Monday 15th December 2025.
Another start to the working week and the weather was looking a bit dodgy with some rain forecast for today. There was a bit of rain this afternoon, but I was lucky enough to miss the worst of it as I started my second shift in Pembroke Road. It was very dark when I first arrived there this morning as heavy clouds and the threat of rain was imminent, but thankfully, it never came to anything. However, it was fairly mild and a southerly wind was blowing.
Pembroke Road, Old Portsmouth:
I managed to notch up 14 bird species this morning, though apart from a brief male Sparrowhawk flying north over the road, it was the usual fare seen or heard today. A Blackbird giving off its alarm call had me looking up as the male Sparrowhawk made its way over my head and out of view over the rooftops.
A Greenfinch flew high over and other passerines noted included the usual calling House Sparrows, a Blackbird flying over and a few Blue Tits on top of the Sycamore trees nearby. A Dunnock was calling in the garden in the house opposite, but it never showed itself today. On Governor’s Green, I counted at least 40 Herring Gulls searching for worms again in the wet grass.
Yesterday, birding pal Geoff Farwell took a walk around the Corhampton area where he saw the following: 15+ Red Kites, 8 Common Buzzards, 2 Sparrowhawks, 2 Ravens, 23 Lapwing, 55 Stock Doves, 100+ Linnets, Siskin, Redpoll, 14 Redwing and 6 Yellowhammers.
In Hampshire today:
There were up to 5 Purple Sandpipers at Southsea Castle today and over at Blashford Lakes, a Great White Egret, Green Sandpiper and up to 9 Goosanders were on Ibsley Water. Up to 5 Glossy Ibis were on the Bridge Street Floods, Titchfield, while over at the Hayling Oyster Beds, a Great Northern Diver, 5 Goldeneye, 3 Marsh Harriers, 2 Whimbrel and a Golden Plover were seen.
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