birder of the south
Formerly Lee Fuller
1 Wheatear Needs Ore this afternoon along with good numbers of Avocet.
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birder of the south
Formerly Lee Fuller
4 wood Warblers in the Forest now! also two Woodlarks, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo and plenty of Redstarts etc
Deer Stalker
Active member
Wood Warblers all over the place on the New Forest now. Saw my first pair of Hobbies of the year today too.
Also around: Goshawk, Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, Hawfinch, Firecrest, etc...
Also around: Goshawk, Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, Hawfinch, Firecrest, etc...
John P
Usually on a different wavelength
It's all gone a bit quiet here. Where is everyone?
Brief view of a Ringtail Harrier cruising behind Fishtail this morning confirmed a couple of minutes later by two acquaintances as a Montys! (Thanks Stephen and Steve).
Barnacle goose on the Balancing pond, still two Lesser whitethroats down the Ancient highway. Common Sandpiper on Fishtail and at least two Wheatears at Iley point.
Brief view of a Ringtail Harrier cruising behind Fishtail this morning confirmed a couple of minutes later by two acquaintances as a Montys! (Thanks Stephen and Steve).
Barnacle goose on the Balancing pond, still two Lesser whitethroats down the Ancient highway. Common Sandpiper on Fishtail and at least two Wheatears at Iley point.
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Paul Winter
Keyhaven
It was so quiet at Keyhaven I guessed they were all off daylisting!
Can only add 2 Med Gulls over Iley point and singles of Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwit at Pennington Lagoon. There was a Canada goose with an arrow through its neck at the upper balancing pond (aka Iley Lake). It was walking about feeding fine so I guess the arrow missed anything important.
The Barnacle Goose was flying with a CG just northwest of the Balancing Pond c5pm.
Cheers
It was so quiet at Keyhaven I guessed they were all off daylisting!
Can only add 2 Med Gulls over Iley point and singles of Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwit at Pennington Lagoon. There was a Canada goose with an arrow through its neck at the upper balancing pond (aka Iley Lake). It was walking about feeding fine so I guess the arrow missed anything important.
The Barnacle Goose was flying with a CG just northwest of the Balancing Pond c5pm.
Cheers
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scary-canary
Canaries forever... and i'm not always scary, some
This is great, if you haven't already seen it.
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/newforest/goshawk_live_nest_cam/
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/newforest/goshawk_live_nest_cam/
teamsaint
Well-known member
Lots of stuff moving all over the country today.
We have Icterine Warbler at Sandy Point
Temminck's on Ibsley
Black Terns at Ibsley, Weston Shore, Titchfield
Curlew Sand and Wood Sand at Pennington
I'm going away this weekend without birding so will probably miss the best weekend of the year! Anyway good birding guys
We have Icterine Warbler at Sandy Point
Temminck's on Ibsley
Black Terns at Ibsley, Weston Shore, Titchfield
Curlew Sand and Wood Sand at Pennington
I'm going away this weekend without birding so will probably miss the best weekend of the year! Anyway good birding guys
Johnny Allan
Dip or Glory
Hi there,
I'm trying to find out which Counties still use the Watsonian Vice County system to record birds in and which go by whatever the political boundary may change to (and why).
The Watsonian Vice County system was set to accurately record and compare historical and modern data and it seems that there can be/is confusion when some counties no longer use this system whilst others do. Does anyone in your county have a view on this ? Discussion here if anyone has a comment:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=142074
ps this is not about getting more or less county ticks, more a question about uniformity in recording.
Johnny Allan
I'm trying to find out which Counties still use the Watsonian Vice County system to record birds in and which go by whatever the political boundary may change to (and why).
The Watsonian Vice County system was set to accurately record and compare historical and modern data and it seems that there can be/is confusion when some counties no longer use this system whilst others do. Does anyone in your county have a view on this ? Discussion here if anyone has a comment:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=142074
ps this is not about getting more or less county ticks, more a question about uniformity in recording.
Johnny Allan
skatebirder
Well-known member
Shatterford-Denny Wood
Lots of the usual suspects in the New Forest today:
Hobbies everywhere, 6 in the air together at one point
Buzzards
Redstarts
Spotted Flycatcher
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (at last!)
Dartford Warbler 2+ (one singing, one calling)
David
Lots of the usual suspects in the New Forest today:
Hobbies everywhere, 6 in the air together at one point
Buzzards
Redstarts
Spotted Flycatcher
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (at last!)
Dartford Warbler 2+ (one singing, one calling)
David
teamsaint
Well-known member
A great morning for Goshawks in the Forest this morning. Had 10 sightings, although I can't say for sure that there were any more than 2 birds. Also a single Hobby and lots of Buzzards, but no Honeys. And Cuckoo (male + female heard), Woodlark and Crossbill.
Lee Evans reports seeing Honeys yesterday on hoslist, but whether that was Acres Down or another part of the forest I don't know. He also reports finding 3 pairs of Montagu's Harrier on 'the downland'.
Red-rumped Swallow reported in Eastleigh and Bishopstoke.
Lee Evans reports seeing Honeys yesterday on hoslist, but whether that was Acres Down or another part of the forest I don't know. He also reports finding 3 pairs of Montagu's Harrier on 'the downland'.
Red-rumped Swallow reported in Eastleigh and Bishopstoke.
Jon Turner
Well-known member
Went down to Hayling oyster beds this afternoon to check out the Little Terns, sadly I didn't see any! Not sure if this is because there aren't any this year or perhaps the vile weather - cold strong west wind - meant they were elsewhere?
Anyone know where they are? Or do I just go back when the weather improves?
Jon
Anyone know where they are? Or do I just go back when the weather improves?
Jon
skatebirder
Well-known member
New Forest Nights
A bit late posting - but I had a nice evening in the New Forest on Sunday, where I was joined by two thirds of the DanSamRobbie trio. Saw four Hobbies hunting for insects at dusk as a Lapwing shouted at something it didn't like from a nearby field. They were joined by an unidentified bat and a Cuckoo (one seen of several heard). As the sun disappeared and my night-sight failed to work (getting old!) the sounds of the Forest at night made up for it all - Tawny Owls hooting, a Woodcock squeaking, many Marsh (?) Frogs making otherworldly noises from the swamp. Then the Nightjars joined in, churring away so close at times that it seemed certain we were within a few metres of them, but they remained invisible. Eventually, when it was too dark to see anything but silhouettes, a Nightjar started calling, flew over our heads and then circled round, clapping its wings - a fantastic sound and not remotely "like a Woodpigeon" as one of my companions suggested!
As we decided to leave the see-saw notes of a distant Snipe were replaced by the altogether more eerie sound of a Snipe drumming somewhere above us. The walk back to the cars was still full of sound as Nightjars and frogs joined together in a bizarre chorus. There were still other strange calls from the heath which none of us managed to identify. A great evening in the Forest, even if we didn't really SEE much. And anyone who says that these birds "don't count" if we only heard them, obviously hasn't got a clue!
A bit late posting - but I had a nice evening in the New Forest on Sunday, where I was joined by two thirds of the DanSamRobbie trio. Saw four Hobbies hunting for insects at dusk as a Lapwing shouted at something it didn't like from a nearby field. They were joined by an unidentified bat and a Cuckoo (one seen of several heard). As the sun disappeared and my night-sight failed to work (getting old!) the sounds of the Forest at night made up for it all - Tawny Owls hooting, a Woodcock squeaking, many Marsh (?) Frogs making otherworldly noises from the swamp. Then the Nightjars joined in, churring away so close at times that it seemed certain we were within a few metres of them, but they remained invisible. Eventually, when it was too dark to see anything but silhouettes, a Nightjar started calling, flew over our heads and then circled round, clapping its wings - a fantastic sound and not remotely "like a Woodpigeon" as one of my companions suggested!
As we decided to leave the see-saw notes of a distant Snipe were replaced by the altogether more eerie sound of a Snipe drumming somewhere above us. The walk back to the cars was still full of sound as Nightjars and frogs joined together in a bizarre chorus. There were still other strange calls from the heath which none of us managed to identify. A great evening in the Forest, even if we didn't really SEE much. And anyone who says that these birds "don't count" if we only heard them, obviously hasn't got a clue!
John P
Usually on a different wavelength
The one that got away?
After a lengthy and increasingly hot walk around Keyhaven today I got back to the car, tired and no longer too much bothered about birds, sat in the boot (estate) having a drink, had a scan around with the scope over the harbour reedbed and picked up what looked like a very distant Heron in the heat haze, it must have been a couple of miles away.
Might as well watch that as anything else I thought as it travelled West, at one point it turned and I could see the colour of the plumage , only problem now is that the colouration was perfect for Gannet, all white with black wingtips, at this point it disappeared behind the trees at Efford and never reappeared.
I can only assume it was a Crane unless anyone has any other suggestions.
After a lengthy and increasingly hot walk around Keyhaven today I got back to the car, tired and no longer too much bothered about birds, sat in the boot (estate) having a drink, had a scan around with the scope over the harbour reedbed and picked up what looked like a very distant Heron in the heat haze, it must have been a couple of miles away.
Might as well watch that as anything else I thought as it travelled West, at one point it turned and I could see the colour of the plumage , only problem now is that the colouration was perfect for Gannet, all white with black wingtips, at this point it disappeared behind the trees at Efford and never reappeared.
I can only assume it was a Crane unless anyone has any other suggestions.
Quite a few at farlington, and at least four at fishtail lagoon, keyhaven last week.
