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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It’s always good to have visitors to your patio on a Saturday night. Tonight our guest was a Lesser Stag Beetle

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Here is a Maiden’s Blush from a Hampshire garden last night

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Let’s hear it for the Sow Thisle. Not often seen on social media😀

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Beautiful Green-winged Orchids in flower in a military cemetery in Hampshire

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

About 20 moths came to the moth trap last night including this fellow a Lesser Swallow Prominent

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

On wet dog walk today I saw these Earth Stars by some Beech trees. Never seen them there before

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Not a rare moth but a Clancy’s Rustic came to the light trap in the garden last night. I quite like the name whoever Clancy is or was😀

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Pied Flycatcher heard calling from the Oak trees behind the house the other day. A Hampshire first for me!

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

First moths for the garden in July Lesser Broad Banded Yellow Underwing Common Footman Scallop Oak and Black Arches

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Solstice Moth Trapping brought in Elephant Hawk Moths a Scarce Silver Lines and (not shown) a Ruby Flounced Tabby

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Kingfisher, House Martin and Red Kite amongst the birds to be seen on a damp walk down the Titchfield Canal Path this afternoon

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Today is the 51st day of the year when I saw my 151st bird of the year. It was a Great White Egret at Fishlake Meadows. A Cuckoo was calling, warblers singing, dragonflies whizzing about and an invasive and large Signal Crayfish in the canal. Also a great display of Chicken in the Woods fungus.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Carried out my first Nightjar survey on Wickham Common last night. No Nightjars but a good view of a ghostly Barn Owl hunting in the gloaming

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

We’ve been raided by Badgers. Woke up this morning to find this big hole next to the pond. Lots of bumblebees milling around so I think the Badgers were after the bee’s nest. My wife is not pleased that her plants have been dug up.😆

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Completed by last BTO Breeding Bird Survey of the year up on the South Downs. Pleased to see Yellowhammer, Linnet and Skylark still hanging on in the farmland although numbers are not as they were

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Had a good trip out to Bere Forest last night looking for Woodcock. I heard three fly pasts but didn’t see the birds this time. All good for the BTO Woodcock Survey

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Great birds at Titchfield Haven today. The star of course was the Hudsonian Godwit that had been around for a few days along with a pair of Eider on the sea and a fly past by 5 Spoonbill. Avocets were nesting and warblers were singing

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Did my final BTO Dartford Warbler survey on a sunny morning along the Solent shore near Warsash. No DWs but there were plenty of other Warblers, Stonechats, Skylarks some Common Terns and a distant Cuckoo so it was a great morning for birding.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Lovely day at the National Botanic Garden of Wales today. Lots of screaming Swifts and a Hobby nabbed one of them. First Spotted Flycatcher of the year for me.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Out on the Pembrokeshire cliffs today and a boat trip around Skomer. Great birds. Chough rafts of Puffins Guillemots and Razorbills along with Kittiwakes Shags and Grey Seals

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Must be May. Here is a Cockchafer in South West Wales today

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Just finished read Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. A fantastic book that I would encourage everyone to read but being retired does give me some time!

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

My first singing Cuckoo of the year this morning near Locks Heath. First in that area for me for over 25 years

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Well done Canada! 🇨🇦 You elected a government headed by a grownup which is more than can be said for your near neighbour

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Hooray! The Swifts are back. I saw my first one of the year as it flew high over the houses in Locks Heath

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

A nice bunch of Cowslips at Winnall Moors in Winchester. Garden Sedge and Reed Warblers singing. Herons geese and Mallards on the water. A Roe Deer bounced along the path away from me.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Enraged to learn of the mindless theft of equipment used for monitoring Hawfinches in the New Forest this morning. As I understand it the equipment has limited usage other than for this type of monitoring. If anyone knows anything about this please return the kit or persuade someone to do so.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Sunny walk down the Titchfield Canal Path today. Pochard Avocet and BT Godwit still about. Sedge Cetti’s and Reed Warblers singing strongly as well as Whitethroat Chiffchaff Blackcap and Chaffinch. A Roe Deer was sunning himself in a grassy patch.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

An early start on a grey morning for my first BTO Breeding Bird Survey of the year on my patch in Hampshire on the South Downs. Yellowhammer Whitethroat Linnet and Skylark were the highlights

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A wet dog walk along the Titchfield Canal Path this morning. Plenty of of ducks geese and Coot about. The weather didn’t stop the warblers singing (Reed Cetti’s Whitethroat Chiffchaff and Blackcap) with a migrating Tree Pipit calling as it passed by.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Bluebells in flower now. Orange tip Comma Peacock and Red Admiral butterflies about. Saw a young Whinchat on passage today. Wheatear Whitethroat and Linnets signing well in Hampshire

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Blackcaps Chiffchaffs Wrens and others in full throttle now. Saw my first Wheatear, Avocet and Pochard of the year this week

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Beautiful morning to look for Dartford Warbler today at Hook with Warsash. Didn’t see any but got my first Reed Warbler of the year. Water Rail, Bullfinch and Whitethroat were about.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Big shout out to David White of the BTO for leading a BBS workshop at Langford Lakes in Wiltshire this morning. Everyone appreciated this and I saw my first Sedge Warbler, Sand Martins and House Martins of the year. Great Crested Grebes were displaying and there were young Rooks in their nests

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Another sunny day with Willow Warblers and Whitethroat heard this week so far. Yesterday also heard Cetti’s Warbler and Water Rail near Warsash

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Great day out on Salisbury Plain yesterday watching Great Bustards and Red Deer. Thoroughly recommend booking a trip to see these magnificent creatures with www.greatbustard.org

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Just about to come back from a few days in Istanbul. It’s a stunning city well worth a visit. Bird highlights so far are Yelkouan Shearwaters on passage through the Bosphorus and Pygmy Cormorants and White Storks nesting in a park

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Highlight of the day is a male Garganey at the far bank of Posbrook Floods. Glossy Ibis also about.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

What a great day was had by all at the HOS annual meeting today in Winchester. Tremendous speakers and a great shout out to Keith and the rest of the HOS team that ran the event.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Chiffchaffs Blackcap Greenfinch Goldfinch and Nuthatch singing in the woods and grazing field today. Buzzards Kestrel and Mediterranean Gulls overhead

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Went to look for my first Wheatear of the year at Hook-with-Warsash yesterday. Didn’t see one but there was a Sandwich Tern about plenty of Brent Geese, Curlew and a Snipe or two

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Anyone seen or heard a Redwing in Hampshire this week. Merlin picked up something but I’m not convinced

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Morning dog walk today was full of singing birds and thee Mediterranean Gulls overhead

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Woodlark survey today. No WL but on a chilly morning Chiffchaff Linnet Greenfinch and Dunnock were all singing around Hamble Common

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Cold and grey today but Red Kites were flying over Bishops Waltham

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Sunny but cold Cetti’s Chiffchaffs, Chaffinch and Greenfinch all singing along the Titchfield Canal Path. A low flying Marsh Harrier put up a lot of ducks and godwits.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

The season is changing. Blackcaps are singing more lustily now but apart from the odd Chiffchaff there are not many spring migrants.There are still some winter ducks around and I saw Shoveler, Wigeon, Pintail and Teal today. Large movements of Dark-bellied Brent Geese flying east along the Solent.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Blackcap singing this morning but not at full throttle yet. It was a bit frosty so perhaps he needed warming up. Same with the Song Thrush. Other birds were singing but we are still six weeks away from the main Dawn Chorus.

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

My morning walk today threw up singing Firecrest and Goldcrest. Thank goodness for the Merlin app as these days I can’t hear then unless they are very close

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hantsbirdchat.bsky.social @hantsbirdchat.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Hampshire is a great place for birds. Even today on a cold blustery afternoon Blackbirds, Robins, Great Tits and a Coal tit were singing, Nuthatches were calling and Rooks were on their nests near Warsash

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