Pete, look out for these?
As I live there I can thoroughly reccommend a few very good places, and depending on where you are staying there are some excellent spots, try these:- Chesil bank/beach, not far from Abbotsbury swan sanctuary, a very good sea and shoreline birding spot. The New forest itself has varied birding areas, as, I think it was Carlos GY who paid the forest a visit recently, and found crossbils and stonechats, and looking for the elusive Dartford warbler, There is a little place called winspit,, where Bill Oddie reports in his Gripping Yarns that there was once spotted a bluetail in autumn, golden orioles have been spotted around canford cliffs area. Personally I love the more open spaces like Tollard Royal where access is easy, there you willl find lapwings, spotted flycatchers, and more than likely skylarks, yellowhammers, and many other birds that give some of the ordinary watchers so much pleasure. The greatest parts to view are all over the Tarrants where there are also archaelogical interests to be seen. I do hope you find all the interesting birds that this county has to offer. There are many more places but I could not put all into one posting, Nina.
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