Oxfordshire Golf Course Thame 23rd March

Black Redstart this evening (per Luke Marriner)

Woodstock 23rd March

Hawfinch 3+ in Hensington Road Cemetery 14:00-17:00 although predominantly elusive
Greenfinch 2
Chaffinch 2
Starling c20
Blackcap 2m&f
Chiffchaff

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd March

Little Gull 5 ad on F1 (2 until late morning 3 at 17:32)

Little-ringed Plover 2

Shelduck 2

Blackcap singing

No sign of the Brent Geese

No sign of the Black Redstart

(per Dave Lowe, Ben Sheldon et al)

Courtesy of Nick Truby

Ardley ERF and Quarry 23rd March

Shelduck - 2

Peregrine - 2

Little Ringed Plover - 4

Dorchester: Days Lock: 23rd March

Dorchester: Days Lock
Red-crested Pochard: Male seen on Allen Pit, amongst the Tufted Ducks and Coots. 11:15.
Shoveler 11:15.

Oliver Hedley

Waterstock: River Thame: 23rd March

Waterstock: River Thame
45 Lapwing 09:00.
5 Linnet 09:00.
2 Golden Plover 09:00.
Sparrowhawk 09:00.
Raven 09:00.
Great White Egret 09:00.
11 Reed Bunting 09:00.
105 Snipe 09:00.
165 Wigeon 09:00.
4 Shoveler 09:00.
4 Jack Snipe 09:00.
3 Oystercatcher 09:00.
19 Chiffchaff 09:00.
110 Redwing 09:00.
3 Egyptian Goose 09:00.
25 Fieldfare 09:00.
Grey Wagtail 09:00.
105 Teal 09:00.
Blackcap: Singing. 09:00.

Goldcrest 09:00.
24 Meadow Pipit 09:00.

Nick Marriner

Standlake, pit 60: 23rd March

White-fronted Goose 1
Oystercatcher 2
GW Egret 1
Green Sandpiper 1, east fields
White Wagtail 1
Goosander 3
Goldeneye 2
Blackcap 1m singing (new in)

Bicester Wetlands Reserve, 23rd March

08:15-09:30

Garganey (m & f)

Green Sandpiper 2

Common Snipe 2

Venn Mill: 23rd March

Venn Mill
2 Egyptian Goose 11:15.
Peregrine: fem. Flew over. 11:15.

Jed Cleeter

Letcombe Bassett: 23rd March

Letcombe Bassett
2 Wheatear: Female. 10:35.

Jed Cleeter

Courtesy of Jed Cleeter 

Port Meadow: 23rd March

Port Meadow
Great White Egret 10:17.
2 Shelduck: pair. 10:17.
4 Redshank 10:17.
7 Pintail: 3 drk and 4 fem. 10:17.
White Wagtail: At least one present with Pied Wagtails. 10:17.

Ian Elkins

Farmoor - 23 March 2025

 Two adult Little Gulls dropped in at 0655 on F1

Bicester Wetland Reserve: 23rd March

23rd March

Bicester Wetland Reserve
Garganey: Initially on small pool before Cow Pool hide but then relocated to main pool. 11:12
2 Green Sandpiper: On pool along entrance road. 07:40.

Laurie Bryant

Courtesy of Sandra Bletchly 

Balscote Quarry Reserve 23rd March

Brambling f at feeders

Swallow

Sand Martin 

(per Steve Holliday)

Chipping Norton: 23rd March

Chipping Norton
Blackcap: ad male. Male in full song at small wood in The Leys. 07:20.

Steve Akers

Farmoor Reservoir 22nd March

Black Redstart still present c18:24 on buildings at western end of the causeway.

Little Gull 7 over F1 early evening 

Brent Goose 2 18:24

Barn Owl 2

Sand Martin 5

(per Dave Lowe,Jed Cleeter, Paul Butler, Bryan Manston et al).

Courtesy of Jed Cleeter 

Courtesy of Jed Cleeter 

Woodstock 22nd March

Hawfinch 3 Hensington Road Cemetery (per RBA)

Dorchester on Thames : Sat 22nd

Sailing Club Lake, Abingdon Rd.

Little Gull 2 ad/w, flew north at 4.30pm (found by Alan Brampton)

Day's Lock Area.

Cattle Egret 4.

Little Egret.

Oystercatcher 3.

Goosander 2 (m&f)

Little Ringed Plover, flew over calling.

Merlin, male with prey on fields west of Church Farm Backwaters yesterday morning.

Sutton Courtenay Floods/Peep-O-Day Lane 22nd March

Little-ringed Plover 5 on flooded field west of Sutton Courtenay 
Great white Egret
Little Egret 2
Wigeon c80
Shoveler c20
Teal c30
White Wagtail 4 on flooded field west of Sutton Courtenay
Pied Wagtail c10
Grey Wagtail 
Meadow Pipit c15

Appleford GPs
Egyptian Goose 9
Cetti's Warbler
Chiffchaff 

 

Otmoor 22nd March

Black Redstart reported along Otmoor Lane 13:49 (per RBA).

Bicester Wetland Reserve 22nd March

A box of delights!

Pair Garganey- still present on main pool 13:30
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Peregrine
1 Redshank
3 Green Sandpiper
2 Cetti's Warblers

A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve

Blenheim 21st March

Mandarin duck - 3 

Wigeon - 2

Pochard - 1

Little egret - 4

Oystercatcher - 2

Sand Martin - 10

Port Meadow: 21st March

Port Meadow
This evening
Swallow through north
Yellow-legged Gull ad.

This morning
Siberian Chiffchaff: Singing quietly by the allotments.
5 Little Ringed Plover
4 Redshank
10 Sand Martin
2 Great White Egret
2 Shelduck

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Grimsbury Reservoir: 21st March

Grimsbury Reservoir
House Martin
2 Sand Martin

Gareth Blockley

Farmoor Reservoir 21st March

Black Redstart on buildings west of the causeway 17:05 (DJ et al)

Caspian Gull 2cy on F2 08:53 (per Johnny Eclipse).

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 21st March

Garganey 2 m&f still present 11:30

(per John Friendship-Taylor et al)

Key holder reserve.

Garganey with Teal
Courtesy of John Friendship-Taylor 

Chinnor: Cement Works: 21st March

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Oystercatcher: Lake 2B. 14:16.

Jez March

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 21st March

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
6 Shelduck 09:00.
2 Oystercatcher 09:00.
Great White Egret 09:00.
4 Red-crested Pochard 09:00.
6 Pochard 09:00.
Snipe 09:00.
4 Chiffchaff: Singing males. 09:00.

Jed Cleeter

Little Owl
Courtesy of Jason Hornblow

 

Standlake: 21st March

Standlake
Barn Owl: Flew over main road in centre of village. 08:00.

Jed Cleeter

Sarsgrove: 20th March

Sarsgrove
2 Raven: pair. SP299245. 13:00.
40 Fieldfare: Flying NNE - probably last sighting as they migrate home. SP299245. 13:00.
2 Chiffchaff: SP299245. 13:00.
6 Linnet: SP299245. 13:00.
Kestrel: ad fem. SP299245. 13:00.

Steve Akers

Woodstock 20th March

Hawfinch 5

Blackcap 1f

Chinnor: Cement Works: 20th March

Chinnor: Cement Works
2 Little Ringed Plover: By the west screen Lake 2b. 11:00.

David Stracey

Woodcote: 20th March

Woodcote
Brambling: m. Stunning male sitting on fence post beside main road! I've never seen one in Woodcote in 12 years - really excited! 04:05.

Heather Wright

Blenheim: Queen Pool: 20th March

Blenheim: Queen Pool
11 Egyptian Goose: pair with 9 very young juvs.
2 Oystercatcher
Sand Martin
Little Grebe

Woodstock: Shipton Slade Farm
Barn Owl
Snipe
15 Greenfinch

Bob Pomfret

Sonning Eye GPs: 20th March

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Egyptian Goose 15:00.

Ralph Watts

Standlake Pit 60: 20th March

Standlake Pit 60
2 Oystercatcher 11:00.
2 Great White Egret 11:00.
Marsh Harrier 11:00.

Stephen Burch

Letcombe Bassett: 20th March

Male gadwall from the old cressbeds in Letcombe Bassett

 

Farmoor Reservoir 20th March

Little Gull ad briefly on F1

Great white Egret on Pinkhill

Goosander 2 Pinkhill

(per Paul Butler)

Port Meadow 19th March

Little-ringed Plover 4

Redshank 10

Shelduck 2

Mediterranean Gull ad

White Wagtail c10

Siberian Chiffchaff 

(per Thomas Miller)

White Wagtail 18/3 courtesy of Thomas Miller 

Woodstock 19th March

4 Hawfinches this morning in Hensington Road cemetery. 1 male, 3 females. 

Chipping Norton: 19th March

Chipping Norton
21 Teal: 14 drake; 7 duck. On the small lake near Cornwell. A good number for this site. SP283268. 17:00.

Steve Akers

Balscote Quarry Reserve 19th March

Brambling f at the feeders with Chiffchaff 

Snipe 5

Redshank yesterday but no sign today

(per Steve Holliday et al)

Grimsbury Reservoir: 19th March

Rock Pipit - briefly this afternoon

per Ian Rowe

Berinsfield, Burcot Lane, 'The Wandering Kitchen': 19th March

Berinsfield, Burcot Lane, 'The Wandering Kitchen'
Egyptian Goose: Cruising past the cafe. SU579954. 11:30.

Mike Amphlett

Cholsey 19th March

Little-ringed Plover 4 on flood (per Alan Dawson)

Farmoor Reservoir 19th March

Rock Pipit

Redshank

Great white Egret 

(per Brian Walker)

Courtesy of Brian Walker 

Sarsgrove: 19th March

Sarsgrove
Raven: Calling from Sarsgrove Wood. 11:30.
Green Woodpecker: ad. 11:30.
7 Linnet 11:30.
Kestrel: ad fem. 11:30.

Steve Akers

Kingston Bagpuize 19th March 2025

Cattle Egret flock again north of Kingston Bagpuize in the field west of the A415 at 08:35 this morning 

Egil Droge

Cattle Egrets are about where the red circle is

 

Marsh Baldon: 19th March

Marsh Baldon
2 Golden Plover: On Arable land in Marsh Baldon. SU565999. 08:06.

Paul Torevell

Port Meadow: 18th March

Port Meadow
Little Ringed Plover
2 Shelduck
15 Redshank 

Thomas Miller, Matthew Lloyd

Baulking: 18th March

Baulking
Woodcock: Flew SE. 16:00.

Jed Cleeter

Bittern Otmoor rspb 
Courtesy of Paul Wyeth 

 

Shiplake: 18th March

Shiplake
Buzzard: At normal tree near the plough pub seen from the road as driving past.to Henley. SU761780. 10:25.

Ralph Watts

Farmoor Reservoir: 18th March

Caspian Gull (per RBA)

Rock Pipit: Seen along the causeway. 12:55.
Blackcap: Singing male behind the resevoir. 12:55.
6 Chiffchaff: At least 6 maybe more singing. 12:55.

1 Redshank   
Great White Egret: Seen from Pinkhill hide. 12:55.
Little Egret: Along the bank of the Thames. 12:55.
Barn Owl 

(per Richard Parsons, Johnny Eclipse)

Chipping Norton: 18th March

Chipping Norton
2 Green Sandpiper: Still present on the wetland at Swailsford Bridge Cornwell. SP284265. 11:50.
3 Pied Wagtail: SP284265. 11:50.
20 Linnet: SP284265. 11:50.

Steve Akers

Woodstock 18th March

Hawfinch 2 - both females

Blackcap 2 m/f

White Horse Hill: 18th March

White Horse Hill
2 Stonechat 08:00.

Jed Cleeter

Woodstock 17th March

Hawfinch 3 - all females

Blackcap 1

Port Meadow: 17th March

Port Meadow
2 Little Ringed Plover
6 Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
2 Shelduck
29 Gadwall
2 Raven
Ring-necked Parakeet: By the Trap Grounds pond.

Thomas Miller, Adam Hartley

Farmoor Reservoir: 17th March

Farmoor Reservoir
Rock Pipit 08:33.
9 Sand Martin 08:33.
2 Swallow 08:33.

Simon Myers