skatebirder
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I forgot to mention that there was a Yellow Legged Gull at Lower Test Marshes this morning, viewed from Redbridge flyover. I don't know whether anyone is interested in YLGs any more...?
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stevetb
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I've stopped putting so much news on here as I put them on my sightings page ( on my website ). Not that there is much to talk about.. I have got a couple of articles on there, so if anyone is reading this thread thinking of visiting hampshire, may be worth a read.
hants is really not as bad as i make it out to be.
Skatebirder, I actually need YLG! I'll get it next time...
How about those kingfishers though.. surely the best site for them in hants atm?
On the subject of kingfishers, they are back at keyhaven and normandy.
Oh, and hi Roy, nice to have another hampshirian!
hants is really not as bad as i make it out to be.
Skatebirder, I actually need YLG! I'll get it next time...
How about those kingfishers though.. surely the best site for them in hants atm?
On the subject of kingfishers, they are back at keyhaven and normandy.
Oh, and hi Roy, nice to have another hampshirian!
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Too right.. you should try living in North Bucks for 10 years, like I did!
Some of the sightings on here would cause a stampede
Like the site Steve, BTW.
stevetb
Registered user
Lol, its just when, as tom says, 'we are sandwiched between rarities' it seems worse than it is.
cheers for the comment
There was a Spotted Crake on baddesly common yesterday.
Is it me or are the little stints and curlew sands a bit slow on getting here?
God, i sound like an old man...
cheers for the comment
There was a Spotted Crake on baddesly common yesterday.
Is it me or are the little stints and curlew sands a bit slow on getting here?
God, i sound like an old man...
Sure Steve, if you go to mine a couple of times, you'll probably double the number of viewers! I'll do something to publicise your website on my blog in return.
Sounds like I was nearly on the money looking pre-dawn for a Crake at Emer Bog last week. Pity I was a week too soon by the look of it!
Always nice to hear rare bird sightings when I'm at work!
Peter
Sounds like I was nearly on the money looking pre-dawn for a Crake at Emer Bog last week. Pity I was a week too soon by the look of it!
Always nice to hear rare bird sightings when I'm at work!
Peter
colonelboris
Right way up again
Yout think you've got it bad - try at the North end of Hampshire...
Had a look for whinchats over Yateley Common South, but as the weather was quite bad I went home a bit early. That and I found that Queasyjet have completely trashed my scope. The casing had come apart, the eyepiece had fallen off and the focus now becomes stuck trying to focus further than 25 metres.
Niiiiiice.
Had a look for whinchats over Yateley Common South, but as the weather was quite bad I went home a bit early. That and I found that Queasyjet have completely trashed my scope. The casing had come apart, the eyepiece had fallen off and the focus now becomes stuck trying to focus further than 25 metres.
Niiiiiice.
Steve,
You mention Marsh Harrier in the last couple of days on your website at Farlington.
I have stopped there each day this week between jobs just briefly and saw something that i assumed to be a weird gull this morning that was flying very strange but just very Similar to the Montagu's i saw this month.
Now, considering i have been at this now for 4 weeks! And got excited this morning that i saw a Whimbral, due to my lack of skills, is it possible i saw a Marsh Harrier???
Cheers
Nev
You mention Marsh Harrier in the last couple of days on your website at Farlington.
I have stopped there each day this week between jobs just briefly and saw something that i assumed to be a weird gull this morning that was flying very strange but just very Similar to the Montagu's i saw this month.
Now, considering i have been at this now for 4 weeks! And got excited this morning that i saw a Whimbral, due to my lack of skills, is it possible i saw a Marsh Harrier???
Cheers
Nev
stevetb
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Thanks peter.
colonel, lol, my tripod is broken at the moment, its very annoying.
An osprey at hatchet pond at 3:00, but when i checked at about 4 it had gone.
Nev,
It is possible, but what you would probably notice is the brown coloration, which i assume it didnt have if it was similar to a gull.
It could well have been, if you could give some more details ( i.e markings colours, size ) i may be able to help more. If it was large enough, there is a possibilty it was an osprey. Well done on the whimbrel.
colonel, lol, my tripod is broken at the moment, its very annoying.
An osprey at hatchet pond at 3:00, but when i checked at about 4 it had gone.
Nev,
It is possible, but what you would probably notice is the brown coloration, which i assume it didnt have if it was similar to a gull.
It could well have been, if you could give some more details ( i.e markings colours, size ) i may be able to help more. If it was large enough, there is a possibilty it was an osprey. Well done on the whimbrel.
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Steve,
I was well chuffed on the Whimbrel, i had my RSPB book on my lap - i was sat in the car - and it wandered up to within 20m of the carpark at the roundabout.
The UFB was too far to see good markings, it was the flying pattern that made me notice it, i assumed it was a Gull/Tern/Type as there were a few flying away from it! Low to the mud heading towards the sea wall opposite the gravel dock.
Trouble is i see lots of different birds but i just dont yet have the skills to identify them!
Nev
I was well chuffed on the Whimbrel, i had my RSPB book on my lap - i was sat in the car - and it wandered up to within 20m of the carpark at the roundabout.
The UFB was too far to see good markings, it was the flying pattern that made me notice it, i assumed it was a Gull/Tern/Type as there were a few flying away from it! Low to the mud heading towards the sea wall opposite the gravel dock.
Trouble is i see lots of different birds but i just dont yet have the skills to identify them!
Nev
Keep plugging away Nev. I have only been doing this "birding lark" (pun intended) for less than 10 years and still need my Collins Guide handy. The more you look, the more you see (the more confused you get)!
skatebirder
Well-known member
Yes - just keep on watching the birds and reading the guides, then one day you'll suddenly find that you know the identity of almost all of the birds you see. But only "almost"...even the experts get things wrong (see discussion forums on this site about the "Chinatown Warbler", which could have been any of 3 or 4 different species, but no-one quite knows which; or the recent Chimney Swift in York - oh no it wasn't (oh yes it was)).
Ospreys do come from Scotland, but they always head south after the breeding season, and several of them pass through Hampshire. I've seen 2 on my local patch at Lower Test Marshes this, err, autumn. They could still be around for a few weeks.
David
Ospreys do come from Scotland, but they always head south after the breeding season, and several of them pass through Hampshire. I've seen 2 on my local patch at Lower Test Marshes this, err, autumn. They could still be around for a few weeks.
David
Nothing much at Emer Bog this evening.. Water Rail heard. The largest bit of open mud was grilled by a birder before I got there, who told me a dog had just waded through it.. Welcome to Emer bog! Stayed an hour til dark, but no sign of anything.
Didn't even see a Water Rail come out into this exposed area, so maybe it's not such a good place to stake out. You win some...!
Didn't even see a Water Rail come out into this exposed area, so maybe it's not such a good place to stake out. You win some...!
teamsaint
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wow some new hampshirenites, anyway about the spotted crake at emer bog, i had a look this evening but there really doesnt seem to be much chance of seeing it as theres so many bits for it to hide in. still havent got the details from the person who saw it. very quiet otherwise with 4-5 calling tawny owls the only thing of note. except a mystery bird that flew out of a marshy bit and over the trees. initial reaction was bittern than marsh harrier then purple heron (!!!) but I only saw it for a second so cant be sure of anything. also had a probable hobby over the trees for about 3 seconds. overall a pretty fustrating evening with no migrants either despite a good search on the common. on the way back though another tawny flew across the road just before hursley.
colonelboris
Right way up again
New Hampshirite? I'll have you know I had a North Hampshire and borders page on here long before you cheeky beggars started this one. Grr, grumble, grumble...
teamsaint
Well-known member
New Hampshirite? I'll have you know I had a North Hampshire and borders page on here long before you cheeky beggars started this one. Grr, grumble, grumble...
I wasnt actually refering to you Mr B
Pied Crow lol lol lol
Wow, a real Hoodwink.. All three are possible there I guess!
Agree it's a huge area, and 95% is out of sight.. maybe we're only finding about 5% of the Spotted Crakes
