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Chandlers Ford “Falcons” |
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Date: 13/10/2007 |
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Check Lists for Titchfield Haven |
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BIRD LIST Blackbird Chiffchaff Coot Cormorant Carrion Crow Curlew Collared Dove Dunlin Dunnock Little Egret Eider Gadwall Black tailed Godwit Goldcrest Canada Goose Brent Goose Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Greenfinch Black Headed Gull Herring Gull Lesser Black Backed Gull Greater Black Backed Gull Common Gull Grey Heron Jackdaw Jay Kingfisher Kestrel Lapwing Magpie Mallard House Martin Moorhen Oystercatcher Wood Pigeon Feral pigeon Meadow Pipit Redshank Redwing Robin Rook Shoveler Snipe House Sparrow Sparrowhawk Starling Stonechat Mute Swan Teal Bearded Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Long tailed Tit Turnstone Pied Wagtail Cetti’s Warbler Wigeon Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpecker Wren
61 Species |
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Meeting on the sea front at Titchfield is a good place to start a bird watching session. We often get some of the best spots from here—this week a large flotilla of Eider which floated slowly past our viewpoint. En route to the entrance the sharper eyed amongst us spotted the whistling duck which was being fed with the mallard ducks in the harbour.
At the entrance we split into two groups going in opposite directions around the reserve. The scrapes were fairly quiet with the usual mix of lapwing, ducks and gulls. Once we got our eye in we picked out the snipe and gadwall and the one redshank wading around.
We ate lunch in one of the hides scanning the skies for raptors eventually spotting a kestrel and sparrowhawk. Not much else materialised until our patient waiting was rewarded with the darting flight of a kingfisher.
Lesley |