Chimney/Tadpole Bridge - 23rd April

Redstart

Cuckoo 

Lesser Whitethroat- 4

Garden Warbler 

Willow Warbler 

Fyfield Wick: 23rd April

Fyfield Wick
Green Sandpiper: Over calling. 22:30.

Jed Cleeter

Otmoor rspb 23rd April

Cuckoo courtesy of Peter Miligan.

 

Farmoor Reservoir 23rd April

Arctic Tern 18 over F1 17:26 

Whimbrel 3

Dunlin 2

(per Ewan Urquhart)

Spotted Flycatcher in tall trees near Pink Hill 

(per Bryan Manston). 

Arctic Tern 2 through early

Common Tern 5

Yellow-legged Gull 

Great white Egret 

Garden Warbler 

Lesser Whitethroat 

Cetti's Warbler 4+

(per Johnny Eclipse,Peter Phillips).

Swift courtesy of Bryan Manston.

Widford: 23rd April

Widford
3 Swift: With a mixed flock of c200 hirundines. 13:41.

Mick Cunningham

Standlake Pit 60: 23rd April

Standlake Pit 60
3 Whimbrel until 12 then flew off

Mick Cunningham

Courtesy of Mick Cunningham.

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 23rd April

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Hobby: Greenways. 11:17.

Paul Woodham

Fyfield Wick: 23rd April

Fyfield Wick
Great White Egret: Flew West. 121st tick for patch ?. 10:08.

Jed Cleeter

Port Meadow 22nd April

Greenshank 4

Great white Egret 5

White Wagtail 

(per Thomas Miller).

Standlake Pit 60: 22nd April

Standlake Pit 60
2 Pintail: f. Hanging on. 22:53.
Goldeneye: f. 22:53.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 22nd April

Arctic Tern 19 4 present this morning 15 on F1 19:07

Marsh Harrier flew north along Thames

Turnstone 

Common Sandpiper 

Grasshopper Warbler 

Wheatear

(per Johnny Eclipse)

Common Tern 12:01.
Rock Pipit 12:01.
Dunlin 12:01.
(per Dave Murphy)

Above & below courtesy of J.E.

Bladon 22nd April

Waxwing 17 still present this morning SE of Woodstock and just west of Bladon by river Glyme viewed from path just east of Lince Bridge 

(per Glen Pascoe et al)

Warborough: Warborough Church: 22nd April

Warborough: Warborough Church
Swift 17:36.

Keith McDonald

Grimsbury Reservoir: 22nd April

Grimsbury Reservoir
2 Swift
3 Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Peregrine: over.

Gareth Blockley

Balscote: Balscote Quarry: 22nd April

Balscote: Balscote Quarry
2 Greenshank: Feeding in wetland. Found earlier by E. Barson. 10:14.

Steve Holliday

Courtesy of Edwin Barson.

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common: 22nd April

Tar Lakes, Rushy Common
4 Black-tailed Godwit 10:48.

Mick Cunningham

Standlake Pit 60, 21st April

Goosander: 2 redheads 

Goldeneye: 1f

Pintail: 1m, 2f

Great White Egret: 2

David Hastings

Goosander © David Hastings

Widford: 21st April

Widford
White Wagtail 17:35.
20 House Martin: At least 20 in a flock of c70+ hirundines. Mostly sand Martins, swallows next most numerous. 17:35.
Yellow Wagtail: Yesterday's still present. 17:35.

Mick Cunningham

Farmoor Reservoir 21st April

Cetti's Warbler

Garden Warbler 1 singing male

Cetti's Warbler 3 singing males

Yellow Wagtail 2

Common Swift 77 - moving North in small groups 0830-1200hrs

Swallow/Sand Martin - constant passage all morning moving North in small numbers

Little Ringed Plover 1

Dunlin 1

Cuckoo 1

Kingfisher 1

Mallard 

Female + 21 ducklings

Female + 14 ducklings

Stanton Harcourt area 21st April

Black-tailed Godwit 10 still at Rushy Common 

Oystercatcher 4

LRP 2

Shelduck 3

Yellow Wagtail 4

Woodstock 21st April

Waxwing 3 still present 11:36 SE of Woodstock and just west of Bladon by river Glyme viewed from path just east of Lince Bridge 

(per Glen Pascoe)

Wendlebury: 21st April

Wendlebury
2 Wheatear: 1 male. On separate manure heaps off Landford lane. 10:05.

Laurie Bryant

Iffley 21st April

White Stork reported over the Thames at Iffley thermaling and heading north c11:18 (D.W).

Otmoor rspb 21st April

Greenshank 2 on Big Otmoor

Black-tailed Godwit 

Whimbrel 2 over

Curlew

Crane

Great white Egret 

Little Egret 

Marsh Harrier 3 (1m)

Short-eared Owl Ashgrave (per RBA)

Swift 3

House Martin c10

Sand Martin c20

Grasshopper Warbler 2 calling in Morleys

Lesser Whitethroat 

(per Bark et al)

Grasshopper Warbler courtesy of Paul Tomlinson.

Day's Lock/Bishop's Court Farm, Dorchester on Thames

Swift, c20 over John Allen Pit and Sailing Club Lagoon. 10 a.m. 

Cattle Egret,

Shelduck,

Oystercatcher 2,

Aston Upthorpe: 20th April

Aston Upthorpe
2 Wheatear 13:00.

Nick Suckling

Port Meadow: 20th April

Port Meadow
Whimbrel: over (heard only).
2 Greenshank
2 Great White Egret
2 Yellow Wagtail
6 Shelduck
2 Egyptian Goose
2 Oystercatcher

Port Meadow: Burgess Field Nature Park
Garden Warbler

Adam Hartley, Hugh Petter, Colm O'Caomhánaigh, Joe Woodman

Standlake Pit 60: 20th April

Standlake Pit 60
2 Garden Warbler: 1 between north hide and LL. other just south of Shifford lane foot bridge FOY. 19:19.
Marsh Harrier: cc. Very bleached cream crown chest and forearm. 19:19.
Pochard: m. 19:19.
Cattle Egret: 6. East of SSSI fields. 19:19.
4 Willow Warbler 19:19.

Mick Cunningham

Rushy Common 20th April

Black tailed Godwit 14

Lapwing 2

Otmoor: 20th April

Otmoor
Peregrine: High over Greenaways. 15:09.
Cuckoo: Calling from the MOD land first thing. 15:09.
7 Reed Warbler 15:09.

John Edwards

Rushy Common: 20th April

Rushy Common
10 Black-tailed Godwit: SP382073. 12:09.

John Pimm

Chinnor: Cement Works: 20th April

Chinnor: Cement Works
5 Little Ringed Plover: SU751996. 07:00.
2 Oystercatcher: SU751996. 07:00.

Jez March

Standlake Pit 60: 20th April

Standlake Pit 60
2 Redshank 10:11.
5 Pintail: 1m 4f. 10:11.
9 Sedge Warbler 10:11.
5 Reed Warbler 10:11.
Cuckoo: m. Foy. 10:11.
Hobby: Foy. 10:11.

Mick Cunningham

Sedge Warbler Otmoor rspb
Courtesy of Mark Chuvers.

 

Garford: 20th April

Garford
Corn Bunting: male. Singing from wires on A338 adjacent to Field Barn Farm. 1st time noted here. SU434958. 09:30.

Jed Cleeter

Fyfield Wick: 20th April

Fyfield Wick
Garden Warbler: male. Singing adjacent to my garden. 07:35.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 19th April

Sanderling 2 along the causeway 13:47

Dunlin

(per Paul Butler)

Sanderling courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Dunlin with Sanderling courtesy of Steve Liptrot.

Port Meadow: 19th April

Port Meadow
Dunlin
4 White Wagtail
12 Yellow Wagtail
6 Shelduck
3 Oystercatcher
2 Great White Egret

Adam Hartley, Steve Lavington

Standlake Pit 60: 19th April

Standlake Pit 60
2 Pintail: fem. 17:52.
8 Great White Egret: 6 in field to east of LL hide 2 north shore. 17:52.

Mick Cunningham

Rushy Common 19th April

Seventeen Black-tailed Godwit still present on the island this morning. 

Viewable from the car park.

David Hastings

Black-tailed Godwit © David Hastings

Woodstock 19th April

No sign of any Waxwings by 09:14 

(per Dave Doherty). 

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 19th April

Grasshopper Warbler singing from the back of the main pool 08:41 (JFT).

Key holder reserve.

Rushy Common: 19th April

Rushy Common
Black-tailed Godwit: Seen from car park on island. SP382073. 03:30.

John Pimm

Otmoor Lesser Whitethroat

 

Singing Lesser Whitethroat (c) Bark

Cholsey 18th April

Tree Pipit heard flying north over Cholsey Station 

(per Richard Broughton).

Cholsey Wildlife

Port Meadow: 18th April

Port Meadow
2 Grasshopper Warbler: In Burgess Field this morning.
2 Snow Goose
 

Thomas Miller

Appleford GP: 18th April

Green Sandpiper 1
Yellow Wagtail 1

Woodstock 18th April

Waxwing 21 still present 17:50 SE of Woodstock and just west of Bladon by river Glyme viewed from path just east of Lince Bridge 

(per RBA, Glen Pascoe, Gareth Casburn).

Otmoor rspb 18th April

Grasshopper Warbler in Morleys

Sedge Warbler

Cetti's Warbler 

Swallow

Cuckoo

Bittern 2

(et al)

Farmoor Reservoir 18th April 2024

White Wagtail 3

Oystercatcher 2

Common Shelduck 3

Grasshopper Warbler 1

Lesser Whitethroat 1

Sand Martin 50+

Cuckoo 1 poss 2

Peregrine 1

Blenheim 18th April

Egyptian goose - 2 pairs, and a lone male possibly with a mate on a nest somewhere. 1 pair has three young having started with 6.

Goosander - 1

Oystercatcher - 2

Sand martin - c50

Lesser black-backed gull - 4 (2 pairs)

Willow warbler - 1

Sedge warbler - 1

Rushy Common 18th April

Black-tailed Godwit 17 at 12:41 viewable from the carpark (per Ewan Urquhart).

Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park: 18th April

Cutteslowe: Cutteslowe Park
2 Oystercatcher: flying west. 08:22.

Nicholas Boyd