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