After 18 months of fascinating Fawley Birdlife reports, Paul Matthews has decided that this will be his last. Fawley Online would like to say a big thank you to Paul for his contributions each month.
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Where have all the garden birds gone? That’s a question that many people have been asking me recently, and the answer is that its quite normal at this time of the year for all the birds in the garden to virtually disappear overnight.
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I have had a few reports of local sightings which make quite interesting reading and it seems that waders have been the highlight of this early part of the migration season.
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"Phew what a scorcher!", as the papers often say. I’ve just read that last month was the hottest July since records began.
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As many of us are packing our swimsuits and sun cream ready for the summer holidays, the bird world is already looking ahead to the autumn.
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Despite a slightly delayed start in April, the spring migration season is now well under way and most of our usual returning summer visitors have been seen or heard somewhere in our area.
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It seems I may have been a bit hasty last month when I suggested that Spring was about to start! March was cold for at least three weeks of the month with chilly Easterly or Northerly winds, and even a few snow flurries.
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The first few days of March are forecast to be quite cold with a chance of snow, but if we are lucky the weather should start to improve this month, and hopefully herald the start of spring.
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At last I have a Fawley bird rarity to talk about! I received a phone call from a friend on January 6th to say that he had found two Snow Buntings at Calshot.
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As we enter a new year, it is a good time to review the past twelve months to see if 2005 was a good, bad, or just average year for birds in our area.
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We have had an early taste of winter during November, and if the weather people are correct, we can expect more of the same throughout the coming months.
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October is generally the last month for seeing any summer visitors before they migrate south to warmer lands, and mostly they have now all gone, though there are always a few late stragglers. More >>>

Last month I predicted that we would see the first of the winter migrant birds before the end of September, well they left it late but a Brent goose was seen in our area on the 29th.
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September is a month of continued migration, as many of our summer breeding species prepare to fly south for the winter.
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It may well be the middle of summer to us, but in birding terms, Autumn starts here. As I mentioned last month, many waders have already returned to our area from their breeding grounds further north
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June is generally a quiet month as far as rare birds goes, and this year was no exception in the Fawley area.
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The month of May is always an interesting one, bird wise, mainly because of the large number of summer migrants that arrive, and straight away set about forming breeding territories, and finding a mate.
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Welcome to the first edition of Fawley Birdlife. It is written by Paul Matthews, a local bird watching enthusiast. This page will feature regular news and information on the wild birds that can be seen in the Fawley area.
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