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A hobby was seen on the Titchfield Haven Canal Path at 17:50 on 22nd. (P Heath)
A peregrine flew over Farlington Marshes on 26th. At a nearby Portsmouth site a pair have a single chick.
A little stint was on the north scrape at Titchfield Haven on 24th. (A Robjohns)
There were 19 sanderlings on the beach at Hill Head on 26th. (A Collins)
A little tern was feeding on the incoming tide off the point Ffeld at Farlington Marshes on 26th. (C Harrison)
Lesser black backed gulls and stock doves
were on a ploughed field east of Racton Farm
A cuckoo was present on the Titchfield Haven Canal Path at 17:00 on 22nd. (P Heath)
House martins in south Hayling have been repairing its nest under the eaves of a building.
Swifts have been seen at Bedhampton, 2 on 22nd; Abshot, Titchfield Common, 15 also on 22nd;
A female whinchat, redstart, spotted flycatcher, yellow wagtail and 2 willow warblers were at Sandy Point Hayling on 22nd. (A Johnson) Another spotted flycatcher was in a bare tree on east side of the Titchfield Haven Canal Path just south of the metal bridge early on 25th. (A Robjohns)
A very late wheatear was seen on the beach at Sandy Point Hayling Island on 26th. (RC Ladd)
Male & female bullfinches were on a bird feeder in a Rowlands Castle garden on 24th. (C White)
Butterflies & Moths
On 22nd 11 Duke of Burgundy, grizzled and dingy skippers among the butterflies and burnet companion, speckled yellow, cinnabar and common carpet moths were seen on Oxenbourne Down/Wascoombe Bottom. (A Whitlock)
In addition to the common butterflies seen on Chalton Down on 23rd there were 8 small heath, a dingy skipper and 2 grizzled skippers. [Posted by Roy Symonds - editted!]
A beautiful demoiselle was on the mill stream west of Westbourne p.m. on 22nd. (JG)
There are lots of
grass vetchlings on the common
at Northney.
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