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Sightings for the current month are shown below For previous months' sightings, please click here If you have sightings to report, please e-mail them to sightings Harbour Year List. Click here Disturbance at
Stanpit: As we move towards the summer, CHOG and Christchurch Borough
Council are still running a joint programme to monitor the disturbance
of wildlife on Stanpit Marsh, which is a designated Local Nature Reserve.
If you see any instances of people, dogs or boats disturbing any of
the wildlife, please email
details to CHOG. This information can then be used to decide how best
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There was little or no coverage this morning, so again the best comes from late in the day, when a total of 5 Mediterranean Gull passed over Wick Fields. The make up was a group of 3 adult birds followed by a pairing of first-summer and second-summer individuals. From Argyll Road, the Little Gull and the 3 Shelduck young could be picked out, while Curlew were counted at 19. Finally, just a whisker outside the area, a family of Kestrel comprising 4 almost fledged youngsters can be seen well in an alcove on the eastern end of The Priory. Tides
5th July: H01:55 L06:15 H11:10 H14:45 L18:30 H23:20
July 3rd A brace of Greenshank off Blackberry Point early this evening were the undoubted highlight of a less than average day. Also, the Little Gull and 12 Curlew there, while earlier, a Common Sandpiper had been in Barn Bight. An early morning ringing session at Solent Meads resulted in just 11 traps, but these did include a locally reared Goldfinch. Around the same time, the sea turned up nothing more than a few Gannet. Additional news: a Garden Warbler singing in Wick Ditch was something of a surprise, but a Peregrine overhead was perhaps more expected. Tides 4th July:
H01:15 L05:30 H10:20 H13:50 L17:50 H22:35 July 2nd A single Storm Petrel moved west past the Beach Huts this morning, also 55 Gannet, 16 Common Scoter and 8 Curlew, while 2 Common Scoter went east. Another 9 Curlew were on Stanpit, but just 1 Common Sandpiper was in Barn Bight. Finally, 2 Crossbill flew west over Stanpit golf course. Late news from Stanpit: both adult Mediterranean Gull and a second-year Common Gull were on the Marsh today, also the Curlew count reached 15. Also, a Common Sandpiper there.
July 1st Stanpit held most interest on a very quiet day with the first-summer Little Gull still on South Marsh, 2 Common Sandpiper, 1 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Turnstone, plus 90 Lapwing, 25 Redshank, 15 Sandwich Tern and 3 Curlew. It's also pleasing to report that the 3 Shelduck young were out towards Blackberry this evening. Earlier on Hengistbury, 5 Swift passed over and 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker were seen, while 38 Gannet moved east at sea.
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