Churn: 16th September

16th September

Churn
Whinchat: Seen with 2 Stonechats. Also 15 + Corn Buntings and 12+ Meadow Pipits. SU509829. 17:30.
2 Whinchat: Seen with two Stonechat. 20 Linnets also in area. Area just in Berkshire. SU508818. 17:50.

Steve Violette

South Leigh: 16th September

South Leigh
Peregrine 19:00.

Richard Catling

Field Barn Farm, Old Woodstock: 16th September

Field Barn Farm, Old Woodstock
Black Redstart: Still present, flycatching from farm buildings. SP441183. 18:12.
4 Cattle Egret: In valley below. SP441183. 18:12.

Matthew Lloyd

Woodstock 16th September

Black Redstart still present at Field Barn Farm Old Woodstock 17:44 (P.W et al).

Cassington GPs: 16th September

Cassington GPs
2 Great White Egret: SP460111. 15:40.

Terry Godfrey

Farmoor Reservoir 16th September

Common Greenshank 2

Water Rail 1

Little Egret 10

Cassington GPs: 15th September

Cassington GPs
Marsh Harrier: SP460112. 17:00.

Terry Godfrey

Otmoor: 16th September

Otmoor
15 Cattle Egret: c15 with cattle on Ashgrave. 10:00.
3 Great White Egret 10:00.
2 Hobby 10:00.

Nick Suckling

Sonning Eye GPs: 16th September

Sonning Eye GPs
2 Mandarin Duck: m+f. 13:25.

Marek Walford

Lye Valley, Oxford: 16th September

 2 Spotted Flycatchers this morning. 

Stratfield Brake 16th September

Great white Egret 07:50.

Fyfield Wick: 15th September

15th September

Fyfield Wick
Yellow Wagtail: Flew SW Calling. 13:20.
Hobby 14:15.
12 Chiffchaff: At least through garden with mixed tit flocks. 14:15.
4 Blackcap: Through garden in pm. 14:15.
70 Goldfinch: First decent flock of Autumn. 14:15.

Jed Cleeter

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 15th September

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill
2 Peregrine: Male & Imm Fem. 09:00.
3 Marsh Harrier: Imm all seen at the same time, one with obvious yellow landing lights. 09:00.
100 Swallow: At least through south. 09:00.
100 Meadow Pipit: At least through south. 09:00.
30 Skylark: Through south. 09:00.
2 Whitethroat 09:00.

Jed Cleeter

Otmoor RSPB: 15th September

Otmoor RSPB
Hobby: ad. Flew low over edge of marsh near bridge past feeders then across marsh going northwest. SP565129. 11:00.

Martin Townsend

Standlake Pit 60: 15th September

Standlake Pit 60
Hobby: Possibly 2. 1 a definite juv. 13:33.

Mick Cunningham

Otmoor rspb 15th September

 

Glossy Ibis still present 
Courtesy of Mark Chivers.

Grimsbury Reservoir: 15th September

Grimsbury Reservoir
Wheatear: In cattle field. Seen with JFT. 08:00.
Whinchat: In cattle field. Seen with JFT. 08:00.

Laurie Bryant

Woodstock (north) 15th September

Black redstart still present this morning moving around the various buildings in the site but perching in view quite often.

Whinchat - 1

Stonechat - 3

Wheatear - 1

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill: 14th September

Farmoor Reservoir: Pinkhill
Greenshank: On small pool with Little Egrets. 17:30.
Redshank: Flew through calling. 17:30.
2 Kingfisher: Chasing each other around. 17:30.
Hobby 17:30.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway: 14th September

Farmoor Reservoir: Causeway
Swift 09:30.

Ian Stewart

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 14th September

Ardley ERF Lagoon
11 Green Sandpiper: SP543252. 17:33.

Steven Portugal

Farmoor Reservoir: 14th September

Farmoor Reservoir
4 Common Sandpiper: 3 on F2 and 1 on F1. 16:30.
2 Dunlin: On the causeway. 16:30.
2 Great Black-backed Gull: Adults. 16:30.
230 Tufted Duck: On F1. 16:30.

Ian Elkins

Cassington GPs: 14th September

Cassington GPs
5 Pintail: SP460112. 15:07.

Terry Godfrey

East Challow: 14th September

 

Long tailed tit, one of a large family group

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill: 14th September

14th September

Letcombe Bassett: Gramps Hill
Tree Pipit: Flew South Calling. 08:20.
Marsh Harrier: Juvenile. 09:10.
2 Whitethroat 11:43.
Willow Warbler 11:43.
200 Swallow: Probably an undercount flying South continuously for a couple of hours. 11:43.
100 Meadow Pipit: Again probably an undercount as moving through South constantly for a couple of hours. 11:43.

Jed Cleeter

Fyfield Wick: 13th September

13th September

Fyfield Wick
Yellow Wagtail: Flew South Calling. 07:15.
Hobby: Hawking Dragonflies. 11:25.

Jed Cleeter

Woodstock (north) 14th September

Black redstart - 1 on northern fence/wall of Field Barn Farm near red shipping container still present 12:55

Wheatear (PW)

Stonechat - 1

Meadow Pipit - c100 in the area around the farm. A clear dump of birds.

Yellow wagtail - 1 over

Cattle egret - 8 with cattle in field adjacent to private nature reserve.

Meadow pipits and kestrels

Standlake Pit 60: 14th September

Standlake Pit 60
1200 Greylag Goose: Late submission. God awful sight and sound. 09:11.
Marsh Harrier: 2cy. Perched looks like a juvenile but in flight, has some moult gaps in flight feathers. So 2cy?? 09:11.

Mick Cunningham

Botley: 13th September

Botley
Hobby: Flying over south. 07:47.

Will Scarratt

Blenheim 13th September

Cattle egret - 3. 1 juv yet to fully fledge. There is possibly another sibling still present. These will be the last of the breeding season. 2 adults flew out north.

Peregrine - 1 adult on monument.

Cassington GPs: 13th September

Cassington GPs
Marsh Harrier: Frequent visitor to this 23ha reedy islet lake. Spends time out of view in reeds interspersed with circuits around the lake. SP460112. 16:00.

Terry Godfrey

Grimsbury Reservoir: 13th September

Grimsbury Reservoir
Whinchat: cattle field.
Yellow-legged Gull: 2cy.

Gareth Blockley

Otmoor rspb a.m 13th September

Glossy Ibis

Cattle Egret 50

Great white Egret 2

Marsh Harrier 

Kingfisher

(per Mark Chivers)

Above & below courtesy of Mark Chivers.

Farmoor Reservoir 13th September

Common Greenshank 3

Ringed Plover 1

Dunlin 2

Reed Warbler 3

Common Chiffchaff 10+

Peregrine 1

Little Egret 14

Witney Lake 13th September

Dipper seen and photographed recently along a shallow stretch of the Windrush, in the intersection between Witney Lake and Snipe Meadow near the concrete bridge.

But no sign this morning or yesterday evening.

Letcombe Regis & The Ridgeway: 13th September

Chiffchaff

Red Kite

Wheatear

 

RPSB Otmoor 12 September 2024

Bittern 1

Kingfisher 1

Sparrowhawk 2

Hobby 1

Great White Egret 3

Cattle Egret 23

Lesser Whitethroat 1

 

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 11th September

70 Cattle Egret: Watched at the roost.
200 Yellow Wagtail: Approximately 200 in and around the reedbed.
4 Hobby
4 Marsh Harrier

Bittern
6 Great White Egret
Glossy Ibis: In to roost with the egrets again.

(Steve Roby, Pete Roby, Steve Lavington). 

Standlake Pit 60, 11 September

1 Marsh Harrier, with yellow wing tags both with "AB" in black letters.

I found this webpage https://www.nwnrg.co.uk/research/marsh_harrier/MH_Project_Recoveries.htm

that indicates this bird was tagged as a female nestling near Manea, Cambridgeshire on 14 June 2024. This has been confirmed by Phil Littler of the North West Norfolk Ringing Group.

Wing-tagged Marsh Harrier "AB" © Stephen Burch

Grimsbury Reservoir 11th September

Arctic Tern juv 18:30 (JFT).

Farmoor Reservoir 11th September

Common Scoter 8 (DJ)

Caspian Gull 1 juvenile/first winter

Yellow legged Gull 4

Greater Black backed Gull 2

Ringed Plover 1

Dunlin 4

Common Sandpiper 2

Greenshank reported

Common Swift 3

Sand Martin 200+

Swallow 20+

House Martin 20+

Little Grebe 3

Little Egret 19

Common Raven 2

Caspian Gull courtesy of Ian Lewington.

Pit 60 Standlake 11th September

Cattle Egret 3 behing Langley hide reported.

Red-crested Pochard f

Otmoor: 11th September

Otmoor
Glossy Ibis: Viewed on the willow to the left of the first screen. Flew off to Flood at 2.45pm. 17:40.

John Barnes

Fyfield Wick: 11th September

Fyfield Wick
Yellow Wagtail: Flew high South calling. 17:03.
OTHER SPECIES: Hummingbird Hawk Moth briefly in garden during a rain shower. 1st UK sighting this year. 17:03.

Jed Cleeter

Wolvercote: 11th September

Wolvercote
2 Great White Egret: One on rear of the Wolvercote lakes lake, the other seen on front lake and in channel which links the front and back lakes. SP494099. 15:59.

Port Meadow: Wolvercote Common
6 Yellow Wagtail: Amongst cattle at the northern end of the meadow near the car park. Hard to count as they flitted between the cattle so probably more. 15:59.

Andrew Siantonas

Bicester Wetlands Reserve 11th September

Green Sandpiper 12

Snipe 22

Lapwing 66

Little Egret 9

Water Rail

(SB)

Key holder reserve.

Ardley ERF Lagoon 11th September

Green Sandpiper 5

Common Sandpiper 

Yellow Wagtail 2

(SB)

Letcombe Regis: 11th September

A juvenile goldfinch from one of the many flocks making the most of plentiful thistle seeds

 

Fyfield Wick: 11th September

Fyfield Wick
Shag: Imm flew fairly high SE. 08:55.
13 Meadow Pipit: Flocks of 10 & 3 through South on vis-mig between 07.15-09.00. 08:55.
26 Swallow: Flew South in vis-mig 07:15-09:00. 08:55.
29 Sand Martin: Flew South on vis-mig 07:15-09.00. 08:55.
3 House Martin: Flew South on vis-mig 07:15-09.00. 08:55.
2 Grey Wagtail: Singles flew high South calling in vis-mig 07.15-09.00. 08:55.
3 Stock Dove: Flew SW on vis-mig 07:15-09.00. 08:55.
2 Jay: Singles flew fairly high SE, possible continental arrivals ? 08:55.
2 Chiffchaff: In garden, 1 in brief song. 08:55.
Sparrowhawk: fem. Took an Imm Blackbird from under bird table. 08:55.

Jed Cleeter

Stratfield Brake: 11th September

Stratfield Brake
Great White Egret 08:07.

Jason Coppock

Middle Assendon: 10th September

Middle Assendon
Great White Egret: Flew over Middle Assendon very low from Bucks and in to Oxon. Almost over my head continuing South West towards Bix. 15:05.

Ashley Stow

Farmoor Reservoir: 10th September

Farmoor Reservoir
2 Greenshank 17:00.
13 Dunlin 17:00.
3 Swift 17:00.

Isaac West

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 10th September

10th September

Otmoor: RSPB reserve
12 Yellow Wagtail: At least 12 around cattle on Greenaways 14:07.
16 Cattle Egret: 16 or more with cattle on Greenaways 14:07.
2 Whinchat: In scrub on Ashgrave.

Steve Roby

Bicester Wetland Reserve 10th September

1 Great White Egret
4 Little Egret
10 Green Sandpiper
10 Snipe
95 Teal

A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve

Peep-o-Day Lane

Wheatear - female 

Green Sandpiper - 2

Common Sandpiper 

Snipe - 2