I'm back with an update of my bird year....
wheatear
oxford island swallow
After my trip to Northern Ireland things went very quiet on the bird front. Our garden goldfinches went walk about and didn't return again until September. We hardly had any baby birds in our garden this year, a baby robin seemed to have the apple tree to himself...
In July and August we were either busy with other things or there was bad weather, so we didn't get out birding...
Then September arrived and brought with it some glorious autumn sunshine and we managed to get down to Keyhaven a couple of times and also to Titchfield Haven, where a few more birds were added to the year list..
8/9/08 Jetty near Pennington Lagoon
150. sanderling
19/9/08 - Titchfield Haven
comma butterfly at Titchfield Haven
151. barnacle goose
152. curlew sandpiper
20/9/08 - Keyhaven
153. knot
21/9/08 - Farlington Marshes
154. little stint
155. osprey
156. whinchat
27/9/08 - Blackwater Arboretum
157. goldcrest
28/9/08 - Titchfield Haven
158. water rail
October brought more sunshine, my brother and sister-in-law came to stay and we even got to see some rare birds too....
11/10/08 - Keyhaven to Pennington
159. golden plover
160. pectoral sandpiper
161. red-backed shrike
12/10/08 - Farlington Marshes
162. wryneck
November was a non birding month. I was busy packing and getting ready to move back to Northern Ireland. I did get down to Keyhaven and Milford one last time, though hopefully I'll be able to get back next year for a holiday....
the beach cafe at Milford
The Needles
from Milford on Sea looking towards the Needles
On the 4th December I left number 83, where I have lived for the past fourteen years and headed home to Northern Ireland.... That ends my Hampshire birding for this year, but who knows.... there are a few weeks left until the end of the year, so maybe I will have some Northern Ireland birds to add to the list??
