BIRDS RECORDED IN THE MEDINA VALLEY IN 2012

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1 BIRDS RECORDED IN THE MEDINA VALLEY IN 2012 Key to status in the Medina Valley Locality key R Resident CH Cowes Harbour IH Island Harbour Plawns Pinkmead Lawns OW Overwintering DC Dodnor Creek LSCross Lower St Cross creek RP Riverview Park, Dodnor PM Passage migrant Dcopse Dickson's Copse MP Mooring platforms SEC The Shrape, E. Cowes BM Breeding migrant EC East Cowes MVC Medina Valley Centre Wcreek Werrar Creek WV Winter visitor FL Folly Lake NH Newport Harbour Wfarm Werrar Farm OC Occasional visitor HF Heathfield Farm Pcreek Pinkmead Creek WS Werrar saltmarsh Contributors (DTB) David Biggs (MP) Malcolm Pritchett (BC) Ben Carpenter (RJM) Roger & Joy Miller (FC) Frank Cope (SW) Sandie Woodford (SC) Simon Creedy (ST) Steve Taverner (DJH) David Hunnybun (SRB) Sue & Roger Blackwell (GPW) George & Pat Warke (SH) Sue Hawley (JE) John Edwards (TJW) Tina Whitmore Birds recorded by K. Marston unless indicated by initials Please submit your 2013 records for the Medina Valley to Keith Marston by 6 th January 2014 See Medina Valley Birds 2012 with photographs on this link: Mute swan R on estuary (GPW); 31 on estuary on 10.2; 29 on estuary on 17.3 (BC); pair on estuary adjacent to DC displaying & mating on 24.3 while second pair on nest in DC; pair with 7 cygnets on DC on 24.5; 33 at NH on 9.7 (DTB); 8 cygnets at NH on 1.6 (DTB); cygnets along estuary on 21.7; pair with 9 cygnets on Medina by Coppins Bridge on 30.7 (SRB); 27 with 8 immature at MVC slipway on (SRB) Canada goose R WS on PL on 2.1; 19 at Pinkmead on 22.1 (GPW); 10 at WS on 10.2; 2 pairs on DC on 28.2; pair mating at WS on 6.4; pair on wreck at Wcreek on 10.4 (DTB); pair at DC on 16.4 (DTB); 11 on PC on 20.6; 19 by Fairlee pond on Dark-bellied brent goose OW HF on HF on 12.1 (DJH); 193 at HF on 25.1 (DTB); 65 upper estuary on 2.2; 1 swimming through iced over estuary on 3.2; 35 on feeding near RP on 2.3 (RJM); on 111 on estuary on 10.3; 164 in FL on 17.3 BC); 15 at West Medina Mills on 23.3; 6 on estuary near RP on 28.3 (RJM); last 8 on estuary on 6.4; 1 unusual record of single adult at WS on 20.6; first returning birds on (GPW); 219 on estuary on (BC) Goose R Wfarm (domestic) Shelduck R Pcreek (GPW); 6 at WS on 10.3; 1 on Stag lane landfill on 29.3; pair at Pcreek on 10.4 (DTB); 6 at Pcreek on 20.4 (DTB); 2 on DC on 6.5 (RJM); pair at Pinkmead on 14.5; pair at DC on 28.5 (DTB); pair over DC & 2 pairs in field at Werrar west of cycleway on 17.5; 3 pairs at Werrar on 20.6

2 Wigeon OW Folly to Pcreek (GPW); 8 on upper estuary on 28.2; 8 at eastern end of IH on & 17.12; 12 at Fairlee on 7.12 (SRB) Teal OW Pcreek (GPW); 22 on ice of frozen estuary at MVC on 3.2; 16 at PC on 6.2; 14 on MVC foreshore on 10.2; 9 at WS on 10.3; 3 on estuary by DC on 14.3; 5 at Pinkmead on (SRB) Pintail OV estuary opposite (RJM) RP Mallard R along estuary (BC); young at DC on 16.4 (DTB); adult with 5 one day old juvs on DC on 17.4; pair with 4 juvs at Dcopse pond on 24.5; 92 along estuary on 21.7; 113 along estuary on (BC) Shoveler OV HF pair 3.2 (DTB); pair flew into Pinkmead ponds on 8.2; 2 at Werrar on 12.2 (GPW) Gadwall OV Pcreek at PC on 5.2 (GPW); pair at Wcreek on 5.11 (DTB) Tufted duck WV upper estuary female on DC on 4.1 (DTB); female on estuary on 14.1; 5 adjacent to Vestas R&D on 3.2; male & 3 female on DC on pair on DC on 24.4 & 19.6; pair at DC on 6.5 (RJM) Red-breasted WV estuary at (JE); 1 off Medham on 1.2 (DTB) merganser Pinkmead Pheasant R Werrar (GPW); 3 along cycleway on 7.5 (BC) Red-legged partridge R HF (DTB); Great crested grebe WV/PM estuary by RP (RJM); 1 on FL on 10.2 (& DTB), 26.2 (JE),10.3 & 16.9; 1 on FL on 17.3 (BC); 1 in breeding plumage adjacnt to Vestas R&D on 1.4 (SRB); 1 feeding in upper estuary near RP on 7.9, 16.9 & 28.9 (RJM) Little grebe R on estuary on estuary at Dodnor diving on 9.1 & 13.9 (RJM); 17 on estuary on 14.1; 2 calling at DC on 23.2; adult with 1 juv on 19.7; 7 on estuary on 10.9 (BC); 10 diving on upper estuary nr RP on 4.12 (RJM); 13 on estuary on (DTB) Cormorant R on estuary diving at Dodnor on 1.1 (RJM); 1 on upper estuary with breeding patches on 2.2; 5 on MVC pontoon on (SRB); 8 on estuary at Dodnor on (GPW) Little egret R DC (GPW); 3 on causeway at DC on 31.1; 6 along estuary on 10.3 (see PHOTO 6); 4 along estuary on 7.5 (BC); 5 at DC on 17.6 (RJM); 9 along estuary on 21.7; 9 on poplar at DC on 1.8 (SRB) Grey heron R Medham lagoon (DTB); 2 at Medham lagoon on 9.1 (DTB); 1 to North Fairlee on 10.2; 1 in DC on 28.2; 1 in WS on 23.6; 2 oppo. RP on 3.7 (RJM); 2 along estuary on 21.7; 1 at WS on 17.8; 2 in poplar at DC on 19.8; 2 imm. at Dcopse pond on 24.8 (DTB); 2 in PCreek on 9.9. (BC); 2 on estuary edge by RP on 5.10 (RJM); 1 on MVC pontoon with gull roost on 10.11; 1 on MVC pontoon on (SRB) Sparrowhawk R Hurstake (BC); 1 on fence in RP on 5.12 (RJM); sightings most months Buzzard R Kingston, EC (TJW); 1 hunting & perching at Dodnor Crossing on 8.2; 3 overhead Dodnor on 5.3 (RJM); 4 over Werrar on 22.7 (GPW); 1 perched on hawthorn at MVC on (SW); seen in all months (GPW) Kestrel R Stag Lane pair with juv. (GPW); pair on Monteray cypress at MVC on 5.3; immature male feeding on tree stump in MVC grounds (see PHOTO 1) on 2.5 (SC & FC); 1 hunting in MVC grounds on 25.5 (see PHOTO 2) Hen Harrier OV Werrar Farm female or juv. (JE)

3 Peregrine R Fairlee pylon with prey (RJM); 1 or 2 on top of Fairlee pylon each month except May & June (RJM); 1 on Fairlee pylon feeding on prey on 14.2 (see PHOTO 4); 1 on post watching sparrows near RP 0n 25.8 (RJM); 2 on Fairlee pylon on 3.11 & (RJM) Water rail R DC (GPW); seen at DC on 4.1 (DTB); 2 calling at DC on 27.1; 1 calling in DC on 7.2; 2 seen at DC on 12.3 (DTB); 2 calling at DC on 29.3; 3 at DC on 7.5 (BC); 3 calling at DC on 3.10; 1 calling in DC adjacent to Dcopse (SRB) Moorhen R on estuary on MVC bay on 2.1 (SRB); 9 on up estuary on 9.9 BC); 17 along estuary on 10.12; 15 at Dodnor on (GPW); 13 along estuary on (BC) Coot R MVC bay on upper estuary on 12.1; 108 on estuary on 14.1; 109 near MVC on 7.2; pair with 4 juvs. at DC on 10.4 (SRB); pair with 2 juvs at DC on 17.4 (see PHOTO 7); 36 on estuary on 10.9 (BC); 76 in MVC bay on (SRB) Oystercatcher R Plawns (DJH); 90 on Plawns on 25.1 (SRB); adult on Vectis Transport roof on 19.5; 2 pairs on WS on 20.6; 1 on nest on Yellowfin Wcreek on 20.6; adult bringing food to Vectis transport roof on 27.6; 59 on Plawns on 16.9; 82 on MP on 13.10; 85 on Plawns on (DTB); 58 on MP on (SRB); 103 at Pinkmead on 5.2 (GPW); 125 on Plawn on 28.11; 103 along estuary on (BC) Ringed plover OW FL (SRB); 3 at WC on 4.1 (DTB); 11 on HF on 3.10 (DTB); 12 on HF on 10.2; 9 at Werrar on 12.2 (GPW) Grey plover OW Werrar (GPW); 6 at WC on 4.1 (DTB); 4 at WS on 14.1; 2 on MP on 8.2; 3 at WS on Lapwing R Werrar (SB); 46 on PL on 14.1; 48 on MP & Kingston S on 10.2; 1 sitting at Werrar SW field on 10.4 (DTB); pair on WS on 20.6; 10 at Werrar Farm on 9.9 (BC); 26 over estuary at Pinkmead on (SRB) Dunlin OW MP on west side of FL on 2.1 (SRB); 13 on MP on 14.1; 118 at HF on 3.2 (DTB); last 16 in April (GPW) Snipe OW Werrar south (DTB); 2 at DC on 26.2 (GPW); 1 at DC on 23.2 (SRB) field Jack snipe OW Werrar south out of Werrar south field on 10.2 Black-tailed godwit field OW/PM Plawns (SRB); 32 on Plawns on 9.1 (DTB); 24 on PC on 6.2.; 24 at WS on 10.2; 4 feeding near RP on 17.2 (RJM); 12 in breeding plumage at Whippingham shore on 22.8 (SRB); 9 on Plawns on 16.9; 14 on Plawns on Whimbrel PM Werrar (GPW); first 1 at WC on 16.4 (DTB); 2 in upper estuary on 26.4; 3 on estuary near RP on 3.5 (RJM) Curlew R on estuary (GPW); 31 at WS on 14.1; 3 in July (GPW); 35 on WS on 16.9 Redshank R on estuary on Plawn on 16.9; 22 at WS on 9.9. (BC); flock of 10 swimming in upper estuary on (see MVC Utube channel) Common sandpiper PM FL (BC); 2 at Dodnor on 5.8 (GPW); 1 in upper estuary on 17.8

4 Mediterranean gull Black-headed gull PM on estuary one in winter plumage (BC) on 1.1; 7 at E Cowes esplanade on 6.1 (DJH); 1 calling over upper estuary in breeding plumage on 23.2 & 28.2; 2 pairs over MVC on 29.2; 3 over MVC on 5.3; 7 on Dodnor Farm on 13.3 (see PHOTO 5); 2 over MVC on 30.3; 2 over RP on 9.4 (RJM); 2 in nonbreeding plumage on FL on 21.7 R estuary in summer plumage; 1500 on upper estuary on 11.1; 1688 on estuary on 14.1; 919 on estuary on 10.3; 741 along estuary on 21.7 Common gull OW estuary at Dodnor (GPW); 3 on estuary 14.1; 5 on upper estuary on 3.2.; 4 on estuary on 10.2; 23 in upper estuary on 29.2; 1 at FL on 17.3 (BC) Herring gull R upper estuary immature birds; 400 in upper estuary on ; 190 on upper estuary on 5.3; 300 on estuary on 17.3 (BC); 45 second year birds on upper estuary on 23.3; 2 pairs on JS White at CH on 1.7 (DJH); 2 pairs with young on building at E Cowes on 1.7 (DJH); 1 pair at NH feeding young on 12.7 (DJH); 181 on estuary on 21.7; 830 on MVC mudflats on 10.8 (see PHOTO 8); 400 on upper estuary (50 immature first year birds) Lesser blackbacked gull Great blackbacked gull R upper estuary one on upper estuary on 14.1; 1 on upper estuary on 29.2; 2 on upper estuary on 5.3 & 10.3; 2 at MVC on 10.8; 1 on MVC pontoon on (SRB) OV opposite RP (RJM); five in MVC bay on 14.1; 1 at MVC on 29.2; 3 on estuary on 17.3 (BC); 2 near MVC on 23.3 (SRB); 4 on estuary on 6.4; 2 on Vestas Research building roof on 20.5; 2 nesting on roof of Vectis Transport (MP); adult with 2 juv on JS White at NH on 1.7 (DJH); 2 with imm. at RP on 28.9 (RJM); 1 on MVC pontoon on 13.11; 4 on upper estuary on (GPW) Sandwich tern PM FL first in Valley (GPW & RJM); 1 diving into estuary on 19.4 & 1.6 (RJM); pair at MVC pontoon on 24.4 (see PHOTO 3); 1 at FL on 7.5 (BC); 1 at CH on 19.5 (DTB); 2 in upper estuary on 20.5 Common tern PM CH (DTB) Feral pigeon R Cowes grain (DTB); 1 on nest at Quay Arts on (SB) silos Stock dove R Werrar (GPW); 2 at IH on 14.1; 1 in song at DC on 27.2; pair at nest box in Fairlee & 2 at arboretum on 1.4 (SRB) Wood pigeon R Dodnor to (GPW); 27 along cycleway on 10.9 (BC) Pinkmead Collared dove R Werrar (GPW); 1 on viaduct at DC on 23.2 & 1.8 (SRB); 4 at DC on 9.9 (BC); 1 in Dcopse on (SRB) Barn owl R Fairlee crossing A3054 to NW (ST); 1 off owl box on Dodnor Lane on 24.2; 1 hunting at MVC on 14.5 (FC) Little owl R St Mildred's, (TJW) Whippingham Short-eared OV WS (GPW); 1 at WS on 2.1 (DTB) owl Swift BM over Werrar (GPW); first 3 at Dodnor on 30.4 (JE & RJM); 7 at Kingston, EC on 16.5 & 2 on 29.5 (TJW); 10 over DC on 17.5; 20 at Kingston, EC, on 14.6 (TJW); last on 13.7 at Dodnor (DTB)

5 Green woodpecker Gt. Sp. Woodpecker R cycleway (BC); 2 at Werrar on 12.2 (GPW); 1 at St Mildreds, Whippingham, on (TJW); bred in Valley R cycleway (BC); pair feeding juvs in DCopse on 19.5; one drumming Dodnor House on 11.1; 1 drumming in Dcopse on 30.3 (SRB);1 drumming at Hurstake on 16.5 (SRB); fledglings in nest at DCopse on 17.5; 1 on cycleway at Stag Lane on (SRB); 1 at St Mildreds, Whippingham on (TJW) Skylark R Wfarm (GPW); 28 at Wfarm on 10.2 (DTB); first in song at WF on 4.1 (DTB) Sand martin PM DC (BC); 2 at DC on 13.4 (RJM); 1 at DC on 27.4 (DTB); 6 over estuary by RP on 3.5 (RJM); 4 at DC on 6.5 (GPW) Swallow BM DC (BC); first on wire at Dodnor Farm on 12.4; 60 over Dodnor on (GPW); last at Dodnor on (GPW) House martin BM DC first 12 over DC on 6.5 (RJM & BC); last 40 Dodnor on (GPW) Meadow pipit R Werrar (GPW); 1 at Werrar on 17.3 (BC) Rock pipit WV East Cowes (DJH) esplanade Pied wagtail R HF (SRB), 3 along cycleway on 9.9 (BC) Grey wagtail R Hurstake (GPW); one at NH on 14.1; 1 at NH on 8.10 (DTB); 1 on MVC roof on (SRB); 2 on RP pontoon on (RJM) Wren R cycleway in song (BC); 9 in song in SZ5091 on 1.3; 17 in song at Dodnor SZ5091 on 29.3 Hedge accentor R cycleway in song (BC); 1 in song at MVC on 6.2.; 11 along cycleway on 26.2 (GPW); 8 in song in SZ5091 on 1.3 Robin R cycleway in song (BC); 27 in song along cycleway on 7.5 (BC); 27 in song in SZ5091 on 24.3; 21 in song in SZ5091 on 1.3 Nightingale PM/BM edge of Dcopse in song (JE); in song Stag Lane landfill on 6/7.5 (BC); in song at Stag Lane landfill on 13.5 (GPW); male in song Stag Lane landfill on 14.5; 1 in song at WF on 16.5 (DTB) Black redstart OV Near Kingston (TW) Copse Whinchat PM WF SE field (DTB) Wheatear PM WF SE field (DTB); first 1 at Werrar on 22.4 (GPW); 1 on roof at RP on 26.4 (RJM); 1 on HF near estuary edge on 14.5; 1 on estuary edge of HF on 10.8, 12.9 & 18.9 (SRB) Blackbird R cycleway (GPW); 2 'European' birds at MVC on 27.1; 25 from Dodnor to Medham with 6 in song on 7.5 (BC) Fieldfare WV cycleway (GPW); one at MVC on 4.1 & 24.1; last at Northwood on 1.2 (DTB); 1 drinking through broken ice of bird bath at MVC on ; first at DC on (DTB); 10 on Dodnor Lane 19.11; 12 at Dodnor on (SRB) Song thrush R cycleway (GPW); 1 in song (BC); first in song at Medham on 9.1 (DTB); 1 at MVC bird bath on 27.1; 3 in song at Dodnor & Hurstake on 31.1; 3 along cycleway with 2 in song on 7.5 (BC); 1 in song at Werrar on (DTB); 4 along cycleway on Redwing WV Werrar (GPW); two in Dcopse; 3.1 one in MVC birdbath on 2.1; 20 at Hurstake on 25.1 (SRB); last 2 at Werrar on 11.3 (GPW); first at Werrar on (GPW)

6 Mistle thrush R upper estuary (GPW); 2 at MVC on 24.1; 2 at Werrar on 18.3 (JE); 1 at Hurstake on 30.3 (SB); 2 at Werrar on 1.4 (JE); 1 on Werrar north field on 10.4 (SRB); pair at MVC on 17.4; 1 at Hurstake on 7.5 (BC); 2 at LSCross on 20.5 (GPW); 2 at Hurstake on (SRB) Sedge warbler BM Pinkmead (GPW); 1 singing at Dodnor on 6.5 (BC); 1 singing at Lw St Cross on 18.5 Reed warbler BM DC (GPW); first in song at DC on 17.4; 3 at DC on 7.5 (BC); 1 in song on Stag Lane landfill on 14.5 & 24.5; fledglings calling from nest on DC on 24.7; 2 in DC on 1.8 (SRB) Lr. whitethroat BM Werrar first record (GPW); 1 in song at WF on 6.5 (BC) Whitethroat BM Dodnor to Pinkmead (GPW); first at Stag Lane on 16.4 (DTB); calling at Pinkmead on 24.4; 1 in song at MVC on 27.4; 10 in song along cycleway on 7.5 (BC); 5 in song in SZ5091 on 17.5; young at Werrar on 18.6 (DTB) Garden warbler PM Dodnor at Werrar on 6.5 & 1 in Sept. (GPW); 1 in song at Pinkmead on 7.5 (BC) & 28.5 (DTB) Blackcap BM Dodnor to in song (BC); 1 at Dodnor on 17.1 (DTB); 1 male at MVC Medham on 27.1; 1 female feeding on ivy berries at MVC on 2.2; first in song at Dodnor Crossing on 23.3; fall of 12+ along cycleway on 24.4 Chiffchaff BM cycleway (GPW); 1 in paddock by Vestas MTF on 2.1 (SB); 1 calling at MVC on 25.1; first in song at DC on 23.2; 4 in song at DC on 19.3 (DTB); 8 in song in SZ5091 on 24.3; 10 in song between Dodnor & Medham on 7.5 (BC); 1 upstream on Quay Arts on (SRB) Willow warbler PM DC (DTB); first at Riverside Park on 8.4 (GPW); in song at Hurstake cycleway on 24.4; 1 in song at IH on 24.4; 1 in song behind Saro Works, Whippingham on 26.4; 2 at DC on 1.8 (SRB); 1 at DC on 9.9 (BC) Goldcrest R cycleway (BC); 3 at DC on 12.1 (DJH); male in song at MVC on 11.1, 24.1 & 24.5; 5 along cycleway on 9.9 (BC); 2 at St Mildreds, Whippingham on 21.9 (TJW) Stonechat OW Werrar (GPW) Firecrest OV Stag Lane (GPW) Long-tailed tit R Pinkmead (GPW); pair at MVC on 30.1; 11 along cycleway on 11.3 & 13 on 6.5 (BC); 2 adults & 3 immature at Dodnor on 24.5 (SRB); 12 along cycleway on 9.9 (BC); 10 at St Mildreds, Whippingham on (TJW); 10 at Dodnor on (SRB) Coal tit R Werrar Farm in song (BC); Northwood Cemetery (DTB) Blue tit R cycleway (GPW); 16 from Dodnor to Medham on 17.3 (BC) Great tit R cycleway (GPW); in song & inspecting nestbox at MVC on 2.1; 13 in song in SZ5091 on 24.3; 17 with 11 in song along cycleway on 7.5 (BC) Treecreeper R Medham cycleway (BC); 1 at Werrar on 26.2 (GPW); 1 in song at Medham on 9.9 (BC); 1at St Mildreds, Whippingham on 21.9 (TJW) Raven R CH 2 Feb - Apr pair nested on crane in CH (MP); 1 thermalling & calling over MVC to 5000'; 1 on pylon at Dodnor on 3.4 (DTB); 1 over Whippingham on 16.5 (TJW); 1 on Dodnor pylon on 6.3; 1 on pylon at Fairlee on 6.9; 1 at Pinkmead on 9.9 (GPW) Jay R cycleway (GPW); adult feeding immature at Lw St Cross on 17.5; pairs recorded on both sides of the Valley (SRB); 6 along cycleway on 9.9 (BC); 4 along cycleway on (BC)

7 Magpie R Whippingham (DTB); 7 along cycleway on 17.3 (BC) fields Jackdaw R LSCross (GPW); adult with fledglings in nest at Fairlee on 14.5 Rook R LSCross (GPW) Carrion crow R eastern FL (GPW); 5 between Dodnor & Medham on 7.5 & 9.9 (BC) shore Starling R Whippingham at Medham on 9.1 (DTB); 100+ in flock at RP on 8.1 (RJM); pair nesting at Medham on 7.5 (BC); 31 along cycleway on 6.5 (BC); 2 families at Dodnor on 20.6; 32 at Werrar on (GPW) House sparrow R Dodnor (GPW); 2 families with fledglings in semi-detached nest box at Dodnor; 21 at Dodnor on 9.9 (BC) Chaffinch R cycleway (GPW); first song at MVC on 27.1; 2 pairs nr NH on 2.1 (SRB); 2 female by NH on 10.2 (SRB); 12 between Dodnor & Medham with 8 singing on 6.5 Greenfinch R cycleway (BC); 6 at RP on 12.2 (GPW); 3 on west side of NH on 10.2 (SB); 1 family at Dodnor on 20.6; 5 at Dodnor Crossing on 19.8 (SRB) Goldfinch R west side of in 3 groups; 21 along cycleway on 12.8 (GPW) Valley Siskin OV Beatrice Ave, (TJW); 2 in alders at DC on 17.3 (BC) EC Linnet R Werrar (GPW); 2 at Chawton on 1.2 (DTB); 3 pairs in Werrar northeast field on 24.3; 15 at Werrar & Stag Lane on 29.3; pair in coastal scrub in Werrar south-east field on 26.4; 4 at Werrar on 7.5 (BC); pair in Werrar north-east field on 17.5 Bullfinch R Stag Lane (GPW); 2 pairs at DC & Pinkmead on 12.1 (DJH); 3 at Medham on 9.1(DTB); male at MVC birdbath on 2.1 & 9.1; 2 at WF on 4.1 (DTB); pair on Dodnor Lane on 10.2 (SRB); pair at Dodnor on 14.3; 3 from Dodnor to Medham on 7.5 & 9.9 (BC) Yellowhammer R Wfarm/Stag Lane (DTB); 1 in song at WF (Stag Lane) on 3.5 (JE); 1 male at HF on 22.8 (SRB) Reed bunting R Dodnor/Werrar (BC); 2 at Werrar on 10.4 (DTB); 1 in song at DC on 18.3 (JE); 1 at DC on 24.3 & 6.4; 1 at LSCross & DC on 8.4 (GPW); 1 calling on coastal scrub Werrar south field on 26.4; 2 at DC with 1 in song on 7.5 (BC); 1 in Stag lane landfill on 17.5; pair in reeds at Fairlee on 20.5; 1 in song at DC on 28.5; pair courting at DC on 18.6 (DTB); 1 in song at DC on 9.7 Total species 113

Medina Valley Centre on 2.5.12 (Photo S.

8 PHOTO 1. Male Kestrel perched on a tree stump at the Medina Valley Centre on (Photo S. Creedy) PHOTO 2. Male Kestrel hovering over the Medina Valley Centre grounds on (Photo K Marston)

9 PHOTO 3. Sandwich tern presenting a fish to its mate on the end of the Medina Valley Centre pontoon on (Photo K Marston) PHOTO 4. Peregrine on the top of a pylon on the east bank of the River Medina at Fairlee, feeding on prey (Photo K Marston)

10 PHOTO 5. Mediterranean gulls with Black-headed gulls on Dodnor Farm on (Photo K Marston) PHOTO 6. Little Egret in saltmarsh near the Ryde Queen paddle steamer on 10.3 (Photo K Marston)

11 PHOTO 7. Coot with 2 chicks on Dodnor Creek on 17.4 (Photo KMarston) PHOTO 8 Part of a flock of gulls, including 830 Herring gulls, on the MVC foreshore in the upper estuary on (Photo K Marston)

Participants Stefan Ettestam (SE), Mattias Gerdin (MGe), Måns Grundsten (MGr) and Johan Ställberg (JS), all from Stockholm.

Morocco 22-29/3 2002 Participants Stefan Ettestam (SE), Mattias Gerdin (MGe), Måns Grundsten (MGr) and Johan Ställberg (JS), all from Stockholm. General Aims Since both SE and MGe had been to Morocco before,