lane)
23/11	(16.05 - 16.50)	Goldcrest	2+
23/11	"	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
23/11	"	Cormorant	c30	(In roost tree)
~
Reported	Bonchurch sea wall	Water Pipit	1	on revetement to Wheelers Bay (Ventnor Group etc.)
~
Saturday	Cloudy	Cold NW. Wind
22/11	FP to Paradise Walk	Treecreeper	1
22/11	(8.25)	Goldcrest	c10
~
22/11	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Peregrine	1
22/11	(9.35 - 10.15)	Stonechat	1m,1f	(Clifftop Fields)
22/11	"	Skylark	6
22/11	"	Meadow Pipit	3
22/11	"	Buzzard	2	(On cliff)
~
Reported	Laundry Lane	Merlin	1juv	Sickly and weak? and f. Marsh Harrier (Danny V.)
~
Friday	Sunny Int.	NW Wind
21/11	Dodnor	Bullfinch	2m	(others heard)
21/11	(7.35)	Redwing	c10
21/11	"	Fieldfare	1
21/11	"	Little Grebe	c10	(On river)
~
21/11	Mark's Corner, Parkhurst	Nuthatch	1	(on garden feeders)
21/11	(8.45 - 11.20)	Coal Tit	3
21/11	"	Blue Tit	c20
21/11	"	Great Tit	4
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	NW. Wind
20/11	West High Down, Totland	Sparrowhawk	1f	(@ Rocket Site railings)
20/11	(8.30 - 10.50)	Peregrine	1
20/11	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
20/11	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	10
20/11	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
20/11	"	Raven	2
20/11	"	Shag	c2	(near "Old Pepper" Rock)
20/11	"	Jay	3
20/11	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
20/11	"	Rock Pipit	1
20/11	"	Goldfinch	c10
20/11	"	Linnet	8
~
20/11	Ryde Esplanade	PALE-BELLIED BRENT	1	(With c150 DB Brent Geese)
20/11	(13.15)	Dunlin	1
20/11	"	Ringed Plover	8
20/11	"	Sanderling	c50
20/11	"	Common Gull	30
20/11	"	Curlew	10
20/11	"	Little Egret	3
20/11	"	Bar-headed Geese	2	(Feral, by Canoe Lake)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	Light NW. Wind
19/11	Bembridge Down	Redwing	c15
19/11	(8.00)	Song Thrush	3
19/11	-All thrushes today	Mistle Thrush	3
19/11	"	Blackbird	c15
19/11	"	Linnet	105	(Most in set-aside field S. of Fort)
19/11	"	Kestrel	2
19/11	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
19/11	"	Meadow Pipit	7
19/11	"	Skylark	2	(In full song)
~
19/11	Brading S. Wks.	Chiffchaff	2	(The first here for weeks)
19/11	(9.15)	Goldfinch	2
19/11	"	Grey Wagtail	1
19/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
19/11	"	Meadow Pipit	2
19/11	"	Song Thrush	2
19/11	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
19/11	Brading Marsh	Teal	40
19/11	"	Redwing	4
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
18/11	Shide to Blackwater FP	Siskin	2	(More heard)
18/11	(8.00 - 9.45)	Song Thrush	1
18/11	"	Mistle Thrush	2
18/11	"	Goldfinch	c25
18/11	"	Goldcrest	8+
18/11	"	Pheasant	10
~
18/11	Hersey NR	Little Grebe	8
18/11	(14.15)	Snipe	3+
18/11	"	Tufted Duck	1m,4f
18/11	"	Teal	16
18/11	"	Lapwing	3
18/11	"	Little Egret	2
18/11	"	Bar-headed Geese	2	(Feral)
~
Monday	Cloudy, Drizzle	NE Wind
17/11	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	21	(big field next to layby by Bus Stop)
17/11	(8.35)	Pheasant	5
~
17/11	Dungewood Lane, Atherfield	Yellowhammer	3
17/11	(8.55)	Pheasant	12
17/11	"	Reed Bunting	2f
17/11	"	Skylark	2
17/11	"	Linnet	c40
17/11	"	Starling	c100
17/11	"	Wood Pigeon	c200
17/11	"	Raven	1
17/11	"	Chaffinch	7
~
17/11	Whale Chine	Raven	2	(E. along cliff edge)
17/11	(9.50)	Black-headed Gull	100+	(On field to E.)
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int	Light W. Wind
16/11	Newtown NR	Knot	13
16/11	(8.30 - 11.30)	Golden Plover	22
16/11	-IWOG Walk	Red-breasted Merganser	8
16/11	"	Great-northern Diver	1	(In the Solent, off Harbour entrance)
16/11	"	Goldeneye	4f
16/11	"	Great-crested Grebe	1
16/11	"	Little Grebe	7
16/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
16/11	"	Dunlin	c1000
16/11	"	Turnstone	3
16/11	"	Wigeon	c100
16/11	"	Teal	c200
16/11	"	Brent Geese	200+
16/11	"	Lapwing	c100
16/11	"	Grey Plover	c40
16/11	"	Fieldfare	c10
16/11	"	Redwing	3
16/11	"	Mistle Thrush	2
16/11	"	Rock Pipit	2
16/11	Clamerkin Lake	Goldeneye	2f
16/11	(7.45) -before the walk.	Treecreeper	1	(With tit flock and Goldcrests)
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Point	Yellow-browed Warbler	1	calling by Rocken End pond, also 2 Redpoll over
(Graham S.)
Saturday	Cloudy
15/11	Fishbourne Beach	Great-northern Diver	1	(Far out)
15/11	WeBS (7.55 - 11.15)	Great-crested Grebe	2
15/11	"	Curlew	10
15/11	Wootton Bridge	Redshank	10
15/11	"	Black-headed Gull	c420
15/11	"	Common Gull	18
~
15/11	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Crossed the lane @16.03)
15/11	(15.25 - 17.15)	Redwing	c20
15/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
15/11	"	Fieldfare	c40
15/11	"	Starling	600+	(Flying display till dropped into reeds)
15/11	"	Cormorant	c30	(In roost tree at dusk)
~
Friday	Cloudy, mild
14/11	Ryde Sands	Brent Geese	c550	(c230 W. of Pier)
14/11	(7.20)	Sanderling	c110
14/11	"	Curlew	27
~
14/11	Springvale, Seaview	Great-northern Diver	1	(off Seaview)
14/11	(8.05 - 9.10)	Great-crested Grebe	5
14/11	"	Common Scoter	7W	(Then flew around off Ryde Sands)
14/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	2m
14/11	"	Shag	1
14/11	"	Heron	1
14/11	"	Little Egret	4
~
14/11	Alverstone NR	Barn Owl	1	(Flying at 17.05 -when quite dark!)
14/11	(16.10)	Snipe	2	(Heard)
14/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
Fri to Thurs	MAINLAND TRIP	Farlington, Hants		Watford & Forest of Dean, Glos.
Thur 13th.	Slimbridge, Glos.	Bewick Swan	3	c30 White-ronted Geese, c300 Golden Plover
Wed 12th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	2m	2 Raven, 30+ Fieldfare
"	Wenchford	Dipper	1
"	Clearwell / Nailbridge	Tawny Owl	2	one heard, the other flew across the road
Mon 10th,	Cannop Ponds	Mandarin	4	Muscovy Duck, Marsh Tit, Kingfisher, Siskin
Sun 9th	Tring Reservoirs	Golden Plover	16	3 Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, 2 Whooper Swan (Feral?)
Sat 8th	Wraysbury Ponds	Ring-necked Parakeet	190	10 Goldeneye, c50 Gadwall.
Fri 7th	Stockers Lake, Ricky	Egyptian Goose	1	4 Goldeneye, 2 Ruddy Duck, 2 Kingfisher.
"	Farlington Marshes	Avocet	26	c15 Bearded Tit, 4 Meadow Pipit, 1f Stonechat.
Thursday	Overcast
06/11	Brading S. Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
06/11	(7.35)	Goldfinch	9
06/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
06/11	"	Song Thrush	2
06/11	Laundry Lane	Fieldfare	23
06/11	"	Redwing	4
06/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
06/11	"	Canada Geese	c50
06/11	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
~
06/11	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	3
06/11	(9.00)	Jay	4
06/11	"	Greenfinch	c20
~
06/11	Springvale, Seaview	GREAT NORTHERN DIVER	1	(Just offshore)
06/11	(11.00 - 11.20)	Great-crested Grebe	5
06/11	"	Shag	1
06/11	"	Heron	1
06/11	"	Little Egret	2
~
06/11	Lane End, Bembridge	PURPLE SANDPIPER	2	(On base of Lifeboat Pier)
06/11	(15.20)	Rock Pipit	1
06/11	"	Cormorant	6
~
06/11	Bembridge Ponds	SWALLOW	6	(Over Harbour Farm, late ones!)
06/11	(15.55 - 16.50)	Tufted Duck	9m,20f	(A high count)
06/11	"	Little Grebe	11
06/11	"	Pochard	1m
06/11	"	Greenshank	2
~
Wednesday	Dull, Cloudy	N/NE. Wind
05/11	West High Down, Totland	Black Redstart	3f/imm.	(1 @ CG Cottages, 2 @ Rocket Site)
05/11	(8.10 - 10.00)	Skylark	2
05/11		Stonechat	2m,2f
05/11	"	Dartford Warbler	1
05/11	"	Redwing	3	(By CG. Cottages)
05/11	"	Raven	2
05/11	"	Shag	4+	("Old Pepper" Rock)
05/11	"	Jay	3
05/11	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
05/11	"	Rock Pipit	8
05/11	"	Goldfinch	c20
05/11	"	Song Thrush	3
05/11	"	Sparrowhawk	2	(m&f soaring)
05/11	"	Linnet	12
~
05/11	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	Shoveler	8m,7f
05/11	(10.15)	Wigeon	c60
05/11	"	Teal	c40
05/11	"	Lapwing	c50
05/11	"	Redshank	4
05/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	10
05/11	"	Curlew	2
05/11	"	Little Grebe	4
05/11	"	Collared Dove	1
~
05/11	Clamerkin, Newtown	Kingfisher	1
05/11	(11.00)	Hen Harrier	1f/juv	(Over W. Spit)
05/11	"	Jay	3
05/11	"	Dunlin	c50
05/11	"	Wigeon	c40
05/11	"	Brent Geese	100+
05/11	"	Snipe	1
~
Tuesday	Misty, Cloudy, Dull
04/11	Bembridge Down	Redwing	5
04/11	(7.50)	Song Thrush	3
04/11	"	Linnet	c150	(Most in set-aside field S. of Fort)
04/11	"	Kestrel	1f
04/11	Culver Down	BLACK REDSTART	1f/imm.	(Around the Coastguard Cottages)
04/11	(8.30)	Stonechat	1m,1f
~
04/11	Sandown Canoe Lake	Pochard	1m
04/11	(9.20)	Mediterranean Gull	1
04/11	"	Tufted Duck	3m,2f
~
Monday	Cloudy	NE Wind
03/11	Sandown Water Wks.	Siskin	4	(and possible Redpoll)
03/11	(7.40)	Water Rail	1	(Heard by wooden arch)
03/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
03/11	-no sign of Hume's Warbler	Goldcrest	2+	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Cloudy, Sunny Int.
02/11	Ryde West Sands	Common Scoter	2f	(Just offshore)
02/11	(7.20)	Brent Geese	c450	(c360 W.of Pier and c90 to E.)
02/11	"	Knot	1	(Unusual here)
02/11	"	Sanderling	c130
02/11	-Ryde E. Sands	Great-crested Grebe	1
02/11	(7.40)	Greater Black-backed Gull	8
~
02/11	Bembridge Harbour	Kingfisher	1
02/11	(8.20)	Mediterranean Gull	7
02/11	"	Little Grebe	2
~
02/11	Bembridge Ponds	Teal	9
02/11	(8.40)	Tufted Duck	2m,11f
02/11	"	Little Grebe	7
02/11	"	Kingfisher	1f
02/11	"	Jay	2
02/11	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
02/11	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	1
02/11	(11.05 - 11.40)	Redwing	1
~
02/11	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(2 reported earlier, f. and juv.)
02/11	(15.50 - 17.30)	Goldcrest	2
02/11	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
02/11	"	Cormorant	26	(In roost tree)
~
Reported	Sandown Water Works	prob. HUMES WARBLER	1	in small NR to W. of Road (Ventnor Group)
~
Saturday	Cloudy to Showers	Bitter NE. Wind
01/11	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	Turnstone	1
01/11	(7.35 - 9.05)	Redwing	c30	(Over marsh to E.)
01/11	"	Wigeon	c100
01/11	"	Teal	c40
01/11	"	Shoveler	4m,1f
01/11	"	Lapwing	c30
01/11	"	Brent Geese	c30
01/11	"	Redshank	4
01/11	"	Reed Bunting	1f/juv
01/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	16
01/11	"	Curlew	10
01/11	"	Little Grebe	6
01/11	"	Collared Dove	3
01/11	"	Snipe	1
01/11	"	Meadow Pipit	1
~
01/11	Newtown NR	HEN HARRIER	1juv	(Over E. Spit and woods)
01/11	(9.15 - 10.30)	MERLIN	1f/juv	(Over W. Spit scattering the waders)
01/11	"	Red-breasted Merganser	11	(1m with 4f, 6f off Harbour entrance)
01/11	"	Golden Plover	5
01/11	"	Black-tailed Godwit	6
01/11	"	Dunlin	c100
01/11	"	Turnstone	1
01/11	"	Wigeon	c40
01/11	"	Brent Geese	100+
01/11	"	Grey Plover	c20
01/11	"	Rock Pipit	2
01/11	"	Raven	1
~

OCTOBER 2008: Click for monthly species lists, October total = 113 so far

Friday	Cold, Sunny	Bitter NE. Wind
31/10	Cassey Bridge	Redwing	2	(Eating berries)
31/10	(7.30)	Pintail	7m
~
31/10	Shalfleet	Redwing	c20	(over road)
~
31/10	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	FIELDFARE	11	(Trees by Station)
31/10	(8.20 - 9.20)	Redwing	c15
31/10	"	Wigeon	c50
31/10	"	Teal	c25
31/10	"	Shoveler	3m
31/10	"	Lapwing	c20
31/10	"	Brent Geese	c50
31/10	"	Redshank	24
31/10	"	Golden Plover	3
31/10	"	Grey Plover	9
31/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	14
31/10	"	Curlew	2
31/10	"	Little Grebe	4
31/10	"	Collared Dove	6
31/10	"	Snipe	1+
~
31/10	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Several sightings between 15.45 and 16.45)
31/10	(15.35 - 17.15)	Bar-headed Geese	2	(with Canada Geese)
31/10	"	Song Thrush	2
31/10	"	Cormorant	22	(In roost tree)
~
Thursday	Cold, Sunny	Strong E - NE Wind
30/10	Centurion's Copse, Brading	Redwing	c4
30/10	(7.50 - 9.20)	HOUSE MARTIN	1	(A late one)
30/10	"	Canada Geese	c60
30/10	"	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
30/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
30/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
30/10	"	Teal	5	(Over)
30/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
30/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
~
30/10	Bembridge Ponds	Teal	1
30/10	(11.00 - 11.25)	Tufted Duck	8m,11f
30/10	"	Little Grebe	7
30/10	"	Kingfisher	1
30/10	"	Greenshank	4
~
Wednesday	Cold, Sunny
29/10	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f	(W. of lane @8.45)
29/10	(7.50 - 9.40)	REDWING	2+	(By Quay Lane)
29/10	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3
29/10	"	Song Thrush	2
29/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
29/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
29/10	"	Lapwing	13
29/10	"	Meadow Pipit	2
~
Tuesday	Cold and Sunny
28/10	Newtown NR	RED-BREASTED MERGANSER	7	(Mainly females)
28/10	(9.00 - 10.30)	Knot	3
28/10	"	Teal	4
28/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	26
28/10	"	Dunlin	c100
28/10	"	Turnstone	4
28/10	"	Wigeon	c40
28/10	"	Brent Geese	c50
28/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
27/10	Bembridge Down	Linnet	c30
27/10	(7.20 - 9.25)	Buzzard	2
27/10	"	Kestrel	1
27/10	"	Swallow	1	(A late one)
27/10	"	Stock Dove	6
27/10	"	Chaffinch	c10
27/10	"	Skylark	4
27/10	"	Goldcrest	c10	(Heard in bushes)
27/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
27/10	Dynamite Pool	Greylag Geese	3
27/10	(By Scope)	Canada Geese	c100
27/10	Brading Marsh	Bar-headed Goose	1	(Feral)
~
27/10	Puckpool Beach	Great-crested Grebe	1	(Just offshore)
27/10	(11.10)	Jay	2
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.	Brisk S/SW. Wind
25/10	West High Down, Totland	Wheatear	2	(Late ones!)
25/10	(8.15 - 10.30)	Skylark	10	(Over by Needles)
25/10	-very quite today	Stonechat	1m,2f
25/10	"	Dartford Warbler	1
25/10	"	Wood Pigeon	c200	(Around Alum Bay)
25/10	"	Raven	2
25/10	"	Peregrine	1
25/10	"	Jay	1
25/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
25/10	"	Rock Pipit	5
25/10	"	Goldfinch	c20
25/10	"	Goldcrest	c10
25/10	"	Linnet	13
~
Reported	St. Catherine's Pt.	Balearic Shearwater	1	18 Kittiwake, 2 Razorbill, 1 Guillemot
(Graham S.)	(9.30 - 14.30)	Sandwich Tern	1	20 Gannet, & 1f/imm. Merlin.
~
Friday	Wet to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
24/10	Brading Marsh	Siskin	5	(Flew over to N.)
24/10	(9.10 - 10.20)	Canada Geese	c60
24/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
24/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
~
24/10	Puckpool Beach	Shag	1	(off Springvale)
24/10	(11.40)	Oystercatcher	6
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Short-eared Owl	1	(Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Cloudy showers	(S. wind)
23/10	Sandown Canoe Lake	Pochard	1f
23/10	(8.40)	Little Grebe	3
23/10	"	Tufted Duck	3m,4f
23/10	"	Goldfinch	c30	(Over reedbed)
~
23/10	Foreland, Bembridge	Cormorant	12
23/10	(9.10 - 9.45)	Rock Pipit	3
23/10	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.
22/10	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	Shoveler	2m,1f
22/10	(8.32 - 10.40)	Wigeon	c30
22/10	"	Teal	c25
22/10	"	Skylark	2	(Over)
22/10	"	Turnstone	2
22/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
22/10	"	Kingfisher	1
22/10	"	Swallow	1
22/10	"	Lapwing	c30
22/10	"	Redshank	c10
22/10	"	Golden Plover	52
22/10	"	Grey Plover	5
22/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c60	When Godwits attack!
22/10	"	Curlew	4
22/10	"	Little Grebe	6
22/10	"	Reed Bunting	2
22/10	"	Collared Dove	12
22/10	"	Snipe	3
~
22/10	Newtown NR	Wigeon	c30
22/10	(11.00 - 11.45)	Teal	c30
22/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	99
22/10	"	Bar-tailed Godwit	1
22/10	"	Golden Plover	148	One colour ringed?
22/10	"	Brent Geese	17
22/10	"	Shelduck	20
22/10	"	Redshank	56
22/10	"	Dunlin	45
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.	Light NW. Wind
21/10	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c40
21/10	(8.10)	Ringed Plover	c25
21/10	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	3
~
21/10	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	27
21/10	(9.15)	Redshank	3
~
21/10	Bembridge Ponds	Teal	11
21/10	(9.45 - 10.15)	Tufted Duck	1m,7f
21/10	"	Little Grebe	7
21/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1m
21/10	"	Linnet	8
~
Sunday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	(SW wind)
19/10	Sandown Canoe Lake	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
19/10	(7.45 - 8.00)	Little Grebe	3
19/10	"	Coot	c40
19/10	"	Buzzard	2
~
19/10	St. Catherine's Point	Goldcrest	10+
19/10	(8.25 - 10.45)	Sparrowhawk	1
19/10	-no sign of R.E.Vireo	Long-tailed Tit	c10
19/10	"	Buzzard	1
~
19/10	Bembridge Ponds	Greenshank	5
19/10	(15.45 - 16.20)	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
19/10	"	Cormorant	4
~
19/10	Laundry Lane, (N. end)	Swallow	8
19/10	(16.30 - 17.30)	Grey Wagtail	1
19/10	"	Buzzard	2
19/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
19/10	"	Stonechat	1f
19/10	"	Lapwing	c6	(Flushed up from Dynamite Pool)
19/10	"	Meadow Pipit	6
~
Reported	West High Down	MELODIOUS WARBLER	1	N. side by gate to Tea-rooms (Dave W.)
~
Saturday	Sunny Int.
18/10	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	EIDER	1f	(On sea, off Quarr @9.35)
18/10	(8.35 - 9.40)	Great-crested Grebe	3
18/10	"	Redshank	8	(Later 35 roosting "up the Creek")
18/10	"	Cormorant	8
18/10	"	Heron	1
18/10	"	Little Egret	6
18/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard @ Quarr ponds)
~
18/10	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
18/10	(14.10 - 14.50)	Redshank	1
18/10	"	Little Egret	1
18/10	"	Little Grebe	5
18/10	"	Teal	3
18/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	3	(On beach)
18/10	"	Linnet	1	(On beach)
~
Reported	Windy Corner, SCPt.	RED-EYED VIREO	1	@9.30, top of Valley -W. of Bridge Cottage (Ian R.)
"	"	Firecrest	1	by Bridge Cottage (Caroline D.)
~
Friday	Sunny Int.
17/10	Newchurch	Mistle Thrush	6	(4 in Yew tree by Church)
17/10	(7.45)	Greenfinch	16
17/10	-no sign of Bk. Redstart	Goldfinch	c20
~
17/10	Wootton Bridge	Bullfinch	1m,1f
17/10	(8.35 - 9.15)	Mistle Thrush	2
17/10	-no sign of RB Shrike.	Jay	4
~
17/10	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Little Owl	1	(On cliff ledge)
17/10	(11.05 - 12.20)	Raven	2
17/10	"	Peregrine	1
17/10	"	Sparrowhawk	1
17/10	"	Kestrel	3
17/10	"	Buzzard	3
17/10	"	Swallow	2	(Over sea)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int.	Cold W. Wind
16/10	Brading Marsh	Marsh Harrier	1f	(Flew into roost in Centurions reedbed at 18.25)
16/10	(18.10 - 18.50)	Canada Geese	c100	(Over at dusk)
16/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
~
Reported	Newchurch	BLACK REDSTART	1	on the Church, (picture by James)
(James G.)	"	Redpoll	6	on Silver Birches in the plantation
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Wednesday	Cloudy and Drizzle	Light W. Wind
15/10	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
15/10	(10.40 - 11.15)	Water Rail	2
15/10	"	Little Egret	3
15/10	"	Heron	1
15/10	"	Little Grebe	5
15/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c20	(Feral flock)
15/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
15/10	"	Common Gull	2
15/10	"	Teal	4
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Reported	Wootton Bridge	RED-BACKED SHRIKE	1	at 13.00 (Birdguides)
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Tuesday	Cloudy	Mild & Calm
14/10	Newtown NR	Golden Plover	88	(By Boathouse)
14/10	(9.00 - 10.30)	PINTAIL	3m,1f
14/10	"	Teal	c20
14/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	48
14/10	"	Dunlin	c10
14/10	"	Turnstone	4
14/10	"	Wigeon	c30
14/10	"	Brent Geese	2
14/10	"	Grey Plover	c30
14/10	"	Yellowhammer	1m	(Lane to Walter's Copse)
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Monday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.	Light W. Wind
13/10	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	c120
13/10	(8.10)	Ringed Plover	28
13/10	"	Brent Geese	c150
~
13/10	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	87	(A good count)
13/10	(8.50 - 9.15)	Redshank	31
13/10	"	Knot	1
13/10	"	Dunlin	1
13/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
13/10	"	Curlew	11
13/10	"	Rock Pipit	1
~
13/10	Lane End, Bembridge	Common Scoter	7W	(@9.38)
13/10	(9.30 - 9.50)	Mediterranean Gull	1
13/10	"	Gannet	1juv
13/10	"	Cormorant	15
13/10	"	Shag	1
~
Reported	Luccombe Down	Ring Ouzel	1	(James G.)
~
Sunday	Foggy to Fine Sunny
12/10	Culver Down	Siskin	c15	(Over)
12/10	(7.50 - 11.25)	Sparrowhawk	1m	(Followed us round!)
12/10	IWOG Walk	Kestrel	1
12/10	"	Buzzard	2
12/10	"	Redpoll	c3	(Over)
12/10	"	Linnet	c80
12/10	"	Red-legged Partridge	3
12/10	"	Skylark	8
12/10	"	Goldcrest	2
12/10	"	Stonechat	1m,2f	(Possibly more up the slope)
12/10	"	Dartford Warbler	1
12/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
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12/10	Laundy Lane, Brading	Snipe	10	(Over)
12/10	(16.20 - 17.50)	Cormorant	23	(In roost tree)
12/10	"	Stock Dove	3
12/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
12/10	"	Stonechat	1m,1f
12/10	"	Reed Bunting	2
12/10	"	Jay	2
Butterfly	"	Painted Lady	1	a very late one! also 4 Southern Hawker DFs
Saturday	Sunny Int.
11/10	West High Down, Totland	Song Thrush	1
11/10	(7.45 - 10.20)	Spotted Flycatcher	1	(A late one! W. of Alum Bay in bushes)
11/10	"	Stonechat	6
11/10	"	Dartford Warbler	3
11/10	"	Siskin	15	(Over)
11/10	"	Raven	c3	(2 and a single)
11/10	"	Peregrine	2
11/10	"	Shag	1	(Old Pepper Rock)
11/10	"	Cormorant	23	(On Needles rocks)
11/10	"	Jay	3
11/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
11/10	"	Goldfinch	c20
11/10	"	Wheatear	2m	(S. Cliffs)
11/10	"	Red-legged Partridge	3
11/10	"	Swallow	c20
~
Reported	Rofford Marsh, Yarmouth	BEARDED TIT	2	@11.45 till flew W. (Gary H.)
~
Friday	Fine Sunny	SW. Wind
10/10	Culver Down	Siskin	4	(Over)
10/10	(7.50 - 8.45)	Buzzard	1
10/10	"	Kestrel	2
10/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
Reported	"	HAWFINCH	1	54 Siskin, 13 Redpoll, 130 Linnet, 1 Sand Martin
(E-Mail)	"	BRAMBLING	1	420 Swallow, 500 House Martin (7.00 - 9.15)
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Thursday	Foggy to Sunny Int.
09/10	Cassey Bridge, Newtown	Wigeon	c50	(Hard to count in the fog!)
09/10	(7.45)	Teal	c10
09/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
09/10	"	Jay	5
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09/10	Yarmouth Esty. & Ponds	Shoveler	1m,1f
09/10	(8.12 - 10.15)	Wigeon	c55
09/10	"	Teal	c25
09/10	"	Rock Pipit	2
09/10	"	Skylark	1	(Over)
09/10	"	Turnstone	4
09/10	"	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
09/10	"	Lapwing	63
09/10	"	Redshank	c15
09/10	"	Golden Plover	2
09/10	"	Grey Plover	2
09/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	9
09/10	"	Curlew	4
09/10	"	Little Grebe	8
09/10	"	Reed Bunting	2
09/10	"	Collared Dove	10
09/10	"	Snipe	3
09/10	"	Chiffchaff	5
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Wednesday	Sunny Int.	Cold NW. Wind
08/10	Brading Marsh	Yellow Wagtail	3+	(With Cattle)
08/10	(7.40 - 9.10)	Blackcap	1m
08/10	"	Water Rail	3	(Heard)
08/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	3	(Heard)
08/10	"	Jay	5
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08/10	Folly Lake, R.Medina	Whinchat	1
08/10	(10.15 - 11.45)	Wheatear	2
08/10	"	Whimbrel	1
08/10	"	Rock Pipit	3
08/10	"	Skylark	9
08/10	"	Turnstone	21
08/10	"	Lapwing	2
08/10	"	Redshank	16
08/10	"	Ringed Plover	14	(Mostly juv.)
08/10	"	Curlew	c30
~
08/10	E. Cowes Esplanade	Common Tern	1
08/10	(12.00 - 12.15)	Sandwich Tern	2
08/10	"	Turnstone	3
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08/10	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
08/10	(15.15 - 16.00)	Little Egret	3
08/10	"	Heron	1
08/10	"	Little Grebe	5
08/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral flock)
08/10	"	Snipe	2
08/10	"	Shellduck	1
08/10	"	Teal	2
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Tuesday	Showers	Strong S. Wind
07/10	Culver Down	Stonechat	1m,1f
07/10	(8.00 - 9.05)	Hobby	1
07/10	"	Buzzard	2
07/10	"	Goldfinch	c60
07/10	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
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Monday	Cloudy
06/10	Shide to Blackwater FP	Siskin	c4	(Over calling)
06/10	(7.50 - 9.45)	Chiffchaff	3
06/10	"	Red-legged Partridge	3
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Reported	Hasely Manor	YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER	1	caught for ringing by Daphne
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Sunday	Heavy Showers	Strong SW. Wind
05/10	Brading/Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
05/10	(16.10 - 17.00)	Buzzard	3
05/10	"	Chiffchaff	1
05/10	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
05/10	"	Swallow	c20
05/10	"	House Martin	1
05/10	"	Kestrel	1
05/10	Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	2
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Saturday	Showers & Sunny Int.	Cold SW. Wind
04/10	Newtown NR	WHOOPER SWAN	3	(2ad, 1imm. Clamerkin Lake till flew N.@8.16)
04/10	(8.00 - 10.30)	Teal	c100
04/10	"	Knot	8
04/10	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c85
04/10	"	Dunlin	c100
04/10	"	Turnstone	14
04/10	"	Common Tern	2
04/10	"	Sandwich Tern	3
04/10	"	Wigeon	1	(Scrape)
04/10	"	Brent Geese	2
04/10	"	Greenshank	1
04/10	"	Grey Plover	c20
04/10	"	Golden Plover	1
Reported	"	Merlin	1f	over W. Spit (Bob G.)
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Friday	Sunny Int.	Cold NW. Wind
03/10	Bembridge Harbour	Rock Pipit	3
03/10	(8.00 - 8.15)	Teal	c60	(10 Harbour, c50 from Bridge)
03/10	"	Kingfisher	2	(1 in harbour, 1 from Bridge)
03/10	"	Wheatear	1	(On roof of Flats)
03/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	7
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03/10	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	2m,2f
03/10	(8.20 - 9.15)	Teal	15
03/10	"	Kingfisher	1
03/10	"	Little Grebe	12
03/10	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
03/10	"	Jay	2
~
03/10	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	4	(Flying over)
03/10	(10.15 - 10.45)	Green Woodpecker	1
03/10	"	Jay	1
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03/10	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
03/10	(16.45 - 17.30)	Little Egret	2
03/10	"	Heron	1
03/10	"	Little Grebe	7
03/10	"	Barnacle Geese	c30	(Feral flock)
03/10	"	Mediterranean Gull	4	(On Springvale beach)
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Thursday	Sunny Int.	W/NW. Wind
02/10	Culver Down	Stonechat	4
02/10	(7.50 - 8.45)	Skylark	3
02/10	"	Stonechat	4f
02/10	"	Goldfinch	8
02/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
02/10	"	Linnet	c20
02/10	"	Kestrel	2
Reported	"	Hobby	2	Picture here by (Stu)
~
02/10	Brading/Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
02/10	(8.50 - 10.10)	Buzzard	1
02/10	"	Chiffchaff	2
02/10	"	Meadow Pipit	4
02/10	"	Kestrel	2
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Wednesday	Showers, Sunny Int	Brisk SW. Wind
01/10	Ryde Esplanade	Great-crested Grebe	1
01/10	(11.00)	Sanderling	c160
01/10	"	Ringed Plover	8
01/10	"	Sandwich Tern	10
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SEPTEMBER 2008: Click for monthly species lists, September total = 120

Tuesday	Showers	SW. Wind
30/09	Lane End	Pied Wagtail	c15
30/09	(11.00)	Gannet	2W
30/09	"	House Martin	c20
30/09	"	Cormorant	10
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Monday	Sunny Int.
29/09	Laundry Lane	Whinchat	1
29/09	(8.15 - 9.50)	Swallow	c30
29/09	"	House Martin	2
29/09	"	Wheatear	1	(On roof of Bishop's House)
29/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
29/09	"	Buzzard	1
29/09	"	Kestrel	1
29/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	c25	(Cattle field)
29/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c40
29/09	"	Skylark	4
29/09	"	Snipe	1
29/09	"	Reed Bunting	4
29/09	"	Stonechat	1f
29/09	Brading Sewage Wks	Grey Wagtail	3
29/09	"	Blackcap	2m
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Sunday	Foggy to Sunny Int.
28/09	West High Down, Totland	Tree Pipit	1	(Headon Warren, landed on ground)
28/09	(7.35 - 11.30)	Siskin	c7	(Over calling, and 2 in a tree)
28/09	-IWOG Walk	Garden Warbler	1
28/09	"	Chiffchaff	c15
28/09	"	Redstart	1	(Very pale)
28/09	"	Stonechat	c20
28/09	"	Blackcap	3
28/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c30
28/09	"	Goldfinch	c20
28/09	"	Yellowhammer	1
28/09	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
28/09	"	Swallow	80+	(Streaming E)
28/09	"	Dartford Warbler	2
28/09	"	Raven	2
Reported	"	Firecrest	1	Redpoll, Ring Ouzel, Spotted FC (Kris G/James G.)
~
28/09	St. Catherine's Pt.	Osprey	1	(W. past Lighthouse then NW @16.44)
28/09	(15.35 - 17.10)	Stonechat	8
28/09	-no sign of Wryneck	Dunnock	6
28/09	"	Buzzard	1
28/09	"	Kestrel	2
Reported	"	Wryneck	1	by fence at Knowles Farm @10.00 ("Crows" N/W)
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Saturday	Fine Sunny	after foggy start
27/09	Luccombe Down	Stonechat	2m,1f
27/09	(8.20 - 10.30)	Kestrel	3
27/09	-no sign of Wryneck	Dartford Warbler	1
27/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
27/09	"	Swallow	c50
27/09	"	Goldfinch	c40
27/09	"	Whitethroat	1
27/09	"	Blackcap	3
27/09	"	Chiffchaff	10+
27/09	"	Goldcrest	1
~
27/09	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
27/09	(16.15 - 17.00)	Little Egret	2	(+3 on beach)
27/09	"	Heron	1
27/09	"	Stonechat	1m
27/09	"	Water Rail	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
27/09	"	Little Grebe	6
27/09	"	Teal	2
27/09	"	Barnacle Geese	c50	(Feral flock)
27/09	"	Snow Goose	1	(Feral/Esc.)
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Friday	Fine Sunny	E. Wind
26/09	Culver Down	Whinchat	1	(S. of Fort)
26/09	(8.00 - 9.05)	Redstart	1m
26/09	"	Stonechat	1m,2f
26/09	"	Whitethroat	1
26/09	"	Goldfinch	c50
26/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
26/09	"	Linnet	c200
26/09	"	Buzzard	2
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Reported	Lucombe Down	WRYNECK	1	Compound SW of Car Park. (Ventnor Group)
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Thursday	Overcast to Sunny Int.	NE. Wind
25/09	Bembridge Harbour	SNIPE	1
25/09	(8.10 - 8.35)	Little Egret	5
25/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	12+
25/09	"	Rock Pipit	1
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25/09	Lane End	COMMON SCOTER	2W	(@8.55)
25/09	(8.50 - 9.05)	Gannet	1E
25/09	"	Shag	1
25/09	"	Cormorant	15
25/09	"	Rock Pipit	4
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25/09	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,2f
25/09	(9.15 - 9.50)	Little Grebe	6
25/09	"	Kingfisher	1
25/09	"	Teal	12
25/09	"	Grey Wagtail	3
~
25/09	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
25/09	(18.00)	Little Egret	3	(1 in reserve and 2 on beach)
25/09	-Hide locked!	Heron	1
25/09	"	Teal	1
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Wednesday	Cloudy to Showers	NE Wind
24/09	Newtown NR	WIGEON	1
24/09	(9.50 - 12.30)	Knot	1
24/09	"	Golden Plover	6	(from Boathouse)
24/09	"	Brent Geese	3
24/09	"	Shelduck	4	(3ad. 1 juv.)
24/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1
24/09	"	Sandwich Tern	3
24/09	"	Dunlin	c50
24/09	"	Turnstone	c12
Reported	recent text messages	Curlew Sandpiper	1juv	by E. Hide (Bob G.)
"	"	Ruff	2	Main Marsh (via Bob G.)
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Tuesday	Clouds and Sunny Int.	NE Wind
23/09	Ryde E. Sands	BRENT GEESE	30	(W. of Pier)
23/09	(8.05)	Ringed Plover	53
23/09	"	Sanderling	c100
23/09	"	Sandwich Tern	4
23/09	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	1
23/09	(8.30)	Stock Dove	2
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Monday	Sunny Int.
22/09	Culver Down	RING OUZEL	1	(S. of Fort)
22/09	(7.45 - 9.10)	Stonechat	2f
22/09	"	Siskin	c16	(over to E.)
22/09	"	Whitethroat	3
22/09	"	Kestrel	2
22/09	"	Blackcap	3m
~
22/09	Newtown Hide	Greenshank	3
22/09	(14.15)	Little Egret	3
22/09	"	Teal	c10	(Cassey Bridge)
22/09	"	Redshank	1
22/09	"	Swallow	c15
~
22/09	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Shoveler	1
22/09	(14.40 - 15.45)	Common Tern	1
22/09	"	Teal	c30	(Mostly at Ponds)
22/09	"	Redshank	1
22/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	39
22/09	"	Swallow	5
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Sunday	Fine Sunny	NE. Wind
21/09	Luccombe Down	Honey Buzzard	1	(With Common Buzzard 11.15)
21/09	(10.20 - 11.40)	Buzzard	6+
21/09	"	Wheatear	c3
21/09	"	Kestrel	6
21/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	1+	(Over)
Reported	"	Ring Ouzel	1	(Ventnor Group)
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Reported	West High Down	SHORT-EARED OWL	1	(Dave W.)
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21/09	Laundry Lane, Brading	Whitethroat	2
21/09	(16.00 - 17.00)	Spotted Flycatcher	1
21/09	"	Blackcap	1m
21/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
21/09	"	Swallow	c10
~
Tues to Sat	MAINLAND TRIP	Keyhaven, Hants		Forest of Dean, Glos. & Watford
Sat 20th.	Stocker's Lake, Herts.	HONEY BUZZARD	1	3 Ring-necked Parakeet, Shoveler, Kingfisher.
Frid 19th	Symond's Yat, Glos.	Cormorant	8	Nuthatch, Pheasant & 12 Fallow Deer.
Thurs 18th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	1	2 Raven, 100+ House Martin, Blackcap.
"	Eastbach, Lydbrook	Red-legged Partridge	1
Wed 17th	Cannop Ponds	Mandarin	4	Muscovy Duck, Marsh Tit, Kingfisher.
"	Linear Park, Cinderford	Tufted Duck	2	25 Pied Wagtail, Black-headed Gull.
Tues 16th	Slimbridge WWT	Spotted Redshank	2	8 Chiffchaff, Peregrine, Snow Goose.
"	Keyhaven Marsh	CURLEW SANDPIPER	1	Dartford Warbler, Whinchat, Spotted Redshank, 4 Knot.
"	Lymington River	Eider	2	2 Brent Geese.
Monday	Sunny Intervals	NE-E. Wind
15/09	Fishbourne Beach	Sandwich Tern	2
15/09	(7.10 - 8.50)	Common Tern	6
15/09	"	Redshank	30	(New Road)
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15/09	Luccombe Down	MERLIN	1	(Distant over Shanklin Down)
15/09	(10.50 - 11.40)	Spotted Flycatcher	1
15/09	"	Dartford Warbler	1
15/09	"	Buzzard	c8
15/09	"	Kestrel	6
15/09	"	Raven	4
15/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	c10	(Over)
15/09	"	Swallow	c80
15/09	"	Sand Martin	4
15/09	"	House Martin	c10
Reported	"	Ring Ouzel	3	and 3 Grasshopper Warbler (see Kris's website)
~
Sunday	Overcast	NW Wind
14/09	Bleak Down	Red-legged Partridge	3
14/09	(8.00)	Pheasant	5
~
14/09	Dungewood Lane	Whinchat (?)	2	(on distant bush so not 100% certain)
14/09	(8.15 - 9.30)	Yellowhammer	c10
14/09	"	Whitethroat	1
14/09	"	Chiffchaff	4
14/09	"	Skylark	2
14/09	"	Linnet	c40
14/09	"	Pheasant	14
14/09	"	Buzzard	1
14/09	"	Kestrel	2
14/09	"	Meadow Pipit	1
14/09	"	Goldfinch	1
14/09	"	Greenfinch	c10
14/09	"	House Martin	c30
14/09	"	Sand Martin	2
14/09	"	Swallow	c50
~
14/09	Gore Cliff	Sparrowhawk	1
14/09	(9.50 - 10.30)	Swallow	c50
14/09	"	Buzzard	3
14/09	"	Little Owl	1	(Imm.)
14/09	"	Wheatear	1m
14/09	"	Stock Dove	3
14/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
14/09	Brading Marsh	Whinchat	2-3	(From old seawall)
14/09	(15.25 - 16.50)	Swallow	c20
14/09	"	Buzzard	3
14/09	"	Kestrel	2
14/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	1
14/09	Laundry Lane	Sparrowhawk	1
14/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
14/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
14/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	3+	(With cattle)
~
Saturday	Foggy to Sunny Int.	NW Wind
13/09	West High Down, Totland	Tree Pipit	2+	(Over, 1 landed in a tree)
13/09	(7.35 - 10.40)	Siskin	20	(Over calling)
13/09	"	Willow/Chiffs	c15
13/09	"	Redstart	1f
13/09	"	Whitethroat	4
13/09	"	Peregrine	1	(On clifftop)
13/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
13/09	"	Wheatear	11	(Mostly on the S. Cliffs)
13/09	"	Stonechat	10	(2 family groups above Alum Bay, 3 by Beacon)
13/09	"	Blackcap	1f
13/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c20
13/09	"	Goldfinch	6
13/09	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1f
13/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	4	(3 over 1 on grass)
13/09	"	Swallow	100's	(Streaming over all morning)
13/09	"	Dartford Warbler	3
13/09	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	6
~
13/09	Culver Down	Wheatear	3	(W. of Fort)
13/09	(14.40 - 15.30)	Swallow	c20
13/09	"	Yellow Wagtail	3	(around cattle)
13/09	"	Buzzard	4
13/09	"	Kestrel	3
13/09	"	Skylark	1
13/09	"	Blackcap	1m
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	Thundery Showers		NW. Wind
12/09	Brading Marsh	Sedge Warbler	1
12/09	(7.55 - 9.15)	Chiffchaff	c6
12/09	"	Whitethroat	3
12/09	"	Swan	2	(Cygnets with a dead adult by bridge)
12/09	"	Blackcap	4	(1m,3f/juv
12/09	"	Swallow	c100	(Streaming through)
12/09	"	Sand Martin	2
12/09	"	House Martin	1
12/09	Centurion's Copse	Reed Bunting	1f
12/09	"	Linnet	c40
~
12/09	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	5	(around Dew Pond etc.)
12/09	(10.50 - 12.40)	Willow/Chiffs	c15
12/09	"	Siskin	10+	(Over calling)
12/09	"	Buzzard	4
12/09	"	Kestrel	4
12/09	"	Raven	4
12/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
12/09	"	Swallow	c80
12/09	"	Sand Martin	4
12/09	"	House Martin	c10
Reported	"	Grasshopper Warbler	3	and 3 Dartford Warbler (Ventnor Group)
~
12/09	Brading Marsh	Barn Owl	1	(Out at 19.37)
12/09	(19.00 - 20.00)	Canada Geese	c100	(Over)
~
Thursday	Showers, Brighter Later
11/09	Ryde E. Sands	Dunlin	2
11/09	(8.05)	Ringed Plover	60
11/09	"	Turnstone	1
11/09	"	Common Tern	1
11/09	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	3
11/09	(8.20)	Sand Martin	3	(Over S.)
~
11/09	Shide to Blackwater FP	Chiffchaff	4
11/09	(10.20 -11.40)	Goldcrest	c6	(2 seen, others heard)
11/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	1
11/09	"	Grey Wagtail	1f
11/09	"	Long-tailed Tit	c10
~
11/09	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Kingfisher	1
11/09	(14.55 - 17.35)	Grey Plover	1
11/09	"	Teal	c30	(Mostly at Rofford Marsh)
11/09	"	Dunlin	1
11/09	"	Redshank	9
11/09	"	Black-tailed Godwit	51
11/09	"	Peregrine	1	(Chasing Wood Pigeons)
11/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
11/09	"	Canada Geese	c350
11/09	"	Greylag Goose	1
11/09	"	Little Egret	3
11/09	"	Swallow	c6
11/09	"	House Martin	c10
~
Wednesday	Cloudy, Showers	SW Wind
10/09	Bembridge & Culver Downs	Whitethroat	1
10/09	(7.35)	Swallow	c30
10/09	"	Raven	1
10/09	"	Buzzard	5
10/09	"	Kestrel	2
10/09	"	Stock Dove	18	(Set-aside field)
~
10/09	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	2	(Heard)
10/09	(9.00)	Swallow	c20
10/09	"	Blackcap	1	(Heard)
10/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
10/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
~
10/09	Newtown NR	Osprey	2
10/09	(13.45 - 16.30)	Grey Plover	c20
10/09	"	Greenshank	2
10/09	"	Ringed Plover	6
10/09	"	Dunlin	c50
10/09	"	Redshank	40
10/09	"	Turnstone	8
10/09	"	Wheatear	2f
10/09	"	Common Tern	4
10/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1
10/09	"	Little Egret	6
10/09	"	Swallow	c20
10/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	2	(By main hide behind Tamarisk)
Reported	"	Osprey Fishing	2	between Mon & Wed (Picture by Rob W.)
~
Tuesday	Showers, Cloudy
09/09	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	3
09/09	(9.05)	Ringed Plover	50
09/09	"	Curlew	4
09/09	"	Oystercatcher	16
09/09	"	Sandwich Tern	1
~
09/09	Firestone Copse	Chiffchaff	1
09/09	(11.20)	Goldcrest	c8	(Heard)
09/09	"	Buzzard	2
09/09	"	Little Egret	3
09/09	"	Heron	1
09/09	"	Crossbill	1	(Heard)
~
Monday	Sunny Int.	W Wind
08/09	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	c8	(around car park etc.)
08/09	(7.20 - 11.45)	Crossbill	4	(Over calling)
08/09	"	Willow/Chiffs	c20
08/09	"	Redstart	3
08/09	"	Tree Pipit	10+
08/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
08/09	"	Siskin	3+	(Over calling)
08/09	"	Whinchat	1
08/09	"	Linnet	c15
08/09	"	Hobby	1juv.
08/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1
08/09	"	Buzzard	2
08/09	"	Raven	2
08/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1
08/09	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	2
08/09	"	Swallow	c200
08/09	"	Sand Martin	c10
08/09	"	House Martin	c50
~
08/09	Lane End, Bembridge	Shag	2-3
08/09	(16.15 - 16.50)	Cormorant	1
08/09	"	Rock Pipit	9	(Beach)
08/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
08/09	"	Common Tern	1
08/09	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
Sunday	Overcast	NW Wind
07/09	Luccombe/Shanklin Dns	Wheatear	c15	(around car park etc.)
07/09	(7.10 - 11.30)	prob. Crossbill	3	(Over calling)
07/09	- IWOG Walk	Willow/Chiffs	c10
07/09	"	Redstart	3+	(Shanklin Down, E. Slope)
07/09	"	Sparrowhawk	1f	(Looked big but sadly not a Goshawk)
07/09	"	Buzzard	5
07/09	"	Raven	3
07/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c50
07/09	"	Goldfinch	c20
07/09	"	Green Woodpecker	2
07/09	"	Swift	2
07/09	"	Swallow	c40
07/09	"	Sand Martin	8
07/09	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2	(Over Nansen Hill)
~
07/09	Laundry Lane	Marsh Harrier	1f
07/09	(15.40 - 17.10)	Swallow	c20
07/09	"	Buzzard	6
07/09	"	Kestrel	2
07/09	"	Lapwing	2
07/09	"	Greylag Geese	2	(Feral, with Canada Geese)
07/09	"	Cormorant	16
07/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
Reported	"	Hobby	1	and c30 Yellow Wagtail with cattle (Ventnor Group)
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Showers	Strong SW Wind
06/09	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sand Martin	5
06/09	(8.30)	Swallow	2
06/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1juv.
06/09	"	Mallard	4	(A very low count, look at this head pattern )
~
06/09	Culver Down	Blackcap	1m,1f
06/09	(9.00)	Swallow	6
06/09	"	Green Woodpecker	1juv.
06/09	"	Wheatear	1f
~
Friday	Wet	Strong S-SE. Wind
05/09	"La Falaise", Ventnor	Gannet	15	(2W, 13E)
05/09	(8.10 - 9.05)	Fulmar	4W
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Thursday	Showers	Increasing SW. Wind
04/09	"La Falaise", Ventnor	SOOTY SHEARWATER	1W	(Medium distance @ 8.40)
04/09	(7.55 - 9.00)	Gannet	12	(10E,2W)
04/09	"	Fulmar	5	(4W, 1E)
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Pied Flycatcher	1	and 5+ Spotted FC in Tamarisk by hide (Elaine R.)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.	W-SW. Wind
03/09	Newtown NR	Dunlin	c120
03/09	(7.15 - 10.15)	Grey Plover	15
03/09	"	Greenshank	2
03/09	"	Ringed Plover	c40
03/09	"	Redshank	2
03/09	"	Turnstone	4
03/09	"	Common Tern	4
03/09	"	Sandwich Tern	2
03/09	"	Little Egret	8
03/09	"	Teal	26	(Causeway Lake)
03/09	"	Common Sandpiper	1	(Scrape)
03/09	"	Swallow	c15
03/09	"	Meadow Pipit	c10
03/09	"	Willow Warbler	3
03/09	"	Spotted Flycatcher	3
Mammal	"	Fox	1	in old factory yard, Town Copse
~
Tuesday	Rain to Sunny Int.	SW. Wind
02/09	Ryde E. Sands	Sanderling	1
02/09	(7.50 - 8.10)	Ringed Plover	31
02/09	"	Curlew	10
02/09	"	Oystercatcher	6
02/09	"	Gannet	1W	(Out in Solent)
02/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
02/09	"	Common Tern	9
02/09	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
02/09	Brading Sewage Wks.	Chiffchaff	1
02/09	(11.35 - 12.30)	Swallow	c20
02/09	"	Whitethroat	1
02/09	"	Blackcap	2	(1m,1f)
02/09	"	Grey Wagtail	2	(Filter beds)
02/09	Laundry Lane	Whitethroat	3+
02/09	"	Blackcap	2	(1m,1f)
02/09	"	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
02/09	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard)
~
02/09	Hersey NR	Kingfisher	1
02/09	(14.25 - 15.05)	Little Grebe	5
02/09	"	Heron	1
02/09	"	Oystercatcher	14
02/09	Beach	Wheatear	2
02/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
02/09	"	Gannet	1E	(Out in Solent)
~
02/09	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	4f
02/09	(15.20 - 15.45)	Little Grebe	5
02/09	"	Green Sandpiper	1	(Heard near causeway)
02/09	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Feral)
02/09	"	Greenshank	1
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals	SW. Wind
01/09	Hersey NR	Water Rail	3	(1 imm.)
01/09	(7.00 - 9.30)	Little Grebe	5
01/09	no sign of Little Crake	Heron	2
01/09	2 more visits till 19.40	Shoveler	1
01/09	"	Greenshank	1
01/09	"	Oystercatcher	11
01/09	"	Barnacle Geese	c100	(Feral)
01/09	"	Snow Geese	2	(Feral)
01/09	Beach	Common Tern	1
01/09	"	Mediterranean Gull	5
~
01/09	Brading Sewage Wks.	Chiffchaff	1	(Heard)
01/09	(16.30 - 17.10)	Swallow	c15
01/09	Brading Marsh	Yellow Wagtail	3+	(With cattle)
01/09	"	Reed Bunting	1m
01/09	"	Sand Martin	1
~

AUGUST 2008: Click for monthly species lists, August total = 115

Sunday	Cloudy, Showers	Light E. Wind
31/08	West High Down	Crossbill	c17	(Flocks of 4,12 and 1 over)
31/08	(8.05 - 11.30)	Redstart	5	(Including a lovely male)
31/08	IWOG Walk	Whinchat	1
31/08	"	Stonechat	3	(m / f / juv)
31/08	"	Dartford Warbler	1
31/08	"	Tree Pipit	2+	(Over)
31/08	"	Meadow Pipit	c6
31/08	"	Wheatear	14	(S. Cliffs / downs)
31/08	"	Garden Warbler	2
31/08	"	Yellow Wagtail	c50	(flocks of 32, 18, 1)
31/08	"	Whitethroat	4
31/08	"	Lesser Whitethroat	3
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Reported	Hersey NR	CRAKE Sp.	1	possible Little Crake @19.00, back of centre channel
(Graham S.)
Saturday	Sunny Int.	E-SE. Wind
30/08	Newtown NR	Dunlin	25
30/08	(14.10 - 18.15)	Grey Plover	2
30/08	"	Whimbrel	1
30/08	"	Ringed Plover	32
30/08	"	Greenshank	1
30/08	"	Redshank	c25
30/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	c20
30/08	"	Turnstone	4
30/08	"	Osprey	1
30/08	"	Common Tern	1
30/08	"	Wheatear	1
Reported	(Earlier today)	Black Tern	3	2 Osprey (Bob G.)
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Friday	Overcast
29/08	St. Catherines Pt.	Gannet	8
29/08	(7.35 - 9.00)	Swallow	c200
29/08	"	House Martin	c50
29/08	"	Sand Martin	4+
29/08	"	Fulmar	2
29/08	"	Yellow Wagtail	2	(With cattle)
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29/08	Luccombe/Shanklin Dns	Spotted Flycatcher	1
29/08	(9.15 - 11.35)	CROSSBILL	10	(Over in small flocks, more reported)
29/08	"	TREE PIPIT	2
29/08	"	Willow/Chiffs	c10
29/08	"	Buzzard	3
29/08	"	Raven	1
29/08	"	Wheatear	1
29/08	"	Green Woodpecker	2
29/08	"	Swallow	c50
29/08	"	Bullfinch	1	(Heard @ far end of Nansen Hill)
~
29/08	RSBP Dynamite Pool	Ruff	1
29/08	(17.15 -19.30)	GARGANEY	1m	(In Eclipse plumage)
29/08	with GS, CM & KG	Osprey	1	(Seen from St. Helens Bridge, then by pool with a fish)
29/08	"	GADWALL	3
29/08	"	Green Sandpiper	1
29/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
29/08	"	Shoveler	c30
29/08	"	Teal	c15
29/08	"	Cormorant	c10	(In tree by river)
29/08	"	Yellow Wagtail	c30	(Over)
29/08	"	Heron	2
29/08	"	Little Egret	1
29/08	"	Stock Dove	4
29/08	"	Swallow	c50
29/08	"	Swift	5
~
Reported	Newtown NR	poss. PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER	1	from E. Hide on Tues, but reported Wed. (Dave W.)
~
Sat to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos.
Thur 28th.	Slimbridge WWT	Green Sandpiper	2	1 Ruff, c10 Curlew. c50 Black-tailed Godwit.
"	Frampton Flashes	Ruff	3	3 Green SP, 6 Wigeon, ,1 Lessr WhThrt.
Wed 27th.	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	1m	2 Raven, 1 Buzzard.
Tues 26th	Coombe Hill Meadows	Wood Sandpiper	1	2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green SP. 2 Wheatear, 2 L.Egret
"	Kerne Bridge, Goodrich	Yellow Wagtail	3+	5 Pied Wagtail
Mon 26th	Cannop Ponds	Dipper	1m	7 Mandarin 1 Spotted FC,
Sun 24th	Farlington Marsh	Common Sandpiper	3	8 Shoveller, 5 Teal
"	Slimbridge WWT	Spotted Redshank	1	1 Ruff 1 Common Tern.
"	Frampton Flashes	WOOD SANDPIPER	1	2 Greenshank, 7 Snipe, 2 Sand Martin
"	Symond's Yat, Glos.	Peregrine	2	2 Nuthatch, 7 Cormorant, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull.
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Sunday	Wet a.m	Fresh SW. Wind
Reported	St. Catherines Point	SOOTY SHEARWATER	1W	fairly close, Arctic Skua 3W, Kittewake 5W.
(Graham S.)	RSPB Dynamite Pond	GARGANEY	1f/juv.	Spotted FC 5, Redstart 2, Garden Warbler 2, Yellow Wagtail 1 (over)
~
Reported	Yarmouth, Thorley	Osprey	1S.	@ c11.00, Bk-t Godwit 69, Dunlin 5, Greenshank 1, Kingfisher 2, Tree Pipit 1 (Over)
(Chris M.)	Brading Marsh RSPB	Marsh Harrier	2f/juv.	16.00-17.00, Hobby 2, Green SP 1, Snipe 3.
~
Saturday	Fine Sunny
23/08	Brading Sewage Wks.	Spotted Flycatcher	2+	(On wires, bushes)
23/08	(8.03 - 8.25)	Grey Wagtail	2 juv.
23/08	"	Whitethroat	1juv
23/08	"	Blackcap	1m
23/08	"	Swallow	20
23/08	"	Sand Martin	2
~
23/08	Sandown Canoe Lake	Sedge Warbler	3
23/08	(8.35)	Swallow	10
23/08	"	House Martin	2
~
23/08	Luccombe/Shanklin Dns	Spotted Flycatcher	5+	(S. Slope of Shanklin Down)
23/08	(9.15 - 11.35)	Redstart	3	(1m, 2f/juv)
23/08	"	Willow Warbler	c10
23/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1
23/08	"	Buzzard	14	(10 soaring together!)
23/08	"	Raven	3
23/08	"	Wheatear	6
23/08	"	Green Woodpecker	2
23/08	"	Swallow	c30
23/08	"	Sand Martin	2
23/08	"	Swift	1
~
Friday	Wet to Sunny Int.	NW Wind
22/08	Lane End, Bembridge	Rock Pipit	3	(On Lifeboat Stn. pier)
22/08	(15.45)	Shag	1
~
22/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,6f
22/08	(16.15)	Little Egret	1
22/08	"	Greenshank	2
22/08	"	Little Grebe	5
22/08	Bembridge Harbour	Little Egret	26
~
22/08	RSBP Dynamite Pool	Ruff	1
22/08	(17.10 -19.15 with GS.)	Green Sandpiper	1
22/08	"	Common Sandpiper	3
22/08	"	Greenshank	2
22/08	"	Shoveler	11
22/08	"	Teal	c15
22/08	"	Canada Geese	101
22/08	"	Cormorant	23
22/08	"	Heron	7
22/08	"	Little Egret	15
22/08	"	Stock Dove	7
22/08	"	Swallow	c50
22/08	"	Swift	1
~
Reported	Luccombe Down	PIED FLYCATCHER	1	Spotted FC, Redstart, L. Whitethroat etc. (Ventnor Grp.)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int. &	Showers
21/08	Shanklin Old Church Pond	Swift	9	(Feeding, thought they'd all left!)
21/08	(7.30 - 8.10)	Muscovy	1	(Have the others been removed?)
21/08	"	Moorhen	7
21/08	"	Goldcrest	3+	(Heard)
~
21/08	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	3	(2ad,1juv on filter beds)
21/08	(9.20 - 10.00)	Pied Wagtail	3
21/08	"	x-Sparrowhawk	1	(a dead one on the path)
21/08	"	Meadow Pipit	3
21/08	"	Swallow	4
21/08	"	Goldfinch	4
21/08	"	Greenfinch	5
21/08	"	Goldfinch	4
21/08	"	Chaffinch	3
21/08	"	Chiffchaff	1
~
21/08	Brading Marsh	Grey Wagtail	2	(on filter beds)
21/08	(18.50 - 20.10)	Whitethroat	3
21/08	"	Sedge Warbler	1
21/08	"	Swift	1
21/08	"	Swallow	c12
21/08	Laundry Lane	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Heard)
21/08	"	Water Rail	1	"
21/08	"	Moorhen	1ad,2juv
21/08	"	Buzzard	1	(On bush)
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int, Showers	SW. Wind
20/08	Newtown NR	Dunlin	72
20/08	(8.50 - 11.00)	Grey Plover	13
20/08	"	Whimbrel	1
20/08	"	Ringed Plover	38
20/08	"	Greenshank	1
20/08	"	Redshank	3
20/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
20/08	"	Turnstone	2
20/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
20/08	"	Common Tern	5
20/08	"	Linnet	4
~
Tuesday	Cloudy, Sunny Int.	Gusty SW. Wind
19/08	St. Helens Bridge	Swift	3S.
19/08	Bembridge Ponds	Kingfisher	1m
19/08	(8.15 - 9.15)	Common Sandpiper	3-4	(1 Lagoon, then 3 on Causeway)
19/08	"	Greenshank	2	(Lagoon)
19/08	"	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
19/08	"	Little Grebe	4
19/08	"	Reed Warbler	2	(1 seen, 1 heard)
~
19/08	Brading Marsh	Sand Martin	2
19/08	(9.35 - 10.10)	Stock Dove	1
19/08	"	Blackcap	1	(Heard)
19/08	"	Swallow	2
19/08	"	Kestrel	1
19/08	"	Reed Warbler	1
~
Reported	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(Bob G.)
~
Monday	Showers, Sunny Int.	S. Wind
18/08	Ryde E. Sands	Bar-tailed Godwit	22	(a good count, some in summer plumage,
18/08	(8.10)	Sanderling	30	-both species far out on Sandbank)
18/08	"	Ringed Plover	4
18/08	"	Curlew	13
18/08	"	Oystercatcher	12
~
18/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
18/08	(14.00 -14.30)	Little Grebe	4
18/08	"	Heron	1
18/08	"	Kestrel	1m
18/08	"	Oystercatcher	5
18/08	Solent	Common Tern	3
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals
17/08	Fishboune Beach (WeBS)	Redshank	9
17/08	(7.20 - 8.30)	Curlew	15
17/08	"	Common Tern	31	(Fishing off Creek entrance)
17/08	"	Sandwich Tern	1
17/08	"	Swan	8	(By ferry terminal)
17/08	"	Cormorant	11
17/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
17/08	"	Cetti's Warbler	1juv	(In bushes by Quarr ponds)
17/08	"	Reed Warbler	1	(In reedbed, Quarr ponds)
~
Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	Marsh Harrier	1f	Photographed by (Dave T.)
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Sunny Int.	Brisk SW. Wind
16/08	West High Down	poss. BARRED WARBLER	1f/juv	(flushed from path near car park at 7.52)
16/08	(7.50 - 10.20)	Redstart	1f
16/08	"	Whinchat	1	(Alum Bay to Needles)
16/08	"	Stonechat	1m,1juv	"
16/08	"	Wheatear	13	(along S. Cliffs)
16/08	"	Raven	3	"
16/08	"	Shag	7	(6 on Old Pepper Rock)
16/08	"	Great-spotted Woodpecker	3	(1 near cliffs may be a migrant)
16/08	"	Sparrowhawk	2	(Mobbed by Kestrel and small birds)
16/08	"	Whitethroat	1ad,1juv.
~
16/08	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	104
16/08	(10.35 - 11.25)	Sparrowhawk	1	(All the Godwits went up)
16/08	"	Greenshank	1
16/08	"	Lapwing	2
16/08	"	Curlew	5
16/08	"	Whitethroat	1
16/08	"	Little Egret	2
~
Reported	Brading Marsh RSPB	Crossbill	13	6E@7.30, 7W@8.25, also 3 Whinchat, 11 Wheatear.
(Graham S.)	@"Dynamite Pool"	Ruff	1juv.	Green & Common SP, Whimbrel, 6 Shoveler
~
Friday	Fine Sunny
15/08	Ryde E. Sands	Little Egret	2
15/08	(7.15)	Curlew	21
15/08	"	Oystercatcher	10
15/08	"	Ringed Plover	5
15/08	Canoe Lake	Swan	2	(With Orange Rings L.Leg "D 3 F" & "T L J" again)
~
15/08	Culver Down	Redstart	2f/juv
15/08	(7.45 - 9.10)	Spotted Flycatcher	2+
15/08	"	Willow Warbler	4+
15/08	"	Whitethroat	6	(Bushes)
15/08	"	Wheatear	1f
~
15/08	Luccombe Down	Redstart	1f/juv
15/08	(19.15 - 20.30)	Swift	3	(over moving S.)
15/08	"	Wheatear	1
~
Reported	Fort Victoria	Storm Petrel	1	inside Sconce Buoy @16.40 (Graham S.)
~
Thursday	Sunny Int. &	Torrential Showers
14/08	Ryde E. Sands	Common Tern	17	(W. out in Solent)
14/08	(7.15)	Curlew	16
14/08	"	Oystercatcher	11
14/08	"	Little Egret	13
~
14/08	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	38	(2 with White Rings)
14/08	(7.45 - 8.30)	Little Egret	3
14/08	Duver	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Bushes)
14/08	"	Wheatear	3f/juv
14/08	"	Whitethroat	2	(Bushes)
14/08	"	Pied Wagtail	5	(3 juv.)
14/08	"	Starling	c10
~
Wednesday	Sunny Int.	Strong gusty SW. Wind
13/08	Brading Sewage Wks.	Bullfinch	1m,1f	(Just S. of S. Wks.)
13/08	(8.15 - 9.15)	Willow Warbler	1	"
13/08	"	Blackcap	2	(Heard)
13/08	"	Sparrowhawk	1m
13/08	Laundry Lane	SPOTTED FLYCATCHER	1	(My 1st. on the IOW this year!)
13/08	"	Whitethroat	1
13/08	"	Swallow	c10
13/08	"	Kestrel	1
13/08	"	Swift	2
13/08	"	Robin	4
~
13/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	4m,6f
13/08	(9.30 - 10.00)	Little Egret	3
13/08	"	Greenshank	2
13/08	"	Little Grebe	2
Moth	"	Garden Tiger	1	and Meadow Brown BFs.
~
13/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	3
13/08	(18.10 -19.30)	Water Rail	2,1juv	(Back, and LH of centre channel, +far end RHS)
13/08	"	Little Grebe	7
13/08	"	Little Egret	1
13/08	"	Greenshank	2
13/08	"	Stock Dove	4
13/08	"	Swift	7	(All moving S.)
13/08	Solent	Gannet	1W
13/08	"	Sandwich Tern	1	(Along Beach)
~
Tuesday	Cloudy to Showers
12/08	Ryde E. Sands	Dunlin	1
12/08	(7.20)	Sanderling	1
12/08	"	Ringed Plover	14
12/08	"	Oystercatcher	1
12/08	"	Sandwich Tern	3
12/08	Canoe Lake	Swan	1	(With Orange Ring L.Leg "T L J")
12/08	"	Little Egret	6	(+1 on Appley Beach)
~
12/08	Appley Park	Mistle Thrush	10+	(Over to N.)
12/08	(7.40)	Stock Dove	3
~
12/08	Firestone Copse	Coal Tit	2juv
12/08	(8.40)	Long-tailed Tit	c10
~
12/08	Binstead	Swift	2	(Over NE @ 18.00)
~
Monday	Cloudy Bright Int.	SW Wind
11/08	Culver Down	Wheatear	1juv	(Cliff Edge, just E. of Redcliff/Whitecliff boundry)
11/08	(7.45 - 8.30)	Kestrel	3
11/08	"	Buzzard	1
11/08	"	Swallow	c20
11/08	"	Sand Martin	1
~
11/08	Sandown Canoe Lake	Little Grebe	4
11/08	(8.40 - 9.05)	Swan	5	(2ad, 3cyg.)
11/08	"	Wheatear	1	(Seawall by Dino Mus.)
~
11/08	Brading Marsh	Whitethroat	2
11/08	(9.15 - 10.15)	Kestrel	1
11/08	"	Blackcap	1f/juv
11/08	"	Swallow	c15
11/08	"	Sand Martin	1
~
11/08	Newnham Lane, Binstead	Barn Owl	1	(N of lane at 21.20 in the gloom)
11/08	(8.45 - 9.25)	Little Owl	1	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk W. Wind
10/08	Newtown NR	Dunlin	c80
10/08	(7.50 - 10.40)	Grey Plover	4
10/08	-no sign of Green SP	Ringed Plover	c25
10/08	"	Greenshank	3
10/08	"	Redshank	2
10/08	"	Peregrine	1
10/08	"	Black-tailed Godwit	24
10/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
10/08	"	Sandwich Tern	3
10/08	"	Common Tern	c15
10/08	"	Gannet	3	(Out in Solent)
10/08	"	Willow Warbler	2	(Heard lane and meadow)
~
Saturday	Cloudy, Sunny Int.	Brisk SW. Wind
09/08	St. Catherines Point	Gannet	10	(7W, 1E, 2 on sea and fishing offshore)
09/08	(7.15 - 8.40)	Greater Black-backed Gull	3W
09/08	"	Wheatear	2	(on wall by Knowles Farm)
~
09/08	Gore Cliff, Blackgang	Wheatear	1
09/08	(8.45 - 9.15)	Fulmar	2	(Along cliff)
09/08	"	Stock Dove	5
~
Reported	Newtown NR (Main Hide)	Green Sandpiper	4	in Scrape a.m. (Bob G.)
~
Friday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
08/08	Dodnor to Werrar	Common Sandpiper	5	(Werrar along waters edge)
08/08	(8.30 - 10.10)	Curlew	12
08/08	"	Whimbrel	1-2
08/08	"	Skylark	2
08/08	"	Red-legged Partridge	2	(Werrar)
08/08	"	Linnet	2	"
08/08	"	Bullfinch	1-2	(Study centre grounds)
08/08	"	Whitethroat	1juv.
08/08	"	Water Rail	1	(Heard @ Dodnor pond)
08/08	"	Little Egret	6
~
Thursday	O/cast to Sunny Int.
07/08	Bembridge Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	c50
07/08	(7.45 - 8.20)	SNIPE	1	(Over to S. @ 7.53)
07/08	Duver	Pied Wagtail	7	(Mostly juv.)
07/08	"	Starling	c40
07/08	"	Kestrel	2
07/08	"	Robin	5
~
07/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	3m,4f
07/08	(8.40 - 9.30)	Reed Warbler	3	(1 seen, others heard)
07/08	"	Water Rail	1	(in reeds at the Lagoon)
07/08	"	Sand Martin	2	(With Swallows and House Martins)
07/08	"	Greenshank	2
07/08	"	Little Grebe	5
07/08	"	Chiloe Wigeon	2	(Esc. -not American Wigeon as reported)
~
07/08	Brading Marsh	House Martin	c20
07/08	(15.30 - 16.40)	Swallow	c50	(Many juv.)
07/08	"	Swift	3	(Over Culver Down)
~
07/08	St. Helens Duver	Long-eared Owl	1	(Out at 18.35 put on a great show)
07/08	(18.35 - 19.50)	Green Woodpecker	1
07/08	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(In Bushes)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Sunny Int.
06/08	Shide to Blackwater FP	Blackcap	2f/juv
06/08	(7.50 - 9.30)	Whitethroat	1juv
06/08	"	Goldcrest	c10	(3 seen others heard, includes juvs.)
06/08	"	Grey Wagtail	1	(Just upstream of Road Bridge)
06/08	"	Chaffinch	1f	(Hard to see recently)
06/08	"	Red-legged Partridge	2	(With 4 Pheasant)
~
06/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	5
06/08	(15.00 -15.45)	Water Rail	1	(Far end of main channel)
06/08	"	Little Grebe	4
06/08	"	Little Egret	1
06/08	"	Oystercatcher	4
06/08	"	Willow Warbler	1
~
Tuesday	Showers
05/08	Ryde E. Sands	Mediterranean Gull	86	(1 with White ring)
05/08	(9.00)	Sanderling	12
05/08	"	Ringed Plover	10
05/08	"	Dunlin	10
05/08	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1
05/08	"	Oystercatcher	7
05/08	"	Curlew	13
05/08	"	Common Tern	4
05/08	"	Sandwich Tern	2
~
05/08	my Garden (Ryde)	Willow Warbler	1	(@13.00)
~
05/08	Brading Sewage Wks.	Sand Martin	2
05/08	(15.00 - 15.50)	Swallow	c10
Moth	"	Garden Tiger	1	and Red Admiral, Green-viened White BF's
~
05/08	St. Helens Duver	Sand Martin	2	(With Swallows and House Martins)
05/08	(18.50 - 20.10)	Swallow	c10
05/08	No LEO show tonight	Great-spotted Woodpecker	1juv
05/08	"	Green Woodpecker	1
05/08	"	Swift	1
05/08	"	Pied Wagtail	5	(1ad, 5juv)
05/08	"	Mediterranean Gull	2	(Over towards beach)
~
Monday	Fine Sunny	SW Wind
04/08	Brighstone Down	Dartford Warbler	1	(Heard "Churring")
04/08	(7.50 - 9.20)	Yellowhammer	1m
04/08	"	Chiffchaff	2-3
04/08	"	Linnet	6
04/08	"	Bullfinch	c2	(Heard)
04/08	"	Mistle Thrush	4
04/08	"	Kestrel	1
04/08	"	Buzzard	5
Butterflies	"	Painted Lady	1	Speckled Wood, Grayling, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown.
~
04/08	Newtown NR (Scrape)	Oystercatcher	3	(2ad,1juv)
04/08	"	Greenshank	1
04/08	"	Peregrine	1juv
~
04/08	Culver Down	Wheatear	2f	(Cliff Edge, just E. of Redcliff/Whitecliff boundry)
04/08	(14.30 - 15.20)	Kestrel	6+
04/08	"	Buzzard	2
04/08	"	Swallow	c20
Butterflies	"	Chalkhill Blue	c30
~
Sunday	Drizzle and Showers
03/08	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	6	(Possibly 7)
03/08	(11.20 -11.45)	Heron	1
03/08	"	Little Grebe	3
03/08	"	Little Egret	4
03/08	"	Stock Dove	2
03/08	"	Oystercatcher	8
~
03/08	Brading Marsh	Reed Warbler	3	(E. of Station, in reedbed near river)
03/08	(15.35 - 17.15)	Sedge Warbler	1juv	(Bush by river)
03/08	Laundry Lane	Blackcap	1f/juv
03/08	"	Chiffchaff	2	(Heard)
03/08	"	Green Woodpecker	3
03/08	"	Lapwing	1
03/08	"	Kestrel	1
03/08	"	Buzzard	1
~
Saturday	Drizzle to Brighter
02/08	Ryde E. Sands	Mediterranean Gull	41	(2 with Green rings)
02/08	(7.15)	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	"
02/08	"	Oystercatcher	6
02/08	"	Curlew	9
02/08	"	Common Tern	6
~
02/08	Binstead (IWOG Walk)	Coal Tit	3
02/08	(9.00 - 11.40)	Great Tit	10+	(On feeders)
02/08	Sadly no Nuthatch	Blue Tit	c15
~
02/08	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	42
02/08	(16.30 - 17.45)	Redshank	12
02/08	"	Common Sandpiper	1
02/08	"	Lapwing	7
02/08	"	Curlew	6
02/08	"	Heron	3
02/08	"	Little Egret	4
~
02/08	Fort Victoria	Sandwich Tern	c15
02/08	(17.50 - 20.40)	Common Tern	c2
02/08	IWOG BBQ	Peregrine	1W
02/08	"	Gannet	3E
02/08	"	Shearwater Sp.	1	(Off Bouldnor around the yatchs, Balearic?)
~
02/08	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c2	(Churring males, seen flying @21.15)
02/08	(21.05)	poss. Woodcock	1	(Rear view not calling)
~
Friday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk SW. Wind
01/08	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On posts, far bank of Clamerkin inlet)
01/08	(8.20 - 11.30)	Grey Plover	9	(Most in summer plumage)
01/08	"	Whimbrel	4	(2 Clamerkin, 1 E. Hide, 1 Scrape Islands)
01/08	"	Greenshank	7
01/08	"	Redshank	2
01/08	"	Turnstone	7	(6 together on W. Spit)
01/08	"	Dunlin	2	(1 Summer/1 Winter plumage)
01/08	"	Common Sandpiper	4	(2 E. Hide, 2 Scrape)
01/08	"	Peregrine	1	(In the grass at Lambsleaze)
01/08	"	Starling	24
01/08	"	Swift	1
~
01/08	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	4m,2f
01/08	(16.40 - 17.20)	Common Sandpiper	1
01/08	"	Water Rail	1	(Imm. bird in reeds at the Lagoon)
01/08	"	Swan	3	(2ad,1cyg.)
01/08	"	Greenshank	2
01/08	"	Little Grebe	1
01/08	Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	c10
~

JULY 2008: Click for monthly species lists, July total = 112

Thursday	Overcast
31/07	Ryde E. Sands	BAR-TAILED GODWIT	1	(Off end of sandbank)
31/07	(7.15)	Dunlin	11	"
31/07	"	Oystercatcher	5
31/07	"	Curlew	8
31/07	"	Sandwich Tern	1
31/07	"	Common Tern	1
~
31/07	Bembridge Harbour	Pied Wagtail	13	(2 with Yellow rings from Ryde Pierhead roost)
31/07	(7.40 - 9.20)	Shelduck	2ad,1juv
31/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	c15
~
31/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Black-tailed Godwit	12
31/07	(13.10 - 14.15)	Greenshank	1
31/07	"	Common Sandpiper	1
31/07	"	Lesser Whitethroat	1m	(a cracker!)
31/07	"	Lapwing	15
31/07	"	Curlew	2
31/07	"	Heron	3
31/07	"	Little Egret	4
~
31/07	Fort Victoria	EIDER DUCK	12	(Off Keyhaven)
31/07	(14.25)	Common Tern	c20
~
31/07	Newtown NR (Hide)	Osprey	2	(On posts, far bank of Clamerkin inlet)
31/07	(15.05 - 16.00)	GREY PLOVER	3	(In summer plumage)
31/07	"	Greenshank	3
31/07	"	Redshank	1
31/07	"	Common Sandpiper	2
~
Wednesday	Fine Sunny
30/07	St. Helens Duver	Little Egret	9
30/07	(7.25 - 9.45)	Rock Pipit	1
30/07	still no LE Owl!	Sparrowhawk	2	(Over woods)
30/07	"	Blackbird	3	(One with white head and neck)
30/07	"	Curlew	5	(and a possible Whimbrel nearby)
30/07	"	Shelduck	2ad,1juv
30/07	"	Sandwich Tern	12
30/07	"	Common Tern	9	(On old wall in harbour)
30/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	2	(On beach)
30/07	"	Kestrel	1
~
30/07	St. Helens Duver	Long-eared Owl	1	(Flying 19.30 - 20.00)
30/07	(18.40 - 20.20)	Dunlin	1juv	(Thought it was something rarer at first!)
30/07	"	Whimbrel	1	(Old wall in harbour)
30/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	c10	(After the flying ants)
30/07	"	Black-headed Gull	c200	"
~
Monday	Fine Sunny
28/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	1
28/07	(9.20)	Heron	1
28/07	-hide locked again	Greenshank	1
28/07	"	Little Grebe	4
28/07	"	Little Egret	2
28/07	Beach	Sandwich Tern	1	(On outflow pipe)
28/07	"	Common Tern	1
~
28/07	St. Helens Duver	Little Egret	26	(Gathering in the roost trees)
28/07	(18.20 - 20.25)	Whimbrel	2	(Left harbour to N.)
28/07	No sign of LEO today	Curlew	6
28/07	"	Shelduck	2ad,1juv
28/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	2
28/07	"	Kestrel	3
28/07	"	Buzzard	1
~
Sunday	Fine Sunny Hot
27/07	Ryde Esplanade	Sanderling	1	(Part Summ. Plumage, on beach by Wimpy Kiosk)
27/07	(7.40)	Canada Geese	c20	(Canoe Lake)
~
27/07	St. Helens Bridge	KINGFISHER	1	(N. down the river and over the road)
27/07	(8.05)	Sand Martin	c4
27/07	"	WILLOW WARBLER	1m	(Returning migrants)
27/07	"	Sedge Warbler	2
27/07	"	Reed Warbler	2
~
27/07	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	1m,1f
27/07	(8.35 - 10.30)	Willow Warbler	1	(Heard)
27/07	"	Common Sandpiper	1
27/07	"	Water Rail	1-2	(Heard)
27/07	"	Little Grebe	5
27/07	"	Canada Geese	c10
27/07	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
27/07	Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	c10
27/07	"	Common Gull	3
~
27/07	St. Helens Duver	Little Egret	28	(Gathering in the roost trees)
27/07	(20.25 - 21.25)	Whimbrel	2
27/07	"	Curlew	8
27/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	12	(with 2 juv.)
~
Reported	St. Catherines Point	prob. Great-white Egret	1W	also 3 Manx Shearwater, etc.(Stephan V.)
(5.30 - 7.30)
Saturday	Fine Sunny Hot
26/07	Newtown NR	Osprey	1	(On flagpole, then over Brickfields)
26/07	(8.00 - 10.40)	Greenshank	1
26/07	"	Common Sandpiper	7	(1 scrape, 6 from E-Hide)
26/07	"	Black-tailed Godwit	1	(Summer Plumage)
26/07	"	Ringed Plover	6
26/07	"	Whimbrel	3	(1 from E-Hide, 2 from Boathouse)
26/07	"	Curlew	c40
26/07	"	Heron	1
26/07	"	Little Egret	6
~
26/07	Brading Sewage Wks.	Sand Martin	c4	(With the Swallows)
26/07	(13.30 - 14.18)	Whitethroat	1	(Collecting nest material)
26/07	"	Pied Wagtail	1ad,3juv
26/07	"	Swallow	50+
Butterflies	Laundry Lane	Purple Hairstreak	1	-Worn, 2 Comma & 2 Ruddy Darter D.Flies
~
Reported	St. Helens Duver	Long-eared Owl	1	watched for 45mins before dusk, by(Danny V.)
~
Friday	Cloudy to Brighter Later	SE-SW. Wind
25/07	Sandown Canoe Lake	Dunlin	1	(Flew onto back of pond)
25/07	(7.35 - 8.15)	Coot	36
25/07	"	Swan	2ad,3cyg.
~
25/07	Bembridge Down	Peregrine	1
25/07	(8.20 - 9.25)	Buzzard	2
25/07	"	Kestrel	2
25/07	"	Skylark	1
25/07	"	Yellowhammer	1m
~
Thursday	Fine Sunny Warm
24/07	West High Down	Peregrine	1ad,2juv	(Juv. chasing Pigeons etc)
24/07	(7.40 - 10.20)	Stonechat	2m,2f,1juv	(2 W. of Tennyson Dn, 2+juv above Alum Bay)
24/07	"	Dartford Warbler	1juv	(With Stonechats, not usually seen here)
24/07	"	Yellowhammer	1m
24/07	"	Gannet	3	(Fishing off S. Cliffs)
24/07	"	Common Tern	2
24/07	"	Raven	2
24/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	4	(Needles Rocks)
24/07	"	Fulmar	3
24/07	"	Sand Martin	2+
24/07	"	Swallow	c50
24/07	"	Shag	3	(1 on sea, 2+ on Old Pepper Rock)
Butterflies	"	Chalkhill Blue	c40	2 Comma, 2 Red Admiral, 2 Dark Green Fritillary.
~
24/07	Newtown NR	Common Sandpiper	2	(Scrape)
24/07	(10.35 - 11.20)	Greenshank	2	(Over Dynamite Pool)
24/07	"	Heron	1
24/07	"	Little Egret	1
Spiders	"	Wasp Spider	1	by Hide
~
24/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	4
24/07	(18.40 - 19.30)	Greenshank	1
24/07	"	Sparrowhawk	1	(Cleared the ponds!)
24/07	"	Buzzard	1
24/07	"	Little Grebe	6
24/07	"	Little Egret	3
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Showers	Sunny later
23/07	Thorness Bay	Lesser Whitethroat	1	(Bush at back of beach)
23/07	(7.40 - 8.50)	Oystercatcher	3
23/07	"	Sandwich Tern	14
23/07	"	Common Tern	8
23/07	"	Little Egret	4
23/07	"	Skylark	1
23/07	"	Curlew	6
23/07	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2
23/07	"	Goldfinch	c25
23/07	"	Swallow	c30
~
23/07	Parkhurst Forest	Coal Tit	4	(Adult feeding juv, rest heard)
23/07	(9.05 - 10.05)	Chiffchaff	2
23/07	"	Buzzard	1
Butterflies	"	White Admiral	2	2 Comma, 2 Red Admiral, 3 Large Skipper, 1 Ringlet
~
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals
22/07	Bembridge Airport FP	Whinchat	1f/juv	(On RSPB reserve on wires)
22/07	(8.35 - 9.30)	Whitethroat	c6	(Several juveniles)
22/07	"	Buzzard	2
22/07	"	Linnet	4
~
22/07	Foreland	Sandwich Tern	4
22/07	(9.40 - 10.30)	Rock Pipit	1	(On beach)
22/07	"	House Martin	c30	(Collecting mud on sea wall)
22/07	"	Sand Martin	1
22/07	"	House Sparrow	26
22/07	"	Cormorant	6
22/07	"	Curlew	2
~
Monday	Fine Sunny	Light NNW. Wind
21/07	Luccombe/Shanklin Downs	REDSTART	2+	(At least 1 juv and 1 ad. Shanklin Dn-E Slope)
21/07	(8.00 - 9.30)	Red-legged Partridge	1
21/07	"	Dartford Warbler	3	(2 seen, 1+heard)
21/07	"	Linnet	6+
21/07	"	Green Woodpecker	6	(5seen 1heard, inc. several juv.)
Moth	"	6-spot Burnet	1	-emerging. Marbled White, Meadow Brown etc.
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
20/07	Culver Down	Wheatear	1m	(Cliff edge 100m W. of CG Cottages)
20/07	(8.55 - 9.30)	Linnet	3
~
20/07	Alverstone NR	IWOG Walk	~
20/07	(9.40 - 11.40)	Chiffchaff	2
Insects	"	Broad-bodied Chaser	1	1 Ruddy Darter, 2 Red Admiral, 1 White Admiral
"	"	Green-veined White	6	2 Blue-tailed Damselfly , Large Skipper.
~
20/07	Bembridge Harbour	Little Egret	15
20/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	6
20/07	"	Common Gull	6
20/07	"	Shelduck	2ad,1juv
~
20/07	Bembridge Ponds	Little Egret	1
20/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
20/07	"	Common Gull	2
20/07	"	Greenshank	1
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	Brisk W. Wind
19/07	Newtown NR	OSPREY	1	(Adult male? on post on E. Spit all morning)
19/07	(8.00 - 11.20)	Whimbrel	2	(1 from E. Hide, 1 heard Clamerkin)
19/07	"	Little-ringed Plover	1	(Heard and seen NW over Harbour)
19/07	"	Ringed Plover	2
19/07	"	Dunlin	6
19/07	"	Sandwich Tern	2	(in Solent)
19/07	"	Common Tern	c20	(W. Spit and out in Solent)
19/07	"	Common Sandpiper	2	(1 from E. Hide, 1 in Scrape)
19/07	"	Greenshank	1	(Scrape)
19/07	"	Peregrine	1juv	(E. Spit)
19/07	"	Gannet	20+	(In Solent)
19/07	"	Cormorant	1	(With an Eel in the Scrape)
~
19/07	Hersey NR	Common Sandpiper	2
19/07	(18.10 - 18.50)	Sparrowhawk	1
19/07	"	Buzzard	2
19/07	"	Little Grebe	4
19/07	"	Little Egret	3
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	Spoonbill	1juv	still here am. also 1 Green SP, 1 Common SP
(Graham S.)
Friday	Cloudy, spots of rain	SW. Wind
18/07	Fishbourne Beach (WeBS)	Common Gull	4
18/07	(7.25 - 9.30)	Curlew	11
18/07	"	Little Egret	4
18/07	"	Heron	1
18/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	1
18/07	"	Buzzard	2
18/07	Binstead Beach	Common Sandpiper	1	(on rocks)
18/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	3
~
18/07	Bembridge Windmill FP.	SPOONBILL	1juv	(by scope until 15.30)
18/07	(15.20)	Cormorant	12
~
18/07	Foreland, Bembridge	Gannet	5	(3NE, 2SW)
18/07	(15.50)	Curlew	1
18/07	"	House Martin	4
18/07	"	Swallow	2
18/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	5ad,1juv
~
Thursday	Cloudy Dull
17/07	Ryde Esplanade	DUNLIN	4	(Briefly far out on sandbank)
17/07	(8.15)	SANDERLING	1	(Summer Plumage-with Dunlin)
17/07	"	Common Gull	1
17/07	"	Greater Black-backed Gull	13
17/07	"	Curlew	10
17/07	"	Oystercatcher	4
17/07	"	Little Egret	3
17/07	"	Swift	15	(Over Canoe Lake)
~
17/07	St. Helens Bridge	Cetti's Warbler	1	(Singing)
17/07	(9.00)	Sand Martin	c4	(Over Dynamite Pool)
~
17/07	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	7m,2f
17/07	(9.20)	Little Grebe	3ad,1juv
17/07	"	Canada Geese	28
17/07	"	Reed Warbler	3	(Heard)
17/07	"	Greenshank	1-3	(1@lagoon, 2 flew off Causeway Pond)
17/07	Harbour	Mediterranean Gull	1
17/07	"	Common Gull	4
~
17/07	Hersey NR	Greenshank	1
17/07	(18.45 - 19.20)	Common Sandpiper	1
17/07	"	Little Grebe	4
17/07	"	Little Egret	3
17/07	"	Water Rail	1ad,1juv
17/07	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
~
Moth	Wootton Garden	Elephant Hawkmoth	1
~
Wednesday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
16/07	Yarmouth Estuary & Ponds	Sedge Warbler	1	(Rofford Marsh)
16/07	(7.40 - 9.30)	Reed Warbler	7	(Heard)
16/07	"	Black-tailed Godwit	2
16/07	"	Common Sandpiper	1
16/07	"	Curlew	12
16/07	"	Lapwing	11ad,5juv
16/07	"	Redshank	4
16/07	"	Greenshank	3	(2 @ponds, 1 Scrape)
16/07	"	Shelduck	1
Reptile	"	Common Lizard	1
~
16/07	Luccombe Down	Wheatear	1	(On path N. end @ 20.15)
16/07	"	Long-eared Owl	1	(Flew over road @21.15)
~
Reported	RSPB Dynamite Pool	SPOONBILL	1juv	Can be seen from Bembridge Windmill FP. by Scope.
(Graham S.)
Tuesday	Sunny Intervals	Light SW. Wind
15/07	Newtown NR	WHIMBREL	3	(Clamerkin Lake & by E. Hide)
15/07	(8.35 - 11.40)	Brent Goose	1	(The over summering bird)
15/07	"	Common Tern	4ad,2juv	(Juvs on Tern Raft)
15/07	"	Common Sandpiper	2	(1 from E. Hide, 1 in Scrape)
15/07	"	Curlew	c50
15/07	"	Peregrine	1juv	(E. Spit)
15/07	"	Gannet	2E	(In Solent)
~
15/07	Appley Park, Ryde	Mistle Thrush	1ad,1juv
15/07	(14.30 - 15.00)	Little Egret	4	(On beach)
~
Monday	Sunny Intervals
14/07	Shide to Blackwater FP	Little Owl	1
14/07	(8.00 - 9.30)	Red-legged Partridge	2
14/07	"	Blackcap	3	(Heard)
14/07	"	Chiffchaff	4	(Heard)
14/07	"	Skylark	1	(Heard)
~
Sunday	Sunny Intervals	W. Wind
13/07	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	48	(14W, 34E)
13/07	(16.20 - 17.20)	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1W
13/07	"	Common Gull	1W
13/07	"	Herring Gull	50+W	(Under cliffs, some inland as well)
~
Saturday	Sunny Intervals	NW. Wind
12/07	Springvale Beach	Mediterranean Gull	12
12/07	(8.55 - 9.40)	Little Egret	3
12/07	"	Oystercatcher	11
12/07	Hersey NR (Hide Locked)	GREENSHANK	1
12/07	-used new screen further E.	Redshank	5
12/07	"	Little Egret	3
12/07	"	Heron	1
12/07	"	Reed Warbler	2	(Heard)
12/07	"	Whitethroat	1juv	(Being fed by adult)
~
12/07	Brading Sewage Wks.	Grey Wagtail	2ad,1juv
12/07	(16.35 - 17.40)	Chiffchaff	1
12/07	"	Pied Wagtail	3
12/07	"	Swallow	6
12/07	Laundry Lane	Blackcap	1m
12/07	"	Buzzard	3
12/07	"	Meadow Pipit	1	(Mown field by Bexley Point, lost nests?)
12/07	"	Skylark	1	"
~
12/07	Ashey Road	Little Owl	1	(On post by Railway Bridge @20.40)
~
Friday	Sunny Int & Showers	SW. Wind
11/07	St. Catherine's Point	Gannet	66	(57W, 9E)
11/07	(7.40 - 9.10)	Common Scoter	9W
11/07	"	Fulmar	2
11/07	"	Guillemot	1E,1W	(1 with the Scoter)
11/07	"	Kestrel	1
Mammal	"	Fox	1
~
11/07	Gore Cliff	Raven	1
11/07	(9.20 - 10.00)	Peregrine	1
11/07	"	Fulmar	3	(2 still on ledges)
11/07	"	Stock Dove	3
~
11/07	Brading Marsh	Kestrel	1
11/07	(20.25 - 21.25)	Swan	2ad,4juv
11/07	"	Swift	30+	(Moving S.)
11/07	"	Swallow	2
11/07	"	Reed Warbler	1	(Heard)
11/07	"	Buzzard	2
~
Sat to Thur	MAINLAND TRIP	Forest of Dean		Glos.
Thur 10th.	Slimbridge	Green Sandpiper	4	1 Common Sandpiper, c10 Curlew. c50 Black-tailed Godwit.
"	M4/A34	Red Kite	1	over motorway
Tues 8th	Sugarloaf, Abergavenny	Whinchat	c10	30 Meadow Pipit, 3 Wheatear, 10 Skylark
"	Symonds Yat	Peregrine	1	1 Spotted Flycatcher
"	Boy's Grave, FoD	Nightjar	1	& 2 Woodcock
Mon 7th	Oakenhill, Parkend	Turtle Dove	4+	& 1m Garden Warbler
"	New Fancy Viewpoint	Goshawk	2	3 Crossbill over
Sun 6th	Crabtree Hill	Garden Warbler	4juv
"	Cannop Ponds, F. of Dean	Dipper	1juv	& 4 Mandarin
Sat 5th	Lymington River	Eider	1f	& 4 Gannets, 30 Common Tern
"	Beaulieu Road	Spotted Flycatcher	1ad,2juv	& 1m Redstart, 2 Crossbill, 1 Dartford Warbler
Friday	Sunny Intervals
04/07	Ryde E. Sands	Mediterranean Gull	38	(2 ringed -1 Green, 1 White)
04/07	(7.30 - 7.40)	Little Egret	3
04/07	"	Curlew	11
04/07	"	Heron	1
~
04/07	Culver Down	WHINCHAT	1m	(Summer plumage @10.14)
04/07	(9.40 - 10.45)	Buzzard	2
04/07	"	Kestrel	2
04/07	"	Skylark	2	(Taking food to nest)
04/07	"	Goldfinch	8
~
Thursday	Sunny Intervals & Showers
03/07	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	6	(5 In Scrape, 1 on Gull Is.)
03/07	(8.30 - 10.20)	Oystercatcher	c10
03/07	"	Redshank	3
03/07	"	COMMON SANDPIPER	1	(From E. Hide)
03/07	"	Common Tern	1
03/07	"	Ringed Plover	1
03/07	"	Curlew	c20
03/07	"	Peregrine	1	(E. Spit)
03/07	"	Meadow Pipit	2	(Hay meadow)
~
03/07	Parkhurst Forest	Nightjar	c6
03/07	(8.30 - 10.40)	Woodcock	6	(Including juvs)
~
Wednesday	Cloudy to Showers	Sunny later
02/07	Newport to Werrar	Bullfinch	1m,1f	(Near Rowing Club hut)
02/07	(8.00 -10.00)	Oystercatcher	3
02/07	"	Skylark	4
02/07	"	Curlew	6
02/07	"	Little Egret	2ad,2juv
02/07	"	Lesser Black-backed Gull	1	(On roof at Industrial Estate)
02/07	"	Meadow Pipit	2	(Werrar)
~
02/07	Laundry Lane/Brading Marsh	Sparrowhawk	1
02/07	(16.25 - 17.35)	Swan	4ad,9juv	(2 families with 4 and 5 Cygnets each)
02/07	"	Water Rail	1	(IHeard)
02/07	"	Reed Bunting	1m
02/07	"	Reed Warbler	c6
02/07	"	Buzzard	3
02/07	Later visit-	Barn Owl	1f	(Marsh 22.00)
02/07	20.50 - 22.10	Grey Wagtail	1	(Sewage Wks)
02/07	"	Jay	1	(Centurion's Copse)
~
Tuesday	Sunny Int.
01/07	Brighstone Down	Turtle Dove	4+	(juv & adult seen -see pics, & 3 heard purring)
01/07	(8.00 - 9.35)	Dartford Warbler	2	(1 seen near Trig Point, 1 heard nearby
01/07	"	Yellowhammer	c3
01/07	"	Blackcap	3
01/07	"	Chiffchaff	4	(Heard)
01/07	"	Bullfinch	2	(Heard)
~
01/07	Newtown NR	Mediterranean Gull	3ad,2juv	(In Scrape)
01/07	(10.00)	Oystercatcher	4ad,1juv	(Well grown juv, younger one not seen)
01/07	"	Redshank	3
01/07	"	Little Tern	7	(Solent off Harbour entrance)
01/07	"	Common Tern	1
01/07	"	Sandwich Tern	6
01/07	"	Rock Pipit	1	(Boathouse)
01/07	"	Meadow Pipit	4	(Hay meadow)
~
01/07	Bembridge Ponds	Tufted Duck	5m
01/07	(14.20)	Little Grebe	4
01/07	"	Canada Geese	65
01/07	"	Reed Warbler	4	(Heard)
01/07	Harbour	Curlew	2
01/07	"	Mediterranean Gull	4
~
Reported	Brading Marsh	poss. Large White Egret	1	There's a photo -but I've yet to see it.
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