A male FERRUGINOUS DUCK is lurking around at Otmoor in the reeds just south of the second screen at Otmoor. Found by Joe Harris one of the RSPB wardens this morning it has been seen a few times during the day, mostly in the last channel before the second screen and once at the second screen though it is very elusive. No further sign by 6 p.m (per The Wickster)
Possibly the first record in Oxfordshire since the 1989 bird at Dorchester GP's.
Possibly the first record in Oxfordshire since the 1989 bird at Dorchester GP's.
Other sightings include:
Grey Plover in SE corner of Greenaways
2 Barn Owl (one rather moribund one sitting on a post at the north end of the car park field)
500 Golden Plover
5 Dunlin
Hen Harrier: fem.
Peregrine
Raven
Bittern
7 White-fronted Goose
8 Curlew
6 Redshank
5 Pintail
Bittern (c) T.S
More as always at OtmoorBirding
Congrats to Joe Harris for finding the Fudge duck. I am sure many would have not thought to check it out.
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