Michael Caponi
@chinstrap.bsky.social
Have I found a 2W Caspian Gull at Woolston Sewage Works? Or have i been fooled again! Not great pictures but it was only there for a few brief seconds after I spotted it and the weather was gloomy. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. 08.01.26 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding Black Tern on the beach at Hill Head, 30.07.25 ##HantsBirds #HantsBirding Still a group of Brent by Woolston Sewage Works at low-tide this morning, including a couple of ringed birds I haven't seen here recently. The feeding looked good after choppy waters yesterday. Also, a fairly frail Curlew feeding. #HantsBirds #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding Bus and train to Romsey to walk the canal path to Fishlake Meadows. Lots of new arrivals singing from the reeds, mostly not showing their faces though! Sedge and Reed Warblers singing away but from low in the reeds. 12.04.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding A walk to see the bees on Netley cliff yesterday. The cliff came alive in the glorious sunshine, mining bees everywhere! This in spite of the erosion the cliff has suffered recently and man's attempts to prevent it. #Bees A group of 10 Brent geese remained by Woolston Sewage Works this morning as the tide came in. 4 of the group had rings, 3 of which I have recorded there in the last few weeks. 03.03.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding Queen Early Bumblebee, Bombus pratorum, visiting winter-flowering honeysuckle. Woolston, Hampshire 02.03.25 #Bees #HantsBees Hairy-Footed Flower Bee, Anthophora plumipes. First of the year in garden sunshine. Woolston, Hampshire 02.03.25 #Bees #HantsBees Hundreds of Mediterranean Gulls have started arriving for their breeding season. These were seen at Hayling Island Oyster Beds 22.02.25 #HantsBirds ##HantsBirding #Gulls Four more ringed Brent by Woolston Sewage Works, all different from those previously reported 06.02.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding 3 ringed birds amongst a flock of 24 by Woolston Sewage Works. None of these 3 were amongst the 5 ringed birds recorded 2 days earlier at the same site; none of those 5 were present in this group. 20.12.24 #Brent #HantsBirds #HampshireBirding Great Northern Diver and Black-throated Diver at first light along Weston Shore 12.12.24 #divers #hampshirebirds 
