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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
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Curlew enjoy a bathe followed by breakfast. Woolston Sewage Works 27.09.25 #HantsBirds #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding
A Curlew standing on a gravelly beach beside the water Curlew having a vigorous clean in the water Curlew all fluffed up after it's bath Curlew struggling to swallow a large shellfish
October 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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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
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.
September 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Grey Phalarope at Hayling Island Oyster Beds 04.09.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
September 7, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Gulls at Weston Shore 27.08.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Common Gull Herring Gull 3 Herring Gulls Greater Black-backed Gull amongst Herring Gulls
August 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Woolston Sewage Works 04.08.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
First winter Turnstone Adult Turnstones Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull calling
August 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Black Tern on the beach at Hill Head, 30.07.25 ##HantsBirds #HantsBirding
July 31, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Bus and train to Fishlake Meadows in Romsey #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
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
May 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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New Forest birds 16.05.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
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
May 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Collared Pratincole on the stream at Farlington Marshes this afternoon. Worth the train trip and walk 😁 11.05.25 #HantsBirds #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Side view of a Collared Pratincole on a dry bare stream bank Collared Pratincole in flight, showing a hint of the coloured underwing and the long tail Less cropped side view of the Collared Pratincole standing on the parched stream bank Distant shot showing the first views of the Collared Pratincole when first spotted. It is 1pm in full sun and the view is hazy
May 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Green-winged Orchids. Beaulieu Aerodrome 30.04.25 #orchids #HampshireWildlife
A pale purple Green-winged Orchid A group of Green-winged Orchids growing in the protective shadow of brambles Darker purple Green-winged Orchid flowerspike that is being used as home for a spider A small flowerspike of a mid-purple Green-winged Orchid
May 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Garden critters: in amongst the predominant honey bees there many other wonderful native bees busy pollinating my garden flowers. Southampton 02.05.25 #bees #insects #HampshireWildlife #HantsWildlife
Male Sharp-tail Bee (Coelioxys rufescens) on a flower of Geranium phaeum Blue Mason Bee (Osmia caerulescens) on a perennial wallflower bloom (Erysimum cv.) Large Red Damselflies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) in tandem on Duckweed floating on the water's surface Male Nomad Bee (Nomada sp.) resting on a leaf surface in the sunshine. One of a group of Nomada species that are almost impossible to identify by eye, including Nomada flava and N.panzeri
May 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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A sunny morning in the New Forest #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #HampshireBirding #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
April 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Wheatear, Skylark and Sandwich Tern. Recent arrivals at Hook With Warsash, 24 04.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding #HampshireBirding
Wheatear perched on a fence post A wheatear on the ground Skylark perched on sea cabbage singing A Sandwich Tern on an orange buoy
April 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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A grey murky hour by Woolston Sewage Works this morning turned up 14 Brent, 2 Shelduck and a Whimbrel #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
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
April 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Still a group of Brent by Woolston Sewage Works at low-tide this morning, including a couple of ringed birds I haven't seen here recently. The feeding looked good after choppy waters yesterday. Also, a fairly frail Curlew feeding. #HantsBirds #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding
3 Brent geese on shore. One bird has leg rings (red 5, black 1) A Brent goose with identifying leg rings (red K, black T) Brent geese feeding on shore A curlew on shore, ruffled by the wind
April 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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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
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
April 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Bus and train to Romsey to walk the canal path to Fishlake Meadows. Lots of new arrivals singing from the reeds, mostly not showing their faces though! Sedge and Reed Warblers singing away but from low in the reeds. 12.04.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Common Whitethroat peeping through the foliage Common Whitethroat clinging to a reed stem Wren perched amongst bare twigs Mute Swans mating on the water
April 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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A walk to see the bees on Netley cliff yesterday. The cliff came alive in the glorious sunshine, mining bees everywhere! This in spite of the erosion the cliff has suffered recently and man's attempts to prevent it. #Bees
2 Early Colletes (Colletes cunicularius) Marsham's Nomad Bee (Nomada marshamella) a cleptoparasitic bee that lays it's eggs in the nest cell of it's host Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes) Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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A train and bus ride to see Mediterranean Gulls in glorious spring sunshine at Hayling Oyster Beds 18.03.25 #HantsBirds #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding
Mediterranean Gull with a yellow leg-ring with black writing reading AYYE, indicating that this bird was ringed in Leipzig, Germany in 2018 2 Mediterranean gulls, one with a green leg-ring with white writing reading R8VX, indicating this bird was ringed in Vendee region of France in 2022 Mediterranean gull with a white leg-ring with black writing reading 3TPL, indicating that this bird was ringed in Bruxelles, Belgium in 2017 Mediterrean gull with a green leg-ring with white writing reading R9UA, indicating that this bird was ringed at Vendee, France in 2022
March 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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A group of 10 Brent geese remained by Woolston Sewage Works this morning as the tide came in. 4 of the group had rings, 3 of which I have recorded there in the last few weeks. 03.03.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding
A single Brent goose with an orange ring on its left leg reading "5" and a black ring on its right leg with 2 horizontal white bands on it 2 Brent geese and a single juvenile herring gull. One goose has an orange ring on its left leg reading "5" and a black ring on its right leg with a white lite "A" on it. The other goose has an orange "5" ring on its left leg and a black ring on its right leg with a white "9" on it 3 Brent geese. The lefthand goose has 2 leg rings. The left leg as an orange ring stamped "5", the right leg has a black ring with a white "X" on it Agroyp of 7 Brent geese feeding at the water's edge. 4 of the geese have identifying leg rings
March 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Queen Early Bumblebee, Bombus pratorum, visiting winter-flowering honeysuckle. Woolston, Hampshire 02.03.25 #Bees #HantsBees
March 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Hairy-Footed Flower Bee, Anthophora plumipes. First of the year in garden sunshine. Woolston, Hampshire 02.03.25 #Bees #HantsBees
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Courting Oystercatchers and feasting Brent, Woolston Sewage Works 25.02.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding
2 oystercatchers exhibiting courting behaviour, one bird has identifying rings on it's upper legs A single Brent goose in flight A group of Brent geese feeding at the water's edge A mixed group of 3 oystercatchers and 3 Brent geese at the shoreline
February 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Hundreds of Mediterranean Gulls have started arriving for their breeding season. These were seen at Hayling Island Oyster Beds 22.02.25 #HantsBirds ##HantsBirding #Gulls
February 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM