Really good warbler weekend, 60+ blackcaps on a walk along test way, same numbers of chiffchaff, garden, sedge, cettis at fishlake meadows., grassy on Sunday eve in the forest
With swallows, sand and house martins all seen, starting to feel like summer, shame the temps don’t #hantsbirding
My January @bbs-birds.bsky.social WinBS had a Kildeer 0.5km from my top transect. Today's had this lovely Brambling (which is pretty good for us on the South coast!). Also a foot deep flooding for about 100m of the first transect too, so it took a bit longer than normal...
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Have I found a 2W Caspian Gull at Woolston Sewage Works? Or have i been fooled again! Not great pictures but it was only there for a few brief seconds after I spotted it and the weather was gloomy. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. 08.01.26 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Had a walk around key haven/normandy yesterday, bloody cold and the lot of the small birds had disappeared, still ended up with 74sp including bean goose, spoonbill, up to 92 for the year/month so far
Cutest had to go to a little grebe that was recovering from a fishing trip!
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5 minute walk to see 3 Great Northern Divers crabbing by Woolston Sewage Works #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding #HampshireBirding
A Curlew lit by the low morning sun
2 Dunlin feeding amongst pebbles
A turnstone showing off it's bright orange legs and feet
2 Brent geese feeding in shallow water
Regular visitors along the water's edge at low-tide, Weston Shore 11.12.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Really lovely day out birding yesterday, highlight has to be the sounds and sights of the Brambling in mark as woods, new forest, great catching up with velvet scooters and r-n grebe also. 88sp for yesterday, 133sp for month and 241 for the year! #hantsbirding
A trip to Lymington on the bus and train to see the male Long-tailed Duck who has been staying on Normandy Lagoon 30.10.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
A mixed group of birds moved though and there was the yellow-browed nfy, right amongst them!
Went to the roadside view point, wte decided it wanted a gull snack and was amazing to watch!!! It also put up 50+ pintail hidden from sight and then went though them in the sun, stunning #hantsbirding
A group of Black-tailed Godwit alert to the presence of dogs
The same group of Godwit taking flight as the dog gets closer
Another picture of the Godwit taking flight
A single Black-tailed Godwit with coloured rings on both of it's legs. The rings show that the bird was ringed in Iceland in 2012 as a young bird. It has been recorded as visiting the UK every year since 2014.
Black-tailed Godwits, flushed by dogs at Bunny Meadows and a single ringed bird further along at Warsash. Hampshire, 13.09.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Common Gull
Herring Gull
3 Herring Gulls
Greater Black-backed Gull amongst Herring Gulls
Gulls at Weston Shore 27.08.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
main house where I work the house martins all had 2 broods apart from 2 pairs who went for a 3rd, incredible to watch the whole of the colony that started off just as 12 birds trying to encourage the last two birds to fledge this morning, 36 flying in and adding words of encouragement #hantsbirding
main house where I work the house martins all had 2 broods apart from 2 pairs who went for a 3rd, incredible to watch the whole of the colony that started off just as 12 birds trying to encourage the last two birds to fledge this morning, 36 flying in and adding words of encouragement #hantsbirding
First winter Turnstone
Adult Turnstones
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull calling
Woolston Sewage Works 04.08.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Went down to #lepebeach Sunday morning for a short wander along the coast line, didn’t expect to see wheatear, wall brown x3, sanderling and the whimberal amongst all the other birds down there, love the dark water section where it’s nice n quiet #hantsbirding
Blurry photo of Curlew Sandpiper moulting out of its red breeding plumage, with one muddy foot held up in a silly-walk pose.
A blurry record shot of a juvenile Ruff, ankle deep in muddy water.
A Whimbrel (maybe juvenile?) behind a Black-headed Gull. The gull looks the bigger of the two.
Great day on Friday along the New Forest coast, Keyhaven to Normandy Marsh and back. Finally located the Curlew Sandpiper, along with Whimbrel, juvenile Ruff, Little Tern and Eider. #hantsbirding
About 200 house Martins spent 30 minutes above the river test chasing insects and landing in the tree in the middle #hantsbirding
Little bit of video footage of the hidden calling QUAIL at Martin Down NNR plus YELLOWHAMMER on Tuesday 8th July 2025. #hantsbirding #ukbirding #birds
While finishing off the wader survey in the #newforest sat evening, had a funny five minutes, firstly watching2 sets of curlews fight off a pair of ravens, followed by a hobby hunting over the Heather, next my 1st silver-studded blue then a marsh harrier hunting over moorland #hantsbirding
2 Common Terns fly close to a Common Buzzard in an effort to steer it away from the reserve
2 Common Terns on a purpose-built nesting platform looking after their first freshly hatched chick
2 well-fed Common Whitethroat fledglings out-size their parent that was busily bringing them food
Sedge Warbler clinging to the reeds on a windy day
Bus and train to Fishlake Meadows in Romsey #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Spent the evening at Mottisfont abbey rose gardens enjoying the gardens with a glass of wine last night, heard a strange squark up in the air, looked up and there was a white stork flying overhead, seen both black and white in Hampshire this year just by pure luck #hantsbirding #hantsbirds #birding
A male Redstart sitting on a branch in the sun
A male Redstart sitting with his back turned and his bright tail fanned out in the sun
A male Stonechat sitting singing on top of a bramble bush
A Meadow Pipit with a beak full of grubs
New Forest birds 16.05.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Male Stonechat perched up on Scots Pine
A male Redstart on the side of a Silver Birch trunk
A Goshawk cruises the sky
A Willow Warbler sat on top of a willow, singing away
A sunny morning in the New Forest #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Wheatear perched on a fence post
A wheatear on the ground
Skylark perched on sea cabbage singing
A Sandwich Tern on an orange buoy
Wheatear, Skylark and Sandwich Tern. Recent arrivals at Hook With Warsash, 24 04.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding #HampshireBirding
A Whimbrel on the shoreline
2 European Herring Gulls
A single Lesser Black-backed Gull
2 Brent geese on the shoreline, 1 Brent, 2 Shelduck, a Lesser Black-backed Gull and a European Herring Gull in the water
A grey murky hour by Woolston Sewage Works this morning turned up 14 Brent, 2 Shelduck and a Whimbrel #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
4 Brent geese including 1 ringed bird
2 Brent geese, 1 with ID rings
4 Brent geese, 1 with rings
3 Brent geese, 1 with rings
Still a group of 41 Brent geese by Woolston Sewage Works at low tide yesterday afternoon, including a few ringed ones too. 13.04.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
