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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.
Annual BBQ at Fort Victoria on Saturday 13th. August 2011 @18.30
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.
| (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 |
Overhead Migration: c15 Redpoll, c100 Linnet, c50 Goldfinch, c100 Woodpigeon
2 Peregrines, 4 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk.
1m,1f Stonechat 4 Meadow Pipit, 1 Wheatear (By Beacon)
5 Bullfinch, 1 Raven, 2 Skylark.
earlier 2 SHORT-EARED OWL were flushed from clifftop (before the walk).
1m Ring Ouzel
(Below Cliff at Blackgang Landslip), 1 Raven (Doing aerobatic manouvers
)
6 Stock Dove, 3 Yellowhammer, c6 Goldcrest (Heard), 6 Chiffchaff
1m Blackcap, 1 Peregrine, 6 Swallow, 4 Meadow Pipit, 7 Wheatear (On field by road)
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, 2 Buzzard.
Overhead Migrants: 8 Redpoll (Others heard), c10 Siskin (Heard), c50 Linnet, 4 Skylark, 77 Pied Wagtail.
later 1m Black Redstart was seen by "Merlins" restauant.
Crossbill, heard calling N. of Car Park.
At the creek:
1 Greenshank, 3 Oystercatcher, 4 Heron, 4 Little Egret
At the Car Park:
1 Bullfinch (Heard), 1 Blackcap.
At the Pond:
c4 Smooth Newts.
Gadwall 17
Water Rail 1 (Heard, Rofford Marsh)
Black-tailed Godwit c40
Snipe c40
Little Grebe 6
Kestrel 1
Song Thrush 2
Reed Bunting6
Bullfinch 1m (Over)
Golden Plover c120
Lapwing c100
Goldeneye 1m
Redshank 3
Greenshank 1 (Scrape)
Stock Dove 1
Curlew 2
Kingfisher 3!
Hersey NR ;-
1 Red-throated Diver, W. off Prince Consort car-park
1 Great Northern Diver, E. off Hersey.
1 Diver sp, W. (probably Black Throated).
3 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Great-crested Grebe,1 Greenshank, feeding on the beach at the Hersey water outfall
1 Water Rail -by the sluice at the entrance
1 Kestrel, 15 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Egret, 1 Heron
150+ Brent Goose, E. along the coast, a Mistle Thrush and a Buzzard at Appley Park
Yellowhammers were evident straight away, with plenty of Skylarks singing overhead,
high above the Downs 40+ Swift were soaring round, and 2 Red-legged Partridges were flushed near the FP.
Some rarer plants included 3 Bee-orchids, of the pale "chlorantha" type
, a Spotted Orchid
, many Pyramidal Orchids and a magnificent Great Mullein
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Butterflies were less numerous than expected but there were still 6+ Small Tortoiseshell
, 2 Dark-green Fritillary
2 Marbled White
, 1 Large Skipper, 4 Small Heath, c20 Meadow Brown. 1 Painted Lady and 1 Six-spot Burnet Moth.
Total Counts were;-
16 Great Skua "Bonxie" (E) - there were 4 flying with a line of Gannets, a very unusual sight.
10 Arctic Skua (Light and Dark phase)
207 Gannet (Mostly E.)
14 Kittiwake (E)
501 "Commic" Tern (E)
113 Sandwich Tern mostly (E)
2 Shelduck (W)
62 Common Scoter (E)
269 Guillemot and 27 Auk Sp.
10 Brent Geese (E)
2 Shelduck (W)
2 Red-throated Diver (E)
c50 Swallow in off sea
7 Yellow Wagtail -with cattle.
At Gore Cliff Fulmars were flying along the cliffs, Swallows (100+) were streaming in, together with c50 Sand Martin and 1 House Martin.
On the wall were 2 Wheatears with another on the cliff edge further on, a Peregrine and 2 Ravens flying over to the West.
Then 2 Swifts came over, with Whitethroat and Willow Warbler in the bushes and 4 Yellowhammers on the Radio Station fence.
The highlight was a GOSHAWK (?) flying SE and out to sea, with Buzzards and 2 Sparrowhawks soaring above.
After crossing the Niton Road (E. of St. Catherines Lodge) we heard a Grasshopper Warbler "reeling" by the road.
then c6 Skylark and 2 Kestrels were seen on the Footpath back to the Car Park.
Butterfies seen;-
Dragon/Damsel Flies;-
Bird;-
8 Silver Washed Fritillary, 3 Purple Hairstreak, 5 White Admiral, 4 Large Skipper, 1 Large White, 6 Ringlet,
1 Green Viened White, 20+ Gatekeeper, 20+ Meadow Brown, 2 Marbled White.
2 Southern Hawker, 1 Common Blue, 1f Beautiful Demoiselle.
1 Treecreeper.
At about 21.15 we heard a juvenile Long-eared Owl "squeaking" an adult was heard as well, later 2 juveniles were squeaking together,
The first Nightjar was heard about 21.35, eventually we had 3 flying around us. A strange "chuff, chuff" call came from one, (Female/Juv?)
Woodcock flew over at regular intervals, about 4 altogether.
A Peregrine was seen off the end of Culver cliff, a good start, also Herring Gulls and Fulmars
Passing the Coastguard Cottages we saw Meadow Pipit then a number of Rock Pipits on the grass.
At the Whitecliff/Redcliff junction 2 juv Ravens were seen on the cliff edge, 2 adults were seen further on later in the walk.
At the Pit above Redcliff we had good views of a Lesser Whitethroat then Whitethroat, Skylark and Linnet
From the Fort Swallows and the very pale Buzzard were observed. Sadly there was no repeat of yesterday's Bee Eater flyover!
Whitethroat, 7 Buzzards and 2 Yellowhammers were spotted on the way up.
Just S. of the Trig Point we waited for any sign of a Turtle Dove without early success,
most had given up when brief "tor-tors" were heard (we didn't see the bird in the foliage though).
After the walk a Barn Owl flew over the cap park.
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