Port Meadow: 2nd December

Port Meadow
Ross's Goose, presumably the usual feral bird.
3 Goosander: red-heads.
Pintail: m.
200 Barnacle Goose
Yellow-legged Gull: 3w.
Great Black-backed Gull: ad.

Adam Hartley

Devil’s Puncbowl: 2nd December

 

Twenty plus skylark atop the Hackpen Hill area of the Devil’s Punchbowl today

Stratfield Brake: 2nd December

Stratfield Brake
Great White Egret 10:10.

Jason Coppock

Cassington GPs: 2nd December

Cassington GPs
Glossy Ibis: Overflew eastern end but didn't stay. SP463110. 14:50.

Terry Godfrey

Otmoor rspb 30th November

Whooper Swan flew over early afternoon (et al)

Short-eared Owl (per Birdguides)

Great white Egret 

Woodcock flew out of Moor Leys at dusk

Dunlin

Common Sandpiper 

(et al)

Sarsgrove: 30th November

Sarsgrove
42 Golden Plover: Over the fields between Sarsgrove and Chipping Norton at sunset. 15:35.

Steve Akers

Pintail & Wigeon Otmoor rspb 
Courtesy of Malcolm Bowey 

 

Standlake Pit 60: 30th November

30th November

Standlake Pit 60
21 Goosander: 11 drk and 10 rh. Duck numbers built up considerably at dusk. 16:15.
7 Goldeneye: 3 drk and 4 fem. At dusk. 16:15.
OTHER SPECIES: Free-flying adult Ross's Goose flew in at dusk. 16:15.

Standlake: 3T Pit
4 Great White Egret: In roost at dusk. 16:30.
4 Cattle Egret: In roost with GWEs. 16:30.

Standlake
9 Egyptian Goose: In field north of Shifford Lane. 15:30.

Ian Elkins

Standlake Pit60 30th Nov

5 Goosander
3 Goldeneye

Courtesy of Russell Allen 

Blenheim: 30th November

Blenheim
14 Common Crossbill: Mobile among conifers near Column of Victory. 14:25.

Matthew Lloyd

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland: 30th November

Cornwell Marsh and Wetland
4 Stonechat: 3m; 1f. 11:38.
Little Egret 11:38.
3 Grey Heron 11:38.
5 Teal 11:38.
9 Mute Swan 11:38.
15 Black-headed Gull 11:38.
5 Redwing 11:38.
12 Linnet 11:38.
2 Yellowhammer 11:38.

Steve Akers

Radley GP: 30th November

Radley GP
2 Goosander: pair. On Thrupp Lake. 12:00.
2 Egyptian Goose: On Thrupp Lake. 12:00.
2 Stonechat: pair. In field E of Thrupp Lane. 12:00.

Ian Elkins

Bladon 30th November

Winter swan sp (probably Whooper) flying towards Farmoor from Bladon direction 10:56 (per Jeremy Dexter)

Blewbury

Hawfinch - over

Grimsbury Reservoir: 29th November

1 Pink-Footed Goose in cattle field early on with Canada Goose flock (no sign late afternoon)

1f Goldeneye

2 Stonechat (late afternoon)

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 29th November

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
Peregrine: Adult flew over screen 2. 15:39.

Kosmo Dossett

Port Meadow: Godstow: 29th November

Port Meadow: Godstow
Kingfisher: Flying upstream. SP487086. 14:25.
Goosander: Red head, by lock. 14:12.

Ian Young

Marsh Tit Warburg Reserve courtesy of Allan Pullen

 

Radley GP: 29th November

Radley GP
2 Goosander: pair. On Thrupp Lake. 11:30.
2 Lesser Redpoll 11:30.
Chiffchaff 11:30.
Stonechat: male. In field off Thrupp Lane. 11:30.
45 Meadow Pipit: In field off Thrupp Lane. 11:30.

Ian Elkins

Grimsbury Reservoir 29th November

Pink footed Goose in cattle field just west of reservoir with Canada Geese c09:00 but no further sign by 12:45

(per John Friendship-Taylor et al)

Blenheim 28th November

Brambling - about 5 around the sunflower patch.

Ladygrove Fields Didcot: 28th November

Ladygrove Fields Didcot
11 Golden Plover: Flew over head North. SU527922. 15:15.
70 Fieldfare: 70 min count when disturbed flew East. SU527922. 15:15.
Kingfisher: Fishing in Moor ditch flew NE at dusk. SU527922. 15:15.
3 Stonechat: X2 Males and a female in 2 separate groups. SU527922. 15:15.
Raven: Sparring with a common buzzard. SU527922. 15:15.

Steve Violette

Blenheim 28th November

Common Crossbill 20+

Egyptian Goose 2

Common Raven 14

Heythrop: 27th November

Heythrop
200 Lapwing: Over fields between A361 and Heythrop nr Showell Farm. SP353293. 10:42.
18 Golden Plover: SP353293. 10:42.
3 Yellowhammer: SP353293. 10:42.
9 Black-headed Gull: SP353293. 10:42.

Steve Akers

Oxford 27th November

Black Redstart on and around Christ Church College 12:00 (per Phil Barnett, Luke O'Byrne)

Courtesy of Luke O'Byrne 

Blenheim Estate 27th November

Crossbill 50 In the stand of trees near the fisheries cottage. Quite reliably in there at the moment 

50 Redwing

(per Gareth Casburn et al)

Buckland Warren: 26th November

Buckland Warren
4 Common Crossbill: Good views of pair feeding. Male stunning flame red. Two further birds seen flying over. 14:05.
5 Lesser Redpoll 14:05.
16 Siskin 14:05.
16 Chaffinch 14:05.
Goldcrest 14:05.
2 Long-tailed Tit 14:05.
Grey Wagtail 14:05.
8 Redwing 14:05.

Steve Akers

Blenheim 26th November

Crossbills - approximately 30 in a lively flock this morning.

Letcombe Regis: 26th November

Red kite calling from the tall trees near the Millennium Green in Letcombe Regis

Off Chipping Norton to Banbury Road: 26th November

Off Chipping Norton to Banbury Road
400 Golden Plover: Large flock feeding in field with lapwing and starlings by A361. SP3429. 14:28.

Frances Buckel

Oxford: Christchurch Meadow: 26th November

Oxford: Christchurch Meadow
Black Redstart: On Meadows Building. 09:48.

Matthew Lloyd

Gallowstree Common: 25th November

Gallowstree Common
2 Tawny Owl: 1 m 1 f. New Copse. 19:30.

Ian Young

Buckland Warren 25th November

0930-1130hrs

Common Crossbill 15+

Siskin 25+

Feeding together in larch by the track, just past the yews 

Common Raven 2

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II: 25th November

Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II
2 Mediterranean Gull: 2 adults in the BHG roost on F2. 15:45.

Jeremy Dexter

Sarsgrove: 25th November

Sarsgrove
140 Golden Plover: Circling over large fields between Sarsgrove and Chipping Norton - largest flock seen so far this Winter. 10:53.

Steve Akers

Oxford: Christchurch Meadow: 25th November

Black Redstart: fem type. SW corner of Christchurch College. SP516059. 10:10.

Steve Violette