| Jason Crook's Birding Local |
| DIARY ARCHIVES |
| 01.02.01 SE of Little Leigh Farm, Durrants (SU733088): Green Sandpiper Water Rail Grey Wagtail Farlington Marshes/ Langstone Harbour: Gadwall Pintail Teal Cetti�s Warbler Brockhampton shore/ Bedhampton Creek: Pale-bellied Brent Goose Avocet Black-tailed Godwit Mediterranean Gull Rock Pipit Grey Wagtail Brockhampton SF pools: Little Grebe Mute Swan Gadwall Teal Mallard Shoveler Pochard Tufted Duck Coot Common Sandpiper North Hayling Oysterbeds (high tide roost at dusk): Pale-bellied Brent Goose Long-tailed Duck Ringed Plover Spotted Redshank 02.02.01 Farlington Marshes: Merlin Mediterranean Gull Black-tailed Godwit North Hayling Oysterbeds: Pale-bellied Brent Goose Meadow Pipit Langstone Harbour (off West Hayling shore): Great Northern Diver Slavonian Grebe Black-necked Grebe 03.02.01 Langstone Harbour (around Farlington Marshes: Pale-bellied Brent Goose Goldeneye Peregrine Whimbrel Black-tailed Godwit 04.02.01 Solent Road, Bedhampton: Pale-bellied Brent Goose Farlington Playing Field: Mediterranean Gull Langstone Harbour (around Farlington Marshes): Black-tailed Godwit Whimbrel 05.01.01 SE of Little Leigh Farm, Durrants (SU733088): Green Sandpiper Grey Wagtail Pied Wagtail Bedhampton Creek area (viewed from Broadmarsh): Pale-bellied Brent Goose Avocet Black-tailed Godwit Mediterranean Gull RING-BILLED GULL 06.02.01 North Hayling Oysterbeds: Pale-bellied Brent Goose Shelduck Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Oystercatcher Redshank - good high tide wader roost, mostly Dunlin (1000�s), but also Ringed Plover, Grey Plover, Knot, Curlew and Turnstone. Langstone Harbour: Slavonian Grebe - other birds very difficult to sea because of rough water and strong winds Langstone Mill Pond area: Little Egret Teal Redwing Warblington shore fields: Dark-bellied Brent Goose Mediterranean Gull Black-headed Gull Chichester Harbour (between Northney Marina and Langstone Mill): Peregrine Golden Plover Lapwing Mediterranean Gull Little Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tiled Godwit Bedhampton Creek (from Broadmarsh slipway): Mediterranean Gull RING-BILLED GULL 07.02.01 Bedhampton Mill Pond area: Grey Wagtail Siskin Farlington Marshes: Pale-bellied Brent Goose Gadwall Pochard Tufted Duck Golden Plover Lapwing Black-tailed Godwit Mediterranean Gull Water Pipit Rock Pipit Bearded Tit Saltmarsh off NE entrance to F. Marshes: Jack Snipe Russell�s lake, Langstone Harbour: Goldeneye Red-breasted Merganser Farlington Playing Field: Mediterranean Gull Bedhampton Creek: Little Grebe Kingfisher Grey Wagtail Linnet Brockhampton Sewage Farm pools (at dusk): Pochard Tufted Duck |
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in flooded field nr Lavant Stream calling in reedbed adult flew south at 1540 hrs adults female with Redshank roost as usual adult on main lake at 1345 hrs in harbour opposite lake adult (largest flock seen locally this winter) dusk roost close to Oysterbeds at dusk adult (including 7 adult males) adults off F. Marshes point opposite F. Marshes lake adult with 228 Dark-bellied Brent on Portsmouth Water HQ field adult 1230 -1330 hrs adult adult -an adult and a first-winter adults close to Oysterbeds in flooded field + adult adult adult (different to earlier) 1st-winter flew west at 1245 hrs adults adult (with mostly black head) adult 1635-40 hrs male singing flew over adult on main lake adult on main lake at 1240 hrs along east side of reserve (low numbers this winter) + calling at lake + + adult, 1300-1315 hrs at pre-roost gathering in scrub near Broadmarsh slipway |
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| 1st - 7th February 2001 |
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| adult with flock of 310 Dark-bellied Brent commuting between harbour, Broadmarsh Playing Field and Solent Road, Bedhampton |
| A late-afternoon visit to the creek by Pete Durnell and myself proved most productive! The first good bird was a Med Gull, preening itself with the other gulls. Next, I located the adult Ring-billed Gull asleep on the foreshore (1605 hrs). Minutes later Pete had found another Ring-billed, this time a first-winter bird. Pete soon departed, leaving me to the birds! I mostly watched the first-winter, intermittently checking the adult, which eventually flew south at 1645 hrs. The first-winter remained until 1710 hrs, at times giving close views just off the seawall. With the supporting cast of Avocet, Pale-bellied Brent and a flock of Black-tailed Godwits, not a bad way to end the day! |