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Sunday 20 May 2012

Saturday 19th May SWW New Forest

A 5.30am start to be in the forest at 8.30, a quick look from the road for Dartfords at Boulderwood was unsuccesful.  However from the car park Paul heard a Wood Warbler (our target) and within minutes we were watching.




Wood Warbler
 From here a walk around the woods turned up Gold Crest and a couple of Firecrests a further search for Dartfords proved fruitless so we moved to Acres Down where Common Buzaard were seen and 3 but distant Goshawks. On to Beaulieu road station. Here we found the Dartford Warbler my second target species.




Dartford Warbler
 Over the heath a couple of Hobby were hunting

Hobby
 Also Stonechat and a Willow Warbler singing
Stonechat (male)

Willow Warbler
 In the woods several Redstarts both male and female, all the Tits, more Hobbys over the heath again and finally a couple of Wood Larks.

Wood Lark

4.00 pm headed for home another good day in the bag bringing this years total species to 200.

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