Great Crested Grebe in toned down non-breading Winter plumage.
Then it was gone! Great Crested Grebes dive to feed and also to escape, preferring this to flying. On land, they are clumsy because their feet are placed so far back on their bodies.
Blue tits are common in woodland and gardens birds They’re widespread and found across most of the UK.
Cattle (Belted Galloway and Highland Cattle) are on loan at the top part of Titchfield Haven Nature reserve to help maintain the pasture land. Both breeds are Scottish and are well-adapted to living on poorer soils and scrubland.
Graylag Geese heading up river with Canada’s heading down river watched by Lapwing!
A Cock Pheasant started by keeping low but soon decided he could show off his colours.
Spot the Warbler in the Bullrushes.
Long-tailed Tit.
View from a window of a Collared Dove.
A small pigeon found on farmland and in woodland, parks and gardens across the UK they 1st bred in the 1950s, since their numbers have increased and the collared dove is now one of our most familiar garden birds. Collared doves feed on seeds and grain on the ground and are usually seen singularly or in pairs, although small flocks may form where there is enough food. The RSPB records there are now breeding:810,000 pairs across the UK.
Spotted this Marsh Tit today in the New Forest with a deformed/damaged lower bill. Feeding well and appeared to be living well despite the disability,
My first full post of the New Year records a morning around Eyworth Pond in the New Forest. All the usual local birds give a splash of colour on another dull day. Also, a few young Fallow deer were on the move on the edge of the woodland.
A Snipe or Two!
The last bird-watching trip of 2022. A walk around Titchfield Haven in the wind and rain on a really dull morning. Not good for taking photographs with slow shutter speeds and poor colours due to the conditions. Although a nice walk around with few other people venturing out.
A Marsh Harrier hunting the small waders.
The Mash Harrier has a wingspan of about 4 feet. There are only about 600 pairs in the UK. This bird is a male. (the female has a creamy head).
High numbers of Common Snipe were on the ponds today. In the UK some 66,500 pairs are present in the breading season however these numbers increase to 1.1 million birds during our winter months.
As well as the Snipe Lapwing numbers also increase during the Winter to some 635,000 birds.
See you next year.
These are records from ringed birds I have spotted and reported this summer It is interesting where else outside the Solent and Southampton Water where they have been recorded and also the age of these birds.
Sanderling spotted Hill Head
| O6 WWWB | 20-Oct-17 | Eastoke, Hayling Island, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 03-Dec-17 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 14-Dec-17 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 22-Dec-17 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 04-Feb-18 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 17-Feb-18 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 31-Mar-18 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 23-Nov-18 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 27-Nov-18 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 30-Nov-18 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 26-Feb-19 | Solent Breezes, Warsash, Hampshire |
| O6 WWWB | 08-Mar-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 09-May-19 | Griend, Terschelling, The Netherlands |
| O6 WWWB | 01-Nov-19 | Black Point, Hayling Island, Chichester Harbour, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 01-Nov-19 | Black Point, Hayling Island, Hampshire, UK. |
| O6 WWWB | 17-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 23-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 24-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 24-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 30-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 02-Dec-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 10-Feb-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 02-Oct-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 30-Oct-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 20-Nov-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 26-Nov-20 | Hook-with Warsash, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 22-Jan-21 | Hook-with Warsash, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 05-Mar-21 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 WWWB | 22-Jan-22 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
Another Sanderling spotted Hill Head.
| O6 BYRB | 20-Oct-17 | Eastoke, Hayling Island, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 03-Dec-17 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 17-Feb-18 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 08-Oct-18 | Ryde, Isle of Wight, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 31-Oct-18 | Ryde, Isle of Wight, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 06-Dec-18 | Ryde, Isle of Wight, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 20-Feb-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 26-Feb-19 | Solent Breezes, Warsash, Hampshire |
| O6 BYRB | 07-Mar-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 08-Mar-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 17-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 24-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 24-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 29-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 30-Nov-19 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 08-Mar-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 23-Mar-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 20-Aug-20 | Newbiggin by the Sea, Northumberland, England |
| O6 BYRB | 05-Oct-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 18-Oct-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 22-Oct-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 30-Oct-20 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 15-Nov-20 | Portsmouth, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 24-Jan-21 | Eastney, Portsmouth, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 26-Mar-21 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 18-Oct-21 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 19-Oct-21 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 09-Nov-21 | Hill Head, Titchfield, Fareham, Hampshire, S England |
| O6 BYRB | 02-Dec-21 | Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire |
Mediterranean gull spotted at Calshot.
| 2E39 | PITSEA LANDFILL SITE, ESSEX, GB | 04/06/2016 | 51.32N x 00.30E | ADULT | Metal Ring Number EZ12244 | PAUL ROPER, NORTH THAMES GULL GROUP | |
| V | Icklesham, East Sussex | 29/03/2017 | 50 54N 00 04E | Adult | Phil Jones | ||
| V | Icklesham, East Sussex | 31/03/2017 | 50 54N 00 04E | Adult | Phil Jones | ||
| V | Brehec, Plouha 22 Coyes D’Armor, France | 14/11/2017 | 48° 43 27 N 02 56 45W | Adult | Renaud Le Roy | ||
| V | Brehec, Plouha 22 Coyes D’Armor, France | 15/11/2017 | 48° 43 27 N 02 56 45W | Adult | Renaud Le Roy | ||
| V | Beauport/ Paimpol Côtes d’Armor, FRANCE | 05/12/2017 | 48,47N 3,04W, | Adult | Patrice Berthelot | ||
| V | Hayling Oysterbeds, Langstone Harbour, Hampshire UK | 17/04/2018 | 50 49′ N 00 59′ W | Adult | Pete Potts | ||
| V | Hayling Oysterbeds, Langstone Harbour, Hampshire UK | 18/04/2018 | 50 49′ N 00 59′ W | Adult | Pete Potts | ||
| V | Plérin Plage de Tournemine Cotes d’Armor, France | 14/12/2018 | 48°34’N 02.46W | Adult | Herve Le Goff | ||
| V | Hayling Oysterbeds, Langstone Harbour, Hampshire UK | 27/02/2019 | 50 49′ N 00 59′ W | Adult | Pete Potts | ||
| v | Elms Farm, Icklesham , UK | 19/04/2019 | 50 54N 00 40E | Phil Jones | |||
| Binic, Plage de la Banche, Côtes d’Armor, FRANCE | 05/01/2020 | 48,31N 2,5W | Dominique Halleux | ||||
| V | Binic, Plage de la Banche, Côtes d’Armor, FRANCE | 07/01/2020 | 48,31N 2,5W | Dominique Halleux | |||
| V | Binic, Plage de la Banche, Côtes d’Armor, FRANCE | 08/01/2020 | 48,31N 2,5W | Dominique Halleux | |||
| V | RSPB Cliffe Pools Kent, United Kingdom | 12/07/2020 | 51.459N 0.474E | James Spooner | |||
| V | RSPB Cliffe Pools Kent, United Kingdom | 16/07/2020 | 51.459N 0.474E | Renaud Flamant | |||
| V | RSPB Cliffe Pools Kent, United Kingdom | 21/07/2020 | 51.459N 0.474E | James Spooner | |||
| V | Sables-d’Or-les-Pins, Côtes d’Armor, France | 22/10/2020 | Alizée Claver | ||||
| V | Binic, Plage de la Banche, Côtes d’Armor, FRANCE | 29/10/2020 | 48°35’51.01’’N2°49’18.34’’W | Herve Le Goff | |||
| V | Binic, Plage de la Banche, Côtes d’Armor, FRANCE | 29/10/2020 | 48°35’51.01’’N2°49’18.34’’W | Dominique HALLEUX | |||
| V | Hayling Oysterbeds, Langstone Harbour, Hampshire UK | 19/03/2021 | 50 49′ N 00 59′ W | Adult | Pete Potts | ||
| V | Calshot Beach Hampshire UK | 29/06/2022 | 50°48′52″N , 001°18′33″W | Andy Finnegan | |||
| V | Calshot Beach Hampshire UK | 01/07/2022 | 50°48′52″N , 001°18′33″W | Andy Finnegan |
Little Egret has a shake after half an hour of fishing.
Continued Reflections from my World. 