Charlton-on-Otmoor: 11th March

 

Charlton-on-Otmoor
3 Curlew: Over Malt pit.

Otmoor
2 Curlew
Raven
Shelduck: Big Otmoor.
2 Dunlin: Big Otmoor.

Peter Coombes






Otmoor Redshank photo courtesey of Stephen Collier

Grimsbury Reservoir: 11th March

Grimsbury Reservoir
Chiffchaff

Banbury
2 Chiffchaff: 1 singing. Along the Banbury Fringe Walk, between the Beaumont Ind. Estate
and Hanwell Fields.

Gareth Blockley

Port Meadow: 10th March

Port Meadow
Black-tailed Godwit
Oystercatcher
4 Goosander
10 Pintail

Adam Hartley

Abingdon Sewage Farm: 10th March

Siberian Chiffchaff still present and in song this am.
Wheatear m.

Barry Batchelor

Oxford 10th March

Golden Pheasant (m) Pear Tree roundabout walking along the slipway to the A34 South 18:00.

Marsh Tits at Bushy Leaze Copse Farmoor

Both Pictures courtesey of Andy Last

Clattercote: Clattercote Reservoir: 10th March

Clattercote: Clattercote Reservoir
3 Chiffchaff: 2 singing.
Raven: Over.

Gareth Blockley

Otmoor 10th March

Hen Harrier: fem.
2 Curlew
2 Chiffchaff: Singing.
5 Redshank
3 Snipe
Bearded Tit: fem. Reported 2nd screen early am.
1500 Golden Plover: Big Otmoor.
Pintail: 1st screen.
Raven

Peter Coombes

Curlew Photo P.Coombes

Oxford: Walton Manor: 10th March

Oxford: Walton Manor
Chiffchaff: m. singing.

Adam Hartley

Farmoor - Sunday Roost

4.50-6.30pm. Light not good for distinguishing gulls (sharp light plus some initial air shimmer over water). Very noticeable increase in large gull numbers, since last few visits and large gulls still arriving at 6.25.
Med Gull 1 adult seen when it flew F1 to F2
BH Gull circa 16-20,000
L B-back Gull Dutch integrade and intermedius circa 3000 of all ages; mostly adults. A few exceptionally dark mantled.
Common Gull circa 200?
Herring argenteus 1 adult seen (others?)
Herring argentatus Few 10's?; mainly immatures
Yellow-legged 10-20? all ages
Great B-back - None seen

Sonning Eye GPs: 9th March

Sonning Eye GPs
Pintail: m. On the garden centre pit, viewed distantly from the water ski pit.

Marek Walford

Shotover. AM.

Long Tailed Tit. (with short tail!).

Collecting spiders webs.

Otmoor 9th March

Peregrine 2
Dunlin 22
Ruff c20 (Malt-pit)
Curlew 6 (Malt-pit)
Redshank 15+
Shelduck 2
No sign of any Stonechats

Full weekend round-up tomorrow on Otmoor Birding

Peregrine photo courtesey
of Andy Last.

Sparsholt: Sparsholt Down: 9th March

Sparsholt: Sparsholt Down
2 Corn Bunting: singing male.
5 Grey Partridge
Raven

Mark Merritt

Abingdon Sewage Works - 8th March

One of the Siberian Chiffchaffs was still present today. It was the duller, scruffier individual  but more surprisingly it was singing! A first for me. It preferred the bushes around the gravel area opposite the barrier.
Also:
2 Peregrines
10 Chiffchaffs
1 Redpoll

Thames 6th March

Belated report of Garganey River Thames Cherwell to Kennington (per RBA)

: 8th March

Ridgeway, nr Rams Hill
Raven: On ground on Ridgeway path. SU315865.

Mike Taylor

Farmoor Roost

The Iceland Gull arrived earlier this evening and was much closer (by Farmoor roost standards at least). It’s one of those tricky individuals and assessing plumage detail in the failing light wasn’t easy. Assuming this is the same as last night’s very distant bird the apparent bi-coloured bill (actually quite a sharply defined dark tip) and pallid appearance actually suggest second winter, although the eye looked very dark as in juvenile/1st winter….

Also a single adult summer Mediterranean Gull

Otmoor 8th March

Golden Plover & Dunlin courtesey of Mark Chivers

 

Hen Harrier r/t (Oddington Flood Field)

Peregrine 2 (Oddington Flood Field)

Curlew

Farmoor, 8th March

Barn Owl
Meadow Pipit 2
Goldeneye 10+
Green Woodpecker

Hitch Copse, 8th March

Marsh Tit 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Treecreeper
Goldcrest
Green Woodpecker
Nuthatch
Redpoll
Siskin 2
Redwing 6+
Sparrowhawk

Clifton Hampden: Clifton Heath: 8th March

Clifton Hampden: Clifton Heath
Woodcock

Mark Merritt

Rock Pipit (ssp littoralis) Farmoor 7/3 courtesey of Mark Chivers

Farmoor Roost

The regular adult Little Gull again on F.1.

A displaying pair of adult Mediterranean Gulls on F.2. plus at least one other adult present.

A juvenile Iceland Gull arrived into the F.2. roost at c18.10.

Otmoor: RSPB reserve: 7th March

Short-eared Owl
Tawny Owl (h)

John Gough

Shelduck 2 (per Lyn & Richard Ebbs)

Farmoor 6th March

Mediterranean Gull 3 (ad)
Shelduck 5

(per NJH)

Otmoor 5th March

Sparrowhawk

Raven

Teal

Port Meadow: 5th March

Port Meadow
Caspian Gull: 1w.
2 Shelduck

Adam Hartley

More at Port Meadow Birding

Port Meadow: 5th March

Port Meadow
2 Goosander: 1 male 1 fem. On River Thames.

John Gough

Displaying Goldeneye at Farmoor courtesey of John Reynolds

Grimsbury Reservoir: 05th March

Excellent conditions for soaring birds today. I managed to count a minimum of 18 Common Buzzards over and around the reservoir early afternoon, with one kettle containing 7 birds. There were further more distant birds.
A Raven going over and numerous gulls - some of which stopped in for a quick bathe.
3 Siskins in the wood, which are they first I have recorded here this year.

Also of interest a Small Tortoiseshell and several bumblebees.

Otmoor: 5th March

Otmoor
Bearded Tit: Along path to 1st screen.
Barn Owl: Hunting near to 1st screen 11:00 am.
2 Dunlin: Big Otmoor.
4 Ruff: Closes field.
Marsh Tit
2 Treecreeper: On Oaks by 1st screen.
Water Rail: 2nd screen.

Peter Coombes

Otmoor. AM.

Bearded Tit. By Wardens Hut.

Kingfisher.
Barn Owl.
Curlew.
Redshank.
Golden Plover.