Michael Caponi

Have I found a 2W Caspian Gull at Woolston Sewage Works? Or have i been fooled again! Not great pictures but it was only there for a few brief seconds after I spotted it and the weather was gloomy. Any thoughts greatly appreciated. 08.01.26 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

That's an amazing effort again in all weathers, congratulations!

Great finds!

Fantastic!

5 minute walk to see 3 Great Northern Divers crabbing by Woolston Sewage Works #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding #HampshireBirding

A Curlew lit by the low morning sun

2 Dunlin feeding amongst pebbles

A turnstone showing off it's bright orange legs and feet

2 Brent geese feeding in shallow water

Regular visitors along the water's edge at low-tide, Weston Shore 11.12.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Fantastic!

A trip to Lymington on the bus and train to see the male Long-tailed Duck who has been staying on Normandy Lagoon 30.10.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

NFLA was there on the 17th, a few days ago.

A Curlew standing on a gravelly beach beside the water

Curlew having a vigorous clean in the water

Curlew all fluffed up after it's bath

Curlew struggling to swallow a large shellfish

Curlew enjoy a bathe followed by breakfast. Woolston Sewage Works 27.09.25 #HantsBirds #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding

A group of Black-tailed Godwit alert to the presence of dogs

The same group of Godwit taking flight as the dog gets closer

Another picture of the Godwit taking flight

A single Black-tailed Godwit with coloured rings on both of it's legs. The rings show that the bird was ringed in Iceland in 2012 as a young bird. It has been recorded as visiting the UK every year since 2014.

Black-tailed Godwits, flushed by dogs at Bunny Meadows and a single ringed bird further along at Warsash. Hampshire, 13.09.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Grey Phalarope at Hayling Island Oyster Beds 04.09.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Common Gull

Herring Gull

3 Herring Gulls

Greater Black-backed Gull amongst Herring Gulls

Gulls at Weston Shore 27.08.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

First winter Turnstone

Adult Turnstones

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull calling

Woolston Sewage Works 04.08.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Black Tern on the beach at Hill Head, 30.07.25 ##HantsBirds #HantsBirding

Great picture wirh Corfe in the background!

Great picture with Corfe in the background!

Superb!

What a great way to bring up the 200! Fantastic!

2 Common Terns fly close to a Common Buzzard in an effort to steer it away from the reserve

2 Common Terns on a purpose-built nesting platform looking after their first freshly hatched chick

2 well-fed Common Whitethroat fledglings out-size their parent that was busily bringing them food

Sedge Warbler clinging to the reeds on a windy day

Bus and train to Fishlake Meadows in Romsey #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Nice! I just had one trying to come in for lunch!

A male Redstart sitting on a branch in the sun

A male Redstart sitting with his back turned and his bright tail fanned out in the sun

A male Stonechat sitting singing on top of a bramble bush

A Meadow Pipit with a beak full of grubs

New Forest birds 16.05.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Side view of a Collared Pratincole on a dry bare stream bank

Collared Pratincole in flight, showing a hint of the coloured underwing and the long tail

Less cropped side view of the Collared Pratincole standing on the parched stream bank

Distant shot showing the first views of the Collared Pratincole when first spotted. It is 1pm in full sun and the view is hazy

Collared Pratincole on the stream at Farlington Marshes this afternoon. Worth the train trip and walk 😁 11.05.25 #HantsBirds #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding

A pale purple Green-winged Orchid

A group of Green-winged Orchids growing in the protective shadow of brambles

Darker purple Green-winged Orchid flowerspike that is being used as home for a spider

A small flowerspike of a mid-purple Green-winged Orchid

Green-winged Orchids. Beaulieu Aerodrome 30.04.25 #orchids #HampshireWildlife

Male Sharp-tail Bee (Coelioxys rufescens) on a flower of Geranium phaeum

Blue Mason Bee (Osmia caerulescens) on a perennial wallflower bloom (Erysimum cv.)

Large Red Damselflies (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) in tandem on Duckweed floating on the water's surface

Male Nomad Bee (Nomada sp.) resting on a leaf surface in the sunshine. One of a group of Nomada species that are almost impossible to identify by eye, including Nomada flava and N.panzeri

Garden critters: in amongst the predominant honey bees there many other wonderful native bees busy pollinating my garden flowers. Southampton 02.05.25 #bees #insects #HampshireWildlife #HantsWildlife

Male Stonechat perched up on Scots Pine

A male Redstart on the side of a Silver Birch trunk

A Goshawk cruises the sky

A Willow Warbler sat on top of a willow, singing away

A sunny morning in the New Forest #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding

Wheatear perched on a fence post

A wheatear on the ground

Skylark perched on sea cabbage singing

A Sandwich Tern on an orange buoy

Wheatear, Skylark and Sandwich Tern. Recent arrivals at Hook With Warsash, 24 04.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding #HampshireBirding

A Whimbrel on the shoreline

2 European Herring Gulls

A single Lesser Black-backed Gull

2 Brent geese on the shoreline, 1 Brent, 2 Shelduck, a Lesser Black-backed Gull and a European Herring Gull in the water

A grey murky hour by Woolston Sewage Works this morning turned up 14 Brent, 2 Shelduck and a Whimbrel #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding

3 Brent geese on shore. One bird has leg rings (red 5, black 1)

A Brent goose with identifying leg rings (red K, black T)

Brent geese feeding on shore

A curlew on shore, ruffled by the wind

Still a group of Brent by Woolston Sewage Works at low-tide this morning, including a couple of ringed birds I haven't seen here recently. The feeding looked good after choppy waters yesterday. Also, a fairly frail Curlew feeding. #HantsBirds #HampshireBirding #LowCarbonBirding

4 Brent geese including 1 ringed bird

2 Brent geese, 1 with ID rings

4 Brent geese, 1 with rings

3 Brent geese, 1 with rings

Still a group of 41 Brent geese by Woolston Sewage Works at low tide yesterday afternoon, including a few ringed ones too. 13.04.25 #HantsBirds #HantsBirding #LowCarbonBirding