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Isle Of Wight Ornithological Group (I.W.O.G)
- Contact: Dave Hunnybun (Secretary),
40 Church Hill Road, Cowes, IOW PO31 8HH.
(Current subscription only £10 pa. birders from the mainland are welcome to join.)
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Monthly field trips. (See below for details)
AGM 19.15 -for 19.30 @ Medina Valley Centre (14th April 2012)
Annual Bird Report-free to members.
Sea Watching at St. Catherine's Point (Weekends around April)
3 newsletters.
Social Events illustrated talks, suppers etc.
News of local rarities (CROWS Network, now available by SMS Text on a Mobile Phone).
Garden Bird Survey-something all members can participate in.
Breeding Bird Survey-choose a 1km square and record the birds seen there.
| 16/12 | Yarmouth Estuary and Ponds | Marsh Harrier
| 1m (2nd.w) | |
| 16/12 | (8.20 - 11.20) | BLACK BRENT
| 1 | (With c100 Brent Geese) |
| 16/12 | -IWOG Walk from 9.00 | Grey Plover | 1 | |
| 16/12 | " | Golden Plover | c50 | (Over) |
| 16/12 | " | Redshank | 3 | |
| 16/12 | " | Black-tailed Godwit | c60 | |
| 16/12 | " | Curlew | 3 | |
| 16/12 | " | Turnstone | 4 | |
| 16/12 | " | Lapwing | c100 | |
| 16/12 | " | Snipe | c25 | (Over) |
| 16/12 | " | Wigeon | c100 | |
| 16/12 | " | Teal | c60 | |
| 16/12 | " | Little Grebe | 7 | |
| 16/12 | " | Kingfisher | 2 | |
| 16/12 | " | Heron | 1 | |
| 16/12 | " | Little Egret | 5 | |
| 16/12 | " | Rock Pipit | 1 | |
| 16/12 | " | Reed Bunting | 1f | |
| 16/12 | " | Goldcrest | 1 | |
| 16/12 | " | Raven | 1 | |
| 16/12 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
| 16/12 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
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| 04/11 | Newtown NR | Goldeneye | 2f | (Clamerkin Lake) |
| 04/11 | (8.15 - 10.40) | Golden Plover | c300 | |
| 04/11 | -IWOG Walk from 9.00 | Grey Plover | c40 | |
| 04/11 | " | Knot | 9 | |
| 04/11 | " | Ringed Plover | 12 | |
| 04/11 | " | Wigeon | c50 | |
| 04/11 | " | Teal | c60 | |
| 04/11 | " | Pintail | c10 | |
| 04/11 | " | Red-breasted Merganser | 1m,3f | |
| 04/11 | " | Peregrine | 1 | |
| 04/11 | " | Linnet | c15 | |
| 04/11 | " | Little Egret | 2 | |
| 04/11 | " | Cormorant | 2 | |
| 04/11 | " | Brent Geese | c200 | |
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| 07/10 | West Highdown | Dartford Warbler
| 1m | |
| 07/10 | (7.35 - 11.15) | Spotted Flycatcher
| 1 | (A late one) |
| 07/10 | IWOG walk from 8.15 | Bullfinch | 2m | |
| 07/10 | " | Stonechat | 8 | |
| 07/10 | " | Goldcrest | 6+ | (Seen/Heard) |
| 07/10 | " | Chiffchaff | c20 | |
| 07/10 | " | Meadow Pipit | c30 | |
| 07/10 | " | Pied/White Wagtail | 13 | (Over) |
| 07/10 | " | House Martin | 5 | (Over) |
| 07/10 | " | Swallow | c50 | |
| 07/10 | " | Jay | c40 | (Amazing flocks of 30, 20, 10 etc.) |
| 07/10 | " | Blackcap | 7 | |
| 07/10 | " | Sparrowhawk | 2 | |
| 07/10 | " | Raven | 1 | |
| 07/10 | " | Siskin | 4 | (Over) |
| 07/10 | " | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 3 | |
| 07/10 | " | Green Woodpecker | 2 | |
| 07/10 | " | Sparrowhawk | 2 | |
| 07/10 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
| 07/10 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
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| 09/09 | Luccombe Down | Dartford Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
| 09/09 | (8.00 - 11.15) | Redstart | 7 | |
| 09/09 | -IWOG walk | Spotted Flycatcher | 7 | (c20 Reported by Cattle Trough) |
| 09/09 | " | Yellow Wagtail | 1 | (Over) |
| 09/09 | " | Meadow Pipit | 4 | |
| 09/09 | " | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | (Heard) |
| 09/09 | " | Green Woodpecker | 1 | (Heard) |
| 09/09 | " | Wheatear | 1f | |
| 09/09 | " | Whitethroat | 1 | |
| 09/09 | " | Willow Warbler/Chiffchaff | c10 | |
| 09/09 | " | Swallow | c40 | |
| 09/09 | " | Sand Martin | 2 | |
| 09/09 | " | Kestrel
| 4 | |
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| 12/08 | Brading Marsh RSPB | Garden Warbler
| 1 | |
| 12/08 | IWOG walk (8.45 - 11.15) | GREEN SANDPIPER | 3 | |
| 12/08 | " | Shoveler | 4+ | (1m,1f later 3f) |
| 12/08 | " | Teal | 40+ | (Flocks of 15 and 20 over) |
| 12/08 | " | Meadow Pipit | 1 | |
| 12/08 | " | Wheatear | 1 | |
| 12/08 | " | Shelduck | 1 | |
| 12/08 | " | Reed Bunting | 3m | |
| 12/08 | " | Heron | 1 | |
| 12/08 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
| 12/08 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
| 12/08 | " | Cormorant
| c40 | (In roost tree) |
| Reported | " | Whinchat | 1 | 1 Snipe (James G.) |
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| 15/07 | Garstons Down, Gatcombe | COMMON REDSTART
| 1m,1juv | (Early migrants, just above Garstons Farm) |
| 15/07 | IWOG Walk (9.10 - 11.10) | Yellowhammer | 6 | |
| 15/07 | " | Red-legged Partridge | 1 | (Heard) |
| 15/07 | " | Kestrel | 2 | |
| 15/07 | " | Buzzard | 5 | (And 1 juv. in tree
) |
| 15/07 | " | Chiffchaff | 2 | (Heard) |
| 15/07 | " | Skylark | c10 | |
| 15/07 | " | Whitethroat | 2 | |
| 15/07 | " | Swift | c20 | |
| 15/07 | Gatcombe Church | Stock Dove | 2 | |
| Mammal | " | Hare | 1 | |
| Butterflies | " | Meadow Brown | 10+ | 2 Red Admiral & 2 "Silver Y" moth. |
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| 23/06 | Parkhurst Forest (IWOG Walk) | Woodcock | c4 | (Flying over from 21.20) |
| 23/06 | (20.15 - 10.30) in light rain | Nightjar | 4+ | (3 seen, others heard from 21.05) |
| 23/06 | " | Long-eared Owl | 1, 2juv. | (Juveniles heard "Squeaking", and 1 adult glimsed in the gloom) |
| 23/06 | " | Kestrel | 1 | |
| Beetles | " | Glow-worm | 2f | (Glowing by paths) |
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| 09/06 | Ningwood IWOG Walk | Nightingale | 1 | (Heard briefly) |
| 09/06 | (9.40 - 11.30) | Willow Warbler | 3 | (Heard) |
| 09/06 | " | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1juv | |
| 09/06 | " | Mistle Thrush | 1 | |
| 09/06 | " | Linnet | 4 | |
| 09/06 | " | Bullfinch | 2 | |
| 09/06 | " | Buzzard | 2 | |
| Butterflies | " | Small Heath | c10 | 1 Large Skipper, 3 Meadow Brown, 10+ Speckled Wood. |
| Damselflies | " | Azure | 6 | 4 Large Red |
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| 06/05 | St. Catherine's Point | HOBBY | 3 | (Flying up and down the Cliffs) |
| 06/05 | (8.05 - 9.20) | House Martin | c60 | (In off sea) |
| 06/05 | -IWOG Walk | Gannet
| c50 | (Some very close) |
| 06/05 | " | Auk Sp. | 5E | (Distant) |
| 06/05 | " | Fulmar | 1 | |
| 06/05 | " | Common Scoter | 2E | |
| 06/05 | " | Swift | 3 | (In off Sea) |
| Reported | earlier | Great Skua "Bonxie" | 1 | |
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| (9.10 - 10.45) | Stonechat | 1m | |
| " | Goldeneye | 1f | |
| " | Black-tailed Godwit | c15 | |
| " | Teal | c10 | |
| " | Wigeon | c5 | |
| " | Brent Geese | c60 | |
| " | Mediterranean Gull | 39 | |
| " | Grey Plover | c60 | |
| " | Knot | c50 | |
| " | Shelduck | c20 | |
| " | Redshank | c10 | |
| " | Curlew | 6 | |
| " | Short-eared Owl | 1 | (In grass towards E. Hide) |
| " | Peregrine | 1 |
| Ryde Esplanade | Eider | 1f | (Just E. of Pier till flew W.) |
| (8.45 - 11.00) | Bar-tailed Godwit | 1 | (Flushed by dogs) |
| " | Sanderling | c100 | |
| " | Ringed Plover | c30 | |
| " | Curlew | 21 | |
| Canoe Lake | Black Swan | 1 | |
| " | Tufted Duck | 5 | |
| Appley Park | Redwing | c15 | |
| " | Mistle Thrush | 2 | |
| " | Starling | c20 | |
| Puckpool Point | Common Scoter | 1 | (On sea by the GND) |
| " | Great Northern Diver | 1 | |
| " | Slavonian Grebe | 2 | (Off Seaview) |
| " | Red-breasted Merganser | 5 |
| 08/01 | Yarmouth | KINGFISHER | 1m | (On Boat Pontoons) |
| 08/01 | IWOG Walk (9.00 - 11.10) | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | (Heard) |
| 08/01 | " | Black-tailed Godwit | c80 | |
| 08/01 | " | Golden Plover | 50+ | |
| 08/01 | " | Grey Plover | 2 | |
| 08/01 | " | Lapwing | 100+ | |
| 08/01 | " | Greenshank | 1 | |
| 08/01 | " | Redshank | 1 | |
| 08/01 | " | Little Grebe | 8 | |
| 08/01 | " | Buzzard | 1 | |
| 08/01 | " | Reed Bunting | c6 | |
| 08/01 | Rofford Marsh | Snipe | 4 | |
| 08/01 | " | Fieldfare | 1 | |
| 08/01 | " | Shoveler | 5m,4f | |
| 08/01 | " | Moorhen | 25 | |
| 08/01 | " | Mediterranean Gull | 2+ | |
| Reported | " | HEN HARRIER | 1f | Large field S. of Scrape (Ian R.) |
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