Wednesday 26th November 2025
Another cold frosty start to the day here in Southsea and a busy day for me and so it was back to Pembroke Road again where I notched up a reasonable number of bird species. There was excitement in Hampshire today when a Great Shearwater was discovered on the sea within Southampton Water and lingered long enough for a few lucky souls to get a Hampshire ‘tick’. I was too busy working to make the long trip down to Fawley or Calshot to view the bird, though I did get to see several on the Pelagic from Falmouth back in August.
Pembroke Road, Old Portsmouth:
Fourteen bird species were seen or heard today in Pembroke Road, of which three species were seen on my afternoon shift: a juvenile Mute Swan flying very low eastbound and then turned to head towards the Curtain Moat. Some House Sparrows were heard calling from their usual hedgerow by the Bowling Green and to round this afternoon off, a flock of a dozen Long-tailed Tits flew in and landed in the Sycamore trees before returning back to the garden from whence they came.
This morning's shift produced the showy Jays again, where they showed nearly all morning and very well too in the bright sunshine, busy searching for acorns from the Holm Oaks. All the usual suspects were present, but little else to set the heart racing. Tomorrow is going to be a bit different with rain coming in and the temperatures going to rise.
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