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limosa Black-tailed Godwit – Titchfield Haven, Hampshire

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 30th Jul 202016th Oct 2020
  • birds

Last Saturday Amy Robjohns photographed a juvenile Black-tailed Godwit on Titchfield Haven south scrape and she suspected that it may be the nominate race limosa. This form breeds one month earlier than the familiar islandica […]

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limosa Black-tailed Godwit – Titchfield Haven, Hampshire

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 23rd Jul 202016th Oct 2020
  • birds

Another trip down to Titchfield Haven with Dad. We spent a few hours in the Meon Shore hide with the gulls, terns and waders providing their usual noisy spectacle. Dad was hoping to see one […]

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Roseate Tern – Titchfield Haven, Hampshire

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 20th Jul 202018th Sep 2020
  • birds

It looked like a Roseate Tern but it was distant. I’d taken another trip to Titchfield Haven hoping to find one of the two Roseate’s seen in the week. Excitedly I began to pick through […]

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Mediterranean Gull – Titchfield Haven, Hampshire

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 13th Jul 202018th Sep 2020
  • birds

The reserve at Titchfield Haven had been closed during lockdown but members were now allowed to book a visit. Dad reserved us two places and we headed down on Monday morning. Dad socially distanced in […]

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Local Patch (started 15th Sep 20)

152. Cuckoo – 18th April 2021

151. Whimbrel – 13th April 2021

150. Barnacle Goose – 13th April 2021

149. Sanderling – 10th April 2021

148. Whitethroat – 4th April 2021

147. Willow Warbler – 4th April 2021

146. Little Ringed Plover – 3rd April 2021

145. Reed Warbler – 1st April 2021

144. Gannet – 28th March 2021

143. Nuthatch – 28th March 2021

142. Guillemot – 25th March 2021

141. Little Gull – 25th March 2021

140. Garganey – 21st March 2021

139. Kittiwake – 12th March 2021

British List (last 5 entries)

447. Quail – 6th August 2019
Martin Down, Hampshire

446. Little Bustard – 24th June 2019
Slimbridge WWT, Gloucestershire

445. Baikal Teal – 3rd May 2019
March Farmers, Cambridgeshire

444. Grey Catbird – 17th October 2018
Treeve Moor, Land’s End, Cornwall

443. Greater Yellowlegs – 20th July 2015
Titchfield Haven, Hampshire

Butterfly List (last 5 entries)

60. Chequered Skipper – 25th May 2012
Glasdrum Wood, Argyll

59. Scotch Argus – 14th August 2010
Arnside Knott, Cumbria

58. Swallowtail – 5th June 2010
Strumpshaw, Norfolk

57. Northern Brown Argus – 28th June 2009
Whitbarrow Scar, Cumbria

56. Large Heath – 27th June 2009
Meathop Moss, Cumbria

Dragonfly List (last 5 entries)

35. Vagrant Emperor – 15th February 2019
Constantine Bay, Cornwall

34. Variable Damselly – 20th May 2018
Fen Drayton Lakes, Cambridgeshire

33. Common Hawker – 7th July 2017
Whixhall Mos, Shropshire

32. Brilliant Emerald – 4th July 2016
Basingstoke Canal, Hampshire

31. White-faced Darter – 27th May 2012
Whixhall Moss, Shropshire

Orchid List (last 5 entries)

46. Lesser Twayblade – 8th June 2018
Cilburn Moss, Cumbria

45. Small White Orchid – 8th June 2018
Little Asby, Cumbria

44. Coral-root Orchid – 7th June 2018
Sandscale Haws, Cumbria

43. Lady’s Slipper Orchid – 7th June 2018
Gait Barrows, Lancashire

42. Dune Helleborine – 6th July 2017
Sandscale Haws, Cumbria

Bumblebee List (last 5 entries)

16. Bilberry Bumblebee (B monticola)
Honister Pass, Cumbia – 27th June 2009

15. Field Cuckoo Bumblebee (B campestris)
Totton, Hampshire – 8th August 2008

14. Barbut’s Cuckoo Bumblebee (B barbutellus)
Totton, Hampshire – 12th July 2008

13. Forest Cuckoo Bumblebee (B sylvestris)
Bentley Wood, Hampshire – 22nd June 2008

12. Red-tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee (B rupestris)
Sandy Balls, Hampshire – 9th August 2006

Grasshopper List (last 5 entries)

21. Great Green Bush-cricket
Stanpit, Dorset – 23rd August 2016

20. Short-winged Conehead
Needs Ore, Hampshire – 22nd August 2016

19. Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Needs Ore, Hampshire – 22nd August 2016

18. Common Groundhopper
St Catherine’s Hill, Hampshire – 18th August 2016

17. Rufous Grasshopper
Hartslock, Oxfordshire – 15th August 2016

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