Birds of Hampshire

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All significant birdwatching areas in the region are analysed under the headings 'Habitat', 'Timing', 'Sites', Access' and 'Calendar', providing all the information necessary to make the most of each and every trip, whatever the time of year. On the Itchen Navigation Canal about half a mile south of the Garnier Road car park near the steps to St Catherine's Hill. The winter brings out the widgeon, redshanks, and the curlew birds, while the summer months bring out terns and gulls. The chosen definition of a rare bird includes any species assessed by BBRC since its formation in 1958, one that has occurred in Hampshire on fewer than 200 occasions and one that has not occurred annually in the twenty-first century.

Suspect records include Gyr Falcon Falco rusticolus, White’s Thrush Zoothera aurea and Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator, all claimed as seen or collected in Hampshire but, following a review by Hampshire Ornithological Society, not admitted to the county list. The accounts vary from species to species, opening – where possible – with the original written account, or extracts from it, of the first record. You could put up a poster advertising my site in your local youth club or drop in centre if you like.For best view, walk 50 yds past Itchen bridge, from where you park, to gate on right hand side of road, and look across River. The River Test has a growing number of otters, and there are reports of wild boar across the county.

Escapee: Exotic species known or suspected to be escaped or released, including those that have bred but don't yet fulfill the criteria for Provisional. This cookie is used for user tracking and viewing embedded contents from TripAdvisor like payment of referral commission fees etc.Kites are seen across a lot of the south of England now and if it had a forked tailand was big the description sound right, when you say hovering I assume you mean appeared not to be moving forwards, Kites are experts at using the wind and thermals at gliding and controlling there movement in the air.