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I welcome your news  and if you send me a short e mail including species seen, where and when I will add it to the Wildlife News page which is updated more or less daily.  Depending on the space available I may or may not include references to common species in the weekly Nature Notes.

 

To see news for the week ending   November 3rd    Nov 17    Dec 1st

 

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Birds

 

There were 2 female/immature scaup feeding off Milton Lakes shore of Langstone Harbour p.m. on 4th.

 

A goldeneye was south of Portchester Castle on 3rd and 3 males and a female were on the main lagoon of the Hayling oyster beds on 4th.

 

There was a red-necked grebe in Langstone Harbour north of the Hayling ferry jetty on 4th.  What may be the same bird was back at Black Point in Chichester Harbour a.m. on 5th.

 

 

A black-necked grebe was in the Chichester Harbour close to the 'Freddie Brooks' buoy on 2nd.  A Slavonian grebe was off Black Point on 5th.

 

On 2nd there were 2 whimbrels and 6 knot among the waders at the oyster beds.

 

Eight Sandwich terns were in the Chichester Harbour entrance on 5th.

 

 

There were 2 shags of the rosks at Southsea Castle on 4th.

 

A great northern diver was SE of Portchester Castle on 3rd and 2 were off Black Point in Chichester Harbour on 5th

Also on 5th black-throated diver was in Sweare Deep near the entrance to Northney Marina p.m.

 

A marsh harrier was seen from the Titchfield canal path on 3rd.

 

 

A raven flew west over Gun Wharf Portsmouth on 3rd.

 

 

One black redstart on 1st and 3 on 4th were seen at Southsea Castle.

 

A yellow-browed warbler bathing in a puddle on the footpath alongside the nature reserve at Sandy Point HI..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wild flowers

 

 

 

 

 

Butterflies and other insects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Wildlife

 

 

 



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