Monday 29th December 2025.
The grey weather just does not want to disappear and so a very cold day with little sunshine was in store for us down here in Southsea. However, on a positive note, both the female Black Redstart and the male Blackcap were STILL present at the back of my garden and touring the neighbouring gardens as well.
Again, the Blackcap proved elusive to photograph as it sang quietly in my neighbours Holly Tree before flying off south to other gardens near mine. The Black Redstart remained faithful to the big tree at the back of my garden and even perched on the nearby rooftops briefly before flying off north. It was again seen later in the afternoon briefly as dusk approached, perched up in the same tree before disappearing into nearby gardens. I heard a Grey Wagtail flying over my house as I was about to get into my car, but failed to get a sighting of the bird. At least two birds are wintering on the rooftops around my area of Southsea.
Matt Parkes was birding on his own today and took the trip to Posbrook Floods to get his ‘year-tick’ of the drake Ferruginous Duck swimming on the big pool there having been found earlier in the day.
Yesterday, birding pal Geoff Farwell took a trip to the West Tisted area, near Alresford, where he had sightings of 65+ Yellowhammers, 180 Chaffinches, 45 Linnets, 3 Marsh Tits, a Raven, 2 Red Kites and 6 Common Buzzards.
In Hampshire today:
It was virtually the same as yesterday, with all the scarcer birds still present in their respective areas and addition to this, a Black Brant was found by Jason Crook, the bird feeding in fields adjacent to the Hayling Billy Line. A Short-eared Owl was seen to fly south over fields near Andover at Harewood Forest.
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