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Birds
A pair of common scoters were off the Hayling oyster beds on 2nd.
Three whimbrels and 3 bar-tailed godwits were on the oyster beds on 2nd.
A little stint was among 200 dunlin and 80+ ringed plovers at Black Point in Chichester Harbour on 2nd.
Waders at the oyster beds on 2nd included the usual spotted redshank and 7 greenshanks.
Sandwich terns were seen on 2nd at Gunner Point on HI (6) and in Langstone Harbour (11).
There were 11 cattle egrets with the cattle on Farlington Marshes on 2nd.
Swallows and house martins continue to be seen on migration sometimes in big flocks.
An osprey with a blue ring flew east over the Knight's bank hide at Titchfield Haven on 1st.
There was a kingfisher in the ditch along the east side of Castle Meadow Portchester on 1st.
Ten jays were in loose flock making their way north and west at Fort Widley on 1st.
A raven was calling overhead at Portchester Castle mid morning on 1st.
A yellow-browed warbler was found on the Hayling Sandy Point reserve on 1st and was joined by a second bird the next day.
Five yellow wagtails were with cattle at Farlington on 2nd.
Chalton Down. While visiting my father, I paid a visit to Chalton Down in the autumnal sunshine where the temperature reached 14 degrees. Here during a good search only a total of three different species were recorded, but importantly two Small Coppers were seen the first either of us had seen this year. Both were feeding on the last few blooms of Hemp Agrimony. Totals Small White 5, Small Copper 2 and Meadow Brown 1F. [Posted by Richard Symonds]
