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Cattle Egret – Longham Lakes, Dorset

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 5th Jan 202011th May 2020
  • birds

The second place I planned to visit was Longham Lakes, which was more or less on the way back from Sturminster Marshall. The main targets were Scaup, Cattle Egret and Great White Egret. I had […]

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Warblington, Hill Head, Posbrook Farm & Titchfield, Hampshire

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 3rd Feb 201924th Dec 2019
  • birds

I’d set myself the target of six year ticks for the day and first on the list were the a couple of Cattle Egrets at Warblington on the edge of Emsworth Harbour. I arrived just […]

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Cattle Egrets – Pagham Harbour, West Sussex

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 16th Sep 201827th Jun 2019
  • birds

On Friday 14th September an Ortolan Bunting had been found near Cosham, not the normal fly over heard only record but an individual that had come down into fields and was looking settled. We were […]

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Greatham Bridge, West Sussex

  • by chrisbutton1
  • Posted on 3rd Feb 20015th Jul 2019
  • birds

I arrived in the Greatham Bridge area but wasn’t sure whether I was in exactly the right place. Just like when I first saw a Cattle Egret in Britain in Worcestershire in 1993 I stumbled […]

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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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