Merlin......

Wednesday 30th January 2008

Managed a few hours at Keyhaven on Sunday, our first trip there this year. We walked from Keyhaven to just past the jetty at Pennington, and back via the inland road.


lapwing

There were lots of birds.......including a Kingfisher, Dartford Warbler and some Spotted Redshanks. The highlight for me was a Merlin, sitting in a dead tree near the jetty, where the Peregrine usually sits.


stonechat

All in all we saw forty four species, and have five new birds for the year list...

87. reed bunting
88. dartford warbler
89. merlin
90. red-breasted merganser
91. spotted redshank

Happy Days.........

Saturday 22nd September 2007


dunlin on calshot beach


Well, what can I say? I have just had the most fantastic time birding in Hampshire, Dorset and West Sussex. I have seen lots of beautiful birds and walked along various stretches of the southern coastline, on mainly dry sunny days. I have met some of the nicest people you could hope to meet but above all I have been at peace with myself and the world at large...........Happy Days indeed!


blacktailed godwit over keyhaven lagoon


Here are the new birds for my year list.....

136. eider ducks........... keyhaven-pennington 08/09/07

137. spotted crake......... farlington marshes 11/09/07
138. whinchat.............. farlington marshes 11/09/07


peacock

139. snipe................. pulborough brooks 12/09/07
140. pectoral sandpiper...... pulborough brooks 12/09/07

141. green sandpiper....... blashford lakes 14/09/07

142 sanderling............. portland (ferrybridge) 15/09/07

143 merlin................ farlington marshes 16/09/07

144. little stints........ lymington (normandy lagoon) 17/09/07



145. spoonbills.......... titchfield haven 19/09/07