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American Black Tern – Longham Lakes, Dorset

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 7th Oct 201913th Nov 2019
  • birds

On Sunday 6th at just before 5pm Bird Guides reported that a juvenile Black Tern, present for its second day at Longham Lakes, had been re-identified as an American Black Tern. There have been only […]

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Ring Ouzel – Leaden Hall, New Forest, Hampshire

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 3rd Oct 201911th Nov 2019
  • birds

One of my target birds for October was Ring Ouzel. They are primarily birds of the uplands of Scotland, northern England, north west Wales and Dartmoor where they breed in steep sided-valleys, crags and gullies. […]

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Grey Phalarope – Stanpit Marsh, Dorset

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 30th Sep 201925th Oct 2019
  • birds

On Thursday 26th September, after a series of strong southwesterly winds, a Grey Phalarope was reported on Going Birding at Pennington Lagoon. Two Arctic Skuas, two Great Skuas and a Roseate Tern were also seen […]

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Rose-coloured Starling – Pagham Habour, West Sussex

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 25th Sep 20191st Nov 2019
  • birds

A few juvenile Rose-coloured Starlings were being seen around the country and during the afternoon of Tuesday 24th another juvenile was found in West Sussex near the RSPB Pagham Harbour visitor centre just outside Sidlesham. […]

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Eastern Olivaceous Warbler – Farlington Marshes, Hampshire

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 14th Sep 20195th Oct 2019
  • birds

I’d just left the Weymouth area having seen Lapland Bunting and Long-billed Dowitcher and before I had got to Osmington Mills a string of WhatsApp messages started reporting that a grey hippolais warbler had been […]

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Long-billed Dowitcher – Lodmoor NR, Dorset

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 14th Sep 20192nd Oct 2019
  • birds

In early May I had visited Frampton Marshes in Lincolnshire to see a Long-billed Dowitcher which had been there for nearly nine months. My trip was timed to co-incide with a visit to see my […]

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Lapland Bunting – Portland Bill, Dorset

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 14th Sep 201929th Sep 2019
  • birds

In the Weymouth area there were two year ticks fairly close to each other. An amazingly confiding Lapland Bunting at Portland Bill and a slightly less obliging Long-billed Dowitcher at Lodmoor. The Lapland Bunting was […]

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Year List 2019 (last 10 entries)

262. Merlin – 7th December
Warham Greens, Norfolk

261. Shorelark – 7th December
Holkham Gap, Norfolk

260. Rough-legged Buzzard – 6th December
Wells Quay, Norfolk

259. Twite – 6th December
Thornham Marsh, Norfolk

258. Velvet Scoter – 23rd November
Hill Head, Hampshire

257. Snow Bunting – 23rd November
Salterns Park, Hill Head, Hampshire

256. Semipalmated Sandpiper – 23rd November
Oxey Marsh, Hampshire

255. Chough – 19th November
Cape Cornwall, Cornwall

254. Pallas’s Warbler – 17th November
Cot Valley, Cornwall

253. Common Rosefinch – 19th October
Smugglers Cottage, St Agnes, Scilly

From the Archive – Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

British List (last 10 entries)

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

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

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

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

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

441. Collared Flycatcher – 2nd May 2009
Southwell, Portland, Dorset

440. Blackpoll Warbler – 7th October 2005
Lower Broome Platform, St Mary’s, Scilly

439. Cream-coloured Courser – 8th October 2004
St Mary’s Airfield, Scilly

438. American Robin – 3rd January 2004
Godrevy, Cornwall

437. White-throated Sparrow – 25th October 2002
Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire

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
Warren Farm, Hampshire – 22nd August 2016

19. Lesser Marsh Grasshopper
Warren Farm, 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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