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Sunday, 13 July 2025

Otmoor rspb 13th July

Glossy Ibis still present at screen one this morning (et al)

LWV Pits: 13th July

LR Plover 1, N Cross Valley
Green Sandpiper 1, Rushy Common quarry
Common Tern 2
(Lesser Emperor 1+, Rushy Common main lake)

Cholsey: Cholsey Hill: 13th July

Cholsey: Cholsey Hill
Marsh Harrier: fem type. Quartering the fields. Seen briefly while driving. SU583878. 09:10.

Michael Pocock

Saturday, 12 July 2025

Friday, 11 July 2025

Otmoor rspb 11th July

Glossy Ibis
Greenshank 
Snipe

(M.B)

Courtesy of Malcolm Bowey 


Bladon 11th July

White Stork flew south over Bladon 18:56 (per Terry Tossel)

Farmoor Reservoir 11th July

Cattle Egret 11
Little Egret 7
Whimbrel
Greenshank 
Little-ringed Plover 
Common Tern 2

(per Ewan Urquhart et al)

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Eynsham: 10th July

Eynsham
Cuckoo: Juvenile showing well. 19:48.

Yacky Morris

Kingston Lisle: 10th July

Kingston Lisle
40 Swift 14:45.

Jed Cleeter

Warburg Reserve - Thursday 10th July 2025

 Siskin (m) - a rare summer visitor here, Marsh Tit x 2, Goldcrest (Juv), Bullfinch ( 2m 1f)

Coal Tit (Juv), Song Thrush x 2, Chiffchaff, Wren, Blackcap (m & f), Chaffinch (f),

Long Tailed Tit,



Coal Tit - juvenile



Siskin - male

Siskin - Male

The Ridgeway: 10th July

Corn bunting

Whitethroat

 

Otmoor rspb 10th July

Glossy Ibis
Bittern
Cattle Egrets
Little-ringed Plover 
Green Sandpiper 
Corn Bunting along bridleway 

(J.F)

Courtesy of James Ford


Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Charney Bassett: 9th July

Charney Bassett
30 Swift 17:06.

Jed Cleeter

Farmoor Reservoir 9th July 2025



Cattle Egret 1
Little Egret 4
Grey Heron 1

Common Tern 1
Common Sandpiper 1

Common Swift 2 - showing interest in newly installed swiftboxes


Bucknell: Trow Pool: 9th July

Bucknell: Trow Pool
2 Grey Wagtail 09:30.

Patrick Galka

Courtesy of Pat Galka


Bicester: 9th July

Bicester
25 Swift: Over Buckingham road. 09:41.

Jed Cleeter

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Fyfield Wick: 8th July

Fyfield Wick
Peregrine: fem. 18:34.
30 Swift 18:34.

Jed Cleeter

Baulking: 8th July

Baulking
Hobby 11:05.
35 Swift 11:05.

Jed Cleeter

Great white Egret Otmoor rspb courtesy of Nick Truby 

 

Chinnor: Cement Works: 8th July

Chinnor: Cement Works
Little Ringed Plover: Lake 2b. 11:00.
2 Oystercatcher: Lake 2b. 11:00.

David Stracey

Otmoor

Glossy Ibis - 2nd screen
Black-tailed Godwit - 2 1st screen
Cattle Egret - 35+ across the site today

Port Meadow: 8th July

Port Meadow, this morning
2 Common Crossbill
Common Sandpiper
Oystercatcher
2 Common Tern
Great-crested Grebe

Adam Hartley

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake: 8th July

Blenheim: Blenheim Lake
Kingfisher
3 Oystercatcher: two adults and one fully fledged juvenile on the grassy bank on the lakeside close to the island.
7 Common Tern
10 Cattle Egret: At least 10 birds on the island. Nests? 3 maybe more, very difficult to be sure.
15 Little Egret: Mainly still on the island.
10 Grey Heron: suprisingly still one nest on the island with two fairly young juv.
30 Tufted Duck: Very nice to see a brood of four very young juv.
6 Pied Wagtail: 1 adult with five fledged young, seemed to have adopted one grey wag juv as well.
36 Great Crested Grebe: Feels like a good year, plenty of growing juv and still several on nests.
11 Mute Swan: three broods of 4, 4 and 2 juv.

Bob Pomfret

Bicester Wetland Reserve 8th July

1 Common Sandpiper
8 Green Sandpiper
10 Little Egret
4 Heron
6 Lapwing

A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve


The Ridgeway: 8th July

 

Skylark singing from its perch in the middle of the crop

Ardley ERF Lagoon: 8th July

Ardley ERF Lagoon
7 Little Ringed Plover: 6 on the lagoon, 1 on the quarry. 08:15.

Ardley: Ardley Field Quarry
Common Sandpiper 08:15.
2 Green Sandpiper 08:15.

Laurie Bryant

Monday, 7 July 2025

Port Meadow: The Perch: 7th July

Port Meadow: The Perch
9 Common Sandpiper: Calling, flushed easily as a group by walkers. 21:20.
4 Goosander: Mother and 3 juveniles. 21:20.
2 Common Tern 21:20.

Matthew Lloyd

Ardley ERF Lagoon 7th July

Little-ringed Plover 9
Green Sandpiper 2

(JFT)

Otmoor rspb 7th July

Glossy Ibis at the 1st screen 12:11 (per RBA)

Bicester Wetland Reserve 7th July

 10 Green Sandpiper
1 Water Rail
4 Heron
3 Little Egret
1 Lapwing

A Peters C Oram
Key Holder Reserve